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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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| US 07500953 | Oraevsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander A. Oraevsky (Houston, Texas); Paul M. Henrichs (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of enhancing detection for a specific object in a body. A nanoparticulate is administered to the body for location in an area to be explored for detection of the object, if present. The nanoparticulate is at least partially metallic, has a formed non-spherical shape having a minimal characteristic dimension in the range from about 1 to about 3000 nanometers, and has a formed composition capable of producing thermal pressure either in the nanoparticulate or in the object greater than the object could produce in the absence of the nanoparticulate. Electromagnetic radiation is directed into the body. The electromagnetic radiation has a specific wavelength or spectrum of wavelengths in the range from 300 nm to 300 mm selected so that the wavelength or wavelength spectrum is longer by a factor of at least 3 than the minimum characteristic dimension of the nanoparticulate. The nanoparticulate absorbs the electromagnetic radiation more than would one or more non-aggregated spherically shaped particles of the same total volume with a composition identical to the nanoparticulate. The nanoparticulate produces an enhanced optoacoustic signal resulting from the absorption that is received and converted into an electronic signal and presented for assessment of the at least one parameter by a human or a machine. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/764213 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/458 |
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| US 07501125 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qian Huang (Arlington, Massachusetts); Joan F. L. Richmond (Arlington, Massachusetts); Bryan K. Cho (San Leandro, California); Deborah Pallister (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jianzhu Chen (Brookline, Massachusetts); Herman N. Eisen (Waban, Massachusetts); Richard A. Young (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of inducing a CD8+ CTL response to a molecule in an individual deficient in CD4+ T cells comprising administering to the individual an hsp or a portion of an ATP binding domain of an hsp joined to the molecule. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of treating HIV in an individual deficient in CD4+ T cells comprising administering to the individual an hsp or a portion of an ATP binding domain of an hsp joined to the molecule. Also encompassed by the present invention is a method of inducing a CD4+ independent CTL response in an individual comprising administering to the individual a portion of an ATP binding domain of an hsp joined to the molecule. The present invention also relates to a method of inducing a CD8+ CTL response in an individual comprising administering to the individual a portion of an ATP binding domain of an hsp joined to the molecule. In addition, the present invention relates to a composition characterized by a portion of an ATP biding domain of an hsp joined to a molecule. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/885523 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
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| US 07501126 | Roizman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Roizman (Chicago, Illinois); Gouying Zhou (Chicago, Illinois); Guo J. Ye (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to engineered Herpes simplex virus (HSV) particles that are targeted to one or more specific receptors. Also, recombinant vectors for producing such HSV particles. By reducing the affinity of HSV for its natural receptor(s) and increasing the affinity for a selected receptor, the HSV particles of the invention may be used for targeting cells that express the selected receptor. The ability to selectively target cells renders the HSV particles particularly useful in selectively killing the selected receptor-bearing cells (such as tumor cells), imaging cells bearing the selected receptor, and providing gene replacement therapy to cells bearing the selected receptor. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/530774 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
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| US 07501131 | Bakaletz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nationwide Children's Hospital, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lauren O. Bakaletz (Hilliard, Ohio); Robert S. Munson, Jr. (Hilliard, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein relates to a Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) regulon encoding type IV pili. In particular, the invention relates to type IV pili from nontypeable H. influenzae (NTHi) and from H. influenzae strains a, b, c, e and f. The invention provides isolated H. influenzae pilus polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides as well as polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides involved in the assembly/disassembly of the structure. The invention also relates to uses of these polynucleotides and/or polypeptides including methods for eliciting an immune response to H. influenzae and methods of treating and preventing H. influenzae related pathological conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/019005 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/242.100 |
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| US 07501132 | Ades 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) | Edwin W. Ades (Atlanta, Georgia); Scott E. Johnson (Lilburn, Georgia); Danny L. Jue (Tucker, Georgia); Jacquelyn S. Sampson (College Park, Georgia); George M. Carlone (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa pneumococcal surface adhesion A protein (PsaA) from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention further provides monoclonal antibodies which selectively bind PsaA. In addition, peptides are provided that immunospecifically bind to the monoclonal antibodies of the invention, and that are immunogenic against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. Additionally, multiple antigenic peptides that provide protection against S. pneumoniae challenge are provided. These multiple antigen peptides comprise the peptides that immunospecifically bind to the monoclonal antibodies. Also provided are vaccines comprising such immunogenic peptides, and methods of conferring protective immunity against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by administering therapeutic composition comprising the immunogenic peptides of the invention. Also provided are methods of detecting the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a sample using antibodies or antigens and methods of preventing and treating Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in a subject. In addition, a method of identifying the sequence of a peptide potentially capable of eliciting protective immunity against a pathogenic microorganism is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145814 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/244.100 |
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| US 07501234 | Young |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Young (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to stress proteins and methods of modulating an individual's immune response. In particular, it relates to the use of such stress proteins in immune therapy and prophylaxis, which results in an induction or enhancement of an individual's immune response and as an immunotherapeutic agent which results in a decrease of an individual's immune response to his or her own cells. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising a stress protein joined to another component, such as a fusion protein in which a stress protein is fused to an antigen. Further, the present invention relates to a method of generating antibodies to a substance using a conjugate comprised of a stress protein joined to the substance. |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/401608 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 07501238 | Comer et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Allen Comer (Madison, Wisconsin); Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin substitutes, preferably to in vitro cultured skin substitutes that have improved barrier function. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of such skin substitutes for irritancy testing. The present invention provides improved methods of screening compounds for irritancy activity, as well for identifying novel irritant responsive genes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/087388 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07501245 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Helicos BioSciences Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Emil Paskalev Kartalov (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for high speed, high throughput analysis of polynucleotide sequences, and apparatuses with which to carry out the methods are provided in the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/002479 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07501248 | Golub et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd R. Golub (Newton, Massachusetts); Phillip G. Febbo (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Kenneth N. Ross (Boston, Massachusetts); William R. Sellers (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods identifying prostate cancer, methods for prognosing and diagnosing prostate cancer, methods for identifying a compound that modulates prostate cancer development, methods for determining the efficacy of a prostate cancer therapy, and oligonucleotide microarrays containing probes for genes involved in prostate cancer development are described. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/236702 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07501249 | MacNicol |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Angus M. MacNicol (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides genomic and cDNA encoding human cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein, expression vectors comprising human cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein cDNA and host cells that contain the expression vectors. Also provided are recombinant human cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein and polypeptides derived thereof. In addition, the present invention reports that the human Mos 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR) contains a functional cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE), interacts with the human CPEB1 protein and directs maturation-dependent cytoplasmic polyadenylation of the endogenous Mos mRNA. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/273937 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07501279 | Folch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Folch (Seattle, Washington); Turgut Fettah Kosar (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for conducting parallel analysis or manipulation of multiple cells or biomolecules is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises a silicon chip with a microwell, and at least one membrane suspended at the bottom opening of the microwell. The suspended portion of the membrane defines a nanohole that provides access to the material on the other side of the membrane. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/818743 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/297.500 |
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| US 07501281 | Maciag, legal representative et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Maine Medical Center Research Institute (Portland, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lori Maciag, legal representative (Portland, Maine); Vihren Kolev (Arlington, Massachusetts); Joseph M. Verdi (Falmouth, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods based on the interactions of thrombin as a biological regulator. More specifically, the invention relates to the interactions of thrombin with regard to Notch signaling, Jagged1, PAR1, and cellular effects mediated thereby. The invention relates to the discovery that thrombin cleaves Jagged1 to produce non-membrane soluble Jagged1 (sJ1). The soluble Jagged1 protein can affect Notch signaling and, among other things, mediate the release of FGF-1 and/or IL-1α from a cell. The invention further relates to the role(s) of thrombin and signaling via Notch proteins and the effect on thrombosis, angiogenesis, and/or differentiation, among other processes. Moreover, the invention relates to discovery that thrombin, sJ1, and TRAP mediate, inter alia, rapid non-classical release of FGF-1, and proteins associated therewith (e.g., p40 Syn1 and S100A13, among others), and the effect growth and proliferation of a stem cell without loss of differentiation potential. Thus, the present invention relates to methods of clonally expanding a pluripotent stem cell while preserving the differentiation potential of the cell, a process termed “stamatogenesis.” |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/209137 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
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| US 07501286 | Gygi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven P. Gygi (Foxboro, Massachusetts); Scott Anthony Gerber (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides reagents, kits and methods for detecting and/or quantifying proteins in complex mixtures, such as a cell lysate. The methods can be used in high throughput assays to profile cellular proteomes. In one aspect, the invention provides a peptide internal standard labeled with a stable isotope and corresponding in amino acid sequence to the amino acid sequence of a subsequence of a target polypeptide. In another aspect, the peptide internal standard is labeled at a modified amino acid residue and is used to determine the presence of, and/or quantitate the amount of a particular modified form of a protein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/781047 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
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| US 07501397 | Wolfe |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Wolfe (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Helical peptidomimetic compounds as inhibitors of beta-amyloid production are provided. These inhibitors have sequences with lengths from 11 to 16 amino acids, inclusive. These inhibitors potently inhibit intramembrane proteases, notably aspartyl secretases involved in the enzymatic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) to yield amyloid-β-peptide. Methods are provided for making a medicament containing the compounds and for administering the compounds to treat β-amyloid-associated diseases, notably Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145573 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
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| US 07501401 | Zuckerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth S. Zuckerman (Tampa, Florida); Richard Y. Liu (Lutz, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a method of modulating the function of a transcription factor by administering an effective amount of an oligonucleotide containing optimal nucleotide binding site for the transcription factor. A therapeutic agent having an effective amount of an oligonucleotide for modulating function of a transcription factor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also provided. Also provided is a treatment of patients having illnesses in which the activation of transcription factors plays a role by administering to a patient an effective amount of an oligonucleotide which competitively binds the related transcription factor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/358688 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07501453 | Davies et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huw M. L. Davies (E. Amherst, New York); Timothy Gregg (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are aromatic cyclopropane compounds with CNS activity. These compounds can be used for alleviating symptoms of CNS disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, March 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/716884 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/650 |
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| US 07501486 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lianglin Zhang (La Jolla, California); Jason A. Hoffman (La Jolla, California); Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a variety of isolated peptides and peptidomimetics, which can be useful, for example, in constructing the conjugates of the invention or, where the peptide itself has biological activity, in unconjugated form as a therapeutic for treating any of a variety of cardiovascular diseases as described below. Thus, the present invention provides an isolated peptide or peptidomimetic which has a length of less than 60 residues and includes the amino acid sequence CRPPR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a peptidomimetic thereof. The invention further provides an isolated peptide or peptidomimetic which has a length of less than 60 residues and includes the amino acid sequence CARPAR (SEQ ID NO: 5) or a peptidomimetic thereof, or amino acid sequence CPKRPR (SEQ ID NO: 6) or a peptidomimetic thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/222370 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/330 |
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| US 07501489 | Bradfield et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Bradfield (Madison, Wisconsin); Yi Zhong Gu (Sunnyvale, California); John B. Hogenesch (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids and proteins that are new and distinct members of the bHLH-PAS superfamily of transcription regulators. These “MOPs” (members of PAS) are useful in a variety of research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Several of the MOPs of the present invention are α-class hypoxia-inducible factors. Several other of the MOPs of the invention are involved in circadian signal transduction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/288720 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07501499 | Acharya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Belur N. Manjula (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a hemoglobin molecule (Hb) having six ± one PEG chains, wherein two of said PEG chains are bound to Cys-93 (β) of Hb, and the remaining PEG chains are bound to thiol groups introduced on ε-NH2 of Hb. The present invention also provides a process for preparing a modified hemoglobin molecule (Hb), comprising the steps of: (a) reacting Hb with 8-15 fold excess of iminothiolane to form thiolated Hb; and (b) reacting the thiolated Hb with 16-30 fold excess of PEG functionalized with a maleimide moiety, to form the modified Hb. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/538976 |
| 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 530/402 |
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| US 07501501 | Topalian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne L Topalian (Brookeville, Maryland); Steven A Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland); Paul F Robbins (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides MHC Class II restricted melanoma antigens recognized by CD4+ T cells. This invention further provides prophylactic and therapeutic applications for the Class II restricted melanoma antigens. In particular, this invention provides tyrosinase Class II restricted melanoma antigens, as well as tyrosinase immunogenic peptides which have been modified to enhance their immunogenicity. These antigens can serve as an immunogens or vaccines to prevent or treat melanoma. In addition a method for isolating Class II restricted melanoma antigens or identifying new Class II restricted melanoma antigens is provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/962143 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07501507 | Balakumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arumugham Balakumar (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kannan Muthukumaran (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a 5-formylporphyrin, comprises the steps of: condensing a 5-acetaldipyrromethane with a dipyrromethane-1,9-dicarbinol to produce a porphyrin having an acetal group substituted thereon at the 5 position; and then hydrolyzing said porphyrin to produce said 5-formylporphyrin. Products and intermediates useful in such methods, along with methods of making such intermediates, are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/867512 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 07501508 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Caroline State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Masahiko Taniguchi (Raleigh, North Carolina); Dazhong Fan (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a porphyrin is carried out by: (a) condensing (i) a 1,9-bis(N,N-)dialkylaminomethyl)dipyrromethane of Formula II: with (ii) a dipyrromethane to produce a reaction product; then (b) oxidizing the reaction product; and then (c) optionally demetallating said reaction product to produce the porphyrin. The reaction is particularly useful for making substituted porphyrins with a wide range of substituents at the A and/or B (the 5 and/or 15) positions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/192934 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 07501509 | Pandey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (Williamsville, New York); Amy Gryshuk (Pleasanton, California); Lalit Goswami (Amherst, New York); William Potter (Grand Island, New York); Allan Oseroff (Buffalo, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A tetrapyrollic photosensitizer compound having at least one pendant —CH2CH2CON(CH2CON(CH2COOH)2)2 or —N(CH2COOH)2 group or esters thereof said tetrapyrollic compound being a chlorin, bacteriochlorin, porphyrin, pyropheophorbide, purpurinimide, or bacteriopurpurinimide. Desirably the compound has the formula: or a phamaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, wherein R1-R8 and R10 are various substituents and R9 is substituted or unsubstituted —CH2CH2CON(CH2CON(CH2COOH)2)2; or —N(CH2COOH)2. The invention also includes a method of treatment by photodynamic therapy by treatment with light after injecting the compound and a method of imaging by fluorescence after injection of the compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/452511 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 07501529 | Hu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Hu (Fairlawn, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | 7-ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane and related methods are presented. Manufacturing 7-ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane includes the steps of: (1) reducing alkyl 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane-7-carboxylate to produce 7-hydroxymethyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane; (2) oxidizing 7-hydroxymethyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane to produces 7-carbonyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane; and (3) reacting 7-carbonyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane with Ohira-Bestmann reagent to produces 7-ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane. Molecular wires having 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane surface anchors are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/562088 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501535 | Fuchs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip L. Fuchs (West Lafayette, Indiana); David J. Meyers (Brookline, Massachusetts); Eduardo Torres (West Lafayette, Indiana); Taesik Park (West Lafayette, Indiana); In C. Kim (New Haven, Connecticut); Yuzhong Chen (Newark, Delaware); Douglas Lantrip (Lafayette, Indiana); Jerry B. Evarts, Jr. (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel six and seven-carbon termini-differentiated polypropionate stereotetrads and stereopentads useful in syntheses of natural products. The invention also provides a novel alkylative sulfenylation-desulfonylation process that efficiently transforms enantiopure epoxyvinyl sulfones to syn and anti dienylsulfides in two operations. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662781 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/482 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502640 | Conolly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Conolly (Palo Alto, California); Charles H. Cunningham (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Contrast agents incorporating super-paramagnetic iron-oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles have shown promise as a means to visualize labeled cells using MRI. Labeled cells cause significant signal dephasing due to the magnetic field inhomogeneity induced in water molecules near the cell. With the resulting signal void as the means for detection, the particles are behaving as a negative contrast agent, which can suffer from partial-volume effects. Disclosed is a new method for imaging labeled cells with positive contrast. Spectrally-selective RF pulses are used to excite and refocus the off-resonance water surrounding the labeled cells so that only the fluid and tissue immediately adjacent to the labeled cells are visible in the image. Phantom, in vitro, and in vivo experiments show the feasibility of the new method. A significant linear correlation (r=0.87, p<0.005) between the estimated number of cells and the signal has been observed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/849068 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Morris G. Anderson (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided in an aircraft that includes a power unit and an eductor. The power unit has a nozzle, and is configured to exhaust gas, a portion of which flows in a swirling motion, through the nozzle. The eductor communicates with the power unit and includes a housing and a plurality of flow straighteners. The housing has an inlet, an outlet, and an inner peripheral surface that defines a flow passage. The inlet is configured to surround at least a portion of the nozzle and to receive the gas, and the outlet is configured to exhaust the gas. The plurality of flow straighteners extend radially inwardly from the housing inner surface into the flow passage and are configured to reduce swirl motion of the gas that flows therethrough. The power unit may be an auxiliary power unit or a turboshaft engine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/259700 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/269 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07500412 | Maciejewski |
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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) | Wendell C. Maciejewski (Wakefield, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly which includes a rod having an outer peripheral surface. There is also a nut having an axial aperture with an inner peripheral surface moveably engageable with the peripheral surface on the outer peripheral surface of the rod and having a peripheral gear surface. There is also a circular drive gear, which engages the peripheral gear surface of the nut. The circular drive gear is rotatable about its central axis so that the nut is moved along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical rod. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/288060 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/424.710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07500763 | Rubtsov |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optech Ventures, Inc. (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Rubtsov (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for using a light source to incapacitate a subject by a pattern of temporal flashing and/or color flashing of the light source. The light source is preferably an array of light emitting diodes. A rangefinder may be used to control the light output from the light source to avoid exposing a subject to light energy beyond a maximum permissible exposure threshold. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/269074 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/231 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501012 | Tatarchuk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce J. Tatarchuk (Auburn, Alabama); Bong Kyu Chang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Yong Lu (Shanghai, China PRC); Laiyuan Chen (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Eric Luna (Auburn, Alabama); Don Cahela (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfibrous matrix with embedded supporting particulates/fibers and chemically reactive materials is provided as a filtration system for the removal of contaminants and other harmful agents from liquid and gaseous streams. Such materials may include chemically reactive materials as high surface area carbons, zeolites, silicas, aluminas, inorganic metal oxides, polymer resins, ZnO, ZnO/Carbon, Pt/γ-Al2O3, PtCo/γ-Al2O3, ZnO/SiO2 and various other catalysts, sorbents or reactants. The invention may be used to protect the intolerant anodes and cathodes of fuel cells from damaging H2S while simultaneously aiding the selective conversion of CO to CO2 in fuel streams predominated by hydrogen, to provide a highly efficient gas and/or liquid separation and purification methodology for gas masks, building filtration systems, and/or as polishing media located downstream of traditional packed bed filtration systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/926831 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501069 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Nannan Chen (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides free-standing structures, functionalized free-standing structures and functional devices that are flexible, including nano- and micromachined flexible fabrics comprising woven networks and mesh networks. The present invention provides processing methods for making and functionalizing flexible free-standing structures having a wide range of integrated materials, devices and device components. The methods of the present invention are capable of providing large area functional electronic, optoelectronic, fluidic, and electromechanical devices and device arrays which exhibit good device performance in stretched, bent and/or deformed configurations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/421173 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501092 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nomadics, Inc. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present relates in general to upconversion luminescence (“UCL”) materials and methods of making and using same and more particularly, but not meant to be limiting, to Mn2+ doped semiconductor nanoparticles for use as UCL materials. The present invention also relates in general to upconversion luminescence including two-photon absorption upconversion, and potential applications using UCL materials, including light emitting diodes, upconversion lasers, infrared detectors, chemical sensors, temperature sensors and biological labels, all of which incorporate a UCL material. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/202005 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501245 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Helicos BioSciences Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Emil Paskalev Kartalov (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for high speed, high throughput analysis of polynucleotide sequences, and apparatuses with which to carry out the methods are provided in the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/002479 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501253 | Pourmand et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nader Pourmand (San Mateo, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California); Shan X. Wang (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining the length of a polynucleotide target is provided. With this method, a target is first hybridized to an array of first probes having different, determined lengths, resulting in the formation of duplexes between the polynucleotide target and the first probes. These duplexes have a single stranded section of target if the target is longer than the first probe it is in a duplex with, and a single stranded section of probe if the target is shorter than the first probe it is in a duplex with. Next, a series of probes is hybridized to the duplexes, breaking apart duplexes in which the target and probe have unequal lengths through the process of branch migration. Thus, the target only remains bound in the duplex if the target and probe are of equal lengths. The length of the polynucleotide target can thereby be determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789559 |
| 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 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501301 | Kovacs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory T. A. Kovacs (Palo Alto, California); Laurent Giovangrandi (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a plurality of low-cost microelectrode arrays (MEAs) on one substrate utilizing certain unmodified printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication processes and selected materials. In some embodiments, a MEA device is composed of a thin polymer substrate containing patterned conductive traces. Coverlays on both sides of the substrate insulate the conductive traces and defines the electrodes. Preferably, flexible PCB technology is utilized to simultaneously define the microelectrode arrays. In an embodiment, the sensor is an integrated temperature sensor/heater in which the MEA device operates to record extracellular electrical signals from electrically active cell cultures. The present invention enables economical and efficient mass production of MEA devices, making them particularly suitable for disposable applications such as drug discovery, biosensors, etc. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/078904 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501303 | Unlu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Selim Unlu (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Matthew K. Emsley (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon wafer having a distributed Bragg reflector buried within it. The buried reflector provides a high efficiency, readily and accurately manufactured reflector with a body of silicon. A photodetector using the buried layer to form a resonant cavity enhancement of the silicon's basic quantum efficiencies and selectivity is provided. The DBR is created by bonding of two or more substrates together at a silicon oxide interface or an oxide-oxide interface. In the former, an hydrogen implant is used to cleave silicon just above the bond line. In the latter, the bonding is at the oxide layers. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/790403 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501486 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lianglin Zhang (La Jolla, California); Jason A. Hoffman (La Jolla, California); Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a variety of isolated peptides and peptidomimetics, which can be useful, for example, in constructing the conjugates of the invention or, where the peptide itself has biological activity, in unconjugated form as a therapeutic for treating any of a variety of cardiovascular diseases as described below. Thus, the present invention provides an isolated peptide or peptidomimetic which has a length of less than 60 residues and includes the amino acid sequence CRPPR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a peptidomimetic thereof. The invention further provides an isolated peptide or peptidomimetic which has a length of less than 60 residues and includes the amino acid sequence CARPAR (SEQ ID NO: 5) or a peptidomimetic thereof, or amino acid sequence CPKRPR (SEQ ID NO: 6) or a peptidomimetic thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/222370 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501499 | Acharya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seetharama A. Acharya (Cresskill, New Jersey); Belur N. Manjula (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a hemoglobin molecule (Hb) having six ± one PEG chains, wherein two of said PEG chains are bound to Cys-93 (β) of Hb, and the remaining PEG chains are bound to thiol groups introduced on ε-NH2 of Hb. The present invention also provides a process for preparing a modified hemoglobin molecule (Hb), comprising the steps of: (a) reacting Hb with 8-15 fold excess of iminothiolane to form thiolated Hb; and (b) reacting the thiolated Hb with 16-30 fold excess of PEG functionalized with a maleimide moiety, to form the modified Hb. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/538976 |
| 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 530/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501634 | Reich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert K. Reich (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Bernard Kosicji (Acton, Massachusetts); Dennis Rathman (Ashland, Massachusetts); Richard Osgood (Winchester, Massachusetts); Michael Rose (Watertown, Massachusetts); R. Allen Murphy (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Robert Berger (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A large format imager includes an array of pixels for converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals and a trigger to from an optical pulse so as to trigger the pixels to generate an integration period. Each pixel includes a photodiode to convert light intensity of high-frequency radiation into an electrical charge, a reset switch to reset the photodiode, circuitry to enable sampling of the electrical charge produced by the photodiode, a photoswitch to convert an optical trigger pulse, received from the trigger, into an electrical signal, an inverter to produce a control signal corresponding to the electrical signal produced by the photoswitch, and control circuitry to locally generate integration control signals. The integration control signals control a start of an integration period for the photodiode, duration of the integration period for the photodiode, and the sampling of the electrical charge produced by the photodiode. The large format imager may also include a trigger for producing an electrical pulse so as to trigger the pixels to generate an integration period and tree type electrical distribution system for propagating the electrical pulse to all the pixels, wherein each pixel includes a global repeater circuit to propagate a first edge of said electrical pulse along said tree type electrical distribution system and a local repeater circuit to provide a local array of pixels with the first edge of the electrical pulse. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/742285 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501726 | Waters et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Patrick M. Sullivan (San Diego, California); Barry R. Hunt (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) power generator employing a plurality of magnetic masses disposed to oscillate on spring elements in a manner that produces an unusually steep flux gradient at one or more conductive coils, thereby harvesting a substantial portion of the available mechanical energy. The energy from ambient mechanical vibration is harvested to produce electrical power sufficient to power individual electronic elements for a variety of low-cost and high-performance distributed sensor systems for medical, automotive, manufacturing, robotics, and household applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/911748 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501814 | Thwing et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clinton J. Thwing (Bulverde, Texas); Gary L. Burkhardt (Adkins, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and methods for using the device, that permit the rapid and accurate inspection of aircraft wing attachment fittings, including those wing to fuselage attachments modified according to a Structural Life Extension Program (SLEP). Such aircraft life extension programs often result in the placement of fitting stack-up components that tend to challenge the ability of standard inspection sensors and techniques to achieve accurate readings. A specially designed, contact compliant, Electric Current Perturbation (ECP) probe is used. The ECP probe positions a receive coil in conjunction with a drive coil (and its ferrite core) in a manner that minimizes steel interferences in the inspection area. The ECP probe works with conventional eddy current instrumentation with an index scanner to allow for flaw location within a particular stack-up layer and/or within the area around the attachment aperture. Data acquired through the use of the system and method of the present invention allows for the rapid discernment of flaws and defects in the area adjacent the probe placement. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/852247 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501832 | Spuhler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ridgetop Group, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philipp S. Spuhler (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bert M. Vermeire (Mesa, Arizona); James P. Hofmeister (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The solder-joint integrity of digital electronic packages, such as FPGAs or microcontrollers that have internally connected input/output buffers, is evaluated by applying a time-varying voltage through one or more solder-joint networks to charge a charge-storage component. Each network includes an I/O buffer on the die in the package and a solder-joint connection, typically one or more such connections inside the package and between the package and a board. The time constant for charging the component is proportional to the resistance of the solder-joint network, hence the voltage across the charge-storage component is a measurement of the integrity of the solder-joint network. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/325076 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/537 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501996 | Schuette 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) | Lawrence Schuette (McLean, Virginia); James Durbin (Annadale, Virginia); David Tremper (Springfield, Virginia); Kevin Burnett (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a deformable eyecup. A display shares an optical path with the eyecup. A monocular houses the display. A shutter shares the optical path with the eyecup and the display, wherein the shutter opens upon deformation of the eyecup. Optionally, the eyecup includes a rubber, neoprene, plastic, and/or pleated material. Optionally, the shutter is integral with the eyecup. Optionally, the shutter includes a mechanical iris, a liquid crystal shutter, a micro-mechanical micro-shutter array, and/or a shutter including a plurality of flaps that flex upon the deformation of the eyecup. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/863847 |
| ART UNIT | 2629 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502011 | Braun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immersion Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam C. Braun (Sunnyvale, California); Kenneth M. Martin (Palo Alto, California); Louis B. Rosenberg (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid haptic feedback system in which a host computer and haptic feedback device share processing loads to various degrees in the output of haptic sensations, and features for efficient output of haptic sensations in such a system. A haptic feedback interface device in communication with a host computer includes a device microcontroller outputting force values to the actuator to control output forces. In various embodiments, the microcontroller can determine force values for one type of force effect while receiving force values computed by the host computer for a different type of force effect. For example, the microcontroller can determine closed loop effect values and receive computed open loop effect values from the host; or the microcontroller can determine high frequency open loop effect values and receive low frequency open loop effect values from the host. Various features allow the host to efficiently stream computed force values to the device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/184041 |
| ART UNIT | 2629 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502115 | Patel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pranalytica, Inc. (Santa Monica, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Kumar N. Patel (Los Angeles, California); Michael B. Pushkarsky (Los Angeles, California); Michael E. Webber (Culver City, California); Tyson MacDonald (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus architecture for detecting gases, particularly hazardous gases which should be detected in miniscule amounts. High sensitivity detection of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) is set forth with very low probability of false positives (PFP) by the use of an innovative laser-photoacoustic spectrometer (L-PAS). Detection of diisopropyl methylphosphonate (DIMP), a decomposition product of Sarin and a relatively harmless surrogate for the nerve gases, is made in the presence of other gases that are expected to be interferences in an urban setting. Detection sensitivity for DIMP in the presence of these interferences of better than 0.45 ppb, which satisfies current homeland and military security requirements is shown as well as the first analysis of optical techniques for the detection of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) in real world conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/986632 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Silicon Light Machines Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Dueweke (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment relates to a method of independently controlling amplitude and phase modulation by a spatial light modulator. Light is illuminated onto upper layer deflectable planar areas and lower layer deflectable planar areas over a substrate of the spatial light modulator. First active circuitry on the substrate is used to provide amplitude modulation by controlling a relative displacement between upper layer deflectable planar areas and adjacent lower layer deflectable planar areas. Second active circuitry on the substrate is used to provide phase modulation by controlling a displacement between the (upper and lower layer) deflectable planar areas and the substrate. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/391932 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/276 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502178 | Shenderova et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Technology Center (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olga Alexander Shenderova (Raleigh, North Carolina); Gary E. McGuire (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Alexander David Shenderov (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging device consistent with one of numerous embodiments has an opaque planar sheet with a plurality of pinholes defining a photon sieve in the sheet, wherein, the photon sieve comprises at least first and second regions. The first region exhibits a first focal length, a first field of view, a first transmissivity, a first resolution and a first wavelength, and the second region exhibiting a second focal length, a second field of view, a second transmissivity, a second resolution and a second wavelength. At least one of the first focal length, the first wavelength, the first transmissivity, the first resolution and the first field of view is different from the second focal length, the second wavelength, the second transmissivity, the second resolution and the second field of view. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/911926 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/742 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502360 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Jih Liu (Ledgewood, New Jersey); Robert Wetstein (Nanuet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An Ad-Hoc wireless network according to the present invention employs a TDMA based neighbor discovery protocol, where each network node is assigned a unique time slot to broadcast neighbor discovery packets or messages. A primary controller node is dynamically designated to perform the time slot assignments. A dynamic selection of a secondary or backup controller node is further provided in case of failure of the primary controller node. The present invention further includes flooding techniques based upon TDMA. A TDMA HELLO flood is used to distribute a small number of common parameters to network nodes by placing or piggybacking the information within the neighbor discovery messages. A CNR flood is based on the principles of a RAKE type receiver and used to distribute time slot assignments to the entire network. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/071235 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/348 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502361 | Ahmed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walid Ahmed (Eatontown, New Jersey); Bharat Tarachand Doshi (Holmdel, New Jersey); Subrahmanyam Dravida (Groton, Massachusetts); Hong Jiang (Westfield, New Jersey); Kiran M. Rege (Marlboro, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A new protocol layer is provided as part of a protocol stack associated with a packet-based multiaccess mobile communications system. The protocol layer is preferably located above a medium access control (MAC) protocol layer and a physical protocol layer of the system and below a transport/network protocol layer. Such a subnetwork protocol layer provides, inter alia, the communications system with various mobility management functions, for example, tracking mobile user stations throughout the system, mobile station access to the system, and connection/call continuity within the system. The subnetwork protocol layer of the invention also performs packet routing functions associated with the system. Routing can be accomplished in many ways, for example, via source routing, connectionless routing, or tunneling. Further, the new protocol layer of the invention is preferably located above a data link layer with respect to the protocol stack associated with communications between network nodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/345034 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502539 | Gray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corning Incorporated (Corning, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Gray (Corning, New York); Donnell Thaddeus Walton (Painted Post, New York); Ji Wang (Painted Post, New York); Luis Alberto Zenteno (Painted Post, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, Yb doped core having a first index of refraction n1, said core comprising more than 1 wt % of Yb, said core having less than 5 dB/km loss at a wavelength situated between 1150 nm and 1350 nm and less than 20 dB/km loss at the wavelength of 1380 nm and slope efficiency of over 0.8; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540099 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502763 | Ayala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melvin Ayala (Hollywood, Florida); Malek Adjoundi (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a programming tool stored on a computer-readable medium and adapted for implementation by a computer for designing an artificial neural network. The programming tool includes a network configuration module to provide a first display interface to support configuration of the artificial neural network, and a pattern data module to provide a second display interface to support establishment and modification of first and second pattern data sets for training and testing the artificial neural network, respectively. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/203510 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07500437 | Lefebvre et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NeuCo, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wesley Curt Lefebvre (Boston, Massachusetts); Daniel W. Kohn (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for controlling SCR performance in a boiler. The boiler includes one or more generally cross sectional areas. Each cross sectional area can be characterized by one or more profiles of one or more conditions affecting SCR performance and be associated with one or more adjustable desired profiles of the one or more conditions during the operation of the boiler. The performance of the boiler can be characterized by boiler performance parameters. A system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention can include a controller input for receiving a performance goal for the boiler corresponding to at least one of the boiler performance parameters and for receiving data values corresponding to boiler control variables and to the boiler performance parameters. The boiler control variables include one or more current profiles of the one or more conditions. The system also includes a system model that relates one or more profiles of the one or more conditions in the boiler to the boiler performance parameters. The system also includes an indirect controller that determines one or more desired profiles of the one or more conditions to satisfy the performance goal for the boiler. The indirect controller uses the system model, the received data values and the received performance goal to determine the one or more desired profiles of the one or more conditions. The system model also includes a controller output that outputs the one or more desired profiles of the one or more conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/012630 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Furnaces 110/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07500517 | Looney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, California); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Dean Looney (Houston, Texas); Robert Steven Lestz (Missouri City, Texas); Kirk Hollis (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Craig Taylor (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Scott Kinkead (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Marcus Wigand (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface (oil) shale formations, wherein such methods rely on fracturing and/or rubblizing portions of said formations so as to enhance their fluid permeability, and wherein such methods further rely on chemically modifying the shale-bound kerogen so as to render it mobile. The present invention is also directed at systems for implementing at least some of the foregoing methods. Additionally, the present invention is also directed to methods of fracturing and/or rubblizing subsurface shale formations and to methods of chemically modifying kerogen in situ so as to render it mobile. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/675468 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/250.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07500528 | McKinzie, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy John McKinzie, II (Houston, Texas); Thomas Joseph Keltner (Spring, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming an opening for a low temperature well is described. The method includes drilling an opening in a formation. Water is introduced into the opening to displace drilling fluid or indigenous gas in the formation adjacent to a portion of the opening. Water is produced from the opening. A low temperature fluid is applied to the opening. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409505 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07500999 | Aaron et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Praxair Technology, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Mark Aaron (East Amherst, New York); Minish Mahendra Shah (East Amherst, New York); Richard John Jibb (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalytic reactor is provided with one or more reaction zones each formed of set(s) of reaction tubes containing a catalyst to promote chemical reaction within a feed stream. The reaction tubes are of helical configuration and are arranged in a substantially coaxial relationship to form a coil-like structure. Heat exchangers and steam generators can be formed by similar tube arrangements. In such manner, the reaction zone(s) and hence, the reactor is compact and the pressure drop through components is minimized. The resultant compact form has improved heat transfer characteristics and is far easier to thermally insulate than prior art compact reactor designs. Various chemical reactions are contemplated within such coil-like structures such that as steam methane reforming followed by water-gas shift. The coil-like structures can be housed within annular chambers of a cylindrical housing that also provide flow paths for various heat exchange fluids to heat and cool components. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/931066 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/127.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501077 | Hodges et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason P. Hodges (Knoxville, Tennessee); M. Lowell Crow, Jr. (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ronald G. Cooper (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite scintillator material consisting of a binderless sintered mixture of a Lithium (Li) compound containing 6Li as the neutron converter and Y2SiO5:Ce as the scintillation phosphor, and the use of this material as a method for neutron detection. Other embodiments of the invention include various other Li compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/467625 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4F0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501101 | Wegeng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Wegeng (Richland, Washington); Ward E. TeGrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Greg A. Whyatt (West Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Microchannel apparatus comprising a header and plural flow microchannels is described in which orifices connect the header and the flow microchannels. The orifices constrict flow. The ratio of the cross-sectional area of each of the orifices to the cross-sectional area of the flow microchannels connected to the orifices is between 0.0005 and 0.1. Also described is microchannel apparatus for conducting unit operations in which a device comprises two arrays of microchannels, and a unit operation is conducted on a fluid as it passes through the first set of microchannels and into a header where a second unit operation is performed, and then the fluid stream passes into the second array of microchannels where the first unit operation is again performed. Methods of conducting unit operations in the apparatuses are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/241580 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501270 | King et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allaince for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul King (Golden, Colorado); Maria L Ghirardi (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael Seibert (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides oxygen- resistant iron-hydrogenases ([Fe]-hydrogenases) for use in the production of H2. Methods used in the design and engineering of the oxygen-resistant [Fe]-hydrogenases are disclosed, as are the methods of transforming and culturing appropriate host cells with the oxygen-resistant [Fe]-hydrogenases. Finally, the invention provides methods for utilizing the transformed, oxygen insensitive, host cells in the bulk production of H2 in a light catalyzed reaction having water as the reactant. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/553097 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501483 | Gerald, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rex E. Gerald, II (Brookfield, Illinois); Robert J. Klingler (Glenview, Illinois); Jerome W. Rathke (Homer Glen, Illinois); Rocio Diaz (Chicago, Illinois); Lela Vukovic (Westchester, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus, and system for constructing uniform macroscopic films with tailored geometric assemblies of molecules on the nanometer scale. The method, apparatus, and system include providing starting molecules of selected character, applying one or more force fields to the molecules to cause them to order and condense with NMR spectra and images being used to monitor progress in creating the desired geometrical assembly and functionality of molecules that comprise the films. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/484349 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/480 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501637 | Reber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward L. Reber (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James K. Jewell (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kenneth W. Rohde (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Edward H. Seabury (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Larry G. Blackwood (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Andrew J. Edwards (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kurt W. Derr (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting explosives in a vehicle includes providing a first rack on one side of the vehicle, the rack including a neutron generator and a plurality of gamma ray detectors; providing a second rack on another side of the vehicle, the second rack including a neutron generator and a plurality of gamma ray detectors; providing a control system, remote from the first and second racks, coupled to the neutron generators and gamma ray detectors; using the control system, causing the neutron generators to generate neutrons; and performing gamma ray spectroscopy on spectra read by the gamma ray detectors to look for a signature indicative of presence of an explosive. Various apparatus and other methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/877192 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nomadics, Inc. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present relates in general to upconversion luminescence (“UCL”) materials and methods of making and using same and more particularly, but not meant to be limiting, to Mn2+ doped semiconductor nanoparticles for use as UCL materials. The present invention also relates in general to upconversion luminescence including two-photon absorption upconversion, and potential applications using UCL materials, including light emitting diodes, upconversion lasers, infrared detectors, chemical sensors, temperature sensors and biological labels, all of which incorporate a UCL material. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/202005 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501288 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Invitrogen Corporation (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheldon Schultz (La Jolla, California); David A. Schultz (La Jolla, California); David R. Smith (La Jolla, California); Jack J. Mock (Del Mar, California); Thomas J. Silva (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for interrogating a target having a plurality of plasmon resonant particles (PREs) distributed in the target are disclosed. In the method, a field containing the target is illuminated, and one or more spectral emission characteristics of the light-scattering particles in the field are detected. From this data, an image of positions and spectral characteristic values in the field is constructed, allowing PREs with a selected spectral signature to be discriminated from other light-scattering entities, to provide information about the field. Also disclosed are a novel PRE composition for use in practicing the method, and a variety of diagnostic applications of the method. |
| FILED | Monday, December 18, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/740615 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Hu (Fairlawn, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | 7-ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane and related methods are presented. Manufacturing 7-ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane includes the steps of: (1) reducing alkyl 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane-7-carboxylate to produce 7-hydroxymethyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane; (2) oxidizing 7-hydroxymethyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane to produces 7-carbonyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane; and (3) reacting 7-carbonyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane with Ohira-Bestmann reagent to produces 7-ethynyl-2,4,9-trithiaadamantane. Molecular wires having 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane surface anchors are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/562088 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502111 | Gibbs |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stheno Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip R. Gibbs (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A differential method has been developed which determines displacement from the midpoint of optical transmission (±45°) and utilizes the coupled nature of the two signals for common mode noise rejection to enhance the detection of chiral species. A beam of light is modulated, applied to the chiral mixture, and then split into a first beam and a related orthogonal beam by a polarizer or prism. The first beam and orthogonal beam are converted into electrical signals before a differential comparison of the signals is performed to detect a desired chiral species within the chiral mixture. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/995118 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502511 | McCormack et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay P. McCormack (Moscow, Idaho); Jonathan Cagan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Parametric shape recognition is achieved through a decomposition of shapes into a hierarchy of subshapes ordered by their decreasing restrictions. Instances of each of the subshapes are individually located in the design shape and then reconstructed to form an instance of the entire shape. The basis for the hierarchy of subshapes can be specified by the designer or based on the default parameter relations that come from architectural and engineering knowledge. The levels of the hierarchy are defined so that the most constrained lines of a shape are those lines that the designer intended exactly. These most constrained lines have specified parametric relations to other line segments and those relations, if altered, will compromise the designer's intentions. Conversely, the lowest level of the hierarchy, which contains the least constrained line segments, only implies a specific connectivity between line segments, necessitating a vaster search. The parametric recognition of curved line shapes uses a two-step approach that first performs shape matching with an equivalent straight-line shape then checks those transformations for matching with the actual curved lines. This approach has advantages over just matching characteristic polygons in that it can match equivalent curves with differing characteristic polygons as well as emergent shapes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/897180 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07502763 | Ayala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melvin Ayala (Hollywood, Florida); Malek Adjoundi (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a programming tool stored on a computer-readable medium and adapted for implementation by a computer for designing an artificial neural network. The programming tool includes a network configuration module to provide a first display interface to support configuration of the artificial neural network, and a pattern data module to provide a second display interface to support establishment and modification of first and second pattern data sets for training and testing the artificial neural network, respectively. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/203510 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07503070 | Alstyne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marshall Van Alstyne (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marshall Van Alstyne (West Newton, Massachusetts); Jun Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and systems for enabling analysis of communication content while preserving confidentiality. In one embodiment, communication content is processed to increase the similarity of superficially dissimilar instances of communication content and/or to increase the distinctiveness of superficially similar instances of communications content. In this embodiment at least part of the processed communication content is hashed to obscure the actual communication content. In one embodiment, social network analysis is performed on the communication content after hashing, and visualization of the social network analysis includes thread graphs and/or circular graphs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/080708 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07500350 | Jacobson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Jacobson (Lakewood, Ohio); David H. Manzella (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A Hall thruster includes inner and outer electromagnets, with the outer electromagnet circumferentially surrounding the inner electromagnet along a centerline axis and separated therefrom, inner and outer poles, in physical connection with their respective inner and outer electromagnets, with the inner pole having a mostly circular shape and the outer pole having a mostly annular shape, a discharge chamber separating the inner and outer poles, a combined anode electrode/gaseous propellant distributor, located at an upstream portion of the discharge chamber and supplying propellant gas and an actuator, in contact with a sleeve portion of the discharge chamber. The actuator is configured to extend the sleeve portion or portions of the discharge chamber along the centerline axis with respect to the inner and outer poles. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/044471 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501032 | Noebe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administration of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald D. Noebe (Medina, Ohio); Susan L. Draper (Westlake, Ohio); Michael V. Nathal (Strongsville, Ohio); Anita Garg (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | According to the invention, compositions of Ni—Ti—Pt high temperature, high force, shape memory alloys are disclosed that have transition temperatures above 100° C.; have narrow hysteresis; and produce a high specific work output. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/364283 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501279 | Folch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Folch (Seattle, Washington); Turgut Fettah Kosar (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for conducting parallel analysis or manipulation of multiple cells or biomolecules is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises a silicon chip with a microwell, and at least one membrane suspended at the bottom opening of the microwell. The suspended portion of the membrane defines a nanohole that provides access to the material on the other side of the membrane. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/818743 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/297.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07501636 — Nanotunneling junction-based hyperspectal polarimetric photodetector and detection method
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyung-ah Son (Moorpark, California); Jeongsun J. Moon (Moorpark, California); Goutam Chattopadhyay (Pasadena, California); Anna Liao (Montrose, California); David Ting (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector, detector array, and method of operation thereof in which nanojunctions are formed by crossing layers of nanowires. The crossing nanowires are separated by a few nm thick electrical barrier layer which allows tunneling. Each nanojunction is coupled to a slot antenna for efficient and frequency-selective coupling to photo signals. The nanojunctions formed at the intersection of the crossing wires defines a vertical tunneling diode that rectifies the AC signal from a coupled antenna and generates a DC signal suitable for reforming a video image. The nanojunction sensor allows multi/hyper spectral imaging of radiation within a spectral band ranging from terahertz to visible light, and including infrared (IR) radiation. This new detection approach also offers unprecedented speed, sensitivity and fidelity at room temperature. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/858230 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07501275 | Laplaza 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) | Jose M. Laplaza (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Thomas W. Jeffries (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for obtaining expression of polypeptides in organisms employing alternative codon systems, and polynucleotides for use therein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/973274 |
| 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 435/254.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP19821 | Freyre |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosanna Freyre (Gainsville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Browallia plant named ‘UNHBR15,’ characterized by numerous single flowers that are light lavender in color with a darker rim, compact and rounded growth habit, stems that do not break or separate on the center of the mature plant, and good performance in partial shade in the garden and as a hanging basket. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/656761 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/263.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07500763 | Rubtsov |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optech Ventures, Inc. (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Rubtsov (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for using a light source to incapacitate a subject by a pattern of temporal flashing and/or color flashing of the light source. The light source is preferably an array of light emitting diodes. A rangefinder may be used to control the light output from the light source to avoid exposing a subject to light energy beyond a maximum permissible exposure threshold. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/269074 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/231 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07500424 | Gray, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan); Matthew J. Brusstar (South Lyon, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydraulic machine includes a valve plate, with first and second fluid ports in a surface thereof. A cylinder barrel is rotatably coupled to the valve plate. A plurality of cylinders is formed in the cylinder barrel, such that, as the barrel rotates, each cylinder is coupled to the first and second fluid ports, sequentially. First and second pressure relief ports are formed in the surface of the valve plate between the first and second fluid ports at top- and bottom-dead-center, respectively. A cross-port bore is formed in the valve plate, placing the first and second pressure relief ports in fluid communication with each other. As each cylinder rotates to top-dead-center, an opposite cylinder rotates to bottom-dead-center. The respective cylinders are coupled to the first and second pressure relief ports, such that differential pressure in the cylinders is equalized. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/820074 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motors: Expansible chamber type 091/499 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07501634 | Reich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert K. Reich (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Bernard Kosicji (Acton, Massachusetts); Dennis Rathman (Ashland, Massachusetts); Richard Osgood (Winchester, Massachusetts); Michael Rose (Watertown, Massachusetts); R. Allen Murphy (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Robert Berger (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A large format imager includes an array of pixels for converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals and a trigger to from an optical pulse so as to trigger the pixels to generate an integration period. Each pixel includes a photodiode to convert light intensity of high-frequency radiation into an electrical charge, a reset switch to reset the photodiode, circuitry to enable sampling of the electrical charge produced by the photodiode, a photoswitch to convert an optical trigger pulse, received from the trigger, into an electrical signal, an inverter to produce a control signal corresponding to the electrical signal produced by the photoswitch, and control circuitry to locally generate integration control signals. The integration control signals control a start of an integration period for the photodiode, duration of the integration period for the photodiode, and the sampling of the electrical charge produced by the photodiode. The large format imager may also include a trigger for producing an electrical pulse so as to trigger the pixels to generate an integration period and tree type electrical distribution system for propagating the electrical pulse to all the pixels, wherein each pixel includes a global repeater circuit to propagate a first edge of said electrical pulse along said tree type electrical distribution system and a local repeater circuit to provide a local array of pixels with the first edge of the electrical pulse. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/742285 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07501238 | Comer et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Allen Comer (Madison, Wisconsin); Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin substitutes, preferably to in vitro cultured skin substitutes that have improved barrier function. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of such skin substitutes for irritancy testing. The present invention provides improved methods of screening compounds for irritancy activity, as well for identifying novel irritant responsive genes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/087388 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07500610 | Hadley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alien Technology Corporation (Morgan Hill, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Hadley (Newark, California); Curt L. Carrender (Morgan Hill, California); John Stephen Smith (San Jose, California); Gordon S. W. Craig (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device. The RFID device comprises an antenna assembly and a resonator assembly. The antenna assembly comprises a first substrate and an antenna element. The resonator assembly comprises a second substrate having an integrated circuit connected to a resonator loop. The first substrate and the second substrate are attached to one another. The integrated circuit electrically couples to the antenna element without a direct mechanical contact. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/269400 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07501046 | Constantz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of American, as represented by the Secretary of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Edward Constantz (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An evaporation sleeve is placed within a solar distillation loop apparatus to increase the amount of water evaporated by the apparatus. The evaporation sleeve is rotationally attached within the above ground portion of the solar distillation loop so the sleeve lifts impure water into the air flow within the system. The evaporation sleeve significantly increases the water surface area available to the air flow within a solar distillation loop. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/122204 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Distillation: Processes, separatory 23/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE40651 | Huntington et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eclipse Aviation Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Huntington (Monument, Colorado); Peter D. Haaland (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A class of fire suppressant compounds which have labile bromine atoms bound to atoms other than carbon have been discovered to be more effective at suppressing fires than Halon 1211 and Halon 1301. Moreover, this class of fire suppressant compounds hydrolyze or oxidize rapidly in the troposphere and as a consequence thereof, they have minimal ozone depletion potential. |
| FILED | Friday, July 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/893705 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
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ART UNIT
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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