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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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| US 07413547 | Lichtscheidl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Transoma Medical, Inc. (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregg R. Lichtscheidl (Roseville, Minnesota); Perry A. Mills (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Implantable medical device systems and methods for measuring a body parameter utilizing an implantable functional pressure sensor and a fixed reference sensor, wherein the reference sensor compensates for drift of all other components in the measurement system other than the functional sensor. The reference sensor provides a basis for comparison to determine if and to what extent the electronic components, for example, have drifted over time, and thus provides a basis for correcting functional measurements and improving long term measurement accuracy. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/984111 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/486 |
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| US 07413729 | Apicella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Apicella (Solon, Iowa); Anthony Zaleski (Solon, Iowa); Bradford W. Gibson (Berkely, California); Simon Allen (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to purified sialic acid permease systems, and inhibitory agents of sialic acid permease systems. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331735 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
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07413759 — Method of enhancing cognitive ability in infant fed DHA containing baby-food compositions
| US 07413759 | Birch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eileen E. Birch (Dallas, Texas); Mary Beth Cool (Canajoharie, New York); Robert A. Harvey (St. Johnsville, New York); Dennis R. Hoffman (Dallas, Texas); Terry L. Rocklin (Fort Plain, New York); Virginia A. San Fanandre (Canajoharie, New York); Gerald E. Shaul (Canajoharie, New York); Richard C. Theuer (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for enhancing cognitive ability in infants are shown. The methods comprise feeding infants baby-food compositions containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in an amount of at least about 0.5 mg per gram of the composition. Infants fed a composition containing DHA from an age of about 6 months to about one year exhibit improved problem solving ability compared to infants fed a composition containing DHA in an amount less than about 5 mg per 100 grams total composition over the same period. The source of the DHA can be DHA-enriched coagulated egg yolk solids present in an amount of from about 5% to about 25% (grams/100 grams). Also shown are methods of making the DHA-enriched baby-food compositions, and methods of providing the compositions to a consumer. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970608 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/614 |
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| US 07413856 | Henkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tina M. Henkin (Dublin, Ohio); Frank J. Grundy (Dublin, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and assay system is provided for screening for antimicrobial agents that inhibit or otherwise disrupt the transcription of bacterial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, particularly those in Gram-positive bacteria. The method and assay utilizes purified RNA polymerase, isolated, for example, from either Bacillus subtilis or Escherichia coli, and a template DNA fragment which encodes glycyl-tRNA synthetase, containing the promoter and leader region of the B. subtilis glyQS gene, including the T-Box terminator/antiterminator. Incubation in the presence of nucleotide triphosphates results in synthesis of an RNA transcript initiating at the glyQS promoter and terminating at the leader region terminator. Read-through of the terminator, and synthesis of an extended transcript, is dependent on addition of purified glycyl-tRNA. The method and assay is dependent on the use of the specified tRNA species; non-specific tRNA fails to stimulate antitermination. The assay can be used to screen for inhibitors that specifically inhibit the T-box antitermination mechanism. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617979 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07413861 | Benoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan Benoff (Riverdale, New York); Ian R. Hurley (Riverdale, New York); Robert G. Pergolizzi (New Milford, New Jersey); Leslie Goodwin (Hicksville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for predicting whether a patient having varicocele-associated infertility will have an increase in sperm in the ejaculate after varicocele repair surgery. In the method of the present invention, the present or absence of undelete forms of exons 6, 7, 8 and 9 the patient's L-VDCC α1c transcript is detected. The presence of undeleted forms of the exons indicates that varicocele repair surgery will result in increased ejaculate, and the absence of undeleted forms of the exons indicates that varicocele repair surgery will not result in increased ejaculate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/996183 |
| 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 07413864 | Cech et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Geron Corporation (Menlo Park, California); The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Cech (Potomac, Maryland); Joachim Lingner (Epalinges, Switzerland); Toru Nakamura (San Diego, California); Karen B. Chapman (Mill Valley, California); Gregg B. Morin (Oakville, Canada); Calvin B. Harley (Palo Alto, California); William H. Andrews (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods related to human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTRT), the catalytic protein subunit of human telomerase. The polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention are useful for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of human diseases, for changing the proliferative capacity of cells and organisms, and for identification and screening of compounds and treatments useful for treatment of diseases such as cancers. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/877022 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07413873 | Waterman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marian L. Waterman (Irvine, California); Randall F. Holcombe (Coto de Caza, California); J. Lawrence Marsh (Newport Beach, California); Karine Hovanes (Westminster, California); Tony Wai Hung Li (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that colon carcinoma, carcinogenesis, or the predisposition thereto is associated with the level of Wnt2, Wnt5, BMP6, and Fz receptors and the full-length and dominant negative form of LEF1. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/134092 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07413874 | Gibbs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick D. L. Gibbs (Miami, Florida); Robert W. Carter (Miami, Florida); Michael C. Schmale (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are four new fluorescent proteins. The proteins were derived from two wild-type fluorescent proteins: a red fluorescent protein (RFP) that was isolated from Actinodiscus or Discosoma sp. 1 and a green fluorescent protein (GFP) isolated from Montastraea cavernosa. Two mutant forms were generated from each wild-type protein. Each of the mutated forms has a higher fluorescence intensity than the respective wild-type form. The mutant forms of the fluorescent proteins allow for more sensitive detection of the fluorescence emitted by the proteins. Additionally, one of the mutant proteins is more resistant to photobleaching than its wild-type protein. The invention also encompasses isolated nucleic acids encoding the mutant forms of the wild-type RFP and GFP. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/314936 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07413876 | King et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University Office of Science and Technology (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klim King (Durham, North Carolina); Henrick G. Dohlman (Berkeley, California); Marc G. Caron (Durham, North Carolina); Robert J. Lefkowitz (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a transformed yeast cell containing a first heterologous DNA sequence which codes for a mammalian G protein-coupled receptor and a second heterologous DNA sequence which codes for a mammalian G protein α subunit (mammalian Gα). The first and second heterologous DNA sequences are capable of expression in the cell, but the cell is incapable of expressing an endogenous G protein α-subunit (yeast Gα). The cells are useful for screening compounds which affect the rate of dissociation of Gα from Gβγ in a cell. Also disclosed is a novel DNA expression vector useful for making cells as described above. The vector contains a first segment comprising at least a fragment of the extreme amino-terminal coding sequence of a yeast G protein-coupled receptor. A second segment is positioned downstream from the first segment (and in correct reading frame therewith), with the second segment comprising a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous G protein-coupled receptor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/997069 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.900 |
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| US 07413878 | Kealey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kosan Biosciences, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Kealey (San Anselmo, California); Linda C. Dayem (San Anselmo, California); Daniel V. Santi (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Host cells, such as E. coli, are provided with an expression system for making starter units required for biosynthesis of polyketides using the ato pathway. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/621206 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/76 |
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| US 07413885 | Schimmel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Keisuke Wakasugi (Shizuok, Japan); Martin Friedlander (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding a water-soluble polypeptide fragment of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase, which is useful for the inhibition of angiogenesis. The nucleic acid comprises a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO: 6, a polynucleotide hybridizable to SEQ ID NO: 6, a polynucleotide that encodes the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 7, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 12, a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide epitope of SEQ ID NO: 7, or a polynucleotide that is hybridizable to a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide epitope of SEQ ID NO: 7. Vectors and recombinant cells comprising the nucleic acid are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803326 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
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| US 07413894 | Hogan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin T. Hogan (Charlottesville, Virginia); Craig L. Slingluff, Jr. (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a newly discovered gene family with multiple isoforms, designated TAG-1, TAG-2a, TAG-2b, TAG-2c, and TAG-3, nucleic acid sequences encoding those proteins, and antibodies generated against said proteins. The genes, proteins, and peptides described herein may be used as diagnostic indicators of the presence of cancer and/or used in therapeutics to treat cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/561339 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 07413900 | Green et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard Green (Brookline, Massachusetts); Shiro Iuchi (Quincy, Massachusetts); Walid Kuri-Harcuch (Naucalpan, Mexico); Meytha Marsch-Moreno (Naucalpan, Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention provide an immortalized fibroblast cell line capable of the growth and maintenance of human embryonic stem cells. An immortalized fibroblast cell line derived from an early stage mouse embryo is provided. Methods of preparing an immortalized fibroblast cell line from an early stage mouse embryo are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/263549 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/357 |
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| US 07413906 | Oas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terence G. Oas (Durham, North Carolina); Sina Ghaemmaghami (Durham, North Carolina); Kendall D. Powell (Durham, North Carolina); Michael C. Fitzgerald (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | In proteomic research, it is often necessary to screen a large number of polypeptides for the presence of stable structure. Described herein are methods (referred to as MALDI MS-HX and SUPREX) for measuring the stability of proteins in a rapid, high-throughput fashion. The method employs hydrogen exchange to estimate the stability of quantities of unpurified protein extracts, using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. A method of quantitatively determining the stability of a test protein under native conditions is disclosed. The method includes the steps (a) providing a test protein; (b) contacting the protein with an exchange buffer comprising a denaturant and deuterium, the exchange buffer having a denaturant concentration; (c) contacting the test protein with a mass spectrometry matrix medium; (d) determining a change in mass of the test protein by mass spectrometry; (e) varying the denaturant concentration of the exchange buffer; (f) repeating steps (a)-(e) a desired number of times; and (g) quantitatively determining protein stability based on the change in mass of the test protein as a function of denaturant concentration, whereby the stability of a test protein under native conditions is quantitatively determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/634019 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/63 |
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| US 07414027 | Klagsbrun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Childen's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Klagsbrun (Newton, Massachusetts); Shay Soker (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having VEGF antagonist activity, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment. The polypeptides of the invention include polypeptides comprising a portion of SEQ ID NO: 1 having VEGF antagonist activity, polypeptides comprising SEQ ID NO: 2 or a portion thereof having VEGF antagonist activity, and a polypeptide having the structure of formula (I), set forth above. The present invention further includes analogs and derivatives of these polypeptides having VEGF antagonist activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/858849 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07414037 | Verkman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Verkman (San Francisco, California); Nitin Dattatraya Sonawane (San Francisco, California); Chatchai Muanprasat (Nakhonpathom, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for inhibition of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) that are useful for the study and treatment of CFTR-mediated diseases and conditions. The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more hydrazide-containing compounds, and may additionally comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients and/or adjuvants. The methods of the invention comprise, in certain embodiments, administering to a patient suffering from a CFTR-mediated disease or condition, an efficacious amount of a hydrazide-containing compound. In other embodiments the invention provides methods of inhibiting CFTR that comprise contacting cells in a subject with an effective amount of a hydrazide-containing compound. In addition, the invention features a non-human animal model of CFTR-mediated disease which model is produced by administration of a hydrazide-containing compound to a non-human animal in an amount sufficient to inhibit CFTR. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/093749 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/53 |
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| US 07414042 | Pezzuto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Pezzuto (River Forest, Illinois); Tapas K. DasGupta (River Forest, Illinois); Darrick S. H. L. Kim (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for treating melanoma wherein a betulinic acid derivative is the active compound in the composition to be administered. The compositions are optionally applied topically is inserted therefor. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/317361 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/169 |
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| US 07414125 | Zhu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Kang Zhu (Riverside, California); Ramanjulu Sunkar (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new miRNAs in rice. The nucleic acids of the invention can be used to control gene expression in plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/393206 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
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| US 07414154 | Fahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madsion, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Fahl (Madison, Wisconsin); Richard R. Copp, Jr. (Oregon, Wisconsin); Cynthia E. Ochsner (Madison, Wisconsin); Daniel D. Peebles (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin); Kathleen L. Fahl (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel polyamine compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for administration in conjunction with cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The compounds are administered locally to provide protection against the adverse side-effects of chemotherapy or radiation therapy, such as alopecia, mucositis and dermatitis. Pharmaceutical preparations comprising one or more chemoprotective polyamines formulated for topical or local delivery to epithelial or mucosal cells are disclosed. Methods of administering the pharmaceutical preparations are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, May 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/847236 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/509 |
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| US 07414712 | Yoon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geunyoung Yoon (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A wavefront sensor for measuring a wavefront contains an array of lenslets, a detector array, and a mask having a temporally fixed pattern containing one or more opaque regions that are substantially opaque to light from the wavefront. The mask comprises one or more transmissive regions that are transmissive of light from the wavefront. The mask and the array of lenslets are disposed such that light from the wavefront that is transmitted by the transmissive regions is focused by onto the detector array by the array of lenslets. The mask is adapted to be selectably disposed to any one of a plurality of predetermined positions, wherein a different group of lenslets from the array focuses light from the wavefront onto the detector array depending on which of the plurality of predetermined positions is selected. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803121 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/121 |
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| US 07414729 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoliang Sunney Xie (Lexington, Massachusetts); Francois Légaré (Belmont, Massachusetts); Feruz Ganikhanov (Annandale, New Jersey); Conor Evans (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is disclosed for detecting a signal field from a sample volume. The system includes a source system and an optical fiber system. The source system provides a first electromagnetic field at a first frequency and a second electromagnetic field at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. The optical fiber system includes at least one optical fiber for guiding the first and second electromagnetic fields to the sample volume to generate coherent radiation characteristic of molecular vibrations by non-linear interaction of the first and second fields with the sample volume. The optical fiber system also receives the signal field resulting from the coherent radiation, and guides the signal field to a detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/403075 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/484 |
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| US 07414779 | Huber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Huber (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kenji Taira (Brookline, Massachusetts); James Fujimoto (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect the invention relates to a frequency varying wave generator. The generator includes a gain element adapted to amplify a wave having a wavelength; a time varying tunable wavelength selective filter element in communication with the gain element, the tunable filter element adapted to selectively filter waves during a period T; and a feedback element in communication with the tunable filter element and the gain element, wherein the tunable wavelength selective filter element, the gain element and the feedback element define a circuit such that the roundtrip time for the wave to propagate through the circuit is substantially equal to a non-zero integer multiple of the period T. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/337105 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
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| US 07415305 | Grieve et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Grieve (New York, New York); Raymond I. Stark (New York, New York); Joseph R. Isler (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses methods and systems for monitoring and evaluating brain electrical activity. Methods are provided for obtaining local synchrony information relating to regions of a brain. Methods are provided that include obtaining EEG information from an infant subject, and using the obtained EEG information in obtaining local coherence information. A mathematical technique or computer algorithm can be used to process the EEG information in order to reduce residual volume conduction error in the obtained local coherence information. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956857 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
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| US 07415359 | Hill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gene Network Sciences, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin Hill (Ithaca, New York); Iya Khalil (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are presented for cell simulation and cell state prediction. For example, a cellular biochemical network intrinsic to a phenotype of a cell can be simulated by specifying its components and their interrelationships. The various interrelationships can be represented with one or more mathematical equations which can be solved to simulate a first state of the cell. The simulated network can then be perturbed, and the equations representing the perturbed network can be solved to simulate a second state of the cell which can then be compared to the first state, identifying the effect of such perturbation on the network, and thereby identifying one or more components as targets. Alternatively, components of a cell can be identified as targets for interaction with therapeutic agents based upon an analytical approach, in which a stable phenotype of a cell is specified and correlated to the state of the cell and the role of that cellular state to its operation. A cellular biochemical network believed intrinsic to that phenotype can then be specified, mathematically represented, and perturbed, and the equations representing the perturbed network solved, thereby identifying one or more components as targets. |
| FILED | Monday, November 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/287173 |
| 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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| US 07412780 | Holder |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed-Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Holder (Santa Clarita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A template for assessing damaged areas on an object, such as a fan blade or other item, includes a set of marks indicating the maximum areas of damage allowed on the periphery of the object. A guide enables the template to be aligned in proper position against the object for accurate visual inspection of the damaged areas. For example, one or more blend guides are included to allow the inspector to mark a blend area around the damage to enable maintenance personnel to smooth sharp, jagged edges of the damaged areas, thereby relieving stress points and improving the aerodynamic efficiency of a blade in an engine. The template can include a magnifying portion that allows the user to see more detail on the object. Linear and/or curved measurement scales can also be included on the template. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/018087 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/562 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413712 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Liu (Pasadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device comprises a matrix of rotary flow reactors. The microfluidic matrix device offers a solution to the “world-to-chip” interface problem by accomplishing two important goals simultaneously: an economy of scale in reagent consumption is achieved, while simultaneously minimizing pipetting steps. N2 independent assays can be performed with only 2N+1 pipetting steps, using a single aliquot of enzyme amortized over all reactors. The chip reduces labor relative to conventional fluid handling techniques by using an order of magnitude less pipetting steps, and reduces cost by consuming two to three orders of magnitude less reagents per reaction. A PCR format has immediate applications in medical diagnosis and gene testing. Beyond PCR, the microfluidic matrix chip provides a universal and flexible platform for biological and chemical assays requiring parsimonious use of precious reagents and highly automated processing. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/837025 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413907 | Sivarajan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramesh Sivarajan (Medford, Massachusetts); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Terry Marriott (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward novel matrix elements, generally comprising functionalized carbon nanotubes, for matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI)-mass spectroscopy (MS), methods of making such matrix elements, and to methods of using such matrix elements in MALDI-MS applications, particularly for the analysis of biological molecules. In some embodiments, by carefully tuning the absorption characteristics of the matrix element, biomolecular analytes can be sequenced. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/900571 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414242 | Hill, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert Henderson Hill, Jr. (Pullman, Washington); Maggie Tam (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes an ion mobility spectrometer having a liquid filled drift chamber. The chamber has an ionization region partitioned from and an ion separation region by a reversible ion-migration block. An electrical field within the chamber allows ions to migrate toward the electrode collector. Passage of ions from the ionization region is triggered by reversing the block allowing ions to migrate into the ion separation region. The invention includes a method of ion mobility analysis in liquid phase. Ions are mobilized to migrate through a drift liquid and are detected at an end of a drift chamber. The invention also includes a method of generating ions in a sample. A sample containing molecules in a first solvent is introduced into a second solvent through a charged capillary where the electrically charged sample is electro-disperses to ionize the molecules. |
| FILED | Saturday, April 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/380927 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414250 | Hersam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Evanston, Illinois); Edward T. Foley (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A cryogenic variable temperature scanning tunneling microscope of novel design and component configuration, for use in conjunction with a variety of low temperature methodologies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/291210 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/443.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414571 | Schantz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Hampton Cove, Alabama); Robert E. DePierre (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for low frequency asset tracking includes a low frequency transmitter tag associated with a cargo container or other high value commodity, a plurality of receivers that detect low frequency signals, and a microprocessor that uses algorithms and/or data pertaining to the propagation characteristics of the signal to locate the position of the container or high value commodity. The tag may include sensors to monitor container properties or conditions, such as temperature, motion, intrusion, RF fields, or other properties of interest. Sensor data may be modulated on the low frequency transmitter signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/215699 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414728 | Caplan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David O. Caplan (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A polarization independent (PI) interferometer design that can be built from standard optical components is described. Based upon a Michelson interferometer, the PI interferometer uses a 50/50 splitter and Faraday Rotator Mirrors (FM's). The interferometer achieves good optical characteristics, such as high extinction ratio (ER) and low insertion loss (IL). Lack of polarization sensitivity reduces interferometer construction tolerances and cost, enhances performance and utility, and expands the scope of interferometric based devices. Such characteristics can be used to construct flexible, high performance, polarization insensitive, multi-rate, self-calibrating, optical DPSK receivers, power combiners, optical filters and interleavers, all-optical switches, and cascaded interferometers. Since polarization is not maintained in standard fiber optic networks, a PI-DPSK receiver allows for use of more sensitive DPSK communications over fiber, without need for costly polarization control hardware. Other applications of PI interferometers include optical CDMA, secure communications, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and temporal gratings with ultra-precise timing. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/318255 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/477 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414779 | Huber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Huber (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kenji Taira (Brookline, Massachusetts); James Fujimoto (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect the invention relates to a frequency varying wave generator. The generator includes a gain element adapted to amplify a wave having a wavelength; a time varying tunable wavelength selective filter element in communication with the gain element, the tunable filter element adapted to selectively filter waves during a period T; and a feedback element in communication with the tunable filter element and the gain element, wherein the tunable wavelength selective filter element, the gain element and the feedback element define a circuit such that the roundtrip time for the wave to propagate through the circuit is substantially equal to a non-zero integer multiple of the period T. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/337105 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414904 | Ehrenreich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sebastian Ehrenreich (Schoenau, Germany); Jente B Kuang (Austin, Texas); Chun-Tao Li (Rochester, Minnesota); Hung Cai Ngo (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for storage cell design evaluation provides accurate information about state changes in static storage cells. A wordline select pulse is propagated along the wordline select path of the test row to an output driver circuit, in order to test the clock and/or address timing of the row, so that variation of access timing, read stability and writeability with wordline strength/access voltage can be determined. An access detection cell holds the input of the output driver circuit until a simulated access operation activated by the wordline select pulse is complete. Multiple test rows may be cascaded among columns to provide a long delay line or ring oscillator for improved measurement resolution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/609598 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414980 | Chavez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos J. Chavez (Marion, Iowa); Robert J. Frank (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Erik M. Sjolander (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method and system for estimating interference. Packet characteristics of relevant packets within the channel at a given point in time may be processed. For example, a power level, occupied frequency and corresponding time references may be accumulated and stored for each relevant packet within the channel at a given point in time. As each packet is processed for demodulation, the channel samples, at which interference occurred, may be appropriately weighted based on the packet characteristics. Advantageously, the nature of the interfering channel traffic may be measured to properly de-weight the interference in a computationally efficient manner. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/098757 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414982 | Hershey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen P. Hershey (Falls Church, Virginia); William W. Su (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a first node among a number of distributed nodes capable of forming or reforming a communication network between the nodes, each of the nodes including functionally similar components for forming or reforming such a network, includes a memory for storing values for variables for the node. The first node also includes one or more components collectively operable to: (1) spontaneously and independent of a centralized controller associated with the network, transmit a probe message to one or more of the other nodes for purposes of forming or reforming a network; (2) receive a probe message from a second node, the probe message including values for the variables for the second node; (3) compare the values for the variables for the first node to the values for the variables for the second node within the probe message to determine, independent of a centralized controller associated with the network, whether the first node should set itself to a new channel; and (4) if so, set the first node to the new channel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/603240 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415063 | Ruffa |
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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) | Anthony A. Ruffa (Hope Valley, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimating uncorrelated noise in a distributed record of data including data samples that represent both signal and noise, provided that the signal is substantially in phase between adjacent data samples. The method begins with dividing the record of data into an even number of equal intervals. The method proceeds compiling a reduced data record by subtracting from every other data sample in the record of data one data sample that is adjacent to it. Finally, the method entails a step of estimating the noise power in the signal relative to the signal power by calculating the standard deviation as a measure of the magnitude of the noise. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015815 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/227 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415082 | Beadle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward R. Beadle (Melbourne, Florida); John F. Dishman (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A receiver includes a matched filter matched to a synch pulse and generates a matched filter output signal having peaks and valleys with one of the peaks corresponding to the synch pulse. An orthogonal filter is inversely matched to the synch pulse and generates an orthogonal filter output signal having peaks and valleys with one of the valleys corresponding to the synch pulse. A detector determines the synch pulse based upon a largest difference between the matched filter output signal and the orthogonal filter output signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141441 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415123 | Ballas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A Ballas (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for producing virtual sound sources that are externally perceived and positioned at any orientation in azimuth and elevation from a listener is described. In this system, a set of speakers is mounted in a location near the temple of a listener's head. A head tracking system determines the location and orientation of the listeners head and provides the measurements to a computer which processes audio signals, from an audio source, in conjunction with a head related transfer function (HRTF) filter to produce spatialized audio. The HRTF filter maintains the virtual location of the audio signals/sound, thus allowing the listener to change locations and head orientation without degradation of the audio signal. The audio system of the present invention produces virtual sound sources that are externally perceived and positioned at any desired orientation in azimuth and elevation from the user. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/264346 |
| ART UNIT | 2615 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415299 | Zimmermann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Zimmermann (Berkeley, California); Boris Stoeber (Berkeley, California); Dorian Liepmann (Lafayette, California); Albert Pisano (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for substance monitoring. One application is an easy to handle continuous glucose monitor using a group of hollow out-of-plane silicon microneedles to sample substances in interstitial fluid from the epidermal skin layer. The glucose of the interstitial fluid permeates a dialysis membrane and reaches a sensor. Using MEMS technology, for example, allows well-established batch fabrication at low cost. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/828510 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415311 | Calise et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Guided Systems Technologies, Inc. (McDonough, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony J. Calise (Atlanta, Georgia); Byoung-Soo Kim (Taejon Su-gu Doonsandong, South Korea); J. Eric Corban (McDonough, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system for controlling a nonlinear physical process. The computer system comprises a linear controller and a neural network. The linear controller receives a command signal for control of the nonlinear physical process and a measured output signal from the output of the nonlinear physical process. The linear controller generates a control signal based on the command signal, a measured output signal, and a fixed linear model for the process. The neural network receives the control signal from the linear controller and the measured output signal from the output of the nonlinear physical process. The neural network uses the measured output signal to modify the connection weights of the neural network. The neural network also generates a modified control signal supplied to the linear controller to iterate a fixed point solution for the modified control signal used to control the nonlinear physical process. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/620032 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415333 | Anderson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Deere and Company (Moline, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Noel Wayne Anderson (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for managing fleet health of vehicles comprises gathering environmental data for potential mission locations. A data processing system collects vehicle data, including historical use data and maintenance data associated with corresponding vehicular components of vehicles within a fleet. A mission planner establishes a list of candidate missions for the fleet of vehicles. A stress module assigns a stress severity indicator to the established candidate missions based on the environmental data. The mission planner matches vehicles to corresponding missions based on the collected vehicle data and the stress severity indicator such that the matched vehicles are likely to complete the missions with a desired degree of reliability. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/088715 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415437 | Marvin, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernest A Marvin, III (Norwich, Connecticut); Brian M. Hodor (North Kingstown, Rhode Island); Joseph M. Monti (Johnston, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A business development process utilizing a business development database comprises collecting data for ideas from a plurality of sources. One type of collected idea data from said step of collecting is filtered in order to identify potential business opportunities. An opportunity analysis is then performed on said identified potential business opportunities to determine valid business opportunities. Resources are committed to the valid business opportunities, a business proposal is developed. This developed business proposal to a potential buyers. Success of the submission is determined and the business opportunity is executed if the submission is a success. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/006733 |
| ART UNIT | 3692 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07412875 | Zornberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge G. Zornberg (Austin, Texas); John S. McCartney (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes an apparatus, method and centrifuge permeameter system that includes a hydraulic permeameter adapted for use in a centrifuge; and an automated data acquisition system, wherein the centrifuge permeameter non-destructively determines one or more soil characteristics from a sample of granular material such as soil, rock, and concrete when centrifuged. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/297261 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413712 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Liu (Pasadena, California); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device comprises a matrix of rotary flow reactors. The microfluidic matrix device offers a solution to the “world-to-chip” interface problem by accomplishing two important goals simultaneously: an economy of scale in reagent consumption is achieved, while simultaneously minimizing pipetting steps. N2 independent assays can be performed with only 2N+1 pipetting steps, using a single aliquot of enzyme amortized over all reactors. The chip reduces labor relative to conventional fluid handling techniques by using an order of magnitude less pipetting steps, and reduces cost by consuming two to three orders of magnitude less reagents per reaction. A PCR format has immediate applications in medical diagnosis and gene testing. Beyond PCR, the microfluidic matrix chip provides a universal and flexible platform for biological and chemical assays requiring parsimonious use of precious reagents and highly automated processing. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/837025 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413737 | Wittrup et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Dane Wittrup (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Yik Andy Yeung (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jack R. Wands (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, to aspartyl (asparaginyl) β-hydroxylase are provided. The anti-aspartyl (asparaginyl) β-hydroxylase antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, can modulate activity of aspartyl (asparaginyl) β-hydroxylase. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/989462 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/142.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413907 | Sivarajan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramesh Sivarajan (Medford, Massachusetts); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Terry Marriott (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward novel matrix elements, generally comprising functionalized carbon nanotubes, for matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI)-mass spectroscopy (MS), methods of making such matrix elements, and to methods of using such matrix elements in MALDI-MS applications, particularly for the analysis of biological molecules. In some embodiments, by carefully tuning the absorption characteristics of the matrix element, biomolecular analytes can be sequenced. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/900571 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414015 | Skerlos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Skerlos (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kim F. Hayes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andres F. Clarens (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for lubricating a metal workpiece during a metalworking process includes delivering supercritical carbon dioxide to the workpiece during the metalworking process. The supercritical carbon dioxide acts as a lubricant, coolant, chip evacuator, and/or carrier for another lubricant or corrosion inhibitor. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415492 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414088 | Ford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Warren Thomas Ford (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Shuhui Qin (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprising forming and grafting polymers on carbon nanotubes, a functionalized product and product dispersion produced by the method, a method of forming composites from the functionalized carbon nanotubes, and the composites produced therefrom. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/934790 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414125 | Zhu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian-Kang Zhu (Riverside, California); Ramanjulu Sunkar (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new miRNAs in rice. The nucleic acids of the invention can be used to control gene expression in plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/393206 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414359 | Elliott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Michael Elliott (Fort Collins, Colorado); Corey J. Bloom (Bend, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides conductive metal-ligand coordination complexes that are useful in a variety of electronic devices. For example, such complexes are useful in organic light emitting devices composed of one or more layers of organic material between two conductors. The use of metal-ligand coordination complexes of the present invention as the cathode, replaces the more typically employed reactive metals, which function as the electron injecting contact, and provides for improved or longer-lived devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/524126 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414481 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoyong Li (San Diego, California); David J. Allstot (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention include a common-gate amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, a transistor having a source, a drain, and a gate, four inductors, and two capacitors, and a negative amplification circuitry. The negative amplification circuitry has an input terminal to receive an RF signal. The negative amplification circuitry applies negative or zero amplification to the RF signal and outputs the negative or zero amplified signal on an output terminal. Alternative embodiments include a Colpitts differential oscillator, which includes two Colpitts single-ended oscillators. Each Colpitts single-ended oscillator includes a transistor. The source of the transistor in one Colpitts single-ended oscillator may be capacitively coupled to the gate of the transistor in the other Colpitts single-ended oscillator. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/344549 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414549 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (College Station, Texas); Zixiang Xiong (Spring, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An encoder employs a trellis coded quantization (TCQ) unit and a compression unit. The TCQ uses a set of polynomials that have been selected to maximize granular gain. The TCQ unit operates on a block of samples from a source. The compression unit compresses bit planes of the TCQ output, using parity check matrices of corresponding LDPC codes, to obtain corresponding syndromes. The parity check matrices are selected so their compression performance approaches close to the limit for Slepian-Wolf coding. A decoder employs a decoding unit and an estimation unit. The decoding unit decodes the syndromes using side information to produce an estimate for the TCQ output. The side information is correlated with the source. The estimation unit estimates the block of source samples using the estimated TCQ output and the side information. Trellis coded vector quantization may be used as an alternative to TCQ. |
| FILED | Friday, August 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/499601 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414779 | Huber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Huber (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kenji Taira (Brookline, Massachusetts); James Fujimoto (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect the invention relates to a frequency varying wave generator. The generator includes a gain element adapted to amplify a wave having a wavelength; a time varying tunable wavelength selective filter element in communication with the gain element, the tunable filter element adapted to selectively filter waves during a period T; and a feedback element in communication with the tunable filter element and the gain element, wherein the tunable wavelength selective filter element, the gain element and the feedback element define a circuit such that the roundtrip time for the wave to propagate through the circuit is substantially equal to a non-zero integer multiple of the period T. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/337105 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414978 | Lun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Desmond S. Lun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tracey Ho (Champaign, Illinois); Ralf Koetter (Champaign, Illinois); Niranjan Ratnakar (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and computer program product for performing minimum cost routing with network coding is presented. The method and system model a network as a directed graph. A cost per unit flow is associated with each link of the directed graph. A link capacity is associated with each link of the directed graph. A network code is then computed that sets up a routing connection that achieves an optimal cost using the cost per unit flow for each link of the directed graph and using the link capacity for each link of the directed graph. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/027889 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415156 | McCormack et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay P. McCormack (Moscow, Idaho); Jonathan Cagan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Parametric shape recognition is achieved through a decomposition of shapes into a hierarchy of subshapes ordered by their decreasing restrictions. Instances of each of the subshapes are individually located in the design shape and then reconstructed to form an instance of the entire shape. The basis for the hierarchy of subshapes can be specified by the designer or based on the default parameter relations that come from architectural and engineering knowledge. The levels of the hierarchy are defined so that the most constrained lines of a shape are those lines that the designer intended exactly. These most constrained lines have specified parametric relations to other line segments and those relations, if altered, will compromise the designer's intentions. Conversely, the lowest level of the hierarchy, which contains the least constrained line segments, only implies a specific connectivity between line segments, necessitating a vaster search. The parametric recognition of curved line shapes used a two-step approach that first performs shape matching with an equivalent straight-line shape then checks those transformations for matching with the actual curved lines. This approach has advantages characteristic polygons as well as emergent shapes. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/350428 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415285 | Aldajani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mansour A. Aldajani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Ali H. Sayed (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for predicting channel power fading in a wireless communications system. This prediction method estimates the channel power fading via oversampling of the received and transmitted powers. The prediction method is then combined with several proposed structures for closed loop power control. The resulting structures result in improved performance in wireless communications systems. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/256606 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/522 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415393 | Peña-Mora et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feniosky Peña-Mora (Champaign, Illinois); Moonseo Park (Seoul, South Korea); SangHyun Lee (Somerville, Massachusetts); Michael Li (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Margaret Fulenwider (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A reliability buffering technique applies a reliability time buffer to a project planning model having activities. The reliability time buffer is placed before an associated downstream activity to provide a buffered downstream activity. The reliability buffer is provided having a time duration value and an activity time precedence relationship, including a lead or lag value, with at least one upstream activity. The time duration value and the activity time precedence relationship are generated so as to reduce the overall schedule delay resulting from possible time delays that occur in the one or more upstream activities and to increase the overall project schedule advance from possible schedule advances in the one or more upstream activities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/068087 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth C. Goretta (Downers Grove, Illinois); Jules L. Routbort (Hinsdale, Illinois); Felipe Gutierrez-Mora (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for utilizing superplastic deformation with or without a novel joint compound that leads to the joining of advanced ceramic materials, intermetallics, and cermets. A joint formed by this approach is as strong as or stronger than the materials joined. The method does not require elaborate surface preparation or application techniques. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/302419 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413687 | Armstrong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT - Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy R. Armstrong (Clinton, Tennessee); Edward A. Payzant (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Scott A. Speakman (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Martha Greenblatt (Highland Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for conducting protons at a temperature below 550° C. includes a LAMOX ceramic body characterized by an alpha crystalline structure. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/166573 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/518.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413711 | Benett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Benett (Livermore, California); Peter A. Krulevitch (Pleasanton, California); Steven R. Visuri (Livermore, California); John M. Dzenitis (Danville, California); Kevin D. Ness (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dispensing system delivers a precise amount of fluid for biological or chemical processing and/or analysis. Dispensing means moves the fluid. The dispensing means is operated by a pneumatic force. Connection means delivers the fluid to the desired location. An actuator means provides the pneumatic force to the dispensing means. Valving means transmits the pneumatic force from the actuator means to the dispensing means. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/621657 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413720 | Ott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Ott (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst was prepared by slurry coating ZSM-5 zeolite onto a cordierite monolith, then subliming an iron salt onto the zeolite, calcining the monolith, and then dipping the monolith either into an aqueous solution of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate and then calcining, or by similar treatment with separate solutions of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate. The supported catalyst containing iron, manganese, and cerium showed 80 percent conversion at 113 degrees Celsius of a feed gas containing nitrogen oxides having 4 parts NO to one part NO2, about one equivalent ammonia, and excess oxygen; conversion improved to 94 percent at 147 degrees Celsius. N2O was not detected (detection limit: 0.6 percent N2O). |
| FILED | Monday, March 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/385140 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/239.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413721 | Kong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert J. Pink (Pocatello, Idaho); Larry D. Zuck (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming ammonia is disclosed and which includes the steps of forming a plasma; providing a source of metal particles, and supplying the metal particles to the plasma to form metal nitride particles; and providing a substance, and reacting the metal nitride particles with the substance to produce ammonia, and an oxide byproduct. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/191770 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413876 | King et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University Office of Science and Technology (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klim King (Durham, North Carolina); Henrick G. Dohlman (Berkeley, California); Marc G. Caron (Durham, North Carolina); Robert J. Lefkowitz (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a transformed yeast cell containing a first heterologous DNA sequence which codes for a mammalian G protein-coupled receptor and a second heterologous DNA sequence which codes for a mammalian G protein α subunit (mammalian Gα). The first and second heterologous DNA sequences are capable of expression in the cell, but the cell is incapable of expressing an endogenous G protein α-subunit (yeast Gα). The cells are useful for screening compounds which affect the rate of dissociation of Gα from Gβγ in a cell. Also disclosed is a novel DNA expression vector useful for making cells as described above. The vector contains a first segment comprising at least a fragment of the extreme amino-terminal coding sequence of a yeast G protein-coupled receptor. A second segment is positioned downstream from the first segment (and in correct reading frame therewith), with the second segment comprising a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous G protein-coupled receptor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/997069 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413882 | Berka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy Berka (Davis, California); Joel Cherry (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for converting plant cell wall polysaccharides into one or more products, comprising: treating the plant cell wall polysaccharides with an effective amount of a spent whole fermentation broth of a recombinant microorganism, wherein the recombinant microorganism expresses one or more heterologous genes encoding enzymes which degrade or convert the plant cell wall polysaccharides into the one or more products. The present invention also relates to methods for producing an organic substance, comprising: (a) saccharifying plant cell wall polysaccharides with an effective amount of a spent whole fermentation broth of a recombinant microorganism, wherein the recombinant microorganism expresses one or more heterologous genes encoding enzymes which degrade or convert the plant cell wall polysaccharides into saccharified material; (b) fermenting the saccharified material of step (a) with one or more fermenting microoganisms; and (c) recovering the organic substance from the fermentation. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/078921 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413888 | Fidantsef et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Dan's, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ana Fidantsef (Davis, California); Michael Lamsa (Davis, California); Brian Gorre Clancy (Elk Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to variants of a parent beta-glucosidase, comprising a substitution at one or more positions corresponding to positions 142, 183, 266, and 703 of amino acids 1 to 842 of SEQ ID NO: 2 or corresponding to positions 142, 183, 266, and 705 of amino acids 1 to 844 of SEQ ID NO: 70, wherein the variant has beta-glucosidase activity. The present invention also relates to nucleotide sequences encoding the variant beta-glucosidases and to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleotide sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/836063 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414106 | Camarero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julio A. Camarero (Livermore, California); Alexander R. Mitchell (Livermore, California); James J. De Yoreo (Clayton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a new method for the solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) of C-terminal peptide α thioesters using Fmoc/t-Bu chemistry. This method is based on the use of an aryl hydrazine linker, which is totally stable to conditions required for Fmoc-SPPS. When the peptide synthesis has been completed, activation of the linker is achieved by mild oxidation. The oxidation step converts the acyl-hydrazine group into a highly reactive acyl-diazene intermediate which reacts with an α-amino acid alkylthioester (H-AA-SR) to yield the corresponding peptide α-thioester in good yield. A variety of peptide thioesters, cyclic peptides and a fully functional Src homology 3 (SH3) protein domain have been successfully prepared. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/871346 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414241 | Scott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jill R. Scott (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Paul L. Tremblay (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser device includes a virtual source configured to aim laser energy that originates from a true source. The virtual source has a vertical rotational axis during vertical motion of the virtual source and the vertical axis passes through an exit point from which the laser energy emanates independent of virtual source position. The emanating laser energy is collinear with an orientation line. The laser device includes a virtual source manipulation mechanism that positions the virtual source. The manipulation mechanism has a center of lateral pivot approximately coincident with a lateral index and a center of vertical pivot approximately coincident with a vertical index. The vertical index and lateral index intersect at an index origin. The virtual source and manipulation mechanism auto align the orientation line through the index origin during virtual source motion. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/294714 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414294 | Forrest |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of quantum dots each have a shell. The quantum dots are embedded in an organic matrix. At least the quantum dots and the organic matrix are photoconductive semiconductors. The shell of each quantum dot is arranged as a tunneling barrier to require a charge carrier (an electron or a hole) at a base of the tunneling barrier in the organic matrix to perform quantum mechanical tunneling to reach the respective quantum dot. A first quantum state in each quantum dot is between a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) and a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the organic matrix. Wave functions of the first quantum state of the plurality of quantum dots may overlap to form an intermediate band. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/304687 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/431 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414416 | Watkins, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polymer Aging Concepts Inc. (Dahlonega, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth S. Watkins, Jr. (Dahlonega, Georgia); Shelby J. Morris (Hampton, Virginia); Daniel D. Masakowski (Worcester, Massachusetts); Ching Ping Wong (Duluth, Georgia); Shijian Luo (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical condition monitoring method utilizes measurement of electrical resistivity of an age sensor made of a conductive matrix or composite disposed in a polymeric structure such as an electrical cable. The conductive matrix comprises a base polymer and conductive filler. The method includes communicating the resistivity to a measuring instrument and correlating resistivity of the conductive matrix of the polymeric structure with resistivity of an accelerated-aged conductive composite. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/506518 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/693 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414719 | Chrisp |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Chrisp (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide field catadioptric imaging spectrometer with an immersive diffraction grating that compensates optical distortions. The catadioptric design has zero Petzval field curvature. The imaging spectrometer comprises an entrance slit for transmitting light, a system with a catadioptric lens and a dioptric lens for receiving the light and directing the light, an immersion grating, and a detector array. The entrance slit, the system for receiving the light, the immersion grating, and the detector array are positioned wherein the entrance slit transmits light to the system for receiving the light and the system for receiving the light directs the light to the immersion grating and the immersion grating receives the light and directs the light through the system for receiving the light to the detector array. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/341080 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415382 | Bickford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California); James P. Herzog (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method providing surveillance of an asset such as a process and/or apparatus by providing training and surveillance procedures that numerically fit a probability density function to an observed residual error signal distribution that is correlative to normal asset operation and then utilizes the fitted probability density function in a dynamic statistical hypothesis test for providing improved asset surveillance. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/492329 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Joseph Kelly (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for welding two gamma titanium aluminide articles together. The method includes preheating the two articles to a welding temperature of from about 1700° F. to about 2100° F., thereafter electron beam welding the two articles together at the welding temperature and in a welding vacuum to form a welded structure, and thereafter annealing the welded structure at an annealing temperature of from about 1800° F. to about 2200° F., to form a joined structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/301767 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/524 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413695 | Thrash et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Thrash (Huntington Beach, California); Roger Alan Burgess (Long Beach, California); Alan M. Markus (Lake Forest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A resin infusion mold tool system for use in a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding process with a subsequent pressure bleed step. The mold tool system includes a mold assembly having an outer mold line tool connected to resin supply lines and supplying resin to the preform. A plurality of inner mold line tools form a hard interface with the inner mold line of the fiber preform and are held to within tight tolerances by an external locating fixture. Excess resin is drawn out of the fiber preform using a vacuum bag connected to vacuum lines and disposed over the inner mold line tools but not between the tools and the fiber preform. The mold assembly is placed in an autoclave, the resin supply lines are detached and the autoclave pressurized to bleed additional resin out of the preform to raise the fiber volume of the composite structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/752831 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07413852 | Balch |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | High Throughput Genomics (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Balch (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for analyzing molecular structures within a sample substance using an array having a plurality of test sites upon which the sample substance is applied. The invention is also directed to a method and apparatus for constructing molecular arrays having a plurality of test sites. The invention allows for definitive high throughput analysis of multiple analytes in complex mixtures of sample substances. A combinatorial analysis process is described that results in the creation of an array of integrated chemical devices. These devices operate in parallel, each unit providing specific sets of data that, when taken as a whole, give a complete answer for a defined experiment. This approach is uniquely capable of rapidly providing a high density of information from limited amounts of sample in a cost-effective manner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/316077 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 07413907 | Sivarajan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramesh Sivarajan (Medford, Massachusetts); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Terry Marriott (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward novel matrix elements, generally comprising functionalized carbon nanotubes, for matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI)-mass spectroscopy (MS), methods of making such matrix elements, and to methods of using such matrix elements in MALDI-MS applications, particularly for the analysis of biological molecules. In some embodiments, by carefully tuning the absorption characteristics of the matrix element, biomolecular analytes can be sequenced. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/900571 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414543 | Rye et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Rye (Roseville, Minnesota); Michael C. Dorneich (St. Paul, Minnesota); Aaron J. Gannon (Anthem, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A display screen for displaying multiple sets of information is provided. In one embodiment, an aviation display screen includes a main window and a plurality of miniature windows. The main window is adapted to illustrate one set of information. Each miniature window is adapted to display a set of avionic information. The avionic display is further adapted to toggle a select set of avionic information in one of the miniature windows into the main window. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/116971 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/945 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414708 | Bivolaru 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) | Daniel Bivolaru (Hampton, Virginia); Paul M. Danehy (Newport News, Virginia); Joseph W. Lee (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for performing simultaneous multi-point measurements of multiple velocity components in a gas flow is described. Pulses of laser light are directed to a measurement region of unseeded gas to produce Rayleigh or Mie scattered light in a plurality of directions. The Rayleigh or Mie scattered light is collected from multiple directions and combined in a single collimated light beam. The Rayleigh or Mie scattered light is then mixed together with a reference laser light before it is passed through a single planar Fabry-Perot interferometer for spectral analysis. At the output of the interferometer, a high-sensitivity CCD camera images the interference fringe pattern. This pattern contains the spectral and spatial information from both the Rayleigh scattered light and the reference laser light. Interferogram processing software extracts and analyzes spectral profiles to determine the velocity components of the gas flow at multiple points in the measurement region. The Rayleigh light rejected by the interferometer is recirculated to increase the accuracy and the applicability of the method for measurements at high temperatures without requiring an increase in the laser energy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/461569 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415005 | Macha 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) | Mitchell G. Macha (Alvin, Texas); John T. Bullock (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for a communication system technique involving ad hoc selection of at least two audio streams is provided. Each of the at least two audio streams is a packetized version of an audio source. A data connection exists between a server and a client where a transport protocol actively propagates the at least two audio streams from the server to the client. Furthermore, software instructions executable on the client indicate a presence of the at least two audio streams, allow selection of at least one of the at least two audio streams, and direct the selected at least one of the at least two audio streams for audio playback. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/283354 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/352 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415382 | Bickford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California); James P. Herzog (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method providing surveillance of an asset such as a process and/or apparatus by providing training and surveillance procedures that numerically fit a probability density function to an observed residual error signal distribution that is correlative to normal asset operation and then utilizes the fitted probability density function in a dynamic statistical hypothesis test for providing improved asset surveillance. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/492329 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07414124 | Fischer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Fischer (El Cerrito, California); Yeonhee Choi (Emeryville, California); Mike Hannon (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to plant genetic engineering. In particular, it relates to, for example, modulating seed (and in particular endosperm, embryo and seed coat) development, flowering time, chromosomal DNA methylation and modulating transcription in plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/449042 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07415128 | Bloom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Transpacific Information, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Adam Bloom (West Windsor, New Jersey); John Scott Nafziger (Morrisville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-frequency, temporally asymmetric watermark carrier decreases in luminance at a slower rate than it increases in luminance. This allows the carrier to be embedded, e.g., in a video work, in a manner that renders the resultant watermark virtually invisible to the human eye. Moreover, the resultant watermark is substantially resistant to common pirating techniques in which high-frequency visual content (e.g., including watermark data) tends to be filtered out by piracy processing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/098954 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07414571 | Schantz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Hampton Cove, Alabama); Robert E. DePierre (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for low frequency asset tracking includes a low frequency transmitter tag associated with a cargo container or other high value commodity, a plurality of receivers that detect low frequency signals, and a microprocessor that uses algorithms and/or data pertaining to the propagation characteristics of the signal to locate the position of the container or high value commodity. The tag may include sensors to monitor container properties or conditions, such as temperature, motion, intrusion, RF fields, or other properties of interest. Sensor data may be modulated on the low frequency transmitter signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/215699 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07413695 | Thrash et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Thrash (Huntington Beach, California); Roger Alan Burgess (Long Beach, California); Alan M. Markus (Lake Forest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A resin infusion mold tool system for use in a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding process with a subsequent pressure bleed step. The mold tool system includes a mold assembly having an outer mold line tool connected to resin supply lines and supplying resin to the preform. A plurality of inner mold line tools form a hard interface with the inner mold line of the fiber preform and are held to within tight tolerances by an external locating fixture. Excess resin is drawn out of the fiber preform using a vacuum bag connected to vacuum lines and disposed over the inner mold line tools but not between the tools and the fiber preform. The mold assembly is placed in an autoclave, the resin supply lines are detached and the autoclave pressurized to bleed additional resin out of the preform to raise the fiber volume of the composite structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/752831 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07414015 | Skerlos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Skerlos (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kim F. Hayes (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andres F. Clarens (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for lubricating a metal workpiece during a metalworking process includes delivering supercritical carbon dioxide to the workpiece during the metalworking process. The supercritical carbon dioxide acts as a lubricant, coolant, chip evacuator, and/or carrier for another lubricant or corrosion inhibitor. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415492 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07414728 | Caplan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David O. Caplan (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A polarization independent (PI) interferometer design that can be built from standard optical components is described. Based upon a Michelson interferometer, the PI interferometer uses a 50/50 splitter and Faraday Rotator Mirrors (FM's). The interferometer achieves good optical characteristics, such as high extinction ratio (ER) and low insertion loss (IL). Lack of polarization sensitivity reduces interferometer construction tolerances and cost, enhances performance and utility, and expands the scope of interferometric based devices. Such characteristics can be used to construct flexible, high performance, polarization insensitive, multi-rate, self-calibrating, optical DPSK receivers, power combiners, optical filters and interleavers, all-optical switches, and cascaded interferometers. Since polarization is not maintained in standard fiber optic networks, a PI-DPSK receiver allows for use of more sensitive DPSK communications over fiber, without need for costly polarization control hardware. Other applications of PI interferometers include optical CDMA, secure communications, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and temporal gratings with ultra-precise timing. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/318255 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/477 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07415382 | Bickford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California); James P. Herzog (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method providing surveillance of an asset such as a process and/or apparatus by providing training and surveillance procedures that numerically fit a probability density function to an observed residual error signal distribution that is correlative to normal asset operation and then utilizes the fitted probability density function in a dynamic statistical hypothesis test for providing improved asset surveillance. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/492329 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07415171 | Snapp |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and software consistent with the present invention use combinations of two or more letters (xgraphs) or characters, such as three letter combinations (trigraphs), to aid in deciphering ambiguous characters in OCR systems. Embodiments consistent with the invention compare possible xgraphs constructed by substitution for the ambiguous OCR-read character(s) to a reference set of xgraphs. The reference set of xgraphs contains predetermined valid xgraphs, which may be ranked by preference. If a possible xgraph matches a reference xgraph, then the ambiguous character(s) are resolved in favor of the characters in the reference xgraph. Embodiments may also use the context of the ambiguous character string to aid in resolving the ambiguity where more than one possible solution exists. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/390341 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07413592 | Bleifuss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nu-Iron Technology, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney L. Bleifuss (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); David J. Englund (Bovey, Minnesota); Richard F. Kiesel (Hibbing, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for use in processing raw material (e.g., iron bearing material) include a linear furnace apparatus extending along a longitudinal axis between a charging end and a discharging end (e.g., the linear furnace apparatus includes at least a furnace zone positioned along the longitudinal axis). Raw material is provided into one or more separate or separable containers (e.g., trays) at the charging end of the linear furnace apparatus. The separate or separable containers are moved through at least the furnace zone and to the discharging end where the processed material is discharged resulting in one or more empty containers. One or more of the empty containers are returned to the charging end of the linear furnace apparatus to receive further raw material. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/095005 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07414466 | Blumen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Russell Blumen (Centreville, Virginia); Kenneth R. Knowles (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for reducing offset voltage drifts in a charge amplifier circuit is disclosed. The apparatus includes a charge amplifier circuit and a bias current compensation circuit. The bias current compensation circuit supplies bias current to lower any offset voltage drift at the output of the charge amplifier. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/472578 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07415012 | Mankins |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (New York, New York); BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Mankins (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed for classifying packets with a rule. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes receiving a packet; determining a key value for the received packet; identifying a rule corresponding to the determined key value by searching a set of rules, the set of rules being decorrelated such that there is no overlap in any key values corresponding to the decorrelated set of rules. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/854789 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/389 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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