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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 09, 2008
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 07421751 | Ruggiero |
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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) | John V. Ruggiero (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A knife comprises a handle and a blade movably attached to the handle and having a sharpened side and an unsharpened side. The sharpened side has a first sharp portion and a second sharp portion. The blade is operable to move from an engaged position to a disengaged position and to move from the disengaged position to the engaged position. When the blade is positioned in the engaged position, the first sharp portion is uncovered by the handle and the second sharp portion is covered by the handle. When the blade is positioned in the disengaged position, the first sharp portion is covered by the handle and the second sharp portion is uncovered by the handle. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/467281 |
| ART UNIT | 3724 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Compound tools 07/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07421934 | Madulka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | KarolAnne Madulka (Ballston Spa, New York); Richard Becker (Gloversville, New York); George E. Hathaway, IV (Spreakers, New York); Mark Witherell (Wynantskill, New York); Steve Tauscher (Schuylerville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A training mortar apparatus includes a small mortar tube and a large mortar tube, the small mortar tube being disposed in the large mortar tube; a removable base cap attached to one end of the small mortar tube; a plug inserted in the removable base cap; a removable firing pin inserted in the plug; a second base cap attached to one end of the large mortar tube; and at least one opening in the large mortar tube, the opening being axially aligned with the removable firing pin of the small mortar tube. Improved manufacturing methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/467265 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07421936 | Barger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Barger (Winchester, Massachusetts); Daniel L. Hamel (Waterford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention in various embodiments is directed to systems and methods for mitigating damage from a shock wave using a gas having a specific impedance less than air. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/112941 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422102 | Lam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuen H. Lam (Morris Plains, New Jersey); William Paulo (Parsippany, New Jersey); John A. Sliker (Andover, New Jersey); Timothy Woo (Flushing, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A container for an ammunition cartridge having a conical forward portion includes a generally cylindrical cap having a closed end and an open end; a generally cylindrical main body having a closed end, an open end and a wall, a thickness of the wall at the open end decreasing from a larger thickness to a smaller thickness to form a taper on an exterior surface of the wall; a latch assembly disposed in part on the cap and in part on the main body to lock the cap and the main body in position; a first gasket disposed in the cap; a second gasket disposed around the taper of the main body; a cartridge support disposed inside the main body; a pair of bosses disposed on the main body and axially separated; and a strap connecting the bosses and comprising a middle portion and two end portions, whereby when a load is applied to the middle portion the end portions are forced against the bosses. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/161478 |
| ART UNIT | 4147 — Patent Training Academy |
| CURRENT CPC | Special receptacle or package 26/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422175 | Bobinchak 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) | James Bobinchak (Ridgecrest, California); Gary Hewer (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides an apparatus and a method to cooperatively track and intercept a plurality of highly maneuvering asymmetric threats using networks of small, low-cost, lightweight, airborne vehicles that dynamically self-organize into an ad hoc network topology. This is accomplished using distributed information sharing to maintain cohesion and avoid vehicle collisions, while cooperatively pursuing multiple targets. An oracle vehicle relays network information to a control base. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/700967 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422178 | DeLaune |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. DeLaune (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a non-threaded insert operable to transfer or couple a mechanical load to a structure. This non-threaded insert includes an upper insert having a noncircular cross section and a lower insert. The coupled upper and lower insert are received within the structure and are operable to receive a mechanical load which is then distributed to the structure. The noncircular cross section of the upper insert is received within a noncircular receptacle wherein rotation of the upper insert within the receptacle is inhibited by mating the noncircular cross section of the upper insert within the noncircular receptacle. This allows mechanical loads to be distributed to be better coupled to materials such as composite materials wherein traditional thread fasteners would intensify mechanical stresses within the coupled threads. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970433 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422187 | Traut |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jennifer M. Traut (La Grange, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer M. Traut (Hinsdale, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Interlocking parts that can be assembled to form a stand are shown. Each part includes at least one leg, and when the stand is assembled, it includes a total of at least three legs, which support the stand. Each part also includes an interlocking buckle member coupled to the legs. The parts are then assembled so that the interlocking buckle members cooperate with each other to form a platform that is supported by the legs. The stand comprises of the legs and the platform. After the stand is no longer needed, the parts can be disassembled and stored; and, when needed again, the interlocking parts may be retrieved from storage and reassembled to form the stand. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/078796 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/431 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422671 | Bhatia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tania Bhatia (Middletown, Connecticut); Neil Baldwin (Mission Viejo, California); Robert A. Barth (South Windsor, Connecticut); Xia Tang (W. Hartford, Connecticut); John E. Holowczak (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-line-of-sight process for coating complexed shaped structures of Si-based substrates with protective barrier layers. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914925 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/487 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422696 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Lidong Qin (Evanston, Illinois); Sungho Park (Evanston, Illinois); Ling Huang (Evanston, Illinois); Sung-Wook Chung (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multicomponent nanorods having segments with differing electronic and/or chemical properties are disclosed. The nanorods can be tailored with high precision to create controlled gaps within the nanorods or to produce diodes or resistors, based upon the identities of the components-making up the segments of the nanorods. Macrostructural composites of these nanorods also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/171894 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422747 | Langridge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. R. Langridge (Loma Linda, California); Jie Yu (Camarillo, California); Takeshi Arakawa (Okinawa, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inducing partial or complete immunity to an infectious disease in a mammal comprising providing to the mammal for oral consumption an effective amount of a protein complex comprising five monomeric fusion proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/370697 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422860 | Schwoebel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric D. Schwoebel (Woburn, Massachusetts); James D. Harper (Boston, Massachusetts); Martha S. Petrovick (Barre, Massachusetts); Frances E. Nargi (Littleton, Massachusetts); Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts); Kristine E. Hogan (Danvers, Massachusetts); Richard H. Mathews (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Joseph Lacirignola (Beverly, Massachusetts); Mark Hennessy (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trina R. Vian (Groton, Massachusetts); Rose M. Joseph (Westford, Massachusetts); Raymond S. Uttaro (Lexington, Massachusetts); Shaun Berry (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Bernadette Johnson (Hollis, New Hampshire); Mark A. Hollis (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides methods for the detection of soluble antigens. In particular, the methods provide for the detection of soluble proteins and chemicals. In addition, the invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid sequence in a sample. Also described is an emittor cell comprising an Fc receptor and an emittor molecule for the detection of a target particle in a sample wherein the target particle to be detected is bound by one or more antibodies. Also provided is an optoelectronic sensor device for detecting a target particle in a plurality of samples. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001583 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422900 | Kosnik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Kosnik (Bay City, Michigan); Robert G. Dennis (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sarah C. Calve (Darien, Connecticut); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for forming a connective tissue construct, such as a tendon construct, in vitro. A substrate is provided with at least two anchors secured thereto in spaced relationship. Fibroblast cells are provided on the substrate in the absence of a synthetic matrix, where at least some of the cells are in contact with the anchors. The cells are cultured in vitro under conditions to allow the cells to self-organize and become confluent between the anchors, where the anchors are receptive to the cells and allow the cells to attach thereto while permitting the cells to detach from the substrate to form a three-dimensional connective tissue construct. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/602789 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423133 | Kool et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the LeLand Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric T. Kool (Stanford, California); Jianmin Gao (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescent glycosides containing aromatic hydrocarbon groups are useful in labelling and detection methods for a wide array of chemical and biological molecules. Assembly of multiple analogs to form “polyfluors” affords fluorescence properties that are different from the properties of the component analogs. This allows for the design and use of combinatorial libraries of molecules displaying widely varying fluorescence colors. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/604874 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/4.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423155 | Benson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl E. Benson (St. Paul, Minnesota); Moses M. David (Woodbury, Minnesota); Cary A. Kipke (Woodbury, Minnesota); Brinda B. Lakshmi (Woodbury, Minnesota); Charles M. Leir (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); George G. I. Moore (Afton, Minnesota); Rahul R. Shah (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds having two reactive functional groups are described that can be used as a tethering compound to immobilize an amine-containing material to a substrate. The first reactive functional group can be used to provide attachment to a surface of a substrate. The second reactive functional group is a N-sulfonyldicarboximide group that can be reacted with an amine-containing material, particularly a primary aliphatic amine, to form a connector group between the substrate and the amine-containing material. The invention also provides articles and methods for immobilizing amine-containing materials to a substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/987075 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/219 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423286 | Handy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SI2 Technologies, Inc. (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik S. Handy (Arlington, Massachusetts); Joseph Michael Kunze (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for transferring pre-formed electronic devices, such as transistors, resistors, capacitors, diodes, semiconductors, inductors, conductors, and dielectrics, and segments of materials, such as magnetic materials and crystalline materials onto a variety of receiving substrates using energetic beam transfer methods. Also provided is a consumable intermediate comprising a transfer substrate and a transfer material coated thereon, wherein the transfer material may be comprised of pre-formed electronic devices or magnetic materials and crystalline materials that may be transferred to a variety of receiving substrates. Aspects of the present invention may also be used to form multi-device electronic components such as sensor devices, electro-optical devices, communications devices, transmit-receive modules, and phased arrays using the consumable intermediates and transfer methods described herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/935461 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423492 | Seefeldt |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Seefeldt (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for generating a reset signal within a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuit is described. The reset signal is generated by inputting a reference signal and a lock detect signal into reset circuitry. The reset circuitry within the PLL comprises a series of interconnected latches, or D flip-flops, which are used to create a delay time. The delay time is the amount of time the reset circuit will wait until the reset signal indicates a reset. The reset circuit may also generate a reset signal having a pulse width. The pulse width is determined by the series of interconnected latches. The reset signal may be used to reset a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) or other circuits within a PLL or it may be used by circuits external to the PLL. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/254474 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07424029 | Shum |
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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) | Allen Shum (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In an example of the method aspect of the invention, a first user detects transmissions from a first group of users over a multiple access communications channel. The number of users in the first group of users are counted, and the value of a variable N is set equal to the number counted plus one. The method further includes determining whether the first user has data to transmit during a first time slot, and if so, the method also includes generating a first random number, calculating 1/N, and determining if the first random number is less than 1/N. If it is determined that the first random number is less than 1/N, then a signal is transmitted from the first user during the first time slot. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/449578 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07424192 | Hochberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Hochberg (Pasadena, California); Tom Baehr-Jones (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for manipulating light with high index contrast waveguides clad with substances having that exhibit large nonlinear electro-optic constants χ2 and χ3. Waveguides fabricated on SOI wafers and clad with electro-optic polymers are described. Embodiments of waveguides having slots, electrical contacts, and input waveguide couplers are discussed. Waveguides having closed loop structures (such as rings and ovals) as well as linear or serpentine waveguides, are described. Optical signal processing methods, such as optical rectification and optical modulation, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, February 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/678992 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07424375 | Chadwick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Chadwick (San Diego, California); Andrew E. Patterson (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Groves (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for tidal seepage meters. The meter includes a power supply, controller, motor, selector valve, seepage chamber and at least two sample containers. The controller is operatively coupled to the power supply and is capable of controlling the power supply in accordance with a sampling schedule. The motor is operatively coupled to the power supply and is capable of receiving power from the power supply in accordance with the sampling schedule. The selector valve includes an input port and at least two outlet ports and is operatively coupled to the motor. The selector valve is capable of selecting an output valve in accordance with the sampling schedule. The seepage chamber is operatively coupled to the selector valve, capable of receiving seepage and inputting seepage to the selector valve via the input port. The sample containers are operatively coupled to the selector valve and receive seepage. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/266523 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07424427 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (New York, New York); BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daben Liu (Belmont, Massachusetts); Francis G. Kubala (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An audio classification system classifies sounds in an audio stream as belonging to one of a relatively small number of classes. The audio classification system includes a signal analysis component [301] and a decoder [302]. The decoder [302] includes a number of models [310-316] for performing the audio classifications. In one implementation, the possible classifications include: vowels, fricatives, narrowband, wideband, coughing, gender, and silence. The classified audio may be used to enhance speech recognition of the audio stream. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/685585 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/256.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07424619 | Fan 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) | Wei Fan (New York, New York); Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of generating an anomaly detection model for classifying activities of a computer system, using a training set of data corresponding to activity on the computer system, the training set comprising a plurality of instances of data having features, and wherein each feature in said plurality of features has a plurality of values. For a selected feature and a selected value of the selected feature, a quantity is determined which corresponds to the relative sparsity of such value. The quantity may correspond to the difference between the number occurrences of the selected value and the number of occurrences of the most frequently occurring value. These instances are classified as anomaly and added to the training set of normal data to generate a rule set or other detection model. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/269694 |
| ART UNIT | 2137 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07421924 | Allen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Allen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An active hinge apparatus is disclosed which can be used to raise a micromechanical structure (e.g. a plate or micromirror) on a substrate. The active hinge apparatus utilizes one or more of teeth protruding outward from an axle which also supports the micromechanical structure on one end thereof. A rack is used to engage the teeth and rotate the axle to raise the micromechanical structure and tilt the structure at an angle to the substrate. Motion of the rack is provided by an actuator which can be a mechanically-powered actuator, or alternately an electrostatic comb actuator or a thermal actuator. A latch can be optionally provided in the active hinge apparatus to lock the micromechanical structure in an “erected” position. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/201457 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/479.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422601 | Becker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Chicago Office of Technology Transfer (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance B. Becker (Chicago, Illinois); Terry Vanden Hoek (Chicago, Illinois); Kenneth E. Kasza (Palos Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/124958 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07422669 — Microfluidic device and method for focusing, segmenting, and dispensing of a fluid stream
| US 07422669 | Jacobson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen C. Jacobson (Knoxville, Tennessee); J. Michael Ramsey (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device and method for forming and dispensing minute volume segments of a material are described. In accordance with the present invention, a microfluidic device and method are provided for spatially confining the material in a focusing element. The device is also adapted for segmenting the confined material into minute volume segments, and dispensing a volume segment to a waste or collection channel. The device further includes means for driving the respective streams of sample and focusing fluids through respective channels into a chamber, such that the focusing fluid streams spatially confine the sample material. The device may also include additional means for driving a minute volume segment of the spatially confined sample material into a collection channel in fluid communication with the waste reservoir. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/758718 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422701 | Shepodd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Shepodd (Livermore, California); George M. Buffleben (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for removing hydrogen from an atmosphere, comprising a mixture of a polyphenyl ether and a hydrogenation catalyst, preferably a precious metal catalyst, and most preferably Pt. This composition is stable in the presence of oxygen, will not polymerize or degrade upon exposure to temperatures in excess of 200° C., or prolonged exposure to temperatures in the range of 100-300° C. Moreover, these novel hydrogen getter materials can be used to efficiently removing hydrogen from mixtures of hydrogen/inert gas (e.g., He, Ar, N2), hydrogen/ammonia atmospheres, such as may be encountered in heat exchangers, and hydrogen/carbon dioxide atmospheres. Water vapor and common atmospheric gases have no adverse effect on the ability of these getter materials to absorb hydrogen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/891533 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/181.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422724 | Manginell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald P. Manginell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bruce C. Bunker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dale L. Huber (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A biological preconcentrator comprises a stimulus-responsive active film on a stimulus-producing microfabricated platform. The active film can comprise a thermally switchable polymer film that can be used to selectively absorb and desorb proteins from a protein mixture. The biological microfabricated platform can comprise a thin membrane suspended on a substrate with an integral resistive heater and/or thermoelectric cooler for thermal switching of the active polymer film disposed on the membrane. The active polymer film can comprise hydrogel-like polymers, such as poly(ethylene oxide) or poly(n-isopropylacrylamide), that are tethered to the membrane. The biological preconcentrator can be fabricated with semiconductor materials and technologies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/214891 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422766 | Pham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ai Quoc Pham (San Jose, California); Robert S. Glass (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing ultra-high power density solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The method involves the formation of a multilayer structure cells wherein a buffer layer of doped-ceria is deposited intermediate a zirconia electrolyte and a cobalt iron based electrode using a colloidal spray deposition (CSD) technique. For example, a cobalt iron based cathode composed of (La,Sr)(Co,Fe)O(LSCF) may be deposited on a zirconia electrolyte via a buffer layer of doped-ceria deposited by the CSD technique. The thus formed SOFC have a power density of 1400 mW/cm2 at 600° C. and 900 mW/cm2 at 700° C. which constitutes a 2-3 times increased in power density over conventionally produced SOFCs. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/894900 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422819 | Reisdorf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary F. Reisdorf (Penfield, New York); Joseph M. Keller (Grand Blanc, Michigan); Karl J. Haltiner, Jr. (Fairport, New York); Subhasish Mukerjee (Rochester, New York); Kenneth Scott Weil (Richland, Washington); John S. Hardy (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In assembling an SOFC fuel cell stack from a plurality of cassettes, the mounting plate of one cassette is attached to, and insulated from, the separator plate of the next-adjacent cassette by a peripheral dielectric seal consisting of a ceramic coating and a metal braze. Materials suitable for the ceramic coating include yttrium stabilized zirconia (YSZ), zirconia toughened alumina, magnesium silicates such as the mineral forsterite, magnesium aluminates, magnesium aluminosilicates and lanthanum zirconate. The ceramic coating may be applied to the cassette's outer surface in known fashion as by physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, sputtering, and various methods of plasma spray. An underlayer of alumina may also be used to provide a redundant layer of electrical insulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/158369 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423164 | Dai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Ionic compounds which are liquids at room temperature are formed by the method of mixing a neutral organic liqand with the salt of a metal cation and its conjugate anion. The liquids are hydrophobic, conductive and stable and have uses as solvents and in electrochemical devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/749450 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423352 | Suryanarayanan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shashikanth Suryanarayanan (Mumbai, India); Aaron Avagliano (Clifton Park, New York); Corneliu Barbu (Guilderland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A vibration damping technique for a wind turbine system is described. The wind turbine system includes a vibration damper, which provides a variable signal to control torque produced by a generator of the wind turbine system. The variable signal is based on generator speed and has a first local peak value based on a resonant frequency of tower side-to-side oscillation. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/940967 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423763 | Hanson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Hanson (Clinton, Tennessee); Philip R. Bingham (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for faster processing of multiple spatially-heterodyned direct to digital holograms. A method includes of obtaining multiple spatially-heterodyned holograms, includes: digitally recording a first spatially-heterodyned hologram including spatial heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis; digitally recording a second spatially-heterodyned hologram including spatial heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis; Fourier analyzing the recorded first spatially-heterodyned hologram by shifting a first original origin of the recorded first spatially-heterodyned hologram including spatial heterodyne fringes in Fourier space to sit on top of a spatial-heterodyne carrier frequency defined as a first angle between a first reference beam and a first object beam; applying a first digital filter to cut off signals around the first original origin and performing an inverse Fourier transform on the result; Fourier analyzing the recorded second spatially-heterodyned hologram by shifting a second original origin of the recorded second spatially-heterodyned hologram including spatial heterodyne fringes in Fourier space to sit on top of a spatial-heterodyne carrier frequency defined as a second angle between a second reference beam and a second object beam; and applying a second digital filter to cut off signals around the second original origin and performing an inverse Fourier transform on the result, wherein digitally recording the first spatially-heterodyned hologram is completed before digitally recording the second spatially-heterodyned hologram and a single digital image includes both the first spatially-heterodyned hologram and the second spatially-heterodyned hologram. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/375898 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423931 | Martin, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis Peter Martin, II (San Ramon, California); John F. Cooper (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for communication in a pipe, or pipeline, or network of pipes containing a fluid. The system includes an encoding and transmitting sub-system connected to the pipe, or pipeline, or network of pipes that transmits a signal in the frequency range of 3-100 kHz into the pipe, or pipeline, or network of pipes containing a fluid, and a receiver and processor sub-system connected to the pipe, or pipeline, or network of pipes containing a fluid that receives said signal and uses said signal for a desired application. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/855243 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/83 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07424369 | Braun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Werner Braun (Friendswood, Texas); Venkatarajan S. Mathura (Sarasota, Florida); Catherine H. Schein (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A data analysis system, program, and/or method, e.g., a data mining/data exploration method, using physical-chemical property motifs. For example, a sequence database may be searched for identifying segments thereof having physical-chemical properties similar to the physical-chemical property motifs. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817530 |
| 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 |
| US RE40494 | Gray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joe W. Gray (San Francisco, California); Daniel Pinkel (Lafayette, California); Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi (Turku, Finland); Anne Kallioniemi (Tampere, Finland); Masaru Sakamoto (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for staining based upon nucleic acid sequence that employ nucleic acid probes are provided. Said methods produce staining patterns that can be tailored for specific cytogenetic analyses. Said probes are appropriate for in situ hybridization and stain both interphase and metaphase chromosomal material with reliable signals. The nucleic acid probes are typically of a complexity greater than 50 kb, the complexity depending upon the cytogenetic application. Methods and reagents are provided for the detection of genetic rearrangements. Probes and test kits are provided for use in detecting genetic rearrangements, particularly for use in tumor cytogenetics, in the detection of disease related loci, specifically cancer, such as chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), retinoblastoma, ovarian and uterine cancers, and for biological dosimetry. Methods and reagents are described for cytogenetic research, for the differentiation of cytogenetically similar but genetically different diseases, and for many prognostic and diagnostic applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398456 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xoran Technologies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Webster Stayman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David C. Brown (Chicago, Illinois); Wai Ngai Chin (Glenview, Illinois); James F. O'Connell (Ann Arbor, Michigan); James A. Bertolina (Portage, Michigan); Dejen Teofilovic (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A CT scanner includes a base, two fixed portions extending transversely from the base, and a rocking beam pivotally attached to the base about an axis. The CT scanner includes four wheels that allow the CT scanner to move over a floor. A wheel is attached to each fixed portion, and a wheel is attached to each end of the rocking beam. If the CT scanner is positioned on a floor with an unlevel portion, the rocking beam rotates about the axis. One wheel attached to the rocking beam raises in a generally vertical direction, and the other beam attached to the rocking beam lowers in a generally vertical direction so all four wheels contact the floor, stabilizing the CT scanner and preventing rocking. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/546933 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422751 | Celis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Esteban Celis (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides materials and methods for using EBV EBNA2 peptide epitopes to treat and/or prevent post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD). The invention also provides compositions and articles of manufacture containing EBNA2 peptide epitopes that can be used to treat and/or prevent PTLD. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/517800 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/230.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422755 | Kubler-Kielb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna Kubler-Kielb (Rockville, Maryland); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); John B. Robbins (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, e.g., to a glycoconjugate composition comprising one or more polysaccharide types from a cell wall polysaccharide preparation from B. pumilus Sh 18, or variants thereof. Also disclosed are antibodies generated against the glycoconjugates, and methods of using the glycoconjugates and antibodies. An antimultiorganism vaccine which reacts against at least Haemophilus influenzae type a, Haemophilus influenzae type b, Staphylococcus aureus, and Staphylococcus epidermidis, is disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035884 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/278.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422862 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Bin Guo (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of identifying an effective compound that modulates the binding of Humanin to Bax or Bid. The invention also provides a method of identifying an effective compound that modulates an activity of Bax or Bid. In addition, the invention provides a method of identifying a Humanin-like compound that binds to Bax or Bid or modulates an activity of Bax or Bid, or inhibits the apoptotic activity of Bax or Bid. The invention further provides an isolated polypeptide containing a mitochondrial-derived form of Humanin (SEQ ID NO:3) or a functional fragment thereof where the fragment contains the methionine at position 16 of SEQ ID NO:3. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/306878 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422871 | Welch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney A. Welch (Madison, Wisconsin); Paula L. Roesch (Oregon, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of detecting uropathogenic E. coli genes that are differentially expressed in response to D-serine. Also disclosed are methods of characterizing bacterial isolates from clinical samples based on the ability to metabolize D-serine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/289989 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422893 | Diresta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gene R. Diresta (Pleasantville, New York); John H. Healey (New York, New York); Robert Schwar (Forestburgh, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for growing cells in a 2-D cell cassette having a matrix for cell growth under pressure comprising two side assemblies which include a frame with a rigid support that fits over the 2-D cell cassette, with said assemblies positioned on either side of the cassette over the solid support sides, and a means to secure the sides of the cassette. The invention also provides different uses of this apparatus. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/378585 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/289.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423008 | Rohr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky); Universidad de Oviedo (Ovideo, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jurgen Rohr (Georgetown, Kentucky); Lily L. Remsing (Lexington, Kentucky); Mohammad Nur-e-Alam (Lexington, Kentucky); Jose A. Salas (Oveledo, Spain); Carmen Mendez (Oviedo, Spain); Alfredo F. Braña (Gijon, Spain); Ana M. Gonzàlez (Palencia, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention, in one aspect, generally relates to mithramycin derivatives from mutated Streptomyces argillaceus and their production. The invention also relates using the derivatives for the treatment of various diseases. Finally, the invention relates to a mutated Streptomyces argillaceus useful in the production of the mithramycin derivatives. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/796304 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423066 | Piomelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniele Piomelli (Irvine, California); Fernando Rodriguez de Fonseca (Malaga, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and compounds for reducing body weight, modulating body lipid metabolism, and reducing food intake in mammals are provided. The compounds of the invention include fatty acid ethanolamide compounds, homologues and analogs of which the prototype is the endogenous fatty acid ethanolamide, oleoylethanolamide. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/099134 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/563 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423160 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kannan Muthukumaran (Raleigh, North Carolina); Marcin Ptaszek (Raleigh, North Carolina); H. Z. Syeda Huma (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a metal complex comprises combining a 1-monoacyldipyrromethane with a compound of the formula R1R2MX, wherein M is boron, R1 and R2 are each independently organic substituents; and X is an anion leaving group; to produce a metal complex of the formula DMR1R2 wherein DH is a 1-monoacyldipyrromethane. The methods and complexes are useful for the purification and synthesis of dipyrromethanes and porphyrins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/846630 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423194 | Popko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Popko (Chicago, Illinois); Wensheng Lin (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is in the field of neurology. Specifically, the invention relates to the discovery and characterization of molecular components that play a role in neuronal demyelination or remyelination. In addition, the invention relates to the generation of an animal model that exhibits hypomyelination. The compositions and methods embodied in the present invention are particularly useful for drug screening and/or treatment of demyelination disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/431372 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07421910 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the university of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Genda Chen (Rolla, Missouri); James L. Drewniak (Rolla, Missouri); Huimin Mu (Milpitas, California); David Pommerenke (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides increased structural monitoring systems that have sensitive continuous coaxial cable sensors. A preferred embodiment sensor cable of the invention includes an inner conductor, a dielectric jacket, and an outer conductor that is configured to passively deform responsively to strain in an associated structure. The deformation can be aided by the physical structure of the dielectric jacket, the outer conductor, or a combination of both. The deformation translates strain into a measurable change in a reflection coefficient associated with the outer conductor. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/245480 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422696 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Lidong Qin (Evanston, Illinois); Sungho Park (Evanston, Illinois); Ling Huang (Evanston, Illinois); Sung-Wook Chung (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multicomponent nanorods having segments with differing electronic and/or chemical properties are disclosed. The nanorods can be tailored with high precision to create controlled gaps within the nanorods or to produce diodes or resistors, based upon the identities of the components-making up the segments of the nanorods. Macrostructural composites of these nanorods also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/171894 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422857 | Paul, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Paul, III (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns an assay for the detection of polyketide synthetase (PKS) mRNA from the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Another aspect of the invention concerns NASBA primers and a molecular beacon that enable detection of mRNA of one of the PKS genes. In another aspect, the present invention includes an internal control RNA (IC-RNA) that enables quantitative detection of the target as well as correction for inhibition of amplification. The assay of the invention provides a rapid and specific detection of the putative toxin-producing genes of the Florida Red Tide Organism. The assay of the invention is useful for determining the virulence of red tide blooms. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/589335 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422892 | LeJeune et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agentase, LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith E. LeJeune (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Richard J. Mysliwczyk (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Paul L. Holzapfel (Mercer, Pennsylvania); Markus Erbeldinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for the intermittent or continuous detection of the presence of at least one analyte in an environmental sample includes at least one enzyme that is selected to either (i) catalyze a reaction of the analyte to chemically convert the analyte to a product compound or (ii) be inhibited by the analyte in the presence of a substrate compound. The sensor also includes at least one sensor for monitoring or at least one indicator compound selected to produce a measurable change of state as a result of the interaction of the analyte and the enzyme. Optionally, each of the enzyme and the indicator compound are incorporated within a single polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/959744 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/288.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422900 | Kosnik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Kosnik (Bay City, Michigan); Robert G. Dennis (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sarah C. Calve (Darien, Connecticut); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for forming a connective tissue construct, such as a tendon construct, in vitro. A substrate is provided with at least two anchors secured thereto in spaced relationship. Fibroblast cells are provided on the substrate in the absence of a synthetic matrix, where at least some of the cells are in contact with the anchors. The cells are cultured in vitro under conditions to allow the cells to self-organize and become confluent between the anchors, where the anchors are receptive to the cells and allow the cells to attach thereto while permitting the cells to detach from the substrate to form a three-dimensional connective tissue construct. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/602789 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423265 | Matteo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Matteo (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Lambertus Hesselink (Atherton, California); Yin Yuen (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Near-field electromagnetic devices having an opaque metallic screen with a fractal iterate aperture are provided. More specifically, the aperture is obtained by application of a self-similar replacement rule to an initial shape two or more times. Alternatively, the aperture can be obtained by application of a self-similar replacement rule one or more times to an initial C-shape. Such apertures tend to have multiple transmission resonances due to their multiple length scales. Fractal iterate apertures can provide enhanced transmission and improved spatial resolution simultaneously. Enormous improvement in transmission efficiency is possible. In one example, a checkerboard fractal iterate aperture provides 1011 more intensity gain than a square aperture having the same spatial resolution. Efficient transmission for fractal iterate apertures having spatial resolution of λ/20 is also shown. The effect of screen thickness and composition can be included in detailed designs, but do not alter the basic advantages of improved transmission and spatial resolution provided by the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666063 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423430 | Sharif et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behzad Sharif (Urbana, Illinois); Yoram Bresler (Urbana, Illinois); Nitin Aggarwal (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data from a dynamic object in which a k-space sampling schedule are produced. The k-space sampling table is produced using a spatio-temporal model of the beating heart, time sequential sampling theory and a known number of parallel receive channels (coils). The imaging pulse sequence is repeated to play out the phase encodings in the order listed in the k-space sampling schedule and the k-space data sets acquired through the parallel receive channels are combined and used to reconstruct a sequence of images. The method is an improved process for dynamic MRI, designed to overcome the limitations of current MRI systems in imaging dynamic phenomena and produces highly accurate motion movies of the structure, function, perfusion and viability of various anatomical regions in MRI subjects such as the beating heart, flow of contrast agents in blood vessels, brain excitation, or joint movement. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/697421 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07422857 | Paul, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Paul, III (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns an assay for the detection of polyketide synthetase (PKS) mRNA from the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Another aspect of the invention concerns NASBA primers and a molecular beacon that enable detection of mRNA of one of the PKS genes. In another aspect, the present invention includes an internal control RNA (IC-RNA) that enables quantitative detection of the target as well as correction for inhibition of amplification. The assay of the invention provides a rapid and specific detection of the putative toxin-producing genes of the Florida Red Tide Organism. The assay of the invention is useful for determining the virulence of red tide blooms. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/589335 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423143 | McGall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix. Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn H. McGall (Palo Alto, California); Anthony D. Barone (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid labeling compounds containing heterocyclic derivatives are disclosed. The heterocyclic derivative containing compounds are synthesized by condensing a heterocyclic derivative with a cyclic group (e.g. a ribofuranose derivative). The labeling compounds are suitable for enzymatic attachment to a nucleic acid, either terminally or internally, to provide a mechanism of nucleic acid detection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/125338 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/26.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07423068 | Erickson, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Cerexagri, Inc. (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric H. Erickson, Jr. (Tucson, Arizona); Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman (Tucson, Arizona); Christian G. Becker (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Roy S. Whitson (Fresno, California); Thomas A. Deeby (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for use to control parasitic mites of honey bees, particularly Varroa mites. In one aspect, the invention is directed to control of parasitic mites of honey bees wherein the active ingredient is a miticidally effective amount of a selected ketone or 1-heptanol, ethyl butyrate, benzaldehyde, heptaldehyde, or d-limonene. In a second aspect, the invention is directed to control of parasitic mites of honey bees wherein the active ingredient is an effective attractant amount of 2-heptanone. The attracted mites are then trapped or otherwise removed from the locus of the bees. The present invention is also directed to methods and compositions which include 2-heptanone to control hive invading pests of honey bees. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/944261 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/675 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07422860 | Schwoebel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric D. Schwoebel (Woburn, Massachusetts); James D. Harper (Boston, Massachusetts); Martha S. Petrovick (Barre, Massachusetts); Frances E. Nargi (Littleton, Massachusetts); Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts); Kristine E. Hogan (Danvers, Massachusetts); Richard H. Mathews (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Joseph Lacirignola (Beverly, Massachusetts); Mark Hennessy (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trina R. Vian (Groton, Massachusetts); Rose M. Joseph (Westford, Massachusetts); Raymond S. Uttaro (Lexington, Massachusetts); Shaun Berry (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Bernadette Johnson (Hollis, New Hampshire); Mark A. Hollis (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides methods for the detection of soluble antigens. In particular, the methods provide for the detection of soluble proteins and chemicals. In addition, the invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid sequence in a sample. Also described is an emittor cell comprising an Fc receptor and an emittor molecule for the detection of a target particle in a sample wherein the target particle to be detected is bound by one or more antibodies. Also provided is an optoelectronic sensor device for detecting a target particle in a plurality of samples. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001583 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07423231 | Brown |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Brown (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for providing delivery point sequencing consistent with the invention includes assigning the plurality of items dynamic sequence numbers as the plurality of items pass through a sequencing component a first time, the sequencing component component comprising a plurality of partitions. Next the method and system include sorting the plurality of items into the plurality of partitions of the sequencing component as the plurality of items pass through the sequencing component the first time, each partition having a corresponding batch of items. And finally the method and system include sorting the items of each batch by the dynamic sequence numbers as the plurality of items pass through the sequencing component a second time, each of the plurality of partitions sorting only items of its corresponding batch. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/450296 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07422812 | Haltiner, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl J. Haltiner, Jr. (Fairport, New York); Sean M. Kelly (Churchville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a solid-oxide fuel cell system, an integrated air supply system provides oxygen for the fuel cell cathode reaction via a first air flow through a heat exchanger and a second air flow bypassing the heat exchanger, at least one of the first and second flows being throttled by a control valve responsive to a fuel cell control system, the flows subsequently being combined to provide air to the cathodes at a desired temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/178133 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07422856 | Südhof et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas C. Südhof (Dallas, Texas); Thomas Biederer (Dallas, Texas); Angela Ho (Dallas, Texas); Xinran Liu (Irving, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acids encoding Mint protein variants having enhanced abilities to modulate the transcriptional activation mediated by the cytoplasmic tail of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) relative to wild-type Mint proteins. The present invention is further directed toward purified Mint protein variants having enhanced abilities to modulate the transcriptional activation mediated by the cytoplasmic tail of APP relative to wild-type Mint proteins. The present invention also encompasses methods of modulating transcriptional activation and methods of identifying compounds that modulate transcriptional activation, and vectors, as well as transfected cells and kits useful for modulating transcriptional activation or for the identification of compounds that can modulate transcriptional activation. The present invention further encompasses transgenic knockout mice with little or no expression of Mint 1, Mint 2 or Mint 3 proteins. Such reagents may be useful as candidate therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (AD), or as models for the rational design of drugs useful for the treatment of AD. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/447182 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07423427 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth R. Brown (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Aram W. Harrow (East Lansing, Michigan); Issac L. Chuang (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method for constructing fully-compensating composite pulses of arbitrary accuracy that can correct pulse power errors to any desired order. The invention has two preferred embodiments, the Trotter-Suzuki (TS) embodiment and the Solovay-Kitaev (SK) embodiment. Each preferred embodiment can be represented by a mathematical algorithm, which can be easily implemented on a computer, for constructing a list of phases {φ1, . . . , φl} and rotation angles {θ1, . . . , θl} that amounts to a composite pulse. The pulses can then be used for nuclear magnetic resonance, quantum computing, or any other application based on pulsed excitations. The present invention, as embodied in the pulse sequences SK n and TS n, allows the user to transform a pulse sequence of error ε to a robust pulse sequence with error O(εn) for arbitrary n. The sequences can be implemented using any existing quantum computer or NMR hardware. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129908 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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