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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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| US 07373782 | Driehuys et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medi-Physics, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bastiaan Driehuys (Durham, North Carolina); David Zollinger (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel Deaton (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kenton C. Hasson (Durham, North Carolina); Alan Langhorn (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of collecting, thawing, and extending the useful polarized life of frozen polarized gases include heating a portion of the flow path and/or directly liquefying the frozen gas during thawing. A polarized noble gas product with an extended polarized life product is also included. Associated apparatus such as an accumulator and heating jacket for collecting, storing, and transporting polarized noble gases include a secondary flow channel which provides heat to a portion of the collection path during accumulation and during thawing. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/764834 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/48.100 |
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| US 07373836 | Bohr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard V. Bohr (Fountain Valley, California); Norman J. Englund (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A controlled system (480) for application of force on a test object includes a force actuator (484) that is coupled to and applies a force on the test object. A velocity signal generator (482) is in a feedforward configuration relative to the force actuator (484) and generates a velocity signal (503) that is predictive of the velocity of the test object. A controller (482) is coupled to the force actuator (484) and to the velocity signal generator (482) and generates a desired applied force signal (546) compensated by the velocity signal (503). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/219957 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/774 |
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| US 07373883 | Gieseke |
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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) | Thomas J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A projectile is provided that includes a body having a front tip portion and a rear end portion. A combustion chamber base plate is operatively arranged with the rear end portion of the body and defines a combustion chamber. At least one radial discharge aperture is partially defined by the combustion chamber base plate and is arranged in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. A gas generated by igniting a combustible material is discharged through the at least one radial discharge aperture. The discharged gas impinges against a wall of a cavity formed by the moving projectile to form a reactive force that stabilizes the projectile thereby reducing the occurrence of tail-slap. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040296 |
| ART UNIT | 3621 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/399 |
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| US 07374254 | Zumberge |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon T. Zumberge (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling an electric brake system having a piston moveable by an electric motor is provided. The method includes the steps of storing data for correlating a position of the piston to a braking force applied by the piston, estimating a braking force associated with a specific position of the piston based upon the stored data, generating a control signal based upon the estimated braking force, determining a second braking force associated with the specific position and updating the stored data based upon a difference between the estimated braking force and the second braking force. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/294179 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems 33/162 |
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| US 07374415 | Choi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byung-Jin Choi (Austin, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Stephen C. Johnson (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus to control displacement of a body spaced-apart from a surface includes a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is coupled to the flexure system to move about a plurality of axes. An actuation system is coupled to the flexure system to selectively constrain movement of the body along a subset of the plurality of axes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/118070 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374428 | Hougham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gareth G. Hougham (Ossining, New York); Brian S. Beaman (Cary, North Carolina); Evan G. Colgan (Chestnut Ridge, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Stefano S. Oggioni (Besana in Brianza, Italy); Enrique Vargas (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are arranged about the surface of the at least one hemi-toroidal interposer and extend radically inwardly and downwardly from an uppermost end thereof into electrical contact with at least one component located on an opposite side of the electrically insulating carrier plane. Provided is also a method of producing the land grid array interposer structure. |
| FILED | Monday, October 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/865395 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374538 | Nightingale et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn R. Nightingale (Durham, North Carolina); Gregg E. Trahey (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A pushing pulse is delivered from an ultrasound transducer array having a plurality of elements to a target region within a medium to displace the target region to a displaced position. A tracking pulse is delivered from the ultrasound transducer array to the target region, and a plurality of tracking signals are received from locations in the target region, each tracking signal being responsive to the tracking pulse. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/680073 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/443 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374593 | Snyder |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Harold Snyder (Avon, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle separator for separating particles and/or materials entrained in a flow of air is disclosed. The particle separator includes an annular inlet defined by an outer shroud and an inner shroud. An upper forward flow divider and a lower forward flow divider is disposed within the annular inlet. A first and second radially spaced annular flow divider is adapted for directing said flow of air into at least a first, second, third and fourth flow passageway. At least four curved flow splitters are utilized for separating particles and/or materials entrained in the flow of air as it passes through the first, second, third and fourth flow passageways. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/607567 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374597 | Keller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Syed B. Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of making metal nanoparticles comprising the steps of: providing a precursor composition comprising at least one metallic compound and at least one organic compound; wherein the organic compound is selected from the group consisting of an ethynyl compound, a metal-ethynyl complex, and combinations thereof; wherein the precursor composition is a liquid or solid at room temperature; and heating the precursor composition under conditions effective to produce metal nanoparticles. A metal nanoparticle composition comprising metal nanoparticles dispersed homogenously in a matrix selected from the group consisting of ethynyl polymer, crosslinked ethynyl polymer, amorphous carbon, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanoparticles, graphite, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875805 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/255 |
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| US 07374668 | DiValentin 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) | Mario DiValentin (Alexandria, Virginia); Stephan J. Verosto (Knoxville, Maryland); Richard R. Leung (Herndon, Virginia); Mitchell E. Price (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An oil/water separator tank having intake, discharge and vent fittings is conditioned for in-situ cleaning of the oil separator plate stacks positioned therein by selective opening of manual valves connected to each of such fittings. When so conditioned by opening of the manual valves, the in-situ cleaning is performed during repeated operational phases under automated control of solenoid operated and motor driven valves through which a plurality of sequential operational steps are performed, consisting of (a) low pressure air injected into an air sparging array within the separator tank, (b) supply of potable water into a mixing tank; (c) mixing of the potable water with the cleaning agent within the mixing tank; (d) introduction of the cleaning agent after the mixing thereof into the separator tank to enhance in-situ cleaning by dispersing the low pressure air from the air sparging array; and (e) drainage of collected waste oil from the separator tank into a waste oil tank. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/985071 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/106 |
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| US 07374702 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The new fluorocarbon-functionalized and/or heterocycle-modified polythiophenes, in particular, α,ω-diperfluorohexylsexithiophene DFH-6T can be straightforwardly prepared in high yield and purity. Introduction of such modifications to a thiophene core affords enhanced thermal stability and volatility, and increased electron affinity versus the unmodified compositions of the prior art. Evaporated films behave as n-type semiconductors, and can be used to fabricate thin film transistors with FET mobilities ˜0.01 cm2/Vs—some of the highest reported to date for n-type organic semiconductors |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/343407 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
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| US 07374738 | Kouvetakis 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) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Ignatius S. Tsong (Tempe, Arizona); Levi Torrison (Mesa, Arizona); John Tolle (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel superhard dielectric compounds useful as gate dielectrics discovered. Low temperature methods for making thin films of the compounds on substrate silicon are provided. The methods comprise the step of contacting a precursor having the formula H3X—O—XH3, wherein X is silicon or carbon with a compound comprising boron or nitrogen in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chamber or with one or more atomic elements in a molecular beam epitaxial deposition (MBE) chamber. These thin film constructs are useful as components of microelectronic devices, and specifically as gate dielectrics in CMOS devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/492271 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/277 |
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| US 07374818 | Bhatia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tania Bhatia (Middletown, Connecticut); Wayde R. Schmidt (Pomfret Center, Connecticut); William K. Tredway (Manchester, Connecticut); Venkata R. Vedula (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A bond coat system for silicon based substrates wherein a compliant layer having an elastic modulus of between 30 and 130 GPa is provided between the silicon based substrate and a silicon metal containing oxygen gettering layer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/135857 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/446 |
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| US 07374825 | Hazel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Thomas Hazel (West Chester, Ohio); Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Christine Govern (Cincinnati, Ohio); Bangalore A. Nagaraj (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | According to an embodiment of the invention, disclosed is a composite comprising a porous thermal barrier coating on a metallic part and an impermeable barrier coating adjacent to the outer surface of the thermal barrier coating. The impermeable barrier coating is dense and non-porous and comprises a rare earth silicate, the impermeable barrier coating thereby preventing infiltration of the contaminant composition into the thermal barrier coating. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001983 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/632 |
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| US 07374864 | Guo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lingjie J. Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xing Cheng (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a device including imprinting a mold having a protrusion against a substrate having a resist layer such that the protrusion engages the resist layer. The mold further has a mask member positioned generally adjacent the resist layer. Radiation energy is then transmitted through the mold and into the resist layer; however, the mask member substantially prevents transmission of the radiation energy therethrough, thereby defining an unexposed area in the resist layer. Once the mold is removed from the substrate, which consequently forms a first feature from nanoimprinting, the unexposed area of resist layer is removed through dissolving in a developer solution. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/545456 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374893 | Belcher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, University of Texas System- (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Brian D. Reiss (Boston, Massachusetts); Chuanbin Mao (Austin, Texas); Daniel J. Solis (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods for producing magnetic nanocrystals by using a biological molecule that has been modified to possess an amino acid oligomer that is capable of specific binding to a magnetic material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/778713 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07374931 | Lee 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) | John S. Lee (Hagerstown, Maryland); Peter Pushko (Frederick, Maryland); Jonathan F. Smith (Sabillasville, Maryland); Robert G. Ulrich (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Using nucleic acids encoding mutant SEA and SEB exotoxins from Staphylococcus aureus, compositions and methods for use in inducing an immune response which is protective against staphylococcal aureus intoxication in subjects is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/405871 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 07375079 | Gordon 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) | Richard K. Gordon (Potomac, Maryland); Deborah R. Moorad (Silver Spring, Maryland); Bhupendra P. Doctor (Potomac, Maryland); Gregory E. Garcia (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The compounds of the invention are generally described by the formula: B1Z*2B3Z*4X*5Q6F7X8X9X10X11, (1) B1X2X3X4X5Q6F7X8X9X10X11, or (2) B1Z2B3X4Z5Q6F7Z8X9X10X11 (3) and the salts, esters, amides, and acyl forms thereof. Each position represented by a letter indicates a single amino acid residue: B is a basic of polar/large amino acid or a modified form thereof; X is a small or hydrophobic amino acid or a modified form thereof; X* is a small or polar/large amino acid or a modified form thereof; Z is a polar/large or hydrophobic amino acid or a modified form thereof; Z* is Proline or a polar/large of hydrophobic amino acid or a modified form thereof. As described below, one or more of the peptide linkages between the amino acid residues may be replaced by a peptide linkage mimic. These compounds may be used as molecular building blocks to create compounds that are optimized for inhibiting the protease activity of Botulinum b and tetanus toxins. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268757 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07375132 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Dong Zhou (Oxford, Mississippi); Dale G. Nagle (Oxford, Mississippi); Asjad Kaleem Mohammed (University, Mississippi); Chowdhury Faiz Hossain (University, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and compositions of the following formula: and analogs and stereoisomers thereof (and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers). Additionally disclosed is a method of inhibiting hypoxia-inducible factor-1 function in a patient or sample thereof, comprising administering to the patient or sample an effective inhibiting amount of a compound or composition of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/083371 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/456 |
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| US 07375221 | Fronabarger 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) | John William Fronabarger (Sun Lakes, Arizona); Michael E. Sitzmann (Adelphi, Maryland); Michael D. Williams (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method of making of azidoaminotriazole (5-azido-2H-[1,2,4]triazol-3-ylamine), nitrosoguanazine dimer (N3-[(1E)-3-(4,5-diamino-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)-1,2-dioxidotriaz-1-enyl]-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3,4,5-triamine), novel nitrosoguanazine salts, azidonitraminotriazole/salts and the making of azidonitraminotriazole and salts, and novel metal complexes of an azidonitramine (4,6-diazido-N-nitro-1,3,5-triazin-2-amine) and the making of these metal complexes of this azidonitramine. Azidoaminotriazole, nitrosoguanazine, and azidonitramine compounds, their intermediates, and their salts may generally relate to energetic compounds, while nitrosoguanazine compounds and their metal salts may also have commercial potential in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268408 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/197 |
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| US 07375321 | Roukes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California); Scott E. Fraser (La Canada, California); Jerry E. Solomon (Glendale, California); Jessica L. Arlett (Altadena, California); Michael C. Cross (Claremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioNEMS device comprises a piezoresistive cantilever having flexing legs of which attach the cantilever to a support and a biofunctionalized portion at the tip. A bias current applied to the legs is limited by a maximal acceptable temperature increase at the biofunctionalized tip. The length of the cantilever has a magnitude chosen to minimize background Johnson noise. A catalyzed receptor on the device binds to a ligand whose binding rate coefficient is enhanced. The catalyst lowers the receptor-ligand binding activation energy and is designed by forced evolution to preferentially bind with the ligand. A carrier signal is injected by a magnetic film disposed on the cantilever which is electromagnetically coupled to a source of the carrier signal. A plurality of NEMS fluidicly coupled transducers generate a plurality of output signals from which a collective output signal is derived, either by averaging or thresholding. The NEMS devices are disposed in microfluidic flow channels and fabricated in a membrane. A linking molecule is attached to the tip of the transducer and a fluffball attached to the linking molecule to increase damping. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/502551 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/306 |
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| US 07375333 | Bluzer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Bluzer (Rockville, Maryland); David C. Harms (Pasadena, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A bolometer type ultra-sensitive silicon sensor pixel of a multi-pixel sensor wherein each pixel includes a detector stage, an intermediate stage, and a heat bath stage. The detector stage, the intermediate stage and a portion of the heat bath stage are generally co-planar and are interconnected by I-beam bridges so as to permit mutually co-planar rotation in response to stress and strain. Electrical coupling is improved between a micro-antenna and the detector stage by a two stage transformer assembly that couples the micro-antenna to the detector stage. |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/494455 |
| ART UNIT | 4176 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.400 |
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| US 07375348 | Sickenberger 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) | David W. Sickenberger (Bel Air, Maryland); Jerry B. Cabalo (Towson, Maryland); Richard Sickenberger (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A biological aerosol detector is provided. The biological aerosol detector uses a semiconductor optical source with an ultraviolet emission band to excite biological molecules in an aerosol sample. Filtering optics are configured to attenuate radiation from a secondary emission band of the optical source to prevent false signals due to scattering of secondary emission band radiation from non-biological molecules. An intake/exhaust manifold that includes an intake pipe that fits within a concentric exhaust pipe is also provided. The intake/exhaust manifold planarizes the flow of the sampled aerosol to maximize the time of irradiation. An electrostatic sampling grid is also provided to selectively draw biological molecules having a net charge into the optical chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268758 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/461.200 |
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| US 07375514 | Rempt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond D. Rempt (Woodinville, Washington); George A. Perry (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-destructive testing device has an excitation coil with a plurality of conductor ribbons attached to a flexible membrane. A frame supports the membrane and incorporates wheels for translation across a surface to be inspected and resilient suspension for maintaining the membrane with the excitation coil and wheels in intimate contact with the surface, the membrane flexing to maintain contact with a smoothly curved surface as found in aircraft structures. A magnetoresitive (MR) array is supported within the frame inserted in the membrane to be in close proximity to the surface. The MR array detects the magnetic field resulting from the eddy currents created by the excitation coil for identification of cracks or features beneath the surface under inspection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/163834 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/238 |
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| US 07375685 | Nalbandian |
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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) | Vahakn Nalbandian (Schwenksville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple band electrically small compact planar microstrip antenna at VHF and UHF frequencies is provided that permits both a considerably abbreviated antenna length and significantly high efficiency antenna performance. The multiple band electrically small compact planar microstrip antenna advantageously positions a narrow radiating strip and a group of unequally dimensioned radiating members on a microstrip dielectric substrate that is stacked on a ground plane. The unequally dimensioned, or unlike, radiating members are separated by at least one gap and cause the antenna to resonate at a number of different frequencies instead of a single frequency as the prior art microstrip antenna. The multiple band electrically small compact planar microstrip antenna also innovatively filters unwanted signals at other frequencies because of the narrowband nature of each band. The preferred embodiment is a dual band electrically small compact planar microstrip antenna with two unlike radiating members separated by a single gap. This invention also encompasses methods for providing substantial reduction in antenna size at the VHF and UHF frequencies with multiple band electrically small planar microstrip antennas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/416511 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aculight Corporation (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fabio Di Teodoro (Everett, Washington); Christopher D. Brooks (Kenmore, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and of mode hopping (i.e., promiscuity) due to limited control of energy levels and fluctuations. The problems of multiple-modes and mode hopping result from the use of large-diameter waveguides, and are addressed by the invention. This is especially true in lasers using large amounts of energy (i.e., lasers in the one-megawatt or more range). By using multiple small waveguides in parallel, large amounts of energy can be passed through a laser, but with better control such that the aforementioned problems can be reduced. An additional advantage is that the polarization of the light can be maintained better than by using a single fiber core. |
| FILED | Sunday, May 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/420753 |
| 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 359/341.410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376246 | Shao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Shao (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Fatih M. Porikli (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method tracks non-rigid objects in a video acquired of a cluttered scene by a camera. The method uses a particle filter. The tracking includes the following steps: motion transition estimation, contour deformation detection, and contour regulation. The method uses a dynamic affine transform model and employs the particle filter to estimate the parameters of the model. The method generates a probabilistic map of deformation for tracking the contour of the object followed by a projection step to constrain or regulate the contour in a contour subspace. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/167684 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
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| US 07376262 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | American GNC Corporation (Simi Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guohui Hu (Simi Valley, California); Norman Coleman (Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey); Ching-Fang Lin (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An object positioning solves said problems encountered in machine vision, which employs electro-optic (EO) image sensors enhanced with integrated laser ranger, global positioning system/inertial measurement unit, and integrates these data to get reliable and real time object position. An object positioning and data integrating system comprises EO sensors, a MEMS IMU, a GPS receiver, a laser ranger, a preprocessing module, a segmentation module, a detection module, a recognition module, a 3D positioning module, and a tracking module, in which autonomous, reliable and real time object positioning and tracking can be achieved. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/912401 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376313 | Sansone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chesapeake Sciences Corporation (Millersville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis Sansone (Moosup, Connecticut); Robert Hauptmann (Groton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes incorporating an optical fiber into a buffer tube, wherein the buffer tube has a first length. The buffer tube contains the optical fiber and a filler compound to create a buffer tube assembly. The buffer tube assembly is heated to an elevated temperature for a period of time, wherein the first length of the buffer tube decreases to a second length, such that extra optical fiber length is created relative to the second length. The buffer tube assembly is cooled to stabilize the second length and to retain the excess fiber length in the buffer tube. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/909191 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376319 | Mohseni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hooman Mohseni (Princeton, New Jersey); Joseph H. Abeles (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Martin H. Kwakernaak (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Viktor Borisovitch Khalfin (Hightstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithic light amplification system including: an un-doped waveguide; a ridge waveguide positioned over the un-doped waveguide; and, at least a doped layer between the un-doped waveguide and ridge waveguide; wherein, the un-doped waveguide and ridge waveguide cooperate to amplify light input to the un-doped waveguide. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/002403 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376471 | Das et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Indraneel Das (Bronx, New York); Gonzalo Rey (Clarence Center, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an algorithm that does not relax the problem at the very onset, even if xf is infeasible. Instead, it solves the EQP with the initial guess for the active set without relaxing the problem. If this solution to the first EQP is not optimal, but nevertheless feasible, we can use this as our guess for the feasible point. This has the advantage of being a feasible point that is consistent with the initial active set, whereas the initial guess used in the previous method is not necessarily so. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/358735 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Goodrich Pump and Engine Control Systems, Inc. (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond D. Zagranski (Somers, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method from discriminating between spurious and genuine surges in a gas turbine engine is provided which includes the steps of receiving an engine speed signal over a global engine surge investigation region that includes a plurality of operating regions (e.g. speed bands) in which engine surges can occur, identifying a specific operating region in which an engine surge event occurs, incrementing a surge counter corresponding to the operating region in which the engine surge event occurred, identifying the operating regions in which no engine surge event occurred, decrementing a surge counter corresponding to each operating region in which no engine surge event occurred; enabling a surge avoidance signal when the magnitude of the surge counter for a particular operating region has reached a predetermined value; and adapting an engine acceleration schedule in the operating region corresponds to the surge avoidance signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001247 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376535 | Allen 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) | Jeffery C. Allen (San Diego, California); David F. Schwartz (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining an optimal performance of a lossless circuit. In one embodiment, the number of inductors and capacitors contained in a circuit of interest are input, and then a random search of a plurality of lossless circuits, each having the same number of inductors and capacitors, is conducted. Then, the electrical load used by the circuit of interest is input into each of the plurality of lossless circuits. The method then searches for a circuit of the plurality of lossless circuits having the smallest mismatch between the electrical load and the circuit's input reflectance. The circuit having a lowest mismatch between the input electrical load and the circuit's input reflectance is then determined. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/586743 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376542 | Beuttel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herman W. Beuttel (Renton, Washington); Richard G. Cline (La Mirada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and computer program product are provided for modeling a force structure. The method of one embodiment generally includes defining a plurality of units of action. The method also includes determining, for each unit of action, a plurality of measures of utility, such as for lethality, knowledgeability, mobility, survivability, deployability, supportability and/or affordability. In this regard, at least one measure of utility has a maximization objective and at least one measure of utility has a minimization objective. After determining the measures of utility, the units of action can be compared based upon the objectives of the plurality of measures of utility of each unit of action. Then, based upon the comparison, at least one optimal unit of action can be identified to thereby model the force structure. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/641952 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Creare Inc. (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Izenson (Hanover, New Hampshire); Patrick J. Magari (Plainfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro mechanically-assisted control system for use in a second-stage regulator. Regulator control assembly (20′), also referred to as all-electronic (AE) assembly (20′), includes an electromechanical actuator (EMA) sub-assembly (22) for controlling airflow through single air supply line (23). EMA sub-assembly (22) includes electronically controllable actuator (ECA) (34), which removably seals EMA orifice (36) in wall (30) of pilot chamber (32). ECA (34) is electrically connected with and controlled by control electronics (38). The control electronics include programmable microprocessor (40), which is electrically connected with charge and discharge electronics (42), both of which are electrically connected with power supply (44). All-electronic (AE) assembly (20′) has only an EMA sub-assembly and no mechanical actuator sub-assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/511704 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliezer Peli (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A spectacle system is disclosed for shifting the field expansion property of peripheral prisms from the upper and lower peripheral visual fields toward the central visual field of a person with peripheral field loss, and particularly hemianopia, while maintaining the lateral field expansion. In terms of perceived image, the spectacle system includes image-shifting devices that shift the perceived images from the central missing visual fields toward the upper and lower peripheral visual fields. The image-shifting devices are placed out of the central visual field and do not interfere with the normal central or foveal vision of the wearer. The spectacle system can be fitted onto one or both carrier lenses of a pair of spectacles and includes at least one image-shifting device. The image-shifting device includes a plurality of image-shifting elements. In one embodiment, the image-shifting device includes a plurality of image-shifting mirror elements that are arranged to form a Fresnel-like mirrors based prism. In another embodiment, the image-shifting elements can include either a plurality of image shifting mirrors or a plurality of image-shifting prisms that are oriented such that the optical axis of each image-shifting element forms an acute angle with the horizontal visual meridian of the person wearing the spectacles. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/583682 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/175 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374538 | Nightingale et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn R. Nightingale (Durham, North Carolina); Gregg E. Trahey (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A pushing pulse is delivered from an ultrasound transducer array having a plurality of elements to a target region within a medium to displace the target region to a displaced position. A tracking pulse is delivered from the ultrasound transducer array to the target region, and a plurality of tracking signals are received from locations in the target region, each tracking signal being responsive to the tracking pulse. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/680073 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/443 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kate Rittenhouse-Olson (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is related to administration of monoclonal antibody JAA-F11 to an individual for inhibition of metastasis and/or inhibition of growth of cells which express TF-Ag, or for detection of tumors or metastatic foci which express TF-Ag. For inhibition of metastasis or inhibition of growth of cells expressing TF-Ag, the method comprises administering to the individual a therapeutic amount of mAb JAA-F11, wherein the JAA-F11 mAb inhibits the metastasis and/or growth of the TF-Ag expressing cancer cells. For detection of tumors or metastatic foci, mAb JAA-F11 is conjugated to a detectable label and administered to the individual. Detection of the label identifies metatstatic foci or tumors which comprise cancer cells expressing TF-Ag. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/190165 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 07374756 | Aoki 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) | Yoshiyasu Aoki (Tokyo, Japan); Giovanna Tosato (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A specific binding agent is provided, wherein the specific binding agent specifically binds Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) interleukin-6 (vIL-6), and the specific binding agent neutralizes an activity of vIL-6. In one embodiment, the specific binding agent is an antibody. Methods are provided for using a specific binding agent that binds vIL-6, and neutralizes a biological activity of vIL-6. Methods of treatment for a KSHV-associated disorder are also provided. Methods for diagnosing a KSHV-associated disorder are provided, as are kits that include a specific binding agent of the invention. A method is also provided for testing an agent for effectiveness in treating a KSHV-associated disorder. The method includes incubating the agent with a cell free system comprising a vIL-6 receptor component and vIL-6, and comparing the binding of vIL-6 and the receptor component in the presence of the agent to binding of vIL-6 to the receptor component in the absence of the agent. A decrease in the binding of vIL-6 to the receptor component in the presence of the agent indicates that the agent is effective for treating the KSHV-associated disorder. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803732 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — 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 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan S. Hoffman (Seattle, Washington); Patrick Stayton (Seattle, Washington); Oliver W. Press (Seattle, Washington); Niren Murthy (Atlanta, Georgia); Chantal Lackey Reed (Del Mar, California); Lawrence A. Crum (Bellevue, Washington); Pierre D. Mourad (Seattle, Washington); Tyrone M. Porter (Boston, Massachusetts); David Tirrell (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for transport or release of therapeutic and diagnostic agents or metabolites or other analytes from cells, compartments within cells, or through cell layers or barriers are described. The compositions include a membrane barrier transport enhancing agent and are usually administered in combination with an enhancer and/or exposure to stimuli to effect disruption or altered permeability, transport or release. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions include compounds which disrupt endosomal membranes in response to the low pH in the endosomes but which are relatively inactive toward cell membranes, coupled directly or indirectly to a therapeutic or diagnostic agent. Other disruptive agents can also be used, responsive to stimuli and/or enhancers other than pH, such as light, electrical stimuli, electromagnetic stimuli, ultrasound, temperature, or combinations thereof. The compounds can be coupled by ionic, covalent or H bonds to an agent to be delivered or to a ligand which forms a complex with the agent to be delivered. Agents to be delivered can be therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents. Treatments which enhance delivery such as ultrasound, iontopheresis, and/or electrophereis can also be used with the disrupting agents. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857626 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374872 | Combadiere 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) | Christophe Combadiere (Paris, France); Philip M. Murphy (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The susceptibility of human macrophages to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection depends on cell surface expression of the human CD4 molecule and CC cytokine receptor 5. CCR5 is a member of the 7-transmembrane segment superfamily of G-protein-coupled cell surface molecules. CCR5 plays an essential role in the membrane fusion step of infection by some HIV isolates. The establishment of stable, nonhuman cell lines and transgenic mammals having cells that coexpress human CD4 and CCR5 provides valuable tools for the continuing research of HIV infection. In addition, antibodies which bind to CCR5, CCR5 variants, and CCR5-binding agents, capable of blocking membrane fusion between HIV and target cells represent potential anti-HIV therapeutics for macrophage-tropic strains of HIV. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594375 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — 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 07374934 | Keller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon M. Keller (Denver, Colorado); Robert G. Hawley (Toronto, Canada); Kyunghee Choi (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel immortalized precursor cell populations derived from embryonic stem cell populations and methods to produce such cell populations. Also disclosed is an assay to identify regulatory compounds capable of controlling cell growth for therapeutic and experimental use. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/218671 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — 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 435/325 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angel Pellicer (New York, New York); Peter Leonardi (East Haven, Connecticut); Giorgio Inghirami (Mt. Vernon, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Naturally-occurring variants of human Rgr oncogene protein, in particular, abnormally truncated variants found in T cell malignancies, as well as the human Rgr protein are encompassed by the present invention. Also included are antibodies thereto and nucleic acid molecules encoding human Rgr protein and naturally-occurring variants thereof. The present invention further provides methods for diagnosing and treating T cell malignancies associated with abnormally truncated transcripts of human rgr oncogene and/or abnormal truncation of human Rgr protein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/625471 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07374937 | Prockop et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darwin J. Prockop (New Orleans, Louisiana); David Colter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Carla DiGirolamo (Milford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes in vitro methods of inducing and enhancing proliferation of human marrow stromal cells for use in, for example, gene therapy and transplantation methods. The invention also includes a method of assessing the expandability (i.e., proliferative capacity) of human marrow stromal cells. In addition, the invention includes a conditioned medium for enhancing proliferation of human marrow stromal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 25, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/695769 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — 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 435/378 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy Jian Mao (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The in vivo synthesis of connective tissue by fibroblast or fibroblast precursor cells ensconced within a biocompatible scaffold is disclosed. The cells are preferably present in a biocompatible scaffold such as gelatin and placed between two other biocompatible scaffolds such as collagen sponges soaked with a collagenic amount of a member of the TGF-β family of proteins. This composition is then implanted in a host to produce cranial sutures, periodontal ligament or other fibrous tissue structures in vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/940080 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 07375086 | Nuñez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Nuñez (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Naohiro Inohara (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yasunori Ogura (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to intracellular signaling molecules, in particular the Nod2 protein and nucleic acids encoding the Nod2 protein. The present invention provides methods of identifying modulators of Nod2 signaling. In particular, the present invention additionally provides methods of screening immune modulators such as adjuvants using Nod2. The present invention further provides methods of altering Nod2 signaling. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331240 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375132 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Dong Zhou (Oxford, Mississippi); Dale G. Nagle (Oxford, Mississippi); Asjad Kaleem Mohammed (University, Mississippi); Chowdhury Faiz Hossain (University, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and compositions of the following formula: and analogs and stereoisomers thereof (and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers). Additionally disclosed is a method of inhibiting hypoxia-inducible factor-1 function in a patient or sample thereof, comprising administering to the patient or sample an effective inhibiting amount of a compound or composition of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/083371 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/456 |
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| US 07375137 | Bacopoulos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Merck HDAC Research, LLC (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas G. Bacopoulos (New York, New York); Judy H. Chiao (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Thomas A. Miller (New York, New York); Carolyn M. Paradise (Cortland Manor, New York); Victoria M. Richon (Rye, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of treating cancers, chemoprevention, selectively inducing terminal differentiation, cell growth arrest and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, and/or inhibiting histone deacetylase (HDAC) by administration of pharmaceutical compositions comprising potent HDAC inhibitors. The oral bioavailability of the active compounds in the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention is surprisingly high. Moreover, the pharmaceutical compositions unexpectedly give rise to high, therapeutically effective blood levels of the active compounds over an extended period of time. The present invention further provides a safe, daily dosing regimen of these pharmaceutical compositions, which is easy to follow, and which results in a therapeutically effective amount of the HDAC inhibitors in vivo. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/391971 |
| ART UNIT | 4173 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/616 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375183 | Pastan 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) | Ira Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Kai Chang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the discovery of a differentiation antigen termed mesothelin which is associated with mesotheliomas and ovarian cancers. Mesothelin is about 69 kD in its full-length form. The invention includes uses for the amino acid and nucleic acid sequences for mesothelin, recombinant cells expressing it, methods for targeting and/or inhibiting the growth of cells bearing mesothelin, methods for detecting the antigen and its expression level as an indication of the presence of tumor cells, and kits for such detection. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 05, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/684599 |
| 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 07375185 | Epstein 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) | Neal D. Epstein (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Shahin Hassanzadeh (Manassas, Virginia); Steven Winitsky (Bethesda, Maryland); Julien S. Davis (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a cDNA, protein sequence, and genomic structure of the human cardiac isoform of myosin light chain kinase (cMLCK), and describes mutations in the cMLCK gene that are associated with cardiac dysfunction. Methods are provided for identifying individuals who can harbor mutations in the cMLCK gene, or carry alleles that can predisposed them to cardiac dysfunction. Disclosed also is a significant role for cMLCK in modulating cardiac contractility. The cMLCK protein is shown herein to reduce the amplitude of stretch activation and increase the tension production, a property of muscle which has heretofore had an unknown role in cardiac contraction. Moreover, the cMLCK protein is shown to be regionally distributed in the heart, thereby having differential effects on contractility and stretch activation. Methods herein are provided to exploit this effect of cMLCK, to treat individuals who have or are prone to cardiac dysfunction. In addition, methods are provided to identify agents that modulate cMLCK activity, thereby having potential therapeutic importance in the treatment of cardiac dysfunction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/380236 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375206 | Lobanenkov 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) | Victor V. Lobanenkov (Rockville, Maryland); Dmitri I. Loukinov (Germantown, Maryland); Herbert C. Morse, III (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated or purified nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence encoding a human or a non-human BORIS, or a fragment of either of the foregoing; an isolated or purified nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a nucleotide sequence encoding a human or a non-human BORIS, or a fragment of either of the foregoing; a vector comprising such an isolated or purified nucleic acid molecule; a cell comprising such a vector; an isolated or purified polypeptide molecule consisting essentially of an amino acid sequence encoding a human or a non-human BORIS, or a fragment of either of the foregoing; a cell line that produces a monoclonal antibody that is specific for an aforementioned isolated or purified polypeptide molecule; and the monoclonal antibody produced by the cell line; methods of diagnosing a cancer or a predisposition to a cancer in a male or female mammal; a method of prognosticating a cancer in a mammal; a method of assessing the effectiveness of treatment of a cancer in a mammal; a method of treating a mammal prophylactically or therapeutically for a cancer, and a composition comprising a carrier and an inhibitor of BORIS. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/505377 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375234 | Sharpless et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, California); Valery Fokin (Oceanside, California); Vsevold A. Rostovtsev (Wilmington, Germany); Luke Green (Basel, Switzerland); Fahmi Himo (Solna, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal catalyzed click chemistry ligation process is employed to bind azides and terminal acetylenes to give triazoles. In many instances, the reaction sequence regiospecifically ligates azides and terminal acetylenes to give only 1,4-disubstituted [1,2,3]-triazoles. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/516671 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375319 | Willoughby et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ross C. Willoughby (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Edward W. Sheehan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Craig M. Whitehouse (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Atmospheric pressure, intermediate pressure and vacuum laser desorption ionization methods and ion sources are configured to increase ionization efficiency and the efficiency of transmitting ions to a mass to charge analyzer or ion mobility analyzer. An electric field is applied in the region of a sample target to accumulate ions generated from a local ion source on a solid or liquid phase sample prior to applying a laser desorption pulse. The electric field is changed just prior to or during the desorption laser pulse to promote the desorption of charged species and improve the ionization efficiency of desorbed sample species. After a delay, the electric field may be further changed to optimize focusing and transmission of ions into a mass spectrometer or ion mobility analyzer. Charged species may also be added to the region of the laser desorbed sample plume to promote ion-molecule reactions between the added ions and desorbed neutral sample species, increasing desorbed sample ionization efficiency and/or creating desired production species. The cycling of electric field changes is repeated in a timed sequence with one or more desorption laser pulse occurring per electric field change cycle. Embodiments of the invention comprise atmospheric pressure, intermediate pressure and vacuum pressure laser desorption ionization source methods and devices for increasing the analytical flexibility and improving the sensitivity of mass spectrometric analysis. |
| FILED | Monday, August 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/500055 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
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| US 07376467 | Thrope et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDI Medical, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey B. Thrope (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Robert B. Strother (Willoughby Hills, Ohio); Joseph J. Mrva (Willoughby Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Neuromuscular stimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles or nerves inside the body and stimulus generators or recording instruments mounted on the surface of the skin outside the body. Neuromuscular stimulation assemblies, systems, and methods may include a steerable introducer that defines an interior lumen sized and configured to shield a percutaneous electrode from contact with tissue during advancement to a desired position within tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/056591 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07373904 | Bharathan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Desikan Bharathan (Lakewood, Colorado); Vahab Hassani (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A stratified vapor generator (110) comprises a first heating section (H1) and a second heating section (H2). The first and second heating sections (H1, H2) are arranged so that the inlet of the second heating section (H2) is operatively associated with the outlet of the first heating section (H1). A moisture separator (126) having a vapor outlet (164) and a liquid outlet (144) is operatively associated with the outlet (124) of the second heating section (H2). A cooling section (C1) is operatively associated with the liquid outlet (144) of the moisture separator (126) and includes an outlet that is operatively associated with the inlet of the second heating section (H2). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/258719 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid heaters and vaporizers 122/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374599 | Shelnutt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico); Yujiang Song (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eulalia F. Pereira (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal); Craig J. Medforth (Winters, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making dendritic metal nanostructures using a surfactant structure template, a metal salt, and electron donor species. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/887535 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/370 |
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| US 07374939 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Min Zhang (Lakewood, Colorado); Yat-Chen Chou (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention briefly provides a method of site-specific insertion in Zymomonas, comprising, providing a Zymomonas gene fragment, interrupting a DNA sequence the fragment, and transforming the Zymomonas through homologous recombination with the interrupted fragment. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/562613 |
| 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 435/471 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375011 | Kahen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith B. Kahen (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making an ex-situ doped semiconductor transport layer for use in an electronic device includes: growing a first set of semiconductor nanoparticles having surface organic ligands in a colloidal solution; growing a second set of dopant material nanoparticles having surface organic ligands in a colloidal solution; depositing a mixture of the first set of semiconductor nanoparticles and the second set of dopant material nanoparticles on a surface, wherein there are more semiconductor nanoparticles than dopant material nanoparticles; performing a first anneal of the deposited mixture of nanoparticles so that the organic ligands boil off the surfaces of the first and second set of nanoparticles; performing a second anneal of the deposited mixture so that the semiconductor nanoparticles fuse to form a continuous semiconductor layer and the dopant material atoms diffuse out from the dopant material nanoparticles and into the continuous semiconductor layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/677794 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375197 | Adney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MidWest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Adney (Golden, Colorado); Stephen R. Decker (Berthoud, Colorado); Suzanne Mc Carter (San Carlos, California); John O. Baker (Golden, Colorado); Raphael Nieves (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael E. Himmel (Littleton, Colorado); Todd B. Vinzant (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a method for preparing an active exoglucanase in a heterologous host of eukaryotic origin. The method includes mutagenesis to reduce glycosylation of the exoglucanase when expressed in a heterologous host. It is further disclosed a method to produce variant cellobiohydrolase that is stable at high temperature through mutagenesis. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/031496 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07375293 — System and method for weighing and characterizing moving or stationary vehicles and cargo
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Beshears (Knoxville, Tennessee); Matthew B. Scudiere (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Clifford P. White (Seymour, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A weigh-in-motion device and method having at least one transducer pad, each transducer pad having at least one transducer group with transducers positioned essentially perpendicular to the direction of travel. At least one pad microcomputer is provided on each transducer pad having a means for calculating first output signal indicative of weight, second output signal indicative of time, and third output signal indicative of speed. At least one host microcomputer is in electronic communication with each pad microcomputer, and having a means for calculating at least one unknown selected from the group consisting of individual tire weight, individual axle weight, axle spacing, speed profile, longitudinal center of balance, and transverse center of balance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/550452 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Weighing scales 177/25.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375332 | Horn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M. Horn (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A broad-beam laser irradiation apparatus can measure the parametric or functional response of a semiconductor device to exposure to dose-rate equivalent infrared laser light. Comparisons of dose-rate response from before, during, and after accelerated aging of a device, or from periodic sampling of devices from fielded operational systems can determine if aging has affected the device's overall functionality. The dependence of these changes on equivalent dose-rate pulse intensity and/or duration can be measured with the apparatus. The synchronized introduction of external electrical transients into the device under test can be used to simulate the electrical effects of the surrounding circuitry's response to a radiation exposure while exposing the device to dose-rate equivalent infrared laser light. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/366289 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.400 |
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| US 07375334 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon Eric Smith (Richland, Washington); Steven D. Miller (Richland, Washington); Theodore W. Bowyer (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compact, OSL-based devices for long-term, unattended radiation detection and spectroscopy are provided. In addition, a method for extracting spectroscopic information from these devices is taught. The devices can comprise OSL pixels and at least one radiation filter surrounding at least a portion of the OSL pixels. The filter can modulate an incident radiation flux. The devices can further comprise a light source and a detector, both proximally located to the OSL pixels, as well as a power source and a wireless communication device, each operably connected to the light source and the detector. Power consumption of the device ranges from ultra-low to zero. The OSL pixels can retain data regarding incident radiation events as trapped charges. The data can be extracted wirelessly or manually. The method for extracting spectroscopic data comprises optically stimulating the exposed OSL pixels, detecting a readout luminescence, and reconstructing an incident-energy spectrum from the luminescence. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/931411 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375343 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Cook (Ankeny, Iowa); John Evan Snyder (Penarth, United Kingdom); Alan P. Constant (Ames, Iowa); Yun Tian (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutron detecting and method of use for a semiconducting material having a formula of M1M2B14 where M1 is aluminum, magnesium, silver, sodium or scandium and M2 is boron, chromium, erbium, holmium, lithium, magnesium, thulium, titanium, yttrium, or gadolinium. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/422629 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375814 | Reichardt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Reichardt (Livermore, California); Amy Khai Luong (Dublin, California); Thomas J. Kulp (Livermore, California); Sanjay Devdas (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is described that is suitable for use in determining the location of leaks of gases having a background concentration. The system is a point-wise backscatter absorption gas measurement system that measures absorption and distance to each point of an image. The absorption measurement provides an indication of the total amount of a gas of interest, and the distance provides an estimate of the background concentration of gas. The distance is measured from the time-of-flight of laser pulse that is generated along with the absorption measurement light. The measurements are formated into an image of the presence of gas in excess of the background. Alternatively, an image of the scene is superimosed on the image of the gas to aid in locating leaks. By further modeling excess gas as a plume having a known concentration profile, the present system provides an estimate of the maximum concentration of the gas of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/078527 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375933 | Tekletsadik |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SuperPower, Inc. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kasegn D. Tekletsadik (Rexford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, modular corona shields are employed in a HTS device to reduce the electric field surrounding the HTS device. In a exemplary embodiment a fault current limiter module in the insulation region of a cryogenic cooling system has at least one fault current limiter set which employs a first corona shield disposed along the top portion of the fault current limiter set and is electrically coupled to the fault current limiter set. A second corona shield is disposed along the bottom portion of the fault current limiter set and is electrically coupled to the fault current limiter set. An insulation barrier is disposed within the insulation region along at least one side of the fault current limiter set. The first corona shield and the second corona shield act together to reduce the electric field surrounding the fault limiter set when voltage is applied to the fault limiter set. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/443735 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/19 |
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| US 07376403 | Wanke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Wanke (Albuquerque, New Mexico); S. James Allen (Santa Barbara, California); Mark Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A terahertz radiation mixer comprises a heterodyned field-effect transistor (FET) having a high electron mobility heterostructure that provides a gatable two-dimensional electron gas in the channel region of the FET. The mixer can operate in either a broadband pinch-off mode or a narrowband resonant plasmon mode by changing a grating gate bias of the FET. The mixer can beat an RF signal frequency against a local oscillator frequency to generate an intermediate frequency difference signal in the microwave region. The mixer can have a low local oscillator power requirement and a large intermediate frequency bandwidth. The terahertz radiation mixer is particularly useful for terahertz applications requiring high resolution. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/113635 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/189.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376507 | Daily et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Daily (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven B. Rohde (Corrales, New Mexico); James L. Novak (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A geophysics-based method for determining the position of a stationary earth object uses the periodic changes in the gravity vector of the earth caused by the sun- and moon-orbits. Because the local gravity field is highly irregular over a global scale, a model of local tidal accelerations can be compared to actual accelerometer measurements to determine the latitude and longitude of the stationary object. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/855145 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07374702 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The new fluorocarbon-functionalized and/or heterocycle-modified polythiophenes, in particular, α,ω-diperfluorohexylsexithiophene DFH-6T can be straightforwardly prepared in high yield and purity. Introduction of such modifications to a thiophene core affords enhanced thermal stability and volatility, and increased electron affinity versus the unmodified compositions of the prior art. Evaporated films behave as n-type semiconductors, and can be used to fabricate thin film transistors with FET mobilities ˜0.01 cm2/Vs—some of the highest reported to date for n-type organic semiconductors |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/343407 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374738 | Kouvetakis 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) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Ignatius S. Tsong (Tempe, Arizona); Levi Torrison (Mesa, Arizona); John Tolle (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel superhard dielectric compounds useful as gate dielectrics discovered. Low temperature methods for making thin films of the compounds on substrate silicon are provided. The methods comprise the step of contacting a precursor having the formula H3X—O—XH3, wherein X is silicon or carbon with a compound comprising boron or nitrogen in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chamber or with one or more atomic elements in a molecular beam epitaxial deposition (MBE) chamber. These thin film constructs are useful as components of microelectronic devices, and specifically as gate dielectrics in CMOS devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/492271 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/277 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374824 | Bawendi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Frederic V. Mikulec (Austin, Texas); Sungjee Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Tellurium-containing nanocrystallites are produced by injection of a precursor into a hot coordinating solvent, followed by controlled growth and annealing. Nanocrystallites may include CdTe, ZnTe, MgTe, HgTe, or alloys thereof. The nanocrystallites can photoluminesce with quantum efficiencies as high as 70%. |
| FILED | Friday, April 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/399414 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/570 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374948 | Walba et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M Walba (Boulder, Colorado); Noel A. Clark (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides methods for the determination of the enantiomeric excess of chiral compounds. The methods involve doping a chiral analyte into an achiral liquid crystal host to form a chiral dopant/host liquid crystal mixture. An electro-optic signature of the mixture is then determined and is used to calculate the enantiomeric excess of the chiral analyte. The disclosure also provides systems for performing the disclosed methods of determining enantiomeric excess. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141433 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375234 | Sharpless et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, California); Valery Fokin (Oceanside, California); Vsevold A. Rostovtsev (Wilmington, Germany); Luke Green (Basel, Switzerland); Fahmi Himo (Solna, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal catalyzed click chemistry ligation process is employed to bind azides and terminal acetylenes to give triazoles. In many instances, the reaction sequence regiospecifically ligates azides and terminal acetylenes to give only 1,4-disubstituted [1,2,3]-triazoles. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/516671 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375404 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Baltimore, Maryland); University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jung Jin Park (Beltsville, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Rockville, Maryland); Gary W. Rubloff (Clarksville, Maryland); Mark Joseph Kastantin (Goleta, California); Sheng Li (Greenbelt, Maryland); Li-Qun Wu (N. Potomac, Maryland); Hyunmin Yi (Beltsville, Maryland); Theresa Michelle Valentine (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device is provided, along with means for its fabrication and operation for microfluidic and/or biomicrofluidic applications. The MEMS device includes a substrate, optional electrodes on the substrate, a patterned structure on the substrate, the patterned structure having a fluidic microchannel aligned with one or more of the optional electrodes, an encapsulation membrane covering the microchannel, and an optional reactive layer deposited over the electrode in the microchannel. MEMS devices of preferred embodiments permit a leak-tight seal to be formed around the microchannel and fluidic interconnects established for robust operation of fluidics-based processes. MEMS devices of other preferred embodiments permit reversible attachment and separation of the encapsulation membrane relative to the patterned structure. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/003005 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376562 | Large |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida); Circular Logic, Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward W. Large (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to systems and methods for processing acoustic signals, such as music and speech. The method involves nonlinear frequency analysis of an incoming acoustic signal. In one aspect, a network of nonlinear oscillators, each with a distinct frequency, is applied to process the signal. The frequency, amplitude, and phase of each signal component are identified. In addition, nonlinearities in the network recover components that are not present or not fully resolvable in the input signal. In another aspect, a modification of the nonlinear oscillator network is used to track changing frequency components of an input signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/873896 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07374773 | Shapiro-Ilan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia); Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David I. Shapiro-Ilan (Macon, Georgia); W. Louis Tedders (Perry, Georgia); Edwin E. Lewis (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Pesticidal and/or antimicrobial biological agent-infected hard-bodied arthropod cadavers, such as from the family Tenebrionidae are used to control pest and/or microbial infestations in agriculture, commercial and urban environments. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/726479 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375092 | de Lumen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benito O. de Lumen (Berkeley, California); Alfredo F. Galvez (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions of selectively disrupting mitotic function in a target cell demonstrating undesirable mitotic function. Suitable target cells include mammalian, plant and bacterial cells, which cells may be in vitro or in situ. The general methods involve introducing into the target cell an effective amount of a peptide comprising contiguous acidic amino acids, such as Asp or Glu, whereby the undesirable mitotic function of the cell is selectively disrupted. In particular embodiments, the peptide comprises a Gm2S-1 peptide, particularly a lunasin and/or alisin peptide. The peptide may be introduced by transfecting the cell with a nucleic acid encoding the peptide. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/302633 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375239 | Chauhan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kamlesh R. Chauhan (Laurel, Maryland); Aijun Zhang (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of separating ZE-nepetalactone and EZ-nepetalactone from catnip oil involving mixing catnip oil dissolved in at least one water immiscible, non-halogenated organic solvent with at least one inorganic base dissolved in water to form a biphasic mixture, stirring the biphasic mixture to hydrolyze ZE-nepetalactone to form ZE-nepetalic acid, separating the aqueous phase containing ZE-nepetalic acid from the organic phase containing EZ-nepetalactone in the biphasic mixture, and optionally acidifying the aqueous phase to about pH 4.5 and adding at least one water immiscible, non-halogenated organic solvent to azeotropically lactonize the ZE-nepetalic acid in the presence of a catalytic amount of p-toluene sulfonic acid to form ZE-nepetalactone. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/007078 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375259 | McCue et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent F. McCue (El Cerrito, California); Paul V. Allen (Pinole, California); David R. Rockhold (El Cerrito, California); Louise V. T. Shepherd (Errol, United Kingdom); Mary M. Maccree (Woodland, California); Howard V. Davies (Invergowire, United Kingdom); William R. Belknap (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid sequences from potato that encode the enzyme UDP-glucose:solanidine glucosyltransferase (SGT2) are disclosed. Recombinant DNA molecules containing the sequences, and use thereof, in particular, use of the sequences and antisense constructs to inhibit the production of SGT2 and thereby reduce the level of the more human-toxic of the two predominant steroidal glycoalkaloids α-chaconine and/or increase the level of the more insect-toxic α-solanine in Solanaceous plants such as potato are described. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/272952 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — 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 8/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07374685 | Sun |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ya-Ping Sun (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes from metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes is disclosed. The method utilizes separation agents that preferentially associate with semiconducting nanotubes due to the electrical nature of the nanotubes. The separation agents are those that have a planar orientation, π-electrons available for association with the surface of the nanotubes, and also include a soluble portion of the molecule. Following preferential association of the separation agent with the semiconducting nanotubes, the agent/nanotubes complex is soluble and can be solubilized with the solution enriched in semiconducting nanotubes while the residual solid is enriched in metallic nanotubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/013900 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/639 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375801 | Briscoe 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) | Jeri M. Briscoe (Arab, Alabama); Eric L. Corder (Huntsville, Alabama); Richard T. Howard (Huntsville, Alabama); David J. Broderick (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A video sensor device is provided which incorporates a rangefinder function. The device includes a single video camera and a fixed laser spaced a predetermined distance from the camera for, when activated, producing a laser beam. A diffractive optic element divides the beam so that multiple light spots are produced on a target object. A processor calculates the range to the object based on the known spacing and angles determined from the light spots on the video images produced by the camera. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/108140 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/3.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375808 | Choi 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) | Sang H. Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical method and system sense and identify a foreign particle in a gaseous environment. A light source generates light. An electrically-conductive sheet has an array of holes formed through the sheet. Each hole has a diameter that is less than one quarter of the light's wavelength. The sheet is positioned relative to the light source such that the light is incident on one face of the sheet. An optical detector is positioned adjacent the sheet's opposing face and is spaced apart therefrom such that a gaseous environment is adapted to be disposed therebetween. Alterations in the light pattern detected by the optical detector indicate the presence of a foreign particle in the holes or on the sheet, while a laser induced fluorescence (LIF) signature associated with the foreign particle indicates the identity of the foreign particle. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/536120 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375826 | Lavelle 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 (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Lavelle (Los Altos, California); Stefan R. Schuet (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser scanner computes a range from a laser line to an imaging sensor. The laser line illuminates a detail within an area covered by the imaging sensor, the area having a first dimension and a second dimension. The detail has a dimension perpendicular to the area. A traverse moves a laser emitter coupled to the imaging sensor, at a height above the area. The laser emitter is positioned at an offset along the scan direction with respect to the imaging sensor, and is oriented at a depression angle with respect to the area. The laser emitter projects the laser line along the second dimension of the area at a position where a image frame is acquired. The imaging sensor is sensitive to laser reflections from the detail produced by the laser line. The imaging sensor images the laser reflections from the detail to generate the image frame. A computer having a pipeline structure is connected to the imaging sensor for reception of the image frame, and for computing the range to the detail using height, depression angle and/or offset. The computer displays the range to the area and detail thereon covered by the image frame. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956517 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/607 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07374917 | Donnelly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Donnelly (Warrensville, Illinois); William H. Eschenfeldt (St. Charles, Illinois); Jonathan Trent (La Silva Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are novel nucleic acids, proteins and methods that can be used to provide new catalysts with desirable traits for industrial processes. In particular, novel reductases isolated from the environment using PCR methods are described. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015039 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375258 | Harvey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AviGenics, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex J. Harvey (Athens, Georgia); Youliang Wang (Monroe, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel isolated nucleic acids that comprise an avian nucleic acid sequence comprising a ovomucoid gene expression control region. The ovomucoid promoter region of the present invention will allow expression of an operably linked heterologous nucleic acid insert in a transfected avian cell such as, for example, an oviduct cell. The isolated avian ovomucoid of the present invention may be operably linked with a selected nucleic acid insert, wherein the nucleic acid insert encodes a polypeptide desired to be expressed in a transfected cell. The recombinant DNA of the present invention may further comprise a polyadenylation signal sequence. The present invention further includes expression vectors comprising an isolated avian ovomucoid gene expression control region of the present invention, and transfected cells and transgenic avians comprising the expression vectors. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/496731 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — 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 8/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07374005 | Gray, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Two motors are arranged on opposing sides of a common shaft, drive plates of the pump/motors being rigidly coupled to each other, for example by being in hard contact with opposing sides of the shaft. By providing hard contact between the pump/motor drive plates and a common shaft, the drive plates and shaft act as a substantially solid element under compression, thereby substantially canceling axial loads generated by the pump/motors directly through the shaft. Residual axial loads are handled via bearings positioned on the shaft adjacent the drive plates in such a manner that the drive plates are in light contact only with the bearings. As a result, friction experienced by the bearings is substantially reduced as compared to conventional systems, thereby improving the efficiency of the system. To further reduce loads on the bearings, the pump/motors are arranged to ensure that they generate radial forces in a direction that is opposite to that of a separation force generated by a torque transferring device carried on the shaft and transmitted to the bearings. A common housing surrounding the two pump/motors, bearings and torque transferring device is divided into three regions, to segregate the bearings and torque transferring assembly from the pump/motors. In this manner, the regions containing the pump/motors are substantially filled with oil to, for example, fully lubricate the pump/motors, while the central region containing the gears and torque transferring device contains a significantly smaller volume of oil to simply splash lubricate the contents of the region, thereby reducing drag on the bearings. Control means are provided for selectively moving the two pump/motors substantially simultaneously to a selected displacement angle, using mechanical systems alone and in combination with hydraulic systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/620726 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375317 | Zhang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renyi Zhang (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for conducting mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometry may be accomplished by ion drift-chemical ionization mass spectrometry. One embodiment includes a chemical ionization mass spectrometer comprising an ion drift zone having an ion conductor that transports positive or negative ions. The chemical ionization mass spectrometer further comprises an ion source that produces the positive or negative ions and a mass spectrometer. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/193560 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07374539 | Fernando et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kumari L. Fernando (Salt Lake City, Utah); V. John Mathews (Salt Lake City, Utah); Edward B. Clark (Salt Lake City, Utah); Michael W. Varner (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of a method of predicting maternal hypertension during pregnancy is disclosed. The method may include measuring a maternal blood velocity waveform and measuring a fetal blood velocity waveform. The method may further include the calculation of a coherence value using a magnitude-squared coherence function between the maternal and fetal blood velocity waveforms and comparing the coherence value to a predetermined threshold value. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/934656 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/454 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375317 | Zhang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renyi Zhang (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for conducting mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometry may be accomplished by ion drift-chemical ionization mass spectrometry. One embodiment includes a chemical ionization mass spectrometer comprising an ion drift zone having an ion conductor that transports positive or negative ions. The chemical ionization mass spectrometer further comprises an ion source that produces the positive or negative ions and a mass spectrometer. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/193560 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07373802 | Powers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Florida, Department of Transportation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney G. Powers (Gainesville, Florida); Robert M. Langley (Hawthorne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and testing fixture for toughness-testing corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe. The method includes the steps of preparing a test sample, attaching the test sample in the testing fixture, and providing an impact load to the test sample. The test sample is cut from a section of corrugated HDPE pipe so as to have a clamped portion and a loading member extending outwardly therefrom. The clamped portion includes two sidewalls with a trough therebetween. A hole is bored in the loading member near the end of the loading member. The testing fixture includes a vertical clamp which is configured to grip the clamped portion of the test sample so as to retain the clamped portion in a stationary position when the test sample is loaded. The loading member of the test sample projects outwardly from the vertical clamp. A guide rod is attached to the loading member through the bore in the loading member. One or more masses are slidably situated on the guide rod so that they can fall from a first position to a second position. A stop collar is attached near the second end of the guide rod to arrest the freefall of the masses, causing an impact load to be transmitted up the guide rod to the loading member. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/498552 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/12.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375637 | Mickle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marlin H. Mickle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Peter J. Hawrylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Raymond R. Hoare (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alex Jones (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); James T. Cain (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Chuba Oyolu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Shenchih Tung (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A transponder apparatus having an identifier associated therewith includes a receiver for receiving an RF signal transmitted by an interrogator, a power source and a processing unit that is operatively coupled to the power source and is capable of being in an inactive, sleep state (low current draw) and an active state. The transponder apparatus also includes a buffer device that is structured to: (i) receive an information signal based on the RF signal from the receiver, (ii) determine whether the information signal includes the identifier, and (iii) cause the processing unit to move from the inactive state to the active state and transmit at least a portion of the information signal to the processing unit only if it is determined that the information signal includes the identifier. An associated method is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/408774 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/572.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07373802 | Powers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Florida, Department of Transportation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney G. Powers (Gainesville, Florida); Robert M. Langley (Hawthorne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and testing fixture for toughness-testing corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe. The method includes the steps of preparing a test sample, attaching the test sample in the testing fixture, and providing an impact load to the test sample. The test sample is cut from a section of corrugated HDPE pipe so as to have a clamped portion and a loading member extending outwardly therefrom. The clamped portion includes two sidewalls with a trough therebetween. A hole is bored in the loading member near the end of the loading member. The testing fixture includes a vertical clamp which is configured to grip the clamped portion of the test sample so as to retain the clamped portion in a stationary position when the test sample is loaded. The loading member of the test sample projects outwardly from the vertical clamp. A guide rod is attached to the loading member through the bore in the loading member. One or more masses are slidably situated on the guide rod so that they can fall from a first position to a second position. A stop collar is attached near the second end of the guide rod to arrest the freefall of the masses, causing an impact load to be transmitted up the guide rod to the loading member. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/498552 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/12.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07376313 | Sansone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chesapeake Sciences Corporation (Millersville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis Sansone (Moosup, Connecticut); Robert Hauptmann (Groton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes incorporating an optical fiber into a buffer tube, wherein the buffer tube has a first length. The buffer tube contains the optical fiber and a filler compound to create a buffer tube assembly. The buffer tube assembly is heated to an elevated temperature for a period of time, wherein the first length of the buffer tube decreases to a second length, such that extra optical fiber length is created relative to the second length. The buffer tube assembly is cooled to stabilize the second length and to retain the excess fiber length in the buffer tube. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/909191 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07376598 | Estes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacquelyn Estes (Warrenton, Virginia); Wayne H. Orbke (Germantown, Tennessee); Maria C. Penn (Alexandria, Virginia); Phillip A. Pensabene (Huntingtown, Maryland); Christine R. L. Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Julie F. Rios (Washington, District of Columbia); Jacquelyn M. Robinson (Washington, District of Columbia); Kerry J. Troxel (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems consistent with the present invention facilitate in sending a package (112) to a customer at a physical address via a shipper (106) while preserving customer privacy. In accordance with an embodiment, an order is received from the customer (102). The order may include a unique identifier corresponding to the customer. A package (110) is sent to the shipper (106) in fulfillment of the order, the package including the unique identifier. Then, the customer's physical address is derive from the unique identifier and the package is delivered (112) from the shipper to the customer's physical address. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/287194 |
| ART UNIT | 3625 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07374298 | Gregoire |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Glen Gregoire (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser beam dump dissipates laser energy. The laser dump includes a cradle for holding the laser and an open cavity lined with a laser energy absorbing material. Laser emissions are directed from the laser into the laser dump cavity where the laser energy is dissipated. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/989169 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/614 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07374826 | Leupold |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Sceretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert A. Leupold (Eatontown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic field structures composed of stacked magnetic laminae that are magnetically oriented perpendicular to their planes and configured to cause a volume charge density and cancel the field effects of unwanted surface negative charges are provided. This arrangement causes a uniform volume magnetic charge density, which results in a magnetic field normal to the laminae. The stacked magnetic laminae magnetic field structure cancel the field effects of the deleterious unwanted surface charges because these surface charges are so situated that their contributions to the internal magnetic field mutually cancel each other, and thus they are no longer detrimental to the magnetic field created by the volume charge density. One embodiment provides a planar magnetic field gradient source structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/191628 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/636 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07375520 | Nezafat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health (Washington, District of Columbia); Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reza Nezafat (Newton, Massachusetts); J. Andrew Derbyshire (Silver Springs, Maryland); Ronald Ouwerkerk (Baltimore, Maryland); Matthias Stuber (Ellicott City, Maryland); Elliot R. McVeigh (Phoenix, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A T2 preparation sequence uses a segmented BIR-4 adiabatic pulse with two substantially equal delays and is insensitive to B1 field variations and can simultaneously suppress fat signals with low specific absorption rate (SAR). An adiabatic reverse half passage pulse is applied followed by a predetermined delay. An adiabatic full passage pulse is applied followed by a substantially equal delay, followed by an adiabatic half passage pulse. Fat signal suppression is achieved by increasing or decreasing either the first delay or the second delay. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409511 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07376077 | Barnhart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy C. Barnhart (Parker, Colorado); Donald V. Schnaidt (Centennial, Colorado); Melinda C. Milani (Parker, Colorado); Jeffrey B. Schreiber (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method for DMR includes generating first tracking reports of first data units received at one or more receptors from one or more remote units, generating second tracking reports of first data units received at one of one or more centrals, and generating delivery reports of second data units extracted at the central from the first data units received at the central. The method includes, using the delivery reports, identifying missing second data units that should have been received at the central, but were not. The method includes, using one or more of the tracking reports, mapping the missing second data units to one or more first data units and determining a best source for retransmission of the first data units mapped to the missing second data units. The method includes generating a retransmit request for the first data units mapped to the missing second data units and communicating the retransmit request to the best source. |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/822606 |
| ART UNIT | 4177 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
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
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You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2008/fedinvent-patents-20080520.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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