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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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| US 07398734 | Jean |
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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) | Daniel L. Jean (Odenton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS resettable timer including a primary inertial element and at least one secondary inertial element, which includes a camming surface. When the secondary inertial element moves, its camming surface engages the camming surface of a locking element to remove it from the notch of a subsequent inertial element. When the primary inertial element is released for movement it activates a resetting arrangement to place the secondary inertial element back to the initial position and prevent further movement of the primary inertial element. The cycle is repeatable to commence some predetermined action. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/374482 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07398946 | Marshall |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick T. Marshall (Tipp City, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A rechargeable battery energized unmanned aerial vehicle having surveillance capability and an ability to clandestinely collect propulsion and other energy needs from a conveniently located and possibly enemy owned energy transmission line. Energy collection is by way of a parked vehicle engagement with the transmission line in a current flow dependent, magnetic field determined, rather than shunt, voltage dependent, conductor coupling. Surveillance during both a parked or docked condition and during aerial vehicle movement is contemplated. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/169259 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399359 | Im et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in theCity of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James S. Im (New York, New York); Jae Beom Choi (Palisades Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for generating a metal thin film with a uniform crystalline orientation and a controlled crystalline microstructure are provided. For example, a metal layer is irradicated with a pulsed laser to completely melt the film throughout its entire thickness. The metal layer can then resolidify to form grains with a substantially uniform orientation. The resolidified metal layer can be irradiated with a sequential lateral solidification technique to modify the crystalline microstructure (e.g., create larger grains, single-crystal regions, grain boundary controlled microstructures, etc.) The metal layer can be irradiated by patterning a beam using a mask which includes a first region capable of attenuating the pulsed laser and a second region allowing complete irradiation of sections of the thin film being impinged by the masked laser beam. An inverse dot-patterned mask can be used, the microstructure that may have substantially the same as the geometric pattern as that of the dots of the mask. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/953312 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399433 | Irvin 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) | David J. Irvin (Ridgecrest, California); David L. Witker (Bay City, Michigan); John D. Stenger-Smith (Ridgecrest, California); Jennifer A. Irvin (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention demonstrates the synthesis by electropolymerization of a new stable n-doping conjugated polymer poly(3,4-difluorothiophene) that may easily be electrochemically characterized. |
| FILED | Monday, November 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645259 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399534 | Leupold |
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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) | Herbert A. Leupold (Eatontown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic field structures composed of nested cylindrical 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 by arranging nested thin magnetic laminae into various configurations. This arrangement causes a uniform volume magnetic charge density, which results in a magnetic field normal to the laminae. The invention's nested cylindrical magnetic laminae magnetic field structures and methods 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 cylindrical magnetic field gradient source structure. Other embodiments include methods for generating a magnetic field gradient with a cylindrical magnetic field source based on a layered magnetic structure composed of magnetic laminae that are magnetically oriented perpendicular to their planes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/203585 |
| 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 07399573 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wu-Song S. Huang (Poughkeepsie, New York); Lidija Sekaric (Mount Kisco, New York); James J. Bucchignano (Yorktown Heights, New York); David P. Klaus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Raman Viswanathan (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The negative resist compositions especially suitable for electron beam-based lithographic processes are obtained by using a polymeric component containing first silsesquioxane moieties functionalized with a first reactive group having a first crosslinking reactivity and a first dissolution rate in aqueous alkaline solutions, and second silsesquioxane moieties functionalized with a second reactive group having a second crosslinking reactivity and a second dissolution rate in aqueous alkaline solutions, said reactivities being different from one another and said dissolution rates being different from one another. These negative resists enable improved negative lithographic processes, especially in the context of mask-making and direct-write techniques using electron beam lithography. The negative resists are also useful more generally in methods of forming patterned material features and advantageously show reduced incidence of image collapse at smaller groundrules. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/552677 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/270.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399579 | Deng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Deng (Niskayuna, New York); Francisco Arias (Mason, Ohio); Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Paul J. A. Kenis (Champaign, Illinois); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming microstructures. An article including a metal atom precursor is disproportionally exposed to electromagnetic radiation in an amount and intensity sufficient to convert some of the precursor to elemental metal. Additional conductive material may then be deposited onto the elemental metal to produce a microstructure. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763819 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399585 | Gau |
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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) | Vincent Jen-Jr. Gau (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The system includes a microfabricated electrochemical biosensor for detecting the presence and/or quantity of the target analyte in the sample reagent. The biosensor includes a substrate and at least two electrically conductive electrodes. Each of the electrical conductive electrodes consists of a single layer of an electrically conductive material. The electrodes can be fabricated on the substrate by integrated circuit technology. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/848727 |
| 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 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399691 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas Rueckes (Boston, Massachusetts); Ernesto Joselevich (Jerusalem, Israel); Kevin Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes. They can be arranged in crossbar arrays using chemically patterned surfaces for direction, via chemical vapor deposition. Chemical vapor deposition also can be used to form nanotubes in arrays in the presence of directing electric fields, optionally in combination with self-assembled monolayer patterns. Bistable devices are described. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/283631 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/597 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399841 | Koppes 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) | William M. Koppes (Adelphi, Maryland); Farhrad Forohar (LaPlata, Maryland); Jesse Moran (King George, Virginia); David M. Rosenberg (Bryans Road, Maryland); Joseph D. Mannion (Washington, District of Columbia); Brian W. Vos (Sliver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound possesses the chemical structure of: wherein n is greater than zero. The compound is useful in energetic composition, particularly in linear, branched, dendritric, oligomer and cyclic oligomer azo-triazine forms. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229429 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 534/556 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400207 | Lipp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Alan Lipp (West Windsor, New Jersey); Joseph H. Abeles (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Alan Michael Braun (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Sterling Eduard McBride (Princeton, New Jersey); John P. Riganati (Skillman, New Jersey); Ralph Doud Whaley, Jr. (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Peter J. Zanzucchi (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell suitable for use with an atomic clock and a method for making the same, the cell including: a silicon wafer having a recess formed therein; at least one amorphous silicate member having an ion mobility and temperature expansion coefficient approximately that of silicon sealing the recess; and, an alkali metal containing component and buffer gas contained in the recess. The method includes: providing a silicon wafer; forming a cavity through the silicon wafer; introducing an alkali metal containing component and buffer gas into the cavity; and, anodically bonding at least one amorphous silicate member having an ion mobility and temperature expansion coefficient approximately that of silicon to the wafer to close the cavity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/030009 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/94.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400292 | DiLellio |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. DiLellio (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A navigation system (10) includes one or more non-geostationary satellites (26) that generate signals having integrity information. A navigation receiver (16) determines range and position of the satellite (26,28) in response to the signals. The navigation system (10) may also determine accuracy and reliability of the range and position in response to the signals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/605890 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/357.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400299 | Ryken 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) | Marvin L. Ryken (Oxnard, California); Albert F. Davis (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microstrip antenna configured to wrap around a projectile's body without interfering with the aerodynamic design of the projectile. The microstrip antenna has three identical conformal antenna elements equally spaced around the circumference of the projectile's body. The antenna has an operating frequency of 241.2 MHz or 231.0 MHz, a maximum diameter of ten inches and a maximum length of nine inches. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/527643 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400357 | Hambric et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry N. Hambric (Pembroke Pines, Florida); Michael J. Jennings (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an encapsulated sensor suite that deploys remotely. After deployment, an imager in the sensor suite is raised by a variety of means and is capable of being turned by a motor that locks on to sounds coming from a potential target. The motor is actuated by three microphones that when used in concert, point the imager to the direction of the sound's origination. The imager is also activated by a seismic detector which is deployed at the base of the encapsulation. The encapsulation may be righted by soft to hard metal contacts that release the hard metal with sufficient force to flip the sensor to the correct side for deployment. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/008207 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400432 | Kovacs |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microvision, Inc. (Redmond, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandor L. Kovacs (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A mirror structure includes a mirror, a reflective face, a cut in the mirror under the face, and a torsion arm attached to the mirror. Such a mirror structure often distorts a scanned image less than prior mirror structures because the cut uncouples the twist-induced strain in the torsion arm from the mirror face, and thus reduces the level of deformation that this strain imparts to the mirror face. Another mirror structure includes a base formed from a first material, a mirror attached to the base and formed from a second material, and a torsion arm attached to the base. Such a composite mirror structure often distorts a scanned image less than prior mirror structures because it reduces the acceleration-induced bending of the mirror and/or the twist-induced strain in the torsion arm, and thus reduces the level of deformation that this bending and/or strain impart to the mirror face. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/150408 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400525 | Kim |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keunwoo Kim (Somers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory cell includes double-gate first and second access devices configured to selectively interconnect cross-coupled inverters with true and complementary bit lines. Each access device has a first gate connected to a READ word line and a second gate connected to a WRITE word line. During a READ operation, the first and second access devices are configured to operate in a single-gate mode with the READ word line “ON” and the WRITE word line “OFF” while the double-gate pull-down devices are configured to operate in a double gate mode. During a WRITE operation, the first and second access devices are configured to operate in a double-gate mode with the READ word line “ON” and the WRITE word line also “ON”. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/622172 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400585 | Felter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wesley Michael Felter (Austin, Texas); Orran Yaakov Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts); Ramakrishnan Rajamony (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for managing packet traffic in a data processing network includes collecting data indicative of the amount of packet traffic traversing each of the links in the network's interconnect. The collected data includes source and destination information indicative of the source and destination of corresponding packets. A heavily used links are then identified from the collected data. Packet data associated with the heavily used link is then analyzed to identify a packet source and packet destination combination that is a significant contributor to the packet traffic on the heavily used link. In response, a process associated with the identified packet source and packet destination combination is migrated, such as to another node of the network, to reduce the traffic on the heavily used link. In one embodiment, an agent installed on each interconnect switch collects the packet data for interconnect links connected to the switch. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/948414 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400663 | Shi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhisheng Shi (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of growing and fabricating a group IV-VI semiconductor structure, for use in fabricating devices. In one embodiment, the group IV-VI semiconductor structure produced by the method of the present invention includes a group IV-VI material grown on a selected orientation of [110]. The devices fabricated can be a laser, detector, solar cell, thermal electrical cooling devices, etc. A laser device produced according to the present method will have a low threshold due to the lift-off of the energy degeneracy and low defect density. Growth on the [110] orientation also allows epitaxial growth of the semiconductor structure on a dissimilar substrate, which could improve the thermal dissipation and thus increase the operating temperature of the laser device. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/051826 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/43.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400732 | Staddon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jessica N. Staddon (Palo Alto, California); Thomas A. Berson (Palo Alto, California); Matthew Franklin (Davis, California); Sara More (La Jolla, California); Michael Malkin (Stanford, California); Ralph C. Merkle (Sunnyvale, California); Dirk Balfanz (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods that allow the formation and distribution of session keys amongst a dynamic group of users communicating over an unreliable, or lossy, network. The systems and methods according to this invention allow an intermediate session key contained in an intermediate key distribution broadcast to be determined by receiving a preceding key distribution broadcast that precedes the intermediate key distribution broadcast, the preceding key distribution broadcast including a first portion of the intermediate session key; receiving a subsequent key distribution broadcast that follows the intermediate key distribution broadcast, the subsequent key distribution broadcast including a second portion of the intermediate session key that is distinct from the first portion; and combining at least the first portion of the intermediate session key contained within the preceding key distribution broadcast and the second portion of the intermediate session key contained within the subsequent key distribution broadcast to obtain the intermediate session key. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/255964 |
| ART UNIT | 2137 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400788 | Magde et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M. Magde (Skaneateles, New York); George A. Brost (Lee Center, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Invention discloses an apparatus that provides linear optical modulation of light carrier signals by an electrical modulation signal. Linearized modulation is achieved through the selection of a spacing profile between two optical transmission waveguides. The spacing profile relates to a transfer function, the parameters of which are chosen to yield linear modulation within a particular dynamic range. A preferred embodiment discloses the invention being fabricated within a monolithic structure. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183109 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400796 | Kossakovski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | OEwaves, Inc. (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitri A Kossakovski (S. Pasadena, California); Vladimir Ilchenko (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes optical resonators having deposited optical material layers and optical resonators having layered structures to support whispering gallery modes. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/887338 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400798 | de Almeida et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vilson Rosa de Almeida (Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil); Carlos Angulo Barrios (Toledo, Spain); Roberto R. Panepucci (Miami, Florida); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Fast, all optical switching of light is provided on silicon, using highly light confining structures to enhance the sensitivity of light to small changes in refractive index. In one embodiment, the light confining structures are silicon micrometer-size planar ring resonators which operate with low pump light pulse energies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137126 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400804 | 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); Charles A. Lemaire (Apple Valley, Minnesota) |
| 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 | 11/420757 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07401007 | Su |
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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) | Wei Su (Englishtown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for rapidly extracting data file samples with an a signal monitor and an automatically adjusted decimation ratio is provided to solve the long-standing problems caused by large data files and small buffers by reducing a large data segment to a smaller, more manageable size automatically so that a lower resolution version of the data segment will be loaded into a fixed-size small buffer in the computer's working space buffer for further data editing. In accordance with the methods of this invention, the segment size will vary during the operation of a means for zooming-in and the decimation ratio is updated and adjusted automatically based on the variation of segment size. The present invention insures that the best resolution of the data segment will be achieved when fitting the varying large size data segment into the fixed small size buffer. The present invention also provides a storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for rapidly extracting data files with an automatically adjusted decimation ratio and an apparatus for rapidly analyzing and editing data files with an automatically adjusted decimation ratio. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/712163 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07401209 | Altman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik R. Altman (Danbury, Connecticut); Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reducing the number of load instructions in the load reorder queue (LRQ) that are searched when a load instruction is executed by a processor, including dispatching the load instructions; inserting the load instructions in the LRQ in program order; clearing a load received data field; executing the load instructions; checking load reorder queue (LRQ) entries; re-executing the load instruction of the matching LRQ entry; continuing execution; getting the load data; setting the load received data field; comparing a load sequence number (LSQN) of each load instruction to a snoop_safe register contents; ANDing all the load received data bits if the LSQN is greater in magnitude to the snoop_safe; setting the snoop_safe register to the LSQN of the load instruction; searching the LRQ entry; and setting a load_peril_snoop register to the LRQ index value where the first load instruction younger to the snoop_safe was found. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/427928 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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07399396 — Sparsely cross-linked nanogels: a novel polymer structure for microchannel DNA sequencing
| US 07399396 | Barron et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Annelise Barron (Evanston, Illinois); Erin Doherty (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to novel polymeric mateirals for use in the electrophoretic separation of nucleic acids. In particular, the novel polymer materials are sparsely crosslinked nanogels, dissolved in an aqueous buffer to form solutions with moderate to high viscosity. The present invention further provides methods for generating such novel polymers, and related methods of their use. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/037561 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/470 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399461 | Heston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Warren D. W. Heston (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Ouathek Ouerfelli (New York, New York); John Pinto (East Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method of administering methotrexate triglutamate (MTXglu3), an inhibitor of the neurocarboxypeptidase activity of prostate specific membrane antigen, to a subject so as to inhibit release of glutamate by N-acetylaspartylglutamic acid (NAAG) hydrolysis in the subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/614625 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399473 | Devico et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Louis Devico (Alexandria, Virginia); Timothy R. Fouts (Columbia, Maryland); Robert G. Tuskan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to chimeric molecules comprising a virus coat sequence and a receptor sequence that can inter-act with each other to form a complex that is capable of binding a co-receptor. Such chimeric molecules therefore exhibit functional properties characteristic of a receptor-coat protein complex and are useful as agents that inhibit virus infection of cells due to occupancy of a co-receptor present on the cell. In particular aspects, the chimeric polypeptide includes an immunodeficiency virus envelope polypeptide, such as that of HIV, SIV, FIV, FeLV, FPV and herpes virus. Receptor sequences suitable for use in a chimeric polypeptide include, for example, CD4 D1D2 and CD4M9 sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/124027 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399584 | Cronin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maureen T. Cronin (Los Altos, California); Charles Garrett Miyada (San Jose, California); Earl A. Hubbell (Mountain View, California); Mark Chee (Palo Alto, California); Stephen P. A. Fodor (Palo Alto, California); Xiaohua C. Huang (Mountain View, California); Robert J. Lipshutz (Palo Alto, California); Peter E. Lobban (Palo Alto, California); MacDonald S. Morris (Felton, California); Edward L. Sheldon (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of comparing a target nucleic acid with a reference nucleic acid using nucleic acid arrays. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/510378 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399604 | Sasisekharan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); Ganesh Venkataraman (Bedford, Massachusetts); Zachary Shriver (Boston, Massachusetts); Dongfang Liu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mallikarjun Sundaram (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yiwei Qi (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and products for characterizing and using polysaccharides. Low molecular weight heparin products and methods of use are described. Methods for characterizing purity and activity of polysaccharide preparations including glycosaminoglycans such as heparin are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183323 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399606 | Karin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Karin (La Jolla, California); Pankaj Kapahi (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting IκB Kinase (IKK) as well as methods and compositions for identifying compounds with activity as inhibitors of IKK. In particular, the present invention provides methods for identifying inhibitors of IKKβ. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/351155 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399619 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianming Xie (San Diego, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); Ning Wu (Boston, Massachusetts); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Translation systems and other compositions including orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA-synthetases that preferentially charge an orthogonal tRNA with an iodinated or brominated amino acid are provided. Nucleic acids encoding such synthetases are also described, as are methods and kits for producing proteins including heavy atom-containing amino acids, e.g., brominated or iodinated amino acids. Methods of determining the structure of a protein, e.g., a protein into which a heavy atom has been site-specifically incorporated through use of an orthogonal tRNA/aminoacyl tRNA-synthetase pair, are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137850 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
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| US 07399633 | Bernstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irwin D. Bernstein (Seattle, Washington); Barbara Varnum-Finney (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for immortalizing precursor cells that are non-terminally differentiated cells such as stem cells, said methods comprising culturing the precursor cells in the presence of a Notch agonist and one or more growth factors that support the proliferation but not differentiation of the non-terminally differentiated cells. The present invention further provides methods to induce the differentiation of immortalized cells, comprising growing the cells in the presence of a Notch agonist and at least one growth factor which supports the differentiation of the cell into a more specialized cell type. The immortalized and/or differentiated cells of the invention can be used to repopulate cell populations that have been diminished, for example as a result of infection or exposure to certain drugs. The invention further provides a cell culture comprising a population of non-terminally differentiated cells immortalized by the methods of the present invention and kits comprising reagents that promote the immortalization of precursor cells. The invention further provides methods for screening for Notch modulators and for identifying genes involved in processes of cellular differentiation. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/415310 |
| 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 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399636 | O'Connor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. O'Connor (New Rochelle, New York); Galina I. Kovalevskaya (New York, New York); Steven Birken (Dumont, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by determining the amount of an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of hCG in a sample. The present invention further provides a method for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated molecular isoforms of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in a sample. The present invention also provides a diagnostic kit for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated hCG is a sample. The present invention additionally provides an antibody which specifically binds to an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of human chorionic gonadotropin. Finally, the present invention provides methods for detecting trophoblast or non-trophoblast malignancy in a sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/335115 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399743 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng Liu (Carlsbad, California); Thomas S. Edgington (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provided compositions and methods to initiate site-specific thrombosis in tumor vasculature. The present invention also provides methods for using the disclosed compositions and methods to treat tumors. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/279733 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07399750 | Chien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth R. Chien (La Jolla, California); Masahiko Hoshijma (San Diego, California); John Ross, Jr. (La Jolla, California); Yasuhiro Ikeda (Yamaguchi, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the delivery of genes to improve cardiac function including the use of viral vectors, isolation of the heart from systemic circulation, and induction of hypothermia/cardiac arrest are described. The method results in high-level, long-term expression of reporter genes and enhanced cardiac function in hamster models of heart disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/954571 |
| 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 |
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| US 07399785 | Kirkpatrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Prolx Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynn Kirkpatrick (Tucson, Arizona); Garth Powis (Tucson, Arizona); Sarah J. Welsh (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compounds which are N-oxides and derivatives thereof, as well as their use to treat HIF related diseases. These compounds have the general formula set out below and are used to treat a variety of diseases associated with HIF: wherein R is an alkyl, aryl, arakyl or derivatives thereof such as CH3OCH2CH2—, CH3CH2OCH2CH2—, C6H5OCH2CH2—, C6H5CH2—, CH3(CH2)3OCH2CH2Cl; or any one of the following: |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/929156 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/557 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399787 | Chiao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Merck HDAC Research, LLC (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judy H. Chiao (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Nicholas G. Bacopoulos (New York, New York); 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 | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/616649 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/575 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399823 | Selsted et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Selsted (Irvine, California); Yi-Quan Tang (Irvine, California); Jun Yuan (Dove Canyon, California); Andre J. Ouellette (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an isolated cyclic peptide, theta defensin, having antimicrobial activity, and to theta defensin analogs. A theta defensin can have the amino acid sequence Xaa1-Xaa2-Xaa3-Xaa4-Xaa5-Xaa1-Xaa6-Xaa4-Xaa4-Xaa1-Xaa1-Xaa6-Xaa4-Xaa5-Xaa1-Xaa3-Xaa7-Xaa8, wherein Xaa1 to Xaa8 are defined; wherein Xaa1 can be linked through a peptide bond to Xaa8; and wherein crosslinks can be formed between Xaa3 and Xaa3, between Xaa5 and Xaa5, and between Xaa7 and Xaa7. For example, the invention provides a theta defensin having the amino acid sequence Gly-Phe-Cys-Arg-Cys-Leu-Cys-Arg-Arg-Gly-Val-Cys-Arg-Cys-Ile-Cys-Thr-Arg (SEQ ID NO:1), wherein the Gly at position 1 (Gly-1) is linked through a peptide bond to Arg-18, and wherein disulfide bonds are present between Cys-3 and Cys-16, between Cys-5 and Cys-14, and between Cys-7 and Cys-12. The invention also provides nucleic acids encoding theta defensins and antibodies that specifically bind a theta defensin. In addition, the invention relates to methods of using theta defensin to reduce or inhibit microbial growth or survival. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/009317 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 07399827 | 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); Ulrich Brinkmann (Weilheim, Germany); George Vasmatzis (Rochester, Minnesota); Byungkook Lee (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | PAGE-4 is a gene preferentially expressed in normal male and female reproductive tissues, prostate, testis, fallopian tube, uterus and placenta, as well as in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and uterine cancer. This expression pattern makes it a target for diagnosis and for vaccine based therapy of neoplasms of prostate, testis and uterus. The invention provides immunogenic compositions comprising PAGE-4 protein or immunogenic peptides thereof, methods of inhibiting the growth of malignant cells expressing PAGE-4, and methods of inducing an enhanced immune response to PAGE-4-expressing cancers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/763393 |
| 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 07399830 | Worley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Worley (Baltimore, Maryland); Paul R. Brakeman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are nucleotide coding sequences and polypeptide sequences for synaptic activation binding proteins that are characterized by induction in the central nervous system following neuronal activity in rat hippocampus. Such proteins are identified by (i) substantial homology at the nucleotide or protein sequence level to specifically defined rat, human or mouse coding sequences or proteins, (ii) ability to bind to and affect the activity of effector proteins in the CNS, such as metabotropic glutamate receptors, (iii) binding specificity for a particular binding sequence, and (iv) presence in the sequence of a PDZ-like domain. Nucleotides and polypeptides of the invention are useful in screening and diagnostic assays. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/866256 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder Biotechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods of making soluble proteins having free cysteines in which a host cell is exposed to a cysteine blocking agent. The soluble proteins produced by the methods can then be modified to increase their effectiveness. Such modifications include attaching a PEG moiety to form pegylated proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/093477 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/399 |
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| US 07399847 | Seed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Seed (Boston, Massachusetts); Tara Pouyani (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are organic molecules to which are covalently bonded a sialyl-Lex determinant and a sulfated determinant, at least one of these determinants being positioned at a non-naturally occurring site on the molecule. Also disclosed are particular P-selectin ligands and P-selectin ligand-antibody fusions. These molecules, ligands, and fusion proteins find use in methods of reducing or protecting against inflammation and extravasation-dependent adverse reactions, such as organ damage and clotting (for example, associated with adult respiratory distress syndrome or ischemic myocardial injury). |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/756018 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
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| US 07399849 | Chatterjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malaya Chatterjee (Fort Wright, Kentucky); Kenneth A. Foon (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Sunil K. Chatterjee (Fort Wright, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a monoclonal anti-Idiotype antibody 11D10 that elicits an immune response against a specific epitope of a high molecular weight mucin of human milk fat globule (HMFG) and a hybridoma that produces 11D10. The hybridoma that produces 11D10 was selected by specific procedures. 11D10 induces an immunological response to HMFG in mice, rabbits, monkeys and patients with advanced HMFG-associated tumors. This invention provides compositions derived from polynucleotide sequences encoding the variable light and/or variable heavy regions of monoclonal anti-idiotype antibody 11D10, as well as polypeptides encoded thereby. The invention also provides compositions which can be used in the detection or treatment of HMFG—associated tumors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/126798 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.530 |
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| US 07399851 | Livingston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Livingston (Brookline, Massachusetts); Andrew L. Kung (Walpole, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions containing a polynucleotide encoding for a reporter gene, a selectable marker and a regulatory element, that provide a method for imaging cells in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627075 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
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| US 07400397 | Lakowicz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Lakowicz (Ellicott City, Maryland); Zygmunt Gryczynski (Ellicott City, Maryland); Chris Geddes (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to optical structures and methods detecting the fluorescence of a molecule using metal-enhanced fluorescence. In particular, the invention describes the use of surface plasmon excitation for excitation of fluorophores near the metal surface and the efficient collection of the emission by coupling into the plasmon resonance and directing towards the detector. More particularly, the present invention makes use of the unique directionality of the plasmon induced fluorescence signal. The present invention is directed to optical structures using metal enhanced fluorescence including: an optical fiber having a conductive external coating; a light emitting diode (LED) having a conical shaped depression with curved sides on a front end surface, the curved sides having a conducting coating on the outer surface with respect to the LED. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/488001 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/317 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400754 | Jung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byungjo Jung (Irvine, California); Bernard Choi (Huntington Beach, California); Anthony J. Durkin (Costa Mesa, California); J. Stuart Nelson (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital imaging system provides color information of an entire port wine stain or other skin condition with a single image in CIE L*a*b* color space (L*, a*) derived from RGB pixel data (R, G, B). Cross-polarization optics produce marked reduction in specularly reflected light in the images. A patient positioning device allows for repeatable positioning of the patient's head or body portion. The digital nature of the system provides a near real-time mapping of melanin and erythema or other skin chromophore metrics. The cross-polarized diffuse reflectance color digital imaging system obtains subsurface skin color information and acquisition of facial images in a reproducible fashion at a fixed distance from an illumination source at optimized angles of view depending on the region of interest being imaged. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/818918 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | James R. Sims, Jr. (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic propulsion system is disclosed having separate rails for ballistic guidance and for carrying current. In this system, one or more pairs of ballistic guidance rails are provided, with each ballistic guidance rail having a pair of current carrying rails joined to it to form a combined rail. Each combined rail is separated electrically from adjacent combined rails by electrically insulating blocks. Each of the current carrying rails in a given combined rail pair have the same electrical polarity, and the polarities alternate between adjacent combined rails. Armatures contact current carrying rails to complete the circuit to generate the accelerating Lorentz force on the armatures. Bore riders on the sabot and/or projectile are in contact with the ballistic guide rails. Separation of the current carrying and ballistic guidance functions increases resistance of the system to rail movement and bending, as well as reduced wear/damage to the rails. In further embodiments, a circumferential over wrap providing compressive force on the rails further increases resistance of the system to rail movement and bending. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733237 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399337 | Rodgers |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Rodgers (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and corresponding method for automatically changing out a filter cartridge in a continuous air monitor. The apparatus includes: a first container sized to hold filter cartridge replacements; a second container sized to hold used filter cartridges; a transport insert connectively attached to the first and second containers; a shuttle block, sized to hold the filter cartridges that is located within the transport insert; a transport driver mechanism means used to supply a motive force to move the shuttle block within the transport insert; and, a control means for operating the transport driver mechanism. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/059096 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/25 |
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| US 07399449 | Oborny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Oborny (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory C. Frye-Mason (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Ronald P. Manginell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated diffusion source to provide for a controlled diffusion rate of a vapor comprises a porous reservoir formed in a substrate that can be filled with a liquid, a headspace cavity for evaporation of the vapor therein, a diffusion channel to provide a controlled diffusion of the vapor, and an outlet to release the vapor into a gas stream. The microfabricated diffusion source can provide a calibration standard for a microanalytical system. The microanalytical system with an integral diffusion source can be fabricated with microelectromechanical systems technologies. |
| FILED | Monday, May 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/436595 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399619 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianming Xie (San Diego, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); Ning Wu (Boston, Massachusetts); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Translation systems and other compositions including orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA-synthetases that preferentially charge an orthogonal tRNA with an iodinated or brominated amino acid are provided. Nucleic acids encoding such synthetases are also described, as are methods and kits for producing proteins including heavy atom-containing amino acids, e.g., brominated or iodinated amino acids. Methods of determining the structure of a protein, e.g., a protein into which a heavy atom has been site-specifically incorporated through use of an orthogonal tRNA/aminoacyl tRNA-synthetase pair, are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137850 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399641 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall W. Nelson (Phoenix, Arizona); Peter Williams (Phoenix, Arizona); Jennifer Reeve Krone (Granbury, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Rapid mass spectrometric immunoassay methods for detecting and/or quantifying antibody and antigen analytes utilizing affinity capture to isolate the analytes and internal reference species (for quantification) followed by mass spectrometric analysis of the isolated analyte/internal reference species. Quantification is obtained by normalizing and calibrating obtained mass spectrum against the mass spectrum obtained for an antibody/antigen of known concentration. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/904467 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400059 | Algrain et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcelo C. Algrain (Peoria, Illinois); Kris W. Johnson (Washington, Illinois); Sivaprasad Akasam (Peoria, Illinois); Brian D. Hoff (East Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical system for a vehicle includes a first power source generating a first voltage level, the first power source being in electrical communication with a first bus. A second power source generates a second voltage level greater than the first voltage level, the second power source being in electrical communication with a second bus. A starter generator may be configured to provide power to at least one of the first bus and the second bus, and at least one additional power source may be configured to provide power to at least one of the first bus and the second bus. The electrical system also includes at least one power consumer in electrical communication with the first bus and at least one power consumer in electrical communication with the second bus. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/740621 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/10.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400119 | Stamps et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. Stamps (Livermore, California); Daniel D. Yee (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high voltage power supply for use in a system such as a microfluidics system, uses a DC-DC converter in parallel with a voltage-controlled resistor. A feedback circuit provides a control signal for the DC-DC converter and voltage-controlled resistor so as to regulate the output voltage of the high voltage power supply, as well as, to sink or source current from the high voltage supply. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/635288 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Power supply or regulation systems 323/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400772 | Keenan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Keenan (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for spatially compressing data sets enables the efficient analysis of very large multivariate images. The spatial compression algorithms use a wavelet transformation to map an image into a compressed image containing a smaller number of pixels that retain the original image's information content. Image analysis can then be performed on a compressed data matrix consisting of a reduced number of significant wavelet coefficients. Furthermore, a block algorithm can be used for performing common operations more efficiently. The spatial compression algorithms can be combined with spectral compression algorithms to provide further computational efficiencies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/772805 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07401203 | Aridor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yariv Aridor (Zichron Ya'akov, Israel); Tamar Domany (Kiryat Tivon, Israel); Eitan Frachtenberg (Jerusalem, Israel); Yoav Gal (Haifa, Israel); Edi Shmueli (Haifa, Israel); Robert E. Stockmeyer, legal representative (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for wiring allocation and switch configuration in a multiprocessor computer, the method including employing depth-first tree traversal to determine a plurality of paths among a plurality of processing elements allocated to a job along a plurality of switches and wires in a plurality of D-lines, and selecting one of the paths in accordance with at least one selection criterion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/940549 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07399579 | Deng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Deng (Niskayuna, New York); Francisco Arias (Mason, Ohio); Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Paul J. A. Kenis (Champaign, Illinois); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming microstructures. An article including a metal atom precursor is disproportionally exposed to electromagnetic radiation in an amount and intensity sufficient to convert some of the precursor to elemental metal. Additional conductive material may then be deposited onto the elemental metal to produce a microstructure. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763819 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399822 | Coates et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Ithaca, New York); Scott D. Allen (Ithaca, New York); Claire Cohen (Toledo, Ohio); Kathryn Peretti (Ithaca, New York); Hiroharu Ajiro (Osaka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | (Salph or methoxy salph) Co (initiating ligand) catalyze homopolymerizing rac-PO to produce pure highly isotactic PPO and rac-1-butylene oxide to produce pure isotactic poly(butylene oxide). A product is unfractionated isotactic PPO of m-dyad content >81%, normally at least 99%. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/454945 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/412 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400798 | de Almeida et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vilson Rosa de Almeida (Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil); Carlos Angulo Barrios (Toledo, Spain); Roberto R. Panepucci (Miami, Florida); Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Fast, all optical switching of light is provided on silicon, using highly light confining structures to enhance the sensitivity of light to small changes in refractive index. In one embodiment, the light confining structures are silicon micrometer-size planar ring resonators which operate with low pump light pulse energies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137126 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400933 | Rawlings et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B. Rawlings (Madison, Wisconsin); Gabriele Pannocchia (Livorno, Italy); Nabil Laachi (Casablanca, Morocco) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of predictive control for a single input, single output (SISO) system, including modeling the SISO system with model factors, detecting output from the SISO system, estimating a filtered disturbance from the output, determining a steady state target state from the filtered disturbance and a steady state target output, populating a dynamic optimization solution table using the model factors and a main tuning parameter, and determining an optimum input from the dynamic optimization solution table. Determining an optimum input includes determining a time varying parameter, determining a potential optimum input from the time varying parameter, and checking whether the potential optimum input is the optimum input. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/051814 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07400096 | Foster 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) | John Foster (Strongsville, Ohio); Michael Patterson (Brunswick, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An all permanent magnet Electron Cyclotron Resonance, large diameter (e.g., 40 cm) plasma source suitable for ion/plasma processing or electric propulsion, is capable of producing uniform ion current densities at its exit plane at very low power (e.g., below 200 W), and is electrodeless to avoid sputtering or contamination issues. Microwave input power is efficiently coupled with an ionizing gas without using a dielectric microwave window and without developing a throat plasma by providing a ferromagnetic cylindrical chamber wall with a conical end narrowing to an axial entrance hole for microwaves supplied on-axis from an open-ended waveguide. Permanent magnet rings are attached inside the wall with alternating polarities against the wall. An entrance magnet ring surrounding the entrance hole has a ferromagnetic pole piece that extends into the chamber from the entrance hole to a continuing second face that extends radially across an inner pole of the entrance magnet ring. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/894225 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400385 | Caldwell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ophir Corporation (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loren M. Caldwell (Ft. Collins, Colorado); Martin J. O'Brien (Pine, Colorado); Carl S. Weimer (Littleton, Colorado); Loren D. Nelson (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for sensing air outside a moving aircraft are presented. In one embodiment, a system includes a laser for generating laser energy. The system also includes one or more transceivers for projecting the laser energy as laser radiation to the air. Subsequently, each transceiver receives laser energy as it is backscattered from the air. A computer processes signals from the transceivers to distinguish molecular scattered laser radiation from aerosol scattered laser radiation and determines one or more air parameters based on the scattered laser radiation. Such air parameters may include air speed, air pressure, air temperature and aircraft orientation angle, such as yaw, angle of attack and sideslip. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/103020 |
| 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 356/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07400766 | Dominguez 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) | Jesus A. Dominguez (Orlando, Florida); Steve Klinko (Titusville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-based technique for detecting edges in gray level digital images employs fuzzy reasoning to analyze whether each pixel in an image is likely on an edge. The image is analyzed on a pixel-by-pixel basis by analyzing gradient levels of pixels in a square window surrounding the pixel being analyzed. An edge path passing through the pixel having the greatest intensity gradient is used as input to a fuzzy membership function, which employs fuzzy singletons and inference rules to assigns a new gray level value to the pixel that is related to the pixel's edginess degree. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783295 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07399416 | Moller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Idaho Research Foundation, Inc. (Moscow, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg Moller (Moscow, Idaho); Kevin Marshall Brackney (Moscow, Idaho); Roger Alan Korus (Moscow, Idaho); Gerald Michael Keller, Jr. (Omaha, Nebraska); Brian Keith Hart (Moscow, Idaho); Remembrance Louisa Newcombe (Hayden, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a reactive filtration method includes continuously regenerating a reactive filter media while simultaneously filtering contaminants from fluid flowing through the filter media. In one embodiment, regenerating the reactive filter media comprises mixing metal granules with the filter media and agitating the mixture. In another embodiment, regenerating the reactive filter media comprises introducing a metal in the fluid flowing through the filter media and agitating the filter media. In one embodiment, a method for removing phosphorus, arsenic or a heavy metal from water includes introducing a metal salt reagent into the water at a molar ratio of 5:1 to 200:1 to the phosphorous or the arsenic in the water and passing the water through a bed of moving sand. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/727963 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/673 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07400194 | Kuehnel |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard John Kuehnel (Stuttgart, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient method of amplifying a digital signal with reduced electromagnetic interference is disclosed. The invention applies an average amplitude detector to the input signal to control the clock frequency of a pseudo-random number generator so that the clock signal decreases when the average amplitude of the signal increases. The input signal and the pseudo-random number generator are compared to generate a control signal for a switching power amplifier followed by a low-pass filter. When the average amplitude of the input signal falls below a pre-determine threshold, the switching amplifier is placed in a sleep mode. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/449469 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07401109 | Koç et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Çetin K. Koç (Corvallis, Oregon); Serdar S. Erdem (Istanbul, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-precision multiplication methods include storing a first operand and a second operand as a first array and a second array of n words. A first weighted sum is determined from multiple subproducts of corresponding words of the first operand and the second operand. The methods may further include iteratively determining a next weighted sum from a previous weighted sum and a recursively calculated intermediate product. The disclosed methods can be used in a variety of different applications (e.g., cryptography) and can be implemented in a number of software or hardware environments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/636321 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/625 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07399639 | Lippard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Lippard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Carolyn Crystal Woodroofe (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed, in part, to sensors for detecting metal ions, and methods of making and using the same. |
| FILED | Sunday, May 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/429898 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07399784 | Ames et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce N. Ames (Berkeley, California); Qing Jiang (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Anti-obesity compositions include medicaments comprising predetermined amounts of a phytyl substituted chromanol and an obesity-promoting drug, wherein: said medicament is in unit dosage form suitable for pharmaceutical administration; said phytyl substituted chromanol is a gamma-tocopherol, delta-tocopherol, alpha-tocotrienol, gamma-tocotrienol or delta-tocotrienol; said obesity-promoting drug is a corticosteroid or an anti-diabetes drug such as a hypoglycemic drug, starch blocker, glucose production blocker or insulin sensitizer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/304918 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/474 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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