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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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| US 07469454 | Notcutt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Notcutt (Boulder, Colorado); John L. Hall (Boulder, Colorado); Long-Sheng Ma (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for reducing the vibration sensitivity of laser-stabilizing optical reference cavities is based upon an improved design and mounting method for the cavity, wherein the cavity is mounted vertically. It is suspended at one plane, around the spacer cylinder, equidistant from the mirror ends of the cavity. The suspension element is a collar of an extremely low thermal expansion coefficient material, which surrounds the spacer cylinder and contacts it uniformly. Once the collar has been properly located, it is cemented in place so that the spacer cylinder is uniformly supported and does not have to be squeezed at all. The collar also includes a number of cavities partially bored into its lower flat surface, around the axial bore. These cavities are support points, into which mounting base pins will be inserted. Hence the collar is supported at a minimum of three points. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/510269 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/33.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469551 | Tilton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isothermal Systems Research, Inc. (Liberty Lake, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Tilton (Colton, Washington); Donald E. Tilton (Colton, Washington); Randal T. Palmer (Liberty Lake, Washington); Tony E. Hyde (Blanchard, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A globally cooled computer system for providing liquid cooling to a plurality of electrical components. The globally cooled computer system includes an electronics unit having a plurality of electronics components attached to a plurality of cards and a card cage for providing structural support to the cards, a fluid management unit for pressurizing fluid within the electronics unit, a reservoir for collecting fluid from the electronics unit, a tubing system for distributing the fluid between the electronics unit and the fluid management unit, and a pressure equalization system connecting the electronics unit and the reservoir to equalize internal pressures between them. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/334269 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/259.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469593 | Zumberge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon T. Zumberge (Centerville, Ohio); Thomas A. Baudendistel (Farmersville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A force sensor system including at least one portion of piezo-electric material and a thrust bearing having at least one roller associated therewith, the roller being adapted to move relative to the thrust bearing and contact the portion of piezo-electric material when the thrust bearing is subjected to an external force. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/337298 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/777 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469623 | Olcott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas F. Olcott (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A remote firing mechanism enables an operator to fire a weapon remotely, from a position other than from behind the breech, in order to minimize firing hazards to the operator. The remote firing mechanism is secured to a carrier assembly mounted on, or near the breech, for enabling an operator to fire the weapon from the right side of the weapon. The carrier assembly includes a connector secured to a linkage mechanism of the remote firing mechanism. In turn, the linkage mechanism is connected to a lanyard that enables the operator to initiate the firing operation. The linkage mechanism and the lanyard are positioned remotely from the breech. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/906984 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/27.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469725 | Annati |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Annati (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for accurately measuring and delivering a predetermined amount of fuel to a vehicle for a specified mission. This system rapidly refuels vehicles to a specific wet vehicle weight. The fuel loading value is determined based upon an algorithm, which accounts for interactions of mission duration, and/or mission payload weight, and/or mission environmental effects. The fuel loading is accomplished by using one or more measuring tubes with a floating valve, which precludes the continued flow of fuel into the tank when the predetermined amount of fuel is delivered. The measuring tubes can be of specific lengths each corresponding to an output of the algorithm or a single telescoping tube that enables varying the length of the tube. Each unique tube length corresponding to a unique output of the algorithm. An alternative system comprises different sized fuel bladders. These systems enable a rapid foolproof method of refueling. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/359733 |
| ART UNIT | 3751 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting means 141/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469739 | Otero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin Otero (Southington, Connecticut); Patrick Strong (Tremonton, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A core for casting a metal part having a body with solid portions spaced apart by hollow portions. The body includes at least one support element extending between adjacent solid portions. The support element provides stiffness and strength for the casting core during the casting process. The support element has an optimized shape to prevent the core from fracturing during the casting process and to minimize operating stress in the metal part around the area formed by the support element. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/654965 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal founding 164/516 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470056 | Yuhas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Industrial Measurement Systems, Inc. (Aurora, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Yuhas (Glen Ellyn, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for monitoring a condition of a cavity surface of an elongated member having a cavity therein. In particular, the example apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture emit a first ultrasonic signal that propagates from a first surface of an elongated member having a cavity therein toward a second surface of the cavity having a first temperature value. First and second echoes associated with the first ultrasonic signal are then obtained. At least one of the first and second echoes is associated with a recess in the second surface. A condition of the second surface is monitored by determining a second temperature value of the second surface based on the first and second echoes and the first temperature value. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/056431 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470125 | Ramboyong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lenard V. Ramboyong (South Riding, Virginia); Philip S. Zinser (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Paul W. Bachelder (Fairfax, Virginia); Charles S. Thomas (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Mark A. Roberts (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Edwin L. Duncan (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Lawrence D. Clark (Lignum, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a multi-split screen image with audio feed to document the training engagement. The multi video image combines an over-watch thermal image, the Loader's actions, the Gunner's actions, and the imagery from the vehicle's thermal imaging system. The audio track documents the communication within the vehicle and between the vehicle and the control tower. Further, the present invention provides a tower control module that also provides surveillance video over the firing range. Until the present invention no other gunnery-training device transmitted and displayed its imagery and audio in this manner. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/057787 |
| ART UNIT | 3714 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470300 | Faust et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Faust (Redondo Beach, California); Millard F. Lockett, Jr. (Inglewood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid extractor may comprise a slot in a duct wall and one or more ridges positioned on the interior duct wall surface. A bend in the duct, a swirl device and/or gravity may throw the liquid portion of the flow onto the wall surface. The slot may be oriented longitudinally along the duct. The ridge(s) may intersect the duct and be positioned to direct the liquid on the wall surface to the slot where the water is extracted. An enclosing sump may be positioned on the outside of the duct and over the slot. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/297150 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470328 | Archer, Jr. |
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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) | Harry L. Archer, Jr. (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for spinning tubes includes a horizontal, adjustable bed, the bed including a bed housing and a slide movably disposed in the bed housing, a tailstock assembly fixed to a top of the slide, the tailstock assembly including a tailstock coupling, bearings for supporting the tailstock coupling and a locking clamp that moves the tailstock coupling and bearings relative to the slide, a drive coupling, a drive unit connected to the drive coupling, and a rocket motor tube disposed between the drive and tailstock couplings, the rocket motor tube including a mask, each mask including an angled surface thereon. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/172661 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470379 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George P. Anderson (Latham, Maryland); Hedi Mattoussi (Alexandria, Virginia); J. Matthew Mauro (Silver Spring, Maryland); Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Vikram C. Sundar (Stoneham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The ionic conjugates include an inorganic particle electrostatically associated with a macromolecule which can interact specifically with predetermined chemical species or biological targets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/080946 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.6S0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470520 | Elashvili |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilya Elashvili (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally related to products and methods permitting the identification of Enterobacter species organisms. In addition, the invention provides the capability to differentiate Enterobacter infections from other acute bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/272416 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470619 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Y. Chen (Oak Park, California); James Chingwei Li (Simi Valley, California); Philip H. Lawyer (Thousand Oaks, California); Marko Sokolich (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method for forming a stackable interconnect. The interconnect is formed by depositing a first contact on a substrate; depositing a seed layer (SL) on the substrate; depositing a metal mask layer (MML) on the SL; depositing a bottom anti-reflection coating (BARC) on the MML; forming a photoresist layer (PR) on the BARC; removing a portion of the PR; etching the BARC and the MML to expose the SL; plating the exposed SL to form a first plated plug; removing the layers to expose the SL; removing an unplated portion of the SL; depositing an inter layer dielectric (ILD) on the interconnect; etching back the ILD to expose the first plated plug; and depositing a second contact on the first plated plug. Using the procedures described above, a second plated plug is then formed on the first plated plug to form the stackable plugged via interconnect. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/607494 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/675 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470883 | Rice |
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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) | Brett A. Rice (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method of use for detecting the explosive detonation. The apparatus has a plurality of sensors consecutively arranged and spaced apart wherein each pair of consecutive light sensors defines a sensor pair. The sensors are sequentially activated by light produced by the detonation of explosive detonation and are inactivated by the absence of light. The sensors provide data that represents the amount of time that elapses between activation of a first light sensor in a sensor pair and activation of a second light sensor in the sensor pair and the length of time in which each sensor is activated. The data is processed to determine detonation velocity values and chemical reaction time values associated with material detonation and to provide an output signal that indicates whether the determined detonation velocity values and chemical reaction time values are valid. |
| FILED | Monday, October 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543273 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470971 | McBride |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sterling Eduardo McBride (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses an anodically bonded vacuum cell structure with a glass substrate including a cavity, and a substrate deposited on the glass substrate, thereby enclosing the cavity to form a bonding interface. The bonding interface having silicon such that the substrate includes a layer of silicon or a secondary substrate with silicon layer bonded onto the secondary substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, May 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/433930 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07470989 — Technique for perfecting the active regions of wide bandgap semiconductor nitride devices
| US 07470989 | Henry 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) | Richard L Henry (Great Falls, Virginia); Martin C Peckerar (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel D Koleske (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Alma E Wickenden (Woodbine, Maryland); Charles R Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Ronald T Holm (Alexandria, Virginia); Mark E Twigg (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to electronic/optoelectronic devices with reduced extended defects and to a method for making it. The device includes a substrate, a semiconductor active material deposited on said substrate, and electrical contacts. The semiconductor active material defines raised structures having atomically smooth surfaces. The method includes the steps of depositing a dielectric thin film mask material on a semiconductor substrate surface; patterning the mask material to form openings therein extending to the substrate surface; growing active material in the openings; removing the mask material to form the device with reduced extended defect density; and depositing electrical contacts on the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/461904 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/760 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471030 | Bennett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dynamic Structures and Materials, LLC (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Bennett (Sturgis, Michigan); Jeffrey S. N. Paine (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A spring biasing locking mechanism is provided for a step and repeat motor. The motor includes a base having a channel, an output member in the channel, at least one translator drive element and first and second clamping elements. The spring biasing locking mechanism includes a locking structure joined to the base by a hinge. The locking structure spans both clamping elements. A spring biases the locking structure toward the channel so that the spring force is transmitted to the two clamping elements. The spring biased locking mechanism accommodates wear of the device, accommodates thermal expansion of the motor components, provides a limit on clamping force and provides a zero power hold condition. |
| FILED | Monday, March 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/682128 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/323.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471055 | Atmur |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Atmur (Whittier, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A half-bridge assembly is provided, such as for use in a drive assembly of a controller for controlling a motor. The half-bridge assembly includes a first arrangement, and a first diode electrically connected in parallel with the first arrangement. The half-bridge assembly also includes a second arrangement electrically connected in series with the first arrangement, as well as a second diode electrically connected in parallel with the second arrangement. Each arrangement includes a base switching element, such as a metal-oxide semiconductor field—effect transistor (MOSFET), electrically connected in series with a supplemental switching element (e.g., MOSFET). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/079949 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/400.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471224 | Babbitt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Babbitt (Bozeman, Montana); Mark Allen Neifeld (Tucson, Arizona); Kristian D. Merkel (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for converting an analog waveform to a series of digital values includes receiving an input analog waveform to be digitized over a particular frequency band. A phase-sensitive frequency-domain representation of the input analog waveform is recorded. The phase-sensitive frequency-domain representation is read out and digitized to produce a spectral series of digital values. An output series of digital values that represent the analog waveform digitized over the particular frequency band is determined based on the spectral series. In some embodiments, the spectral series of digital values is produced with a conventional high dynamic range, low bandwidth digitizer that has a bandwidth at least a factor of two less than a width of the particular frequency band for digitizing the target analog waveform. |
| FILED | Monday, November 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/556751 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471238 | Lillo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter E. Lillo (Torrance, California); Kevin J. Scully (Cypress, California); Carlton D. Nealy (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multitarget tracking antispoofing receiver utilizes multitarget tracking algorithms and multiple correlators for tracking signals of interest in a field of view about a nominal trajectory of a desired true signal for tracking targets within the code phase and carrier frequency signal space so as to predict when true and spoof signals will cross paths in the signal space without spoofing with loss of tracking of the desired signal so that true tracking of a desired target is maintained in the presence of a spoofing signal moving along a spoofing signal track and crossing a true path of the true signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/264053 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/357.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471291 | Kaufman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Ingmar Bitter (Lake Grove, New York); Frank Dachille (Amityville, New York); Kevin Kreeger (East Setauket, New York); Baoquan Chen (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal three-dimensional rendering. The apparatus includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) memory units; at least one pixel bus for providing global horizontal communication; a plurality of rendering pipelines; at least one geometry bus; and a control unit. The apparatus includes a block processor having a circular ray integration pipeline for processing voxel data and ray data. Rays are generally processed in image order thus permitting great flexibility (e.g., perspective projection, global illumination). The block processor includes a splatting unit and a scattering unit. A method for casting shadows and performing global illumination in relation to light sources includes sweeping a two dimensional array of rays through the volume can also be implemented with the apparatus. A method for approximating a perspective projection includes using parallel projection. |
| FILED | Monday, November 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/556993 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471430 | Andersen |
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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) | Geoff P. Andersen (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a holographic image corrector in a microscope, which employs an optical system that has as an objective a lens or mirror. The characteristics of the objective are recorded by sending a first laser beam through a spatial filter (or an array of pinholes) and then through the objective, if a lens or reflecting the beam therefrom, if a mirror, to form an objective beam. Means are provided for directing a laser reference beam also through a spatial filter (or an array of pinholes) and intersecting same with the object beam in a recording medium, to form a hologram thereof. Then means illuminate the article to be viewed with a laser beam so that light therefrom passes through the objective or reflects therefrom and through the hologram, to correct for aberrations in the objective and provide a relatively clear image of the article. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415475 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471592 | Turgut |
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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) | Altan Turgut (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for range-estimating a noise source including a first passive, vertical hydrophone array of at least two receivers at a first distance from the noise source. The apparatus includes a second passive, vertical hydrophone array of at least two receivers at a second distance from the noise source. The apparatus also includes a processor communicating with the first passive, vertical hydrophone array and the second passive, vertical hydrophone array to determine a ratio of the first distance to the second distance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/080975 |
| 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 367/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472021 | Bieringer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Bieringer (Arlington, Massachusetts); Sean Winkler (Maynard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are a method and a system for detecting an atmospheric feature. A value of a meteorological scalar field at an initial time is determined for a set of tracers. Each tracer is initialized at a first tracer location. An integration time is selected according to a coherence time of a type of the feature to be detected. Alternatively, or in combination with the selected integration time, a spatial resolution of the wind field is selected according to a spatial scale of the type of feature to be detected. Each tracer is advected to a second tracer location at an earlier time according to the integration time and the wind field. A value of the meteorological scalar field at the earlier time and second tracer location is determined for each tracer and summed with the value at the first location to generate an integrated value of the meteorological scalar field. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/472644 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472105 | Staddon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jessica Nicola Staddon (Redwood City, California); David P. Woodruff (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Records in a secure database include attributes. A query homomorphically encrypts indices identifying one record and attribute. A secret key is generated at a certain query count and is divided into randomly generated key shares. A key share sequence is homomorphically encrypted. A table is formed by encrypting the indices, secret key and attributes. The key shares are decrypted sufficient to recover the secret key subject to a non-inference enabling query. In a further embodiment, a query count is maintained. Records in a secure database include attributes, with an attributes set forming inference channels. A data structure includes ciphertext keys. A pseudorandom function seed and non-malleable encryption secret key are chosen. A query provides indices identifying one record and attribute. A secure function evaluation is executed. A table combines the attributes with the pseudorandom function applied to the seed and indices. A table entry for the indices is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/969549 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/1 |
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| US 07472152 | Tsui 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) | James B. Y. Tsui (Dayton, Ohio); David M. Lin (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A Fourier transformation algorithm implementation in which accommodation is provided for the output attenuation occurring when an input signal falls intermediate two terms of the transformation output series in its frequency. Corrected Fourier transformation terms, achieved by combining the magnitudes of attenuated Fourier transformation terms generated by the input signal at Fourier transformation frequencies distant to the input signal frequency, in either a vectorial or a scalar combination, are substituted for an attenuated Fourier transformation term according to the invention. Noise correction of the substitute Fourier transformation terms is also provided. The invention is disclosed through use of a global position system signal example that is subjected to a double Fourier transformation filtering process to enhance the incoming signal to noise ratio. Normally occurring 3.9 decibel attenuations in each Fourier transformation step are reduced to about 0.9 decibel each through use of the invention. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914712 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/403 |
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| US D583626 | Toth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shirley A. Toth (Rome, New York); E. Paul Ratazzi (Rome, New York) |
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| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 29/267099 |
| ART UNIT | 2915 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for preparing or serving food or drink not elsewhere specified D7/510 |
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| US 07470403 | Beebe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin); Vinay V. Abhyankar (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method of using the same are provided for generating a gradient of particles within a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device includes a channel having an input and an output. The channel is filled with a predetermined fluid. Thereafter, particles from a source pass through a porous membrane into the input of the channel. A second membrane is provided adjacent the output of the channel to minimize convection therein. A sink communicates with the output of the channel. The source/sink combination creates a pseudo-steady state in the channel wherein the concentration of particles at a point does not vary dramatically with time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/411671 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
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| US 07470428 | Kuchroo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Kuchroo (Newton, Massachusetts); Laurent Monney (Bulle, Switzerland); Jason L. Gaglia (Boston, Massachusetts); Edward A. Greenfield (Stoughton, Massachusetts); Gordon J. Freeman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Hanspeter Waldner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for promoting or reducing T-cell trafficking to a target tissue. Also provided are compositions and methods useful for promoting or inhibiting antigen-presenting cell (APC) activation. The invention is related to discovery of functional characteristics of TIM-3, a molecule that is preferentially expressed on the surface of Th1 cells. The methods are useful for treating disorders including cancer, infectious disease, allergy, asthma, and autoimmune disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/354447 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 07470430 | Nabel 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) | Gary J. Nabel (Washington, District of Columbia); Bimal K. Chakrabarti (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Yue Huang (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified HIV Env, Gag, Pol, or Nef DNA with improved ability to elicit antibody and CTL responses to HIV antigens have been identified as prototype immunogens for the treatment and prevention of HIV infections. Modifications to Env glycoprotein include deletions in the cleavage site, fusogenic domain, and spacing of heptad repeats 1 and 2 and different COOH-terminal deletions. Other modifications entail expression of Gag-Pol and Gag-Pol-Nef as fusion proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/359120 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/208.100 |
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| US 07470506 | Erickson 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); Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Erickson (Frederick, Maryland); Sergei V. Gulnik (Frederick, Maryland); Hiroaki Mitsuya (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Arun K. Ghosh (River Forest, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an assay for determining the biochemical fitness of a biochemical species in a mutant replicating biological entity relative to its predecessor. The present invention further provides a continuous fluorogenic assay for measuring the anti-HIV protease activity of protease inhibitor. The present invention also provides a method of administering a therapeutic compound that reduces the chances of the emergence of drug resistance in therapy. The present invention also provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug, a composition, or an ester thereof, wherein A is a group of formulas (A), (B), (C) or (D); R1, R2, R3, R5 or R6 is H, or an optionally substituted and/or heteroatom-bearing alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or cyclic group; Y and/or Z are CH2, O, S, SO, SO2, amino, amides, carbamates, ureas, or thiocarbonyl derivatives thereof, optionally substituted with an alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group; n is from 1 to 5; X is a bond, an optionally substituted methylene or ethylene, an amino, O or S; Q is C(O), C(S), or SO2; m is from 0 to 6; R4 is OH, ═O (keto), NH2, or alkylamino, including esters, amides, and salts thereof; and W is C(O), C(S), S(O), or SO2. Optionally, R5 and R6, together with the N—W bond of formula (I), comprises a macrocyclic ring. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/720276 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
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| US 07470507 | Wyrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Wyrick (Spokane, California); Richard A. Young (Weston, Massachusetts); Bing Ren (San Diego, California); Francois Robert (Boston, Massachusetts); Itamar Simon (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of identifying a region (one or more) of a genome of a cell to which a protein of interest binds. In the methods described herein, DNA binding protein of a cell is linked (e.g., covalently crosslinked) to genomic DNA of a cell. The genomic DNA to which the DNA binding protein is linked is removed and combined or contacted with DNA comprising a sequence complementary to genomic DNA of the cell under conditions in which hybridization between the identified genomic DNA and the sequence complementary to genomic DNA occurs. Region(s) of hybridization are region(s) of the genome of the cell to which the protein of binds. A method of identifying a set of genes where cell cycle regulator binding correlates with gene expression and of identifying genomic targets of cell cycle transcription activators in living cells is also encompassed. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/032281 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07470516 | Stojanovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milan N. Stojanovic (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Donald Landry (New York, New York); Dragan B. Nikic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides analyte sensitive oligonucleotide compositions for detecting and analyzing analytes in solution, including complex solutions using cross reactive arrays of analyte sensitive oligonucleotide compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251496 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07470538 | Laughlin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary J. Laughlin (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Stephen Haynesworth (Beachwood, Ohio); Vincent Pompili (Hudson, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides, among other things, methods for treating an ischemic tissue in a subject in need thereof. The invention further provides methods for increasing the blood flow to an ischemic tissue in a subject in need thereof, such as to ischemic myocardium. The invention further provides cell-based formulations and related kits. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875643 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07470658 | Fukuda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michiko Fukuda (San Diego, California); Minoru Fukuda (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided peptides that bind to a member of the mammalian selectin family and inhibit the binding of a carbohydrate to the selectin. Invention peptides are useful to inhibit of the adhesion of cells containing particular cell-surface carbohydrates to cells containing cell-surface selectins. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising invention peptides useful in methods for inhibiting a carbohydrate from binding to a selectin, and in methods of inhibiting tumor cell metastasis in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, July 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/193979 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07470703 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee); The University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Bob M. Moore, II (Nesbit, Mississippi); Suni Mustafa (Memphis, Tennessee); Dennis R. Feller (Oxford, Mississippi); Supriya A. Bavadekar (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Yohimbine derivatives are disclosed having modification of the C-16 carboxyl group to include a sidechain and where the resulting derivative does not possess a second yohimbine pharmacophore (i.e., the compound is not a yohimbine dimer). The yohimbine derivatives of the present invention are preferably characterized by selective activity as α2c-AR antagonists. Use of the compounds, or pharmaceutical composition containing them, for treating or preventing an α2c adrenergic receptor mediated condition or disorder, and for antagonizing activity of an α2c adrenergic receptor are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/210206 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/280 |
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| US 07470718 | Werner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Werner (New York, New York); David Pitt (Bronx, New York); Elimor Brand-Schieber (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating a demyelinating condition in a subject in need of treatment are provided. In some aspects the methods encompass administering to the subject an amount of a Ca2+-channel blocker effective to treat the demyelinating condition. In other aspects, the methods encompass administering to the subject an amount of a glutamate inhibitor effective to treat the demyelinating condition. In additional aspects, the methods encompass administering to the subject a Ca2+-channel blocker in combination with a glutamate inhibitor, in amounts effective to treat the demyelinating condition. In still other aspects, the methods encompass administering to the subject a Ca2+-channel blocker in combination with a hypertensive agent, in amounts effective to treat the demyelinating condition. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions having a Ca2+-channel blocker, a glutamate inhibitor, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. Additionally, pharmaceutical compositions having a Ca2+-channel blocker, a hypertensive agent, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/223068 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/428 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Durden (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for the identification, biochemical characterization and therapeutic use of agents which impact PTEN, p53, PI-kinase and AKT mediated cellular signaling. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/712850 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/456 |
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| US 07470769 | Bishop et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Logix, Inc. (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Bishop (Spring, Texas); A. Katrina Loomis (Houston, Texas); Daniel J. Monticello (The Woodlands, Texas); Philip T. Pienkos (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antagonists. These EGFR antagonists are polypeptide variants of ligands of EGFR. The EGFR ligand polypeptide variants of the invention possess EGFR antagonistic properties and can inhibit at least one EGFR-mediated biological activity such as inhibition of the receptor's kinase activation activity and subsequently, cell proliferation. Such polypeptide variants, and nucleic acids encoding these polypeptide variants can be used therapeutically in situations in which inhibition of EGFR activity is indicated. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/172610 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 07470775 | Pastan 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) | Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Satoshi Nagata (Rockville, Maryland); Masanori Onda (Rockville, Maryland); Yoshito Numata (Osaka, Japan); Kenneth Santora (Kensington, Maryland); Richard Beers (Rockville, Maryland); Robert Kreitman (Potomac, Maryland); Abhishek Sinha (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | CD30 is a receptor expressed on cells of Hodgkin's disease and certain leukemias. The extracellular portion of CD30 is cleaved, releasing a form known as sCD30. The invention relates in part to the discovery that a residual, extracellular “stalk” of CD30 remains after cleavage of sCD30. The stalk provides an advantageous and previously unrecognized target for immunotoxins. The invention provides antibodies that bind to the CD30 stalk or to epitopes destroyed upon the cleavage of CD30 which results in the stalk. The invention further provides new anti-CD30 antibodies that form effective immunotoxins and are particularly suitable for making disulfide stabilized Fv (“dsFv”)-immunoconjugates. The dsFv immunoconjugates can be used as reagents to label CD30-expressing cancer cells or to inhibit the growth of CD30-expressing cancer cells. Moreover, the invention provides anti-CD30 antibodies that activate complement-dependent cytotoxicity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/516766 |
| 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 530/388.220 |
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| US 07470776 | Cummings et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. Cummings (Edmond, Oklahoma); Rodger P. McEver (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, compositions and methods for treating conditions characterized by leukocyte rolling are described. The compounds contain glycosulfopeptide structures comprising sulfated tyrosines and sialyated, fucosylated N-acetyllactosamino glycans. The glycosulfopeptides may be conjugated or complexed to other compounds for enhancing serum half-life or for controlled release, for example. Examples of conditions treated include inflammation, ischemia-reperfusion injury, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, leukocyte-mediated lung injury, restenosis, and thrombosis. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/716922 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/395 |
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| US 07470777 | McCray, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. McCray, Jr. (Iowa City, Iowa); Patrick L. Sinn (Iowa City, Iowa); Daniel F. Voytas (Ames, Iowa); Junbiao Dai (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention include compositions comprising and methods utilizing a retroviral integrase complex comprising a recombinant integrase having a domain comprising a non-native protein binding site, and a DNA binding protein comprising a DNA binding domain and a peptide binding domain that binds the non-native protein binding site of the recombinant integrase. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/317330 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/402 |
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| US 07470784 | Montgomery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Montgomery (Birmingham, Alabama); Anita T. Fowler (Birmingham, Alabama); John A. Secrist, III (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | 2-Chloro-9-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)-9H-purin-6-amine is synthesized by reacting a 2-chloro-6-substituted purine with a protected and activated 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-arabinofiranose; and reacting with a base such as ammonia to provide 2-chloro-9-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)-9H-purin-6-amine. When the purine reactant is substituted in the 6 position with a halogen, a reaction step with an alkoxide is carried out prior to the reaction with ammonia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/204176 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/27.400 |
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| US 07470785 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Masahiko Taniguchi (Raleigh, North Carolina); Doyoung Ra (Taejon, South Korea); Guoning Mo (Ontario, Canada); Thiagarajan Balasubramanian (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making chlorins comprises the steps of reacting (e.g. condensing) a dipyrrin western half intermediate with an eastern half intermediate to form a tetrahydrobilene, and then cyclizing the tetrahydrobilene to form a chlorin. Intermediates including tetrahydrobilenes useful in such reactions are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/072196 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 07470788 | Horwitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome P. Horwitz (Farmington Hills, Michigan); Lisa Polin (Oak Park, Michigan); Stuart T. Hazeldine (Taylor, Michigan); Thomas H. Corbett (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein Y is F, Cl or Br; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds are effective antitumor agents. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I or a salt thereof, intermediates useful for preparing a compound of formula I, and therapeutic methods comprising administering a compound of formula I or a salt thereof to a mammal in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/223806 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/157 |
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| US 07470790 | Silverman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Haitao Ji (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds inhibiting neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) for potential treatment in neurodegenerative diseases, such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, such compounds of a formula. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/935911 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/278.400 |
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| US 07470815 | Silverman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Northbrook, Illinois); Jung-Mi Hah (Seoul, South Korea); Jose Antonio Gomez Vidal (Granada, Spain); Erik Erdal (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptidomimetic compositions for selective inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/341404 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/240 |
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| US 07471814 | Raman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raghav Raman (Cupertino, California); Bhargav Raman (San Jose, California); Sandy A. Napel (Menlo Park, California); Geoffrey D. Rubin (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to define a curved slab region of interest that includes vessels while maximally excluding surrounding soft tissue and bone is provided. The thickness of the curved slab is automatically adapted to the thickness of the vessel and follows the tortuous vessel(s) so that an increase in tortuousity does not result in a disproportionate increase in the region of interest required to enclose the vessel. A plurality of boundary pairs is determined in the view plane to define a vessel. Vessel-intensities are determined for each one of the boundary pairs. The boundary pairs with associated intensities define the view of the vessel in the projection plane. Context-intensity could be defined in the area surrounding the boundary pairs in the projection and/or transverse plane. The method also includes several steps that will result in a better isolation and removal of non-vessel structures and view of the vessel(s) and its(their) branches. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/004633 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
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| US 07471973 | Rudy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoram Rudy (St. Louis, Missouri); Charulatha Ramanathan (Richmond Heights, Ohio); Raja Ghanem (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Ping Jia (University Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for determining a surface geometry of an object, including determining a first projection matrix based on a first imaging device, determining a second projection matrix based on a second imaging device, obtaining at least one first two-dimensional (2D) image of the object using the first imaging device, obtaining at least one second 2D image of the object using the second imaging device, determining a contour of the object in the first 2D image and the second 2D image, and, based on the at least two contours, the first projection matrix, and the second projection matrix, reconstructing 3D data associated with the surface of the object. In one embodiment, the object can be a heart. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/112128 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weldon S. Williamson (Malibu, California); Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust system that processes exhaust generated by an engine includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF) that is disposed downstream of the engine and that filters particulates from the exhaust. An electrical heater is integrally formed in an upstream end of the DPF and selectively heats the exhaust to initiate combustion of the particulates within the exhaust as it passes therethrough. Heat generated by combustion of the particulates induces combustion of particulates within the DPF. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/233450 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469543 | Veninger |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Veninger (Coventry, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a rich catalytic injector, a combustor, and a turbine. The rich catalytic injector includes a rich catalytic device, a mixing zone, and an injection assembly. The injection assembly provides an interface between the mixing zone and the combustor. The injection assembly can inject diffusion fuel into the combustor, provides flame aerodynamic stabilization in the combustor, and may include an ignition device. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/954323 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/723 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469693 | Graves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald L. Graves (Knoxville, Tennessee); Brian H. West (Knoxville, Tennessee); Shean P. Huff (Knoxville, Tennessee); James E. Parks, II (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system controls engine-out exhaust species of a combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders. The method typically includes various combinations of steps such as controlling combustion parameters in individual cylinders, grouping the individual cylinders into a lean set and a rich set of one or more cylinders, combusting the lean set in a lean combustion parameter condition having a lean air:fuel equivalence ratio, combusting the rich set in a rich combustion parameter condition having a rich air:fuel equivalence ratio, and adjusting the lean set and the rich set of one or more cylinders to generate net-lean combustion. The exhaust species may have elevated concentrations of hydrogen and oxygen. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/691539 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/673 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470329 | Oehrlein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gottlieb S. Oehrlein (Clarksville, Maryland); Xuefeng Hua (Hyattsville, Maryland); Christian Stolz (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasma processing system includes a source of plasma, a substrate and a shutter positioned in close proximity to the substrate. The substrate/shutter relative disposition is changed for precise control of substrate/plasma interaction. This way, the substrate interacts only with a fully established, stable plasma for short times required for nanoscale processing of materials. The shutter includes an opening of a predetermined width, and preferably is patterned to form an array of slits with dimensions that are smaller than the Debye screening length. This enables control of the substrate/plasma interaction time while avoiding the ion bombardment of the substrate in an undesirable fashion. The relative disposition between the shutter and the substrate can be made either by moving the shutter or by moving the substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/913323 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470393 | Kong |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of fabricating cermet materials and methods of utilizing the same such as in filtering particulate and gaseous pollutants from internal combustion engines having intermetallic and ceramic phases. The cermet material may be made from a transition metal aluminide phase and an alumina phase. The mixture may be pressed to form a green compact body and then heated in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere so as to melt aluminum particles and form the cermet. 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 cermet material may also be formed so as to pass an electrical current therethrough to heat the material during use. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/067395 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470449 | Granick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Granick (Champaign, Illinois); Svetlana A. Sukhishvili (Maplewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A film contains a first polymer having a plurality of hydrogen bond donating moieties, and a second polymer having a plurality of hydrogen bond accepting moieties. The second polymer is hydrogen bonded to the first polymer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/852090 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470462 | Parthum, Sr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Parthum, Sr. (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling residual stress in a structure in a MEMS device and a structure thereof includes selecting a total thickness and an overall equivalent stress for the structure. A thickness for each of at least one set of alternating first and second layers is determined to control an internal stress with respect to a neutral axis for each of the at least alternating first and second layers and to form the structure based on the selected total thickness and the selected overall equivalent stress. Each of the at least alternating first and second layers is deposited to the determined thickness for each of the at least alternating first and second layers to form the structure. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/061429 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470473 | Eisler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans J. Eisler (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Vikram C. Sundar (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Michael E. Walsh (Everett, Massachusetts); Victor I. Klimov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Henry I. Smith (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure including a grating and a semiconductor nanocrystal layer on the grating, can be a laser. The semiconductor nanocrystal layer can include a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals including a Group II-VI compound, the nanocrystals being distributed in a metal oxide matrix. The grating can have a periodicity from 200 nm to 500 nm. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594732 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470477 | Zizelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Zizelman (Honeoye Falls, New York); Jean J. Botti (Rochester Hills, Michigan); John G. Noetzel (Fairport, New York); Subhasish Mukerjee (Rochester, New York); Kaushik Rajashekara (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid-oxide fuel cell system having a relatively large primary fuel cell sub-assembly for steady-state operation and a relatively small secondary fuel cell sub-assembly which is rapidly heatable to a threshold operating temperature to a) produce usable power in a short time period, b) cascade a hot exhaust into the primary fuel cell sub-assembly to assist in preheating thereof, and c) provide steam into the primary fuel cell sub-assembly to prevent coking of the anodes thereof. As the primary sub-assembly reaches its threshold temperature, it too begins to generate electricity and continues to self-heat and to be heated by the secondary sub-assembly. Preferably, the secondary sub-assembly continues to provide electricity in complement with the primary sub-assembly until the primary sub-assembly reaches full power, at which time the secondary sub-assembly may be shut down or switched to standby status for fuel efficiency, as desired. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/640743 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470766 | Bohnert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George W. Bohnert (Harrisonville, Missouri); Thomas E. Hand (Lee's Summit, Missouri); Gary M. DeLaurentiis (Jamestown, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for removing contaminants from synthetic resin material containers using a first organic solvent system and a second carbon dioxide system. The organic solvent is utilized for removing the contaminants from the synthetic resin material and the carbon dioxide is used to separate any residual organic solvent from the synthetic resin material. |
| FILED | Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/277587 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/480 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470840 | Emrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd S. Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Anthony Dinsmore (Amherst, Massachusetts); Habib Skaff (Amherst, Massachusetts); Yao Lin (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Self-assembly of nanoparticles at the interface between two fluids, and methods to control such self-assembly process, e.g., the surface density of particles assembling at the interface; to utilize the assembled nanoparticles and their ligands in fabrication of capsules, where the elastic properties of the capsules can be varied from soft to tough; to develop capsules with well-defined porosities for ultimate use as delivery systems; and to develop chemistries whereby multiple ligands or ligands with multiple functionalities can be attached to the nanoparticles to promote the interfacial segregation and assembly of the nanoparticles. Certain embodiments use cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanoparticles, since the photoluminescence of the particles provides a convenient means by which the spatial location and organization of the particles can be probed. However, the systems and methodologies presented here are general and can, with suitable modification of the chemistries, be adapted to any type of nanoparticle. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/753868 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/787 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471008 | Stahlhut et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Deere and Company (Moline, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronnie Dean Stahlhut (Bettendorf, Iowa); Carl Thomas Vuk (Denver, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method controls a rotational speed of a rotor or shaft of a turbogenerator in accordance with a present voltage level on a direct current bus. A lower threshold and a higher threshold are established for a speed of a rotor or shaft of a turbogenerator. A speed sensor determines speed data or a speed signal for the rotor or shaft associated with a turbogenerator. A voltage regulator adjusts a voltage level associated with a direct current bus within a target voltage range if the speed data or speed signal indicates that the speed is above the higher threshold or below the lower threshold. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/514761 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471010 | Fingersh |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Jay Fingersh (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A wind turbine tower assembly for storing compressed gas such as hydrogen. The tower assembly includes a wind turbine having a rotor, a generator driven by the rotor, and a nacelle housing the generator. The tower assembly includes a foundation and a tubular tower with one end mounted to the foundation and another end attached to the nacelle. The tower includes an in-tower storage configured for storing a pressurized gas and defined at least in part by inner surfaces of the tower wall. In one embodiment, the tower wall is steel and has a circular cross section. The in-tower storage may be defined by first and second end caps welded to the inner surface of the tower wall or by an end cap near the top of the tower and by a sealing element attached to the tower wall adjacent the foundation, with the sealing element abutting the foundation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/953995 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471052 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Genfa Wu (Yorktown, Virginia); Harry Lawrence Phillips (Hayes, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A cryogenic vacuum rf feedthrough device comprising: 1) a probe for insertion into a particle beam; 2) a coaxial cable comprising an inner conductor and an outer conductor, a dielectric/insulating layer surrounding the inner conductor, the latter being connected to the probe for the transmission of higher mode rf energy from the probe; and 3) a high thermal conductivity stub attached to the coaxial dielectric about and in thermal contact with the inner conductor which high thermal conductivity stub transmits heat generated in the vicinity of the probe efficiently and radially from the area of the probe and inner conductor all while maintaining useful rf transmission line characteristics between the inner and outer coaxial conductors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/209284 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472153 | Keenan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Keenan (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Bias plays an important role in factor analysis and is often implicitly made use of, for example, to constrain solutions to factors that conform to physical reality. However, when components are collinear, a large range of solutions may exist that satisfy the basic constraints and fit the data equally well. In such cases, the introduction of mathematical bias through the application of constraints may select solutions that are less than optimal. The biased alternating least squares algorithm of the present invention can offset mathematical bias introduced by constraints in the standard alternating least squares analysis to achieve factor solutions that are most consistent with physical reality. In addition, these methods can be used to explicitly exploit bias to provide alternative views and provide additional insights into spectral data sets. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/794538 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07469454 | Notcutt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Notcutt (Boulder, Colorado); John L. Hall (Boulder, Colorado); Long-Sheng Ma (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for reducing the vibration sensitivity of laser-stabilizing optical reference cavities is based upon an improved design and mounting method for the cavity, wherein the cavity is mounted vertically. It is suspended at one plane, around the spacer cylinder, equidistant from the mirror ends of the cavity. The suspension element is a collar of an extremely low thermal expansion coefficient material, which surrounds the spacer cylinder and contacts it uniformly. Once the collar has been properly located, it is cemented in place so that the spacer cylinder is uniformly supported and does not have to be squeezed at all. The collar also includes a number of cavities partially bored into its lower flat surface, around the axial bore. These cavities are support points, into which mounting base pins will be inserted. Hence the collar is supported at a minimum of three points. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/510269 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/33.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469857 | Voss |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. Voss (Northampton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An differential expansion system and method for balloon buoyancy control which includes a zero-pressure envelope and a superpressure envelope. A gas transfer device is positioned between the envelopes to facilitate the transfer of lift gases that are lighter than air between the envelopes. The superpressure envelope and the gas transfer device can be located inside the zero-pressure envelope. Alternatively, the zero-pressure envelope, the superpressure envelope, and the gas transfer device can be located inside a zero-pressure envelope. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/937747 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470369 | Diallo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mamadou S. Diallo (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compositions and methods useful for the purification of water using dendritic macromolecules. The process involves using dendritic macromolecules (dendrimers) to bind to contaminants, and a filtration step to produce water from which contaminants have been removed or modified. Examples of dendrimers that may be used in the process include cation-binding dendrimers, anion-binding dendrimers, organic compound-binding dendrimers, redox-active dendrimers, biological compound-binding dendrimers, catalytic dendrimers, biocidal dendrimers, viral-binding dendrimers, multi-functional dendrimers, and combinations thereof. The process is readily scalable and provides many options for customization. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/182314 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470379 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George P. Anderson (Latham, Maryland); Hedi Mattoussi (Alexandria, Virginia); J. Matthew Mauro (Silver Spring, Maryland); Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Vikram C. Sundar (Stoneham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The ionic conjugates include an inorganic particle electrostatically associated with a macromolecule which can interact specifically with predetermined chemical species or biological targets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/080946 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.6S0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470473 | Eisler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans J. Eisler (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Vikram C. Sundar (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Michael E. Walsh (Everett, Massachusetts); Victor I. Klimov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Henry I. Smith (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure including a grating and a semiconductor nanocrystal layer on the grating, can be a laser. The semiconductor nanocrystal layer can include a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals including a Group II-VI compound, the nanocrystals being distributed in a metal oxide matrix. The grating can have a periodicity from 200 nm to 500 nm. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594732 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470802 | Uhrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn E. Uhrich (Plainfield, New Jersey); Lu Tian (Morrisville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses micelle assemblies, compositions having micelle assemblies, and methods for preparing micelle assemblies and compositions thereof. Also, the invention encompasses compounds of the formula: A-X-Y-Z-R1 wherein A is a carboxy group or is absent; X is a polyol, Y is —C(═O)—, —C(═S)—, or is absent; Z is O, S, or NH; and R1 is a polyether, wherein one or more hydroxy groups of the polyol are acylated with a fatty acid residue, wherein the compounds form micelle assemblies. The invention encompasses methods of encapsulating molecules using the compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/006506 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/227 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471291 | Kaufman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Ingmar Bitter (Lake Grove, New York); Frank Dachille (Amityville, New York); Kevin Kreeger (East Setauket, New York); Baoquan Chen (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal three-dimensional rendering. The apparatus includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) memory units; at least one pixel bus for providing global horizontal communication; a plurality of rendering pipelines; at least one geometry bus; and a control unit. The apparatus includes a block processor having a circular ray integration pipeline for processing voxel data and ray data. Rays are generally processed in image order thus permitting great flexibility (e.g., perspective projection, global illumination). The block processor includes a splatting unit and a scattering unit. A method for casting shadows and performing global illumination in relation to light sources includes sweeping a two dimensional array of rays through the volume can also be implemented with the apparatus. A method for approximating a perspective projection includes using parallel projection. |
| FILED | Monday, November 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/556993 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07471742 | Hammons, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur R. Hammons, Jr. (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Space-time codes are developed for multi-radii AM-PSK constellations. Further, a “super-unified” space-time code construction is developed that incorporates multi-radii AM-PSK codes with the Lu-Kumar unified codes. The multi-radii space-time codes achieve the rate-diversity tradeoff—that is, the codes transmits information at the maximum rate possible for the given signaling constellation and the achieved transmit diversity level. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094661 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/299 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472359 | Ciesielski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maciej Ciesielski (Amherst, Massachusetts); Serkan Askar (Amherst, Massachusetts); Emmanuel Boutillon (Lorient, France); Jeremie Guillot (Lorient, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A systematic method and system for behavioral transformations for hardware synthesis and code optimization in software compilation based on Taylor Expansion Diagrams. The system can be integrated with any suitable architectural synthesis system. It can also be built into a compiler tool for general purpose processor or into a specific target compiler. For hardware synthesis, an arithmetic expression of the computation is extracted from the behavioral-level HDL design or directly from its matrix representation, and represented in canonical data structure, called Taylor Expansion Diagram. In architectural synthesis, factorization, common sub-expression extraction and decomposition of the resulting Taylor Expansion Diagram is performed, producing an optimized data flow graph, from which the structural HDL design is obtained using standard architectural synthesis. For software compilation and code optimization, common sub-expression extraction and factorization serve as pre-compilation optimization tasks performed according to the target architecture to generate a new code for the compiler. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/292493 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07469454 | Notcutt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Notcutt (Boulder, Colorado); John L. Hall (Boulder, Colorado); Long-Sheng Ma (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for reducing the vibration sensitivity of laser-stabilizing optical reference cavities is based upon an improved design and mounting method for the cavity, wherein the cavity is mounted vertically. It is suspended at one plane, around the spacer cylinder, equidistant from the mirror ends of the cavity. The suspension element is a collar of an extremely low thermal expansion coefficient material, which surrounds the spacer cylinder and contacts it uniformly. Once the collar has been properly located, it is cemented in place so that the spacer cylinder is uniformly supported and does not have to be squeezed at all. The collar also includes a number of cavities partially bored into its lower flat surface, around the axial bore. These cavities are support points, into which mounting base pins will be inserted. Hence the collar is supported at a minimum of three points. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/510269 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/33.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07469878 | Richard |
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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) | James A. Richard (Grant, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetostrictive valve assembly includes a housing that defines a passage with a seat being formed therein. A magnetically-biased and axially-compressed magnetostrictive assembly slidingly fitted in the passage is configured as a hollow and open-ended conduit adapted to support a flow of a fluid therethrough. Current-carrying coil(s) disposed about the passage in the region of the magnetostrictive assembly generate a magnetic field in the passage when current flows through the coil(s). A hollow valve body with side ports is coupled on one end thereof to an axial end of the magnetostrictive assembly. The other end of the valve body is designed to seal with the seat formed in the housing's passage when brought into contact therewith. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/518733 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/129.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470478 | Surampudi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subbarao Surampudi (Glendora, California); Harvey A. Frank (Encino, California); Sekharipuram R. Narayanan (Altadena, California); William Chun (Los Angeles, California); Barbara Jeffries-Nakamura (San Marino, California); Andrew Kindler (San Marino, California); Gerald Halpert (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improvements to non acid methanol fuel cells include new formulations for materials. The platinum and ruthenium are more exactly mixed together. Different materials are substituted for these materials. The backing material for the fuel cell electrode is specially treated to improve its characteristics. A special sputtered electrode is formed which is extremely porous. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/797625 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470516 | Stojanovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milan N. Stojanovic (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Donald Landry (New York, New York); Dragan B. Nikic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides analyte sensitive oligonucleotide compositions for detecting and analyzing analytes in solution, including complex solutions using cross reactive arrays of analyte sensitive oligonucleotide compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251496 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — 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 07471831 | Bearman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg Bearman (Pasadena, California); Michael J. Pelletier (La Canada, California); Suresh Seshadri (Cerritos, California); Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a system and method for performing rapid and programmable analysis of data. The present invention relates to a reconfigurable detector comprising at least one array of a plurality of pixels, where each of the plurality of pixels can be selected to receive and read-out an input. The pixel array is divided into at least one pixel group for conducting a common predefined analysis. Each of the pixels has a programmable circuitry programmed with a dynamically configurable user-defined function to modify the input. The present detector also comprises a summing circuit designed to sum the modified input. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/759808 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472100 | Volponi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan J. Volponi (West Simsbury, Connecticut); Thomas Brotherton (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A real-time on board engine component performance tracking system for deriving high fidelity engine models capable of providing a reference level from which performance changes can be trended with reduced operating cost, increased safety, and increased reliability while minimizing memory requirements and maximizing speed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540874 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07469454 | Notcutt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Notcutt (Boulder, Colorado); John L. Hall (Boulder, Colorado); Long-Sheng Ma (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for reducing the vibration sensitivity of laser-stabilizing optical reference cavities is based upon an improved design and mounting method for the cavity, wherein the cavity is mounted vertically. It is suspended at one plane, around the spacer cylinder, equidistant from the mirror ends of the cavity. The suspension element is a collar of an extremely low thermal expansion coefficient material, which surrounds the spacer cylinder and contacts it uniformly. Once the collar has been properly located, it is cemented in place so that the spacer cylinder is uniformly supported and does not have to be squeezed at all. The collar also includes a number of cavities partially bored into its lower flat surface, around the axial bore. These cavities are support points, into which mounting base pins will be inserted. Hence the collar is supported at a minimum of three points. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/510269 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/33.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470574 | Bao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California); Evert-Jan Borkent (Groningen, Netherlands); Dawen Li (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a dual organic field-effect transistor (OFET) structure and a method of fabricating the structure. The dual OFET structure includes an n-type organic semiconductor layer and a p-type organic semiconductor layer in contact with each other along an interface and forming a stack. The dual OFET structure also includes a source electrode and a drain electrode, the source and drain electrodes being in contact with one of the organic semiconductor layers. The dual OFET structure further includes first and second gate structures located on opposite sides of the stack. The first gate structure is configured to control a channel region of the n-type organic semiconductor layer, and the second gate structure is configured to control a channel region of the p-type organic semiconductor layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/330472 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/157 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07470703 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee); The University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Bob M. Moore, II (Nesbit, Mississippi); Suni Mustafa (Memphis, Tennessee); Dennis R. Feller (Oxford, Mississippi); Supriya A. Bavadekar (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Yohimbine derivatives are disclosed having modification of the C-16 carboxyl group to include a sidechain and where the resulting derivative does not possess a second yohimbine pharmacophore (i.e., the compound is not a yohimbine dimer). The yohimbine derivatives of the present invention are preferably characterized by selective activity as α2c-AR antagonists. Use of the compounds, or pharmaceutical composition containing them, for treating or preventing an α2c adrenergic receptor mediated condition or disorder, and for antagonizing activity of an α2c adrenergic receptor are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/210206 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07472021 | Bieringer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Bieringer (Arlington, Massachusetts); Sean Winkler (Maynard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are a method and a system for detecting an atmospheric feature. A value of a meteorological scalar field at an initial time is determined for a set of tracers. Each tracer is initialized at a first tracer location. An integration time is selected according to a coherence time of a type of the feature to be detected. Alternatively, or in combination with the selected integration time, a spatial resolution of the wind field is selected according to a spatial scale of the type of feature to be detected. Each tracer is advected to a second tracer location at an earlier time according to the integration time and the wind field. A value of the meteorological scalar field at the earlier time and second tracer location is determined for each tracer and summed with the value at the first location to generate an integrated value of the meteorological scalar field. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/472644 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07472148 | Simon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harris S. Simon (Poway, California); Kenneth Andrew Van Pelt (San Diego, California); Dale Ogden Sharp (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for generating random numbers are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for generating random numbers for use in a wireless communication device provides for generating random numbers, gathering a sample of the generated random numbers, and computing at least one metric, such as mean value, standard deviation, and/or entropy. The method further provides for comparing the metric with a corresponding reference value and adjusting the metric based on a result of said comparison so that the generated random numbers achieve a desired distribution. In another aspect, an apparatus for generating random numbers includes an analog noise generator and hardware components for generating random numbers and feedback values to adjust the random numbers. The apparatus further includes a processor capable of executing instructions to carry out control algorithms for adjusting the random numbers. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/897589 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07470673 | Zoghbi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huda Y. Zoghbi (Houston, Texas); Hugo Bellen (Houston, Texas); Nessan Bermingham (Houston, Texas); Bassem Hassan (Houston, Texas); Nissim Ben-arie (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for the therapeutic use of an atonal-associated nucleic acid or amino acid sequence. Also, an animal heterozygous for an atonal-associated gene inactivation is also disclosed having at least one atonal-associated nucleic acid sequence replaced by insertion of a heterologous nucleic acid sequence used to detect expression driven by an atonal-associated promoter sequence, wherein the inactivation of the atonal-associated nucleic acid sequence prevents expression of the atonal-associated gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/860724 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07470783 | McGall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn H. McGall (Mountain View, California); Ngo Q. Nam (Campbell, California); Richard P. Rava (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compounds are provided which are useful as linking groups in chemical synthesis, preferably in the solid phase synthesis of oligonucleotides and polypeptides. These compounds are generally photolabile and comprise protecting groups which can be removed by photolysis to unmask a reactive group. The protecting group has the general formula Ar—C(R1)(R2)—O—C(O)-wherein: Ar is an optionally substituted fused polycyclic aryl or heteroaromatic group or a vinylogous derivative thereof; R1 and R2 are independently H, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaromatic, or a vinylogous derivative of the foregoing; and X is a leaving group, a chemical fragment linked to Ar—C(R1)(R2)—O—C(O)— via a heteroatom, or a solid support; provided that when Ar is 1-pyrenyl and R1 and R2 are H, X is not linked to Ar—C(R1)(R2)—O—C(O)— via a nitrogen atom. Preferred embodiments are those in which Ar is a fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and in which the substituents on Ar, R1 and R2 are electron donating groups. A particularly preferred protecting group is the “PYMOC” protecting group, pyrenylmethyloxycarbonyl, where Ar is pyrenyl and R1 and R2 are H. Also provided is a method of forming, from component molecules, a plurality of compounds on a support, each compound occupying a separate predefined region of the support, using the protected compounds described above. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/105571 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/25.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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