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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 07478495 | Alzamora 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) | Ronny Alzamora (Belleville, New Jersey); John Heinsohn (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Brian Donovan (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Kevin Russell (Jersey City, New Jersey); Adam Foltz (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A weapon includes a receiver having a bolt carrier assembly therein; a buttstock disposed behind the receiver, the buttstock having a tubular opening adjacent an end of the bolt carrier assembly; a larger diameter spring disposed in the tubular opening; a smaller diameter spring disposed in the larger diameter spring; a rod disposed in the rear end of the smaller diameter spring; a bumper attached to the rod; and a cap disposed in the front end of the spring, the cap having a head wherein a front side of the head engages the end of the bolt carrier assembly and a front end of the larger diameter spring bears against a rear side of the head. |
| FILED | Monday, December 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/612025 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07478525 | Iya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sridhar K. Iya (Gig Harbor, Washington); George M. Roe (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for cooling at least a portion of an engine are provided. The engine is cooled using a fuel, such as a high heat sink fuel, that is subsequently used for combustion in the engine. The fuel can be used to cool one or more of the gases and/or components in the engine, thereby cooling the engine including an exhaust nozzle. For example, the fuel can be circulated through one or more heat exchanging devices that are disposed inside or outside a passage of the engine, and the fuel can absorb thermal energy from the engine or air that flows in the engine passage. In any case, the cooling of the engine can result in a reduction to the infrared signature of the engine. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268031 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07478580 | Parimi 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) | Sanjay Parimi (Chester, New Jersey); Thomas Kiel (Bernardsville, New Jersey); Anthony Cautero (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Antonio D. Ralph (Dover, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A gunner protection apparatus for a tactical or armored vehicle having a turret or hatch opening that exposes crewmembers to enemy threats. The gunner protection apparatus includes a turret portion attached to the vehicle's turret, the turret portion comprising a substantially circular base plate fixed to the vehicle's turret; a plurality of vertical supports fixed to the base plate; a plurality of clamps connected to the plurality of vertical supports, respectively; and a plurality of curved glass panels having ends fixed between the clamps and the vertical supports; a gun support disposed in a bearing sleeve hole and rotatable about a vertical axis of the bearing sleeve hole; and a front shield fixed to the gun support, the front shield having a gun opening and at least one window, the front shield being rotatable with the gun support. |
| FILED | Monday, December 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/612064 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07478594 | Chen 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) | Gary Chen (Succasunna, New Jersey); Daniel O. Gutierrez (Kresgeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An explosive primer responsive to optical energy is constructed from an energetic composition optically coupled to an optical power source by a pigtailed optical fiber. The pigtailed portion of the optical fiber is positioned proximate to the energetic composition such that optical power emitted preferably by a laser diode initiates the detonation of the energetic composition thereby further initiating an additional, sympathetic detonation. |
| FILED | Monday, October 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/551736 |
| 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 12/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07478595 | Herr 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) | Frederick B. Herr (Fairview, New Jersey); David G. Tabao (East Hanover, New Jersey); Alan C. Reiter (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Thomas Skokos (Wharton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A projectile comprises a payload portion and an airburst fuze mounted on a rear of the projectile and explosively connected to the payload portion. The airburst fuze comprises an arming and firing electrical circuit including a setback generator; a slider that is movable from a safe position to an armed position, the slider including a detonator attached thereto; a setback lock and a spin lock that lock the slider in the safe position and, in response to a setback acceleration and a spin rate, respectively, unlock the slider; and an actuator that moves the slider to the armed position in response to a first input from the arming and firing electrical circuit; wherein a second input from the arming and firing circuit activates the detonator when the slider is in the armed position. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/163031 |
| 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 12/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07478892 | Punzel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spacesaver Corporation (Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H Punzel (Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin); Jane E Glass (Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin); Andrew J. Kolman (Milton, Wisconsin); Steven S. Dingle (McFarland, Wisconsin); James C. Muth (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A storage cabinet assembly for use in storing firearms or the like includes a cabinet with a recessed bifold door arrangement, to facilitate access to items contained within the cabinet assembly. The door arrangement includes a single-point locking system, which provides a secure arrangement for maintaining the doors in a closed position while providing ease in opening and closing the doors. Various support and storage modules or components are adapted to be contained within the interior of the cabinet, including stock rests for positioning in the bottom of the cabinet interior, as well as barrel rests and pistol supports that are secured to amounting member which may be adjustably positioned within the storage cabinet interior. A bin or shelf arrangement may also be positioned within the storage cabinet interior. The various support and storage modules or components may be used in various combinations, and may be moved to various positions within the storage cabinet interior. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/542129 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports: Cabinet structure 312/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479193 | Clark 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) | Arthur E. Clark (Adelphi, Maryland); Marilyn Wun-Fogle (Potomac, Maryland); James B. Restorff (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A positive magnetostrictive material such as a ferromagnetic alloy is subjected to a magnetic field during annealing treatment while being heated for a predetermined period of time at an elevated temperature below its softening temperature followed by cooling resulting in a treated ferromagnetic material having high tensile strength and positive magnetostriction properties for enhancing use thereof under tensile loading conditions. Such treatment of the ferromagnetic alloy may be augmented by application thereto of a compressive stress. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/058710 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479194 | DeLuca |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel P. DeLuca (Hebron, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A damage tolerant microstructure for a lamellar alloy, such as a lamellar γTiAl alloy, is provided in accordance with the present invention. The alloy comprises a matrix and a plurality of grains or lamellar colonies, a portion of which exhibit a nonplanar morphology within said matrix. Each of the lamellar colonies contains a multitude of lamella with irregularly repeating order. The γTiAl platelets have a triangular (octahedral) unit cell and stack with γ twins. The α2Ti3Al platelets are irregularly interspersed. The unit cell for α2Ti3Al is hexagonal. Each of the layers has a curved, nonplanar structure for resisting crack formation and growth. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/200397 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479201 | Wegner 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) | Peter M. Wegner (Tijeras, New Mexico); Jeffrey M. Ganley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brice A. Johnson (Federal Way, Washington); Barry P. Van West (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a grid-stiffened structure from fiber-reinforced composite materials. Ribs are formed on a smooth hard base tool. Expansion blocks are placed in the shallow cavities formed by the ribs and the base tool, and held in place by a synthetic elastomer-based adhesive while a skin is placed over the ribs, expansion blocks, and base tool. The assembly is then placed in a vacuum bag and autoclave cured. After cooling, the expansion blocks are removed and the formed structure is removed from the hard base tool. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, and is intended to allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239453 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479259 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, D.C., None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byung J. Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Seok-Young Oh (Newark, Delaware); Pei C. Chiu (Hockessin, Delaware); Daniel K. Cha (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A waste stream from energetics processing is treated using a pre-filter having media, preferably sand, and a metal that has a reducing potential, preferably elemental iron (Fe0). The pre-filter is connected to a zero-valent metal column reactor. The waste stream is pumped through the pre-filter to trap solids and deoxygenate it, then enters the reactor and is subjected to a reducing process. Fe0 from the reactor is transformed to the ferrous ion (Fe+2), added to the resultant product, and fed to a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) in which Fenton oxidation occurs. This product is then sent to a sedimentation tank and pH-neutralized using a strong base such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The aqueous portion is drawn off and the sludge pumped from the sedimentation tank. Both tanks are monitored and controlled to optimize required additives, while monitoring of pressure drop across the pre-filter and column reactor establishes replacement requirements. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/808948 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479269 | June et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genetics Institute, LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl H. June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Craig B. Thompson (Merion, Pennsylvania); Gary J. Nabel (Washington, District of Columbia); Gary S. Gray (Brookline, Massachusetts); Paul D. Rennert (Holliston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inducing a population of T cells to proliferate by activating the population of T cells and stimulating an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells with a ligand which binds the accessory molecule are described. T cell proliferation occurs in the absence of exogenous growth factors or accessory cells. T cell activation is accomplished by stimulating the T cell receptor (TCR)/CD3 complex or the CD2 surface protein. To induce proliferation of an activated population T cells, an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells, such as CD28, is stimulated with a ligand which binds the accessory molecule. The T cell population expanded by the method of the invention can be genetically transduced and used for immunotherapy or can be used in methods of diagnosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/326148 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479329 | Tripathy, legal representative et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts/Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan Tripathy, legal representative (Acton, Massachusetts); Lynne A. Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts); Sucharita Roy (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Ramaswamy Nagarajan (Dracut, Massachusetts); Jayant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Bon-Cheol Ku (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Soo-Hyoung Lee (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Hematin, a hydroxyferriprotoporphyrin, is derivatized with one or more non-proteinaceous amphipathic groups. The derivatized hematin can serve as a mimic of horseradish peroxidase in polymerizing aromatic monomers, such as aromatic compounds. These derivatized hematins can also be used as catalysts in polymerizing aromatic monomers, and can exhibit significantly greater catalytic activity than underivatized hematin in acidic solutions. In one embodiment, polymerization is in the presence of a template, along which aromatic monomers align. An assembled hematin includes alternating layers of hematin and a polyelectrolyte, which are deposited on an electrically charged substrate. Assembled hematin can also be used to polymerize aromatic monomers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904119 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/681 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479548 | Canary et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Wayne Canary (New York, New York); Nadrian C. Seeman (New York, New York); Lei Zhu (Austin, Texas); Philip Lukeman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a copolymer termed a ladder copolymer because it has two backbones that serve as legs/sides of a ladder structure. These two backbones, one of which is a nucleic acid or nucleic acid-like polymer, are linked together as the legs/sides of a ladder are linked together by the rungs. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/855893 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479790 | Choi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Y. Choi (Florissant, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A capacitive plate dielectrometer method and system is provided that is used to measure dielectric properties, such as permittivity, of a small sample test material at a low frequency. The capacitive plate dielectrometer method and system calibrates the capacitive plate dielectrometer with a plurality of standard dielectric materials and the sample test material is rotated in the capacitive plate dielectrometer to allow measurement of several electric field directions. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/595066 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/663 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479864 | Weller et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Weller (Lutz, Florida); David P. Fries (St. Petersburg, Florida); Saravana P. Natarajan (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring the conductivity of a fluid employing the differential radio frequency phase detection between two embedded toroidal coils. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/425231 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Inductor devices 336/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479918 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zimmerman Associates, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Johnson (Jefferson, Maryland); Bomono A. Emessiene (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Vehicle-mounted UWB systems and/or methods for detecting mines and other explosive devices are provided. In certain exemplary embodiments, a system for detecting non-buried mines and/or improvised explosive devices is provided. Distance measuring equipment may be configured to track movement of the system. Substantially forward-looking bistatic antenna transceivers may be capable of collecting range-magnitude radar data over two channels. A first transceiver may capture radar data for a first area, and a second transceiver may capture radar data for a second area. A processor may be configured to: derive range resolution data and cross-range resolution data from the range-magnitude radar data; focus the range resolution data and the cross-range resolution data, based at least on the distance data and an antenna beamwidth pattern associated with the antenna transceivers; and, “and” data for portions of the first area and the second area that overlap. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/603241 |
| 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 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480319 | Scherer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical switches and logic devices comprising microstructure-doped nanocavity lasers are described. These switches and logic devices have gain and thus can be cascaded and integrated in a network or system such as for example on a chip. Exemplary switching elements switch the intensity, wavelength, or direction of the output. Exemplary logic devices include AND, OR, NAND, NOR, NOT, and XOR gates as well as flip-flops. Microfluidic sorting and delivery as well as optical tweezing and trapping may be employed to select and position a light emitter in a nanooptical cavity to form the nanolaser. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/967110 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/38.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480601 | Tryon, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vextec Corporation (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert G. Tryon, III (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method and apparatus for predicting the failure of a component using a probabilistic model of a material's microstructural-based response to fatigue. The method predicts the component failure by a computer simulation of multiple incarnations of real material behavior, or virtual prototyping. The virtual prototyping simulates the effects of characteristics that include grain size, grain orientation, micro-applied stress and micro-yield strength that are difficult to simulate with real specimens. The invention provides an apparatus for predicting the response of a component to fatigue using the method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/335021 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480640 | Elad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Leap Research, Inc. (Claymont, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph B. Elad (Claymont, Delaware); Apperson H. Johnson (Wilmington, Delaware); Julia E. Cowart (Newark, Delaware); David S. Cleaver (Elkton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a scaleable automatic method of using multiple techniques to generate models and combinations of models from data and prior knowledge. The system provides unprecedented ease of use in that many of the choices of technique and parameters are explored automatically by the system, without burdening the user, and provides scaleable learning over distributed processors to achieve speed and data-handling capacity to satisfy the most demanding requirements. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015951 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480689 | Song |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Song (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a finite impulse filter response (FIR) filter for use by signal processors. A demultiplexer receives input data samples at an input data rate. The FIR filter includes a plurality of computational units arranged in a systolic array of taps and phases. Each computational unit operates at an array clock rate that is slower than the input data rate. During each array clock cycle, the phases produce a plurality of output data samples that provides an output data rate equal to the input data rate. The FIR filters can thus support an output data rate equal to the input data rate although the input data rate exceeds the maximum clock speed of the processor. The FIR filter can also operate at a reduced array clock speed, while continuing to produce an output data rate equal to the input data rate, to increase the power efficiency of the processor. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/993076 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480712 | Moy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 21st Century Technologies, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melanie Tina Moy (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer program product implementing a computational algorithm that enables analysts to discover/find groups within a database of seemingly random electronic data in a relatively short period of time. A computer system is provided that includes a processor and program code executing on the processor for completing the following functions: (a) receiving a plurality of random electronic data corresponding to one or more activity within a monitored system; (b) discovering a group of associated data points from within the plurality of electronic data. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/539436 |
| ART UNIT | 2141 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480817 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinliang Fan (Redmond, Washington); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for replicating data. All nodes coupled to a source node via a network are surveyed to determine candidate replication nodes, and coordinates for each candidate replication node are acquired. The coordinates are used to determine a geographic location of and a communication cost for each candidate replication node. Each geographic location is rated based on probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and the candidate replication node, and a branch-and-bound algorithm is used to assign values to sets of candidate replication nodes based on the communication costs and the ratings. One set of candidate replication nodes is selected based on the assigned values. The data is replicated on the nodes of the selected set of candidate replication nodes, and all nodes coupled to the source node via the network are at least periodically monitored to determine availability of new nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/395018 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07479186 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); James M. Berger (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High throughput screening of crystallization of a target material is accomplished by simultaneously introducing a solution of the target material into a plurality of chambers of a microfabricated fluidic device. The microfabricated fluidic device is then manipulated to vary the solution condition in the chambers, thereby simultaneously providing a large number of crystallization environments. Control over changed solution conditions may result from a variety of techniques, including but not limited to metering volumes of crystallizing agent into the chamber by volume exclusion, by entrapment of volumes of crystallizing agent determined by the dimensions of the microfabricated structure, or by cross-channel injection of sample and crystallizing agent into an array of junctions defined by intersecting orthogonal flow channels. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415672 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/68 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479266 | Livingston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip O. Livingston (New York, New York); Govindaswami Ragupathi (New York, New York); Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a polyvalent vaccine comprising at least two conjugated antigens selected from a group containing glycolipid antigen, polysaccharide antigen, mucin antigen, glycosylated mucin antigen and an appropriate adjuvant. This invention also provides a multivalent vaccine comprising at least two of the following: glycosylated MUC-1-32mer, Globo H, GM2, Ley, Tn(c), sTN(c), and TF(c). This invention provides the vaccine above, wherein the adjuvant is saponin-based adjuvant. This invention provides a method for inducing immune response in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of the vaccine above to the subject. Finally, this invention provides a method for treating cancer in a subject comprising administering an appropriate amount of the vaccine above to the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/752945 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.570 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donna M. Peters (Middleton, Wisconsin); Jennifer A. Faralli née Peterson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating increased intraocular pressure by administering agents that interfere with activities of integrin-linked kinase. By interfering with the ability of integrin-linked kinase to couple integrin signaling to the actin cytoskeleton, aqueous humor outflow facility through the trabecular meshwork is increased and intraocular pressure is decreased. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/361243 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/146.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479280 | Schiller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Schiller (Silver Spring, Maryland); Bryce Chackerian (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Douglas R. Lowy (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein relates to compositions and methods for stimulating immune responses in vivo against a tolerogen. Novel biotechnological tools, pharmaceuticals, therapeutics and prophylactics, which concern chimeric or conjugated virus-like particles, and methods of use of the foregoing are provided for the study of B cell tolerance and the treatment or prevention of human diseases, which involve the onset of B cell tolerance, such as chronic viral infection, chronic inflammatory disease, and neoplasia. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415611 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479373 | Zuker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Zuker (San Diego, California); Jon E. Adler (Washington, District of Columbia); Nick Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Ken Mueller (San Diego, California); Mark Hoon (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/383982 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479380 | Caspi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Avshalom Caspi (London, United Kingdom); Terrie E. Moffitt (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to diagnostic methods for assessing predisposition of a subject to a mental disorder phenotype having an association with an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition. Additionally, the invention relates to methods for discovering a conditional association between a mental disorder phenotype and an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617453 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon S. Thorson (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a GalK variant comprising a Y371H, M173L or Y371H-M173L mutation for in vivo and in vitro glycorandomization. In another preferred embodiment, the E. coli GalK variant is mutated at one or more amino acids including R28, E34, D37, D174, Y233, C339, Y371, Y371H, M173, M173L and C353. The GalK variants display catalytic activity toward a variety of D or L sugars. Another preferred embodiment provides method of phosphorylating sugars comprising the step of incubating a nucleotide triphosphate (NTP) and a D or L sugar in the presence of a GalK variant such that a sugar phosphate is produced. This sugar phosphate may be further incubated with a nucleotidylyltransferase, such that a NDP-sugar is produced. The NDP-sugar may be further incubated with a biomolecule capable of being glycosylated in the presence of a glycosyltransferase, such that a glycosylated biomolecule is produced. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/904941 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479478 | Bringhurst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | F. Richard Bringhurst (Walpole, Massachusetts); Hisashi Takasu (Mishima, Japan); Thomas J. Gardella (Needham, Massachusetts); John T. Potts, Jr. (West Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is related to synthetic and/or recombinant biologically active peptide derivatives of PTH(1-28). Some of the peptides of the invention are at least 90% identical to a peptide consisting essentially of the amino acid sequence X01ValSerGluIleGlnLeuMetHis AsnLeuGlyLysHisLeuAsnSer MetX02ArgValGluTrpLeuArgLysLysLeu (SEQ ID NO:1), wherein X01 is Ser, Ala or Gly; and X02 is Glu or Arg. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/959605 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479482 | Frangione et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blas Frangione (New York, New York); Thomas Wisniewski (Statent Island, New York); Einar M. Sigurdsson (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to immunogenic but non-depositing-forming polypeptides or peptides homologous to amyloid β, prion, amylin or α-synuclein which can be used alone or conjugated to an immunostimulatory molecule in an immunizing composition for inducing an immune response to amyloid β peptides and amyloid deposits, to prion protein and prion deposits, to amylin and amylin deposits, to α-synuclein and deposits containing α-synuclein, or to polyglutamine repeats and deposits of proteins containing polyglutamine repeats. Described are also antibodies directed against such peptides, their generation, and their use in methods of passive immunization to such peptides and deposits. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/301488 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479541 | Russell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Beerse, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Russell (San Diego, California); Jorge E. Vialard (Beerse, Belgium); Michael N. Boddy (San Diego, California); Paul A. Shanahan (San Diego, California); Antonia Lopez-Girona (San Diego, California); Cecile-Marie D. D. Denis (Beerse, Belgium); Clare H. McGowan (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses novel mammalian cell cycle checkpoint genes/DNA repair genes, cDNA or genomic DNA, isolated nucleic acids corresponding thereto, proteins encoded thereby, expression vectors comprising said nucleic acids, host cells transformed with said expression vectors, and methods for treating a cell using such nucleic acids or proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800929 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479548 | Canary et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Wayne Canary (New York, New York); Nadrian C. Seeman (New York, New York); Lei Zhu (Austin, Texas); Philip Lukeman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a copolymer termed a ladder copolymer because it has two backbones that serve as legs/sides of a ladder structure. These two backbones, one of which is a nucleic acid or nucleic acid-like polymer, are linked together as the legs/sides of a ladder are linked together by the rungs. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/855893 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479549 | Jaques et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Scott T. Jaques (College Station, Texas); Donald L. Jarvis (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a nucleic acid having a sequence at least 98% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 1, which encodes the α subunit of canine thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). The invention also includes a nucleic acid having a sequence at least 98% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 2, which encodes the β subunit of canine TSH. The invention also includes a method of producing an recombinant canine thyroid stimulating hormone (rcTSH) subunit by expressing a nucleic acid having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and a nucleic acid having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 in a transgenic insect cell modified to sialylate proteins and producing a sialylated rcTSH subunit. The insect cell may be a lepidopteran cell. The rcTSH may be used for diagnosis and treatment. It may be used to diagnose canine hypothyroidism. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/383081 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479550 | Rosenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger N. Rosenberg (Dallas, Texas); Stephen A. Johnston (Tempe, Arizona); Bao-Xi Qu (Plano, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally concerns compositions and methods for genetic vaccination with amyloid beta (Aβ) protein. Such vaccines may provide effective treatment for neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's disease. Vaccination methods are can be used to induce a Th2 type immune response directed to Aβ. This immune response id shown to substantially reduce Aβ concentration and Aβ plaque size in an Alzheimer's model system. |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/445936 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479551 | Nelsestuen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L Nelsestuen (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides vitamin K-dependent polypeptides with enhanced membrane binding affinity. These polypeptides can be used to modulate clot formation in mammals. Methods of modulating clot formation in mammals are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/539439 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479553 | Binley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, New York); Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Centre (ADARC) (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Binley (Brooklyn, New York); Norbert Schuelke (New City, New York); William C. Olson (Ossining, New York); Paul J. Maddon (Scarsdale, New York); John P. Moore (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a DNA which upon transcription produces an RNA encoding a modified HIV-1 gp140 polypeptide, which polypeptide upon cleavage produces a modified gp120 and a modified ectodomain of gp41 which together form a complex exhibiting enhanced binding to HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies and reduced binding to HIV-1 non-neutralizing antibodies, wherein the modifications comprise an A492C mutation in gp120 and a T596C mutation in gp41, said mutations being numbered by reference to the HIV-1 isolate JR-FL, and resulting in a disulfide bond between gp120 and ectodomain gp41 which stabilizes the otherwise non-covalent gp120-gp41 interaction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/780993 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479554 | Chiorini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Chiorini (Kensington, Maryland); Robert M. Kotin (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an adeno-associated virus 5 (AAV5) virus and vectors and particles derived therefrom. In addition, the present invention provides methods of delivering a nucleic acid to a cell using the AAV5 vectors and particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/184380 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480433 | Walt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Walt (Lexington, Massachusetts); Sabine Szunerits (Grenoble, France) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-optical system includes an array including a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of electrodes, and an insulator. The optical fibers are configured to transmit light, the optical fibers being mechanically coupled at distal ends in a distal arrangement and mechanically coupled at proximal ends in a proximal arrangement. The plurality of electrodes are substantially coaxially disposed with at least portions of corresponding optical fibers, the electrodes being electrically conductive, with the electrodes and optical fibers being disposed in pairs, thereby being pair components, with one of the pair components of each pair being disposed about a radial periphery of the other pair component. The insulator is disposed between the plurality of electrodes and configured to inhibit transfer of electrical energy between the plurality of electrodes. |
| FILED | Friday, February 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/503995 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention presents a novel system and method of damping rolling, pitching, or yawing motions, or longitudinal oscillations superposed on their normal forward or backward velocity of a moving levitated system. |
| FILED | Monday, December 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/637551 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Railways 14/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479263 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-ger Chang (El Cerrito, California); Shou-heng Liu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan); Zhao-rong Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Naiqiang Yan (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method for removing mercury from a gas stream comprising contacting the gas stream with a getter composition comprising bromine, bromochloride, sulphur bromide, sulphur dichloride or sulphur monochloride and mixtures thereof. In one preferred embodiment the getter composition is adsorbed onto a sorbent. The sorbent may be selected from the group consisting of flyash, limestone, lime, calcium sulphate, calcium sulfite, activated carbon, charcoal, silicate, alumina and mixtures thereof. Preferred is flyash, activated carbon and silica. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/101713 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479716 | El-Antably et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Motors Corporation (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed M. El-Antably (Indianapolis, Indiana); Timothy J. Alfermann (Fishers, Indiana); Arthur L. Mc Grew, Jr. (Plainfield, Indiana); Charles B. Lucas (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A stator assembly is provided having a generally annular stator core including a plurality of radially inwardly extending stator teeth. A stator wire is wound around each of the plurality of stator teeth to form a plurality of stator coils. Each of the plurality of stator coils are spaced apart to at least partially define a plurality of generally axially extending cooling channels through which a cooling medium, such as oil, flows. Additionally, the plurality of stator teeth each include a respective flanged end portion each adapted to retain an axially extending strip member. The strip member at least partially defines the cooling channel. The cooling medium operates to cool the plurality of stator coils. In the preferred embodiment, at least a portion of the flow of the cooling medium within the cooling channel is turbulent. Additionally, an electromechanical hybrid transmission is disclosed with the stator assembly provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/363549 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479843 | Warner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); T. Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anoop Agrawal (Tucson, Arizona); Simon B. Hall (Palmerston North, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | Radiofrequency attenuator and method. The attenuator includes a pair of transparent windows. A chamber between the windows is filled with molten salt. Preferred molten salts include quarternary ammonium cations and fluorine-containing anions such as tetrafluoroborate (BF4−), hexafluorophosphate (PF6−), hexafluoroarsenate (AsF6−), trifluoromethylsulfonate (CF3SO3−), bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ((CF3SO2)2N−), bis(perfluoroethylsulfonyl)imide ((CF3CF2SO2)2N−) and tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methide ((CF3SO2)3C−). Radicals or radical cations may be added to or electrochemically generated in the molten salt to enhance the RF attenuation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/990881 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/81.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480052 | Roskovensky |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Roskovensky (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting clouds in a digital image comprising, for an area of the digital image, determining a reflectance value in at least three discrete electromagnetic spectrum bands, computing a first ratio of one reflectance value minus another reflectance value and the same two values added together, computing a second ratio of one reflectance value and another reflectance value, choosing one of the reflectance values, and concluding that an opaque cloud exists in the area if the results of each of the two computing steps and the choosing step fall within three corresponding predetermined ranges. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/680639 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07479404 | Cunningham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Champaign, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian T. Cunningham (Champaign, Illinois); Ian Block (Champaign, Illinois); Leo Li-Ying Chan (Mount Prospect, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides sensor compositions and method of making sensors. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/177708 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479548 | Canary et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Wayne Canary (New York, New York); Nadrian C. Seeman (New York, New York); Lei Zhu (Austin, Texas); Philip Lukeman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a copolymer termed a ladder copolymer because it has two backbones that serve as legs/sides of a ladder structure. These two backbones, one of which is a nucleic acid or nucleic acid-like polymer, are linked together as the legs/sides of a ladder are linked together by the rungs. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/855893 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07479632 | Gevelber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Cyber Materials LLC (Auburndale, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Alan Gevelber (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Adam Scott Brewster (Brighton, Massachusetts); Brian Louis Vattiat (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of characterizing an electron beam is described, comprising providing a system including an electron gun having a steering coil. A material having a surface is also provided. An electron beam from said electron gun is directed to said surface. The directing includes providing a first current to the steering coil to direct the electron beam to a first point on the surface and then providing a second current to the steering coil to direct the electron beam to a second point on the surface. An imaging system is mounted for viewing said surface. An image is collected based on light emitted from the surface because of the electron beam directed at the first point and the second point. A light intensity is determined at the first point and at the second point. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/341154 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480619 | Scott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil G. Scott (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | Natural interaction command decoder implemented on small embedded microprocessors. Strings of text from multiple input sources are merged to create commands. Words that are meaningful within the current system context are linked to all dependent output events while words that have no meaning within the current system context are automatically discarded. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/793183 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07479264 | Garces et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Dow Chmeical Company (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan M. Garces (Midland, Michigan); Steven R. Lakso (Shepherd, Michigan); Brian J. Schoeman (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing synthetic magadiite, including the step of: heating a liquid aqueous colloidal silica suspension, the liquid aqueous colloidal silica suspension having a mole ratio of sodium hydroxide to silica and a mole ratio of water to silica effective to produce a synthetic magadiite wherein more than fifty percent by weight of the synthetic magadiite is platy synthetic magadiite. The synthetic platy magadiite can be converted to the acid form and: (a) heated to produce quartz-like plates; or Coalkylated to produce an organophilic material. In another aspect the instant invention is a method for the production of platy sodium octasilicate which includes the step of: heating a liquid aqueous colloidal silica dispersion containing silica, sodium oxide, and water, the mole ratio of the silica to the sodium oxide being in the range of from about 3.5 to about 10. In another aspect, the instant invention is a method for preparing a liquid aqueous colloidal silica dispersion, the dispersion having a mole ratio of silica to sodium oxide of from 3.5 to 10, which includes the step of: mixing a sufficient amount of liquid aqueous colloidal silica suspension with a liquid aqueous sodium silicate suspension to produce the liquid aqueous colloidal silica dispersion, the liquid aqueous colloidal silica suspension having a mole ratio of silica to sodium oxide of more than 20, the liquid aqueous sodium silicate suspension having a mole ratio of silica to sodium oxide of less than 3.5, the rate of mixing being effective to prevent the gelation or solidification of the liquid aqueous colloidal silica dispersion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/338553 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07480214 | Challener et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Albert Challener (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Tim Rausch (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A data recording head having at least two waveguides that are energy-coupled. The first waveguide is end fire coupled to a radiant energy source of a first spot size, and the second waveguide outputs radiant energy of a second spot size onto a recording medium. The width of the first waveguide is larger than the width of the second waveguide, or the first spot size is larger than the second spot size. The recording also includes a cladding layer and/or a diffraction grating for mode index matching between the first and second waveguides. The second waveguide includes a solid immersion optical element to focus the output radiant energy. In one embodiment, the data recording head includes a write element to effect magnetic data recording, and the first and second waveguides are configured relative to the write element and supported relative to the recording medium to effect heat assisted magnetic recording. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/730557 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic information storage or retrieval 369/13.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07479381 | Kuo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsung Min Kuo (Peoria, Illinois); Cletus P. Kurtzman (Peoria, Illinois); William E. Levinson (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Itaconic acid may be produced in high yields by fermentation with a yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica NRRL Y-30980. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639762 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07479230 | Kennard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mar Systems LLC. (Cleveland, Ohio); The United States of America as represented by the Administration of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claude Kennard (Cleveland, Ohio); Michael A. Gonzalez (Wyoming, Ohio); David C. Szlag (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the use of used alumina to reduce the level of inorganic contaminants, such as mercury and arsenic, from waste fluid streams. The invention further provides a process for reducing the level of mercury or arsenic in fluid streams by contacting the fluid stream with used alumina, such as used Claus catalyst. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024365 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/688 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07480689 | Song |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Song (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a finite impulse filter response (FIR) filter for use by signal processors. A demultiplexer receives input data samples at an input data rate. The FIR filter includes a plurality of computational units arranged in a systolic array of taps and phases. Each computational unit operates at an array clock rate that is slower than the input data rate. During each array clock cycle, the phases produce a plurality of output data samples that provides an output data rate equal to the input data rate. The FIR filters can thus support an output data rate equal to the input data rate although the input data rate exceeds the maximum clock speed of the processor. The FIR filter can also operate at a reduced array clock speed, while continuing to produce an output data rate equal to the input data rate, to increase the power efficiency of the processor. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/993076 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07480817 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinliang Fan (Redmond, Washington); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for replicating data. All nodes coupled to a source node via a network are surveyed to determine candidate replication nodes, and coordinates for each candidate replication node are acquired. The coordinates are used to determine a geographic location of and a communication cost for each candidate replication node. Each geographic location is rated based on probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and the candidate replication node, and a branch-and-bound algorithm is used to assign values to sets of candidate replication nodes based on the communication costs and the ratings. One set of candidate replication nodes is selected based on the assigned values. The data is replicated on the nodes of the selected set of candidate replication nodes, and all nodes coupled to the source node via the network are at least periodically monitored to determine availability of new nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/395018 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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