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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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| US 07467518 | Vermeersch |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Louis Vermeersch (Hamilton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine augmentor includes an externally fueled annular trapped vortex cavity having a cavity opening open to an exhaust flowpath and a sole source of fuel located upstream of the trapped vortex cavity and being operable for injecting fuel into the exhaust flowpath such that at least a portion of the fuel flows into the cavity through a cavity opening. An exemplary sole source of fuel includes fuel holes in fuel tubes within spray bars operable for injecting the fuel through heat shield openings in heat shields surrounding the tubes wherein the fuel holes are located in a radially outermost portion of the exhaust flowpath. The sole source of fuel may include circumferentially spaced apart radial spray bars and/or integral spray bars integral with radial flameholders and extending radially inwardly into the exhaust flowpath wherein the radial flameholders and radial spray bars are interdigitated. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/330782 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467553 | Meyer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Meyer (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for a micro-machined device having a movable mass rotatably suspended from a frame by one or more hinges for rotation relative thereto frame. A DETF resonator is suspended between the frame and reaction mass, and a capacitor is provided between the frame and movable mass for transmitting a drive signal to the DETF resonator. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/317959 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467579 | Portmann |
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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) | Helmut Portmann (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A mine clearing device has an outer body forming a cavity capable of holding a pressurized substance, a conduit in the outer surface for expelling the pressurized substance from the body to thereby cause the device to rotate and traverse a mine field, and a plurality of anti-axial projections on the surface of the outer body that interact with the terrain to impart unbiased motion to the body as it rotates. A regulator controls the flow of the substance and a nozzle directs it as it exits the conduit. The outer body is made of blast resistant material. A shock absorbent material, disposed within the shell, absorbs the explosive force of mines. Circuitry or a marker substance may be used to record the position of the device. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/254117 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467763 | Kismarton |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Max U. Kismarton (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite landing gear apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a composite component includes an elongated member having a first composite portion coupled to a second composite portion by a pair of composite sidewall portions and forming an elongated cavity therebetween. The first composite portion includes a plurality of first layers, each first layer having a plurality of first fibers disposed therein. Similarly, the second composite portion includes a plurality of second layers, each second layer having a plurality of second fibers disposed therein. The first and second fibers are oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the elongated cavity. The composite sidewall portions include a plurality of third layers each third layer having a plurality of third fibers disposed therein, the third fibers being cross-woven and non-parallel with the longitudinal axis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145058 |
| 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 244/104.LS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467951 | Hougham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gareth G. Hougham (Ossining, New York); Brian S. Beaman (Cary, North Carolina); Evan G. Colgan (Chestnut Ridge, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Stefano S. Oggioni (Besana in Brianza, Italy); Enrique Vargas (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are arranged about the surface of the at least one hemi-toroidal interposer and extend radically inwardly and downwardly from an uppermost end thereof into electrical contact with at least one component located on an opposite side of the electrically insulating carrier plane. |
| FILED | Monday, October 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/865396 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468221 | LaFollette et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BiPolar Technologies, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney M. LaFollette (Provo, Utah); Linton G. Salmon (Provo, Utah); John N. Harb (Orem, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Microscopic batteries, integratable or integrated with and integrated circuit, including a MEMS microcircuit, and methods of microfabrication of such microscopic batteries are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982306 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468558 | Bakir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muhannad S. Bakir (Atlanta, Georgia); Kevin P. Martin (Atlanta, Georgia); James D. Meindl (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices having one or more of the following: an input/output (I/O) interconnect system, an optical I/O interconnect, an electrical I/O interconnect, a radio frequency I/O interconnect, are disclosed. A representative I/O interconnect system includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a compliant pillar vertically extending from the first substrate. The compliant pillar is constructed of a first material. The second substrate includes a compliant socket adapted to receive the compliant pillar. The compliant socket is constructed of a second material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/416686 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468575 | Pelrine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald E. Pelrine (Longmont, Colorado); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Qibing Pei (Temecula, California); Jose P. Joseph (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are transducers, their use and fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. The present invention further relates to compliant electrodes that conform to the shape of a polymer included in a transducer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/774918 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/363 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468630 | Inamdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amol A. Inamdar (Elmsford, New York); Sergey V. Rylov (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting switching amplifier embodying the invention includes superconductive devices responsive to input/control signals for clamping the output of the amplifier to a first voltage or to a second voltage. The amplifier includes a first set of superconducting devices serially connected between a first voltage line and an output terminal and a second set of superconducting devices serially connected between the output terminal and a second voltage line. The first set and the second set of devices are operated in a complementary fashion in response to control signals. When one of the first and second sets is driven to a superconducting (zero resistance) state the other set is driven to a resistive state. In accordance with the invention, the devices of each set are laid out in a pattern and driven in a manner to enable all the devices of each set to be driven to a selected state at substantially the same time. In one embodiment, the devices in each set are superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). Four sets of superconductive devices may be interconnected to function as a differential switching amplifier. The operating voltage applied to an amplifier may be varied to provide additional shaping of the output signal. |
| FILED | Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/705351 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/207.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468637 | Braun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Michael Braun (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Joseph Hy Abeles (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Winston Kong Chan (Princeton, New Jersey); Martin Kwakernaak (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Timothy James Davis (Columbus, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A chip scale atomic clock is disclosed that provides a low power atomic time/frequency reference that employs direct RF-interrogation on an end-state transition. The atomic time/frequency reference includes an alkali vapor cell containing alkali atoms, preferably cesium atoms, flex circuits for physically supporting, heating, and thermally isolating the alkali vapor cell, a laser source for pumping alkali atoms within the alkali vapor cell into an end resonance state by applying an optical signal along a first axis, a photodetector for detecting a second optical signal emanating from the alkali vapor cell along the first axis, a pair of RF excitation coils for applying an RF-interrogation signal to the alkali atoms along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, a pair of bias coils for applying a uniform DC magnetic field along the first axis, and a pair of Zeeman coils for applying a Zeeman interrogation signal to the alkali atoms and oriented and configured to apply a time-varying magnetic field along the second axis through the alkali vapor cell. Another flex circuit is used for physically supporting the laser source, for heating the laser source, and for providing thermal isolation of the laser source. The laser source can be a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VSCEL). The bias coils can be Helmholtz coils. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/736657 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/94.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468703 | 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 flexible towed platform that may be deployed into the water from a submerged submarine. The flexible towed platform has a memory that returns to a selected shape after deployment. A presently preferred selected shape may have one or more curves that provide a function during towing. For instance, in one embodiment two oppositely extending curves each float and each are pressed by the water in a balanced manner to provide a stable platform for one or more antennas which can be of different types suitable for a wide band of radio frequency reception/transmission. In another embodiment, a keel may be formed from a weighted curved portion that is suitable for vertically supporting an antenna. The flexible towed material may be constructed of coil springs, shaped memory alloys, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/650761 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468904 | Lawson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Lawson (Haymarket, Virginia); Jason Ross (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A single event upset (SEU) hardened memory cell to be utilized in static random access memories is disclosed. The SEU hardened memory cell includes a first inverter and a second inverter connected to each other in a cross-coupled manner. The SEU hardened memory cell also includes a first resistor, a second resistor and a capacitor. The first resistor is connected between an input of the first inverter and an output of the second inverter. The second resistor is connected between an input of the second inverter and an output of the first inverter. The capacitor is connected between an input of the first inverter and an input of the second inverter. |
| FILED | Friday, February 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/678097 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468954 | Sherman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Guy Sherman (Fairport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A MANET may include a plurality of mobile nodes and wireless communications links therebetween. A given mobile node along a route in the MANET may be for receiving a broadcast message inviting replies from mobile nodes along the route, forwarding the broadcast message to at least one downstream mobile node along the route, and waiting for the at least one downstream mobile node to reply based upon the forwarded broadcast message. Moreover, the given mobile node may also send a reply to the broadcast message at the earlier of either the least one downstream mobile node sending a reply to the forwarded broadcast message or a given reply time expiring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/011524 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468967 | Bossler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Bruce Bossler (Chandler, Arizona); Scott David Blanchard (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for signaling control information in a communication of data. The method includes overwriting a portion of a frame in a sequence of frames with control information. The control information has a low bit size, and the overwriting is performed at a frequency of less than about 20% of the frames. The system includes a spread spectrum transmitter that includes a channel coder, an interleaver and framer unit, and an insertion unit. The insertion unit is configured to overwrite a portion of a frame in a sequence of frames with control information and is further configured to overwrite at a frequency of less than about 20% of the frames. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/117883 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469001 | Ongstad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wahington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Ongstad (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ron Kaspi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Greg Dente (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Tilton (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joseph R. Chavez (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide mode isolation layer added between the active region and the heat sink bonding material of an optically pumped semiconductor laser isolates the optical mode from the bonding material. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/135196 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469002 | Ongstad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Ongstad (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ron Kaspi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Greg Dente (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Tilton (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joseph R. Chavez (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-powered mid-IR antimonide-based unstable resonator semiconductor laser that is optically pumped. One Fabry-Perot facet is a mechanically polished cylindrical mirror that extends well into the GaSb substrate. The waveguide is designed to weakly confine the transverse optical mode, and the optical pump stripe width can be varied to optimize the cavity width for high brightness operation. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/467602 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469026 | Nguyen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tien M. Nguyen (Placentia, California); James Yoh (Palos Verdes Peninsula, California); Ashok Mathur (Duarte, California); Gary W. Goo (Rolling Hills Estate, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A timing recovery loop includes a random walk filter counter for counting early, nominal and late arrivals of data transitions pulses of an input baseband signal waveform encoding a digital bit stream, and provides magnitude counts that are compared to a threshold value that when exceeded by the magnitude counts results in a delay adjustment of the generated adjusted timing pulses then remaining synchronized with the actual bit timing for maintaining bit timing lock. The adjusted timing pulses can then be used by a data detector for reliable data detection and reconstruction of the digital bit stream. The threshold value can be adaptively adjusted for reducing drop lock rates in the presence of changing channel environments. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/092758 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/354 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469082 | Okorogu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert O. Okorogu (Canyon Country, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmissive holographic optical element including a chirped grating is used to inject light by side firing laser light from a an array of laser diodes into an optical fiber with a reflective HOE reflecting the injected laser light through and along the optical fiber with the transmissive holographic optical element HOE and reflective HOE sandwiching a portion of an optical fiber for increased laser side firing pumping efficiency in optical fibers. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904703 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469152 | Cetiner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bedri A. Cetiner (Morehead, Kentucky); Hamid Jafarkhani (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive MIMO communications system includes a multifunctional reconfigurable antenna with a selectively alterable effective physical antenna array configuration and radiation/polarization properties, which configuration and properties is a component in the optimization of the adaptive system parameters. The multifunctional reconfigurable antenna comprises a plurality of antenna components and a plurality of selectively controllable switches coupling selected ones of the plurality of antenna components together into a multifunctional reconfigurable subarray of antenna components. A processing unit coupled to the multifunctional reconfigurable antenna determines communication channel conditions for generating adaptive control signals to the plurality of selectively controllable switches to selectively apply a selected space-time coding protocol or a selected beam forming protocol together on the plurality of antenna components depending on channel conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/286803 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/562.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07468186 | Lacey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon F. Lacey (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to HLA-A*02-restricted cellular epitopes within the VP1 polypeptide of a human polyomavirus, BK virus, which is associated with polyomavirus-associated nephropathy in kidney transplant patients. Preferred peptides correspond to amino acids residues 107-116, 108-116 and 44-52 of BKV VP1, and are processed in vivo in natural infection with BKV. Effector T cell populations stimulated by the peptides represent functional CTLs as assessed by cytotoxicity and cytokine production, and are reactive against cells presenting both the BKV peptides above and the JC virus homolog sequences. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/491542 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/204.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468269 | Murphy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenan C. Murphy (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features homologous recombination methods and systems. The methods and systems promote highly efficient homologous recombination in cells (e.g., in prokaryotic cells). The methods and systems are useful, for example, in pharmaceutical drug development, vaccine development and cloning. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/789186 |
| 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: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468271 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a first reservoir containing a liquid solution including a molecule to be characterized and a second reservoir for containing a liquid solution including a molecule that has been characterized. A solid state support structure is provided including an aperture having a molecular entrance providing a fluidic connection to the first reservoir and a molecular exit providing a fluidic connection to the second reservoir. First and second electron transport probes are each disposed on the support structure with a surface abutting a perimeter of the aperture. At least one of the probes comprises a fullerene structure, e.g., a carbon nanotube. A voltage source is connected between the probes to apply a voltage bias across the aperture. An electrical current monitor is connected between the probes for monitoring changes in electron transport between the probes corresponding to translocation of a molecule through the aperture. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/399663 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468274 | Siliciano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Siliciano (Baltimore, Maryland); Haili Zhang (Stanford, California); Yan Zhou (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel single-cell-level phenotypic assay is described, which can simultaneously analyze HIV-1 drug susceptibility and intrinsic replication capacity. This allows quantitative dissection of the functions of antiretroviral drugs into suppression of viral replication and selection of resistant viruses with diminished replication capacities. The disclosed assay provides a tool for the rational evaluation of treatment decisions for patients failing antiretroviral therapy and is expected to be an important part in clinical management of HIV. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/042988 |
| 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: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468277 | Goldman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Japan Science and Technology Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Goldman (South Salem, New York); Hideyuki Okano (Osaka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of separating multipotential neural progenitor cells from a mixed population of cell types. This method includes selecting a promoter which functions selectively in the neural progenitor cells, introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fluorescent protein under control of said promoter into all cell types of the mixed population of cell types, allowing only the neural progenitor cells, but not other cell types, within the mixed population to express said fluorescent protein, identifying cells of the mixed population of cell types that are fluorescent, which are restricted to the neural progenitor cells, and separating the fluorescent cells from the mixed population of cell types, wherein the separated cells are restricted to the neural progenitor cells. The present invention also relates to an isolated human musashi promoter and an enriched preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells. |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/747810 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468352 | Leppla 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) | Stephen H. Leppla (Bethesda, Maryland); Shi-Hui Liu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Sarah Netzel-Arnett (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Henning Birkedal-Hansen (Bethesda, Maryland); Thomas Bugge (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of specifically targeting compounds to cells overexpressing matrix metalloproteinases, plasminogen activators, or plasminogen activator receptors, by administering a compound and a mutant protective antigen protein comprising a matrix metalloproteinase or a plasminogen activator-recognized cleavage site in place of the native protective antigen furin-recognized cleavage site, wherein the mutant protective antigen is cleaved by a matrix metalloproteinase or a plasminogen activator overexpressed by the cell, thereby translocating into the cell a compound comprising a lethal factor polypeptide comprising a protective antigen binding site. |
| FILED | Friday, September 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/088952 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468425 | Sidransky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sidransky (Baltimore, Maryland); Jin Jen (Brookeville, Maryland); Barry Trink (Baltimore, Maryland); Edward A. Ratovitski (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We have discovered p40, the shortest variant of a new human p53 homologue (p40/p51/p63/p73H). We have also found that it plays a role in cancer. Low level amplification of the p40 locus accompanied by RNA and protein overexpression was observed in primary lung cancers, and head and neck cancer cell lines. P40 protein overexpression in primary lung tumors was limited to squamous cell carcinoma, tumors known to harbor a high frequency of p53 mutations. Overexpression of p40 in Rat 1a cells led to an increase in soft agar growth and tumor size in mice. We searched for p40 binding proteins using the yeast two-hybrid system. P53 was the most common binding target of the 1.6×106 clones screened from a mouse embryonic library. Moreover, coexpression of p40 and p53 led to a decrease in p53 transcriptional activity. Our results support the notion that p40 plays an oncogenic role in human cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/274874 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468426 | Karin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Karin (San Diego, California); Masahiko Hibi (San Diego, California); Anning Lin (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated polypeptide (JNK) characterized by having a molecular weight of 46 kD as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE, having serine and threonine kinase activity, phosphorylating the c-Jun N-terminal activation domain and polynucleotide sequences and method of detection of JNK are provided herein. JNK phosphorylates c-Jun N-terminal activation domain which affects gene expression from AP-1 sites. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/521839 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468435 | Waterhouse 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) | David J. Waterhouse (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Preeya Kapur (Frederick, Maryland); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph A. Hrabie (Frederick, Maryland); Frank De Rosa (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compound of the formula (I): in which at least two of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are N2O2M and related compounds substrates, compositions, and methods of using such compounds and compositions to treat biological disorders in which a polyphasic release of nitric oxide would be beneficial. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982576 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/470 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468436 | Liotta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis C. Liotta (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Raymond F. Schinazi (Decatur, Georgia); Woo-Baeg Choi (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the resolution of a racemic mixture of nucleoside enantiomers that includes the step of exposing the racemic mixture to an enzyme that preferentially catalyzes a reaction in one of the enantiomers. The nucleoside enantiomer (−)-2-hydroxymethyl-5-(5-fluorocytosin-1-yl)-1,3-oxathiolane is an effective antiviral agent against HIV, HBV, and other viruses replicating in a similar manner. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795046 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/264 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468445 | Avery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell Avery (Oxford, Mississippi); Larry A. Walker (Oxford, Mississippi); Nakul Telang (University, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of preventing or treating one or more of the following medical conditions, or treating symptoms of one or more of the following medical conditions: amebic infections, giardiasis, estrogen deficient states, osteoporosis, cardiovascular heart disease, high cholesterol levels, hyperlipidemia, cancer by administering to a subject having, or predisposed to, one or more of the conditions, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/523964 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/399 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468605 | Yu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huanzhou Yu (Mountain View, California); Scott B. Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin); Charles A. McKenzie (London, Canada); Angel R. Pineda (Fullerton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a magnetic resonance image is provided. A magnetic resonance imaging excitation is applied for a plurality of cycles at a cycle rate. A plurality of magnetic resonance image echoes is acquired for each cycle. A decay map is estimated from the plurality of magnetic resonance image echoes for each cycle. The estimated decay map is used to generate an image for at least two different species. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/738350 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469035 | Keall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); Varian Medical Systems Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Keall (Stanford, California); Amit Sawant (Los Altos, California); Yelin Suh (Stanford, California); Sergey Povzner (Burlingame, California); Herbert Cattell (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of continuous real-time monitoring and positioning of multi-leaf collimators during on and off radiation exposure conditions of radiation therapy to account for target motion relative to a radiation beam is provided. A prediction algorithm estimates future positions of a target relative to the radiation source. Target geometry and orientation are determined relative to the radiation source. Target, treatment plan, and leaf width data, and temporal interpolations of radiation doses are sent to the controller. Coordinates having an origin at an isocenter of the isocentric plane establish initial aperture end positions of the leaves that is provided to the controller, where motors to position the MLC midpoint aperture ends according to the position and target information. Each aperture end intersects a single point of a convolution of the target and the isocenter of the isocentric plane. Radiation source hold-conditions are provided according to predetermined undesirable operational and/or treatment states. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001762 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
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| US 07469037 | Wernick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles N. Wernick (Chicago, Illinois); Yongyi Yang (Westmont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a mass density image of an object. An x-ray beam is transmitted through the object and a transmitted beam is emitted from the object. The transmitted beam is directed at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer. A diffracted beam is emitted from the crystal analyzer onto a detector and digitized. A first image of the object is detected from the diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer when positioned at a first angular position. A second image of the object is detected from the diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer when positioned at a second angular position. A refraction image is obtained and a regularized mathematical inversion algorithm is applied to the refraction image to obtain a mass density image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/732343 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/82 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469159 | DeYoe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MCW Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edgar DeYoe (Delafield, Wisconsin); John L. Ulmer (Brookfield, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Neurovascular uncoupling that causes fMRI data to underestimate viable neuronal activity in the brain is detected and indicated to assist in pre-surgical planning. Tasks associated with the cortical region in question are performed while the fMRI measurement of brain activity is measured and the same tasks are performed while task performance is measured directly. Neurovascular uncoupling is detected and indicated by comparing the results of fMRI measurement and direct measurement. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/138509 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469186 | Taylor, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Taylor, Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies are described by which the usable portion or threshold value of a sigmoid curve is found. Such techniques can be useful, for example, when determining the concentration or presence of a substance in a test sample. Various techniques can avoid variability in results. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/550377 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07467621 | Lauper, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Christian Lauper, Jr. (East Peoria, Illinois); Martin Leo Willi (Dunlap, Illinois); Balamurugesh Thirunavukarasu (Peoria, Illinois); Weidong Gong (Dunlap, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating an engine is provided. The method may include supplying a combustible combination of reactants to a combustion chamber of the engine, which may include supplying a first hydrocarbon fuel, hydrogen fuel, and a second hydrocarbon fuel to the combustion chamber. Supplying the second hydrocarbon fuel to the combustion chamber may include at least one of supplying at least a portion of the second hydrocarbon fuel from an outlet port that discharges into an intake system of the engine and supplying at least a portion of the second hydrocarbon fuel from an outlet port that discharges into the combustion chamber. Additionally, the method may include combusting the combustible combination of reactants in the combustion chamber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/589870 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468089 | Kong |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-cleaning porous cermet material, filter and system utilizing the same may be used in filtering particulate and gaseous pollutants from internal combustion engines having intermetallic and ceramic phases. The porous cermet filter may be made from a transition metal aluminide phase and an alumina phase. Filler materials may be added to increase the porosity or tailor the catalytic properties of the cermet material. Additionally, the cermet material may be reinforced with fibers or screens. The porous filter may also be electrically conductive so that a current may be passed therethrough to heat the filter during use. Further, a heating element may be incorporated into the porous cermet filter during manufacture. This heating element can be coated with a ceramic material to electrically insulate the heating element. An external heating element may also be provided to heat the cermet filter during use. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/093345 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468092 | Carolan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Francis Carolan (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of operating an oxygen-permeable mixed conducting membrane having an oxidant feed side, an oxidant feed surface, a permeate side, and a permeate surface, which method comprises controlling the differential strain between the permeate surface and the oxidant feed surface at a value below a selected maximum value by varying the oxygen partial pressure on either or both of the oxidant feed side and the permeate side of the membrane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/115778 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468120 | Jacobson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig P. Jacobson (Moraga, California); Steven J. Visco (Berkeley, California); Lutgard C. De Jonghe (Lafayette, California); Constantin I. Stefan (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus for the electrolytic separation of fluorine from a mixture of gases is disclosed. Also described is the process and apparatus for the generation of fluorine from fluorine/fluoride containing solids, liquids or gases. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/121272 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468218 | Marina et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olga A. Marina (Richland, Washington); Larry R. Pederson (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An anode and method of making the same wherein the anode consists of two separate phases, one consisting of a doped strontium titanate phase and one consisting of a doped cerium oxide phase. The strontium titanate phase consists of Sr1-xMxTiO3-δ, where M is either yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), or lanthanum (La), where “x” may vary typically from about 0.01 to about 0.5, and where δ is indicative of some degree of oxygen non-stoichiometry. A small quantity of cerium may also substitute for titanium in the strontium titanate lattice. The cerium oxide consists of NyCe1-yO2-δ, where N is either niobium (Nb), vanadium (V), antimony (Sb) or tantalum (Ta) and where “y” may vary typically from about 0.001 to about 0.1 and wherein the ratio of Ti in said first phase to the sum of Ce and N in the second phase is between about 0.2 to about 0.75. Small quantities of strontium, yttrium, and/or lanthanum may additionally substitute into the cerium oxide lattice. The combination of these two phases results in better performance than either phase used separately as an anode for solid oxide fuel cell or other electrochemical device. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/897521 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468223 | Thackeray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oakbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium metal oxide positive electrode for a non-aqueous lithium cell is disclosed. The cell is prepared in its initial discharged state and has a general formula xLiMO2.(1−x)Li2M′O3 in which 0<x<1, and where M is one or more ion with an average trivalent oxidation state and with at least one ion being Mn or Ni, and where M′ is one or more ion with an average tetravalent oxidation state. Complete cells or batteries are disclosed with anode, cathode and electrolyte as are batteries of several cells connected in parallel or series or both. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/271462 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468426 | Karin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Karin (San Diego, California); Masahiko Hibi (San Diego, California); Anning Lin (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated polypeptide (JNK) characterized by having a molecular weight of 46 kD as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE, having serine and threonine kinase activity, phosphorylating the c-Jun N-terminal activation domain and polynucleotide sequences and method of detection of JNK are provided herein. JNK phosphorylates c-Jun N-terminal activation domain which affects gene expression from AP-1 sites. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/521839 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468516 | Smither |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert K. Smither (Hinsdale, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for high spatial resolution imaging of a plurality of sources of x-ray and gamma-ray radiation is provided. High quality mechanically bent diffracting crystals of 0.1 mm radial width are used for focusing the radiation and directing the radiation to an array of detectors which is used for analyzing their addition to collect data as to the location of the source of radiation. A computer is used for converting the data to an image. The invention also provides for the use of a multi-component high resolution detector array and for narrow source and detector apertures. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/479797 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/393 |
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| US 07468727 | Wong et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Pak C. Wong (Richland, Washington); Patrick S. Mackey (Kennewick, Washington); Kenneth A. Perrine (Richland, Washington); Harlan P. Foote (Richland, Washington); James J. Thomas (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for visualizing a graph by automatically drawing elements of the graph as labels are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving node information and edge information from an input device and/or communication interface, constructing a graph layout based at least in part on that information, wherein the edges are automatically drawn as labels, and displaying the graph on a display device according to the graph layout. In some embodiments, the nodes are automatically drawn as labels instead of, or in addition to, the label-edges. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/376878 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469036 | Von Dreele |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Von Dreele (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining atomic level structures of macromolecule-ligand complexes through high-resolution powder diffraction analysis and a method for providing suitable microcrystalline powder for diffraction analysis are provided. In one embodiment, powder diffraction data is collected from samples of polycrystalline macromolecule and macromolecule-ligand complex and the refined structure of the macromolecule is used as an approximate model for a combined Rietveld and stereochemical restraint refinement of the macromolecule-ligand complex. A difference Fourier map is calculated and the ligand position and points of interaction between the atoms of the macromolecule and the atoms of the ligand can be deduced and visualized. A suitable polycrystalline sample of macromolecule-ligand complex can be produced by physically agitating a mixture of lyophilized macromolecule, ligand and a solvent. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/159958 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469037 | Wernick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles N. Wernick (Chicago, Illinois); Yongyi Yang (Westmont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a mass density image of an object. An x-ray beam is transmitted through the object and a transmitted beam is emitted from the object. The transmitted beam is directed at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer. A diffracted beam is emitted from the crystal analyzer onto a detector and digitized. A first image of the object is detected from the diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer when positioned at a first angular position. A second image of the object is detected from the diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer when positioned at a second angular position. A refraction image is obtained and a regularized mathematical inversion algorithm is applied to the refraction image to obtain a mass density image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/732343 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/82 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469181 | Duffy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin P. Duffy (Metamora, Illinois); Andrew J. Kieser (Morton, Illinois); Michael P. Liechty (Chillicothe, Illinois); William L. Hardy (Peoria, Illinois); Anthony Rodman (Chillicothe, Illinois); Carl-Anders Hergart (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A homogeneous charge compression ignition engine is set up by first identifying combinations of compression ratio and exhaust gas percentages for each speed and load across the engines operating range. These identified ratios and exhaust gas percentages can then be converted into geometric compression ratio controller settings and exhaust gas recirculation rate controller settings that are mapped against speed and load, and made available to the electronic engine controller. This provides the engine controller with a look up table of what compression ratio and exhaust gas rates should be at each speed and load. The engine controller also balances at least one of combustion phasing and energy release among a plurality of cylinders in order to enable higher load operation. |
| FILED | Monday, January 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/699523 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07467536 | Finley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tom D. Finley (Yorktown, Virginia); Peter A. Parker (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A positioning and calibration system are provided for use in calibrating a single or multi axis sensitive instrument, such as an inclinometer. The positioning system includes a positioner that defines six planes of tangential contact. A mounting region within the six planes is adapted to have an inclinometer coupled thereto. The positioning system also includes means for defining first and second flat surfaces that are approximately perpendicular to one another with the first surface adapted to be oriented relative to a local or induced reference field of interest to the instrument being calibrated, such as a gravitational vector. The positioner is positioned such that one of its six planes tangentially rests on the first flat surface and another of its six planes tangentially contacts the second flat surface. A calibration system is formed when the positioning system is used with a data collector and processor. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/428017 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07467921 | Greenblatt |
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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) | David Greenblatt (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | To control vortices originating at the tips of a rotor's blades rotating through the air at a revolution frequency f, separation control device(s) are actuated to periodically introduce perturbations into the airflow moving over the blades. The periodic introduction of perturbations is controlled in accordance with a periodic modulating frequency of introduction f0 while the frequency of the perturbations so-introduced is designated as fe. Vortex control is achieved when the periodic modulating frequency of introduction f0 satisfies the relationship nf≦f0≦fe where n is the number of blades. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239436 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468501 | Pain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A CMOS imager with increased linear dynamic range but without degradation in noise, responsivity, linearity, fixed-pattern noise, or photometric calibration comprises a linear calibrated dual gain pixel in which the gain is reduced after a pre-defined threshold level by switching in an additional capacitance. The pixel may include a novel on-pixel latch circuit that is used to switch in the additional capacitance. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/433793 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07467751 | Larson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley James Larson (Madison, Wisconsin); Chung Hoon Lee (Ithaca, New York); Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for depositing fluids on substrates in patterns of spots, lines, or other features use a nozzle, which is preferably configured similarly to a micropipette, having a piezoelectric crystal or other ultrasonic actuator coupled to one of its sides. The nozzle may be charged via capillary action by dipping it into a well containing the fluid to be deposited, and may then be positioned over a desired area of a substrate, at which point activation of the ultrasonic actuator at ultrasonic frequencies will eject the fluid onto the substrate. The needle may subsequently be dipped into a well of rinsing fluid for cleaning. Spots or lines on the order of 5 micrometers width may be generated, making the invention particularly suitable for use in biological applications such as microarray production and in microelectronics applications such as the printing of organic circuitry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/064226 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/102.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468275 | Mauro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent P. Mauro (San Diego, California); Gerald M. Edelman (La Jolla, California); Stephen A. Chappell (Del Mar, California); Geoffrey Owens (San Diego, California); Jason K. Pinkstaff (Cardiff, California); Leslie Krushel (Denver, Colorado); Wei Zhou (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Synthetic and isolated translational regulatory elements, including oligonucleotides that have translational enhancing activity, internal ribosome entry site (IRES) activity, or translational inhibitory activity, and multimers of such translational regulatory elements are provided. In addition, compositions that include such translational regulatory elements are provided, as are methods of using the translational regulatory elements. |
| FILED | Friday, January 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/182327 |
| 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: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469152 | Cetiner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bedri A. Cetiner (Morehead, Kentucky); Hamid Jafarkhani (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive MIMO communications system includes a multifunctional reconfigurable antenna with a selectively alterable effective physical antenna array configuration and radiation/polarization properties, which configuration and properties is a component in the optimization of the adaptive system parameters. The multifunctional reconfigurable antenna comprises a plurality of antenna components and a plurality of selectively controllable switches coupling selected ones of the plurality of antenna components together into a multifunctional reconfigurable subarray of antenna components. A processing unit coupled to the multifunctional reconfigurable antenna determines communication channel conditions for generating adaptive control signals to the plurality of selectively controllable switches to selectively apply a selected space-time coding protocol or a selected beam forming protocol together on the plurality of antenna components depending on channel conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/286803 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/562.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07468243 | McGall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn McGall (Mountain View, California); Anthony D. Barone (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid labeling compounds are disclosed having the formula: These compounds are useful for attaching a detectable label to a nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/097113 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07468150 | Alocilja et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evangelyn C. Alocilja (East Lansing, Michigan); John C. Zhou (Northville, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductive polymer of polyaniline (PANi), tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and a transferrin family member. The conductive polymer can be used in conductometric assays, including biosensor devices. One particular transferrin family member provided in the polymer is lactoferrin. |
| FILED | Friday, September 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/525425 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07468436 | Liotta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis C. Liotta (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Raymond F. Schinazi (Decatur, Georgia); Woo-Baeg Choi (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the resolution of a racemic mixture of nucleoside enantiomers that includes the step of exposing the racemic mixture to an enzyme that preferentially catalyzes a reaction in one of the enantiomers. The nucleoside enantiomer (−)-2-hydroxymethyl-5-(5-fluorocytosin-1-yl)-1,3-oxathiolane is an effective antiviral agent against HIV, HBV, and other viruses replicating in a similar manner. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795046 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/264 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07468630 | Inamdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amol A. Inamdar (Elmsford, New York); Sergey V. Rylov (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting switching amplifier embodying the invention includes superconductive devices responsive to input/control signals for clamping the output of the amplifier to a first voltage or to a second voltage. The amplifier includes a first set of superconducting devices serially connected between a first voltage line and an output terminal and a second set of superconducting devices serially connected between the output terminal and a second voltage line. The first set and the second set of devices are operated in a complementary fashion in response to control signals. When one of the first and second sets is driven to a superconducting (zero resistance) state the other set is driven to a resistive state. In accordance with the invention, the devices of each set are laid out in a pattern and driven in a manner to enable all the devices of each set to be driven to a selected state at substantially the same time. In one embodiment, the devices in each set are superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). Four sets of superconductive devices may be interconnected to function as a differential switching amplifier. The operating voltage applied to an amplifier may be varied to provide additional shaping of the output signal. |
| FILED | Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/705351 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/207.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07468067 | Licata et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia); Biotrack, LLC (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Licata (Doswell, Virginia); Kevin R. Ward (Glen Allen, Virginia); Marcus E. Carr, Jr. (Holland, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a tourniquet having two opposing and pivotally movable plates. The plates comprise a clamp that pinches an elastomeric cord. The plates are pivotally biased together by a spring. The cord is attached to a back end of the clamp. A free end of the cord is squeezed by the plates such that a loop of cord is provided. The cord can be pulled from the clamp to reduce the size of the loop. The clamp comprises a safety lock that prevents movement of the plates and slipping of the cord. The safety lock can comprise a button disposed between the plates in the back end of the clamp, preventing the plates from moving together in the back portion, and therefore from moving apart in a front portion that grips the cord. Also, the tourniquet clamp can comprise a dual-sided press connector mechanism for fast release of tourniquet tension. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/192427 |
| ART UNIT | 3773 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468646 | Osterberg |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Osterberg (Glendale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A bi-stable magnetic switch assembly is provided that comprises a stator and a rotor, which is configured for rotation with respect to the stator between a first latched position and a second latched position. The stator and the rotor cooperate to form a first magnetic path and a magnetic path having a shared portion. A spring, which is coupled to the rotor, biases the rotor toward the first and second latched positions when the rotor is in the second and first latched positions, respectively. At least one magnet is fixedly coupled to either the stator or the rotor. The magnet is included within the first magnetic path and configured to produce a magnetic latching force that biases the rotor toward first latched position when the rotor is closer to the first latched position than to the second latched position, and toward the second latched position when the rotor is closer to the second latched position than to the first latched position. At least one coil is fixedly coupled to either the stator or the rotor and, when energized, alters the flux in the second magnetic path to reduce the magnetic latching force. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/448382 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07468997 | Jayaraman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Praevium Research, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijaysekhar Jayaraman (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A swept source Optical coherence tomography system (SSOCT) comprises a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser with an integrated MEMs tunable mirror movable by electro-static deflection. The MEMs tunable VCSEL offers scan rates greater than 100 khz and tuning ranges approaching 200 nm around 1300 nm and 150 nm around 850 nm. In the preferred embodiment of this invention, a bottom mirror of the VCSEL is comprised of a Aluminum Gallium Arsenide/Aluminum Oxide DBR stack, and a movable top mirror is comprised of a TiO2/SiO2 DBR stack. A MEMs tunable VCSEL at 1300 nm is preferably pumped through the top mirror in a wavelength range between 1050 and 1120 nm, and a MEMs tunable VCSEL at 850 nm is preferably pumped through the top mirror in a wavelength range between 700 nm and 730 nm. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/655559 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, December 23, 2008.
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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