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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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| US 07404288 | Sarigul-Klijn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SpaceDev, Inc. (Poway, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marti Sarigul-Klijn (Poway, California); Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn (Poway, California); Jim Benson (Poway, California); Grant Williams (Poway, California); Frank Macklin (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a propulsion system having a structural configuration that provides easy and convenient access to the interior regions of a liquid fuel tank and a hybrid rocket motor case. The system operates with a high oxidizer-to-fuel ratio and a high bulk density propellant combination that has a near uniform specific impulse over a large oxidizer-to-fuel ratio range. The system has an increased propellant mass fraction and reduced propellant residuals. This improves the performance of the hybrid propulsion system. |
| FILED | Friday, October 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/261433 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404324 | Braman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd L. Braman (New Brighton, Minnesota); Owen Grossman (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Erik J. Hovland (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An inertial measurement unit (IMU) is provided that includes a container that defines a cavity. A sensor suit or ISA having a housing is provided in the container of the IMU. A dampening material is provided between the housing of the ISA and the container of the IMU. The dampening material may be applied by coating, spraying, or dipping, or may be separately molded and then inserted, if desired. A sway space may also be provided between the ISA and the IMU container. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/161878 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/493 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404358 | Tadros et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raef M. Tadros (White Hall, Arkansas); Efthimios Papayianis (Dover, New Jersey); Allen A. Dehaghani (White Hall, Arkansas); Anthony Martuccio (Stanhope, New Jersey); Raymond S. Trohanowsky (Franklin, New Jersey); James Marlin Pennington (Dumas, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mortar cartridge generates effective white or colored smoke obscuration with reduced adverse environmental impact and collateral damage and provides an improved drag assembly that reduces drift during projectile descent and improves targeting. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/550959 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404842 | Wainright et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse Wainright (Willoughby, Ohio); Joe Payer (Brecksville, Ohio); Chung-Chiun Liu (Cleveland, Ohio); Laurie Dudik (South Euclid, Ohio); Xi Shan (Cleveland, Ohio); Seth Levine (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen storage system is described that can fabricated under ambient atmospheric conditions and humidity. The hydrogen storage system includes hydrogen-absorbing alloy particles, such as ABx-type alloys, for example LaNi4.7Al0.3, AB/A2B-type alloys, for example Mg2Ni, and AB2-type alloys, and group VIII transition metal particles, such as Pd, Pt, Ni, Ru, and/or Re, that are mechanically alloyed. The mechanically alloyed particles are stable and retain their hydrogen-absorbing efficiency even after prolonged exposure to air and water. Binders and solvent can be added to produce low-viscosity inks. The hydrogen storage system can be used with fuel cells that can be microfabricated and optionally be integrated with electronic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763730 |
| 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 075/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404858 | Koshka |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yaroslav Koshka (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for epitaxial growth of silicon carbide using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is provided. This method utilizes halogenated carbon precursors and control of the gas-phase interaction of halogen-containing intermediate chemical products involving silicon and carbon, which ensures quality and homogeneity across the silicon carbide crystals. It also ensures a possibility to achieve device-quality epitaxial layers at lower growth temperatures as well as on on-axis or low off-angle substrate surfaces. The growth method can be applied to forming SiC device regions of desirable shape and dimensions by restricting the growth into windows formed in non-silicon carbide region on the top of SiC substrate. Application of the methods described herein will greatly benefit the production of high quality silicon carbide materials and devices. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/521869 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404928 | Foos 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) | Edward E Foos (Alexandria, Virginia); Arthur W Snow (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thiol terminated ethylene oxide oligomer and the method of substituting the oligomer onto a gold nanocluster surface using a thiol-exchange reaction to form a charge-neutral, non-ionizable, water soluble, ethylene oxide protected gold nanocluster. The thiol terminated ethylene oxide oligomer has the formula CH3(OCH2CH2)xSH where x varies from one to ten. Also disclosed is the related method of making the thiol terminated ethylene oxide oligomer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/206431 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404950 | Spencer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Spencer (Houston, Texas); Brent Hanks (Houston, Texas); Kevin Slawin (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a composition and method which to treat diseases and to enhance a regulated immune response. More particularly, the present invention is drawn to compositions that are based on dendritic cells modified to express an inducible form of a co-stimulatory polypeptide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/781384 |
| 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 424/93.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404961 | Cassels et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick J. Cassels (Laurel, Maryland); Lawrence Loomis-Price (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to amino acid sequences from within a consensus peptide of the formula: Eight mer peptides from within the consensus peptide were tested against an antibody raised to the consensus peptide. Studies relating to antibody raised to denatured proteins from the natural organisms producing the family of proteins were also useful and showed particular value of some sequences. A sequence of the formula ASVDPTIDLLQA (SEQ ID NO: 2) was identified thereby. An enlarge sequence of the formula TVTASVDPTIDLLQAD (SEQ ID NO: 3) is also especially interesting as are intermediate sequences such as sequences VTASVDPTIDLLQAD (SEQ ID NO: 4), TASVDPTIDLLQAD (SEQ ID NO: 5), and TASVDPTIDLLQA (SEQ ID NO: 6) as being binding sites for antibodies raised to the denatured proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/754642 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/257.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404983 | Chiu 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) | Wilson K. S. Chiu (Manchester, Connecticut); King Hong Kwok (Willimantic, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present inventions pertain to a method of applying a solid protective coating to articles, to a system capable of depositing a solid film layer on articles, and to hermetically sealed articles. In particular, films are deposited on fused quartz substrates, optical fibers, and other items requiring a hermetic seal by a single or multiple beams laser-induced chemical vapor deposition [LCVD]. According to the present inventions, the protective layer can be deposited on the articles to be hermetically sealed in an open environment at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature whereby the coating process may occur outside the confines of an enclosure. A coaxial precursor and non-reactive laminar gas jet configuration insulates the deposition area from oxygen and other aerial impurities. Moreover, the present inventions insulate items from corrosion resulting from hydrogen or water penetrating the items' surfaces, maintain the items' mechanical properties, and preserve the integrity of optical signal transmission of optical fibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/910581 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/163.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405020 | Antal, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Antal, Jr. (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus (1) for use of carbonized charcoal powder as an electrode is provided. Charcoal is provided as a powder, carbonized, and placed in a container (16) by which compressive pressure is applied to the carbonized-charcoal powder via one or more sides of the container (16). As a result of the compressive pressure the packed-bed (11) of carbonized-charcoal powder manifests a resistivity of less than about 1 ohm-cm and is suitable for use as an electrode in a fuel cell, battery or electrolyzer. The apparatus is adapted with electrical contacts (8, 9, 10) to conduct electric flow to or from the electrode and adapted for communication of an electrolyte with the electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/552004 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405050 | Lenz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derrick H. Lenz (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Kenny C. Mok (San Diego, California); Ned S. Wingreen (Princeton, New Jersey); Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Quorum-sensing bacteria communicate with extracellular signal molecules called autoinducers to allow community-wide synchronization of gene expression. The present invention relates to the identification the Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae protein Hfq as mediating interactions between small, regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) and specific messenger RNA (mRNA) targets. Accordingly, the present invention provides nucleic acids encoding the Vibrio sRNAs, strains having various deletions and mutations of one or more qrr genes encoding these sRNA as well as methods of identifying quorum-sensing regulators. Additionally, the invention relates to an isolated V. harveyi Hfq protein and conservative amino acid substitutions thereof as well as nucleic acids encoding those proteins, recombinant methods of producing those proteins and antibodies against those proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/104705 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405086 | LaBella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Patrick LaBella (Cohoes, New York); Martin Bolduc (Albany, New York); Chaffra Adeyandju Awo-Affouda (Albany, New York); Mengbing Huang (Guilderland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A manganese-implanted silicon substrate exhibits ferromagnetism and a Curie temperature above room temperature when magnetized. The implant is done at a temperature of between about 250 C and about 800 C, while the manganese concentration is between about 0.01 atomic percent and 10 atomic percent. The silicon substrate can be p- or n-type with a doping concentration between 1015 and 1021 cm−3. Annealing may be done to increase the saturation magnetization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/085938 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405184 | Mathis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Mathis (San Antonio, Texas); Mary C. Marshall (San Antonio, Texas); Nicholle K. Reinhardt (San Antonio, Texas); Errol M. Brigance (San Antonio, Texas); Geronimo I. Elias, Jr. (Lytle, Texas); Kenneth R. Collins (Belcamp, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a lubricious anti-traction material for effectively denying the mobility and access of personnel and vehicles to selected areas. The anti-traction material includes an acrylic polymer particle mixed with water. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/727615 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/471 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405287 | Mao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Mao (Houston, Texas); Jie Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Luo Wang (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding delta DNA methyltransferase 3B molecules that are involved in the treatment and prevention of cancers such as, but not limited to, lung cancer. The delta DNA methyltransferase 3B molecules of the present invention are found to play a critical role in promoter-specific methylation of tumor suppressor genes. The DNA methyltransferase 3B molecules of the present invention are provided as therapeutic targets for identifying inhibitors of DNA methyltransferase. Such inhibitors are contemplated for the treatment and/or prevention of cancers. In particular embodiments, the present invention involves the treatment and prevention of a non-small cell lung cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/189279 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405430 | Saxler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam William Saxler (Durham, North Carolina); Edward Lloyd Hutchins (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor structure is disclosed that includes a silicon carbide wafer having a diameter of at least 100 mm with a Group III nitride heterostructure on the wafer that exhibits high uniformity in a number of characteristics. These include: a standard deviation in sheet resistivity across the wafer less than three percent; a standard deviation in electron mobility across the wafer of less than 1 percent; a standard deviation in carrier density across the wafer of no more than about 3.3 percent; and a standard deviation in conductivity across the wafer of about 2.5 percent. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/149664 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405559 | Hagerty |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Hagerty (Tiverton, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an electrical circuit for a sensor designed to detect external magnetic fields. The circuit is composed of a stable voltage reference source, connected to a low frequency amplifier where the operating point of the amplifier depends on the voltage reference source that is biased for maximum allowable voltage swings of the amplifier. A GMI fiber is connected to the low frequency amplifier and to a crystal oscillator that generates a square wave excitation signal with which to excite the GMI fiber. A decoupling network connected to the amplifier allows stable excitation of the GMI fiber by separating the direct current paths of the amplifier from the excitation signal. When the GMI fiber is excited by the square wave signal the GMI fiber impedance varies with impressed magnetic fields, which in turn varies the output voltage of the amplifier. |
| FILED | Monday, June 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/473419 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405638 | Sherrer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); John J. Fisher (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are coaxial waveguide microstructures. The microstructures include a substrate and a coaxial waveguide disposed above the substrate. The coaxial waveguide includes: a center conductor; an outer conductor including one or more walls, spaced apart from and disposed around the center conductor; one or more dielectric support members for supporting the center conductor in contact with the center conductor and enclosed within the outer conductor; and a core volume between the center conductor and the outer conductor, wherein the core volume is under vacuum or in a gas state. Also provided are methods of forming coaxial waveguide microstructures by a sequential build process and hermetic packages which include a coaxial waveguide microstructure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/637629 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405806 | Menon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajesh Menon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Henry I. Smith (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A maskless lithography system is disclosed that includes a spatial light modulator, first and second imaging areas, and first folding optics. The spatial light modulator receives illumination from an illumination source and provides a modulated illumination beam having a first cross-sectional line length in a length-wise direction and a first cross-sectional width in a width-wise direction that is substantially smaller than said first cross-sectional length. The first imaging area receives a first portion of the modulated illumination beam. The first folding optics provides a second portion of the modulated illumination beam that is adjacent the first portion of the modulated illumination beam in the length-wise direction at a second imaging area that is not adjacent the first imaging area in the length-wise direction. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/106204 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Photocopying 355/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405815 | Widen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth C. Widen (Topanga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A measure of the quality of a laser beam is obtained by comparing the power of a theoretical Gaussian beam through a (certain sized area) pinhole to the power of a test beam through a same sized (area) pinhole. The theoretical surrogate Gaussian beam with the same second moment of intensity as the test beam is used to determine the “bucket size” used in “power-in-the-bucket” techniques. The bucket size is an interaction area determined by the wavelength of the laser light, the focusing distance, and the 1/e2 radius of the near field intensity. The beam quality is determined by taking the square root of the ratio of the theoretical power through a bucket and the actual power through a pinhole with the same size as the bucket. The beam quality of different types of beam profiles can be obtained with a single method or measure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/701760 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405868 | Kaertner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newton, Massachusetts); Fatih Omer Ilday (Ankara, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | A simple and low-cost apparatus amplifies short optical pulses (e.g., in the femtosecond domain) to high pulse energies using energy stored in an enhancement cavity. The enhancement cavity is first filled with pump light from a pump laser; and a signal laser then directs a signal pulse into the cavity, where the signal pulse and pump laser both pass through a non-linear medium for parametric amplification of the signal pulse, wherein energy from the aggregated pump light is transferred to the signal pulse, which then exits the enhancement cavity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/279455 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/330 |
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| US 07406001 | Dzikowicz |
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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) | Benjamin Dzikowicz (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater acoustic beacon comprises a cylindrical transducer and at least one spiral wavefront transducer aligned along a common central axis. For use in underwater navigation, the cylindrical and spiral wavefront transducers are activated singly and in combination in accordance with a prescribed sequence. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/340006 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07406219 | Gauthier, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo R. Gauthier, Jr. (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a hitpoint sensor for a surface of interest, the hitpoint sensor having an optical fiber which is wound around or otherwise covering the surface, and a data processor connected to the ends of the optical fiber. When a collision with the surface occurs, light is generated which passes through the optical fiber. The ends of the fiber are connected to the data processor which uses arrival time information of the light signals arriving at the processor to determine the impact location on the surface. There are several modes in which the processor can operate to make this calculation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/410660 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07404640 | Ferguson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Daniel Ferguson (Melrose, Massachusetts); Daniel X. Hammer (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Real time, high-speed image stabilization with a retinal tracking scanning laser ophthalmoscope (TSLO) enables new approaches to established diagnostics. Large frequency range (DC to 19 kHz), wide-field (40-deg) stabilized Doppler flowmetry imaging is described for human subjects. The fundus imaging method is a quasi-confocal line-scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO). The retinal tracking system uses a confocal reflectometer with a closed loop optical servo system to lock onto features in the ocular fundus and automatically re-lock after blinks. By performing a slow scan with the laser line imager, frequency-resolved retinal perfusion and vascular flow images can be obtained free of eye motion artifacts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/043028 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/221 |
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| US 07404842 | Wainright et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse Wainright (Willoughby, Ohio); Joe Payer (Brecksville, Ohio); Chung-Chiun Liu (Cleveland, Ohio); Laurie Dudik (South Euclid, Ohio); Xi Shan (Cleveland, Ohio); Seth Levine (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen storage system is described that can fabricated under ambient atmospheric conditions and humidity. The hydrogen storage system includes hydrogen-absorbing alloy particles, such as ABx-type alloys, for example LaNi4.7Al0.3, AB/A2B-type alloys, for example Mg2Ni, and AB2-type alloys, and group VIII transition metal particles, such as Pd, Pt, Ni, Ru, and/or Re, that are mechanically alloyed. The mechanically alloyed particles are stable and retain their hydrogen-absorbing efficiency even after prolonged exposure to air and water. Binders and solvent can be added to produce low-viscosity inks. The hydrogen storage system can be used with fuel cells that can be microfabricated and optionally be integrated with electronic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763730 |
| 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 075/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404901 | Pinnavaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Pinnavaia (East Lansing, Michigan); Joel I. Dulebohn (Lansing, Michigan); Emily J. McKimmy (Trenton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the removal of arsenic ions from water with a porous silica composition with an organofunctional moiety comprising a thio which binds the arsenic ion and is then removed from the water. The method comprises the quality of the water. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440474 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/683 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404912 | Raymond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Stephane Petoud (Berkeley, California); Seth Cohen (Boston, Massachusetts); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides luminescent lanthanide metal chelates comprising a metal ion of the lanthanide series and a complexing agent comprising at least one salicylamidyl moiety. Also provided are probes incorporating the salicylamidyl ligands of the invention and methods utilizing the ligands of the invention and probes comprising the ligands of the invention. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/347881 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.160 |
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| US 07404954 | Mostov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith E. Mostov (San Francisco, California); Steven J. Chapin (San Diego, California); Janice Richman-Eisenstat (Winnepeg, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for specific binding to a region of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) of a cell with the provisos that the ligand does not substantially bind to the most abundant form of the secretory component (SC) of pIgR present in an organ of interest of an animal of interest under physiological conditions, and does not bind to the pIgR stalk. In some embodiments, the ligand decreases cleavage of SC from the stalk by at least one-third. The ligands and methods of the invention can be used with both birds and mammals. In more preferred embodiments, the animal is a mammal. In the most preferred embodiment, the animal is a human. The ligand may be targeted into the cell or may undergo retrograde transcytosis and release at the basolateral side of the cell, and may comprise a biologically active composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/038956 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/139.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405041 | Ebbinghaus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scot W. Ebbinghaus (Tucson, Arizona); Laurence H. Hurley (Tucson, Arizona); Adam Siddiqui-Jain (San Diego, California); Regan Memmott (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Among the different intrastrand quadruplex structures that can arise from duplex DNA, it has been discovered that the nucleotide sequences (GGA)4 (SEQ ID NO: 1) and (GGA)3GG (SEQ ID NO: 2) form biologically significant quadruplex structures. Thus, provided herein are methods for identifying molecules that modulate the biological activity of quadruplex DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence (GGA)4 (SEQ ID NO: 1) or the nucleotide sequence (GGA)3GG (SEQ ID NO: 2), and specifically, methods for identifying molecules that bind such quadruplexes. Also provided herein are methods for modulating the biological activity of a biologically significant native quadruplex DNA with a molecule identified by the methods described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/645471 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405050 | Lenz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derrick H. Lenz (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Kenny C. Mok (San Diego, California); Ned S. Wingreen (Princeton, New Jersey); Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Quorum-sensing bacteria communicate with extracellular signal molecules called autoinducers to allow community-wide synchronization of gene expression. The present invention relates to the identification the Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae protein Hfq as mediating interactions between small, regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) and specific messenger RNA (mRNA) targets. Accordingly, the present invention provides nucleic acids encoding the Vibrio sRNAs, strains having various deletions and mutations of one or more qrr genes encoding these sRNA as well as methods of identifying quorum-sensing regulators. Additionally, the invention relates to an isolated V. harveyi Hfq protein and conservative amino acid substitutions thereof as well as nucleic acids encoding those proteins, recombinant methods of producing those proteins and antibodies against those proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/104705 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405052 | MacKinnon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick MacKinnon (New York, New York); Alice Lee MacKinnon (New York, New York); Youxing Jiang (New York, New York); Vanessa Ruta (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter suitable for use in identifying chemical compounds that bind to voltage-dependent ion channel proteins, the composition comprising a screening protein that comprises an ion channel voltage sensor domain of the ion channel protein immobilized on a solid support. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377139 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405054 | Hasenbank et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington UW Tech Transfer - Invention Licensing (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melissa Hasenbank (Free Soil, Michigan); Paul Yager (Seattle, Washington); Elain Fu (Seattle, Washington); Kjell Nelson (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for amplifying the detection signal in surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based flow systems. The signal amplification methods comprise the use of well established marker systems that provide a precipitate. The marker systems include, for example, enzyme and nucleation systems. Enzymes suitable for use as a marker system include peroxidases and phosphatases. The amplification system is useful in any SPR-based detection system including microfluidic systems, e.g., “lab on a chip” systems and the like. The methods can comprise any SPR-based assay format, including typical immunoassay formats. The immunoassay formats can include competitive and sandwich assays. Analyte capture agents can include antibodies, lectins, carbohydrates, polynucleotides, receptor proteins, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/301720 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405077 | Lim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albany Medical College (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seah H. Lim (Amarillo, Texas); Maurizio Chiriva-Internati (Amarillo, Texas); Zhiqing Wang (Amarillo, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The results herein identify Sp17 as a novel cancer-testis antigen in multiple myeloma. Sp17 recombinant protein was generated from E. coli. A CD8 predominant CTL line was generated that was able to lyse autologous targets in a Sp17-dependent HLA class I-restricted manner, using dendritic cells as the antigen-presenting cells and DOTAP to deliver the Sp17 protein to the dendritic cells. A combination of HLA-matched and mismatched antibody-enriched fresh myeloma tumor cells and myeloma cell lines were used as targets for the recombinant protein-propagated CTL. The findings of target cell lysis suggest that the Sp17 protein produced by Sp17+ tumor cells are processed and presented in vivo and that the CTL epitopes are presented in association with HLA class I molecules in a concentration and configuration recognized by recombinant protein-propagated CTL. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/082959 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405202 | Hamilton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Hamilton (Edina, Minnesota); Kenneth P. Roberts (St. Paul, Minnesota); Kathy M. Ensrud (Roseville, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Included in the present invention are methods of inhibiting sperm capacitation, inhibiting the phosphorylation of a protein at tyrosine residues, inhibiting an acrosomal reaction, and inhibiting fertilization of an egg by sperm with the administration of a CRISP polypeptide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/515868 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — 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 07405208 | Santi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kosan Biosciences, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Santi (San Francisco, California); David C. Myles (Kensington, California); Zong-Qiang Tian (Fremont, California); C. Richard Hutchinson (San Mateo, California); Robert Johnson (Lafayette, California); Yi-Qing Zhou (Lafayette, California); Li Feng (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to benzoquinone ansamycin analogs useful for the treatment of cancer and other diseases or conditions characterized by undesired cellular proliferation or hyperproliferation. Therapies involving the administration of such benzoquinone ansamycin analogs, optionally in combination with an inhibitor of an HSP90 client protein, are useful to treat cancer and non-cancerous disease conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/056470 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Guy (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic, nuclear-encoded ND4 gene was linked to a mitochondrial targeting sequence and a FLAG epitope tag. This fusion construct was inserted into a rAAV vector. The ND4 fusion protein was expressed and imported into the mitochondria of cells harboring a mitochondrial DNA mutation (G11778A), where it restored cellular respiration. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/687677 |
| 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 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405286 | Olson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Olson (Dallas, Texas); Akiko Arai (Mie, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new polypeptide and the gene coding therefore, gene being an evolutionarily conserved actin-binding protein, called STARS (striated muscle activator of Rho signalin), that is expressed specifically in cardiac and skeletal muscle cells and is upregulated in response to calcineurin signaling during cardiac hypertrophy. STARS is localized to the thin filament of the sarcomere and to actin stress fibers where it promotes actin bundling. STARS stimulates the transcriptional activity of serum response factor (SRF) through a mechanism that requires actin bundling and Rho kinase activation. STARS provides a mechanism for selectively enhancing the transcriptional activity of SRF in muscle cells and for linking changes in actin dynamics to gene transcription. Also disclosed are methods of using the gene and protein in drug screening and therapy, including, for example, use of the gene in gene therapy to treat cardiovascular disease. |
| FILED | Monday, July 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/480822 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405287 | Mao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li Mao (Houston, Texas); Jie Wang (Beijing, China PRC); Luo Wang (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding delta DNA methyltransferase 3B molecules that are involved in the treatment and prevention of cancers such as, but not limited to, lung cancer. The delta DNA methyltransferase 3B molecules of the present invention are found to play a critical role in promoter-specific methylation of tumor suppressor genes. The DNA methyltransferase 3B molecules of the present invention are provided as therapeutic targets for identifying inhibitors of DNA methyltransferase. Such inhibitors are contemplated for the treatment and/or prevention of cancers. In particular embodiments, the present invention involves the treatment and prevention of a non-small cell lung cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/189279 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405292 | Finkel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terri H. Finkel (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Jiyi Yin (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides cellular gene products which have anti-apoptotic activity in HIV-1 infected cells and provides agents for the inhibition of the cellular gene products. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/057484 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405297 | Furneaux et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Industrial Research Limited (Lower Hutt, New Zealand); Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Hubert Furneaux (Wellington, New Zealand); Peter Charles Tyler (Wellington, New Zealand); Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of preparing a compound of the formula (I) wherein B is chosen from OH, NH2, NHR, H or halogen; D is chosen from OH, NH2, NHR, H halogen or SCH3; R is an optionally substituted alkyl, aralkyl or aryl group; and Z is selected from OH, hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, SQ or OQ, Q is an optionally substituted alkyl, aralkyl or aryl group; or a tautomer thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; or an ester thereof; or a prodrug thereof, which comprises reacting a compound of the formula (II) with an anion produced by abstraction of the bromine or iodine atom from a compound of formula (XIX), to form a compound of formula (XX) The compound of formula (XX) is N- and O-deprotected to obtain the compound of formula (I). |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/716100 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07404901 | Pinnavaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Pinnavaia (East Lansing, Michigan); Joel I. Dulebohn (Lansing, Michigan); Emily J. McKimmy (Trenton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the removal of arsenic ions from water with a porous silica composition with an organofunctional moiety comprising a thio which binds the arsenic ion and is then removed from the water. The method comprises the quality of the water. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440474 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/683 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404943 | Eckert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Eckert (Atlanta, Georgia); Philip G. Jessop (Kingston, Canada); Charles L. Liotta (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of enhancing the solubility of a fluorinated compound in an organic solvent are provided. In one embodiment, carbon dioxide gas pressure is applied to the solvent at a pressure effective to enhance the solubility of the fluorinated compound. The method may further include recrystallizing the fluorinated compound by reducing the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas. Also provided are methods of conducting a reaction using a fluorinated compound in an organic solvent. In one embodiment, the method comprises applying carbon dioxide pressure to an organic solvent comprising at least one substrate and a fluorinated catalyst, in an effective amount to solubilize the catalyst; and permitting the fluorinated catalyst to catalyze the reaction of the substrate to form a product. The catalyst is optionally separated from the reaction product and solvent after the reaction by the release of the pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/479436 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405044 | Walker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Reliagene Technologies Inc. (New Orleans, Louisiana); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerilyn A. Walker (Breaux Bridge, Louisiana); Dale J. Hedges (Plaquemine, Louisiana); Jaiprakash G. Shewale (New Orleans, Louisiana); Sudhir K. Sinha (New Orleans, Louisiana); Mark A. Batzer (Mandeville, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A comprehensive set of human specific, target specific, multiplex PCR assays for DNA quantitation is provided. Our duplex qPCR for nDNA/mtDNA had a linear quantitation range of 100 ng to 1 pg, and our triplex qPCR assay for nDNA/mtDNA/male Y DNA had a linear range of 100 ng to 0.1 ng. Human-specificity was demonstrated by the accurate detection of 0.05% and 5% human DNA, respectively, from a complex source of starting templates. Target-specificity was confirmed by the lack of cross-amplification among targets. A high throughput alternative for human gender determination was also developed by multiplexing the male Y primer/probe set with an X chromosome based system. Background cross-amplification with DNA templates derived from fourteen other species was negligible aside from the male Y assay which produced spurious amplifications from other non-human primate templates. Mainstream application of these assays will undoubtedly benefit forensic genomics. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/245444 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405050 | Lenz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derrick H. Lenz (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Kenny C. Mok (San Diego, California); Ned S. Wingreen (Princeton, New Jersey); Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Quorum-sensing bacteria communicate with extracellular signal molecules called autoinducers to allow community-wide synchronization of gene expression. The present invention relates to the identification the Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae protein Hfq as mediating interactions between small, regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) and specific messenger RNA (mRNA) targets. Accordingly, the present invention provides nucleic acids encoding the Vibrio sRNAs, strains having various deletions and mutations of one or more qrr genes encoding these sRNA as well as methods of identifying quorum-sensing regulators. Additionally, the invention relates to an isolated V. harveyi Hfq protein and conservative amino acid substitutions thereof as well as nucleic acids encoding those proteins, recombinant methods of producing those proteins and antibodies against those proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/104705 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405086 | LaBella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Patrick LaBella (Cohoes, New York); Martin Bolduc (Albany, New York); Chaffra Adeyandju Awo-Affouda (Albany, New York); Mengbing Huang (Guilderland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A manganese-implanted silicon substrate exhibits ferromagnetism and a Curie temperature above room temperature when magnetized. The implant is done at a temperature of between about 250 C and about 800 C, while the manganese concentration is between about 0.01 atomic percent and 10 atomic percent. The silicon substrate can be p- or n-type with a doping concentration between 1015 and 1021 cm−3. Annealing may be done to increase the saturation magnetization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/085938 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405314 | Zingaro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas); Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph A. Zingaro (College Station, Texas); Hatice Duzkale (Houston, Texas); Emil J. Freireich (Houston, Texas); Hagop Kantarjian (Bellaire, Texas); Merida Sotelo-Lerma (Hermosillo, Mexico); Srdan Verstovsek (Houston, Texas); Mingzhang Gao (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides organic arsenicals. Many of these compounds have potent in vitro cytotoxic activity against numerous human tumor cell lines, both of solid and hematological origin, as well as against malignant blood cells from patients with leukemia. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/252966 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/71 |
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| US 07405345 | Ohlrogge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan State University (Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Ohlrogge (Okemos, Michigan); Christoph Benning (East Lansing, Michigan); Hongbo Gao (East Lansing, Michigan); Thomas Arno Alfred Girke (Poway, California); Joseph A. White (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel seed specific promoter regions. The present invention further provide methods of producing proteins and other products of interest and methods of controlling expression of nucleic acid sequences of interest using the seed specific promoter regions. The present invention also provides methods of identifying and isolating novel seed specific promoters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/488274 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/287 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ker-Chau Li (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for identifying high order associations between variables in complex systems that is particularly useful where there is no correlation or weak correlation between variables due to the influence of a third variable, a ternary relationship. The ternary relationship describes how the variation in the pattern of association between a pair of variables, including its sign and strength, is mediated by a third variable. In one embodiment applied to gene expression data, the activity of pairs of correlated genes due to the activity of one or more third genes is shown. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/330007 |
| 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 | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
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| US 07406396 | Das et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tapas K Das (Tampa, Florida); Rajesh Ganesan (Tampa, Florida); Arun K Sikder (Tampa, Florida); Ashok Kumar (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an online methodology for end point detection for use in a chemical mechanical planarization process which is both robust and inexpensive while overcoming some of the drawbacks of the existing end point detection approaches currently known in the art. The present invention provides a system and method for identifying a significant event in a chemical mechanical planarization process including the steps of decomposing coefficient of friction data acquired from a chemical mechanical planarization process using wavelet-based multiresolution analysis, and applying a sequential probability ratio test for variance on the decomposed data to identify a significant event in the chemical mechanical planarization process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/164048 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07404912 | Raymond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Stephane Petoud (Berkeley, California); Seth Cohen (Boston, Massachusetts); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides luminescent lanthanide metal chelates comprising a metal ion of the lanthanide series and a complexing agent comprising at least one salicylamidyl moiety. Also provided are probes incorporating the salicylamidyl ligands of the invention and methods utilizing the ligands of the invention and probes comprising the ligands of the invention. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/347881 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404913 | Derenzo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Edward Derenzo (Pinole, California); Edith Bourret-Courchesne (Berkeley, California); Marvin J. Weber (Danville, California); Mattias K. Klintenberg (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fast, bright inorganic scintillators at room temperature are based on radiative electron-hole recombination in direct-gap semiconductors, e.g. CdS and ZnO. The direct-gap semiconductor is codoped with two different impurity atoms to convert the semiconductor to a fast, high luminosity scintillator. The codopant scheme is based on dopant band to dopant trap recombination. One dopant provides a significant concentration of carriers of one type (electrons or holes) and the other dopant traps carriers of the other type. Examples include CdS:In,Te; CdS:In,Ag; CdS:In,Na; ZnO:Ga,P; ZnO:Ga,N; ZnO:Ga,S; and GaN:Ge,Mg. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/382883 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.6R0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405434 | Stavis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel M. Stavis (Ithaca, New York); Joshua B. Edel (Brookline, Massachusetts); Kevan T. Samiee (Ithaca, New York); Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanofluidic channel fabricated in fused silica with an approximately 500 nm square cross section was used to isolate, detect and identify individual quantum dot conjugates. The channel enables the rapid detection of every fluorescent entity in solution. A laser of selected wavelength was used to excite multiple species of quantum dots and organic molecules, and the emission spectra were resolved without significant signal rejection. Quantum dots were then conjugated with organic molecules and detected to demonstrate efficient multicolor detection. PCH was used to analyze coincident detection and to characterize the degree of binding. The use of a small fluidic channel to detect quantum dots as fluorescent labels was shown to be an efficient technique for multiplexed single molecule studies. Detection of single molecule binding events has a variety of applications including high throughput immunoassays. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/280941 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405692 | McMakin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas L. McMakin (Richland, Washington); Thomas E. Hall (Kennewick, Washington); David M. Sheen (Richland, Washington); Ronald H. Severtsen (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems, methods, devices, and apparatus to interrogate a clothed individual with electromagnetic radiation to determine if a concealed object is being carried. This determination includes establishing data corresponding to an image of the individual with a pair of opposed, semi-cylindrical array panels each configured to interrogate the individual with electromagnetic radiation in the 200 MHz to 1 THz range. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/697848 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405990 | Bright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur A. Bright (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Paul G. Crumley (Yorktown Heights, New York); Marc B. Dombrowa (Bronx, New York); Steven M. Douskey (Rochester, Minnesota); Rudolf A. Haring (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Steven F. Oakland (Colchester, Vermont); Michael R. Ouellette (Westford, Vermont); Scott A. Strissel (Byron, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of repairing an integrated circuit of the type comprising of a multitude of memory arrays and a fuse box holding control data for controlling redundancy logic of the arrays. The method comprises the steps of providing the integrated circuit with a control data selector for passing the control data from the fuse box to the memory arrays; providing a source of alternate control data, external of the integrated circuit; and connecting the source of alternate control data to the control data selector. The method comprises the further step of, at a given time, passing the alternate control data from the source thereof, through the control data selector and to the memory arrays to control the redundancy logic of the memory arrays. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/872085 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/225.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07404671 | Heyman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Luna Innovations Incorporated (Roanoke, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph S. Heyman (Williamsburg, Virginia); Eugene V. Malyarenko (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Acoustic temperature measurement at a remote location is provided. An acoustic source transmits acoustic radiation to an acoustic receiver along an acoustic path. The path passes through or near the remote location. The temperature is non-uniform along the path. A change in an integrated acoustic delay between the source and receiver along the path is measured. This acoustic delay can be either a phase velocity delay or a group velocity delay. The temperature at the remote location is determined by relating the measured change in integrated acoustic delay to the remote location temperature with a combined thermal-acoustic model. The combined model relates temperature to acoustic propagation velocity along the path. The combined model preferably includes temperatures of the source and receiver locations, and a heat source geometry at the remote location. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/372628 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/117 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405063 | Eirich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cognis Corporation (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | L. Dudley Eirich (Milford, Ohio); Kevin W. Anderson (Indian Springs, Ohio); Jeffrey A. Gates (West Chester, Ohio); C. Ron Wilson (Loveland, Ohio); Manfred Biermann (Cincinnati, Ohio); Gilbert H. Vice (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035835 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07405424 | Chabinyc et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Chabinyc (Mountain View, California); Alberto Salleo (San Francisco, California); William S. Wong (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device and a method of fabricating the electronic device includes forming a first electrical contact, a dielectric layer and a second electrical contact wherein the dielectric layer is located between the first and the second electrical contacts, forming an electrically insulating layer over the dielectric layer and the first electrical contact, exposing the first and second electrical contact, the dielectric layer and a first portion of the electrically insulating layer to radiation from the side of the first electrical contact, removing a second portion of the electrically insulating layer that was not irradiated by the radiation, providing a semiconductor material over a portion of the dielectric layer, and forming at least a third electrical contact over at least a portion of the electrically insulting layer and the semiconductor material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/071305 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07406269 | Becker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Discovery Semiconductors, Inc. (Ewing, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald A. Becker (Edison, New Jersey); Daniel R. Mohr (Allentown, New Jersey); Christoph T. Wree (Ewing, New Jersey); Abhay M. Joshi (New Hope, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical coherent receiver in one embodiment has a heterodyne configuration, and in another embodiment has a homodyne configuration, in each configuration employs multiple feedback signaling and analog/digital processing to optimize response to a modulated optical input signal, the provision of both individual RF I and RF Q channel outputs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/711572 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07406408 | Lackey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley C. Lackey (Odenton, Maryland); Patrick J. Schone (Columbia, Maryland); Brenton D. Walker (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of recognizing phones in speech of any language. Acquire phones for all languages and a set of languages. Acquire a pronunciation dictionary, a transcript of speech for the set of languages, and speech for the transcript. Receive speech containing unknown phones. If the speech's language is unknown, compare it to the phones for all languages to determine the phones. If the language is known but no phones were acquired in that language, compare the speech to the phones for all languages to determine the phones. If phones were acquired in the speech's language but no corresponding pronunciation dictionary was acquired, compare the speech to the phones for all languages to determine the phones. If a pronunciation dictionary was acquired for the phones in the speech's language but no transcript was acquired then compare the speech to the phones for all languages to determine the phones. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/928878 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07406595 | Boyle, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Michael Boyle, Jr. (Aberdeen, Maryland); Christopher Mark Salter (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of packet encryption and decryption that allows for pipelining. The first step is to identify the packets in a message to be encrypted. Then, a unique number is assigned to each packet. A value R is acquired. Then, a first register is initialized. An initialization vector IV is generated. Then, the first register is stepped a user-definable number of times. Then, a packet is selected. R and the unique number are combined. Then, a second register is initialized. A checksum is generated. Then, the packet is divided into blocks. A block is selected. Then, the checksum is combined with the block and designated the checksum. The block is encrypted. Then, the first and second registers are stepped. These steps are repeated for each block. Then, the checksum is encrypted. After the blocks are encrypted, the unique number, IV, the ciphertext of each block, and the encrypted checksum are transmitted. If there are any other packets to encrypt then the steps are repeated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/843637 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07404868 | Cope et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Accudyne Systems, Inc. (Nework, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph D. Cope (Elkton, Maryland); Steve B. Funck (Hartly, Delaware); Mark B. Gruber (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Mark A. Lamontia (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Anthony D. Johnson (Conowingo, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A tape placement head for applying thermoplastic tape to an object includes a heated feeder which guides the tape/tow to a heated zone. The heated zone has a line compactor having a single row of at least one movable heated member. An area compactor is located in the heated zone downstream from the line compactor. The area compactor includes a plurality of rows of movable feet which are extendable toward the tape/tow different distances with respect to each other to conform to the shape of the object. A shim is located between the heated compactors and the tape/tow. A chilled compactor is in a chilled zone downstream from the heated zone. The chilled zone includes a line chilled compactor and an area chilled compactor. A chilled shim is mounted between the chilled compactor and the tape/tow. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548002 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07404938 | Parrish |
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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) | Clyde F. Parrish (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus utilizing hydrogen peroxide are useful to reduce NOx, SOx and mercury (or other heavy metal) emissions from combustion flue gas streams. Continuous concentration of hydrogen peroxide to levels approaching or exceeding propellant-grade hydrogen peroxide facilitates increased system efficiency. In this manner, combustion flue gas streams can be treated for the removal of NOx, SOx and heavy metals, while isolating useful by-products streams of sulfuric acid and nitric acid as well as solids for the recovery of the heavy metals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/845418 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07405034 | Yan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingdi Yan (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Michele A. Bartlett (Buxton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of adhering polymeric materials to a substrate, either directly or through linker molecules, are disclosed. Structures, for example, microstructures, including microwells and arrays of microwells, may be readily formed using the methods. In some embodiments, microstructures formed completely from polymeric materials are provided, making it possible to tailor the chemical and physical properties of the microstructures. For example, microwells having a bottom comprising a polar polymeric material and well sides/top comprising a non-polar polymeric material are provided. Biochemical reagents may be easily delivered to such “smart wells” because the intrinsic attraction of the well bottom for the reagents and the intrinsic repulsion between the well sides/top combine to direct the reagents to the wells. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/769423 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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