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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 07464413 | Todd |
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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) | Wendy L. Todd (Solomons, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism that enables rapid release and access to contents stored at inconveniently located garment or storage receptacles is disclosed. The mechanism allows two sides of a receptacle storing contents to be opened simultaneously and rapidly with a one-handed operation, thus revealing the receptacle's interior, and releasing the contents thereof for immediate access to user. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001599 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparel 02/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07464536 | Renggli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard James Renggli (Cincinnati, Ohio); Matthew Wilson Jumper (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for operating a gas turbine engine including a core engine having a core stream duct, an inner bypass duct, an outer bypass duct, and a nozzle assembly downstream of the core engine and including a core engine nozzle and a bypass nozzle separated by a liner. The method includes channeling a first airflow discharged from the core gas turbine engine to the core engine nozzle, and channeling a second airflow through the inner bypass duct such that the second airflow bypasses the core gas turbine engine. The second airflow is channeled to a plurality of fairings that are positioned upstream from a plurality of support struts coupled to the nozzle assembly liner. The method also includes channeling a third airflow through the outer bypass duct such that the third airflow bypasses the core gas turbine engine, wherein the third airflow is channeled through the support struts to the bypass nozzle. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/176770 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07464548 | Yson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Apolonio P. Yson (Cerritos, California); Ross H. Messinger (Tustin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Linear actuators including coupled elongate members formed of shape memory alloys are provided. Members that lengthen when heated are coupled to members that shorten when heated such that stroke amplification gains are derived from each member. The members may be tubular and may be coaxially arranged for telescopic extension and collapse. Sections of a modular structure such as a space vehicle may be latched and clamped together for assembly or for docking by utilizing linear actuators having shape memory alloys that are actuated thermally. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/290364 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07464650 | Steinkerchner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian W. Steinkerchner (Wadsworth, Ohio); Charles E. Housley (Canal Fulton, Ohio); David W. Miller (Stow, Ohio); Paul C. Schweigert (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A ground handling system for an airship which comprises a first track system to allow a plurality of docking carts to move from a hangar to a weathervane/launching/landing ring R. The docking carts are configured to complete a second track system. Carried by each of the docking carts is a mooring cart that carries a mooring structure. Upon the completion of the second track system by each of the docking carts, the mooring carts are able to move about the second track system. Thereby allowing the airship to be oriented in a desired manner to facilitate its launch or landing. |
| FILED | Friday, March 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/384079 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Railways 14/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465146 | Kennedy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale Michael Kennedy (Cincinnati, Ohio); Wayne Garcia Edmondson, Sr. (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for a balance weight access assembly are provided. The assembly includes an access cover, and an access tube including a first opening, a second opening, and a substantially hollow body extending therebetween. The first opening is positioned proximate to a balance weight retainer, the second opening is positioned proximate to the access cover, and the body is positioned in substantial alignment with an installation axis of the balance weight retainer. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/294863 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465154 | Devore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Devore (Manchester, Connecticut); Corneil Paauwe (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine component has a cooling scheme that utilizes an impingement tube to cool the suction wall and the pressure wall of a mid portion of an airfoil. The impingement tube is formed to not have impingement holes on an end of the impingement tube spaced toward the trailing edge along the suction wall. Impingement holes are formed in the same portion on a side of the impingement tube facing the pressure wall. Pedestals extend from an inner face of the suction wall toward the impingement tube in this area. The use of the pedestals over this area provides greater cooling to a focused area on the suction wall of the airfoil that might otherwise receive inadequate film cooling. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/405881 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465201 | Thivierge 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) | Daniel P. Thivierge (Warren, Rhode Island); Richard E. Dooley (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Alberico Menozzi (Middletown, Rhode Island); Allen L. Treaster (Julian, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Beam (Tyrone, Pennsylvania); Todd K. Fetterolf (Bellefonte, Pennsylvania); Daniel R. Metrey (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The mechanism of the present invention maneuvers a vehicle by deflecting the flow from a propulsor of the vehicle. The mechanism has an elastomeric nozzle that encases the flow and is deflected via an articulation device mountable inside the vehicle. The nozzle is shaped and supported by spiral-wound composite to maintain a circular cross-section through a range of motion. An end of the nozzle is attached to the shroud of the propulsor and another end is supported by a ring with support struts radiating from a hub. The hub is supported by a shaft attached to a gimbal. The gimbal is constrained in movement by an outer race and an anti-rotation stud in a radial slot in a ball of the gimbal. A linkage as part of an articulation device controls rotation of the gimbal to direct movement of the shaft and enclosed nozzle thereby deflecting flow of the propulsor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239442 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Marine propulsion 440/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465477 | Hansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George P. Hansen (Austin, Texas); Rock A. Rushing (Spicewood, Texas); John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Joshua B. Lightfoot (Austin, Texas); Brad A. Rix (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention concerns an epoxy coating for use as a non-skid surface for applications such as the deck of an aircraft carrier. The epoxy coating can be formulated from (a) an amine curing agent, (b) an epoxide-containing toughening agent such as a polysulfide and/or a polythioether, (c) an epoxy resin, (d) a rubber toughening agent, and (e) an optional fire retardant, a glass fiber thixotrope and impact toughening agent, an optional pigment, an optional corrosion inhibitor, an optional moisture penetration inhibitor, an optional ultraviolet light stabilizer, an optional abrasive aggregate, or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415986 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/428.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465492 | Gilbert |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EIC Laboratories, Inc. (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Gilbert (Brookline, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions capable of rapidly curing to a strong substrate bond are removable from a surface to which the composition is bonded without damage to the underlying substrates. The compositions of the present invention may be used in both temporary and permanent bonding and coating applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/435622 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465494 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng F. Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Yi Tu (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | CNT materials comprising aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with pre-determined site densities, catalyst substrate materials for obtaining them and methods for forming aligned CNTs with controllable densities on such catalyst substrate materials are described. The fabrication of films comprising site-density controlled vertically aligned CNT arrays of the invention with variable field emission characteristics, whereby the field emission properties of the films are controlled by independently varying the length of CNTs in the aligned array within the film or by independently varying inter-tubule spacing of the CNTs within the array (site density) are disclosed. The fabrication of microelectrode arrays (MEAs) formed utilizing the carbon nanotube material of the invention is also described. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/424295 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465589 | Slaughter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EverSpin Technologies, Inc. (Chandler, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon M. Slaughter (Tempe, Arizona); Anatoli A. Korkin, legal representative (Gilbert, Arizona); Herbert Goronkin (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-state magnetoresistive random access memory device having a pinned ferromagnetic region with a magnetic moment vector fixed in a preferred direction in the absence of an applied magnetic field, a non-ferromagnetic spacer layer positioned on the pinned ferromagnetic region, and a free ferromagnetic region with an anisotropy designed to provide a free magnetic moment vector within the free ferromagnetic region with N stable positions, wherein N is a whole number greater than two, positioned on the non-ferromagnetic spacer layer. The number N of stable positions can be induced by a shape anisotropy of the free ferromagnetic region wherein each N stable position has a unique resistance value. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/212321 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465661 | Merritt 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) | Charles Merritt (Fairfax, Virginia); Brian Justus (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of electroplating a metal into a plurality of channels within an insulating material includes mounting the material to a cathode; placing the cathode into an electroplating solution containing the metal; placing an anode into the electroplating solution; connecting the cathode and the anode to a power supply; controlling operation of the power supply to provide a beginning current density during deposition at the insulating material and initiating electroplating of the metal within the plurality of channels starting at one face of the insulating material; and controlling operation of the power supply to provide a final current density during deposition at the insulating material and ending electroplating of the metal within the plurality of channels at the other face of the insulating material. The final current density is larger than the beginning current density, and the beginning current density is maintained at a level for a sufficient time to substantially prevent bubble formation during the electroplating. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/446257 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/667 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465678 | Bhattacharya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rabin Bhattacharya (Ledeganckstraat, Netherlands); Sigurd Wagner (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided. The device includes a substrate, an inorganic layer disposed over the substrate, and an organic layer disposed on the inorganic conductive or semiconductive layer, such that the organic layer is in direct physical contact with the inorganic conductive or semiconductive layer. The substrate is deformed such that there is a nominal radial or biaxial strain of at least 0.05% relative to a flat substrate at an interface between the inorganic layer and the organic layer. The nominal radial or biaxial strain may be higher, for example 1.5%. A method of making the device is also provided, such that the substrate is deformed after the inorganic layer and the organic layer are deposited onto the substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/332231 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/780 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465967 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Peter Smith (Carrboro, North Carolina); Scott T. Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Adam William Saxler (Durham, North Carolina); Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Group III Nitride based field effect transistor (FETS) are provided having a power degradation of less than about 3.0 dB when operated at a drain-to-source voltage (VDS) of about 56 volts, a gate to source voltage (Vgs) of from about −8 to about −14 volts and a temperature of about 140° C. for at least about 10 hours. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/080905 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466069 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Haibing Peng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nanotube device in accordance with the invention includes a support structure including an aperture extending from a front surface to a back surface of the structure. At least one carbon nanotube extends across the aperture and is accessible through the aperture from both the front surface and the back surface of the support structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/696462 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466181 | Hynes |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Owen J. Hynes (Otsego, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel system for protecting one or more circuits during a dose rate event is presented. A clamping circuit is utilized that outputs a voltage signal that may be used to control prevent circuits from receiving input signals during a dose rate event. The clamping circuit comprises a photocurrent generating device that creates a current as a function of dose rate event strength. This current is used to control a grounding switch, which pulls the clamping circuit output to ground when a substantial current is created by the photocurrent generating device. The clamping circuit output may control a coupling switch that permits external input signal current flow when the clamping circuit output is above a threshold voltage level, and may prevent current flow when the output is grounded. The photocurrent generating device may be a PMOS device, while the coupling switch and clamping switch may be realized by NMOS devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/185262 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/321 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466278 | Pickreign, legal representative |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heidi R. Pickreign, legal representative (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A buoyant cable system and method is provided with a towed platform that is flexible for deployment into the water from a submerged submarine. The towed platform has a memory that returns to a selected shape after deployment. In one embodiment the biasing member is a spring acting against and anchored to Kevlar® strands running through the blocks such that the blocks are compressed into a desired shape during operation but remain sufficiently flexible for deployment and retrieval. In another embodiment, a keel may be formed from a weighted curved portion that is suitable for vertically supporting an antenna above the surface of the water to prevent signal interference due to water washing over the towed transmission line. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/650763 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466369 | Offord 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) | Bruce W. Offord (San Diego, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California); Randy L. Shimabukuro (Kapolei, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable micro-display projector uses a light transmissive liquid crystal display system wherein light is projected co-linearly from a light source through, and is selectively altered by, a transmissive liquid crystal display or liquid crystal light valve of the light transmissive liquid crystal display system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/637576 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466406 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Lidong Qin (Evanston, Illinois); Can Xue (Evanston, Illinois); Sungho Park (Evanston, Illinois); Ling Huang (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of detecting analytes using nanowires having nanodisk arrays. In particular, the present invention discloses methods of detecting analytes via surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and employing nanowires prepared using on-wire lithography (OWL). |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/372583 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466409 | Scherer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Mark Adams (Rockledge, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniaturized fluidic spectrometer comprises a light source, a fluidic circuit having a plurality of flow channels through which an analyte flows, and a proximity detector array for detecting light from the light source transmitted through the fluidic circuit. Where the light source is broadband, a variable filter is disposed between the detector array and the fluidic circuit so that each position of the detector array is provided with a different wavelength response. The fluidic circuit is disposed in an optimized Fabry-Perot etalon. The fluidic circuit is defined in an elastomeric material and includes means for tuning the Fabry-Perot etalon by pressurization of flow channels in the elastomeric material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/448343 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466631 | Ames |
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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) | Gregory H. Ames (South Kingstown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An interferometric hydrophone operable for use in surrounding fluid, includes an outer mandrel having an interior open to the surrounding fluid. A sensing optical fiber is wound on the exterior of the outer mandrel. An inner mandrel is positioned in the interior of the outer mandrel. A chamber defined between the inner mandrel and outer mandrel is in communication with the surrounding fluid. The inner mandrel has a sealed gas filled interior. Compression and expansion of the inner mandrel results in compression and expansion of the outer mandrel. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/602432 |
| 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 367/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467066 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kay S. Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph P. Bigus (Rochester, Minnesota); Eric Bouillet (Jersey City, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Yorktown Heights, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and computer program product for benchmarking a stream processing system are disclosed. The method comprises generating a plurality of correlated test streams. A semantically related data set is embedded within each of the test streams in the plurality of correlated test streams. The plurality of correlated test streams is provided to at least one stream processing system. A summary is generated for each of the semantically related embedded data sets. A common identifier, which is transparent to the system being tested, is embedded within each stream in the plurality of correlated test streams. The common identifier is extracted from the output data set generated by the stream processing system. At least one of the stored copies of the summaries and the common identifier are compared to an output data set including a set of zero or more correlation results generated by the stream processing system. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/418740 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467280 | Shen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Shen (Hopewell Junction, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Robert B. Tremaine (Stormville, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reconfiguring a cache memory is provided. The method in one aspect may include analyzing one or more characteristics of an execution entity accessing a cache memory and reconfiguring the cache based on the one or more characteristics analyzed. Examples of analyzed characteristic may include but are not limited to data structure used by the execution entity, expected reference pattern of the execution entity, type of an execution entity, heat and power consumption of an execution entity, etc. Examples of cache attributes that may be reconfigured may include but are not limited to associativity of the cache memory, amount of the cache memory available to store data, coherence granularity of the cache memory, line size of the cache memory, etc. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/481020 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467417 | Stillerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew A Stillerman (Ithaca, New York); Dexter Kozen (Ithaca, New York); Thomas J Merritt (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are described for generating and actively verifying a boot code associated with a peripheral device of a computer system to prevent potential security threats the boot code may introduce into the computer system. The techniques for generating boot code entail generating the boot code from a high-level programming language using a verification application program interface (API). The API aids in generating a certificate, which is associated with the boot ode in that the certificate describes operation of the boot code. After generating the boot code and associated certificate, the two are loaded onto a memory module of the peripheral device. Once the peripheral device ie connected to the computer system, the computer system may retrieve the boot code and certificate. The computer system utilizes techniques to actively verify the boot code by performing a security check on the boot code in accordance with the associated certificate. Finally, the computer system executes the boot code based on a result of the security check. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/656751 |
| ART UNIT | 2134 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 07464580 | Zeng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangqun Zeng (Rochester, Michigan); Lei Yu (Auburn Hills, Michigan); Rex Xiaofeng Ren (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionic liquid piezoelectric gas sensor for the detection of polar and nonpolar organic vapors. The gas sensor can operate at high temperatures with a fast linear response which is also reversible. At high temperatures, the frequency change (Δf) versus concentration (C) curve mirrors the Henry's gas law, such that the concentration of a gas sample in liquid solvent is proportional to the concentration or partial pressure of the sample in gas phase. The gas sensor can be used for quantitative analysis of gas vapors and determination of Henry constants. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/522833 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/24.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465050 | Migliaccio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Americo A. Migliaccio (Owens Mills, Maryland); Charles C. Della Santina (Towson, Maryland); Hamish G. MacDougall (Woolloomooloo, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for measuring the three-dimensional movements of an eye includes: (a) a mark array that identifies prescribed positions on the eye whose movements are to be measured, (b) a digital camera for capturing the two-dimensional images of this marker array as the eye is moved, (c) a light source that illuminates the marker array with an output that is outside the spectral range of the camera, (d) light source that are used to align the camera's optical axis with the center of the eye, (e) an algorithm for computing the three-dimensional positions of the marker array from the information contained in the captured digital images , and (f) a base for fixing the position of the camera relative to the position of the eye, wherein the materials of the marker array are chosen so that the array has the ability to, when illuminated as described above, give off energy that is in the spectral range of the device's camera. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/588738 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/209 |
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| US 07465276 | Assadi-Porter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fariba M. Assadi-Porter (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Mark E. Cook (Madison, Wisconsin); Warren P. Porter (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Daniel E. Butz (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for distinguishing whether an animal is experiencing a bacterial infection or a viral infection. One monitors breath taken from the animal over time to measure the relative amount of a first breath stable isotope to a second breath stable isotope therein over time. A quick change in the isotope ratios within several hours from the likely infection is indicative of a bacterial infection. A delayed change in the isotope ratios, followed by periodic repeated alterations in the ratios, is indicative of viral infection. The methods are particularly efficient when using cavity ringdown spectroscopy for the monitoring. They may be used for monitoring a patient already admitted to a hospital, or for monitoring a patient initially complaining of adverse symptoms, or for triage, or for collectively monitoring a population of animals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/290024 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/532 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465448 | Munn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Munn (Augusta, Georgia); Andrew L. Mellor (Martinez, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions to reduce immune tolerance at specific sites. In one aspect, the present invention comprises methods and compositions to reduce tumorigenicity. In an embodiment, the present invention reduces recruitment of tolerance-inducing antigen presenting cells (APCs) or their precursors to a tumor and/or tumor draining lymph node by decreasing binding of at least one tumor-associated ligand to a chemokine receptor present on the tolerance-inducing APCs or APC precursors. In an embodiment, the chemokine receptor is CCR6 and the tumor-associated ligand is mip-3α. In another aspect, the present invention comprises methods and compositions to reduce immune tolerance to a virus. In an embodiment, the virus is HIV. The present invention further provides for the development of CCR6 antibodies and antagonists as therapeutic agents to prevent or reduce immune tolerance. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/660131 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/141.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465457 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The MCW Research Foundation, Incorporated (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A. Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin); Marite Bradshaw (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Baldwin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Joseph T. Barbieri (New Berlin, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a preparation of botulinum toxin light chain type A or E, wherein the preparation is both catalytically active and soluble. Preferably, the preparation consists essentially of amino acid residues 1 through 425 of the botulinum toxin light chain type A. A method of screening inhibitors is also provided, wherein the method comprises exposing a test inhibitor to the preparation of botulinum toxin light chain type A and evaluating the biological activity of the preparation. In another embodiment, a method of providing a catalytically active, soluble preparation of botulinum toxin light chain, type A is provided, wherein the method comprises obtaining an expression vector comprising a DNA sequence encoding amino acid residues 1-425 and expressing a polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/404289 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/239.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465464 | Lemischka |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ihor R. Lemischka (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated mammalian nucleic acid molecules encoding receptor protein tyrosine kinases expressed in primitive hematopoietic cells and not expressed in mature hematopoietic cells are provided. Also included are the receptors encoded by such nucleic acid molecules; the nucleic acid molecules encoding receptor protein tyrosine kinases having the sequences shown in FIG. 1a (murine flk-2), FIG. 1b (human flk-2) and FIG. 2 (murine flk-1); the receptor protein tyrosine kinases having the amino acid sequences shown in FIG. 1a, FIG. 1b and FIG. 2; ligands for the receptors; nucleic acid sequences that encode the ligands; and methods of stimulating the proliferation and/or differentiation of primitive mammalian hematopoietic stem cells comprising contacting the stem cells with a ligand that binds to a receptor protein tyrosine kinase expressed in primitive mammalian hematopoietic cells and not expressed in mature hematopoietic cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/030539 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/577 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465494 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng F. Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Yi Tu (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | CNT materials comprising aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with pre-determined site densities, catalyst substrate materials for obtaining them and methods for forming aligned CNTs with controllable densities on such catalyst substrate materials are described. The fabrication of films comprising site-density controlled vertically aligned CNT arrays of the invention with variable field emission characteristics, whereby the field emission properties of the films are controlled by independently varying the length of CNTs in the aligned array within the film or by independently varying inter-tubule spacing of the CNTs within the array (site density) are disclosed. The fabrication of microelectrode arrays (MEAs) formed utilizing the carbon nanotube material of the invention is also described. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/424295 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465537 | Raney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin D. Raney (Little Rock, Arkansas); Craig E. Cameron (State College, Pennsylvania); Bhuvanesh Dave (Little Rock, Arkansas); Joshua Sakon (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Jeff Zhiqiang Lu (Towson, Maryland); Samuel G. Mackintosh (Little Rock, Arkansas); Thomas A. Jennings (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventors have discovered that an ATPase-deficient dominant-negative mutant NS3 protein of hepatitis C virus inhibits activity of the wild-type NS3 protein and inhibits replication of hepatitis C virus (HCV). The solved crystal structure of a multi-enzyme NS3 complex on a DNA substrate is also provided. The inventors have tested a peptide matching the sequence of a portion of NS3 that interacts with another NS3 molecule for inhibiting HCV replication. The peptide inhibits HCV replication. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of inhibiting HCV replication in cells infected with HCV involving transforming the cells with a vector expressing a dominant-negative mutant NS3 gene. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting HCV replication in cells infected with HCV involving administering to the cells a dominant-negative mutant NS3 protein. The invention also provides peptides and agents that inhibit HCV replication and methods of identifying agents that inhibit HCV replication. |
| FILED | Sunday, May 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/119587 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465544 | Rajski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott R. Rajski (Madison, Wisconsin); Lindsay R. Comstock (Madison, Wisconsin); Rachel L. Weller (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses compounds and methods used to specifically target substrates of methylation by S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases. The substrates can be peptides, single stranded nucleic acids or double stranded nucleic acids, including RNA, DNA and PNA or phospholipids. The compounds disclosed are SAM analogs that are ligated to a methylation site by the methyltransferase. Also disclosed, are reacting groups that are ligatable to the cofactor analogs and can also be used as detectable labels. The reacting group can be used to cleave the substrate providing a methylation footprint. The invention can be used clinically to determine methylation state of a gene or gene promoter such as those involved in imprinting and transcription. In some preferred embodiments, the invention includes a kit, which can include one or more suitable SAM analogs and may include one or more detectable labels. In other preferred embodiments, the invention includes a pharmaceutical composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/330370 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465550 | Zuker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Zuker (San Diego, California); Jon Elliot Adler (Sherwood, Oregon); Nicholas J.P. Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Ken Mueller (San Diego, California); Mark Hoon (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for a novel family of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/962365 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 07465551 | Blumenthal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Center For Molecular Medicine and Immunology (Belleville, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosalyn D. Blumenthal (Belleville, New Jersey); David M. Goldenberg (Mendham, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides kits and methods for evaluating the myelosuppressive state of a patient. These methods and kits provide a useful adjunct for cytotoxic and myelosuppressive therapies. By establishing threshold levels of certain cytokines as a surrogate for myelosuppression, treatment protocols can be optimized to reduce myelotoxicity, while maximizing effective dose. Measured levels of one or more cytokines in a patient subjected to cytotoxic therapy, relative to a normal population, may be used to determine the dose of a hematopoietic cytokine to be administered to the patient. |
| FILED | Monday, August 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/500186 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — 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 07465553 | Polyak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kornelia Polyak (Brookline, Massachusetts); Charlotta Enerbäck (Gothenburg, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods of diagnosing high grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) These methods involve measuring: (1) the level of HID-5 in a body fluid (e.g., blood or urine) of a subject suspected of having, or at risk of having, high grade DCIS; or (2) the level of HID-5 gene expression in breast tissue from a subject suspected of having, or at risk of having, high grade DCIS. The invention also embodies a method of inhibiting expression of HID-5 protein in DCIS cells and methods of treating a subject suspected of having, or at risk of having, high grade DCIS. |
| FILED | Monday, December 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/331200 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465580 | Sugden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William M. Sugden (Madison, Wisconsin); Jindong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Gregory Dean Kennedy (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a vector encoding a derivative of EBNA-1 that is not cytotoxic when expressed efficiently in cells, which supports extrachromosomal replication, maintenance and transcription from extrachromosomal oriP containing vectors but does not substantially activate transcription from host cell genes. Also provided is a vector having oriP and encoding a derivative of EBNA-1. The vectors of the invention may be employed in vitro and in gene therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/848976 |
| 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 07465581 | Bevan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Bevan (London, United Kingdom); Ardem Patapoutian (San Diego, California); Gina M. Story (San Marcos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods and compositions of the invention are based on a method for measuring nociceptive responses in vertebrates, including humans and other mammals utilizing a newly discovered thermoreceptor belonging to the Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) family of non-selective cation channels that participates in thermosensation and pain. This receptor, designated ANKTMI, is associated with nociceptive pain, such as hyperalgesia. Accordingly, the invention provides isolated polypeptides and polynucleotides associated with nociception as well as methods for identifying or screening agents that modulate nociception. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/539377 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 07465583 | Samulski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Douglas M. McCarty (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides duplexed parvovirus vector genomes that are capable under appropriate conditions of forming a double-stranded molecule by intrastrand base-pairing. Also provided are duplexed parvovirus particles comprising the vector genome. Further disclosed are templates and methods for producing the duplexed vector genomes and duplexed parvovirus particles of the invention. Methods of administering these reagents to a cell or subject are also described. Preferably, the parvovirus capsid is an AAV capsid. It is further preferred that the vector genome comprises AAV terminal repeat sequences. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/276356 |
| 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 435/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465585 | Mercola et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Mercola (Del Mar, California); Ruchika Gupta (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The finding that Dickkopf1 (Dkk1) is a dual function protein demonstrates a mechanism for the coordination of cell migration and antagonism of Wnt/β-catenin signaling during developmental and pathological processes. The profile of Dkk proteins expressed by human breast cancers correlates with indicators of outcome: Dkk1 associates with markers of poor prognosis whereas expression of single function Dkk2 or Dkk3 (which inhibit Wnt/β-catenin signaling and promote migration, respectively) correlates with phenotypes reflective of good prognosis. Therefore, the pro-migratory activities of Dkk1 and 3 identified here offer new insights into breast cancer progression and a potential avenue for therapeutic intervention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/786146 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465708 | Mixson |
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| INVENTOR(S) | A. James Mixson (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a branched copolymer for the treatment of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. The branched copolymer is characterized as having (i) at least 10 amino acids, (ii) at least 10% of the amino acids are histidine, (iii) at least 10% of the amino acids are non-histidine, (iv) said branched polymer comprising one or more backbones, (v) one or more terminal branches, and (vi) optionally, one or more non-terminal branches. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/535991 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465710 | Balasubramanium et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ambikaipakan Balasubramanium (Cincinnati, Ohio); William T. Chance (Withamsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to dipeptides and tripeptides and to methods for pharmaceutical treatment of mammals using analogs of such dipeptides and tripeptides. More specifically, the invention relates to tripeptides and their analogs, to pharmaceutical compositions containing such dipeptides and tripeptides and to methods of treatment of mammals using such dipeptides and tripeptides. In addition, the invention relates to methods of treatment of mammals using such dipeptides and tripeptides for control of appetite, blood pressure, cardiovascular response, libido, and circadian rhythm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/224759 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465787 | Wittrup et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Dane Wittrup (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); David M. Kranz (Champaign, Illinois); Michele Kieke (Urbana, Illinois); Eric T. Boder (Media, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a genetic method for tethering polypeptides to the yeast cell wall in a form accessible for binding to macromolecules. Combining this method with fluorescence-activated cell sorting provides a means of selecting proteins with increased or decreased affinity for another molecule, altered specificity, or conditional binding. Also provided is a method for genetic fusion of the N terminus of a polypeptide of interest to the C-terminus of the yeast Aga2p cell wall protein. The outer wall of each yeast cell can display approximately 10 protein agglutinins. The native agglutinins serve as specific adhesion contacts to fuse yeast cells of opposite mating type during mating. In effect, yeast has evolved a platform for protein-protein binding without steric hindrance from cell wall components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/738454 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465794 | Collins 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) | Peter L. Collins (Kensington, Maryland); Alexander Bukreyev (Olney, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are provided which express one or more immune modulatory molecules. The recombinant virus is modified by addition or substitution of a polynucleotide sequence encoding the immune modulatory molecule, which is preferably a cytokine. Introduction of the cytokine increase, decrease, or otherwise enhances aspects of viral biology and/or host immune responses to RSV to facilitate vaccine use of the virus. Cytokines for use within the invention include but are not limited to interleukin 2 (IL-2), interleukin 4 (IL-4), interleukin 5 (IL-5), interleukin 6 (IL6), or interleukin 18 (IL-18), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, interferon gamma (IFN), and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF). The polynucleotide or immune modulatory molecule is preferably added or substituted into the recombinant viral genome or antigenome, typically at an intergenic or other non-coding site, as a separate gene but may be otherwise expressed, for example as a fusion protein. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/754895 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465848 | Macrae et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calum A. Macrae (Newton Center, Massachusetts); David J. Milan (Boston, Massachusetts); C. Geoffrey Burns (Boston, Massachusetts); Randall Peterson (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Travis Peterson (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a zebrafish assay for cardiac response. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/149662 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07464540 | Easley, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Lanier Easley, Jr. (Dunlap, Illinois); Gerald Nelson Coleman (Petersborough, United Kingdom); Wade James Robel (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A power system is provided having a power source, a first power source section with a first intake passage and a first exhaust passage, a second power source section with a second intake passage and a second exhaust passage, and an oxygen separator. The second intake passage may be fluidly isolated from the first intake passage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/443081 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07464555 | Bachovchin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis M. Bachovchin (Mauldin, South Carolina); Thomas E. Lippert (Murrysville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A gasification power plant 10 includes a compressor 32 producing a compressed air flow 36, an air separation unit 22 producing a nitrogen flow 44, a gasifier 14 producing a primary fuel flow 28 and a secondary fuel source 60 providing a secondary fuel flow 62 The plant also includes a catalytic combustor 12 combining the nitrogen flow and a combustor portion 38 of the compressed air flow to form a diluted air flow 39 and combining at least one of the primary fuel flow and secondary fuel flow and a mixer portion 78 of the diluted air flow to produce a combustible mixture 80. A catalytic element 64 of the combustor 12 separately receives the combustible mixture and a backside cooling portion 84 of the diluted air flow and allows the mixture and the heated flow to produce a hot combustion gas 46 provided to a turbine 48. When fueled with the secondary fuel flow, nitrogen is not combined with the combustor portion. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/122567 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/777 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07464614 | Harvey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris A. Harvey (French Camp, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An offline solid phase microextraction (SPME) sampling apparatus for enabling SPME samples to be taken a number of times from a previously collected fluid sample (e.g. sample atmosphere) stored in a fused silica lined bottle which keeps volatile organics in the fluid sample stable for weeks at a time. The offline SPME sampling apparatus has a hollow body surrounding a sampling chamber, with multiple ports through which a portion of a previously collected fluid sample may be (a) released into the sampling chamber, (b) SPME sampled to collect analytes for subsequent GC analysis, and (c) flushed/purged using a fluidically connected vacuum source and purging fluid source to prepare the sampling chamber for additional SPME samplings of the same original fluid sample, such as may have been collected in situ from a headspace. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/437906 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.840 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07464690 | Reitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rolf D. Reitz (Madison, Wisconsin); Yong Sun (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | NOx and soot emissions from internal combustion engines, and in particular compression ignition (diesel) engines, are reduced by varying fuel injection timing, fuel injection pressure, and injected fuel volume between low and greater engine loads. At low loads, fuel is injected during one or more low-pressure injections occurring at low injection pressures between the start of the intake stroke and approximately 40 degrees before top dead center during the compression stroke. At higher loads, similar injections are used early in each combustion cycle, in addition to later injections which preferably occur between about 90 degrees before top dead center during the compression stroke, and about 90 degrees after top dead center during the expansion stroke (and which most preferably begin at or closely adjacent the end of the compression stroke). These later injections have higher injection pressure, and also lower injected fuel volume, than the earlier injections. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/754402 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/299 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465419 | Morales et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo M. Morales (Livermore, California); Linda A. Domeier (Danville, California); Marcela G. Gonzales (Shoreline, Washington); Patrick N. Keifer (Livermore, California); Terry J. Garino (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A compliant cantilevered three-dimensional micromold is provided. The compliant cantilevered micromold is suitable for use in the replication of cantilevered microparts and greatly simplifies the replication of such cantilevered parts. The compliant cantilevered micromold may be used to fabricate microparts using casting or electroforming techniques. When the compliant micromold is used to fabricate electroformed cantilevered parts, the micromold will also comprise an electrically conducting base formed by a porous metal substrate that is embedded within the compliant cantilevered micromold. Methods for fabricating the compliant cantilevered micromold as well as methods of replicating cantilevered microparts using the compliant cantilevered micromold are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440867 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/219 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465492 | Gilbert |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EIC Laboratories, Inc. (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Gilbert (Brookline, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions capable of rapidly curing to a strong substrate bond are removable from a surface to which the composition is bonded without damage to the underlying substrates. The compositions of the present invention may be used in both temporary and permanent bonding and coating applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/435622 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465494 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng F. Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Yi Tu (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | CNT materials comprising aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with pre-determined site densities, catalyst substrate materials for obtaining them and methods for forming aligned CNTs with controllable densities on such catalyst substrate materials are described. The fabrication of films comprising site-density controlled vertically aligned CNT arrays of the invention with variable field emission characteristics, whereby the field emission properties of the films are controlled by independently varying the length of CNTs in the aligned array within the film or by independently varying inter-tubule spacing of the CNTs within the array (site density) are disclosed. The fabrication of microelectrode arrays (MEAs) formed utilizing the carbon nanotube material of the invention is also described. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/424295 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465520 | Belharouak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilias Belharouak (Westmont, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Cathode materials having an improved electronic conductivity allowing for faster kinetics in the electrochemical reaction, as well as higher conductivity to meet the power requirements for many consumer applications, especially at low temperatures. The cathode material comprises a compound from the family of compounds where the basic unit is generally represented by LixNi0.5TiOPO4. The structure of LixNi0.5TiOPO4 includes corner sharing octahedra [TiO6] running along the C-axis. The structure is such that nearly three Li atoms are being inserted in LixNi0.5TiOPO4. A cell in accordance with the principles of the present invention is rechargable and demonstrates a high capacity of lithium intercalation and fast kinetics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/858806 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.950 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465872 | de Rooij et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Andrew de Rooij (Clifton Park, New York); Robert Louis Steigerwald (Burnt Hills, New York); Eladio Clemente Delgado (Burnt Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Photovoltaic power converter system including a controller configured to reduce load harmonics is provided. The system comprises a photovoltaic array and an inverter electrically coupled to the array to generate an output current for energizing a load connected to the inverter and to a mains grid supply voltage. The system further comprises a controller including a first circuit coupled to receive a load current to measure a harmonic current in the load current. The controller includes a second circuit to generate a fundamental reference drawn by the load. The controller further includes a third circuit for combining the measured harmonic current and the fundamental reference to generate a command output signal for generating the output current for energizing the load connected to the inverter. The photovoltaic system may be configured to compensate harmonic currents that may be drawn by the load. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/734293 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465924 | Klann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Klann (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Richard B. Vilim (Aurora, Illinois); Young Soo Park (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting unsecured nuclear materials. Whereas current portal monitors rely in part on physical prominence to deter materials from entering the country, their application at intra-modal transport points may actually serve to divert the movement of nuclear materials rather than aid in interception. A flexible and low-profile system has been developed for unobtrusive detection and tracking of radioactive sources in transit suited for deployment at traffic choke points such as rest stops, toll collection plazas, truck stops, and bridges. The system includes gamma radiation detectors, networking for linking these detectors, signal processing algorithms, and a central processing and control unit. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/413698 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466132 | Clarke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Clarke (Berkeley, California); Alexander Pines (Berkeley, California); Robert F. McDermott (Monona, Wisconsin); Andreas H. Trabesinger (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals are detected in microtesla fields. Prepolarization in millitesla fields is followed by detection with an untuned dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer. Because the sensitivity of the SQUID is frequency independent, both signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spectral resolution are enhanced by detecting the NMR signal in extremely low magnetic fields, where the NMR lines become very narrow even for grossly inhomogeneous measurement fields. MRI in ultralow magnetic field is based on the NMR at ultralow fields. Gradient magnetic fields are applied, and images are constructed from the detected NMR signals. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/740339 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07464583 | Kowalewski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tomasz P. Kowalewski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Justin Allen Legleiter (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and methods for using proximal probes. A method includes measuring motion of an oscillating probe, producing a signal indicative of motion of the oscillating probe, and filtering the signal indicative of motion of the oscillating probe. In one embodiment, filtering includes performing signal decomposition to produce a filtered signal. In another form, filtering includes performing a Fourier transform, comb filtering in the frequency domain, and performing an inverse Fourier transform to produce a filtered signal. In another embodiment, filtering includes amplifying specific frequencies of the signal indicative of motion of the oscillating probe. Apparatuses according to the present invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/450074 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465381 | Lopez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Linnea K. Ista (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Anthony L. Garcia (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dimiter N. Petsev (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Bisong (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael J. O'Brien (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separation of mixtures in fluidic systems through electrokinetic transport by use of nanochannels when the fluidic systems approach the size of an electrical double layer, thereby allowing separation based on charge. The disclosed apparatus comprises a T-chip with a nanochannel section. The method and apparatus are useful for separation of many molecular species, including peptides, proteins, and DNA. |
| FILED | Monday, October 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/958113 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465494 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng F. Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Yi Tu (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | CNT materials comprising aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with pre-determined site densities, catalyst substrate materials for obtaining them and methods for forming aligned CNTs with controllable densities on such catalyst substrate materials are described. The fabrication of films comprising site-density controlled vertically aligned CNT arrays of the invention with variable field emission characteristics, whereby the field emission properties of the films are controlled by independently varying the length of CNTs in the aligned array within the film or by independently varying inter-tubule spacing of the CNTs within the array (site density) are disclosed. The fabrication of microelectrode arrays (MEAs) formed utilizing the carbon nanotube material of the invention is also described. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/424295 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466069 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Haibing Peng (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nanotube device in accordance with the invention includes a support structure including an aperture extending from a front surface to a back surface of the structure. At least one carbon nanotube extends across the aperture and is accessible through the aperture from both the front surface and the back surface of the support structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/696462 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/257 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466258 | Akopyan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, INc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Filipp Akopyan (Ithaca, New York); Alyssa Apsel (Ithaca, New York); Rajit Manohar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for converting an analog input signal to a digital output signal, provide for simultaneously comparing the input signal to a sequential multiplicity of reference values representing a range of values of the input signal, and asynchronously processing digital results from simultaneous comparison to produce a digital representation of level crossings of the input signal with respect to the multiplicity of reference values. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/545228 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466406 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Lidong Qin (Evanston, Illinois); Can Xue (Evanston, Illinois); Sungho Park (Evanston, Illinois); Ling Huang (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of detecting analytes using nanowires having nanodisk arrays. In particular, the present invention discloses methods of detecting analytes via surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and employing nanowires prepared using on-wire lithography (OWL). |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/372583 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466539 | Dementiev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Viacheslav V. Dementiev (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert C. West (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert J. Hamers (Madison, Wisconsin); Kiu-Yuen Tse (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are supercapacitors having organosilicon electrolytes, high surface area/porous electrodes, and optionally organosilicon separators. Electrodes are formed from high surface area material (such as porous carbon nanotubes or carbon nanofibers), which has been impregnated with the electrolyte. These type devices appear particularly suitable for use in electric and hybrid electric vehicles. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/240132 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466797 | Luan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame du Lac (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuang Luan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Danny Z. Chen (Granger, Indiana); Xiaobo S. Hu (Granger, Indiana); Chao Wang (Mishawaka, Indiana); Xiaodong Wu (Iowa City, Iowa); Cedric X. Yu (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method comprising the following steps: (a) partitioning an intensity modulated beam into a set of sub-IMBs; and (b) partitioning the sub-IMBs into segments, wherein steps (a) and (b) introduce no machine delivery error. The present invention also provides a method comprising the following steps: (a) recursively partitioning an intensity modulated beam into plateaus; and (b) partitioning the plateaus into segments, wherein step (a) comprises determining a tradeoff between machine delivery error and the number of segments into which the plateaus will be partitioned in step (b). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/085529 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466848 | Metaxas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimitris N. Metaxas (North Brunswick, New Jersey); Anant Madabhushi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for automatically detecting breast tumors and lesions in images, including ultrasound, digital and analog mammograms, and MRI images, is provided. An image of a breast is acquired. The image is filtered and contrast of the image is enhanced. Intensity and texture classifiers are applied to each pixel in the image, the classifiers indicative of the probability of the pixel corresponding to a tumor. A seed point is identified within the image, and a region of interest is grown around the seed point. Directional gradients are calculated for each pixel of the image. Boundary points of the region of interest are identified. The boundary points are passed as inputs to a deformable model. The deformable model processes the boundary points to indicate the presence or absence of a tumor. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/736455 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07464900 | Clark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Clark (San Diego, California); Ross H. Messinger (Tustin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A folding, retractable dome for protecting a feature, such as a docking mechanism, a hatch or other equipment at an exterior surface of a space vehicle, includes a plurality of arcuate ribs, each having opposite ends respectively pinioned at opposite sides of the feature at the surface of the vehicle for rotational movement about an axis of rotation extending through the opposite ends and through an arcuate path of revolution extending over the feature, and a flexible cover attached to each of the ribs such that, in a deployed configuration of the dome, in which adjacent ribs are rotated apart from each other at a maximum relative angle therebetween, the cover is stretched generally tangentially between the adjacent ribs to form a generally arcuate shield over the feature, and in a retracted position of the dome, in which adjacent ribs are rotated together at a minimum relative angle therebetween, the cover is collapsed to define folded pleats between the adjacent ribs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970472 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/171.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465871 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Mildred Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to nanocomposite thermoelectric materials that exhibit enhanced thermoelectric properties. The nanocomposite materials include two or more components, with at least one of the components forming nano-sized structures within the composite material. The components are chosen such that thermal conductivity of the composite is decreased without substantially diminishing the composite's electrical conductivity. Suitable component materials exhibit similar electronic band structures. For example, a band-edge gap between at least one of a conduction band or a valence band of one component material and a corresponding band of the other component material at interfaces between the components can be less than about 5kBT, wherein kB is the Boltzman constant and T is an average temperature of said nanocomposite composition. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/977363 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/236.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465926 | Stassinopoulos |
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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) | Epaminondas G. Stassinopoulos (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device/system for radiation sensing is configured to detect high and low LET radiation. The radiation sensing system may include a high LET detector and a low LET detector coupled to the high LET detector by a CPU, wherein the high LET detector and the low LET detector are assembled within a single unit. The device/system may also include a high LET and low LET detector that may be coupled together without an internal CPU. Overall, the device/system may be a stand-alone system and/or coupled to an external processing device. The device/system may also be approximately 6×6×2 cm3 in size, making it hand portable and may weigh less or equal to approximately ninety (90) grams, and operate on less than or approximately 0.25 watts of power. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/537280 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466343 | Gat |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Nahum Gat (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A line of sight stabilization system using two mirrors pivotally mounted to a fixed platform that can be used with existing imaging systems to provide pitch, roll, and yaw compensation while maintaining image orientation. By deflecting only the photons, the inventive system avoids the need to stabilize the entire imaging sensor and optics system. The only mass to move is that of the two imaging system mirrors. By monitoring attitude changes via an inertial measurement system, proceeding platform positions can be estimated for subsequent image acquisitions, and efficient mirror positioning can provide optimal image orientation and stabilization. This approach requires small motors with low torque, providing a less expensive, lightweight, and small image orientation and stabilization system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/710538 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/208.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07466798 | Borgstahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Nebraska, Board of Varner Hall (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria Borgstahl (Omaha, Nebraska); Jeff Lovelace (Omaha, Nebraska); Edward Holmes Snell (Ardmore, Alabama); Henry Bellamy (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a digital topography imaging system for determining the crystalline structure of a biological macromolecule, wherein the system employs a charge coupled device (CCD) camera with antiblooming circuitry to directly convert x-ray signals to electrical signals without the use of phosphor and measures reflection profiles from the x-ray emitting source after x-rays are passed through a sample. Methods for using said system are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/278738 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07465537 | Raney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin D. Raney (Little Rock, Arkansas); Craig E. Cameron (State College, Pennsylvania); Bhuvanesh Dave (Little Rock, Arkansas); Joshua Sakon (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Jeff Zhiqiang Lu (Towson, Maryland); Samuel G. Mackintosh (Little Rock, Arkansas); Thomas A. Jennings (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventors have discovered that an ATPase-deficient dominant-negative mutant NS3 protein of hepatitis C virus inhibits activity of the wild-type NS3 protein and inhibits replication of hepatitis C virus (HCV). The solved crystal structure of a multi-enzyme NS3 complex on a DNA substrate is also provided. The inventors have tested a peptide matching the sequence of a portion of NS3 that interacts with another NS3 molecule for inhibiting HCV replication. The peptide inhibits HCV replication. Accordingly, the invention provides a method of inhibiting HCV replication in cells infected with HCV involving transforming the cells with a vector expressing a dominant-negative mutant NS3 gene. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting HCV replication in cells infected with HCV involving administering to the cells a dominant-negative mutant NS3 protein. The invention also provides peptides and agents that inhibit HCV replication and methods of identifying agents that inhibit HCV replication. |
| FILED | Sunday, May 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/119587 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465543 | Page et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent T. Page (Peoria, Illinois); Cletus P. Kurtzman (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Oligonucleotide probes that are specific for pathogenic yeasts and which may be used for the detection of such yeasts in biological samples are described. These probes are specific for yeast species within the clade of Candida albicans and other pathogenic ascomycetous yeasts, and may be used singly or in a multiplex hybridization assay system. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/134157 |
| 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 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07465560 | Hirleman, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin D. Hirleman, Jr. (West Lafayette, Indiana); Songling Guo (Rockville, Maryland); Arun K. Bhunia (West Lafayette, Indiana); Euiwon Bae (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a method of detecting and characterizing a bacterial colony are presented in which the results are determined within about 48 hours. The bacterial colony is disposed on a substrate and placed between a laser and detector. Light from the laser impinges upon and is scattered by the bacterial colony. The forward scattered light is detected by an optical detector. The signal from the optical detector is analyzed by an analyzer and displayed or supplied to a storage medium for review. As different strains of bacteria possess unique forward scattering fingerprints, the particular strain may be identified. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/291078 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07466654 | Reifer |
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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) | Michael H. Reifer (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting an intermediary communication device in a communication path of a target communication device by inserting a sensor in the path, recording communication packets to and from the target communication device, recording times for the packets, identifying packets in a first interconnection layer, calculating a minimum latency time for the packets, identify packets in a second interconnection layer that is at a different communication processing level than that of the first interconnection layer, calculating a minimum latency time for the packets of the second interconnection layer, and determining that an intermediary communication device is present in the path if an absolute difference between the minimum latency times is above a user-definable threshold. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145237 |
| ART UNIT | 2416 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467066 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kay S. Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph P. Bigus (Rochester, Minnesota); Eric Bouillet (Jersey City, New Jersey); Parijat Dube (Yorktown Heights, New York); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and computer program product for benchmarking a stream processing system are disclosed. The method comprises generating a plurality of correlated test streams. A semantically related data set is embedded within each of the test streams in the plurality of correlated test streams. The plurality of correlated test streams is provided to at least one stream processing system. A summary is generated for each of the semantically related embedded data sets. A common identifier, which is transparent to the system being tested, is embedded within each stream in the plurality of correlated test streams. The common identifier is extracted from the output data set generated by the stream processing system. At least one of the stored copies of the summaries and the common identifier are compared to an output data set including a set of zero or more correlation results generated by the stream processing system. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/418740 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07466343 | Gat |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Nahum Gat (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A line of sight stabilization system using two mirrors pivotally mounted to a fixed platform that can be used with existing imaging systems to provide pitch, roll, and yaw compensation while maintaining image orientation. By deflecting only the photons, the inventive system avoids the need to stabilize the entire imaging sensor and optics system. The only mass to move is that of the two imaging system mirrors. By monitoring attitude changes via an inertial measurement system, proceeding platform positions can be estimated for subsequent image acquisitions, and efficient mirror positioning can provide optimal image orientation and stabilization. This approach requires small motors with low torque, providing a less expensive, lightweight, and small image orientation and stabilization system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/710538 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/208.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07464697 | Gray, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injection supply system includes an intensifier cylinder having an intensifier piston configured to pressurize fuel in an intensifier chamber of the cylinder during a pressurizing stroke, and further configured to draw fuel into the intensifier chamber during a recharge stroke. A fuel rail receives pressurized fuel from the intensifier chamber, and supplies the fuel to a plurality of fuel injectors. A control unit controls switching of the intensifier piston between a pressurizing stroke and a recharge stroke, controlling recharge strokes of the piston to occur between two consecutive injection events of the plurality of fuel injectors. The common fuel rail may be hydraulically locked except during injection events of any of the plurality of fuel injectors, or during a recharge stroke of the piston. The intensifier piston may be controlled to perform a recharge stroke once during each engine cycle, or more than once during each engine cycle. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/207227 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07465477 | Hansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George P. Hansen (Austin, Texas); Rock A. Rushing (Spicewood, Texas); John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Joshua B. Lightfoot (Austin, Texas); Brad A. Rix (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention concerns an epoxy coating for use as a non-skid surface for applications such as the deck of an aircraft carrier. The epoxy coating can be formulated from (a) an amine curing agent, (b) an epoxide-containing toughening agent such as a polysulfide and/or a polythioether, (c) an epoxy resin, (d) a rubber toughening agent, and (e) an optional fire retardant, a glass fiber thixotrope and impact toughening agent, an optional pigment, an optional corrosion inhibitor, an optional moisture penetration inhibitor, an optional ultraviolet light stabilizer, an optional abrasive aggregate, or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415986 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/428.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07464853 | Buchheit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack G. Buchheit (St. Charles, Missouri); Colleen A. Oberlee (Hazelwood, Missouri); Louis F. Murray (Eureka, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Adaptable spring force clamping apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes at least one elongated member adapted to be positioned proximate to a surface of a work piece. The elongated member includes first and second end portions adapted to be secured to substantially prevent movement of the elongated member relative to the surface. A plurality of pressure applying devices are operatively attached to the elongated member, each pressure applying device including a contact member moveable relative to the elongated member and adapted to engage the surface of the work piece, and a resilient member operatively coupled to the contact member and to the elongated member. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/381958 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/112.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467073 | Nasr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nabil Nasr (Pittsford, New York); Timothy Bold (Lawrenceville, Georgia); Jeffrey Heintz (Scottsville, New York); Scott Nichols (Ontario, New York); Gordon Scott Valentine (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for assessing remanufacturability of one or more items in an apparatus includes assessing a plurality of remanufacturing options for an item based on a determination of the overall condition for the item, a determination on whether the item satisfies operation specifications, and a determination of a risk priority for the item to identify which of the plurality of remanufacturing options are viable. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/825218 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/6 |
| 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, December 16, 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.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
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FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
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ART UNIT
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
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.
VIEW PATENT
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