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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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| US 07409819 | Henry |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Leslie Henry (Westchester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of assembling a gas turbine engine that includes rotatably coupling a first low-pressure turbine rotor to a high-pressure turbine, rotatably coupling a second low pressure turbine rotor to the first low-pressure turbine rotor, and rotatably coupling the second low-pressure turbine rotor to a turbine rear-frame such that a weight of the high-pressure turbine is transmitted to the turbine rear-frame. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/976382 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07409878 | Von Beck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuck H. Von Beck (Mesa, Arizona); Hong Wan (Plymouth, Minnesota); Anthony D. D'Angelo (Desert Hills, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A torqueshaft magnetic field measurement system includes a ceramic package enclosing a magnetoresistive sensor for converting a sensed magnetic field into a differential output voltage, an amplifier for converting the voltage into an amplified sensor signal, and a temperature sensor. An electrical cable connects the ceramic package to an electronic controller with a microprocessor. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/102493 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07409900 | Nechitailo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas V. Nechitailo (King George, Virginia); Keith B. Lewis (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic launcher is provided for accelerating a projectile from a breech end to a muzzle end. The launcher includes a container, a rail contained therein and a support. The container includes an inner surface along an axial direction. The rail is contained within the inner surface and includes a load surface to support the projectile and an interface surface. The support is disposed between the interface surface and the inner surface. The rail and the support provide a value to an expression for critical velocity where E is Young's modulus for the rail, I is moment of inertia for the rail, k is foundation modulus for the support, ρ is density for the rail and A is the cross-sectional area of the rail. The launcher is configured such that the critical velocity increases along the axial direction towards the muzzle. In particular, a material term √E/ρ of the rail increases along the axial direction, such for the rail being made from a first material being proximate to the breech and a second material being proximate to the muzzle, such that the material term √E/ρ of the second material being greater than that of the first material. Alternatively, the rail is made into a first shape being proximate to the breech and a second shape being proximate to the muzzle, such that a shape term √I/A of the second shape is greater than that of the first shape. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/602438 |
| 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 07410063 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard K. Chang (Hamdin, Connecticut); Yongle Pan (Cheshire, Connecticut); Steven Clyde Hill (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for sorting particles entrained in a gaseous stream are disclosed. A representative system, among others, includes a particle scanner, a sorter, which is in pneumatic communication with the particle scanner, and a controller, which is in electrical communication with the particle scanner and sorter. The particle scanner is adapted to receive a gaseous stream and measure a characteristic of a particle entrained in the gaseous stream. The controller is adapted to classify the scanned particle according to the measured characteristic of the particle. The sorter includes an electrically controlled valve. Responsive to the particle being classified as belonging to a first category, the controller signals the valve to deflect the trajectory of the particle. A representative method, among others, for sorting particles entrained in a gaseous stream can be broadly summarized by the following steps: receiving particles in a gaseous stream; classifying a particle from the received stream of particles according to a property of the particle, wherein the particle is classified as belong to one category of a plurality of categories, and wherein the received particle has an initial trajectory; and responsive to the particle being classified as belonging to a first category of the plurality of categories, altering the trajectory of the particle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872414 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/44.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410120 | Russom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery D. Russom (Chesterfield, Missouri); Lawrence R. White (Florissant, Missouri); James Greenwood (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Control surface assemblies having a torque tube base are disclosed. In one embodiment, a control surface assembly includes a control surface portion and a base portion. The base portion has a hollow, shell-like base portion coupled to a first end portion of the control surface portion, and is adapted to be coupled to a supporting structure such that the control surface portion projects outwardly from the supporting structure. In one aspect, the base portion includes an elongated, closed section portion adapted to be coupled to the supporting structure. In a further aspect, the base portion includes an elongated, closed section portion adapted to be coupled to the supporting structure, and a pair of tapered end portions formed at opposing ends of the closed section portion. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/043918 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410131 | Eidelman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science Applications International Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shmuel Eidelman (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Pulsed detonation engines (PDEs) are adapted for use in reaction control systems (RCS), such as thrusters for orbital correction and control (e.g., for earth-orbiting satellites), divert thrust generation and control for space-based interceptor devices, and for missile trajectory correction and motion control. According to one aspect of the invention, PDEs are adapted for motion control of so-called “kill vehicles,” which are small devices, typically launched from satellites, for strategic missile defense. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/532163 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/171.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410133 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hak-Tae Lee (San Jose, California); Stefan R. Bieniawski (Seattle, Washington); Ilan M. Kroo (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved miniature trailing edge effectors for aerodynamic control are provided. Three types of devices having aerodynamic housings integrated to the trailing edge of an aerodynamic shape are presented, which vary in details of how the control surface can move. A bucket type device has a control surface which is the back part of a C-shaped member having two arms connected by the back section. The C-shaped section is attached to a housing at the ends of the arms, and is rotatable about an axis parallel to the wing trailing edge to provide up, down and neutral states. A flip-up type device has a control surface which rotates about an axis parallel to the wing trailing edge to provide up, down, neutral and brake states. A rotating type device has a control surface which rotates about an axis parallel to the chord line to provide up, down and neutral states. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/646186 |
| 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 244/215 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410308 | Qian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | All Optronics, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Qian (Gilbert, Arizona); Katherine X. Liu (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A new fiber optic cable splice for splicing optical fiber cables together and reconstructing fiber-optic cable that provide substantially enhanced reliability and broadened operating temperature range is disclosed. The disclosed cable splice offer reliable and user friendly solutions to applications in many harsh environments such as avionics, field vehicles, and defense related instrumentation. The cable splice consists of a preassembled one piece splice core and outer mechanical and thermal shielding layers. A simple splicing procedure and key fixtures are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805742 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410607 | Guillot |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Guillot (Tremonton, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | This method permits manufacturing EPDM rocket motor insulation in which carbon fibers are dispersed and immobilized in the EPDM polymeric matrix but are not excessively fractured or fragmentized, i.e., broken into smaller fragments, when encountering degrees of shear necessary to homogeneously or otherwise distribute or disperse the carbon fibers in the EPDM polymeric matrix. The method is substantially solvent free and is performed via distributive/reduced shear mixing to distribute the fragile carbon fibers into a rubber matrix without excessive damage. According to one embodiment, at least about 50% of the elastomer composition introduced into the mixing apparatus is liquid EPDM terpolymer having sufficiently low molecular weight and high diene content to permit dispersion of the carbon fibers in the EPDM without substantial fragmentation of the fibers. According to another embodiment, mixing takes place in a kneader capable of rotating a screw having a discontinuous screw thread about the screw axis while superimposing an axially reciprocating stroke to the screw. The kneader imparts low shear distributive mixing of the carbon fibers in the EPDM terpolymer. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/938446 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410769 | Burroughs-Tencza |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cellomics Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah Burroughs-Tencza (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a protease biosensor that can be used to detect the presence of the lethal factor protease from Bacillus anthracis, as well as methods for using the protease biosensor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/182303 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 07410791 | Singhvi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Singhvi (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Amit Kumar (Mukilteo, Washington); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel I. C. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere cells, isolated by cytophobic regions to which cells do not adhere, contiguous with the cytophilic islands. The islands or the regions or both may be formed of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331849 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410907 | Greywall |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis S. Greywall (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a device using a multi-layered wafer that has an embedded etch mask adapted to map a desired device structure onto an adjacent (poly)silicon layer. Due to the presence of the embedded mask, it becomes possible to delay the etching that forms the mapped structure in the (poly)silicon layer until a relatively late fabrication stage. As a result, flatness of the (poly)silicon layer is preserved for the deposition of any necessary over-layers, which substantially obviates the need for filling the voids created by the structure formation with silicon oxide. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/095071 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/736 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411030 | Keller |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A linear polymer comprising carborane, siloxane, and acetylene units, which may be cross-linked to a cured polymer and/or pyrolyzed to a ceramic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/164431 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411053 | Harruna et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Issifu I. Harruna (Conyers, Georgia); Guangchang Zhou (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are ligand-functionalized/azo compounds and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/420307 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 534/751 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411172 | Frazier |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Frazier (Garland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A latch circuit includes first and second resonant tunneling diodes coupled in series, and a reset portion having a photodiode portion responsive to varying photonic energy for switching between first and second states which are different. When the photodiode portion is in its first state, the reset portion normalizes a voltage across each of the resonant tunneling diodes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/468152 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/214.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411187 | Monroe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Monroe (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daniel Stick (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Martin Madsen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Winfried Hensinger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Keith Schwab (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A micrometer-scale ion trap, fabricated on a monolithic chip using semiconductor micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. A single 111Cd+ ion is confined, laser cooled, and the heating measured in an integrated radiofrequency trap etched from a doped gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterostructure. Single 111Cd+ qubit ions are confined in a radiofrequency linear ion trap on a semiconductor chip by applying a combination of static and oscillating electric potentials to integrated electrodes. The electrodes are lithographically patterned from a monolithic semiconductor substrate, eliminating the need for manual assembly and alignment of individual electrodes. The scaling of this structure to hundreds or thousands of electrodes is possible with existing semiconductor fabrication technology. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/419955 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411332 | Kornbluh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Ronald E. Pelrine (Louisville, Colorado); Qibing Pei (Temecula, California); Joseph S. Eckerle (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to animated devices that include one or more electroactive polymer transducers. When actuated by electrical energy, an electroactive polymer produces mechanical deflection in one or more directions. This deflection may be used to produce motion of a feature included in an animated device. Electroactive polymer transducers offer customizable shapes and deflections. Combining different ways to configure and constrain a polymer, different ways to arrange active areas on a single polymer, different animated device designs, and different polymer orientations, permits a broad range of animated devices that use an electroactive polymer transducer to produce motion. These animated devices find use in a wide range of animated device applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/696834 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411390 | Goldfine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | JENTEK Sensors, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil J. Goldfine (Newton, Massachusetts); Darrell E. Schlicker (Watertown, Massachusetts); Ian C. Shay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrew P. Washabaugh (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | For the inspection of materials and the detection and characterization of hidden objects, features, or flaws sensors and sensor arrays are used to image form two-dimensional images suitable for characterizing the hidden features. Magnetic field or eddy current based inductive and giant magnetoresistive sensors may be used on magnetizable and conducting materials, while capacitive sensors can be used for dielectric materials. Enhanced drive windings and electrode structures permit nulling or cancellation of local fields in the vicinity of the sense elements to increase sensor sensitivity. The addition of calibration windings, which are not energized during measurements, allows absolute impedance and material property measurements with nulled sensors. Sensors, sensor arrays, and support fixtures are described which permit relative motion between the drive and sense elements. This facilitates the volumetric reconstruction of hidden features and objects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/454383 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411401 | Hull et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Hull (Adelphi, Maryland); Mark R. Probst (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for reducing electrostatic platform noise in electric-field sensors due to various self-charging and discharging processes are provided. A representative method includes: identifying avoidance regions of an electrostatically-floating sensor platform that have a propensity for self-induced charging and discharging; locating a first electrode and a second electrode on the electrostatically-floating sensor platform, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are positioned and dimensioned to receive substantially equal amounts of distributed charge via self-charging; and obtaining a differential signal from these two electrodes that is proportional to an external ambient E-field of interest, while at the same time nulling out the common-mode signal that results from sensor platform self-charging and/or discharging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/514980 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411436 | Fang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell REsearch Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Fang (Ithaca, New York); Filipp Akopyan (Ithaca, New York); Rajit Manohar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for regulating gate delays of synchronous and asynchronous digital circuits. Thermally-sensitive circuits include, generally, temperature sensitive voltage sources outputting a voltage signal indicative of the temperature of the digital circuit, where the voltage signal reflects non-linear temperature sensitivity above a predetermined threshold temperature, and delay mechanisms receiving said temperature sensitive voltage signal(s) as input and being configured to automatically continuously modulate the speed of signal propagation through the circuit in response to said voltage signal, thereby causing circuit elements within the circuits to switch less frequently and consequently causing the circuit elements to generate less heat with increasing circuit temperature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/365567 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411558 | Pickreign, legal representative |
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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) | Heidi R. Pickreign, legal representative (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A buoyant cable system and method is provided with a towed transmission line and antenna platform that may be deployed into the water from a submerged submarine so that the antenna extends above the surface of the water. The cable system preferably utilizes a flexible weighted keel formed in a section of the transmission line. A buoyant section of transmission line extends upwardly from the depth of the weighted keel to support one or more antennas above the surface of the water. In another embodiment, a plurality of weighted keels may be formed in sections of the transmission line whereby an inverted U-shaped buoyant portion extends upwardly from the depth of weighted keel to act as the support for a horizontally oriented antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/650762 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411561 | Baldauf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Baldauf (Redondo Beach, California); Eric D. Lee (Sherman Oaks, California); Brian M. Park (Torrance, California); Joel R. Dixon (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a gimbaled reflector antenna is provided that includes: a Dragonian antenna having a sub-reflector and a main reflector; a feed; a third reflector adapted to reflect a beam from the feed to the sub reflector; an azimuth gimbal adapted to rotate the Dragonian antenna with respect to the third reflector; and an elevation gimbal adapted to rotate the flat reflector with respect to the feed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/394032 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/781.P00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411565 | McKinzie, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Titan Systems Corporation/Aerospace Electronic Division (Greenbelt, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. McKinzie, III (Fulton, Maryland); Rodolfo E. Diaz (Phoenix, Arizona); Victor C. Sanchez (Laurel, Maryland); Eric Caswell (Severn, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetically-loaded artificial magnetic conductor surface provides enhanced bandwidth. The structure includes in one embodiment a thumbtack structure with a spacer layer that is loaded with a barium-cobalt hexaferrite based artificial magnetic material. Specifically, the geometry consists of a ground plane covered with thinly sliced ferrite tiles that are metallized and stacked. Each tile has a metal via running through its center that is electrically connected to the plated metallized surfaces. A foam spacer layer resides above the ferrite tiles. Atop the foam spacer layer rests a capacitive surface, which can be realized as a single layer array of metal patches, a multiple layer array of overlapping patches or other planar capacitive geometry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/868382 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/909 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411662 | Ruff 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) | William C. Ruff (Catonsville, Maryland); Barry L. Stann (Edgewater, Maryland); Paul H. Shen (North Potomac, Maryland); Brian C. Redman (Silver Spring, Maryland); Keith M. Aliberti (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for performing high-resolution imagery of a target are provided. One embodiment is a method of performing high-resolution imagery of a target comprising: generating a chirped waveform that modulates a light signal transmitted toward a target for performing active LADAR of the target; generating a low-frequency local oscillator waveform for performing active imaging; and simultaneously performing passive imaging and active LADAR. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/256278 |
| 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 356/5.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411726 | Caplan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David O. Caplan (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical, multi-channel, Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK) receiver demodulates multiple Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) channels using at least one interferometer. This distributes expense of the interferometer(s) over all channels of an optical signal, allowing for deployment of cost-effective, scalable, wideband, WDM DPSK systems. For example, for an 80 channel WDM link, the receiver uses a single interferometer instead of eighty interferometers and associated stabilization hardware, dramatically reducing size, weight, power, and cost. The receiver is architecturally compatible with existing interferometer technologies so previous development and qualification efforts can be leveraged. This allows for expedited technology insertion into existing optical communications networks, including terrestrial and space-based optical networks. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715670 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/325 |
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| US 07411792 | Richards et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Richards (Pullman, Washington); David F. Bahr (Pullman, Washington); Cecilia Richards (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a thermal switch used to control the transfer of heat from a heat source to a heat sink. According to one aspect, the thermal switch can be activated, or turned “on”, so as to establish a path of low thermal resistance between the heat source and the heat sink to facilitate the transfer of heat therebetween. The thermal switch can also be de-activated, or turned “off”, so as to establish a path of high thermal resistance between the heat source and the heat sink to minimize or totally prevent the transfer of heat between the heat source and heat sink. In certain embodiments, the thermal switch includes at least drop of a thermally conductive liquid that thermally couples the heat source to the heat sink whenever the switch is activated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/535315 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/704 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411816 | Leung |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric T. Leung (New Hope, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An MRAM circuit includes an MRAM array having a plurality of operational MRAM elements and a reference cell made up of one or more reference MRAM elements. A plurality of program lines within a first region are cladded with a flux-concentrating layer configured to focus a generated magnetic field while the portions of the program lines within a second region are uncladded so that the generated magnetic field is unfocused. Generally, the first region is associated with the operational MRAM elements and the second region is associated with the reference cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/335344 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412020 | Misra 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) | Saswat Misra (Potomac, Maryland); Ananthram Swami (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The optimal allocation of resources—power and bandwidth—between training and data transmissions is considered for time-selective Rayleigh flat-fading channels under the cutoff rate criterion. The transmitter, assumed to have statistical channel state information (CSI) in the form of the channel Doppler spectrum, embeds known pilots symbols into the transmission stream. At the receiver, instantaneous, though imperfect, CSI is acquired through minimum mean square estimation of the channel based on some subset of pilot observations. The cutoff rate is computed and the optimal resource allocation is developed using, for example, a Gauss-Markov correlation model of a communication channel or a Jakes model. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/166077 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412144 | Bloemer 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) | Mark J. Bloemer (Athens, Alabama); Michael Scalora (Huntsville, Alabama); Evgenl Y. Poliakov (San Pedro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide has upper and lower cladding regions. A core of the waveguide made of a non-linear optical polymer is positioned between the upper and lower cladding regions. A first electrode is connected to the upper cladding region and a second electrode is connected to the lower cladding region. The upper cladding region and the lower cladding region are made of photonic band gap materials and have multiple periods of cladding layers with each period having a first layer having a linear refractive index of n1 and each period having a second layer having a linear refractive index of n2. The waveguide allows for minimal distances to exist between the electrodes while allowing for virtual lossless cm-long transmission of propagating light. By applying a voltage to the electrodes, the propagated light can be modulated. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/188062 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412170 | Louderback et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Opticomp Corporation (Zephyr Cove, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane A. Louderback (Zephyr Cove, Nevada); Peter Guilfoyle (Zephyr Cove, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) module for transmitting and/or receiving multiple signals simultaneously includes an array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) and/or photodetectors, respectively. In the transmitter case, different VCSELs are operated at different wavelengths that change depending on a value of a condition such as temperature and/or one or more other parameters. Multiple VCSELs are assigned to each channel of the WDM. The currently active VCSEL is switched to a different VCSEL assigned to a same channel and preferably having an operating wavelength that is closer to the signal wavelength at the current measured or estimated temperature and/or other parameter value. Multiple photodetectors are assigned to each channel of the WDM, and currently active detector is switched to the second detector within the same channel. A tuning layer and a resonant waveguide grating coupler are preferably integrated into the resonant structure of the VCSEL array and wavelength specific detector array. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/852842 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412694 | Fink et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Fink (Yorktown Heights, New York); David P. Grove (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting phases in a running computer program, creates an activation count associated with each stack frame. The activation count is zeroed whenever a new frame is created in a stack and incremented for each frame encountered during periodic intervals. A phase is detected with an activation whose activation count is non-zero. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/666102 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Dennis L. Panicali (Acton, Massachusetts); Linda R. Gritz (Somerville, Massachusetts); Gail P. Mazzara (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant pox viruses capable of expressing cell-encoded, tumor-associated antigens are disclosed. The recombinant viruses are useful for evoking an immune response against the antigen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/197127 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/232.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410758 | Sastry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jagannadha K. Sastry (Katy, Texas); Guillermo Tortolero-Luna (Houston, Texas); Michele Follen (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns the use of E6 and/or E7 peptides from human papilloma virus (HPV) to evaluate a cell-mediated response in a patient infected with HPV to determine the prognosis for that patient with respect to the development or recurrence of pre-cancerous or cancerous growths, including cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/484063 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410759 | Akil et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huda Akil (Ann Arbor, Michigan); William E. Bunney, Jr. (Laguna Beach, California); Prabhakara V. Choudary (Davis, California); Simon J. Evans (Milan, Michigan); Edward G. Jones (Winters, California); Jun Li (Palo Alto, California); Juan F. Lopez (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Robert C. Thompson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Richard Myers (Stanford, California); Hiroaki Tomita (Irvine, California); Marquis P. Vawter (Niguel, California); Stanley Watson (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for diagnosing mental disorders such as mood disorders, including bipolar disorder I and II and major depression. The invention also provides methods of identifying modulators of such mental disorders as well as methods of using these modulators to treat patients suffering from such mental disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/701263 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410771 | Tsang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor C. W. Tsang (Decatur, Georgia); Jeffrey L. Call (Logan, Utah); Yeuk-mui Lee (Lilburn, Georgia); Kathy Hancock (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A reagent and method for the specific and highly sensitive detection of C. parvum in which the reagent is an antibody for a soluble C. parvum sporozoite antigen and the method is an immunoassay in which the antibody is used to detect or quantify C. parvum sporozoite antigen in a sample. The sample is treated to cause excystation of C. parvum oocytes, thereby releasing a C. parvum sporozoite antigen, and combined with antibodies specific for the sporozoite antigen under conditions to form an antibody-antigen complex. Detection of the complex indicates the presence of C. parvum in the sample. The assay allows recognition and detection of C. parvum in turbid samples, and due to a lack of crossreactivity with other Cryptosporidium species, is specific for C. parvum contamination or infection. The assay is highly sensitive, allowing for the detection of less than 100 oocysts per milliliter of sample. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/404405 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 07410788 | Beckwith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Board of Regents, University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Beckwith (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fredrik Aslund (Stockholm, Sweden); Paul H. Bessette (Camarillo, California); George Georgiou (Austin, Texas); Daniel Ritz (Everett, Massachusetts); Jackie Eun-ah Lim (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides composition and methods for producing proteins of interest which comprise at least one disulfide bond, include proteins which in their mature form do not contain disulfide bonds, but whose precursor molecule contained at least one disulfide bond. The methods employ a host cell modified to more efficiently produce properly folded disulfide bond containing proteins. The host cells generally contain a mutation in one or more reductase genes, and can be further genetically modified to increase their growth rate, and are further optionally modified to increase the expression of a catalyst of disulfide bond formation. Host cells, methods for using such to produce proteins of interest, proteins of interest produced by these methods are within the scope of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/058926 |
| 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 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410791 | Singhvi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Singhvi (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Amit Kumar (Mukilteo, Washington); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel I. C. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere cells, isolated by cytophobic regions to which cells do not adhere, contiguous with the cytophilic islands. The islands or the regions or both may be formed of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331849 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410797 | Ogle et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Roy C. Ogle (Earlysville, Virginia); Sunil Tholpady (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Stem cell lines derived from meningeal tissue such as dura mater, pia mater, or arachnoid mater, are disclosed. In various embodiments, the stem cell lines include greater than 80%, greater than 90%, or greater than 99% of pluripotent meningeal-derived stem cells. In other embodiments, the stem cell lines are induced to form nerve cells, bone cells, cartilage cells, Schwann cells, adipocytes, fibroblasts, or melanocytes with various inducing agents, such as antioxidants, steroid hormones, laminin, or various growth factors. Derivation of the current stem cell lines is accomplished through explantation or enzymatic dissociation of meningeal tissue, followed by expansion to large populations using growth media. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/458102 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410950 | Garry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Garry (Dallas, Texas); Ilya Bezprozvanny (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to peptides of CaV2.2 and their use in the treatment of pain. The sequence of the peptides is derived from the C-terminus of CaV2.2. and is believed to inhibit the interaction of CaV2.2 with Mint1-PDZ1. The invention is related to use of this peptide to treat pain and to use of this peptide in binding reaction with int-PDZ to screen for small molecules that can inhibit pain. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/096281 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410954 | Davidson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beverly L. Davidson (North Liberty, Iowa); Lane K. Law (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an adenovirus serotype 30 (Ad30) fiber amino acid sequence. The present invention also provides polynucleotides and expression vectors encoding an Ad30 fiber and viral particles and cells containing such expression vectors. The present invention further provides methods of treating genetic diseases or cancers in a mammal using the polynucleotides, polypeptides, expression vectors, viral particles and cells of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/621006 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07410989 | Dykstra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia); Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine C. Dykstra (Auburn, Alabama); Maurice Daniel Givens (Auburn, Alabama); David A. Stringfellow (Auburn, Alabama); Kenny Brock (Auburn, Alabama); David Boykin (Atlanta, Georgia); Arvid Kumar (Atlanta, Georgia); W. David Wilson (Atlanta, Georgia); Richard R. Tidwell (Pittsboro, North Carolina); Chad F. Stephens (Villa Roca, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel compounds and methods that are useful in treating members of the Flaviviridae family of viruses. Compounds of the present invention will have a structure according to Formulas (I)-(VI) as recited throughout the application. |
| FILED | Monday, November 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/602031 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410999 | Dykstra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolinia at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia); Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine C. Dykstra (Auburn, Alabama); Maurice Daniel Givens (Auburn, Alabama); David A. Stringfellow (Auburn, Alabama); Kenny Brock (Auburn, Alabama); David Boykin (Atlanta, Georgia); Arvid Kumar (Atlanta, Georgia); W. David Wilson (Atlanta, Georgia); Richard R. Tidwell (Pittsboro, North Carolina); Chad F. Stephens (Villa Roca, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel compounds and methods that are useful in treating members of the Flaviviridae family of viruses. Compounds of the present invention will have a structure according to Formulas (I)-(VI) as recited throughout the application. |
| FILED | Monday, November 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/601889 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/461 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411000 | D'Lima et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darryl D'Lima (San Diego, California); Martin Lotz (La Jolla, California); Clifford Colwell (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for inhibiting apoptotic cell death and glycosaminoglycan release from injured cartilage is provided. Inhibition is accomplished using caspase inhibitors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/099408 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/475 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411031 | Uhrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn E. Uhrich (Plainfield, New Jersey); Robert C. Schmeltzer (Bernardsville, New Jersey); Theodore James Anastasiou (Dunellen, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for forming compounds of Formula HO—C(═O)R1—X—R2—X—R1—C(═O)—O—H wherein compound (I) can be polymerized to provide a polymer that contains therapeutically active compounds. In the compounds of the invention, each R1 is group that will provide the therapeutically active compound upon hydrolysis of the polymer; each X is independently an ester linkage or an amide linkage; and R2 is a linking group. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/848560 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/272 |
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| US 07411049 | Duncan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melinda K. Duncan (Elkton, Maryland); Xiaoren Chen (Newark, Delaware); William Cain (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Monoclonal antibodies to Prox1 of vertebrates (pfam05044.5; NM_002763.3) and two continuous cell lines for their production are disclosed. These antibodies are particularly useful in immunoassays to detect the presence of Prox1 protein in vertebrate tissues and cells. |
| FILED | Friday, August 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/502901 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.100 |
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| US 07411066 | Hultgren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott J. Hultgren (St. Louis, Missouri); Jerome S. Pinkner (St. Louis, Missouri); Fredrik Almqvist (Umea, Sweden); Nils Pemberton (Umea, Sweden); Veronica Aberg (Umea, Sweden); Andreas Larsson (Umea, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel amino methylated 2-pyridinones, precursors, intermediates, and derivatives; the methods for the preparation of the same; uses of the same for inhibiting pili formation in bacteria; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds are described in this application. The present compounds may be employed to inhibit biofilm formation and thereby inhibit adherence of bacteria to a host cell. |
| FILED | Monday, October 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/581518 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/114 |
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| US 07412332 | Venkataraman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ganesh Venkataraman (Bedford, Massachusetts); Zachary Shriver (Boston, Massachusetts); Rahul Raman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); Nishla Keiser (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A data structure, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, representing a polymer of chemical units is disclosed. The data structure includes an identifier including a plurality of fields for storing values corresponding to properties of the polymer. The polymer may, for example, be a polysaccharide and the chemical units may be saccharides. Also disclosed is a computer-implemented method for determining whether properties of a query sequence of chemical units match properties of a polymer of chemical units. The query sequence is represented by a first data structure, and the polymer is represented by a second data structure, each are tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, including an identifier including a plurality of bit fields for storing values corresponding to properties of the query sequence and polymer, respectively. The invention also involves a notational system referred to as Property Encoded Nomenclature. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/557997 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venkatarao Ganni (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A unique process cycle and apparatus design separates the consumer (cryogenic) load return flow from most of the recycle return flow of a refrigerator and/or liquefier process cycle. The refrigerator and/or liquefier process recycle return flow is recompressed by a multi-stage compressor set and the consumer load return flow is recompressed by an independent consumer load compressor set that maintains a desirable constant suction pressure using a consumer load bypass control valve and the consumer load return pressure control valve that controls the consumer load compressor's suction pressure. The discharge pressure of this consumer load compressor is thereby allowed to float at the intermediate pressure in between the first and second stage recycle compressor sets. Utilizing the unique gas management valve regulation, the unique process cycle and apparatus design in which the consumer load return flow is separate from the recycle return flow, the pressure ratios of each recycle compressor stage and all main pressures associated with the recycle return flow are allowed to vary naturally, thus providing a naturally regulated and balanced floating pressure process cycle that maintains optimal efficiency at design and off-design process cycle capacity and conditions automatically. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/267730 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/606 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07409934 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jongmin Lee (Pittsford, New York); Jeffrey D. Rohe (Caledonia, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromechanical VVA system for controlling the poppet valves in the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The system varies valve lift, duration, and phasing in a dependent manner for one or more banks of engine valves. A rocker subassembly for each valve is pivotably disposed in roller bearings on a rocker pivot shaft between the camshaft and a roller follower. A control shaft supports the rocker pivot shaft for controlling a plurality of rocker subassemblies mounted in roller bearings for a plurality of engine cylinders. The control shaft rotates about its axis to displace the rocker pivot shaft and change the angular relationship of the rocker subassembly to the camshaft, thus changing the valve opening, closing, lift and duration. An actuator attached to the control shaft includes a worm gear drive for positively rotating the control shaft. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/546858 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/90.160 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies,Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Schumann (Spencerport, New York); Sean M. Kelly (Churchville, New York); Karl J. Haltiner, Jr. (Fairport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a solid-oxide fuel cell system, a catalytic reformer unit provides reformate fuel for use by the cells in generating electricity. Both the reformer and the fuel cells require elevated temperatures for satisfactory operation. The reformer unit is provided with a combustion chamber and igniter ahead of the catalytic reformer plates such that, during start-up, fuel/air mixture normally destined for reformation may be ignited in the combustion chamber to provide a hot combustion exhaust which is fed through the catalytic reformer and the anode reformate flow spaces to assist in rapidly bringing the fuel cell system to operating temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/178125 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/65.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410110 | Jody et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bassam J. Jody (Tinley Park, Illinois); Edward J. Daniels (Orland Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved process for preparing tackifiers and adhesives is an improved energy efficient process for preparing tackifiers, adhesives and dispersions of low-molecular weight polymers and other materials in water. Fine grinding of a low molecular weight polymer is performed to provide the low molecular weight polymer reduced to a selected average particle size in a range between approximately 2.5 μm and approximately 7.5 μm with a maximum particle size of less than 10 μm. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/393603 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid material comminution or disintegration 241/5 |
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| US 07410561 | Dees et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis W. Dees (Downers Groves, Illinois); John P. Ackerman (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of electrochemically reducing a metal oxide to the metal in an electrochemical cell is disclosed along with the cell. Each of the anode and cathode operate at their respective maximum reaction rates. An electrolyte and an anode at which oxygen can be evolved, and a cathode including a metal oxide to be reduced are included as is a third electrode with independent power supplies connecting the anode and the third electrode and the cathode and the third electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/084940 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/43 |
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| US 07410585 | Rohrbach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald P. Rohrbach (Flemington, New Jersey); Peter D. Unger (Convent Station, New Jersey); Gary B. Zulauf (Findlay, Ohio); Daniel E. Bause (Flanders, New Jersey); Russ Johnson (Elmhurst, Illinois); David R. Rockwell (Waterville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a fuel filter for removing sulfur containing compounds from an internal combustion fuel stream. In one embodiment, the fuel filter comprises at least one column comprising an adsorbent. In one exemplary embodiment the adsorbent is capable of removing sulfur containing compounds, especially sulfur containing aromatic compounds, from fuels used in internal combustion engines, especially diesel fuels. Also disclosed is an apparatus for extending the life cycle of a post combustion emission control device. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus comprises a fuel filter for removing sulfur containing compounds from an internal combustion fuel stream and an emission control device. Finally, a method for removing sulfur containing compounds from an internal combustion fuel stream is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the method comprises passing a fuel through a fuel filter capable of removing sulfur containing compounds, storing the removed sulfur containing compounds, releasing a portion of the stored sulfur containing compounds, and sending the portion through the engine and into an emission control device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/081796 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/633 |
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| US 07410718 | Cooper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Cooper (Oakland, California); Thomas M. Tillotson (Tracy, California); Lawrence W. Hrubesh (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are aerogel and xerogel composite materials suitable for use as anodes in fuel cells and batteries. Precursors to the aerogel and xerogel compounds are infused with inorganic polymeric materials or carbon particles and then gelled. The gels are then pyrolyzed to form composites with internal structural support. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/810477 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/42 |
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| US 07410762 | Huo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qisheng Huo (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jun Liu (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting and measuring the concentration of biomolecules in solution, utilizing a conducting electrode in contact with a solution containing target biomolecules, with a film with controllable pore size distribution characteristics applied to at least one surface of the conducting electrode. The film is functionalized with probe molecules that chemically interact with the target biomolecules at the film surface, blocking indicator molecules present in solution from diffusing from the solution to the electrode, thereby changing the electrochemical response of the electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/168247 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07412103 | Moss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Moss (San Mateo, California); Sebastian Haase (San Francisco, California); John W. Sedat (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A 3D wavelet-based filter for visualizing and locating structural features of a user-specified linear size in 2D or 3D image data. The only input parameter is a characteristic linear size of the feature of interest, and the filter output contains only those regions that are correlated with the characteristic size, thus denoising the image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970822 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412129 | Yalin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Ft. Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Azer Yalin (Fort Collins, Colorado); Bryan Willson (Fort Collins, Colorado); Morgan Defoort (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A spark delivery system for generating a spark using a laser beam is provided, the spark delivery system including a laser light source and a laser delivery assembly. The laser delivery assembly includes a hollow fiber and a launch assembly comprising launch focusing optics to input the laser beam in the hollow fiber. In addition, the laser delivery assembly includes exit focusing optics that demagnify an exit beam of laser light from the hollow fiber, thereby increasing the intensity of the laser beam and creating a spark. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the assembly may be used to create a spark in a combustion engine. In accordance with other embodiments of the present invention, a method of using the spark delivery system is provided. In addition, a method of choosing an appropriate fiber for creating a spark using a laser beam is also presented. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/126908 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/31 |
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| US 07412356 | Dzenitis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Dzenitis (Danville, California); Claudia K. Hertzog (Houston, Texas); Anthony J. Makarewicz (Livermore, California); Bruce D. Henderer (Livermore, California); Vincent J. Riot (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting real events by obtaining a set of recent signal results, calculating measures of the noise or variation based on the set of recent signal results, calculating an expected baseline value based on the set of recent signal results, determining sample deviation, calculating an allowable deviation by multiplying the sample deviation by a threshold factor, setting an alarm threshold from the baseline value plus or minus the allowable deviation, and determining whether the signal results exceed the alarm threshold. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/700686 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412407 | Cannella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Patrick Cannella (Yorktown, Virginia); Zopalla Deyar Brown (Newport News, Virginia); Julia B. Leverenz (Williamsburg, Virginia); Teresa Marie Danforth (Lanexa, Virginia); Shannan Dyan Kyte (Williamsburg, Virginia); Karen Congiu Dempster (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for electronically publishing the requirements of a buyer that reduces the time and paperwork required by vendors to transact business with the buyer. The electronic publication includes one or more categorized lists of items that the buyer is seeking to procure. Each listed item includes the name of the item, a brief description of the item, the name of a contact person within the buyer's organization, and one or more dates relevant to the item. The name of the item is presented as a hyperlink that leads to a detailed description of the item and a list of electronically editable forms required by the buyer. The name of the contact person is also presented as a hyperlink that leads to contact information for the contact person. Within the electronic publication, vendors can register with the buyer regarding any listed item(s). Registered vendors receive automatic updates relating to items for which they registered. An administration section, accessible only to the buyer, allows the buyer to organize information and forms submitted by the vendors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663276 |
| ART UNIT | 3625 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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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) | Kurt A. Polzin (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama); Valentin Korman (Huntsville, Alabama); Thomas E. Markusic (McGregor, Texas); Boris Johann Stanojev (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A flowing electrically-conductive fluid is controlled between an upstream and downstream location thereof to insure that a convection timescale of the flowing fluid is less than a thermal diffusion timescale of the flowing fluid. First and second nodes of a current-carrying circuit are coupled to the fluid at the upstream location. A current pulse is applied to the current-carrying circuit so that the current pulse travels through the flowing fluid to thereby generate a thermal feature therein at the upstream location. The thermal feature is convected to the downstream location where it is monitored to detect a peak associated with the thermal feature so-convected. The velocity of the fluid flow is determined using a time-of-flight analysis. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/862793 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/861.950 |
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| US 07410133 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hak-Tae Lee (San Jose, California); Stefan R. Bieniawski (Seattle, Washington); Ilan M. Kroo (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved miniature trailing edge effectors for aerodynamic control are provided. Three types of devices having aerodynamic housings integrated to the trailing edge of an aerodynamic shape are presented, which vary in details of how the control surface can move. A bucket type device has a control surface which is the back part of a C-shaped member having two arms connected by the back section. The C-shaped section is attached to a housing at the ends of the arms, and is rotatable about an axis parallel to the wing trailing edge to provide up, down and neutral states. A flip-up type device has a control surface which rotates about an axis parallel to the wing trailing edge to provide up, down, neutral and brake states. A rotating type device has a control surface which rotates about an axis parallel to the chord line to provide up, down and neutral states. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/646186 |
| 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 244/215 |
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| US 07410485 | Fink 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) | Patrick W. Fink (Missouri City, Texas); Greg Y. Lin (Friendswood, Texas); Andrew W. Chu (Friendswood, Texas); Justin A. Dobbins (Houston, Texas); G. Dickey Arndt (Friendswood, Texas); Phong H. Ngo (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature microwave antenna is disclosed which may be utilized for biomedical applications such as, for example, radiation induced hyperthermia through catheter systems. One feature of the antenna is that it possesses azimuthal directionality despite its small size. This directionality permits targeting of certain tissues while limiting thermal exposure of adjacent tissue. One embodiment has an outer diameter of about 0.095″ (2.4 mm) but the design permits for smaller diameters. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040613 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/33 |
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| US 07410714 | Burke |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administration of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Burke (Chardon, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell system uses heat pipes to convey waste heat from the fuel cell stack to the reactant storage tanks. The storage tanks act as heat sinks/sources and as passive radiators of the waste heat from the fuel cell stack. During charge up, i.e., the electrolytic process, gases are conveyed to the reactant storage tanks by way of tubes that include dryers. Reactant gases moving through the dryers give up energy to the cold tanks, causing water vapor in with the gases to condense and freeze on the internal surfaces of the dryer. During operation in its fuel cell mode, the heat pipes convey waste heat from the fuel cell stack to the respective reactant storage tanks, thereby heating them such that the reactant gases, as they pass though the respective dryers on their way to the fuel cell stacks retrieve the water previously removed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/891599 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411019 | Bley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Bley (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polymer composite materials containing carbon nanotubes, particularly to those containing singled-walled nanotubes. The invention provides a polymer composite comprising one or more base polymers, one or more functionalized m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers and carbon nanotubes. The invention also relates to functionalized m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers, particularly to m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers having side chain functionalization, and more particularly to m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers having olefin side chains and alkyl epoxy side chains. The invention further relates to methods of making polymer composites comprising carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/927628 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/847 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411198 | Holland 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) | Samuel D. Holland (Houston, Texas); Paul B. Delaune (Alvin, Texas); Kathryn M. Turner (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Input circuitry is provided for a high voltage operated radiation detector to receive pulses from the detector having a rise time in the range of from about one nanosecond to about ten nanoseconds. An integrator circuit, which utilizes current feedback, receives the incoming charge from the radiation detector and creates voltage by integrating across a small capacitor. The integrator utilizes an amplifier which closely follows the voltage across the capacitor to produce an integrator output pulse with a peak value which may be used to determine the energy which produced the pulse. The pulse width of the output is stretched to approximately 50 to 300 nanoseconds for use by subsequent circuits which may then use amplifiers with lower slew rates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/421174 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.10 |
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| US 07411331 | Dubowsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Dubowsky (Boston, Massachusetts); Moustapha Hafez (Paris, France); Matthew Lichter (Somerville, Massachusetts); Peter Weiss (Eichenau, Germany); Andreas Wingert (Baindt, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The system of the present invention includes an actuator having at least two electrodes, an elastomeric dielectric film disposed between the two electrodes, and a frame attached to the elastomeric dielectric film. The frame provides a linear actuation force characteristic over a displacement range. The displacement range is preferably the stroke of the actuator. The displacement range can be about 5 mm and greater. Further, the frame can include a plurality of configurations, for example, at least a rigid members coupled to a flexible member wherein the frame provides an elastic restoring force. In preferred embodiments, the rigid member can be, but is not limited to, curved beams, parallel beams, rods and plates. In a preferred embodiment the actuator can further include a passive element disposed between two flexible members such as, for example, links to tune a stiffness characteristic of the actuator. The passive element can be a bi-stable element. Further, the actuator can include a plurality of layers of the elastomeric dielectric film integrated into the frame. The elastomeric film can be made of different materials such as, for example, acrylic, silicone and latex. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/291217 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412175 | Chuss 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) | David T. Chuss (Bowie, Maryland); Edward J. Wollack (Clarksville, Maryland); Samuel H. Moseley (University Park, Maryland); Giles A. Novak (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A signal conditioning module provides a polarimeter capability in a photometric system. The module may include multiple variable delay polarization modulators. Each modulator may include an input port, and a first arm formed to include a first reflector and first rooftop mirror arranged in opposed relationship. The first reflector may direct an input radiation signal to the first rooftop mirror. Each modulator also may include an output port and a second arm formed to include a second reflector and second rooftop mirror arranged in opposed relationship. The second reflector can guide a signal from the second rooftop mirror towards the output port to provide an output radiation signal. A beamsplitting grid may be placed between the first reflector and the first rooftop mirror, and also between the second reflector and the second rooftop mirror. A translation apparatus can provide adjustment relative to optical path length vis-a-vis the first arm, the second arm and the grid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/425352 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bojan (Rob) Ilic (Ithaca, New York); Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Prefabricated catalyzing adsorption sites are incorporated into small oscillators. In one embodiment, the sites are formed of precisely positioned gold anchors on surface micromachined oscillators. The micromachined oscillators may be formed of silicon, such as polysilicon, or silicon nitride in various embodiments. The sites allow special control of chemical surface functionality for the detection of analytes of interest. Thiolate molecules may be adsorbed from solution onto the gold anchors, creating a dense thiol monolayer with a tail end group pointing outwards from the surface of the gold anchor. This results in a thiolate self-assembled monolayer (SAM), creating a strong interaction between the functional group and the gold anchor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/093008 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/24.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410709 | Ladisch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Ladisch (West Lafayette, Indiana); Nathan S. Mosier (West Lafayette, Indiana); Eric M. Perkins (Crossett, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A bio-battery includes a biomolecular energy source, a first electrode and a second electrode. In some configurations, a bio-battery may also include a first cell containing the first electrode and the biomolecular energy source, and a second cell having a reducible substrate and the second electrode. The first cell can be in ionic communication with the second cell, for example by a proton exchange membrane. Various biomolecular energy sources can be used, including proton donor molecules or electrolytically oxidizable molecules. For example, the biomolecular energy source can be selected from the group consisting of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NADH), Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate (NADPH) and 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (FADH). |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875990 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410791 | Singhvi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Singhvi (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Amit Kumar (Mukilteo, Washington); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel I. C. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere cells, isolated by cytophobic regions to which cells do not adhere, contiguous with the cytophilic islands. The islands or the regions or both may be formed of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331849 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411019 | Bley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Bley (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polymer composite materials containing carbon nanotubes, particularly to those containing singled-walled nanotubes. The invention provides a polymer composite comprising one or more base polymers, one or more functionalized m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers and carbon nanotubes. The invention also relates to functionalized m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers, particularly to m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers having side chain functionalization, and more particularly to m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers having olefin side chains and alkyl epoxy side chains. The invention further relates to methods of making polymer composites comprising carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/927628 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/847 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411187 | Monroe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Monroe (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daniel Stick (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Martin Madsen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Winfried Hensinger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Keith Schwab (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A micrometer-scale ion trap, fabricated on a monolithic chip using semiconductor micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. A single 111Cd+ ion is confined, laser cooled, and the heating measured in an integrated radiofrequency trap etched from a doped gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterostructure. Single 111Cd+ qubit ions are confined in a radiofrequency linear ion trap on a semiconductor chip by applying a combination of static and oscillating electric potentials to integrated electrodes. The electrodes are lithographically patterned from a monolithic semiconductor substrate, eliminating the need for manual assembly and alignment of individual electrodes. The scaling of this structure to hundreds or thousands of electrodes is possible with existing semiconductor fabrication technology. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/419955 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411792 | Richards et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Richards (Pullman, Washington); David F. Bahr (Pullman, Washington); Cecilia Richards (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a thermal switch used to control the transfer of heat from a heat source to a heat sink. According to one aspect, the thermal switch can be activated, or turned “on”, so as to establish a path of low thermal resistance between the heat source and the heat sink to facilitate the transfer of heat therebetween. The thermal switch can also be de-activated, or turned “off”, so as to establish a path of high thermal resistance between the heat source and the heat sink to minimize or totally prevent the transfer of heat between the heat source and heat sink. In certain embodiments, the thermal switch includes at least drop of a thermally conductive liquid that thermally couples the heat source to the heat sink whenever the switch is activated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/535315 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/704 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412107 | Milanfar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peyman Milanfar (Menlo Park, California); Sina Farsiu (Santa Cruz, California); Michael Elad (Halfa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated method for both super-resolution and multi-frame demosaicing includes an image fusion followed by simultaneous deblurring and interpolation. For the case of color super-resolution, the first step involves application of recursive image fusion separately on the three different color layers. The second step is based on minimizing a maximum a posteriori (MAP) cost function. In one embodiment, the MAP cost function is composed of several terms: a data fidelity penalty term that penalizes dissimilarity between the raw data and the super-resolved estimate, a luminance penalty term that favors sharp edges in the luminance component of the image, a chrominance penalty term that favors low spatial frequency changes in the chrominance component of the image, and an orientation penalty term that favors similar edge orientations across the color channels. The method is also applicable to color super-resolution (without demosaicing), where the low-quality input images are already demosaiced. In addition, for translational motion, the method may be used in a very fast image fusion algorithm to facilitate the implementation of dynamic, multi-input/multi-output color super-resolution/demosaicing. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/301811 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412564 | Wood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Wood (Madison, Wisconsin); Alaa R. Alameldeen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Data in a cache is selectively compressed based on predictions as to whether the benefit of compression in reducing cache misses exceeds the cost of decompressing the compressed data. The prediction is based on an assessment of actual costs and benefits for previous instruction cycles of the same program providing dynamic and concurrent adjustment of compression to maximize the benefits of compression in a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/265975 |
| ART UNIT | 2188 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07410882 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Wong (San Carlos, California); Jeng-Ping Lu (San Jose, California); Robert A. Street (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to various exemplary embodiments of this invention, a method of producing a semiconductor structure is provided that includes providing a layered structure on a first substrate, the layered structure including a silicon layer that is provided over a first dielectric layer, a first dielectric layer that is provided over an etch-stop layer, the etch-stop layer provided over a buffer layer, the buffer layer provided over a sacrificial layer, and a sacrificial layer provided over a first substrate. Moreover, various exemplary embodiments of the methods of this invention provide for a second substrate over the layered structure, separating the first substrate and the sacrificial layer from the buffer layer, separating the buffer layer and the etch-stop layer from the first dielectric layer and providing a drain electrode and a source electrode over the layered structure. Moreover, according to various exemplary embodiments of the devices of this invention, a transistor device is provided that includes a substrate, a gate electrode over the substrate, a laser recrystallized polycrystalline semiconductor layer over the gate electrode and a source electrode and a drain electrode over the laser recrystallized polycrystalline semiconductor. Finally, according to various exemplary embodiments of the devices of this invention, a transistor device is provided that includes a substrate, a laser recrystallized polycrystalline semiconductor over the substrate, a source electric and a drain electrode over the laser recrystallized polycrystalline semiconductor and a gate electrode over the source electrode and the drain electrode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/950452 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411341 | Hudspeth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather Diane Hudspeth (Clifton Park, New York); Reed Roeder Corderman (Niskayuna, New York); Renee Bushey Rohling (Burnt Hills, New York); Lauraine Denault (Nassau, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to gated nanorod field emission devices, wherein such devices have relatively small emitter tip-to-gate distances, thereby providing a relatively high emitter tip density and low turn on voltage. Such methods employ a combination of traditional device processing techniques (lithography, etching, etc.) with electrochemical deposition of nanorods. These methods are relatively simple, cost-effective, and efficient; and they provide field emission devices that are suitable for use in x-ray imaging applications, lighting applications, flat panel field emission display (FED) applications, etc. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835691 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07412143 | Rottmayer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Earl Rottmayer (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Julius Kurt Hohlfeld (Wexford, Pennsylvania); William Albert Challener (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Chubing Peng (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Edward Charles Gage (Mars, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A transducer comprises a conductive pin and a waveguide for directing electromagnetic radiation onto the pin, wherein the pin is configured to create a rectangular flat top field distribution at a surface of a storage medium positioned adjacent to an end of the pin, leading to a flat top thermal profile within the storage medium. A second pin can be included in the transducer. Recording heads that include the transducer, disc drives that include the recording head, and a method of heating a portion of a storage medium that is performed by the recording head, are also included. |
| FILED | Monday, September 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/945077 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07410321 | Schiefferly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of California Department of Transportation (Sacramento, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calvin W. Schiefferly (Elk Grove, California); Angela E. Wheeler (Sacramento, California); Jeremy M. Matsuo (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile work zone protection device includes a front carrier, a barrier beam assembly, and a rear carrier. In one embodiment, the barrier beam assembly includes two sets of telescoping beam structures. Each of these structures can rotate from one side of the device to the other, and thus can be deployed to create a safe work zone for roadway workers on either side of the device. The structure can also be left in the transit position to provide an enclosed safe work zone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/586847 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Road structure, process, or apparatus 44/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411019 | Bley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Bley (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polymer composite materials containing carbon nanotubes, particularly to those containing singled-walled nanotubes. The invention provides a polymer composite comprising one or more base polymers, one or more functionalized m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers and carbon nanotubes. The invention also relates to functionalized m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers, particularly to m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers having side chain functionalization, and more particularly to m-phenylenevinylene-2,5-disubstituted-p-phenylenevinylene polymers having olefin side chains and alkyl epoxy side chains. The invention further relates to methods of making polymer composites comprising carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/927628 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/847 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07411565 | McKinzie, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Titan Systems Corporation/Aerospace Electronic Division (Greenbelt, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. McKinzie, III (Fulton, Maryland); Rodolfo E. Diaz (Phoenix, Arizona); Victor C. Sanchez (Laurel, Maryland); Eric Caswell (Severn, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetically-loaded artificial magnetic conductor surface provides enhanced bandwidth. The structure includes in one embodiment a thumbtack structure with a spacer layer that is loaded with a barium-cobalt hexaferrite based artificial magnetic material. Specifically, the geometry consists of a ground plane covered with thinly sliced ferrite tiles that are metallized and stacked. Each tile has a metal via running through its center that is electrically connected to the plated metallized surfaces. A foam spacer layer resides above the ferrite tiles. Atop the foam spacer layer rests a capacitive surface, which can be realized as a single layer array of metal patches, a multiple layer array of overlapping patches or other planar capacitive geometry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/868382 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/909 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07411726 | Caplan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David O. Caplan (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical, multi-channel, Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK) receiver demodulates multiple Wavelength Division Multiplexed (WDM) channels using at least one interferometer. This distributes expense of the interferometer(s) over all channels of an optical signal, allowing for deployment of cost-effective, scalable, wideband, WDM DPSK systems. For example, for an 80 channel WDM link, the receiver uses a single interferometer instead of eighty interferometers and associated stabilization hardware, dramatically reducing size, weight, power, and cost. The receiver is architecturally compatible with existing interferometer technologies so previous development and qualification efforts can be leveraged. This allows for expedited technology insertion into existing optical communications networks, including terrestrial and space-based optical networks. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715670 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 07410577 | Broje |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victoria Broje (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus and system for increasing the recovery efficiency of spilled oil or any other viscous fluid. The surface of a rotatable oleophilic fluid recovery unit in an adhesion (oelophilic) skimmer or other recovery apparatus is patterned with a plurality of grooves configured for formation of menisci and pooling of fluid in the grooves when the surface contacts a viscous fluid. When the surface of the fluid recovery unit rotates out of (e.g., is withdrawn from) the body of viscous fluid, an amount of the viscous fluid adheres to the patterned surface. A scraper is provided having a surface geometry that matches the surface geometry of the fluid recovery unit and allows the viscous fluid to be scraped off the surface of the fluid recovery unit and transferred to a collector. Accordingly, both fluid separation and fluid recovery are made possible. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/406829 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/242.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07411425 | Belluomini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wendy Ann Belluomini (Austin, Texas); Aniket Mukul Saha (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for power consumption reduction in a limited-switch dynamic logic (LSDL) circuit provides reduced power consumption by reducing clock power dissipation. By clocking LSDL gates with a clock signal having a reduced voltage swing in the evaluation phase, the LSDL gates are permitted to operate, while reducing the clock power consumption dramatically. Since clock power consumption dominates in LSDL circuits, the reduction in clock power dissipation results in a significant reduction in overall circuit power consumption. The reduced swing clock is produced at a plurality of local clock buffers by supplying the local clock buffers with an extra power supply rail that is switched onto the clock distribution lines by the local clock buffers in response to the full-swing evaluate phase clock received from the global clock distribution network by the local clock buffers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/168691 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07410308 | Qian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | All Optronics, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Qian (Gilbert, Arizona); Katherine X. Liu (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A new fiber optic cable splice for splicing optical fiber cables together and reconstructing fiber-optic cable that provide substantially enhanced reliability and broadened operating temperature range is disclosed. The disclosed cable splice offer reliable and user friendly solutions to applications in many harsh environments such as avionics, field vehicles, and defense related instrumentation. The cable splice consists of a preassembled one piece splice core and outer mechanical and thermal shielding layers. A simple splicing procedure and key fixtures are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805742 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07410321 | Schiefferly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of California Department of Transportation (Sacramento, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calvin W. Schiefferly (Elk Grove, California); Angela E. Wheeler (Sacramento, California); Jeremy M. Matsuo (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile work zone protection device includes a front carrier, a barrier beam assembly, and a rear carrier. In one embodiment, the barrier beam assembly includes two sets of telescoping beam structures. Each of these structures can rotate from one side of the device to the other, and thus can be deployed to create a safe work zone for roadway workers on either side of the device. The structure can also be left in the transit position to provide an enclosed safe work zone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/586847 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Road structure, process, or apparatus 44/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07409757 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terence F. W. Hall (Santa Monica, California); Brian J. Hill (Torrance, California); William R. DeLeon (Buena Park, California); Bettie E. M. Marino (Hawthorne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of inserting at least one Z-pin into a composite laminate for providing Z direction reinforcement thereto. The method comprises the initial step of positioning at least one Z-pin upon the composite laminate. Thereafter, an insertion force is applied to the Z-pin at a first level which is sufficient to commence an insertion process wherein the Z-pin is driven into the composite laminate at a first insertion speed. The insertion force applied to the Z-pin is continuously monitored, with the first insertion speed being reduced to a second insertion speed in response to a monitored increase in the insertion force from a first level to a second level. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/158400 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/407.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07409899 | Beekman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Beekman (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an optical gunfire detection system comprising an image-capturing device operable for detecting light; a narrowband Fraunhofer line filter connected to the image-capturing device, and operable for partially restricting transmission of the light; a convex parabolic reflector operable for transmitting images to the image-capturing device; a lens system; an image storage device connected to the image-capturing device, wherein the image storage device comprises a solid-state digital memory unit operable to store multiple seconds of video imagery; a real-time computer-implemented mechanism connected to the image storage device, the computer-implemented mechanism operable for detecting locations and classifications of gunfire associated with the images; an acoustic device in communication with the computer-implemented mechanism, and operable for verifying the classifications of the gunfire; a position laser operable for identifying the locations of the gunfire; and a defense mechanism comprising the laser pointer and operable to defend against a source of the gunfire. |
| FILED | Friday, November 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/997007 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07410633 | Hellerstein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc K. Hellerstein (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for measuring protein biosynthesis by using 2H2O or radioactive 3H2O and applicable uses thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/233549 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy Woodrow Sells (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A transistor active bridge circuit (400) rectifies domestic AC mains (for example, 120V, 60 Hz) and/or foreign AC mains (for example, 230V, 50 Hz) with low power loss. The circuit includes first and second field effect transistors (102, 104) of a first channel type, and third and fourth field effect transistors (106, 108) of a second channel type that is different from the first channel type. A set of voltage dividers (110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124) and voltage clamping devices (126, 128, 130, 132) permit the circuit (400) to efficiently operate over a wider range of input voltages, without potential damage to the field effect transistors. Shoot-through protection devices (420, 430) provide a means for preventing the first and second field effect transistors (102, 104) from conducting simultaneously. Shoot-through protection devices (440, 450) provide a means for preventing the third and fourth field effect transistors (106, 108) from conducting simultaneously. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/442843 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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