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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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| US 07429267 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Hamilton Smith (Boothwyn, Pennsylvania); Bryan Pfister (Havertown, Pennsylvania); David F. Meaney (Media, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a device of integrated neuronal cells interfaced with an electronic device and a method of producing the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/496476 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/1 |
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| US 07429376 | Ildstad |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne T. Ildstad (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for methods of screening for compounds that increase the expression of P-selectin, SDF-1, and/or CXCR4 on facilitatory cells (FCs). The invention also provides for methods of screening for compounds that increase the level of p-predendritic cells (p-pre DC) without substantially decreasing the level of natural killer (NK) cells in a population of FCs. The invention further provides for methods of characterizing the facilitating capability of FCs by evaluating such cells for the amount of P-selectin, SDF-1, and/or CXCR4. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/253296 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
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| US 07429383 | Scadden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Scadden (Weston, Massachusetts); Laura M. Calvi (Rochester, New York); Gregor Adams (Boston, Massachusetts); Henry Kronenberg (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for manipulating hematopoietic progenitor cells and related products. In one aspect the invention relates to the use of agents that activate a PTH/PTHrP receptor to enhance the growth and maintenance of hematopoietic progenitor cells in vivo and in vitro, to enhance mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells, to improve the efficiency of targeting cells to the bone marrow, and/or to modulate hematopoietic progenitor cell function. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/521971 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
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| US 07429388 | Hiltke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Hiltke (New Market, Maryland); Timothy F. Murphy (East Amherst, New York); Sanjay Sethi (East Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for identifying strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae that can be used as immunogenic compositions having specificity against a plurality of Haemophilus influenzae strains. The invention also provides compositions comprising whole cell bacteria or outer membrane protein P2 obtained from the strains for use as vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/096850 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/256.100 |
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| US 07429450 | Ross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodora Ross (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ikuko Mizukami (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dinesh Rao (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, including but not limited to, HIP1 cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods of using HIP1 in the diagnosis and treatment of epithelial cancers. The present invention thus provides improved compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating some of the most common cancers (e.g., prostate and colon cancers). The present invention additionally provides drugs active against HIP1 and methods for screening for such drugs. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/007047 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07429453 | Barany et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture, detecting the amplified ligation product, and identifying the target nucleotide sequence. Such coupling of the ligase detection reaction and the polymerase chain reaction permits multiplex detection of nucleic acid sequence differences. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229366 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07429455 | Dong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fang Dong (Madison, Wisconsin); Victor I. Lyamichev (Madison, Wisconsin); James R. Prudent (Madison, Wisconsin); Lance Fors (Madison, Wisconsin); Bruce P. Neri (Madison, Wisconsin); Mary Ann D. Brow (Madison, Wisconsin); Todd A. Anderson (Madison, Wisconsin); James E. Dahlberg (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for analyzing nucleic acids. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for the detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences and sequence changes. The methods of the present invention permit the detection and/or identification of genetic polymorphism such as those associated with human disease and permit the identification of pathogens (e.g., viral and bacterial strain identification). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/515854 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07429457 | Desprez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); California Pacific Medical Center (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pierre-Yves Desprez (El Cerrito, California); Judith Campisi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detection and prognosis of breast cancer and other types of cancer. The method comprises detecting expression, if any, for both an Id-1 and an Id-2 genes, or the ratio thereof, of gene products in samples of breast tissue obtained from a patient. When expressed, Id-1 gene is a prognostic indicator that breast cancer cells are invasive and metastatic, whereas Id-2 gene is a prognostic indicator that breast cancer cells are localized and noninvasive in the breast tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/952534 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07429458 | Chilkoti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Bioelastomers are disclosed for use in methods of binding compounds including immunoassay methods, in biosensors and methods or regenerating biosensors, and in methods for targeting the delivery of a compound to a particular location within an animal subjects. In general, the bioelastomer is conjugated to a binding compound, which is in turn used to bind a compound of interest. For targeted compound delivery, the bioelastomer is conjugated to the compound to be delivered. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/153753 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07429474 | Sasisekharan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); James R. Myette (Waltham, Massachusetts); Zachary Shriver (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ganesh Venkataraman (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to 2-O sulfatase and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinantly produced 2-O sulfatase, functional variants and nucleic acid molecules that encode these molecules. The invention also provides methods of using 2-O sulfatase for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) present in a sample. For instance, 2-O sulfatase may be used for determining the purity, identity, composition and sequence of glycosaminoglycans present in a sample. The invention also relates to methods of inhibiting angiogenesis and cellular proliferation as well as methods for treating cancer, neurodegenerative disease, atherosclerosis and microbial infection using 2-O sulfatase and/or GAG fragments produced by degradation with 2-O sulfatase. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/433228 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/196 |
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| US 07429560 | Powers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Powers (Atlanta, Georgia); Jonathan D. Glass (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating neural pathologies are provided. In particular, compositions and methods for treating neural pathologies including axonal degeneration are provided. The compositions include peptide α-ketomides optionally in combination with a second therapeutic agent. Another aspect of the invention provides compositions and methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders. Exemplary compositions for treating hyperproliferative disorders include an anti-proliferative agent such as paclitaxel, in combination with a calpain inhibitor such as AK295. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/671360 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07429563 | Tiruppathi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chinnaswamy Tiruppathi (Elmhurst, Illinois); Asrar B. Malik (Hinsdale, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions based on myeloperoxidase amino acid sequence which may be used as therapeutic agents or as delivery vehicles for the delivery of other therapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/514578 |
| 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 07429596 | Tanaka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Masahiro Tanaka (San Francisco, California); Chao Zhang (San Francisco, California); Kevan M. Shokat (San Francisco, California); Alma L. Burlingame (Sausalito, California); Kirk Hansen (San Mateo, California); Raynard L. Bateman (San Francisco, California); Stephen G. DiMagno (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention generally relates to pyrazolo pyrimidine derivatives useful as inhibitors of short chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family of NAD(P)(H) dependent oxido-reductases. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of preventing or treating disease with 1H-Pyrrolo[2.3-d]pyrimidine derivatives. More specifically, the invention relates to a 1H-Pyrrolo[2.3-d]pyrimidine which is a compound of Formula I or II: or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or prodrug thereof; wherein: Y is N or CR5; Z is NR3R4, halo, H, OH, alkyl, alkyloxy, or haloalkyl; and R1a is indolyl, thiazolyl, benzyl, biphenylyl, thiophenyl, pyrrolyl, or phenyl, wherein said phenyl is substituted with at least one of OH, —NR3R4, —C(═O)NR6R7, —CN, NO2—C(═O)OH, —C(═O)O-alkyl, (C1-C4)alkyl, halo, haloalkyl or haloaryl; and wherein said indolyl, thiazolyl, benzyl, biphenylyl, thiophenyl, or pyrrolyl is optionally substituted with OH, —NR3R4, —C(═O)NR6R7, —CN, NO2, —C(═O)O—R3, (C1-C4)alkyl, halo, haloalkyl or haloaryl. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/871732 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/265.100 |
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| US 07429616 | Brabander et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jef De Brabander (Lewisville, Texas); Xin Jiang (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the synthesis and complete stereochemical assignments of cytotoxic compounds such as compound 28-a and its stereoisomers: The invention further provides processes for making the compounds, their synthetic intermediates, and for methods of using the compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of neoplastic diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/182069 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/457 |
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| US 07429653 | Sodroski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph G. Sodroski (Medford, Massachusetts); Richard Wyatt (Andover, Massachusetts); Xinzhen Yang (Allston, Massachusetts); Michael Farzan (Brookline, Massachusetts); Peter D. Kwong (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is directed to stabilized HIV envelope glycoprotein trimers. The trimers are stabilized by introducing trimeric motifs, preferably the GCN4 coiled coil or the fibritin trimeric domain, at certain sites, for example in the gp41 ectodomain. These stabilized trimers or DNA molecules encoding such trimers can be used to generate an immunogenic reaction. The trimers can also be used in assays to screen for molecules that interact with them—and to identify molecules that interact with specific sites. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/126797 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.400 |
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| US 07429670 | Nakanishi 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) | Koji Nakanishi (New York, New York); Stanislav Jaracz (Trinec, Czech Republic); Kristian Stromgaard (Roskilde, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides ginkgolide C derivatives compounds having the structure: wherein R is H or -A-Ar, where A is an alkyl group; and Ar is an aryl group, which may contain heteroatoms and may be unsubstituted or substituted by one to five substituents each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkoxy, —CH2CO2R4, and —CH2CONR5R6; where R4 is an alkyl group; and R5 and R6 are each, independently, hydrogen or a branched or unbranched alkyl group; wherein R1 is H or —COR7, where R7 is alkyl, aryl or amino; wherein R2 is present or absent, and when present is H, —COR8 or —CO—Z—R8; where R8 is alkyl, aryl or amino; and Z is oxygen; wherein R3 is present or absent, and when present is —COR9; where R9 is alkyl or aryl; wherein only one of R2 or R3 is present in the compound; wherein only two of R, R1, R2 and R3 are H; and wherein each of a and b designates a single covalent bond which is present or absent, where bond a is present when R3 is absent and bond b is present when R2 is absent; or an optically pure enantiomer of the compound. Additionally, the subject invention provides methods of inhibiting the activity of a glycine receptor using these compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/925209 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/265 |
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| US 07430308 | Kallergi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria Kallergi (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Computer aided diagnosis techniques in medical imaging are developed for the automated differentiation between benign and malignant lesions and go beyond computer aided detection by providing cancer likelihood for a detected lesion given image and/or patient characteristics. A computer aided detection and diagnosis algorithm for mammographic calcification clusters is developed and evaluated. The emphasis is on the diagnostic component although the algorithm includes automated detection, segmentation, and classification steps based on wavelet filters and artificial neural networks. Classification features are selected primarily from descriptors of the morphology of the individual calcifications and the distribution of the cluster as well as patient's demographics as input to the network. Te selected features are robust morphological and distributional descriptors, relatively insensitive to segmentation and detection errors such as false positive signals and variations among imaging sources or imaging equipment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/723540 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
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| US 07428782 | Beck, Jr. 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) | Robert F. Beck, Jr. (Franklin, New Jersey); Amit J. Makhijani (Lakewood, New Jersey); Jason P. Monico (Hoboken, New Jersey); Ralph C. Tillinghast (Hardwick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A plotting board includes a base; a top; a pivot that connects the top and the base, the top and the base being rotatable and detachable with respect to each other, the pivot including a magnet wherein at least a portion of the pivot is disposed at a substantially central point on the top. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/457154 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/435 |
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| US 07428848 | Pant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Guiren Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Feng (Huntsville, Alabama); Shankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an electrostatic collector for low cost, high throughput, high efficiency sampling and concentration of bioaerosols. The device is small enough to be portable and can be contained within or placed on the wall of a typical office or hospital building. The collector comprises one or more collector modules, each having an ionizing electrode, a conical outer electrode, a wet collection electrode, and a liquid collection system. Airflow through a collector module may be partially blocked to enhance the collection of smaller particles and the collection electrode may comprise multiple, programmable electrodes to focus particle deposition onto a smaller area. Particles are collected into a small volume of liquid to facilitate subsequent analysis by an attached analyzer or at a remote site. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/199754 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.210 |
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| US 07428870 | Nedderman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Nedderman (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for changing the angle of attack of a cavitator on a supercavitating underwater research model. The apparatus has a nose assembly that has a pivotable cavitator tilt plate, an actuator member and a drive system engaged with the actuator member to drive the actuator member so as to tilt the cavitator tilt plate to a desired angle. Power components are remotely located and accessible to an operator so as to enable an operator to vary the angle of the cavitator tilt plate while the supercavitating underwater research model is underwater and in motion. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183146 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/399 |
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| US 07428939 | Ducote |
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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 Ducote (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible skirt-cell system is provided for a hovercraft having a propulsion system mounted to interface with water and a flexible skirt having an upper flexible panel section and a lower flexible finger section. The panel section extends around the bow, stern and two sides of the hovercraft hull and the finger section extends around the hull below the panel section and is connected to the panel section from a forward-abeam location and forward along the two sides and across the bow. Fans create pressurized air that is fed through air ducts to form a pressurized air cushion that supports the hovercraft. Interconnected flexible cells are connected between the panel and finger sections from the forward-abeam locations rearward to the stern. Additional air ducts pass pressurized air from the fan units to inflate the cells, thereby elevating the stern and raising the propulsion system above the water. |
| FILED | Monday, July 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/499974 |
| ART UNIT | 4136 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/116 |
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| US 07429017 | Higgins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Higgins (Tucson, Arizona); Charles D. Lyman (Tucson, Arizona); Mark L. Bouchard (Tucson, Arizona); Aaron C. Heidel (Tucson, Arizona); Matthew B. Castor (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed system and method for improving aerodynamic stability of aeronautic vehicles generally includes an ejectable grid fin adapted for releasable engagement with aeronautic vehicles. The grid fin is generally configured to optimize the flight performance characteristics of the aeronautic vehicle taken in engaged combination with the grid fin as compared with the flight performance of the aeronautic vehicle taken alone. Disclosed features and specifications may be controlled, adapted or otherwise optionally modified to improve the aerodynamic stability and/or control of a variety of deployed aeronautic vehicles. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention generally provide ejectable grid fins that may be used in conjunction with missiles mounted on an eject rail of an aircraft. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/186614 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.250 |
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| US 07429424 | Boutwell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio); Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Christine Govern (Cincinnati, Ohio); Bangalore A. Nagaraj (West Chester, Ohio); Brian Thomas Hazel (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a thermal barrier coating (TBC) for inclusion in a thermal barrier coating/environmental barrier coating system (TBC/EBC system) for use on a silicon containing material substrate is provided. The TBC comprises a compound having a primary constituent portion and a stabilizer portion stabilizing said primary constituent. The primary constituent portion of the TBC comprises hafnia present in an amount of at least about 5 mol % of the primary constituent. The stabilizer portion of said thermal barrier coating comprises at least one metal oxide comprised of cations with a +2 or +3 valence present in the amount of about 10 to about 40 mol % of the thermal barrier coating. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/006368 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/450 |
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| US 07429556 | Delcomyn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Research Associates, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carrie Delcomyn (Lynn Haven, Florida); Michael Henley (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed invention is a method for the production of a universal decontaminant solution comprised of at least one oxidant and halide salt for neutralizing chemical toxicants that include organosulfur and organophosphorus-containing compounds, such as those found as pesticides, herbicides, or chemical warfare agents, as well as providing disinfection capability against viruses, bacteria, spores, fungi, toxins, and those classified as biological warfare agents. The overall generation and application of the decontaminant solution creates an unexpected synergistic effect toward rates of detoxification, whereas in most cases where the same oxidants were used individually, the same result would not be achieved. A method for the in situ generation of hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite by a monopersulfate compound and alkali metal chloride salt is also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/693194 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions 510/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429557 | Grzyll et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mainstream Engineering Corporation (Rockledge, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence R. Grzyll (Merritt Island, Florida); John A. Meyer (Palm Bay, Florida); Dwight D. Back (Pembroke Pines, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | CFC replacement solvent compositions, methods of using the same and methods of making the same. These compositions meet or exceed the solvency, flammability, and compatibility requirements for CFC's while providing similar or improved environmental and toxicological properties. These solvent compositions have application including, but not limited to, oxygen handling, refrigeration or heat pumps, electronics, implantable prosthetic devices, and optical equipment. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/043091 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions 510/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429734 | Tidwell |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aculight Corporation (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven C. Tidwell (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for directing a laser beam at an object. Some embodiments include generating direction-control information, based on the direction-control information, directing laser energy into a first fiber at a first end of a first fiber bundle during a first time period, forming an output beam of the laser energy from the second end of the first fiber bundle, and steering the output beam of the laser energy from the first fiber in a first selected direction of a plurality of directions during the first time period, and optionally modulating an intensity of the laser energy according to a predetermined pattern. The direction-control information is based on sensing electromagnetic radiation from a scene. Some embodiments use a remote camera wire-connected to the image processor to obtain scene information, while other embodiments use a second fiber bundle to convey image information from an external remote lens to a local camera. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/637400 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429761 | Friedman 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) | Moshe Friedman (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Myers (Beltsville, Maryland); Frank Hegeler (Vienna, Virginia); John Sethian (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A high power diode includes a cathode for emitting a primary electron discharge, an anode, and a porous dielectric layer, e.g. a honeycomb ceramic, positioned between the cathode and the anode for receiving the primary electron discharge and emitting a secondary electron discharge. The diode can operate at voltages 50 kV and higher while generating an electron beam with a uniform current density in the range from 1 A/cm2 to >10 kA/cm2 throughout the area of the cathode. It is capable of repetitively pulsed operation at a few Hz with pulse duration from a few nanoseconds to more than a microseconds, while the total number of pulses can be >107 pulses. The diode generates minimal out-gassing or debris, i.e. with minimal ablation, providing a greater diode lifetime, and can operate in a high vacuum environment of 10−4 Torr. The high power diode is useful in many applications requiring a high current electron beam. Exemplary applications include x-ray photography of large samples, polymerization processes, sterilization of biological and chemical agents, irradiation of food, and as a pump for lasers, e.g. excimer lasers such as krypton fluorine (KrF) lasers. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/014458 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07429915 — System and method for detecting unauthorized access to electronic equipment or components
| US 07429915 | Cruzado et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin D. Cruzado (Plant City, Florida); Kenneth H. Heffner (Key Largo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved system and method for protecting sensitive electronic equipment or components against unauthorized access, by detecting and also reacting to unauthorized intrusions into the enclosures for the sensitive electronic equipment or components is disclosed. For example, a protective system for protecting sensitive electronic equipment or components against unauthorized access is disclosed that includes a fiber optic cable mesh or network attached to, or embedded in, the walls of the enclosure for the electronic equipment or components. A continuous signal or burst is applied to the fiber optic cable, which is coupled to an optical signal detection device. Thus, any attempt to remove or penetrate the walls of the enclosure interrupts the signal in the fiber optic cable, and the interruption of the signal is detected by the optical signal detection device. In response to the detection of the interruption of the signal in the fiber optic cable, a process can be initiated to erase, destroy or alter sensitive data contained within the electronic equipment or components. Also, a power source for the protective system is disclosed, which can be self-sustaining and contained within the protected enclosure for the sensitive electronic equipment or components. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/170881 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/426.360 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429957 | Tonn |
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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 A. Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A buoyant cable antenna element is taught that employs a specific double-negative meta-material sheath with a negative permeability. The double-negative meta-material sheath is disposed over the insulated wire portion of the buoyant cable antenna element. The double-negative meta-material sheath enables a deliberate reduction in the antenna wire inductance to a zero value at a desired critical frequency. Reducing the antenna wire inductance to zero creates a traveling wave structure antenna having enhanced bandwidth. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/713832 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07430152 | Russo |
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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) | Donato Russo (Hollywood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system, and a method of operation thereof, which improves the RF link employed between a transmitting sonobuoy and an associated receiving aircraft. The sonobuoy receives acoustic information from hydrophones and transmits this information to the aircraft, via beams having a predetermined frequency spectrum. The system breaks the total frequency spectrum of the beams into sub-bands. The sub-bands are multiplexed on the RF link interconnecting the sonobuoy to the aircraft. More particularly, the frequency spectrum defining an acoustic bandwidth of about 750 Hz is broken into a selected number (e.g., 6 or 4) of sub-bands and multiplexed onto and forming the RF link. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/820034 |
| 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 367/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07430295 | Pearson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Spencer Pearson (Bennington, Vermont); Brig Barnum Elliott (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for distributing quantum cryptographic keys among a group of user devices through a switch connected to the user devices are provided. A switch [1000] establishes a connection between two user devices [405a, 405b] according to a schedule. A Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) session is established between the two user devices [405a, 405b] to facilitate sharing of secret key material between the two user devices. Connections and QKD sessions may be established for different pairs of the user devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795398 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07430349 | Jones |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael I. Jones (Azle, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an optical system and method that substantially eliminates or reduces disadvantages and problems associated with previously developed optical visual display systems and methods used for displaying critical visual symbology or rastered imagery in high ambient brightness environments. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/903241 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07430352 | Di Teodoro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aculight Corporation (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fabio Di Teodoro (Everett, Washington); Christopher D. Brooks (Kenmore, Washington); Charles A. Lemaire (Apple Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and of mode hopping (i.e., promiscuity) due to limited control of energy levels and fluctuations. The problems of multiple-modes and mode hopping result from the use of large-diameter waveguides, and are addressed by the invention. This is especially true in lasers using large amounts of energy (i.e., lasers in the one-megawatt or more range). By using multiple small waveguides in parallel, large amounts of energy can be passed through a laser, but with better control such that the aforementioned problems can be reduced. An additional advantage is that the polarization of the light can be maintained better than by using a single fiber core. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/420730 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07429372 | Pez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guido Peter Pez (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Aaron Raymond Scott (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Alan Charles Cooper (Macungie, Pennsylvania); Hansong Cheng (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes are provided for the storage and release of hydrogen by means of a substantially reversible catalytic hydrogenation of extended pi-conjugated substrates which include large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with nitrogen heteroatoms, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with oxygen heteroatoms, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with alkyl, alkoxy, nitrile, ketone, ether or polyether substituents, pi-conjugated molecules comprising 5 membered rings, pi-conjugated molecules comprising six and five membered rings with nitrogen or oxygen hetero atoms, and extended pi-conjugated organic polymers. The hydrogen, contained in the at least partially hydrogenated form of the extended pi-conjugated system, can be facilely released for use by a catalytic dehydrogenation of the latter in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst which can be effected by lowering the hydrogen gas pressure, generally to pressures greater than 0.1 bar or raising the temperature to less than 250° C. or less, or by a combination of these two process parameters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/833484 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/644 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429404 | Ernst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. Ernst (Salt Lake City, Utah); Edward M. Eyring (Salt Lake City, Utah); Gregory C. Turpin (Salt Lake City, Utah); Brian C. Dunn (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming multi-metallic sites on a substrate is disclosed and described. A substrate including active groups such as hydroxyl can be reacted with a pretarget metal complex. The target metal attached to the active group can then be reacted with a secondary metal complex such that an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction occurs to form a multi-metallic species. The substrate can be a highly porous material such as aerogels, xerogels, zeolites, and similar materials. Additional metal complexes can be reacted to increase catalyst loading or control co-catalyst content. The resulting compounds can be oxidized to form oxides or reduced to form metals in the ground state which are suitable for practical use. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/215828 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429457 | Desprez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); California Pacific Medical Center (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pierre-Yves Desprez (El Cerrito, California); Judith Campisi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detection and prognosis of breast cancer and other types of cancer. The method comprises detecting expression, if any, for both an Id-1 and an Id-2 genes, or the ratio thereof, of gene products in samples of breast tissue obtained from a patient. When expressed, Id-1 gene is a prognostic indicator that breast cancer cells are invasive and metastatic, whereas Id-2 gene is a prognostic indicator that breast cancer cells are localized and noninvasive in the breast tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/952534 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07430698 | Flanagan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Flanagan (Rhinebeck, New York); Jay R. Herring (Poughkeepsie, New York); Tin-Chee Lo (Fishkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for performing AC self-test on an integrated circuit that includes a system clock for use during normal operation are provided. The method includes applying a long data capture pulse to a first test register in response to the system clock, applying an at speed data launch pulse to the first test register in response to the system clock, inputting the data from the first register to a logic path in response to applying the at speed data launch pulse to the first test register, applying an at speed data capture pulse to a second test register in response to the system clock, inputting the logic path output to the second test register in response to applying the at speed data capture pulse to the second test register, and applying a long data launch pulse to the second test register in response to the system clock. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/323449 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/726 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07430721 | Johanson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tidebreak, inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley E. Johanson (Palo Alto, California); Terry A. Winograd (Stanford, California); Gregory M. Hutchins (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a software system, PointRight, that allows for smooth and effortless control of pointing and input devices among multiple displays. With PointRight, a single free-floating mouse and keyboard can be used to control multiple screens. When the cursor reaches the edge of a screen it seamlessly moves to the adjacent screen and keyboard control is simultaneously redirected to the appropriate machine. Laptops may also redirect their keyboard and pointing device, and multiple pointers are supported simultaneously. The system automatically reconfigures itself as displays go on, go off, or change the machine they display. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/821685 |
| ART UNIT | 2175 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/761 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07429369 | Nayfeh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Munir H. Nayfeh (Urbana, Illinois); Sahraoui Chaieb (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A relatively thick electrode is positioned opposite the surface of a substrate/second electrode. The electrode and the substrate surface are both contacted by a solution including silicon nanoparticles. The substrate surface is completely immersed in the solution in a manner such that there is not an air/solution interface and there is no meniscus at the substrate surface. Application of electrical potential between the electrode and the substrate creates a film of silicon nanoparticles on the substrate. Drying of the film induces the film to roll up and form a silicon nanoparticle nanotube material. A film may be subdivided into an array of identical portions, and the identical portions will roll into identical tubes having same length and diameter. A silicon nanoparticle nanotube material of the invention includes nanotubes formed of silicon nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/864072 |
| ART UNIT | 4116 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/348 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429477 | Johnson |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Johnson (Buffalo, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Fungal/bacterial antagonist combinations, a seed coated with one of the combinations and a plant protected from plant pathogens by one of the combinations. The invention is also a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination comprising a Trichoderma virens fungal antagonist and a Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) bacterial antagonist and its use for controlling plant pathogens as a biocontrol agent, bio-pesticide or bio-fungicide. The invention also finds utility as a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination applied to the seed, stalk or leaf that results in an increase in plant yield. Control of early and late season stalk and root rot caused by fungi such as Fusarium, Phythium, Phytophthora and Penicillium in tomatoes, peppers, turf grass, soybeans, sunflower, wheat and corn is achieved. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/940036 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429735 | Lueerssen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mass Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dietrich Lueerssen (Kidlington, United Kingdom); Rajeev J. Ram (Arlington, Massachusetts); Janice A. Hudgings (South Hadley, Massachusetts); Peter M. Mayer (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to systems and methods of digital signal processing and in particular to systems and methods for measurements of thermoreflectance signals, even when they are smaller than the code width of a digital detector used for detection. For example, in some embodiments, the number of measurements done is selected to be sufficiently large so as to obtain an uncertainty less than the code width of the detector. This allows for obtaining images having an enhanced temperature resolution. The invention is also directed to methods for predicting the uncertainty in measurement of the signal based on one or more noise variables associated with the detection process and the number of measurement iterations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/376722 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/341.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429860 | Taylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard S. Taylor (Los Angeles, California); Sharif Kunikeev (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A windowed noise reduction technique is presented that allows a noise-reduced spectrum of satisfactory accuracy to be recovered from original noisy spectroscopic data, while acquiring a significantly reduced number of transient acquisitions. The signal-averaged, decimated signal is written as a sum of a noisefree component and a noise component, and a vector space that contains a noisefree subspace and a noise subspace is created using these decimated signals. A correlation matrix is constructed in this vector space, and diagonalized to yield the singular values. The appearance of a clear gap between the noisefree singular values and the noise singular values, in a singular value graph, and the stability of the gap, supplies the criteria for determining that a sufficient number of iterations has been performed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/766599 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07430190 | Luo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenjun Luo (Cupertino, California); Magda El Zarki (Irvine, California); Lei Zan (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless communication system configured for the efficient allocation of resources is provided. The wireless communication system can include a transmit system having a first set of one or more antennas each configured to transmit a data signal over a region to a receive system having a second set of two or more antennas each configured to receive the transmitted data signal. The transmit system can be configured to adjust a transmission parameter of a data signal based on a level of signal fading in the region to sustain a target bit rate, adjust a power and a bit rate at which a data signal is transmitted based on the level of signal fading in the region and select a subset of antennas within the first set of antennas to be used to transmit a data signal based on the level of signal fading in the region. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/042909 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/334 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07429473 | Milcamps et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan State University (Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne Milcamps (Gavirate (Voltorre), Italy); David A. Pan (Scotland, United Kingdom); Michael R. Pollard (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and proteins, and methods of their use. In particular, the invention describes genes and proteins that exhibit both long-chain acyltransferase and acetyltransferase activity. The present invention encompasses both native and recombinant wild-type forms of the transferase, as well as mutants and variant forms, some of which possess altered characteristics relative to the wild-type transferase. The present invention also relates to methods of using diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and proteins, including in their expression in transgenic organisms and in the production of acetyl-glycerides in plant oils, and in particular seed oils. |
| FILED | Monday, October 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/541881 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429928 | Lee |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Mississippi (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Lee (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting the presence of subterranean termites, involving use of a thermal imaging camera to scan the structure before installation of an acoustic sensor in order to quickly locate potential areas of subterranean termite infestation, and an acoustic sensor in the form of an accelerometer or the disclosed innovative acoustic sensors having a bandwidth of at least 100 Hz to 15 kHz to detect noises made by the subterranean termites. Information collected by the acoustic sensor may be transmitted to a portable mini-computer (pocket PC) for confirmation and to a central operations center for inclusion in a comprehensive database of termite data and information. A method and system for detecting the presence of dry-wood termites concealed in a structure, involving use of a heat source to warm up the wooden structure of interest and then using a thermal imaging camera to scan the structure for suspicious dry-wood infestation, followed by the use of an acoustic sensor and pattern recognition software to more precisely and accurately locate potential area of dry-wood termite infestation. Additionally, structural damage can be evaluated by the methods discussed herein, including live trees. Additionally, the method can be used to manipulate termite infestation behavior. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904093 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/573.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07429401 | Josell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Insitiute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Josell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Thomas P. Moffat (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Daniel Wheeler (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The process of this invention involves first adsorbing a catalyst on the surface of a specimen by immersion in a catalyst-containing solution, followed by electrolytic deposition in a second solution that need not contain catalyst. This two-step superconformal process produces a seam-free and void-free metal microelectronic conductor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/444060 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/98.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07428848 | Pant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Guiren Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Feng (Huntsville, Alabama); Shankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an electrostatic collector for low cost, high throughput, high efficiency sampling and concentration of bioaerosols. The device is small enough to be portable and can be contained within or placed on the wall of a typical office or hospital building. The collector comprises one or more collector modules, each having an ionizing electrode, a conical outer electrode, a wet collection electrode, and a liquid collection system. Airflow through a collector module may be partially blocked to enhance the collection of smaller particles and the collection electrode may comprise multiple, programmable electrodes to focus particle deposition onto a smaller area. Particles are collected into a small volume of liquid to facilitate subsequent analysis by an attached analyzer or at a remote site. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/199754 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07429482 | Cardozo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Cardozo (New York City, New York); William A. Bauman (New Rochelle, New York); Weidong Zhao (Riverdale, New York); Yong Wu (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides nucleic acids including the polynucleotide sequence of the human MAFbx core promoter involved in muscle specific expression. Also provided are reporters operably linked to a polynucleotide sequence including MAFbx transcription regulatory sequences, and constructs including polynucleotides that encode reporters and other polynucleotide sequences operably linked to the MAFbx core transcription regulatory sequence. Systems for identifying agents that inhibit muscle loss and/or increase muscle mass or tone are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331854 |
| 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 |
General Services Administration (GSA)
| US 07429294 | Chianelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Chianelli (El Paso, Texas); Lori A. Polette (El Paso, Texas) |
| 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. The paint has unprecedented stability. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/443495 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07429113 | Knowles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | QorTek, Inc. (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gareth Knowles (Williamsport, Pennsylvania); Eli Hughes (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin, nearly wireless adaptive optical device capable of dynamically modulating the shape of a mirror in real time to compensate for atmospheric distortions and/or variations along an optical material is provided. The device includes an optical layer, a substrate, at least one electronic circuit layer with nearly wireless architecture, an array of actuators, power electronic switches, a reactive force element, and a digital controller. Actuators are aligned so that each axis of expansion and contraction intersects both substrate and reactive force element. Electronics layer with nearly wireless architecture, power electronic switches, and digital controller are provided within a thin-film substrate. The size and weight of the adaptive optical device is solely dominated by the size of the actuator elements rather than by the power distribution system. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/900088 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/846 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07430503 | Walker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brenton D. Walker (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method of combining corpora to achieve consistency in phonetic labeling. Corpora are received. A first corpus is selected from the corpora. Generating a phonetic transcript if the first corpus does not include one. A second corpus is selected from the corpora. Generating a phonetic transcript if the second corpus does not include one. Each allophone in the second corpus is identified. At least one allophone is identified for each phone in the second corpus. For each phone in the second corpus, the allophone to which it most closely matches is identified. Each phone symbol in the phone transcript of the second corpus is replaced with a symbol for the corresponding identified allophone. The first corpus and second corpus are combined, including their phonetic transcripts, and designated as the first corpus. If there is another corpus in the corpora to be processed return to the step of selecting another second corpus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/928879 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07428848 | Pant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Guiren Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Feng (Huntsville, Alabama); Shankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an electrostatic collector for low cost, high throughput, high efficiency sampling and concentration of bioaerosols. The device is small enough to be portable and can be contained within or placed on the wall of a typical office or hospital building. The collector comprises one or more collector modules, each having an ionizing electrode, a conical outer electrode, a wet collection electrode, and a liquid collection system. Airflow through a collector module may be partially blocked to enhance the collection of smaller particles and the collection electrode may comprise multiple, programmable electrodes to focus particle deposition onto a smaller area. Particles are collected into a small volume of liquid to facilitate subsequent analysis by an attached analyzer or at a remote site. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/199754 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07428980 | Irwin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Irwin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Daniel A. Wilson (Fairfax Station, Virginia); F. Andrew Better (Oak Hill, Virginia); Edgar T. Bellinger, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Duane C. Hajos (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for receiving parcels having a structural frame and a parcel drop having a fully open and a fully closed position is disclosed. The apparatus includes a bin, a first opening between the bin and the structural frame through which patrons may deposit parcels into the bin at least when the parcel drop is in the fully open position. The apparatus further includes a second opening within the bin through which deposited parcels may fall out of the bin at least when the parcel drop is in the fully closed position. The parcel drop is rotatably coupled to the structural frame. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/192044 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Deposit and collection receptacles 232/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07429481 | Bergman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ira Bergman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Patricia Whitaker-Dowling (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to viruses that are engineered to contain a surface ligand molecule which targets the virus to a cell of interest. In particular non-limiting embodiments, the cell of interest is desirably ablated and may be a cancer cell, an infected cell, a cell exhibiting a non-malignant proliferative disorder, or a cell of the immune system. Alternatively, the cell of interest is a target for gene therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/227778 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07429650 | Fuqua et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne Fuqua (Sugar Land, Texas); Peter O'Connell (Houston, Texas); D. Craig Allred (Houston, Texas); Torsten A. Hopp (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions regarding a specific mutation in estrogen receptor alpha and their use as diagnostic markers in breast tissue, such as premalignant lesions, for the development of breast cancer. More specifically, cells of breast cancer whose nucleic acid comprises the estrogen receptor alpha mutation identify the breast cancer to be an invasive breast cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/437107 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, September 30, 2008.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
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THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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ART UNIT
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
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