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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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| US 07472596 | Cardarelli |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Donato Cardarelli (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An accelerometer that lies generally in a plane, for detecting acceleration along an input axis. There is a substrate, a generally planar Servo Member (SM) flexibly coupled to the substrate such that it is capable of oscillatory motion about a servo axis that lies in the plane, a generally planar Torque Summing Member (TSM) coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the SM such that the TSM is capable of rotary motion relative to the SM about an output axis that is in the plane and orthogonal to the servo axis, wherein the TSM is mass-imbalanced relative to the output axis, and a generally planar rotor coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the TSM such that it is capable of rotary oscillatory motion relative to the TSM about a rotor axis that is orthogonal to the plane of the members. There are drives for oscillating the rotor about the rotor axis and for oscillating the SM about the servo axis. Output sensors detect oscillation of the rotor about the rotor axis and of the SM about the servo axis. Output sensors detect rotation of the TSM about the output axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/460115 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472637 | Sarva et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sai Sarva (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam D. Mulliken (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mary C. Boyce (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alex J. Hsieh (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A hierarchical composite armor is disclosed for protection against projectile impact comprising a plurality of platelets and a matrix substrate. The plurality of platelets are distributed in at least a first layer and in a second layer parallel to the first layer wherein the distribution of the platelets in the second layer is at least slightly offset from and overlaps the distribution of platelets in the first layer. The platelets are less thick than the overall thickness of the composite armor, and the platelets include a first material. The matrix substrate encapsulates the platelets, and the matrix substrate is different than the first material. The platelets and matrix substrate form an interactive network that dissipates a projectile's impact energy over an area much greater than the size of the projectile by synergistically transmitting the impact energy from platelets close to an impact location to platelets away from the impact location. The failure is localized to the primary interaction zone between the projectile and the platelets and matrix substrate. The geometry and distribution of the platelets is tailored to optimize the kinetic energy absorption by the composite armor. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/273205 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472652 | Scheid |
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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) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A demolition charge system has a multi-primed initiation system with a rigid container having interconnected thin end walls, side walls, a base and a lid. The lid continuously fits onto the end and side walls to cover and contain an internal chamber. Each of the ends walls has a threaded opening longitudinally aligned with each other. An elongated thin-walled tube longitudinally extends through the internal chamber and has threaded ends engaging inner portions of the threaded openings to securely hold the tube in the container. At least one demolition initiator is capable of longitudinally extending in the tube and a main charge in the internal chamber is positionable in abutting contact along the tube to assure demolition. Magnets assure magnetic securing of the demolition system on a ferrous target. |
| FILED | Monday, August 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/506270 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472653 | Hays et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Vance Hays (Ridgecrest, California); Lee Hardt (Ridgecrest, California); Donald Burnett (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A venting system for a casing containing an explosive material includes a base plug having one or more venting ports. A ring-shaped failure mechanism mounted to the base plug seals the venting ports. The failure mechanism has a selected melting temperature such that raising the temperature of the failure mechanism to its melting temperature causes the failure mechanism to unseal the venting port to allow controlled burning of the explosive material. An insert ring formed of a durable material to protect the failure mechanism from being damaged may be mounted on an outer surface of the failure mechanism. An adhesive may be used to seal gaps between the failure mechanism, the insert ring and the base plug. The failure mechanism may have a peripheral tab formed to fit within a corresponding groove in the base plug to mount the failure mechanism securely to the base plug. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/472515 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/481 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472865 | Sinsabaugh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. Sinsabaugh (Uniontown, Ohio); Ann M. Dirling (Avon, Ohio); Kurtis D. Kandel (Louisville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A dehumidification system for removing water vapor from the within the envelope of an airship comprises a pressurizer valve, a blower and a dehumidifier attached to the airship. The pressurizer valve releases air from the envelope and directs the air to the blower. The blower forces the air through the dehumidifier where the air is dried to a desired dew point. The dried air is then forced back into the envelope of the airship, thus reducing the weight of the airship and reducing the amount of condensate that may form during an ascent. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/228652 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07472866 | Heaston 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) | Jeremy R. Heaston (Weston, Connecticut); David E. Toth (Westport, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A launch system in which an unmanned aerial vehicle is secured to a platform in a watertight tube adapted to be launched from a submerged platform. Once launched, side panels on the tube are jettisoned and a flotation device is deployed to bring the tube to the surface. The flotation device maintains the tube in a vertical position when rising to and at the surface. After surfacing, a top-sealing cap of the tube is opened. A lifting mechanism within the tube raises the vertically oriented platform assembly up within the tube. Guide rails maintain the vertical orientation of the assembly during lifting. At the topmost point of travel, the assembly is raised clear of the tube and is disengaged from the guide rails, allowing the assembly to pivot about its attachment to the lifting mechanism and assume an orientation favorable for launching the UAV. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/602436 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/63 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473361 | Craighead et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Jennifer Gaudioso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen W. Turner (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device has features that reduce the speed of flow of higher speed diffusing molecules. The features are used to separate various components of a mixture in the microfluidic device. The channel is sized to ensure laminar flow of the mixture to promote only diffusive mixing of the components. Wells extend from the channel. Components having higher diffusing velocities are slowed by the wells as the mixture proceeds through the channel. The result is that slower speed diffusing components exit the channel prior to the lower speed diffusing components. The device is formed by use of photolithographic techniques or other techniques capable of forming such features. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/306638 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/321.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473656 | Klostermann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ulrich Karl Klostermann (Fontainebleau, France); Wolfgang Raberg (Fontainebleau, France); Philip Trouilloud (Norwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of thermally treating a magnetic layer of a wafer, includes annealing, for a predetermined short duration, a magnetic layer of a single wafer, applying at least one local magnetic field to the magnetic layer obtained without making electrical contact to the wafer, and cooling the single wafer using argon. The annealing includes heating only a local area on the single wafer at a temperature of 280 degrees C for 60 seconds in the presence of a magnetic field using a rapid thermal anneal (RTA) lamp. The applying a magnetic field to the magnetic layer is conducted after the annealing and ancludes applying local fields in different directions to different areas of the single wafer. The single wafer includes a magnetic stack formed thereon, the magnetic stcak having a structure of 50TaN/50Ta/175PtMn/15CoFe/9Al/50Py/100TaN. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690538 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/795 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474005 | Aksyuk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Anatolyevich Aksyuk (Westfield, New Jersey); Nagesh R Basavanhally (Skillman, New Jersey); Avinoam Kornblit (Highland Park, New Jersey); Warren Yiu-Cho Lai (Chatham Township, New Jersey); Joseph Ashley Taylor (Springfield, New Jersey); Robert Francis Fullowan (Berkley Heights, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus including a chip substrate having a first chip surface facing away from a second chip surface; an array of microelectronic elements on the first chip surface; and an array of conductors each in communication with one of the microelectronic elements, the conductors passing through the chip substrate and fully spanning a distance between the first and second chip surfaces. Process including: providing an apparatus including a chip substrate having a first chip surface facing away from a second chip surface, an array of microelectronic elements being on the first chip surface, an array of conductors each being in communication with one of the microelectronic elements and partially spanning an average distance between the first and second chip surfaces; bonding a temporary support carrier onto the array of microelectronic elements; removing a portion of the chip substrate, thereby reducing the average distance between the first and second chip surfaces; and forming an under bump metallization pad at the second chip surface in electrical communication with a conductor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/445072 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/777 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474017 | Mayes |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Physical Electronics, L.C. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan R. Mayes (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact Marx-type generator capable of producing high voltage pulses into low impedance loads. A parallel switch and distributed capacitance topology produce a coaxial-like conduction through the Marx-like circuit, resulting in a low source impedance. The parallel switching topology also lends itself to high repetition rates. Without loss of generality the device may be used, for example, as a source for vacuum diode loads, such as in flash radiography and high power microwaves. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/451234 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474180 | Bintoro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jemmy Sutanto Bintoro (Atlanta, Georgia); Peter J. Hesketh (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microvalve which utilizes a low temperature (<300° C.) fabrication process on a single substrate. The valve uses buckling and an electromagnetic actuator to provide a relatively large closing force and lower power consumption. A buckling technique of the membrane is used to provide two stable positions for the membrane, and to reduce the power consumption and the overall size of the microvalve. The use of a permanent magnet is an alternative to the buckled membrane, or it can be used in combination with the buckled membrane, or two sets of micro-coils can be used in order to open and close the valve, providing the capability for the valve to operate under normally opened or normally closed conditions. Magnetic analysis using ANSYS 5.7 shows that the addition of Orthonol between the coils increases the electromagnetic force by more than 1.5 times. At a flow rate of 1 mL/m, the pressure drop is <100 Pa. The maximum pressure tested was 57 kPa and the time to open or close the valve in air is under 100 ms. This results in an estimated power consumption of 0.1 mW. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/699210 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/78 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474257 | Blunt 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) | Shannon D Blunt (Shawnee, Kansas); Karl R Gerlach (Chesapeake Beach, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar receiver system includes a receiver, a processor, and a detector. The processor is programmed with a Multistatic Adaptive Pulse Compression (MAPC) algorithm for estimating adaptively a pulse compression filter, for each range cell of a plurality of range cells, and for each of a plurality of radar return signals, to remove interference between the radar return signals. MAPC may also include reiterative minimum mean-square error estimation for applying to each of the range cells in order to adaptively estimate a unique pulse compression filter for each cell. MAPC adaptively mitigates the masking problem that results from the autocorrelation of a waveform which produces range sidelobes scaled by the target amplitudes as well as the cross-correlation between waveforms. MAPC can also be applied when only 1 or some subset of the available illuminated radar range profiles are desired, with undesired information then discarded. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268755 |
| 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 342/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474405 | Kranz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morgan Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Scott Kranz (Madison, Alabama); Larry Christopher Heaton (Huntsville, Alabama); Calvin Wayne Long (Tullahoma, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The Miniature Fourier Transform Spectrophotometer provides the capability, in a miniaturized device, of determining the light absorption/transmission spectra of a collected sample of gas or liquid though Fourier Transform spectroscopy techniques. The device takes an optical input from an optical fiber, manipulates that light through miniature optical components, and launches it into a miniaturized Michelson interferometer with a scanning mirror that acquires the interferogram of the optical input. The interferogram can be processed to retrieve the spectrum of the input light. A novel multi-stepped micro-mirror operates as the optical path length modulator in the miniaturized interferometer. A unique monolithic beamsplitter/mirror combination provides for accurate alignment of the components and greatly simplifies product integration. The device is designed to cover various optical spectra of interest. During operation, the precision and accuracy of the microfabricated components in the device allow operation and resolution even at extremely low wavelengths. In addition, the miniaturized nature of the device allows it to be used in new and extremely space-constrained applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/033927 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474456 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Yuan Wang (Palo Alto, California); Alexandre Bratkovski (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and related methods for controlling propagation of incident radiation are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a composite material operable to exhibit at least one of a negative effective permittivity and a negative effective permeability for incident radiation at an operating frequency. The composite material comprises electromagnetically reactive cells of small dimension relative to a wavelength of the incident radiation. Each of the electromagnetically reactive cells comprises first and second electromagnetically reactive segments microelectromechanically movable relative to each other according to an applied control signal such that at least one of a capacitive and inductive property of the electromagnetically reactive cells is temporally controllable according to the applied control signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/700297 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474540 | Dang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bing Dang (Chappaqua, New York); Steven L. Wright (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon carrier package includes a multi-layer member having at least a first layer and a second layer. A first electronic component includes a plurality of connector members that establish a first bond electrically interconnecting the first electronic component to the multi-layer member. A second electronic component includes a plurality of connector members that establish a second bond electrically interconnecting the second electronic component to the multi-layer member. At least one heating element is integrated into one of the first and second layers of the multi-layer member. The at least one heating element is selectively activated to loosen only one of the first and second bonds to facilitate removal of only one of the first and second electronic components from the multi-layer member. The other of the first and second bonds remains intact. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/972388 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/803 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474569 | Reed |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel S. Reed (Maple Plain, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic memory cell that includes at least two magnetoresistive memory bits is presented. The memory cell is capable of storing at least two logical states. The first logical state occurs when the bits share the same orientation, such as a parallel orientation or an antiparallel orientation. The second logical state occurs when the bits have opposite orientations. In the second logical state one of the bits has a parallel orientation and the other bit has an antiparallel orientation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440966 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/189.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474630 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingfeng Huang (Mountain View, California); Ying Zhang (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A network routing method and system may include initializing the network by determining, for each node of the network, a number of hops to a root node and delaying forwarding to the root node, for each node, a packet received, wherein the delay in forwarding the packet received to the root node from a forwarding node depends upon the number of hops separating the root node from the forwarding node. A network routing method and system may include initializing the network by determining, for each node of the network, a number of hops to a root node, determining, for a forwarding node that receives a packet from a sending node, whether to forward the packet to a root node, determining a delay after which the packet is to be forwarded to the root node and determining a probability of forwarding the packet to the root node. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/005019 |
| ART UNIT | 2419 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474815 | Budd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell A. Budd (North Salem, New York); Punit P. Chiniwalla (New York, New York); John A. Guckenberger (Carlsbad, California); Jeffrey A. Kash (Pleasantville, New York); Jeremy D. Schaub (Austin, Texas); Michael Tan (Palo Alto, California); Jeannine M. Trewhella (Peekskill, New York); Garry Trott (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | For integrated circuits including circuit packaging and circuit communication technologies provision is made for a method of interconnecting or mapping a two-dimensional optoelectronic (OE) device array to a one-dimensional waveguide array. Also provided is an arrangement for the interconnecting or mapping of a two-dimensional optoelectronic (OE) device array to a one-dimensional waveguide array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/374777 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474962 | Waid et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Waid (Bradenton, Florida); Kevin Dutton (Clearwater, Florida); Adam Boseley (Treasure Island, Florida); Kenneth S. Morgan (St. Petersburg, Florida); Phil Hess (New Port Richey, Florida); Michael Vaujin (Safety Harbor, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for guiding the approach and landing of an aircraft is provided. The method involves receiving navigation information from the aircraft, receiving navigation information from an aircraft carrier, integrating the navigation information from the aircraft with the navigation information from the aircraft carrier to determine a relative velocity and a relative position between the aircraft and the aircraft carrier, and propagating the relative velocity and the relative position forward in time for navigation purposes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/180295 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474980 | Hargrave 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) | Michael L. Hargrave (Urbana, Illinois); William D. Meyer (White Heath, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An automation tool for resource managers to effectively schedule on-site visits and manage information obtained thereby. An embodiment of the present invention, the Automated Tool for Monitoring Archaeological Sites (ATMAS™), automates the process by which cultural resource (CR) managers on various installations prioritize and schedule CR sites for monitoring. Other applications for use by resource management include: environmental, safety, security, military, educational, emergency management, land use, fish and wildlife management, construction and maintenance of highways and waterways, mining, exploration, manufacturing, recreational management, urban restoration and the like. Embodiments of the present invention increase efficiency and reduce cost, while accurately and timely preserving and integrating information. Embodiments of the present invention are useful for post-processing as well as scheduling, analysis, and pro-active direction of ongoing monitoring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/340819 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474985 | Pugh 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) | Jamie K. Pugh (San Diego, California); Patricia N. Miranda (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A adaptive recursive method for detecting statistically significant changes in data performs steps that include: determining a mean and standard deviation for incoming data; flagging non-conforming data; detecting signals, trends, and/or shifts in the data, and resetting the mean and standard deviation under prescribed circumstances based on predetermined criteria, and then displaying statistics derived from the data. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/423568 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07475255 | Guthery |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Scott B. Guthery (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for binding a computer program to an analog physical signature device to form an interactive system for controlling the use of the computer program, the method comprising the steps of providing instructions comprising the computer program, the instructions implementing an intended functionality, providing the analog physical signature device to which the computer program is to be bound, the analog physical signature device being operative, in response to an analog input, to transform the analog input into a consequent, dependent analog output, and replacing at least one code segment of the instructions representing a program expression, with an alternative code segment, the alternative code segment defining a predetermined digital input that is causally related to a predetermined analog input by means of the interactive system, the alternative code segment being operative, when encountered during execution of the instructions comprising the computer program, to cause the predetermined analog input to be communicated to the bound analog physical signature device by means of the interactive system, the bound analog physical signature device being operative to transform the predetermined analog input to a consequent, dependent analog output that is causally related to a consequent, dependent digital output by means of the interactive system, the alternative code segment being operative to perform program functionality dependent upon the predetermined digital input and the consequent, dependent digital output. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/700369 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07475304 | Kaufman 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) | Gary H. Kaufman (Dayton, Ohio); James P. Stephens, Sr. (Bellbrook, Ohio); George D. Gonczy (Miamisburg, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for comparing two generic digital signals over a wide range of data rates and for counting the number of bit errors between digital signals under the conditions of noise and jamming. The bit error tester of the invention compares the digital signal sent with the digital signal received back from the unit under test and outputs the error signal. In the preferred arrangement of the invention, a field programmable gate array is used and a switch and LED display are used to introduce and monitor a time delay in the sent signal to ensure that the signals are in time alignment prior to comparison. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070576 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2228 | Eick 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) | James A. Eick (Folsom, Pennsylvania); Douglas G. McDonnell (Media, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductivity sensor positioned in-line between two pipe sections within a cylindrical collar portion of a measurement assembly measures the electrical conductivity of fluid under flow through a passage therein to generate a conductivity data signal, while a separate temperature measurement data signal is generated by a temperature sensor embedded within the collar portion of the measurement assembly in close axially spaced relation to the conductivity sensor. Both of the data signals are fed from the conductivity and the temperature sensors to a data processing system to provide a temperature compensated conductivity measurement readout. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/005625 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/441 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE40616 | Nixon 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) | Laurence G. Nixon (Port Hueneme, California); Robert J. Taylor (Camarillo, California); William Seelig (Rockville, Maryland); Stephen Blair Slaughter (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A port security system comprising a continuous modular, floating barrier that is installed in lengths ranging from a few hundred feet to over a mile. The port security system is designed to stop high speed explosive laden waterborne craft traveling at speeds of fifty knots or greater from penetrating a military or commercial port. Each module of the port security system includes a capture net and net support structure which operates to stop the waterborne craft and prevent entry into the port. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/828533 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07472747 | Brigmon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin L. Brigmon (North Augusta, South Carolina); Christopher J. Berry (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of microbial enhanced oil recovery for recovering oil from an oil-bearing rock formation is provided. The methodology uses a consortium of bacteria including a mixture of surfactant producing bacteria and non-surfactant enzyme producing bacteria which may release hydrocarbons from bitumen containing sands. The described bioprocess can work with existing petroleum recovery protocols. The consortium microorganisms are also useful for treatment of above oil sands, ground waste tailings, subsurface oil recovery, and similar materials to enhance remediation and/or recovery of additional hydrocarbons from the materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/888463 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473301 | Klebanoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EUV LLC (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard Elliott Klebanoff (Dublin, California); Daniel John Rader (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher Walton (Berkeley, California); James Folta (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient device for capturing fast moving particles has an adhesive particle shield that includes (i) a mounting panel and (ii) a film that is attached to the mounting panel wherein the outer surface of the film has an adhesive coating disposed thereon to capture particles contacting the outer surface. The shield can be employed to maintain a substantially particle free environment such as in photolithographic systems having critical surfaces, such as wafers, masks, and optics and in the tools used to make these components, that are sensitive to particle contamination. The shield can be portable to be positioned in hard-to-reach areas of a photolithography machine. The adhesive particle shield can incorporate cooling means to attract particles via the thermophoresis effect. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/245218 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473491 | Amine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quallion LLC (Sylinar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Robert C. West (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhengcheng Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin); Bookeun Oh (Lisle, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The electrolyte includes a cyclic polysiloxane having one or more side chains that each includes a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a spacer. Each spacer is positioned between the poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a silicon on the main chain of the polysiloxane. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663024 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473529 | Porter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc D. Porter (Ames, Iowa); Robert J. Lipert (Ames, Iowa); Robert T. Doyle (Ames, Iowa); Desiree S. Grubisha (Corona, California); Salma Rahman (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting a detectably labeled cell or component thereof in a sample comprising one or more cells or components thereof, at least one cell or component thereof of which is detectably labeled with at least two detectable labels. In one embodiment, the method comprises: (i) introducing the sample into one or more flow cells of a flow cytometer, (ii) irradiating the sample with one or more light sources that are absorbed by the at least two detectable labels, the absorption of which is to be detected, and (iii) detecting simultaneously the absorption of light by the at least two detectable labels on the detectably labeled cell or component thereof with an array of photomultiplier tubes, which are operably linked to two or more filters that selectively transmit detectable emissions from the at least two detectable labels. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/095098 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473546 | Brigmon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin L. Brigmon (North Augusta, South Carolina); Sandra Story (Greenville, South Carolina); Denis Altman (Evans, Georgia); Christopher J. Berry (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel strains of isolated and purified bacteria have been identified which have the ability to degrade petroleum hydrocarbons including a variety of PAHs. Several isolates also exhibit the ability to produce a biosurfactant. The combination of the biosurfactant-producing ability along with the ability to degrade PAHs enhances the efficiency with which PAHs may be degraded. Additionally, the biosurfactant also provides an additional ability to bind heavy metal ions for removal from a soil or aquatic environment. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/712491 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473714 | Einsla et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Einsla (Blacksburg, Virginia); James E. McGrath (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of polymers having pendent sulfonate moieties connected to polymeric main chain phenyl groups are described. These polymers are prepared by the steps of polymerization (using a monomer with a phenyl with an alkoxy substitution), deportation by converting the alkoxy to a hydroxyl, and functionalization of the polymer with a pendant sulfonate group. As an example, sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers with pendent sulfonic acid groups are synthesized by the direct copolymerization of methoxy-containing poly(arylene ether sulfone)s, then converting the methoxy groups to the reactive hydroxyl form, and finally functionalizing the hydroxyl form with proton-conducting sites through nucleophilic substitution. The family of polymers may have application in proton exchange membranes and in other applications. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/119353 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473758 | 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 two step solvent and carbon dioxide based system that produces essentially contaminant-free synthetic resin material and which further includes a solvent cleaning system for periodically removing the contaminants from the solvent so that the solvent can be reused and the contaminants can be collected and safely discarded in an environmentally safe manner. |
| FILED | Monday, June 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/426530 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/480 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473759 | 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 two-step resin recycling system and method solvent that produces essentially contaminant-free synthetic resin material. The system and method includes one or more solvent wash vessels to expose resin particles to a solvent, the solvent contacting the resin particles in the one or more solvent wash vessels to substantially remove contaminants on the resin particles. A separator is provided to separate the solvent from the resin particles after removal from the one or more solvent wash vessels. The resin particles are next exposed to carbon dioxide in a closed loop carbon dioxide system. The closed loop system includes a carbon dioxide vessel where the carbon dioxide is exposed to the resin, substantially removing any residual solvent remaining on the resin particles after separation. A separation vessel is also provided to separate the solvent from the solvent laden carbon dioxide. Both the carbon dioxide and the solvent are reused after separation in the separation vessel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733590 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/480 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474048 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Yiru Sun (Princeton, New Jersey); Noel Giebink (Princeton, New Jersey); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), and more specifically to OLEDS that emit light using a combination of fluorescent emitters and phosphorescent emitters for the efficient utilization of all of the electrically generated excitons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/143319 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/504 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474184 | Humphries et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Humphries (El Cerrito, California); Seok-Cheol Hong (Seoul, South Korea); Linda A. Cozzarelli, legal representative (Berkeley, California); Martin J. Pollard (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a high performance hybrid magnetic structure made from a combination of permanent magnets and ferromagnetic pole materials which are assembled in a predetermined array. The hybrid magnetic structure provides means for separation and other biotechnology applications involving holding, manipulation, or separation of magnetizable molecular structures and targets. Also disclosed are hybrid magnetic tweezers able to exert approximately 1 nN of force to 4.5 μm magnetic bead. The maximum force was experimentally measured to be ˜900 pN which is in good agreement with theoretical estimations and other measurements. In addition, a new analysis scheme that permits fast real-time position measurement in typical geometry of magnetic tweezers has been developed and described in detail. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/355462 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474725 | Norman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric B. Norman (Oakland, California); Stanley G. Prussin (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system for detecting the presence of special nuclear materials in a suspect container. The system and its method include irradiating the suspect container with a beam of neutrons, so as to induce a thermal fission in a portion of the special nuclear materials, detecting the gamma rays that are emitted from the fission products formed by the thermal fission, to produce a detector signal, comparing the detector signal with a threshold value to form a comparison, and detecting the presence of the special nuclear materials using the comparison. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/871857 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 07473030 | Bruce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Bruce (Los Altos, California); Dirk De Bruyker (Palo Alto, California); Francisco E. Torres (San Jose, California); Michal V. Wolkin (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In thermal sensing devices, such as for calorimetry, a support layer or central layer can have a thermometer element or other thermal sensor on one side and a thermally conductive structure or component on the other. The thermally conductive structure can conduct temperature or other thermal input signals laterally across the support layer or central layer. The temperature or signals can then be provided to the thermometer element, such as by thermal contact through the support layer. An electrically conducting, thermally isolating anti-coupling layer, such as of gold or chromium, can reduce capacitive coupling between the thermally conductive structure and the thermometer element or other thermal sensor. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/167746 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473414 | Heber-Katz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wistar Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellen Heber-Katz (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Mice in which enhance wound healing occurs can be used to identify genes and gene products which are involved in enhanced wound healing in mammals, including humans. Methods and compositions for treating wounds, including central and peripheral nerve wounds, are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/314322 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473423 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moses Rodriguez (Rochester, Minnesota); David J. Miller (Ridgeway, Wisconsin); Larry R. Pease (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies, and particularly human antibodies, are disclosed that demonstrate activity in the treatment of demyelinating diseases as well as other diseases of the central nervous system that are of viral, bacterial or idiopathic origin, including neural dysfunction caused by spinal cord injury. Neuromodulatory agents are set forth that include and comprise a material selected from the group consisting of an antibody capable of binding structures or cells in the central nervous system, a peptide analog, a hapten, active fragments thereof, agonists thereof, mimics thereof, monomers thereof and combinations thereof. The neuromodulatory agent has one or more of the following characteristics: it is capable of inducing remyelination; binding to neural tissue; promoting Ca++ signaling with oligodendrocytes; and promoting cellular proliferation of glial cells. Amino acid and DNA sequences of exemplary antibodies are disclosed. Methods are described for treating demyelinating diseases, and diseases of the central nervous system of humans and domestic animals, using polyclonal IgM antibodies and human monoclonal antibodies sHIgm22(LYM 22), sHIgm46(LYM46) ebvHIgM MSI19D10, CB2bG8, AKJR4, CB2iE12, CB2iE7, MSI19E5 and MSI10E10, active fragments thereof and the like. The invention also extends to the use of human antibodies, fragments, peptide derivatives and like materials, and their use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications, including screening assays for the discovery of additional antibodies that bind to cells of the nervous system, particularly oligodendrocytes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/010729 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/142.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473527 | Sorscher |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Sorscher (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is provided for activating gene transfer in a cell by administering a gene transfer activating compound to the cell in conjunction with a gene transfer vector. A kit for activating gene transfer as well as process for identifying a compound that activates gene transfer are described. Use of a gene transfer activator compound enhances gene transfer of a given gene transfer vector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/520377 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473535 | Aebersold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington); University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudolf H. Aebersold (Mercer Island, Washington); Patricia Q. Bottari (Seattle, Washington); Michael H. Gelb (Seattle, Washington); Frantisek Turecek (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a reagent comprising an affinity tag, a detectable moiety, a linker, an isotope tag and a reactive group. The invention also provides methods of using a reagent of the invention. The methods can be used to label a polypeptide in a sample by contacting a sample with a reagent of the invention under conditions allowing the reactive group to bind to one or more polypeptides in the sample. The invention additionally provides methods of isolating, identifying and quantifying a polypeptide in a sample. The invention further provides methods of diagnosing a disease using a reagent of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/225447 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473541 | Gross et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Gross (Chesterfield, Missouri); Christopher Jenkins (Richmond Heights, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated novel and purified and characterized phospholipase A2, referred to herein as calcium-independent phospholipase A2zeta (iPLA2zeta) having SEQ. ID. NO: 2 (See FIG. 1), and nucleic acid sequence (SEQ. ID. NO: 4), and calcium-independent phospholipase A2eta (iPLA2eta) having SEQ. ID. NO: 3 (See FIG. 1), and nucleic acid sequences (SEQ. ID. NO: 5). For the first time herein, these novel enzymes have been isolated and characterized and are involved in the catalysis, synthesis and hydrolysis of lipids in a living mammalian cell. Moreover, these enzymes iPLA2zeta and iPLA2eta through the process of transesterification can catalyze the net anabolic synthesis of triglycerides through a variety of metabolic precursors (e.g. monoacylglycerol, diacylglycerol and acyl CoA). |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/179363 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473683 | Kool |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Todd Kool (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nonpolar thymidine analogs are provided comprising a dihalogenated or trihalogenated base of the structure: where R1 is a sugar moiety; R2 is H or CH3; an imaging moiety or a cytotoxic moiety and X1 and X2 are independently selected from I, Cl, Br, and F, with the proviso that not more than one F will be present at these positions. |
| FILED | Monday, September 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/519385 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473687 | Hoffman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart W. Hoffman (Atlanta, Georgia); Arthur L. Kellermann (Atlanta, Georgia); Donald G. Stein (Atlanta, Georgia); David W. Wright (Atlanta, Georgia); Douglas W. Lowery-North (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating a subject with a traumatic central nervous system injury, more particularly, a traumatic brain injury, are provided. The methods comprise a therapy comprising a constant or a two-level dosing regime of progesterone. In one method, a subject in need thereof is administered at least one cycle of therapy, wherein the cycle of therapy comprises administering a therapeutically effective two-level intravenous dosing regime of progesterone. The two-level dosing regime comprises a first time period, wherein a higher hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject, followed by a second time period, wherein a lower hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/527816 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473774 | Brinckerhoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constance E. Brinckerhoff (Norwich, Vermont); Joni L. Rutter (Silverspring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for diagnosing and prognosticating matrix metalloproteinase-1 related disease by detecting a single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of the gene are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying agents which inhibit binding of transcriptions factors to the Ets transcription factor binding site created by or resulting from this single nucleotide polymorphism and methods of using these agents to treat matrix metalloproteinase-1 related diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/408202 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474919 | Ye et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Yong Ye (Ann Abor, Michigan); Theodore B. Norris (Dexter, Michigan); James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lajos P. Balogh (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An additive, preferably in the form of metal nanoparticles or nanodomains, greatly improves a laser-based method and system for inducing optical breakdown. The use of ultrashort laser pulses to induce laser-induced breakdown (LIB) in metal nanoparticles or nanocomposites makes it possible to reduce significantly the threshold laser energy required for LIB. Such nanoscale (submicron) metallic particles allows one to control the LIB process. The nanoparticles can be synthesized so as to target specific biological structures or tissues (dendrimer nanoparticles are one system for which this has been demonstrated). This opens up the possibility of performing LIB for targeted cancer treatment or microsurgery. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/637343 |
| ART UNIT | 3767 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07472894 | Shedd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy A. Shedd (Madison, Wisconsin); Wayne L. Staats (Mequon, Wisconsin); Terry L. Hendricks (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An emulsion tube for a carburetor is formed with a porous wall surrounding an inner passage, wherein air travels about one side of the wall and fuel travels about the opposite side, with air being supplied through the pores to aerate the fuel (with the aerated fuel then being expelled into a venturi wherein engine intake air is traveling to further mix the fuel with the intake air therein). The emulsion tube can beneficially provide a high degree of fuel/air mixing across the entire range of intake airstream flow rates at which an engine may operate. The porosity of the emulsion tube can also be tailored to provide the desired fuel/air ratio(s) across the engine's operational range of intake airstream flow rates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/426946 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas and liquid contact apparatus 261/121.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473028 | Alexandrov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boian Todorov Alexandrov (Upper Arlington, Ohio); John C. Lippold (Hilliard, Ohio); Seth Jason Norton (Katy, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for investigating phase transformation properties and structural changes of materials. In one form, the device simulates actual thermal processing conditions, while the method can be used in both simulations as well as in actual processing conditions. An analysis using at least one of the device and method is referred to as a single sensor differential thermal analysis, as it compares the temperature recorded in a measured specimen against a reference thermal history without requiring the derivation of the reference thermal history from measured reference temperatures. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/410277 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473411 | Ajayan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pulickel Ajayan (Clifton Park, New York); Alvaro Carrillo (Troy, New York); Nirupama Chakrapani (Troy, New York); Ravi S. Kane (Niskayuna, New York); Bingqing Wei (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a carbon nanotube structure includes providing an array of substantially aligned carbon nanotubes, wetting the array with a liquid, and evaporating the liquid to form the carbon nanotube structure having a pattern in the carbon nanotube array. The structure is preferably a carbon nanotube foam. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/005474 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473786 | Venkataraman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dhandapani Venkataraman (Hadley, Massachusetts); Craig G. Bates (Pelham, New Hampshire); Pranorm Saejueng (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A copper(I)-catalyzed procedure for the synthesis of benzo[b]heterocycles. This protocol can be used to synthesize a variety of 2-arylbenzo[b]furans and indoles in good to excellent yields. This method can tolerate a variety of functional groups, does not require the use of expensive additives and is palladium-free. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/005365 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/490 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473797 | Venkataraman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dhandapani Venkataraman (Hadley, Massachusetts); Craig G. Bates (Pelham, New Hampshire); Pranorm Saejueng (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A copper(I) bi-dentate ligand complex-catalyzed procedure for synthesis of 1,3-enynes. The methods and/or systems of this invention afford a variety of enynes, tolerate a variety of sensitive functional groups, and can be employed without resort to expensive palladium reagents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/115502 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 560/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473914 | Todd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. (Medford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Todd (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Hans Peter Bluem (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert Henry Jackson, Jr. (Grayson, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for producing an annular electron beam comprises a cathode for generating electrons, a cavity having an annular shape and operable to receive the electrons, an energy input coupled to the cavity, where the energy input is operable to supply Radio Frequency (RF) energy at the cavity and an energy output coupled to the cavity and operable to receive accelerated electrons from the cavity and operable to output the accelerated electrons as an annular electron beam. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/186429 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/493.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474657 | Sahni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sartaj Kumar Sahni (Gainesville, Florida); Haibin Lu (Gainesville, Florida); Kun Suk Kim (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for improving the performance of dynamic router table data structures are provided. The invention relates to methods and systems for partitioning prefixes or prefix-based intervals. In one embodiment, priority search tree router data structures are applied to prefix partitions of the present invention. In another embodiment, basic-interval tree and prefix tree data structures are applied to interval partitions of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/718842 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/392 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07472599 | Vik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy A. Vik (Hopewell, Illinois); Jeffry N. Sundermeyer (Dunlap, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A strain sensing device is provided, which may include a hollow, cylindrical member having an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface may have an outer diameter corresponding approximately in size to an inner diameter of an inner surface of a cylindrical bore of a structural component configured to undergo mechanical loading. The hollow, cylindrical member may be configured to mate to the inner surface of the cylindrical bore of the structural component such that strain in the structural component is translated into strain in the hollow, cylindrical member. The strain sensing device may also include one or more strain sensing elements attached to the inner surface of the hollow, cylindrical member and configured to detect strain exhibited by the hollow, cylindrical member. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/477857 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/627 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473090 | McMackin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian M. McMackin (Austin, Texas); Pankaj B. Lad (DeSoto, Texas); Van N. Truskett (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a template that features a control surface extending from a periphery of a mold toward a recessed surface of the template forming an oblique angle between a portion of the control surface disposed proximate to the periphery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/762378 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473491 | Amine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quallion LLC (Sylinar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Robert C. West (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhengcheng Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin); Bookeun Oh (Lisle, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The electrolyte includes a cyclic polysiloxane having one or more side chains that each includes a poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a spacer. Each spacer is positioned between the poly(alkylene oxide) moiety and a silicon on the main chain of the polysiloxane. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663024 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473764 | Hultin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Protein Technologies, Inc (Rockport, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert O. Hultin (Rockport, Massachusetts); Stephen D. Kelleher (Ipswich, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is provided for isolating a protein component of animal muscle tissue by mixing a particulate form of the tissue with an acidic aqueous liquid having a pH below about 3.5 to produce a protein rich solution substantially free of myofibrils and sarcomere tissue structure. The protein rich aqueous solution can be treated to effect protein precipitation, followed by protein recovery. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/366911 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07472550 | Lear, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Lear, Jr. (Gainesville, Florida); Sherif A. Sherif (Ocala, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine system and a method for using the turbine engine system that includes at least one low-pressure compressor, at least one high-pressure compressor, at least one low-pressure turbine, and at least one high-pressure turbine. In addition, the turbine engine system includes an absorption refrigeration system that is used to pre-cool an air-gas mixture before it enters the high-pressure compressor. As such, the pre-cooled mixture is easier to compress, thereby increasing the thermal efficiency of the turbine engine. Additionally, the exhaust heat from the air-gas mixture that is pre-cooled may be used to drive the absorption refrigeration system. Lastly, water, may be extracted from the evaporator of the absorption refrigeration cycle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/151951 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/728 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473529 | Porter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc D. Porter (Ames, Iowa); Robert J. Lipert (Ames, Iowa); Robert T. Doyle (Ames, Iowa); Desiree S. Grubisha (Corona, California); Salma Rahman (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting a detectably labeled cell or component thereof in a sample comprising one or more cells or components thereof, at least one cell or component thereof of which is detectably labeled with at least two detectable labels. In one embodiment, the method comprises: (i) introducing the sample into one or more flow cells of a flow cytometer, (ii) irradiating the sample with one or more light sources that are absorbed by the at least two detectable labels, the absorption of which is to be detected, and (iii) detecting simultaneously the absorption of light by the at least two detectable labels on the detectably labeled cell or component thereof with an array of photomultiplier tubes, which are operably linked to two or more filters that selectively transmit detectable emissions from the at least two detectable labels. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/095098 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07475087 | Lazo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard R. Lazo (Hercules, California); Nancy Y. Lui (San Francisco, California); Frank M. You (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a tool for visualizing relationships between and among data. It uses existing relational databases, and provides the means to view these databases in order to reveal degrees of relatedness between and among various data clusters. An illustrative use of said database tool is for analyzing genomics data. A test platform for this tool used EST data for the wheat tribe Triticeae, but can easily be extended for applications where other sequence assembly procedures are implemented, particularly those which use alphanumeric characters to represent data. The implementation of algorithms to manipulate the data points for investigative functions may be adapted to serve other applications. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/734366 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07472543 | Papamoschou |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimitri Papamoschou (Mission Viejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention is a technique to suppress noise in a jet engine. A noise suppressor includes an exhaust duct to exhaust a first stream from an air stream taken from an inlet. The exhaust duct has an exit end. The air stream is divided into the first stream and a second stream. The second stream has an axis. A stream director attached to vicinity of the exit end directs the first stream to a direction that is away from or sideward relative to the axis. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904767 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473436 | Khare et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrator (Washington, District of Columbia); SETI Institute (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bishun N. Khare (Fremont, California); Meyya Meyyappan (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for functionalizing a collection of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). A selected precursor gas (e.g., H2 or F2 or CnHm) is irradiated to provide a cold plasma of selected target species particles, such as atomic H or F, in a first chamber. The target species particles are directed toward an array of CNTs located in a second chamber while suppressing transport of ultraviolet radiation to the second chamber. A CNT array is functionalized with the target species particles, at or below room temperature, to a point of saturation, in an exposure time interval no longer than about 30 sec. *Discrimination against non-target species is provided by (i) use of a target species having a lifetime that is much greater than a lifetime of a non-target species and/or (2) use of an applied magnetic field to discriminate between charged particle trajectories for target species and for non-target species. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/828524 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/248.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07473930 | Delzeit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lance D. Delzeit (Sunnyvale, California); John F. Schipper (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for providing a dynamically reconfigurable display having nanometer-scale resolution, using a patterned array of multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) clusters. A diode, phosphor or other light source on each MWCNT cluster is independently activated, and different color light sources (e.g., red, green, blue, grey scale, infrared) can be mixed if desired. Resolution is estimated to be 40-100 nm, and reconfiguration time for each MWCNT cluster is no greater than one microsecond. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173053 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07473914 | Todd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. (Medford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Todd (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Hans Peter Bluem (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert Henry Jackson, Jr. (Grayson, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for producing an annular electron beam comprises a cathode for generating electrons, a cavity having an annular shape and operable to receive the electrons, an energy input coupled to the cavity, where the energy input is operable to supply Radio Frequency (RF) energy at the cavity and an energy output coupled to the cavity and operable to receive accelerated electrons from the cavity and operable to output the accelerated electrons as an annular electron beam. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/186429 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/493.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07475255 | Guthery |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Scott B. Guthery (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for binding a computer program to an analog physical signature device to form an interactive system for controlling the use of the computer program, the method comprising the steps of providing instructions comprising the computer program, the instructions implementing an intended functionality, providing the analog physical signature device to which the computer program is to be bound, the analog physical signature device being operative, in response to an analog input, to transform the analog input into a consequent, dependent analog output, and replacing at least one code segment of the instructions representing a program expression, with an alternative code segment, the alternative code segment defining a predetermined digital input that is causally related to a predetermined analog input by means of the interactive system, the alternative code segment being operative, when encountered during execution of the instructions comprising the computer program, to cause the predetermined analog input to be communicated to the bound analog physical signature device by means of the interactive system, the bound analog physical signature device being operative to transform the predetermined analog input to a consequent, dependent analog output that is causally related to a consequent, dependent digital output by means of the interactive system, the alternative code segment being operative to perform program functionality dependent upon the predetermined digital input and the consequent, dependent digital output. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/700369 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07472576 | Moeck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through The State Board of Higher Education On Behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Moeck (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanometrology device standards and methods for fabricating and using such devices in conjunction with scanning probe microscopes are described. The fabrication methods comprise: (1) epitaxial growth that produces nanometer sized islands of known morphology, structural, morphological and chemical stability in typical nanometrology environments, and large height-to-width nano-island aspect ratios, and (2) marking suitable crystallographic directions on the device for alignment with a scanning direction. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/282395 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.750 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07474776 | Kaufman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State of New York (Stony Brook, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Zhengrong Liang (Stony Brook, New York); Mark R. Wax (Greenlawn, New York); Ming Wan (Stony Brook, New York); Dongqing Chen (Lake Ronkonkoma, New York); Bin Li (Lake Grove, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for generating a three-dimensional visualization image of an object, such as an internal organ, using volume visualization techniques are provided. The techniques include a multi-scan imaging method; a multi-resolution imaging method; and a method for generating a skeleton of a complex three dimension object. The applications include virtual cystoscopy, virtual laryngoscopy, virtual angiography, among others. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/613283 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 07475054 | Hearing et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Hearing (Maple Valley, Washington); Brian J. Smith (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated intelligent environment provides responses to incoming user requests for information. Aspects of the integrated intelligence environment allow information to be efficiently gathered from past solutions, and/or new information to be collected from multiple information sources. The integrated intelligence may include learning agents, mobile objects, and optimizer components that allow for the efficient gathering of information across multiple platforms. The learning agents facilitate providing a response to the user request by determining how similar requests were handled in the past. The mobile objects are configured to seek information from the multiple information sources, and may utilize a publish and subscribe framework. The optimizer determines whether a cost associated with a possible solution justifies use of that solution. A feedback mechanism allows users to rate the provided responses to their requests for information. This rating information may then be utilized in satisfying future requests for information. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/290156 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 07475054 | Hearing et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Hearing (Maple Valley, Washington); Brian J. Smith (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated intelligent environment provides responses to incoming user requests for information. Aspects of the integrated intelligence environment allow information to be efficiently gathered from past solutions, and/or new information to be collected from multiple information sources. The integrated intelligence may include learning agents, mobile objects, and optimizer components that allow for the efficient gathering of information across multiple platforms. The learning agents facilitate providing a response to the user request by determining how similar requests were handled in the past. The mobile objects are configured to seek information from the multiple information sources, and may utilize a publish and subscribe framework. The optimizer determines whether a cost associated with a possible solution justifies use of that solution. A feedback mechanism allows users to rate the provided responses to their requests for information. This rating information may then be utilized in satisfying future requests for information. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/290156 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07475085 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Nagui Halim (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved techniques for privacy preserving data mining of multidimensional data records are disclosed. For example, a technique for generating at least one output data set from at least one input data set for use in association with a data mining process comprises the following steps/operations. At least one relevant attribute of the at least one input data set is selected through determination of at least one relevance coefficient. The at least one output data set is generated from the at least one input data set, wherein the at least one output data set comprises the at least one relevant attribute of the at least one input data set, as determined by use of the at least one relevance coefficient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/397297 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07474763 | Laws |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Laws (Merrifield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for lifting an enhanced image of a delivery item using a first low-resolution color scanner to lift a first image of the delivery item, analyzing the first image with a processor to determine a color of the delivery item, using the color information to adjust the spectrum of an illuminating device, lifting a second image of the delivery item illuminated with the adjusted spectrum, and lifting a second image of the delivery item using a high-resolution grayscale scanner, the second image having enhanced contrast. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/324298 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2009/fedinvent-patents-20090106.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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