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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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| US 07383626 | Baseman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel L. Baseman (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Lonny L. Berg (Elk River, Minnesota); Romney R. Katti (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Daniel S. Reed (Maple Plain, Minnesota); Gordon A. Shaw (Plymouth, Minnesota); Wei D. Z. Zou (Minnetonka, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of fabricating a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) device a plurality of magnetoresistive device layers is deposited on a first silicon nitride layer formed on a silicon oxide layer. An etch stop is formed on the magnetoresistive device layers, and a second layer of silicon nitride is formed on the etch stop. The magnetoresistive device layers are patterned to define a plurality of magnetic bits having sidewalls. The second silicon nitride layer is patterned to define electrical contact portions on the etch stop in each magnetic bit. The sidewalls of the magnetic bits are covered with a photoresist layer. A reactive ion etch (RIE) process is used to etch into the first silicon nitride and silicon oxide layers to expose electrical contacts. The photoresist layer and silicon nitride layers protect the magnetoresistive layers from exposure to oxygen during the etching into the silicon oxide layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/508671 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/603.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07383686 | Aycock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry W. Aycock (Chandler, Arizona); John R. Barrett (Mesa, Arizona); Howard M. Becker (Chandler, Arizona); Michael J. Durden (Chandler, Arizona); Robert A. Kime (Chandler, Arizona); Brian D. Koch (Gilbert, Arizona); Robert S. Sandoval (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A secondary flow, turbine cooling air system for the uniform cooling of high pressure turbine module components such as the turbine shroud, turbine blade tips, turbine nozzle, transion liner, and turbine bearing support housing in a recuperated gas turbine engine is provided. The secondary flow turbine cooling system provides uniform cooling air having a similar pressure and temperature in a recuperated gas turbine engine as the compressor discharge air of a non-recuperated gas turbine engine. A method for uniform cooling of high pressure turbine module components using the secondary flow turbine cooling air system is also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/011367 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/782 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07383775 | Mock, Jr. 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) | Willis Mock, Jr. (Fredericksburg, Virginia); William H. Holt (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A reactive munition uses a housing made from a housing in a state that is three-dimensionally rigid. The housing can be made of metal, such as aluminum. A reactive filler, such as powdered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), fills the one or more cavities in the aluminum housing. A jacket encases the housing filled with the reactive filler. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/326670 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/363 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384016 | Kota et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | FlexSys, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sridhar Kota (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Joel A. Hetrick (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Variation in the contours of first and second compliant surfaces is produced by a compliant frame having a first resiliently variable frame element (120) having a corresponding first outer surface (122) and a first inner surface (124), and a second resiliently variable frame element (130) having a corresponding second outer surface (132) and a second inner surface (134). The first and second outer surfaces (122, 132) communicate with respective ones of the first and second compliant surfaces. A linkage element (141-144) having a predetermined resilience characteristic is coupled at a first end thereof to the first inner surface (124) and at a second end thereof to the second inner surface (134). A frame coupler (151) couples the first resiliently variable frame element (120) to a support element (150). An actuator (106) applies a force to the second resiliently variable frame element (130) with respect to the support element (150), resulting in a corresponding variation in the contour of the first and second compliant surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/548053 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/123.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384447 | Kodas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Quint H. Powell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clive D. Chandler (Portland, Oregon); Daniel J. Skamser (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Nickel powder batches including coated nickel-containing particles and methods for producing the same. The coated nickel-containing particles having have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The present invention is also directed to devices incorporating the coated nickel-containing particles. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/904254 |
| 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 075/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384605 | Feldstein |
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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) | Mark J. Feldstein (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a fluidics system and a method for selectively drawing fluid from at least one selected reservoir into a channel by providing a negative pressure source downstream of the fluid and channel and selectively back filling the selected reservoir with a gas. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/947782 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384626 | Denkewicz, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Triton Systems, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond P. Denkewicz, Jr. (East Greenwich, Rhode Island); Arjan Giaya (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Yoojeong Kim (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Lawino Kagumba (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fengying Shi (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes compositions and methods for sorbing and/or destroying dangerous substances such as chemical and biological warfare agents. The present invention relates to dendritic polymers, specifically, to quaternary ammonium functionalized dendritic polymers and N-Halamine functionalized dendritic polymers. Such dendrimers are useful for the capture and neutralization of biological and chemical warfare agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/216728 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384640 | Holmes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wyeth Holdings Corporation (Madison, New Jersey); The United States of America as represented by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall K. Holmes (Golden, Colorado); Michael G. Jobling (Aurora, Colorado); John H. Eldridge (Fairport, New York); Bruce A. Green (Pittsford, New York); Gerald E. Hancock (Honeoye Falls, New York); Joel A. Peek (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A mutant cholera holotoxin featuring a point mutation at amino acid 29 of the A subunit, wherein the glutamic acid residue is replaced by an amino acid other than aspartic acid, is useful as an adjuvant in an antigenic composition to enhance the immune response in a vertebrate host to a selected antigen from a pathogenic bacterium, virus, fungus or parasite. In a particular embodiment, the amino acid 29 is histidine. The mutant cholera holotoxin may contain at least one additional mutation in the A subunit at a position other than amino acid 29. The antigenic composition may include a second adjuvant in addition to the mutant cholera holotoxin. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/806370 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/201.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384815 | Tour et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jeffrey L. Bahr (Houston, Texas); Jiping Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards processes for covalently attaching molecular wires and molecular electronic devices to carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof. Such processes utilize diazonium chemistry to bring about this marriage of wire-like nanotubes with molecular wires and molecular electronic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632948 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385050 | Dellinger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J Dellinger (Boulder, Colorado); Geraldine F Dellinger (Boulder, Colorado); Marvin H Caruthers (Loveland, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Functionalized supports for polynucleotide synthesis are disclosed. The supports have linker moieties that are stable to conditions used in polynucleotide synthesis, but may be cleaved to release synthesized polynucleotides from the support. Methods of making the functionalized supports and methods of using are also disclosed. In particular embodiments of methods of making the functionalized supports, a solid support, on which an available reactive group is bound, is contacted with a reagent having the structure (I) Phos-Cgp-Trl-Cgp′Nucl (I) wherein the groups are defined as follows: Phos is a reactive phosphorus group capable of specifically reacting with an available reactive group on the support, Trl is a triaryl methyl linker group having three aryl groups, each bound to a central methyl carbon, at least one of said three aryl groups having one or more substituents, Cgp is a linking group linking the reactive phosphorus group and the triaryl methyl linker group, or is a bond linking the reactive phosphorus group and the triaryl methyl linker group, Nucl is a nucleoside moiety, wherein the nucleoside moiety is optionally part of a polynucleotide moiety, and Cgp′ is a linking group linking the nucleoside moiety and the triaryl methyl linker group, or is a bond linking the nucleoside moiety and the triaryl methyl linker group. In typical embodiments, the solid support is contacted with the reagent having the structure (I) under conditions and for a time sufficient to result in a functionalized support having a nucleoside moiety bound to the solid support via a triaryl methyl linker group. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/652063 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/25.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385199 | DeWames et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Licensing, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger E. DeWames (Thousand Oaks, California); James R. Waldrop (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microbolometer IR FPA is provided with in-situ vacuum sensing capability by realizing that the IR sensor microbolometer pixel element itself may be used as a vacuum sensor. The application of an electrical signal to the resistive element heats the bolometer material thereby producing a variable resistance related to vacuum level. The degree of variability for a given material depends on the efficiency of heat transfer from the material to the surrounding environment. In a good vacuum, heat transfer is poor, and thus heat will be retained in the material to produce a relatively large temperature increase and the resistance variability will be large. In a poor vacuum, heat is readily transferred to the environment and the temperature rise will be relatively small and thus resistance variability will be small. Consequently, the variable resistance magnitude can be readout to determine the vacuum level. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/162849 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385221 | Anthony et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Anthony (Lexington, Kentucky); Marcia M. Payne (Lexington, Kentucky); Susan A. Odom (Atlanta, Georgia); Sean Richard Parkin (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel silylethynylated heteroacenes and electronic devices made with those compounds are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/075144 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385267 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Hongkun Park (Lexington, Massachusetts); Qingqiao Wei (Corvallis, Oregon); Yi Cui (Sunnyvale, California); Wenji Liang (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical devices comprised of nanowires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanowires can be nanotubes and nanowires. The surface of the nanowires may be selectively functionalized. Nanodetector devices are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/582167 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385295 | Son et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyung-Ah Son (Moorpark, California); Nicholas Prokopuk (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of fabricating nano-gap electrode structures in array configurations, and the structures so produced. The fabrication method involves depositing first and second pluralities of electrodes comprising nanowires using processes such as lithography, deposition of metals, lift-off processes, and chemical etching that can be performed using conventional processing tools applicable to electronic materials processing. The gap spacing in the nano-gap electrode array is defined by the thickness of a sacrificial spacer layer that is deposited between the first and second pluralities of electrodes. The sacrificial spacer layer is removed by etching, thereby leaving a structure in which the distance between pairs of electrodes is substantially equal to the thickness of the sacrificial spacer layer. Electrode arrays with gaps measured in units of nanometers are produced. In one embodiment, the first and second pluralities of electrodes are aligned in mutually orthogonal orientations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141486 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385350 | Eden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad of Trusstees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Mahomet, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns microcavity plasma devices and arrays with thin foil metal electrodes protected by metal oxide dielectric. Devices of the invention are amenable to mass production techniques, and may, for example, be fabricated by roll to roll processing. Exemplary devices of the invention are flexible. Embodiments of the invention provide for large arrays of microcavity plasma devices that can be made inexpensively. The structure of preferred embodiment microcavity plasma devices of the invention is based upon thin foils of metal that are available or can be produced in arbitrary lengths, such as on rolls. In a device of the invention, a pattern of microcavities is produced in a metal foil. Oxide is subsequently grown on the foil and within the microcavities (where plasma is to be produced) to protect the microcavity and electrically isolate the foil. A second metal foil is also encapsulated with oxide and is bonded to the first encapsulated foil. For preferred embodiment microcavity plasma device arrays of the invention, no particular alignment is necessary during bonding of the two encapsulated foils. A thin glass layer or vacuum packaging, for example, is able to seal the discharge medium into the array. |
| FILED | Monday, July 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/487949 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/582 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385708 | Ackerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy D. Ackerman (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kurtis P. Keller (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Laser-based methods and systems for real-time structured light depth extraction are disclosed. A laser light source (100) produces a collimated beam of laser light. A pattern generator (102) generates structured light patterns including a plurality of pixels. The beam of laser light emanating from the laser light source (100) interacts with the patterns to project the patterns onto the object of interest (118). The patterns are reflected from the object of interest (118) and detected using a high-speed, low-resolution detector (106). A broadband light source (111) illuminates the object with broadband/light, and a separate high-resolution, low-speed detector (108) detects broadband light reflected from the object (118). A real-time structured light depth extraction engine/controller (110) based on the transmitted and reflected patterns and the reflected broadband light. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/515305 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/603 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386026 | Gold |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Robert Gold Communication Systems, Inc. (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gold (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for synchronizing and selectively addressing multiple receivers in a wireless communication system includes a spread spectrum transmitter and one or more spread spectrum receivers. The transmitter transmits a signal having an observable parameter which is pseudo-randomly varied. The receiver measures the relative times between recurrences of a selected value of the observable parameter being pseudo-randomly varied, and determines an initial state of the transmitter based upon the measured relative times. The receiver then synchronizes itself to the estimated current state of the transmitter using the determined initial state as a starting reference. In a frequency hopping embodiment, the spread spectrum transmitter comprises a feedback shift register, and transmits a sequence of pseudo-randomly hopped frequencies determined by the shift register. A receiver is tuned to one of the hopping frequencies, measures the relative times of arrival between consecutive transmissions, and determines the initial code word in the transmitter feedback shift register from the measured relative times of arrival by constructing and solving a set of linear equations. The receiver then matches comprises its feedback shift register to the initial code word, adjusted by an amount of time elapsed during the synchronization process. Similar techniques may also be applied both to direct sequence spread spectrum communication systems. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/832067 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/130 |
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| US 07386151 | Moritz |
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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) | Elan Moritz (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Identity and biometric data are collected from individuals. The collected data is used to form biometric data packages, each of which contains information about one biometric feature and identity data associated with the corresponding individual. Each biometric data package is stored in a categorical fashion based on its biometric feature. A current query from a requesting source includes at least one monitored biometric feature of an individual of interest. A first correlation is performed between the current query's monitored biometric feature and the same type of biometric feature associated with those of the biometric data packages previously stored in a categorical fashion. A second correlation is performed between the current query's monitored biometric feature and the monitored biometric feature associated with each of the previous queries. Results of the correlations can be indications of suspicious behavior that was used by the requesting source to form the current query. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/964966 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386211 | Di Teodoro et al. |
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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 | 11/420756 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386289 | Weller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Weller (Lutz, Florida); David Fries (St. Petersburg, Florida); Thomas Ketterl (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a microminiature wireless environmental sensor that has integrated both sensor and transmitter functions into one function. The basic operating principle for the device is that variable components of an RF circuit can be interfaced to the outside world environmental signals resulting in proportional changes in the transmission characteristics or transmission of data/bits from the RF transmitter circuit. This utilization of environmentally sensitive variable elements within a wireless transceiver circuit permits the fusion of both sensor and communications function into an integrated single function. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/906114 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386739 | Ghiasi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soraya Ghiasi (Austin, Texas); Thomas Walter Keller, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Ramakrishna Kotla (Austin, Texas); Freeman Leigh Rawson, III (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A power management system schedules the voltage and frequency of processors in a data processing system based on two criteria. The first criterion is a prediction of the performance that the work currently running on the processor will experience at the different frequencies that are available. The second criterion is a system-wide constraint on the total power budget allocated to processors. Based on these criteria, low-level code sets the frequency and voltage of the processors in the system to match what the operating system is currently running on them. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/120899 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07383774 | Koehler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Koehler (Sherwood, Oregon); Darren A. Hoke (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Louis S. Weichman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); George E. Vernon (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Randy J. Shul (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael H. Beggans (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-stage acceleration sensing apparatus is disclosed which has applications for use in a fuze assembly for a projected munition. The apparatus, which can be formed by bulk micromachining or LIGA, can sense acceleration components along two orthogonal directions to enable movement of a shuttle from an “as-fabricated” position to a final position and locking of the shuttle in the final position. With the shuttle moved to the final position, the apparatus can perform one or more functions including completing an explosive train or an electrical switch closure, or allowing a light beam to be transmitted through the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/386345 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/249 |
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| US 07384526 | Mosier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce P. Mosier (San Francisco, California); Robert W. Crocker (Fremont, California); Kamlesh D. Patel (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrokinetic (“EK”) pumps convert electric to mechanical work when an electric field exerts a body force on ions in the Debye layer of a fluid in a packed bed, which then viscously drags the fluid. Porous silica and polymer monoliths (2.5-mm O.D., and 6-mm to 10-mm length) having a narrow pore size distribution have been developed that are capable of large pressure gradients (250-500 psi/mm) when large electric fields (1000-1500 V/cm) are applied. Flowrates up to 200 μL/min and delivery pressures up to 1200 psi have been demonstrated. Forces up to 5 lb-force at 0.5 mm/s (12 mW) have been demonstrated with a battery-powered DC-DC converter. Hydraulic power of 17 mW (900 psi@ 180 uL/min) has been demonstrated with wall-powered high voltage supplies. The force and stroke delivered by an actuator utilizing an EK pump are shown to exceed the output of solenoids, stepper motors, and DC motors of similar size, despite the low thermodynamic efficiency. |
| FILED | Monday, May 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/848201 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384529 | Ekechukwu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy A. Ekechukwu (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A decontamination method for stripping radionuclides from the surface of stainless steel or aluminum material comprising the steps of contacting the metal with a moderately acidic carbonate/bicarbonate electrolyte solution containing sodium or potassium ions and thereafter electrolytically removing the radionuclides from the surface of the metal whereby radionuclides are caused to be stripped off of the material without corrosion or etching of the material surface. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/672046 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384574 | Zidan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westinghouse Savannah River Co. (Aiken, South Carolina); University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina); James A. Ritter (Lexington, South Carolina); Armin D. Ebner (Lexington, South Carolina); Jun Wang (Columbia, South Carolina); Charles E. Holland (Cayce, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen storage material having improved hydrogen absorbtion and desorption kinetics is provided by adding graphite to a complex hydride such as a metal-doped alanate, i.e., NaAlH4. The incorporation of graphite into the complex hydride significantly enhances the rate of hydrogen absorbtion and desorption and lowers the desorption temperature needed to release stored hydrogen. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/894301 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/182.350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384589 | Hart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley R. Hart (Brentwood, California); Chad E. Talley (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoscale molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) having polymer features wherein the size, shape and position are predetermined can be fabricated using an xy piezo stage mounted on an inverted microscope and a laser. Using an AMF controller, a solution containing polymer precursors and a photo initiator are positioned on the xy piezo and hit with a laser beam. The thickness of the polymeric features can be varied from a few nanometers to over a micron. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/910505 |
| 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 | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384615 | Boardman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. Boardman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert A. Carrington (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of decreasing pollutants produced in a combustion process. The method comprises combusting coal in a combustion chamber to produce at least one pollutant selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen-containing pollutant, sulfuric acid, sulfur trioxide, carbonyl sulfide, carbon disulfide, chlorine, hydroiodic acid, iodine, hydrofluoric acid, fluorine, hydrobromic acid, bromine, phosphoric acid, phosphorous pentaoxide, elemental mercury, and mercuric chloride. Oil shale particles are introduced into the combustion chamber and are combusted to produce sorbent particulates and a reductant. The at least one pollutant is contacted with at least one of the sorbent particulates and the reductant to decrease an amount of the at least one pollutant in the combustion chamber. The reductant may chemically reduce the at least one pollutant to a benign species. The sorbent particulates may adsorb or absorb the at least one pollutant. A combustion chamber that produces decreased pollutants in a combustion process is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/004698 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384879 | Roberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher B. Roberts (Auburn, Alabama); Marshall Chandler McLeod (Hillsboro, Oregon); Madhu Anand (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for size selection of nanostructures comprising utilizing a gas-expanded liquids (GEL) and controlled pressure to precipitate desired size populations of nanostructures, e.g., monodisperse. The GEL can comprise CO2 antisolvent and an organic solvent. The method can be carried out in an apparatus comprising a first open vessel configured to allow movement of a liquid/particle solution to specific desired locations within the vessel, a second pressure vessel, a location controller for controlling location of the particles and solution within the first vessel, a inlet for addition of antisolvent to the first vessel, and a device for measuring the amount of antisolvent added. Also disclosed is a method for forming nanoparticle thin films comprising utilizing a GEL containing a substrate, pressurizing the solution to precipitate and deposit nanoparticles onto the substrate, removing the solvent thereby leaving a thin nanoparticle film, removing the solvent and antisolvent, and drying the film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/237601 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385003 | Thoma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven G. Thoma (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jess P. Wilcoxon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Billie L. Abrams (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for encapsulating nanoparticles with an encapsulating matrix that minimizes aggregation and maintains favorable properties of the nanoparticles. The matrix comprises silicon-based network-forming compounds such as ormosils and polysiloxanes. The nanoparticles are synthesized from precursors directly within the silicon-based matrix. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/242274 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/858 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385188 | Funsten et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert O. Funsten (Los Alamos, New Mexico); William C. Feldman (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A linear electric field ion mass spectrometer having an evacuated enclosure with means for generating a linear electric field located in the evacuated enclosure and means for injecting a sample material into the linear electric field. A source of pulsed ionizing radiation injects ionizing radiation into the linear electric field to ionize atoms or molecules of the sample material, and timing means determine the time elapsed between ionization of atoms or molecules and arrival of an ion out of the ionized atoms or molecules at a predetermined position. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/354353 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385268 | Horenstein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark N. Horenstein (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromechanical device comprising one or more electronically movable structure sets comprising for each set a first electrode supported on a substrate and a second electrode supported substantially parallel from said first electrode. Said second electrode is movable with respect to said first electrode whereby an electric potential applied between said first and second electrodes causing said second electrode to move relative to said first electrode a distance X, (X), where X is a nonlinear function of said potential, (V). Means are provided for linearizing the relationship between V and X. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/506654 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385334 | Olsson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James G. Fleming (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Melanie R. Tuck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical (MEM) resonator is disclosed which has a linear or ring-shaped acoustic resonator suspended above a substrate by an acoustic reflector. The acoustic resonator can be formed with a piezoelectric material (e.g. aluminum nitride, zinc oxide or PZT), or using an electrostatically-actuated material. The acoustic reflector (also termed an acoustic mirror) uses alternating sections of a relatively low acoustic impedance ZL material and a relatively high acoustic impedance ZH material to isolate the acoustic resonator from the substrate. The MEM resonator, which can be formed on a silicon substrate with conventional CMOS circuitry, has applications for forming oscillators, rf filters, and acoustic sensors. |
| FILED | Monday, November 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/602011 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07385395 — Apparatus for preparing a solution of a hyperpolarized noble gas for NMR and MRI analysis
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Pines (Berkeley, California); Thomas Budinger (Berkeley, California); Gil Navon (Ramat Gan, Israel); Yi-Qiao Song (Berkeley, California); Stephan Appelt (Waiblingen, Germany); Angelo Bifone (Rome, Italy); Rebecca Taylor (Berkeley, California); Boyd Goodson (Berkeley, California); Roberto Seydoux (Berkeley, California); Toomas Room (Albany, California); Tanja Pietrass (Socorro, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques for both spectroscopy and imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods in which hyperpolarized noble gases (e.g., Xe and He) are used to enhance and improve NMR and MRI. Additionally, the hyperpolarized gas solutions of the invention are useful both in vitro and in vivo to study the dynamics or structure of a system. When used with biological systems, either in vivo or in vitro, it is within the scope of the invention to target the hyperpolarized gas and deliver it to specific regions within the system. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/940297 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386017 | Payne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Payne (Castro Valley, California); Ralph H. Page (Castro Valley, California); Christopher A. Ebbers (Livermore, California); Raymond J. Beach (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for assisting in observing a celestial object and providing synthetic guide star generation. A lasing system provides radiation at a frequency at or near 938 nm and radiation at a frequency at or near 1583 nm. The lasing system includes a fiber laser operating between 880 nm and 960 nm and a fiber laser operating between 1524 nm and 1650 nm. A frequency-conversion system mixes the radiation and generates light at a frequency at or near 589 nm. A system directs the light at a frequency at or near 589 nm toward the celestial object and provides synthetic guide star generation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/701654 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386203 | Maitland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duncan J. Maitland (Pleasant Hill, California); Ward Small, IV (Livermore, California); Thomas S. Wilson (San Leandro, California); William J. Benett (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for diffusing light from an optical fiber wherein the optical fiber is coupled to a light source, comprising forming a polymer element adapted to be connected to the optical fiber and incorporating a scattering element with the polymer element wherein the scattering element diffuses the light from the polymer element. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a polymer element operatively connected to the optical fiber and a scattering element operatively connected with the shape polymer element that diffuses the light from the polymer element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/489138 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386352 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse Harper Zehring Davis (Berkeley, California); Douglas Paul Stark, Jr. (Tracy, California); Christopher Patrick Kershaw (Hayward, California); Ronald Dean Kyker (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A distributed wireless sensor network node is disclosed. The wireless sensor network node includes a plurality of sensor modules coupled to a system bus and configured to sense a parameter. The parameter may be an object, an event or any other parameter. The node collects data representative of the parameter. The node also includes a communication module coupled to the system bus and configured to allow the node to communicate with other nodes. The node also includes a processing module coupled to the system bus and adapted to receive the data from the sensor module and operable to analyze the data. The node also includes a power module connected to the system bus and operable to generate a regulated voltage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960298 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc R. Hammerman (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods, tissues and compositions for increasing the pancreatic mass of a mammalian recipient including harvesting immature pancreatic tissue from a mammalian donor and transplanting said tissue into the peritoneal cavity of a mammalian recipient under conditions that allow the pancreatic tissue to become vascularized and mature, thereby developing a functioning chimeric, endocrine pancreas that produces at least insulin in the recipient. The invention also includes mammalian immature pancreatic tissue adapted for transplantation into the peritoneal cavity of a mammalian recipient for increasing the pancreatic mass of the mammalian recipient as well as methods and compositions for treatment of the pancreatic tissue, recipient immunosuppression and recipient co-stimulatory blockade. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/395552 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384634 | Grotendorst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary R. Grotendorst (Miami, Florida); Douglass M. Bradham, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel polypeptide, Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF), polynucleotides encoding CTGF and polynucleotides regulating CTGF expression. The invention also provides agents that modulate CTGF and therapeutic methods for using the agents. Also provided are diagnostic methods for using CTGF and assays for identifying agents which affect the expression of CTGF polynucleotide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/338587 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/145.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384639 | Kende et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew S. Kende (Pittsford, New York); Barbara H. Iglewski (Fairport, New York); Roger Smith (Rochester, New York); Richard P. Phipps (Pittsford, New York); James P. Pearson (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an immunogenic conjugate comprising a carrier molecule coupled to an autoinducer of a Gram negative bacteria The immunogenic conjugate, when combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, forms a suitable vaccine for mammals to prevent infection by the Gram negative bacteria The immunogenic conjugate is also used to raise and subsequently isolate antibodies or binding portions thereof which are capable of recognizing and binding to the autoinducer. The antibodies or binding portions thereof are utilized in a method of treating infections, a method of inhibiting autoinducer activity, and in diagnostic assays which detect the presence of autoinducers or autoinducer antagonists in fluid or tissue samples. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/220224 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/197.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384741 | Morrison 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) | Christine J. Morrison (Decatur, Georgia); Hans Peter Hinrikson (Wallisellen, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel techniques for the detection of Aspergillus in samples are disclosed. These techniques relate to PCR amplification and/or detection of Aspergillus ITS1 rDNA sequences, and the identification of particular species of Aspergillus by detecting differences in the ITS1-V1, ITS-V2, ITS-V3, ITS-V4, and ITS-V5 nucleic acid sequences of Aspergillus. The highly variable regions of the ITS1 rDNA sequences are particularly useful in distinguishing, for example, Aspergillus clavatus, Aspergillus granulosus, Aspergillus sydowii, Aspergillus flavipes, Aspergillus restrictus, Aspergillus versicolor, Aspergillus wentii, and Aspergillus chevalieri. In particular embodiments, the sequence differences are also able to distinguish among variants of particular species, such as Aspergillus granulosus CBS 119.5A, Aspergillus granulosus strain NRRL 1932, Aspergillus sydowii strain NRRL 250, Aspergillus sydowii strain NRRL 4768, Aspergillus sydowii strain CUHI, Aspergillus sydowii strain CUH2, Aspergillus sydowii strain CUH7, and Aspergillus sydowii strain CUH8. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/514861 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384748 | Fink et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Fink (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Shirley Rainer (Sylvania, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the NTE proteins and nucleic acids encoding the NTE proteins. The present invention further provides assays for the detection of NTE polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states, as well as methods of screening for ligands and modulators of NTE proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/301524 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384908 | Brenneman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Health (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Brenneman (Damascus, Maryland); Catherine Y. Spong (Arlington, Virginia); Illana Gozes (Ramat Hasharon, Israel); Albert Pinhasov (Tel Aviv, Israel); Eliezer Giladi (Ramat Poleg, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an ADNF polypeptide comprising an active core site, the active core site comprising at least one D-amino acid. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an ADNF polypeptide comprising an active core site, the active core site comprising at least one D-amino acid. In particular, the pharmaceutical composition of the invention is orally active. The invention further provides methods for reducing neuronal cell death, methods for reducing oxidative stress, and methods for reducing a condition associated with fetal alcohol syndrome using the ADNF polypeptides and the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/049587 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384912 | Stewart |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Osteotrophin, LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew F. Stewart (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are methods for the prevention and treatment of a variety of mammalian conditions manifested by loss of bone mass, including osteoporosis. The present invention provides methods of using PTHrP, or analogs thereof, for the treatment of metabolic bone disorders that are both effective and have an increased safety. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/216511 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384913 | Oko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Queen's University at Kingston (Kingston, Ontario, Canada); Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Oko (Kingston, Canada); Peter Sutovsky (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The perinuclear theca 32 (PT32) protein is disclosed and shown to interact with tyrosine kinase c-Yes. PT32, c-Yes, fragments thereof, and molecules that bind thereto can be used in methods of enhancing fertility, treating or diagnosing diminished fertility and abnormal spermiogenesis, in providing contraception, and in identifying contraceptive and fertility-enhancing agents. Transgenic, non-human animals also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/224577 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384917 | Burnett, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Burnett, Jr. (Rochester, Minnesota); Ondrej Lisy (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides of Dendroaspis, including chimeric peptides thereof, are provided, as well as methods of using the peptides as natriuretics, diuretics, and/or vasodilators. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/947730 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385103 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, the State University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzie Chen (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides transgenic non-human animal models and cell lines which express a metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 in a melanocyte-specific manner and, as a result, exhibit a predisposition to the development of melanoma. The invention further teaches methods of using the transgenic animals and cell lines to identify therapeutic agents. Diagnostic methods for detecting a melanoma are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/091076 |
| 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 8/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386349 | Davar |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gudarz Davar (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a device for providing transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS) to the finger of a patient at the same time that the finger is being punctured for the purpose of obtaining a blood sample. The device should reduce the pain associated with this procedure and should be of particular interest to diabetic patients that must perform repeated finger puncture procedures to monitor blood glucose levels. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/859458 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07384815 | Tour et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jeffrey L. Bahr (Houston, Texas); Jiping Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards processes for covalently attaching molecular wires and molecular electronic devices to carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof. Such processes utilize diazonium chemistry to bring about this marriage of wire-like nanotubes with molecular wires and molecular electronic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632948 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384879 | Roberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher B. Roberts (Auburn, Alabama); Marshall Chandler McLeod (Hillsboro, Oregon); Madhu Anand (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for size selection of nanostructures comprising utilizing a gas-expanded liquids (GEL) and controlled pressure to precipitate desired size populations of nanostructures, e.g., monodisperse. The GEL can comprise CO2 antisolvent and an organic solvent. The method can be carried out in an apparatus comprising a first open vessel configured to allow movement of a liquid/particle solution to specific desired locations within the vessel, a second pressure vessel, a location controller for controlling location of the particles and solution within the first vessel, a inlet for addition of antisolvent to the first vessel, and a device for measuring the amount of antisolvent added. Also disclosed is a method for forming nanoparticle thin films comprising utilizing a GEL containing a substrate, pressurizing the solution to precipitate and deposit nanoparticles onto the substrate, removing the solvent thereby leaving a thin nanoparticle film, removing the solvent and antisolvent, and drying the film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/237601 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07384988 | Gauthier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Union College (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben M. Gauthier (Washington, District of Columbia); Ann M. Anderson (Scotia, New York); Smitesh Bakrania (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mary K. Mahony (Schenectady, New York); Ronald B. Bucinell (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and devices for rapidly fabricating monolithic aerogels, including aerogels containing chemical sensing agents, are disclosed. The method involves providing a gel precursor solution or a pre-formed gel in a sealed vessel with the gel or gel precursor at least partially filling the internal volume of the vessel and the sealed vessel being positioned between opposed plates of a hot press; heating and applying a restraining force to the sealed vessel via the hot press plates (where the restraining force is sufficient to minimize substantial venting of the vessel); and then controllably releasing the applied restraining force under conditions effective to form the aerogel. A preferred device for practicing the method is in the form of a hot press having upper and lower press plates, and a mold positioned between the upper and lower plates. Doped aerogel monoliths and their use as chemical sensors are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/926901 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385058 | Verkade et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Verkade (Ames, Iowa); Sameer Urgaonkar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); JuHua Xu (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compounds are provided for the formation of carbon-nitrogen or carbon-carbon bonds comprising reacting an amine or an aryl boronic acid with an aryl halide in the presence of a palladium catalyst, a base, and a compound of formula II: |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/236877 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385064 | Davies et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst NY, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huw M. L. Davies (East Amherst, New York); Ravisekhara P. Reddy (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds having the following formula: in which Z11 is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted saturated adamantyl or other polycyclic group and a substituted or unsubstituted branched acyclic group containing at least 5 carbon atoms at least one of which is a tertiary carbon; and in which Z12 is a cyclic imide. Methods of using these compounds as chiral catalysts for carbenoid reactions and for enantioselective C—H aminations are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/606782 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/404 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385267 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Hongkun Park (Lexington, Massachusetts); Qingqiao Wei (Corvallis, Oregon); Yi Cui (Sunnyvale, California); Wenji Liang (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical devices comprised of nanowires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanowires can be nanotubes and nanowires. The surface of the nanowires may be selectively functionalized. Nanodetector devices are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/582167 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385708 | Ackerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy D. Ackerman (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kurtis P. Keller (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Laser-based methods and systems for real-time structured light depth extraction are disclosed. A laser light source (100) produces a collimated beam of laser light. A pattern generator (102) generates structured light patterns including a plurality of pixels. The beam of laser light emanating from the laser light source (100) interacts with the patterns to project the patterns onto the object of interest (118). The patterns are reflected from the object of interest (118) and detected using a high-speed, low-resolution detector (106). A broadband light source (111) illuminates the object with broadband/light, and a separate high-resolution, low-speed detector (108) detects broadband light reflected from the object (118). A real-time structured light depth extraction engine/controller (110) based on the transmitted and reflected patterns and the reflected broadband light. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/515305 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/603 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07384913 | Oko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Queen's University at Kingston (Kingston, Ontario, Canada); Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Oko (Kingston, Canada); Peter Sutovsky (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The perinuclear theca 32 (PT32) protein is disclosed and shown to interact with tyrosine kinase c-Yes. PT32, c-Yes, fragments thereof, and molecules that bind thereto can be used in methods of enhancing fertility, treating or diagnosing diminished fertility and abnormal spermiogenesis, in providing contraception, and in identifying contraceptive and fertility-enhancing agents. Transgenic, non-human animals also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/224577 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385483 | Lee |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Lee (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting the presence of subterranean termites, involving use of a thermal imaging camera to scan the structure before installation of an acoustic sensor in order to quickly locate potential areas of subterranean termite infestation, and an acoustic sensor in the form of an accelerometer or the disclosed innovative acoustic sensors having a bandwidth of at least 100 Hz to 15 kHz to detect noises made by the subterranean termites. Information collected by the acoustic sensor may be transmitted to a portable mini-computer (pocket PC) for confirmation and to a central operations center for inclusion in a comprehensive database of termite data and information. A method and system for detecting the presence of dry-wood termites concealed in a structure, involving use of a heat source to warm up the wooden structure of interest and then using a thermal imaging camera to scan the structure for suspicious dry-wood infestation, followed by the use of an acoustic sensor and pattern recognition software to more precisely and accurately locate potential area of dry-wood termite infestation. Additionally, structural damage can be evaluated by the methods discussed herein, including live trees. Additionally, the method can be used to manipulate termite infestation behavior. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/641498 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/384.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP18893 | Freyre |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosanna Freyre (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultiva of Anagallis plant named ‘Wildcat Pink,’ characterized by its vigorous and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; numerous single flowers that are bright pink in color; and good garden performance. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/438002 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP18911 | Vorsa |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholi Vorsa (Atco, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A new cranberry variety distinguished by significantly higher yields, higher anthocyanin content (red pigment), lower titratable acidity, and larger fruit size. In addition, high TAcy values in September provide for an earlier harvest window for processed fruit, especially relative to ‘Stevens’ (unpatented), a primary commercial variety. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/657846 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP18923 | Freyre |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosanna Freyre (Gainsville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Browallia plant named ‘UNHBR4’, characterized by numerous single flowers that are purple pink in color with a small white center, compact and rounded plant growth, stems that do not break or separate on the center of the mature plant, and good performance in partial shade in the garden and as a hanging basket. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/656760 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP18925 | Freyre |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosanna Freyre (Gainsville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Browallia plant named ‘UNHBR12’, characterized by numerous single flowers that are light purple in color with a white center, compact and rounded growth habit, stems that do not break or separate on the center of the mature plant, and good performance in partial shade in the garden and as a hanging basket. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/656835 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07384815 | Tour et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Jeffrey L. Bahr (Houston, Texas); Jiping Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards processes for covalently attaching molecular wires and molecular electronic devices to carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof. Such processes utilize diazonium chemistry to bring about this marriage of wire-like nanotubes with molecular wires and molecular electronic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632948 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385295 | Son et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyung-Ah Son (Moorpark, California); Nicholas Prokopuk (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of fabricating nano-gap electrode structures in array configurations, and the structures so produced. The fabrication method involves depositing first and second pluralities of electrodes comprising nanowires using processes such as lithography, deposition of metals, lift-off processes, and chemical etching that can be performed using conventional processing tools applicable to electronic materials processing. The gap spacing in the nano-gap electrode array is defined by the thickness of a sacrificial spacer layer that is deposited between the first and second pluralities of electrodes. The sacrificial spacer layer is removed by etching, thereby leaving a structure in which the distance between pairs of electrodes is substantially equal to the thickness of the sacrificial spacer layer. Electrode arrays with gaps measured in units of nanometers are produced. In one embodiment, the first and second pluralities of electrodes are aligned in mutually orthogonal orientations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141486 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385462 | Epp 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) | Larry W. Epp (Pasadena, California); Daniel J. Hoppe (La Canada, California); Daniel Kelley (Hinkley, California); Abdur R. Khan (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A radial power combiner/divider capable of a higher order (for example, N=24) of power combining/dividing and a 15% bandwidth (31 to 36 GHz). The radial power combiner/divider generally comprises an axially-oriented mode transducer coupled to a radial base. The mode transducer transduces circular TE01 waveguide into rectangular TE10 waveguide, and the unique radial base combines/divides a plurality of peripheral rectangular waveguide ports into a single circular TE01 waveguide end of the transducer. The radial base incorporates full-height waveguides that are stepped down to reduced-height waveguides to form a stepped-impedance configuration, thereby reducing the height of the waveguides inside the base and increasing the order N of combining/dividing. The reduced-height waveguides in the base converge radially to a matching post at the bottom center of the radial base which matches the reduced height rectangular waveguides into the circular waveguide that feeds the mode transducer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/376638 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385692 | Nguyen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quang-Viet Nguyen (Richmond Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for determining gas compositions includes a probe, inserted into a source of gaseous material, the probe having a gas permeable sensor tip and being capable of sending and receiving light to and from the gaseous material, a sensor body, connected to the probe, situated outside of the source and a fiber bundle, connected to the sensor body and communicating light to and from the probe. The system also includes a laser source, connected to one portion of the fiber bundle and providing laser light to the fiber bundle and the probe a Raman spectrograph, connected to another portion of the fiber bundle, receiving light from the probe and filtering the received light into specific channels and a data processing unit, receiving and analyzing the received light in the specific channels and outputting concentration of specific gas species in the gaseous material based on the analyzed received light. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/412924 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07386340 | Schlegel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd T. Schlegel (Nassau Bay, Texas); Brian Arenare (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Cardiac electrical data are received from a patient, manipulated to determine various useful aspects of the ECG signal, and displayed and stored in a useful form using a computer. The computer monitor displays various useful information, and in particular graphically displays various permutations of reduced amplitude zones and kurtosis that increase the rapidity and accuracy of cardiac diagnoses. New criteria for reduced amplitude zones are defined that enhance the sensitivity and specificity for detecting cardiac abnormalities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/402866 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/517 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07384568 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Wong (San Carlos, California); Scott Limb (Palo Alto, California); Beverly Russo (Sunnyvale, California); Michael Chabinyc (Burlingame, California); Rene Lujan (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Susceptibility of darkfield etch masks (majority of the mask area is opaque) to pinhole defects, transferred pattern, non-uniformity, etc. due to ejector dropout or drop misdirection, and long duty cycles due to large-area coverage, when using digital lithography (or print patterning) is addressed by using a clear-field print pattern that is then coated with etch resist material. The printed clear field pattern is selectively removed to form an inverse pattern (darkfield) within the coated resist layer. Etching then removes selected portions of an underlying (e.g., encapsulation, conductive, etc.) layer. Removal of the mask produces a layer with large-area features with substantially reduced defects. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/394438 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07384016 | Kota et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | FlexSys, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sridhar Kota (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Joel A. Hetrick (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Variation in the contours of first and second compliant surfaces is produced by a compliant frame having a first resiliently variable frame element (120) having a corresponding first outer surface (122) and a first inner surface (124), and a second resiliently variable frame element (130) having a corresponding second outer surface (132) and a second inner surface (134). The first and second outer surfaces (122, 132) communicate with respective ones of the first and second compliant surfaces. A linkage element (141-144) having a predetermined resilience characteristic is coupled at a first end thereof to the first inner surface (124) and at a second end thereof to the second inner surface (134). A frame coupler (151) couples the first resiliently variable frame element (120) to a support element (150). An actuator (106) applies a force to the second resiliently variable frame element (130) with respect to the support element (150), resulting in a corresponding variation in the contour of the first and second compliant surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/548053 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/123.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07384772 | Howard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Howard (Annapolis, Maryland); Steven Wayne Hutcheson (Columbia, Maryland); Ronald M. Weiner (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to chitin degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and depolymerize chitin. These systems have a number of applications. The present invention also describes enzymes with at least two catalytic domains in which the domains are separated by poly-amino acid linkers. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875518 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07385999 | Young et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. David Young (Plano, Texas); James A. Stevens (Allen, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of communicating over a network of nodes using a plurality of broadcast channels. Each channel facilitates the transmission and reception of data during cycles of time divided into discrete time frames. Each frame is divided into a plurality of slots. Each node in the network is configured to broadcast, to other nodes within one hop of said node, on a common bootstrap channel during a first bootstrap slot, slot assignment information relating to any of the broadcast channels. Each node is assigned to communicate over a broadcast channel that is one of the plurality of broadcast channels. Each node broadcasts, on its assigned channel during a second bootstrap slot, slot assignment information relating to the assigned broadcast channel to other nodes within one hop of said node and on said assigned channel. Each node communicates according to the slot assignment information. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/689448 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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