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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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| US 07424967 | Ervin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth D. Ervin (Johns Island, South Carolina); Haydn N. G. Wadley (Keswick, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment provides a method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising: providing at least one truss layer comprised of at least one truss unit, at least one of the truss units being comprised of truss members; providing at least one panel in mechanical communication with the at least one truss unit of the at least one truss layer, the mechanical communication defines contact regions wherein the at least one truss unit is coupled to the at least one panel; the nodes being defined as intersections existing among any of the truss members and the nodes also being defined by the contact regions; providing at least one node pin, the at least one node pin spanning between two desired the nodes; and diffusion bonding at least one of the truss layer to the at least one panel. The bonding includes: applying heat, and applying force that results in the truss layer and the panel that are being bonded to be pressed together, the node pins provide support for the structure so as to concentrate or transmit the applied force onto the contact regions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/526296 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425229 | Frankel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald S. Frankel (Columbus, Ohio); John C. Lippold (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A chromium-free welding consumable and a method of welding stainless steel to reduce the presence of chromium emissions. The consumable is made from an alloy that reduces the emission of chromium during a welding process, and include predominantly nickel, with between approximately five and twenty five percent by weight copper, up to approximately five percent by weight of palladium, up to approximately ten percent by weight of molybdenum and up to five percent non-copper alloying ingredients. Welding consumables made from the alloy are particularly well-suited for welding austenitic stainless steels, such as type 304 stainless steel. The method involves using chromium-free weld filler material with a stainless steel base material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/090976 |
| 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 075/302 |
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| US 07425255 | Detor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Detor (Somerville, Massachusetts); Christopher A. Schuh (Ashland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Bipolar wave current, with both positive and negative current portions, is used to electrodeposit a nanocrystalline grain size deposit. Polarity Ratio is the ratio of the absolute value of the time integrated amplitude of negative polarity current and positive polarity current. Grain size can be precisely controlled in alloys of two or more chemical components, at least one of which is a metal, and at least one of which is most electro-active. Typically, although not always, the amount of the more electro-active material is preferentially lessened in the deposit during times of negative current. The deposit also exhibits superior macroscopic quality, being relatively crack and void free. Parameters of current density, duration of pulse portions, and composition of the bath are determined with reference to constitutive relations showing grain size as a function of deposit composition, and deposit composition as a function of Polarity Ratio, or, perhaps, a single relation showing grain size as a function of Polarity ratio. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/147146 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425276 | Fries et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Fries (St. Petersburg, Florida); George Steimle (St. Petersburg, Florida); Heather Broadbent (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a method for the fabrication of microchannels, and more particularly to the fabrication of microchannels for use in Microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices and MEMS related devices. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, microchannels are formed by a microfabrication method utilizing electronic imaging techniques in combination with chemical etching and subsequent metallization. The method of the present invention is effective in producing networks of channels in liquid crystal polymer (LCP) polymeric substrates which are highly defined in terms of their patterns, and thus are able to encompass a wide variety of end uses. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/160613 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425431 | Church et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jay Shendure (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Gregory J. Porreca (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jun Zhu (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Miniaturized, high-density, bead-based arrays are provided. Methods of producing and using clonal beads and producing and using miniaturized, high density, bead-based arrays are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/505073 |
| 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 435/91.100 |
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| US 07425453 | Hutchens 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) | Chris Hutchens (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Fabry-Perot cavity has a pair of partially transmissive, partially reflective, surfaces. A first of the surfaces is flexibly suspended adjacent and parallel to a second of the surfaces. A gap exists between the surfaces. A variable electrostatic potential permits this gap to be adjusted. A translucent chemical layer is disposed on the first surface. A photosensor is attached to the second surface. Light irradiates the photosensor through the chemical layer and the first and second surfaces wherein the light is also partially reflected between the surfaces. A sensing environment is provided wherein an agent undergoes a reaction with the chemical layer as well as an environment wherein the reaction does not occur. The output of the photosensor is measured to assess a change in spectrum and spectral intensity for each of the sensing environments. The gap between the surfaces as well as the light used are selected to provide an optimum photosensor output. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763133 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425456 | Katti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Romney R. Katti (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A giant magnetoresistive memory device includes a magnetic sense layer, a magnetic storage layer, a non-magnetic spacer layer between the magnetic sense layer and the magnetic storage layer, and an antiferromagnetic layer formed in proximity to the magnetic storage layer. The antiferromagnetic layer couples magnetically in a controlled manner to the magnetic storage layer such that the magnetic storage layer has uniform and/or directional magnetization. Additionally or alternatively, an antiferromagnetic layer may be formed in proximity to the magnetic sense layer. The antiferromagnetic layer in proximity to the magnetic sense layer couples magnetically in a controlled manner to the magnetic sense layer such that the magnetic sense layer has uniform and/or directional magnetization. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/209120 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425643 | Jen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Sei-hum Jang (Mukilteo, Washington); Jae-Wook Kang (Edmonds, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Seattle, Washington); Baoquan Chen (Bothell, Washington); Sen Liu (Highland Park, New Jersey); Larry R. Dalton (Silverdale, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Electron acceptor compounds, nonlinear optical chromophores made from the electron acceptor compounds, methods for making the electron acceptor compounds and nonlinear optical chromophores, lattices that include the nonlinear optical chromophores, and devices that include the nonlinear optical chromophores. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/044986 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/474 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425705 | Flournoy 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) | James T. Flournoy (Huntsville, Alabama); William S. Harris, Jr. (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A TLD reader system has a laser diode that heats a thermoluminescent material causing a hemispherical photon emission that is collected by a ball lens. A filter ensures the ball lens receives and collects a predetermined transmittance value of the photons emitted within a predetermined range of wavelength. The ball lens sends the collected photons via a fiber-optic connection to a detection module. An infrared sensor senses the temperature and monitors the heating profile of the thermoluminescent material. A computer-controlled feedback loop maintains a constant output power from the laser diode. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/017539 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/337 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425713 | Beaulieu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arradiance, Inc. (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Beaulieu (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-beam synchronous raster scanning lithography system includes a processor that generates electrical signals representing a desired exposure pattern at an output. A multi-beam source of exposing radiation generates a plurality of exposure beam. A beam modulator receives the electrical signals generated by the processor and modulates the plurality of exposing beams according to the desired exposure pattern. A beam deflector deflects the plurality of exposure beams by a predetermined distance along a first axis, thereby exposing a plurality of pixels along the first axis with the desired exposure pattern. A translation stage moves the substrate a predetermined distance along a second axis to position the substrate for a subsequent exposure of pixels along the first axis that results in a desired overlapping exposure dose profile. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331545 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425760 | Guenin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce M. Guenin (San Diego, California); Nyles I. Nettleton (Campbell, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides an integrated circuit module. This module includes a semiconductor die with an active face, upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside, and a back face opposite the active face. The module uses a flexible cable to deliver electrical power to the active face of the semiconductor die from a power distribution board located above the active face of the semiconductor die. This flexible cable provides electrical power to the semiconductor die without interfering with the alignment and heat removal functions of the module. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250100 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/698 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425836 | Chow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Chow (East Palo Alto, California); Robert D. Hopkins (Hayward, California); Justin M. Schauer (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for determining capacitance, a first time-varying signal is driven on a first terminal of a first capacitor and a second time-varying signal is driven on a first terminal of a second capacitor, where the first time-varying signal and the second time-varying signal have a pre-determined phase relationship with each other. These signals are received on second terminals of the first capacitor and the second capacitor and demodulated using a periodic signal to produce demodulated signals. This periodic signal has the same fundamental frequency as the first time-varying signal and the second time-varying signal. A DC component in the demodulated signals is then determined by filtering the demodulated signals, and the sign of the DC component is used to determine a relative capacitance of the first capacitor and the second capacitor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/509246 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/681 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425919 | Houlberg |
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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) | Christian L. Houlberg (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer program which plots radar video data generated by a seeker on a missile. The program allows a user to plot multiple scans of radar video data on a chart, which is obtained from a Data Worksheet. The chart displays one or more sets of radar video data scans and a detection gate plot for each radar video data scan. The program includes Zoom In, Zoom Out, Pan Left and Pan Right functions which allow the user to view and manipulate views of the data displayed by the chart. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/713831 |
| 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 342/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425922 | Adams |
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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) | Richard C. Adams (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wearable patch antenna comprises a dielectric layer including water; a ground plane adjacent one side of the dielectric layer; a conductive patch element placed adjacent another side of the dielectric layer spaced from the ground plane by the dielectric layer; and a feed electrically connected to the conductive patch element. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639582 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07426040 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Koo Kim (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Zhijun Sun (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yun Suk Jung (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A Fabry-Perot cavity filter includes a first mirror and a second mirror. A gap between the first and the second mirror monotonically varies as a function of width of the filter. This filter may be used with photodetector and a channel selection filter in an optical device, such as a spectrum analyzer. The channel selection filter may be a metal nanooptic filter array which includes plurality of subwavelength apertures in a metal film or between metal islands. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/206900 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07426067 | Bright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor M. Bright (Boulder, Colorado); Jeffrey Elam (Boulder, Colorado); Francois Fabreguette (Boulder, Colorado); Steven M. George (Boulder, Colorado); Nils Hoivik (Boulder, Colorado); Yung-Cheng Lee (Boulder, Colorado); Ryan Linderman (Boulder, Colorado); Marie Tripp (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-electromechanical device or MEMS having a conformal layer of material deposited by atomic layer deposition is discussed. The layer may provide physical protection to moving components of the device, may insulate electrical components of the device, may present a biocompatible surface interface to a biological system, and may otherwise improve such devices. The layer may also comprise a combination of multiple materials each deposited with great control to allow creating layers of customizable properties and to allow creating layers having multiple independent functions, such as providing physical protection from wear and providing electrical insulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/322195 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/223 |
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| US 07426133 | Hynes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Owen J. Hynes (Otsego, Minnesota); Roy R. Wang (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Romney R. Katti (Shorewood, Minnesota); Daniel S. Reed (Maple Plain, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A magneto-resistive memory system is presented that includes a radiation-hardened and low power memory cell. The magneto-resistive memory cell includes a word line select transistor in the cell to help eliminate unselected cell disturbances. Furthermore, the magneto-resistive memory cell includes a full-turn write word line that writes true and complimentary bit values using less current than previous cell architectures. The improved memory cell may be used in a memory system with precision current drivers and auto-zero sense amplifiers in order to further lower power and improve overall system reliability. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/257327 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07426156 | Bahder |
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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) | Thomas B. Bahder (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for applying a correction that accounts for curvature in the space-time continuum in the context of clock synchronization are disclosed. A representative apparatus, among others, includes a memory having a curved space-time correction module and a processor. The processor is adapted to receive a reference message having a time-stamp from a master-clock and determine a correction to the time-stamp using the curved space-time correction module, wherein the correction accounts for curvature in space-time. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/926065 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Horology: Time measuring systems or devices 368/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07426290 | Khan 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) | Fyzodeen Khan (North Kingstown, Rhode Island); Ashwin Sarma (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detection and identification of regions of concern in multidimensional intensity images using a template and a nonparametric test is presented. Data corresponding to background intensity is extracted from the outer region of the template while data for mass detection is extracted from the inner region. The statistical nature of the background intensity, specifically the tail structure of the unknown distribution, is estimated via tolerance intervals. Mass detection is based on the fraction of test data within the tail structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/885531 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07426310 | Barrett |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Terence W. Barrett (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A Radon transform of the image(s) or array(s); and convolution of the Fourier transform of any 1D filter or mask, e.g., wavelet filters, with a 1D Ram-Lak, or other band-limited filter; convolution of the resultant 1D filters with each of the 1D columns of the 2D Radon transform or projection space version of the image; and an inverse Radon transform of the now omnidirectionally filtered projection space version of the image either directly, or after transmission. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/353078 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07426326 | Moeller 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) | Robert P Moeller (Dunkirk, Maryland); James H Cole (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-optic modulator having a substrate, one or more optical waveguides, at least one active electrode formed on the substrate and aligned over the optical waveguide, the active electrode operating to induce a refractive index change in the optical waveguide. The active electrode has a lower surface arranged facing the substrate, an upper surface arranged away from the substrate, substantially planar side walls, and rounded corners between the side walls and the lower surface of the active electrode. The electrode can be a bridge electrode, with two lower portions and an upper portion connected to the lower portions, the lower portions spaced apart from each other, each of the two lower portions of the active electrode extending over one of the optical waveguides. Each of the lower portions has rounded convex corners. The upper surface of the electrode can also have rounded corners or a completely rounded upper surface. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/855232 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07426551 — System, method and computer program product for dynamic system adaptation using contracts
| US 07426551 | Benzinger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | McAfee, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Benzinger (San Jose, California); Richard J. Feiertag (Mountain View, California); Jaisook Rho (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and computer program product are provided for dynamic adaptation of a system in accordance with a contract with criteria associated therewith. During operation, an interaction between a plurality of components of a system is governed utilizing the criteria of the contract. Further, it is determined whether the interaction between the components of the system meets the criteria of the contract. Upon the criteria of the contract not being met, the interaction between the components of the system is adapted to conform to the criteria. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/586550 |
| ART UNIT | 2155 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 07425198 | Moehring et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spentech, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Moehring (Seattle, Washington); Arne H. Voie (Seattle, Washington); Merrill P. Spencer (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for combining therapeutic pulsed or continuous-wave ultrasound with diagnostic pulsed ultrasound are described. In both a therapeutic mode and in a diagnostic mode, the ultrasound is administered from a single probe to a patient suffering from thrombosis. The ultrasound can have the same or different frequency ranges in the diagnostic and therapeutic modes. The pulsed or continuous-wave ultrasound in the therapeutic mode enhances a lysing effect of a thrombolytic agent. The pulsed ultrasound in the diagnostic mode allows monitoring of blood flow to locate a thrombus, to determine an optimal window to administer the therapeutic pulsed ultrasound, and to detect when recanalization has occurred. If an operator attends the device, a graphical display operates during the diagnostic mode to display an image representative of the blood flow. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/691122 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/454 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425218 | Keefer 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) | Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph A. Hrabie (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An implant or intravascular stent comprising a polymeric composition capable of releasing nitric oxide under physiological conditions. The polymeric composition comprises a polymer and at least one nitric oxide-releasing N2O2− functional group bound to the polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/041200 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/1.160 |
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| US 07425309 | Roback et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Roback (Decatur, Georgia); Christopher D. Hillyer (Dunwoody, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An immunological or immunohematological assay system is disclosed that includes a vessel capable of containing an assay sample, an incubator, a sample separation system, an image acquisition system, and a pipettor. The immunological assay system may also include a washer. Also disclosed is an immunological assay method that includes the steps of placing a immunological assay sample in a vessel, which may include a filter; adding testing reagents to the vessel; incubating the sample and reagent mixture in the vessel; separating the sample and reagent mixture in the vessel into components that have and have not reacted; and analyzing the vessel to determine the presence of interactions between the sample and reagents. The bottom of the vessel is preferably of a material that aids in spreading out the reacted components of the sample evenly over the bottom of the vessel so that interactions can more easily be analyzed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/602981 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425327 | Masure et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. Robert Masure (Germantown, Tennessee); Carsten I. Rosenow (New York, New York); Elaine Tuomanen (Germantown, Tennessee); Theresa M. Wizemann (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to bacterial choline binding proteins (CBPs) which bind choline. Such proteins are particularly desirable for vaccines against appropriate strains of Gram positive bacteria, particularly streptococcus, and more particularly pneumococcus. Also provided are DNA sequences encoding the bacterial choline binding proteins or fragment thereof, antibodies to the bacterial choline binding proteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bacterial choline binding proteins, antibodies to the bacterial choline binding proteins suitable for use in passive immunization, and small molecule inhibitors of choline binding protein mediated adhesion. Methods for diagnosing the presence of the bacterial choline binding protein, or of the bacteria, are also provided. In a specific embodiment, a streptococcal choline binding protein is an enolase, which demonstrates strong affinity for fibronectin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901305 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 07425329 | Shelton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rinat Neuroscience Corp. (South San Francisco, California); Regents of the University of Minnesota (S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Shelton (Oakland, California); Patrick William Mantyh (Edina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating bone cancer pain including cancer pain associated with bone metastasis by administering an antagonist of nerve growth factor (NGF). The NGF antagonist may be an anti-NGF (such as anti-hNGF) antibody that is capable of binding hNGF. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/102201 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/145.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425332 | Sela et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel); President and Fellows of Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Sela (Rehovot, Israel); Masha Fridkis-Hareli (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jack L. Strominger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Rina Aharoni (Rehovot, Israel); Dvora Teitelbaum (Rehovot, Israel); Ruth Arnon (Rehovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to polypeptides containing at least three amino acids randomly joined in a linear array; wherein at least one of the three amino acids is an aromatic amino acid, at least one of the three amino acids is a charged amino acid and at least one amino acid is an aliphatic amino acid. In a preferred embodiment the polypeptide contains three or four of the following amino acids: tyrosine, alanine, glutamic acid or lysine. According to the present invention, the present polypeptides bind to antigen presenting cells, purified human lymphocyte antigens (HLA) and/or Copolymer 1-specific T cells. Moreover, according to the present invention, these polypeptides can be formulated into pharmaceutical compositions for treating autoimmune disease. The present invention further contemplates methods of treating an autoimmune disease in a mammal by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of any one of the present polypeptides to the mammal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/528894 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 07425415 | Pfeifer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerd P. Pfeifer (Bradbury, California); Tibor Rauch (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new and improved assay for detection of genomic methylated CpG islands. This new method is termed the methylated-CpG island recovery assay (MIRA). In accordance with one embodiment, MIRA comprises the steps of: (a) incubating genomic DNA fragments with a methylated CpG island binding protein in the presence of a binding partner for the binding protein to produce bound DNA containing methylated CpG islands, (b) isolating the bound DNA, and (c) detecting CpG island methylation by gene-specific amplification reactions. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, MIRA comprises the steps of: (a) incubating sonicated genomic DNA with a matrix containing a fusion protein of glutathione S-transferase (GST) and MBD2b (GST-MBD2b) in the presence of MBD3L1 to produce bound DNA containing methylated CpG islands, (b) eluting bound DNA from the matrix, and (c) detecting CpG island methylation by gene-specific amplification reactions. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398765 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425417 | Bee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gen-Probe Incorporated (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary G. Bee (Vista, California); Yeasing Y. Yang (San Diego, California); Dan Kolk (Ramona, California); Cristina Giachetti (Solana Beach, California); Sherrol H. McDonough (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid sequences and methods for detecting HIV-1 nucleic acid (LTR and pol sequences) in biological samples by detecting amplified nucleic acids are disclosed. Kits comprising nucleic acid oligomers for amplifying HIV-1 nucleic acid present in a biological sample and detecting the amplified nucleic acid are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/492532 |
| 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 |
| US 07425421 | Dertinger |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Litron Laboratories, Ltd. (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Dertinger (Webster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the enumeration of micronucleated erythrocyte populations while distinguishing platelet and platelet-associated aggregates involves the use of a first fluorescent labeled antibody having binding specificity for a surface marker for reticulocytes, a second fluorescent labeled antibody having binding specificity for a surface marker for platelets, and a nucleic acid staining dye that stains DNA (micronuclei) in erythrocyte populations. Because the fluorescent emission spectra of the first and second fluorescent labeled antibodies do not substantially overlap with one another or with the emission spectra of the nucleic acid staining dye, upon excitation of the labels and dye it is possible to detect the fluorescent emission and light scatter produced by the erythrocyte populations and platelets, and count the number of cells from one or more erythrocyte populations in said sample. In particular, the use of the second antibody prevents interference by platelet-associated aggregates in the scoring procedures. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/878456 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425443 | Alam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tausif Alam (Madison, Wisconsin); Debra A. Hullett (Madison, Wisconsin); Hans W. Sollinger (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for obtaining glucose-regulated expression of active insulin in the cells of a mammalian subject. The method involves delivering into the subject a genetic construct comprising a coding sequence for a human proinsulin operably connected a promoter functional in the host cells. The construct includes a glucose responsive regulatory module having at least one glucose inducible regulatory element comprising a pair of CACGTG motifs linked by a five base nucleotide sequence, which confers glucose inducible expression of the proinsulin coding sequence. To ensure proper processing of the proinsulin to active insulin, the coding sequence was modified to direct the synthesis of a mutant proinsulin polypeptide having amino acid sequences that can be cleaved to mature insulin in suitable host cells, such as hepatocytes. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/127629 |
| 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 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425445 | Matsunami et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiroaki Matsunami (Durham, North Carolina); Momoka Matsunami (Durham, North Carolina); Harumi Saito (Durham, North Carolina); Hanyi Zhuang (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polypeptides capable of promoting odorant receptor cell surface localization and odorant receptor functional expression. The present invention further provides assays for the detection of ligands specific for various odorant receptors. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of screening for odorant receptor accessory protein polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states, as well as methods of screening for therapeutic agents, ligands, and modulators of such proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/156516 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425449 | Portnoy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Portnoy (Albany, California); Richard Calendar (Berkeley, California); Peter M. Lauer (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Site-specific Listeria integration vectors and methods for their use are provided. The subject vectors include a bacteriophage integrase gene and a bacteriophage attachment site, where in many embodiments the bacteriophage that is the source of these elements is a listeriophage. In certain embodiments, the subject vectors further include a multiple cloning site, where the multiple cloning site may further include a polypeptide coding sequence, e.g., for a heterologous antigen. The subject vectors and methods find use in a variety of different applications, including the study of Listeria species and the preparation of Listeria vaccines. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/136860 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425534 | Cines et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas B. Cines (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Abd Al-Roof Higazi (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods comprising one or more domains of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) in an amount effective to modulate one or more of the contractility and angiogenic activity of a mammalian muscle or endothelial cell or tissue for use in the treatment of a disease or condition having as a symptom thereof one or more of abnormal muscle cell or tissue contractility and abnormal angiogenic activity. The one or more domains of uPA can be present in the inventive compositions and methods either as part of the full uPA molecule in either single chain or two chain form (scuPA or tcuPA), or as an isolated polypeptide, or a fragment of the uPA molecule (e.g., the amino terminal fragment “ATF”), or a deletion mutant of the uPA molecule. The inventive methods comprise administering to a mammal afflicted with such a disease or condition the inventive composition, and modulating one or more of the contractility and the angiogenic activity of the muscle or endothelial cell or tissue, thereby treating the disease or condition. Kits for treating such diseases are also included. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/019448 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07425537 | Burke, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrence R Burke, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Chang-Qing Wei (Ottawa, Canada); Zhen-Dan Shi (Frederick, Maryland); Yang Gao (Madison, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds for SH2 domain binding inhibition, for example, a compound of formula (I), wherein R1 is a lipophile; R2, in combination with the phenyl ring, is a phenylphosphate mimic group or a protected phenylphosphate mimic group; R3 is hydrogen, azido, amino, carboxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, aminocarbonylalkyl, or alkylcarbonylamino, wherein the alkyl portion of R3 may be optionally substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxy, carboxyl, amino, aminoalkyl, alkyl, alkoxy, and keto; R6 is a linker; AA is an amino acid; and n is 1 to 6; or a salt thereof. The conformationally compounds provide enhanced binding affinity with SH2 domain protein. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical compositions and a method for inhibiting an SH2 domain from binding with a phosphoprotein. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/517717 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425538 | Gu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The trustess of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Gu (New York, New York); Muyang Li (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for determining whether a subject has neoplasia, methods for assessing the efficacy of therapy to treat neoplasia in a subject, methods for assessing the prognosis of a subject who has neoplasia, and methods for treating neoplasia in a subject in need of treatment. The present invention further provides a kit for use in detecting neoplasia. Additionally, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a modulator of HAUSP expression or a HAUSP protein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also provided is a method for deubiquitinating p53 in a cell. The present invention is further directed to a method for identifying an agent that is reactive with p53, and the agent identified by this method. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for treating a p53-associated condition in a subject in need of treatment. The present invention is also directed to a complex comprising p53 and HAUSP, and a mutant protein comprising the HAUSP amino acid sequence, in which Ser is substituted for Cys at amino acid residue 223. Finally, the present invention provides a transgenic non-human animal whose genome comprises a disruption in its endogenous HAUSP gene. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/113732 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425611 | Lal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renu B. Lal (Dulles, Virginia); Sherry M. Owen (Douglasville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are nucleic acid molecules which encode multiple highly conserved epitopes from HIV-1 proteins, and optionally also epitopes from CCR5; usually also included sequences that encode spacers between two or more of the epitopes. Some of the provided nucleic acid molecules further include sequences that encode targeting domains, useful for targeting the encoded protein into a pathway for enhancing epitope presentation in a vertebrate immune system. Also described are multivalent proteins encoded for by these nucleic acid molecules. The disclosure also encompasses immunogenic compositions that comprise one or more of the nucleic acid molecules, and/or one or more of the proteins encoded thereby, as well as methods of inducing an immune response against HIV-1 in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition containing one or more of these molecules. Also provided are cultured host cells containing within them one or more of the described nucleic acid molecules. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/550651 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425616 | Du Clos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry W. Du Clos (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carolyn Mold (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing kidney disease in an animal subject including administering an effective amount of C-reactive protein to the animal subject. The kidney disease may be associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. |
| FILED | Monday, November 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/604416 |
| 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 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425617 | Beach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Beach (Huntington Bay, New York); Douglas J. Demetrick (Northport, New York); Manuel Serrano (Mill Neck, New York); Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery in eukaryotic cells, particularly mammalian cells, of a family of cell-cycle regulatory proteins (“CCR-proteins”). As described herein, this family of proteins includes a polypeptide having an apparent molecular weight of 16 kDa, and a polypeptide having an apparent molecular weight of approximately 15 kDa, each of which can function as an inhibitor of cell-cycle progression, and therefore ultimately of cell growth. The present invention comprises antibodies directed to such CCR-proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/016869 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
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| US 07425624 | Thomae et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bianca A. Thomae (Rochester, Minnesota); Eric D. Wieben (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard M. Weinshilboum (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated sulfotransferase 1A3 nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides that include nucleotide sequence variants and amino acid sequence variants are described. Methods for determining predisposition to particular clinical conditions and methods for determining sulfonator status also are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/348546 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07425635 | Franklin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Franklin (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jeanette Roberts (Monona, Wisconsin); Trek Aboul-Fadl (Assiut, Egypt) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds having the formula wherein R1 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, or ═O, R2 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, or an aralkyl group, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/033464 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/100 |
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| US 07425828 | Garwood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Garwood (Medina, Minnesota); Djaudat S. Idiyatullin (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Curt Corum (Shoreview, Minnesota); Steen Moeller (Golden Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of magnetic resonance is provided that uses a frequency swept excitation wherein the acquired signal is a time domain signal is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises, applying a sweeping frequency excitation and acquiring a time domain signal. The sweeping frequency excitation has a duration and is configured to sequentially excite isochromats having different resonant frequencies. Acquisition of the time domain signal is done during the duration of the sweeping frequency excitation. The time domain signal is based on evolution of the isochromats. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548691 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07425231 | Carolan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Francis Carolan (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Christopher Francis Miller (Macungie, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for gas purification comprising (a) obtaining a feed gas stream containing one or more contaminants selected from the group consisting of volatile metal oxy-hydroxides, volatile metal oxides, and volatile silicon hydroxide; (b) contacting the feed gas stream with a reactive solid material in a guard bed and reacting at least a portion of the contaminants with the reactive solid material to form a solid reaction product in the guard bed; and (c) withdrawing from the guard bed a purified gas stream. |
| FILED | Monday, January 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/028124 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/54 |
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| US 07425431 | Church et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jay Shendure (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Gregory J. Porreca (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jun Zhu (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Miniaturized, high-density, bead-based arrays are provided. Methods of producing and using clonal beads and producing and using miniaturized, high density, bead-based arrays are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/505073 |
| 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 435/91.100 |
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| US 07425657 | Elliott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Elliott (Richland, Washington); Jianli Hu (Kennewick, Washington); Todd R. Hart (Kennewick, Washington); Gary G. Neuenschwander (Burbank, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides palladium-catalyzed hydrogenations of bio-oils and certain organic compounds. Experimental results have shown unexpected and superior results for palladium-catalyzed hydrogenations of organic compounds typically found in bio-oils. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/759075 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/667 |
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| US 07426028 | Carr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher W. Carr (Livermore, California); Stavros Demos (Livermore, California); Michael D. Feit (Livermore, California); Alexander M. Rubenchik (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical breakdown by predetermined laser pulses in transparent dielectrics produces an ionized region of dense plasma confined within the bulk of the material. Such an ionized region is responsible for broadband radiation that accompanies a desired breakdown process. Spectroscopic monitoring of the accompanying light in real-time is utilized to ascertain the morphology of the radiated interaction volume. Such a method and apparatus as presented herein, provides commercial realization of rapid prototyping of optoelectronic devices, optical three-dimensional data storage devices, and waveguide writing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/375882 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/326 |
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| US 07426253 | Gara et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Valentina Salapura (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid counter array device for counting events with interrupt indication includes a first counter portion comprising N counter devices, each for counting signals representing event occurrences and providing a first count value representing lower order bits. An overflow bit device associated with each respective counter device is additionally set in response to an overflow condition. The hybrid counter array includes a second counter portion comprising a memory array device having N addressable memory locations in correspondence with the N counter devices, each addressable memory location for storing a second count value representing higher order bits. An operatively coupled control device monitors each associated overflow bit device and initiates incrementing a second count value stored at a corresponding memory location in response to a respective overflow bit being set. The incremented second count value is compared to an interrupt threshold value stored in a threshold register, and, when the second counter value is equal to the interrupt threshold value, a corresponding “interrupt arm” bit is set to enable a fast interrupt indication. On a subsequent roll-over of the lower bits of that counter, the interrupt will be fired. |
| FILED | Monday, August 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/507308 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: Circuits and systems 377/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07424832 | Nunnelee |
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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) | Mark Nunnelee (Lancaster, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a cable tensiometer that can be used on aircraft for real-time, in-flight cable tension measurements. The invention can be used on any aircraft cables with high precision. The invention is extremely light-weight, hangs on the cable being tested and uses a dual bending beam design with a high mill-volt output to determine tension. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/849843 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.472 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425127 | Zinn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben T. Zinn (Atlanta, Georgia); Yedidia Neumeier (Atlanta, Georgia); Jerry M. Seitzman (Atlanta, Georgia); Jechiel Jagoda (Atlanta, Georgia); Yoav Weksler (Haifa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for combusting a combustible fuel includes providing a vessel having an opening near a proximate end and a closed distal end defining a combustion chamber. A combustible reactants mixture is presented into the combustion chamber. The combustible reactants mixture is ignited creating a flame and combustion products. The closed end of the combustion chamber is utilized for directing combustion products toward the opening of the combustion chamber creating a reverse flow of combustion products within the combustion chamber. The reverse flow of combustion products is intermixed with combustible reactants mixture to maintain the flame. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/927205 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combustion 431/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425384 | Surampudi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subbarao Surampudi (Glendora, California); Harvey A. Frank (Encino, California); Sekharipuram R. Narayanan (Altadena, California); William Chun (Los Angeles, California); Barbara Jeffries-Nakamura (San Marino, California); Andrew Kindler (San Marino, California); Gerald Halpert (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improvements to non acid methanol fuel cells include new formulations for materials. The platinum and ruthenium are more exactly mixed together. Different materials are substituted for these materials. The backing material for the fuel cell electrode is specially treated to improve its characteristics. A special sputtered electrode is formed which is extremely porous. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/932521 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425460 | Pain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for implementation of back-illuminated CMOS or CCD imagers. An oxide layer buried between silicon wafer and device silicon is provided. The oxide layer forms a passivation layer in the imaging structure. A device layer and interlayer dielectric are formed, and the silicon wafer is removed to expose the oxide layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/226902 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425650 | Chuang |
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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) | Chun-Hua Chuang (Brecksville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to processes for preparing asymmetrical biphenyl tetracarboxylic acids and the corresponding asymmetrical dianhydrides, namely 2,3,3′,4′-biphenyl dianhydride (a-BPDA), 2,3,3′,4′-benzophenone dianhydride (a-BTDA) and 3,4′-methylenediphthalic anhydride (-MDPA). By cross-coupling reactions of reactive metal substituted o-xylenes or by cross-coupling o-xylene derivatives in the presence of catalysts, this invention specifically produces asymmetrical biphenyl intermediates that are subsequently oxidized or hydrolyzed and oxidized to provide asymmetric biphenyl tetracarboxylic acids in comparatively high yields. These asymmetrical biphenyl tetracarboxylic acids are subsequently converted to the corresponding asymmetrical dianhydrides without contamination by symmetrical biphenyl dianhydrides. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/378553 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/488 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07425281 | Wand et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Displaytech, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Wand (Boulder, Colorado); Kundalika M. More (Denver, Colorado); William N. Thurmes (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides organogermanium compounds and liquid crystal compositions comprising such a compound. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/292510 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/299.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425643 | Jen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Sei-hum Jang (Mukilteo, Washington); Jae-Wook Kang (Edmonds, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Seattle, Washington); Baoquan Chen (Bothell, Washington); Sen Liu (Highland Park, New Jersey); Larry R. Dalton (Silverdale, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Electron acceptor compounds, nonlinear optical chromophores made from the electron acceptor compounds, methods for making the electron acceptor compounds and nonlinear optical chromophores, lattices that include the nonlinear optical chromophores, and devices that include the nonlinear optical chromophores. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/044986 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/474 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425670 | Conkling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Conkling (Fuquay Varina, North Carolina); Wen Song (San Diego, California); Nandini Mendu (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | DNA encoding a plant quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase (QPRTase) enzyme, and constructs comprising such DNA are provided. Methods of altering quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase expression are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/416568 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/317.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07426040 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Koo Kim (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Zhijun Sun (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yun Suk Jung (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A Fabry-Perot cavity filter includes a first mirror and a second mirror. A gap between the first and the second mirror monotonically varies as a function of width of the filter. This filter may be used with photodetector and a channel selection filter in an optical device, such as a spectrum analyzer. The channel selection filter may be a metal nanooptic filter array which includes plurality of subwavelength apertures in a metal film or between metal islands. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/206900 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07426067 | Bright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor M. Bright (Boulder, Colorado); Jeffrey Elam (Boulder, Colorado); Francois Fabreguette (Boulder, Colorado); Steven M. George (Boulder, Colorado); Nils Hoivik (Boulder, Colorado); Yung-Cheng Lee (Boulder, Colorado); Ryan Linderman (Boulder, Colorado); Marie Tripp (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-electromechanical device or MEMS having a conformal layer of material deposited by atomic layer deposition is discussed. The layer may provide physical protection to moving components of the device, may insulate electrical components of the device, may present a biocompatible surface interface to a biological system, and may otherwise improve such devices. The layer may also comprise a combination of multiple materials each deposited with great control to allow creating layers of customizable properties and to allow creating layers having multiple independent functions, such as providing physical protection from wear and providing electrical insulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/322195 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07425723 | Ong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada); Yuning Li (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic thin-film transistor has a p-type semiconducting layer, wherein the semiconducting layer comprises a crystalline conjugated polyarylamine of the chemical structure: wherein R1 through R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl having from about 1 to about 30 carbon atoms, aryl having from about 6 to about 40 carbon atoms, heteroaryl having from about 3 to about 40 atoms, alkoxy having from about 1 to about 30 carbon atoms, aryloxy having from about 6 to about 40 carbon atoms, and substituted derivatives thereof; wherein A and B are the same or different independently selected from arylenes having from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms or heteroarylenes having from about 3 to about 20 carbon atoms; and wherein n is the degree of polymerization; and wherein the polyarylamine has a mobility (μ0) of 10−4 cm2/V·sec or greater. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/314687 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07425734 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Wong (San Carlos, California); Jeng Ping Lu (Mountain View, California); Alberto Salleo (San Francisco, California); Michael L. Chabinyc (Mountain View, California); Raj B. Apte (Palo Alto, California); Robert A. Street (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved transistor array for a display or sensor device is described. The display or sensor device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a width and a length. Each pixel is addressed by a transistor. The transistor addressing each pixel has a channel with a channel width. Each channel width is greater than the width or length of the pixel being addressed. By fabricating transistors with extremely long channel widths, lower mobility semiconductor materials can easily be used to fabricate the display device. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/190178 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07425669 | Giroux et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Giroux (Bozeman, Montana); John Sherwood (Bozeman, Montana); Krishnamurthy Konduru (Rockville, Maryland); Craig F. Morris (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding puroindoline A. This invention also relates to methods for producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced by the methods of this invention are useful in reducing the damage caused by plant pests, especially plant pathogens such as fungi and bacteria. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/447541 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
General Services Administration (GSA)
| US 07425235 | Chianelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Chianelli (El Paso, Texas); Lori A. Polette (Anthony, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a paint or coating composition comprising an organic pigment or dye complexed to the surface of a layered or fibrous inorganic clay. A wide variety of paint colors can be obtained by varying the pH during the preparation as well as by varying the synthesis conditions and changing particle size of the clay. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/351577 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/487 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07425318 | Kung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hank F. Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Mei-Ping Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Zhi-Ping Zhuang (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/203429 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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