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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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| US 07503328 | Kolobow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of The Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodor Kolobow (Rockville, Maryland); Gianluigi Li Bassi (Bethesda, Maryland); Francesco Curto (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An endotracheal tube assembly (10) is disclosed which suctions away bacteria multiplying mucus before such mucus can accumulate on the inside walls of the endotracheal tube (14). In the preferred embodiment, one or more suctioning tubes (20, 21) are formed into the walls of an endotracheal tube so that they extend along length of the endotracheal tube. A plurality of mucus slurping holes (34) are then formed at or near the distal end of the endotracheal tube and connected to the suctioning tubes. In operation, suctioning through the mucus slurping holes is preferably performed intermittently during patient expiration. By timing this intermittent suctioning with patient expiration, the suctioning flow will be in the same direction as patient breathing. While the mucus slurper of the present invention has been found to be effective at keeping the inner walls of the endotracheal tube free of mucus deposits, it can nonetheless be combined with other cleaning and disinfectant techniques for greater assurance of cleanliness. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/081420 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/207.140 |
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| US 07504089 | Lugade et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Li-Cor, Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ananda G. Lugade (Austin, Texas); Narasimhachari Narayanan (Wilmington, Massachusetts); Daniel R. Draney (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound of the formula (I) wherein the variables are defined herein. Methods of dye-labeling biomolecules with the compound of formula (I) and dye-labeled biomolecules are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/267643 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.600 |
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| US 07504096 | Stewart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin L. Stewart (Montclair, New Jersey); Teresa Shatzer (Inwood, West Virginia); Teresa Sullivan (Myersville, Maryland); Jim-Ray Chen (Tao Yuan, Taiwan); Lidia Hernandez (Montgomery Village, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are described to enhance embryo implantation. Cytokines capable of binding to a receptor complex (the complex comprising a member of the hematopoietic cytokine receptor family) are utilized to treat female mammals, and in particular, females receiving in vitro fertilized embryos. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/720416 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.100 |
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| US 07504101 | Weinberg |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sisters of Providence in Oregon (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew D. Weinberg (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for enhancing the immune response of a mammal to an antigen by engaging the OX-40 receptor on the surface of T-cells are disclosed, comprising administering to the mammal a composition comprising a purified antibody that specifically binds the OX-40 receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein said composition is administered to the mammal such that the antibody that specifically binds the OX-40 receptor is presented to T-cells of the mammal during or shortly after priming of the T-cells by the antigen. Such compositions and methods can be used in immunization and cancer treatment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/946832 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 07504108 | Nataro |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Nataro (Owings Mills, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel proteins and their corresponding nucleotide sequences in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) are provided. In particular, Aap and the five gene cluster (aat) of the AA probe region of the pAA plasmid of EAEC 042 have been identified, sequenced, and further characterized. The use of these novel proteins and their corresponding nucleotide sequences for diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of EAEC infections is also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409015 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/190.100 |
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| US 07504109 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MedImmune, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland); The United States of America as Represented by The Department of Health Services, National Institute of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chin-Fen Yang (San Jose, California); George Kemble (Saratoga, California); Kanta Subbarao (Bethesda, Maryland); Brian Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides, polynucleotides, methods, compositions, and vaccines comprising (avian pandemic) influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase variants are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/133346 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/206.100 |
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| US 07504205 | Godzik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Godzik (San Diego, California); Sergey Sikora (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods for identifying antiviral agents which selectively interfere with viral proteins that cause the unique infectivity activity of the SARS-coronavirus in comparison to other non-SARS strains of coronavirus. In particular, the present invention relates to screening assays that identify agents which selectively inhibit cyclic-AMP dependent protein kinase activity of the SARS-coronavirus ORF3. The present invention also relates to screening assays that identify agents which selectively inhibit the interaction between SARS-coronavirus cyclic-AMP dependent protein kinase and a calcium dependent targeting molecule. Therefore the agents identified using the assays of the invention may have utility as antiviral agents. The present invention also relates to treatments for sever acute respiratory syndrome caused by a coronavirus, and particularly to treatments that affect the infectivity activity of the SARS-coronavirus. The present invention also relates to diagnostic assays for identifying and characterizing a strain of coronavirus as being one causing severe acute respiratory syndrome. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/132142 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
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| US 07504210 | Keene et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ribonomics, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack D. Keene (Durham, North Carolina); Scott A. Tenenbaum (Durham, North Carolina); Craig C. Carson (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Cellular mRNA-protein (mRNP) complexes are partitioned in vivo by contacting a biological sample with at least one ligand that specifically binds at least one component of a mRNP complex. Suitable biological samples comprise at least one mRNA-protein (mRNP) complex and include cell cultures, cell extracts, and whole tissue, including tumor tissue. Ligands include antibodies that specifically bind RNA-binding or RNA-associated proteins present in the mRNP complex. The mRNP complex is separated by binding the ligand with a binding molecule specific for the ligand, where the binding molecule is attached to a solid support. The mRNP complex is collected by removing the mRNP complex from the solid support. After collecting the mRNP complex, the mRNA bound within the complex may be characterized and identified. Subsets of the total mRNA population of a cell may accordingly be characterized, and a gene expression profile of the cell obtained. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/629453 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — 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 07504224 | Root et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Root (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael S. Kay (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David C. Chan (Arcadia, California); Peter S. Kim (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Five-Helix protein, which comprises the three N-helices and at least two, but not three, of the three C-helices of the trimer-of-hairpin structure of HIV gp41, separated by linkers, such as amino acid residue linkers, is disclosed. Six-Helix protein, which includes the three N-helices and the three C-helices of the trimer-of-hairpin structure of HIV gp41, separated by linkers, is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/151598 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07504225 | Ring et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Genomics, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California); The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Z. Ring (Foster City, California); Douglas T. Ross (Burlingame, California); Robert S. Seitz (Hampton Cove, Alabama); Tyler O. Kirby (Palm Harbor, Florida); Warner Huh (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and reagents for classifying tumors and for identifying new tumor classes and subclasses. Methods for correlating tumor class or subclass with therapeutic regimen or outcome, for identifying appropriate (new or known) therapies for particular classes or subclasses, and for predicting outcomes based on class or subclass. New therapeutic agents and methods for the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/432604 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07504227 | Muchowski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Muchowski (San Francisco, California); Vicente E. Sancenon Galarza (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of screening candidate agents to identify potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease, such as Huntington's Disease and Parkinson's Disease and methods for identifying a mutation in, or changes in expression of, a gene associated with neurodegenerative disease, such as Huntington's Disease and Parkinson's Disease, are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970136 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
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| US 07504231 | Miller |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth E. Miller (Sapulpa, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition having sustained pain-relieving properties such that the composition may be administered to a subject to alleviate chronic pain. The composition includes an effective amount of at least one inhibitor of neurotransmitter synthesis. A method for alleviating chronic pain in a subject for an extended period of time is also disclosed, in which the compound is administered to a subject suffering from chronic pain at a site of inflammation such that the administration of the compound results in a reduction in at least one of thermal and mechanical pain responses at the site of inflammation for a period of at least two days without any resulting acute pain behavior. The composition may further include an effective amount of at least one compound having analgesic effects such that the composition also alleviates acute pain. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/660093 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.710 |
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| US 07504243 | Pendrak 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) | Michael L. Pendrak (Kensington, Maryland); David D. Roberts (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the production of biliverdin. In particular, the invention concerns methods for producing biliverdin in yeast, especially Candida albicans, and other microorganisms. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/078552 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/118 |
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| US 07504246 | Weigel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul H. Weigel (Edmond, Oklahoma); Kshama Kumari (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Paul DeAngelis (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a recombinantly produced, enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase, wherein the recombinantly produced, enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase is a single protein that is a dual-action catalyst that utilizes UDP-GlcA and UDP-GlcNAc to synthesize HA. The recombinantly produced, enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase may be produced from a hyaluronan synthase gene isolated from a microbial source, such as a streptococcal source. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/599099 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
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| US 07504247 | Sasisekharan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); James Myette (Belmont, Massachusetts); Zachary Shriver (Boston, Massachusetts); Ganesh Venkataraman (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to 2-O sulfatase and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinantly produced 2-O sulfatase, functional variants and nucleic acid molecules that encode these molecules. The invention also provides methods of using 2-O sulfatase for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) present in a sample. For instance, 2-O sulfatase may be used for determining the purity, identity, composition and sequence of glycosaminoglycans present in a sample. The invention also relates to methods of inhibiting angiogenesis and cellular proliferation as well as methods for treating cancer, neurodegenerative disease, atherosclerosis and microbial infection using 2-O sulfatase and/or GAG fragments produced by degradation with 2-O sulfatase. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/433340 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/196 |
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| US 07504253 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (La Jolla, California); Shu-ichi Matsuzawa (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel Siah-Mediated-Degradation-Proteins (SMDPs) and/or SCF-Complex Proteins (SCPs). Nucleic acid sequences encoding such proteins and assays employing same are also disclosed. The invention SMDPs and/or SCPs can be employed in a variety of ways, for example, for the production of anti-SMDP and/or SCP antibodies thereto, in therapeutic compositions, and methods employing such proteins and/or antibodies for drug screening, functional genomics and other applications. Also provided are transgenic non-human mammals that express the invention protein. Also provided are compositions and methods for targeting the destruction of selected polypeptides in eukaryotic cells based on the ubiquitin-independent mechanism by which ornithine decarboxylase is degraded by the 26S proteasome. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/441688 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07504255 | Ray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saint Louis University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ratna Ray (Saint Louis, Missouri); Ranjit Ray (Saint Louis, Missouri); Arnab Basu (Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts); Tatsuo Kanda (Chiba, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a cell line capable producing infectious hepatitis C virus 1a (HCV 1a) particles in culture. Disclosed are compositions and methods for an HCV 1a (clone H77) transfected immortal human hepatocyte (IHH) capable of generating infectious HCV 1a virus particles in culture. Also disclosed are methods of using the cell line, or HCV 1a virus particles derived from said cell line, to screen for potential therapeutic agents which interfere with HCV 1a virus propagation to treat hepatic disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/506161 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/346 |
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| US 07504379 | Edelberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Edelberg (New York, New York); Munira Xaymardan (Toronto, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for protecting vascular tissues from injury that occurs, for example, during occlusion of one or more arteries. In some embodiments, the injury is myocardial infarction. The compositions of the invention include combinations of platelet derived growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, and angiopoietin-2. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129076 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07504420 | Ghosh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CoMentis, Inc. (South San Francisco, California); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (West Lafayette, Indiana); Nagaswamy Kumaragurubaran (Tamil Nadu, India); Chunfeng Liu (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Thippeswamy Devasamudram (Edmond, Oklahoma); Hui Lei (Edmond, Oklahoma); Lisa M. Swanson (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Sudha V. Ankala (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Jordan J. N. Tang (Edmond, Oklahoma); Geoffrey M. Bilcer (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel beta-secretase inhibitors and methods for their use, including methods of treating Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/463558 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/342 |
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| US 07504430 | Michejda, legal representative et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria Michejda, legal representative (North Potomac, Massachusetts); Wei Yao (New Milford, New Jersey); Brian I. Carr (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania); Siddhartha Kar (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features maleiimide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of maleiimide compounds and methods of treating a patient suffering from cancer, the method comprising administering to a patient one or more maleiimide compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/508605 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/425 |
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| US 07504486 | Steitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Steitz (Branford, Connecticut); Peter B. Moore (North Haven, Connecticut); Nenad Ban (Zürich, Switzerland); Poul Nissen (Aarhus N, Denmark); Jeffrey Hansen (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for producing high resolution crystals of ribosomes and ribosomal subunits as well as the crystals produced by such methods. The x-ray diffraction patterns of the crystals provided by the present invention are of sufficiently high resolution for determining the three-dimensional structure of ribosomes and ribosomal subunits, for identifying ligand binding sites on ribosomes and ribosomal subunits, and for molecular modeling of ligands which interact with ribosomes and ribosomal subunits. The present invention provides methods for identifying ribosome-related ligands and methods for designing ligands with specific ribosome-binding properties. Thus, the methods of the present invention may be used to produce ligands which are designed to kill or inhibit any specific target organism(s). |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/391289 |
| 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 530/412 |
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| US 07504489 | Sauve et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony A. Sauve (Bronx, New York); Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds having the formula: wherein A is chosen from a nitrogen-, oxygen-, or sulfur-linked aryl, alkyl, cyclic, or heterocyclic group; both B and C are hydrogen, or either B or C is a halogen, amino, or thiol group and the other of B or C is hydrogen; and D is a primary alcohol, a hydrogen, or an oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, or sulfur linked to phosphate, a phosphoryl group, a pyrophosphoryl group, or adenosine monophosphate through a phosphodiester or carbon-, nitrogen-, or sulfur-substituted phosphodiester bridge, or to adenosine diphosphate through a phosphodiester or carbon-, nitrogen-, or sulfur-substituted pyrophosphodiester bridge. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing the above compounds, methods of using the above compounds as pharmaceuticals, and processes for preparing the above compounds. Also provided are methods for inhibiting an ADP-ribosyl transferase, ADP-ribosyl cyclase, or ADP-ribosyl hydrolase enzyme, and methods for treating a disease or condition associated with an ADP-ribosyl transferase, ADP-ribosyl cyclase, or ADP-ribosyl hydrolase enzyme in a subject in need of treatment thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/294932 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/17.200 |
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| US 07504493 | Velculescu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor E. Velculescu (Baltimore, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Yeast genes which are differentially expressed during the cell cycle are described. They can be used to study, affect, and monitor the cell cycle of a eukaryotic cell. They can be used to obtain human homologs involved in cell cycle regulation. They can be used to identify antifungal agents and other classes of drugs. They can be formed into arrays on solid supports for interrogation of a cell's transcriptome under various conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/915727 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.320 |
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| US 07504634 | Shah |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kanai S. Shah (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns very fast scintillator materials comprising lutetium iodide doped with Cerium Lu1-xI3:Cex; LuI3:Ce). The LuI3 scintillator material has surprisingly good characteristics including high light output, high gamma ray stopping efficiency, fast response, low cost, good proportionality, and minimal afterglow that the material is useful for gamma ray spectroscopy, medical imaging, nuclear and high energy physics research, diffraction, non-destructive testing, nuclear treaty verification and safeguards, and geological exploration. The timing resolution of the scintillators of the present invention provide compositions capable of resolving the position of an annihilation event within a portion of a human body cross-section. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/614825 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/361.R00 |
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 07503461 | Hoffman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wesley P. Hoffman (Palmdale, California); Phillip G. Wapner (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided methods for fabricating devices for admitting air to a closed container while preventing passage of a water-based fluid therethrough. These devices comprise a plurality of hydrophobic capillaries or a hydrophobic reticulated microporous material. The devices comprising hydrophobic capillaries are fabricated by a variety of techniques, such as those employing extrusion, pultrusion, fugitive mandrel removal or a combination of these techniques. The devices comprising hydrophobic reticulated microporous material are fabricated by techniques such as foaming, sintering, template replication, incorporation of sacrificial particles or a combination of these techniques. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/874006 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Bottles and jars 215/11.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504069 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin C. Williams (Madison, Wisconsin); David J. Beebe (Monona, Wisconsin); Stephen M. Johnson (Oregon, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro device and method are provided for examining and testing a slice of a biological object, such as brain tissue. The micro device includes a body defining a chamber and a channel in communication with the chamber. A stimulation fluid flows axially along a flow path in the channel and engages a user selectable region of the slice. An array of electrodes in the chamber engages the slice and allows for the multi-channel electrical recording and stimulation of the slice at each of the electrode sites. |
| FILED | Monday, June 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872647 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504202 | Cullum 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) | Malford E. Cullum (Grayslake, Illinois); Paul Hine (Holt, Michigan); Lloyd G. Simonson (Spring Grove, Illinois); Chun N. Shih (East Lansing, Michigan); Diane R. Bienek (Lindenhurst, Illinois); Sukjoon Park (Germantown, Maryland); James C. Ragain, Jr. (Great Lakes, Illinois); Linda A. Lininger (Grayslake, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventive subject matter relates to a competitive method for estimating the concentration in a sample of a Bacillus anthracis protein or antibody thereof selected from the group consisting of protective antigen (PA), lethal factor (LF) and edema factor (EF). The method may employ the use of Fluorescence Polarization, FLT or FRET. The competitive methods are capable of detecting a target protein within 5 minutes within the range of 0.1 to 10.0 nM. The methods provide for the rapid detection and quantitation of bacteria, bacterial antigen or antibody in culture media or broth of growing cultures of bacteria, including B. anthracis by fluorescent methods. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/809877 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504223 | Srivastava et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meera Srivastava (Potomac, Maryland); Harvey B. Pollard (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods, including a method of assessing the prognosis of a breast cancer patient, comprising assaying for loss of heterozygosity at the 10q21 region of the genome of the patient, a method of identifying a probability that a patient with breast cancer has metastasized breast cancer, a method of determining a survival probability of a patient with breast cancer, and a method of identifying a probability that a patient with prostate cancer has a severe form of prostate cancer. This invention also provides assay complexes, including assay complexes which comprise at least one prostate tissue sample or tissue sample extract, an antibody that specifically binds ANX7, and a label, or which comprise at least one breast tissue sample or tissue sample extract, an antibody that specifically binds ANX7, and a label. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/017756 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504355 | Carter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emily A. Carter (Los Angeles, California); Emily A. Jarvis (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalytic systems are provided that include a metallic catalyst attached to a ceramic support that has alumina as a principal ingredient. The ceramic support is doped with an adhesive agent so that the surface of the support includes the adhesive agent. The adhesive agent is designed to form an open-shell electronic structure at the interface between the metallic catalyst and the support. The open-shell structure promotes extended useful catalyst lifetimes. The adhesive agents are early transition metals that include titanium, zirconium, scandium, hafnium, lanthanum and yttrium. Doping of the ceramic support surface with the adhesive agent also increases the adhesion between the ceramic support and metallic monoliths to which the ceramic support may be attached. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/518129 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504505 | Shenoy 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) | Devanand K. Shenoy (McLean, Virginia); Enrico Dalcanale (Parma, Italy); Sander Willems (Parma, Italy); Marco Busi (Parma, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound and methods of making thereof having the structure shown below is disclosed. Each Ar is an aromatic group. Each M is palladium, platinum, or rhenium. At least one X in the compound has an aliphatic having at least 1 carbon atom. Each x, each y, and each z is an integer greater than or equal to zero. Each m is an integer greater than or equal to one. n is an integer greater than or equal to three. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070397 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504718 | Gaynes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Anthony Gaynes (Vestal, New York); Kathleen Conlon Hinge (Tarrytown, New York); John Ulrich Knickerbocker (Wappingers Falls, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are provided for constructing balanced semiconductor chip package structures that minimize bowing, in-plane strain and/or other thermally induced mechanical strains that may arise during thermal cycling, to thus prevent structural damage to chip package structures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/125499 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/686 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504757 | Subramanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kanakasabapathi Subramanian (Albany, New York); Xiaojun T. Huang (Ithaca, New York); Noel C. MacDonald (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-level structures are formed in a semiconductor substrate by first forming a pattern of lines or structures of different widths. Width information on the pattern is decoded by processing steps into level information to form a MEMS structure. The pattern is etched to form structures having a first floor. The structures are oxidized until structures of thinner width are substantially fully oxidized. A portion of the oxide is then etched to expose the first floor. The first floor is then etched to form a second floor. The oxide is then optionally removed, leaving a multi-level structure. In one embodiment, high aspect ratio comb actuators are formed using the multi-level structure process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/375860 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504835 | Byington et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Impact Technologies, LLC (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl S. Byington (Pittsford, New York); Matthew J. Watson (State College, Pennsylvania); Ryan C. Brewer (Webster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for an electrochemical impedance measurement, and in particular circuitry and components employed for such measurements. The system employs an injected broadband AC signal to produce an associated response signal. The subsequent analysis of injected and response signals, considering both magnitude and phase, gives broadband impedance and therefore fluid characteristic information. An embodiment described is relative to a smart oil sensor system suitable for sensing, analyzing and reporting the condition of oil or other liquids used in equipment and machinery. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/748292 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/693 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504852 | Svensson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lars G. Svensson (Gothenburg, Sweden); William C. Athas (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for reducing reflections in a transmission line and for recovering energy from the load in the transmission during the process. At least three drive signal levels are utilized. The transition from the second level to the third level during a rising transition and the transition from the second level to the first level during a falling transition is timed to coincide with the arrival of the reflected signal from the immediately-preceding transition. A capacitor is advantageously used as the source for the intermediate drive signal levels and advantageously facilitates energy recovery and conservation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673934 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504905 | Steinbrecher |
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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) | Donald H. Steinbrecher (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for coupling power across a non-conducting membrane. A generator converts a DC source on a first side of a non-conducting membrane to a square-wave at a determined frequency. The generator output connects to a transformer and onto a first set of capacitor plates on the first side of the membrane. A second set of plates on the second side of the membrane form a set of coupling capacitors wherein the non-conducting dielectric membrane becomes part of the coupling-capacitor dielectric material. The second set of plates connects to a transformer and onto a non-linear circuit that converts the square-wave to DC voltage and current that can power a load such that the power delivered is approximately equal to the power available from the DC source on the first side of the membrane. The coupling capacitors may be replaced by coupled coils with nearly the same power delivery effect. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/022506 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/24.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504958 | Genovese et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Genovese (Street, Maryland); Robert J. Pazada (Kingsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of a system for detecting airborne hazards in a gaseous environment are disclosed. An embodiment of the system includes a plurality of sets of one or more detectors, where the detectors of each set measure different types of properties of gases, such as the color emitted when the gases are exposed to certain reagents or the ionization potential of the gases. Environmental gases enter the system and are split into a plurality of air flow streams, with each stream directed to pass through one of the sets of one or more detectors. Data from all the sets of one or more detectors is sent to a computer programmed to integrate this data in order to determine information related to the identity (e.g., the specific identity or a classification) of chemical compounds (e.g., hazardous compounds) present in the gases. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/472224 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504982 | Berg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Berg (Alta Loma, California); Keith Kato (Alta Loma, California); Kenneth Brown (Yucaipa, California); Reid Lowell (Ontario, California); David Crouch (Corona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed system, device and method for an anti-missile system generally includes a ground-based sensor array generating tracking data of a guided missile tracking a target. A control node in communication with the ground-based sensor array generates targeting data from the tracking data. A phased array directed-energy unit in communication with the control node radiates the guided missile with microwave radiation based on the targeting data received from the control node, where the microwave radiation disrupts an electronic component of the guided missile such that the guided missile discontinues tracking the target. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/423520 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504984 | Mitra |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Atindra K. Mitra (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for locating earth cavities, or items in a building, or structural characteristics having a plurality of transmitters that generate at least a portion of a waveform. Each transmitter divides the waveform into sub-chirp intervals and transmits a known sub-chirp interval from a known location to contact an article of interest. The resulting sub-chirp intervals become a leakage signal that is then received and processed by a receiver. The receiver therein approximates a cavity size, article size, article composition, article location, earth cavity location, or other structural characteristic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803813 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505009 | Parsche et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Eugene Parsche (Palm Bay, Florida); Dennis Lee Tebbe (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The polarization-diverse antenna array includes three orthogonal loop antennas having a common center, e.g. together defining a sphere. Each loop antenna includes a loop electrical conductor. Two signal feedpoints are along the loop electrical conductor and separated by a fraction of a length of the loop electrical conductor. Each of the signal feedpoints includes a series signal feedpoint so that a polarization diversity controller coupled thereto may selectively provide vertical, horizontal, lefthand circular and righthand circular polarization for a single loop electrical conductor, including simultaneous (dual) polarizations. These signal feedpoints may supply signals with vertical, horizontal, lefthand circular and righthand circular polarization from each of the three orthogonal look-angles provided by the three loop electrical conductors. Thus the antenna array may provide a compact facility for using Diversity Combining to improve communications performance and/or Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) schemes that furthermore also increase capacity. The polarization-diverse antenna array provides a rigorous polarization and look angle approach for communications diversity. |
| FILED | Monday, December 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/609037 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/742 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505145 | Hays et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Aerospace Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Byron Hays (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Peter Tchoryk, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | At least one second beam of light from a first beam of light generated by a laser is directed into an atmosphere. Light therefrom scattered by molecules or aerosols in the atmosphere is collected by at least one telescope as at least one light signal, which together with a reference beam from the first beam of light are simultaneously processed by an interferometer, and resulting fringe patterns are imaged onto a detector adapted to output a resulting at least one signal responsive thereto. In various aspects: a plurality of transversely separated light collectors collected the scattered light; at least two telescopes are associated with a common second beam of light; or the telescope is coupled to a gimble mount that provides for positioning a region of overlap of the second beam of light with the field of view of the telescope. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/927052 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505366 | Blackmon 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) | Fletcher A. Blackmon (Forestdale, Massachusetts); Lee E. Estes (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts); Gilbert Fain (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides a linear mechanism for optical-to-acoustic energy conversion for optoacoustic communication from an in-air platform to an undersea vehicle. Signals used in underwater acoustic telemetry applications are capable of being generated through the linear optoacoustic regime conversion process. A number of issues concerning linear optoacoustic communication is addressed that lead to a formulation of a linear regime optoacoustic communication scheme. The use of oblique laser bean incidence at an air-water interface to obtain considerable in-air range from the laser source to the vehicle is also addressed. The effect of oblique incidence on in-water range is addressed as well. Optimum and sub-optimum linear optoacoustic sound-generation techniques for selecting the optical wavelength and signal frequency for optimizing in-water range are identified. Optoacoustic techniques employing M-ary frequency shift keying and multifrequency shift keying are compared with communication parameters such as bandwidth, data rate, range coverage and number of lasers employed. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/454457 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Brungart (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A computationally efficient method and device for adding spatial audio capabilities to new and existing centrally switched communication systems without modifying the internal operation of the systems or the switching architecture by producing a digitally filtered copy of each input signal to represent a contralateral-ear signal with each desired talker location and treating each of a listener's ears as separate end users. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/054225 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505876 | Papadimitriou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Spyridon Papadimitriou (White Plain, New York); Jimeng Sun (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Philip S. Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In an exemplary embodiment, some of the main aspects of the present invention are the following: (i) Data model: We introduce tensor streams to deal with large collections of multi-aspect streams; and (ii) Algorithmic framework: We propose window-based tensor analysis (WTA) to effectively extract core patterns from tensor streams. The tensor representation is related to data cube in On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP). However, our present invention focuses on constructing simple summaries for each window, rather than merely organizing the data to produce simple aggregates along each aspect or combination of aspects. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/620679 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505885 | Deobald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lyle R. Deobald (Shoreline, Washington); Bernhard Dopker (Bellevue, Washington); Gerald E. Mabson (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A finite element method for predicting crack opening and propagation entails defining a succession of overlapping interface elements at a potential crack plane, each element having a bound node pair and side node pairs spaced from the bound node pair to sense approach of a crack. An energy-based fracture mechanics criterion determines whether release occurs at the bound nodes and, if so, the displacement between the bound nodes is calculated based on a strain softening law. The process is repeated for each element in sequence. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/350545 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505952 | Engler |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dawson Richards Engler (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various apparatus and methods are disclosed for identifying errors in program code. Respective numbers of observances of at least one correctness rule by different code instances that relate to the at least one correctness rule are counted in the program code. Each code instance has an associated counted number of observances of the correctness rule by the code instance. Also counted are respective numbers of violations of the correctness rule by different code instances that relate to the correctness rule. Each code instance has an associated counted number of violations of the correctness rule by the code instance. A respective likelihood of the validity is determined for each code instance as a function of the counted number of observances and counted number of violations. The likelihood of validity indicates a relative likelihood that a related code instance is required to observe the correctness rule. The violations may be output in order of the likelihood of validity of a violated correctness rule. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/689556 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506139 | Burky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Burky (Austin, Texas); Krishnan K. Kailas (Tarrytown, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for implementing a register renaming scheme for a digital data processor using a plurality of physical register files for supporting out-of-order execution of a plurality of instructions from one or more threads, the method comprising: using a DEF table to store the instruction dependencies between the plurality of instructions using the instruction tags, the DEF table being indexed by a logical register name and including one entry per logical register; using a rename USE table indexed by the instruction tags to store logical-to-physical register mapping information shared by multiple sets of different types of non-architected copies of logical registers used by multiple threads; using a last USE table to transfer data of the multiple sets of different types of non-architected copies of logical registers into the first set of architected registered files, the last USE table being indexed by a physical register name in the second set of rename registered files; and performing the register renaming scheme at the instruction dispatch or wake-up/issue time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/456878 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Perry M. Bell (Tracy, California); Allen T. Christian (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher G. Bailey (Pleasanton, California); Ladona Willis (Manteca, California); Donald A. Masquelier (Tracy, California); Shanavaz L. Nasarabadi (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for sampling air and collecting particles entrained in the air comprising a receiving surface, a liquid input that directs liquid to the receiving surface and produces a liquid surface, an air input that directs the air so that the air with particles entrained in the air impact the liquid surface, and an electrostatic contact connected to the liquid that imparts an electric charge to the liquid. The particles potentially including bioagents become captured in the liquid by the air with particles entrained in the air impacting the liquid surface. Collection efficiency is improved by the electrostatic contact electrically charging the liquid. The effects of impaction and adhesion due to electrically charging the liquid allows a unique combination in a particle capture medium that has a low fluid consumption rate while maintaining high efficiency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/497897 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07503230 | Bell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Perry M. Bell (Tracy, California); Allen T. Christian (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher G. Bailey (Pleasanton, California); Ladona Willis (Manteca, California); Donald A. Masquelier (Tracy, California); Shanavaz L. Nasarabadi (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for sampling air and collecting particles potentially including bioagents entrained in the air for detection. The system comprises collecting a sample of the air with the particles entrained in the air, directing the sample to a receiving surface, directing a liquid to the receiving surface thereby producing a liquid surface, wherein the particles potentially including bioagents become captured in the liquid, and heating the liquid wherein the particles potentially including bioagents become heated to lysis the bioagents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/497908 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07503594 | Peacock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold B. Peacock (Evans, Georgia); Kenneth J. Imrich (Grovetown, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A sealing device that may expand more planar dimensions due to internal thermal expansion of a filler material. The sealing material is of a composition such that when desired environment temperatures and internal actuating pressures are reached, the sealing materials undergoes a permanent deformation. For metallic compounds, this permanent deformation occurs when the material enters the plastic deformation phase. Polymers, and other materials, may be using a sealing mechanism depending on the temperatures and corrosivity of the use. Internal pressures are generated by either rapid thermal expansion or material phase change and may include either liquid or solid to gas phase change, or in the gaseous state with significant pressure generation in accordance with the gas laws. Sealing material thickness and material composition may be used to selectively control geometric expansion of the seal such that expansion is limited to a specific facing and or geometric plane. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/937093 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pipe joints or couplings 285/381.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504083 | Congdon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Congdon (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An external gelation process is described which produces granules of metal hydride particles contained within a sol-gel matrix. The resulting granules are dimensionally stable and are useful for applications such as hydrogen separation and hydrogen purification. An additional coating technique for strengthening the granules is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/340154 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504265 | Clague et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Clague (Livermore, California); Elizabeth K. Wheeler (Livermore, California); Abraham P. Lee (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow cytometer includes a flow cell for detecting the sample, an oil phase in the flow cell, a water phase in the flow cell, an oil-water interface between the oil phase and the water phase, a detector for detecting the sample at the oil-water interface, and a hydrophobic unit operatively connected to the sample. The hydrophobic unit is attached to the sample. The sample and the hydrophobic unit are placed in an oil and water combination. The sample is detected at the interface between the oil phase and the water phase. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/447754 |
| 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 |
| US 07504473 | Angell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Angell (Mesa, Arizona); Wu Xu (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel chain polymers comprising weakly basic anionic moieties chemically bound into a polyether backbone at controllable anionic separations are presented. Preferred polymers comprise orthoborate anions capped with dibasic acid residues, preferably oxalato or malonato acid residues. The conductivity of these polymers is found to be high relative to that of most conventional salt-in-polymer electrolytes. The conductivity at high temperatures and wide electrochemical window make these materials especially suitable as electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/311643 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/272 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504634 | Shah |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kanai S. Shah (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns very fast scintillator materials comprising lutetium iodide doped with Cerium Lu1-xI3:Cex; LuI3:Ce). The LuI3 scintillator material has surprisingly good characteristics including high light output, high gamma ray stopping efficiency, fast response, low cost, good proportionality, and minimal afterglow that the material is useful for gamma ray spectroscopy, medical imaging, nuclear and high energy physics research, diffraction, non-destructive testing, nuclear treaty verification and safeguards, and geological exploration. The timing resolution of the scintillators of the present invention provide compositions capable of resolving the position of an annihilation event within a portion of a human body cross-section. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/614825 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/361.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504702 | Mazur et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); James Edward Carey, III (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides a silicon photodetector having a surface layer that is doped with sulfur inclusions with an average concentration in a range of about 0.5 atom percent to about 1.5 atom percent. The surface layer forms a diode junction with an underlying portion of the substrate. A plurality of electrical contacts allow application of a reverse bias voltage to the junction in order to facilitate generation of an electrical signal, e.g., a photocurrent, in response to irradiation of the surface layer. The photodetector exhibits a responsivity greater than about 1 A/W for incident wavelengths in a range of about 250 nm to about 1050 nm, and a responsivity greater than about 0.1 A/W for longer wavelengths, e.g., up to about 3.5 microns. |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/445900 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505145 | Hays et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Aerospace Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Byron Hays (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Peter Tchoryk, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | At least one second beam of light from a first beam of light generated by a laser is directed into an atmosphere. Light therefrom scattered by molecules or aerosols in the atmosphere is collected by at least one telescope as at least one light signal, which together with a reference beam from the first beam of light are simultaneously processed by an interferometer, and resulting fringe patterns are imaged onto a detector adapted to output a resulting at least one signal responsive thereto. In various aspects: a plurality of transversely separated light collectors collected the scattered light; at least two telescopes are associated with a common second beam of light; or the telescope is coupled to a gimble mount that provides for positioning a region of overlap of the second beam of light with the field of view of the telescope. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/927052 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505154 | Maris |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Humphrey J. Maris (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for characterizing a sample having a structure disposed on or within the sample, comprising the steps of applying a first pulse of light to a surface of the sample for creating a propagating strain pulse in the sample, applying a second pulse of light to the surface so that the second pulse of light interacts with the propagating strain pulse in the sample, sensing from a reflection of the second pulse a change in optical response of the sample, and relating a time of occurrence of the change in optical response to at least one dimension of the structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/072841 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/630 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506138 | Tomkins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Tomkins (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William J. Camp (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple processor computing apparatus includes a physical interconnect structure that is flexibly configurable to support selective segregation of classified and unclassified users. The physical interconnect structure also permits easy physical scalability of the computing apparatus. The computing apparatus can include an emulator which permits applications from the same job to be launched on processors that use different operating systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805613 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506196 | Gunnels et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Gunnels (Brewster, New York); Fred Gehrung Gustavson (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Robert Daniel Engle (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method (and system) for detecting at least one faulty object in a system including a plurality of objects in communication with each other in an n-dimensional architecture, includes probing a first plane of objects in the n-dimensional architecture and probing at least one other plane of objects in the n-dimensional architecture which would result in identifying a faulty object in the system. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/050945 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506197 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Jens Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Kurt Walter Pinnow (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian Edward Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, program product and method checks for nodal faults in a group of nodes comprising a center node and all adjacent nodes. The center node concurrently communicates with the immediately adjacent nodes in three dimensions. The communications are analyzed to determine a presence of a faulty node or connection. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/052661 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07504047 | Castaldi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Precision Combustion, Inc. (North Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marco J. Castaldi (Yonkers, New York); Maxim Lyubovsky (North Haven, Connecticut); Subir Roychoudhury (Madison, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed is a method for improving the selectivity of a desired chemical reaction over an undesired chemical reaction utilizing a reactor having at least one channel having a catalyst positioned thereon and a presenting a reactant flow stream at a known flow rate and inlet temperature over the catalyst at a velocity such that a boundary layer formed thereby relative to said catalytic surface defines a thickness that is sufficiently less than the thickness of a fully developed boundary layer over said catalytic surface whereby the desired chemical reaction occurs preferentially over the undesired chemical reaction. |
| FILED | Monday, April 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/832055 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504078 | Jacques et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Jacques (Lexington, Kentucky); Rodney J. Andrews (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for continuous production of aligned carbon nanotubes is disclosed. The apparatus includes a reactor, an injector for delivering a feed solution into the reactor, and a conveyor for passing through the reactor a substrate on which nanotubes may be formed and grown. The apparatus further may include an inert, porous medium through which the feed solution may be passed. The apparatus produces aligned carbon nanotubes of a predetermined external diameter, and is suitable for large scale production of aligned carbon nanotubes in an industrial setting. |
| FILED | Friday, December 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/617779 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504152 | Siegel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Siegel (Menands, New York); John M. Nugent (Schenectady, New York); Pulickel M. Ajayan (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A flash CVD process can be employed to grow micron- and nano-sized tree-like structures, particularly carbon structures on graphite electrodes. This process involves fast cyclic resistive heating of electrodes in an atmosphere of inert gas and hydrocarbons at below atmospheric pressure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/781460 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504473 | Angell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Angell (Mesa, Arizona); Wu Xu (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel chain polymers comprising weakly basic anionic moieties chemically bound into a polyether backbone at controllable anionic separations are presented. Preferred polymers comprise orthoborate anions capped with dibasic acid residues, preferably oxalato or malonato acid residues. The conductivity of these polymers is found to be high relative to that of most conventional salt-in-polymer electrolytes. The conductivity at high temperatures and wide electrochemical window make these materials especially suitable as electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/311643 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/272 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07504555 | Maliga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pal Maliga (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Hiroshi Kuroda (Highland Park, New Jersey); Muhammad Sarwar Khan (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | DNA constructs containing translational control elements are provided. These 5′ regulatory segments facilitate high level expression of transgenes introduced into the plastids of higher plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/329555 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505505 | Buckwalter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Buckwalter (Pasadena, California); Seyed Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for equalizing the jitter on a communication line attributable to uncorrelated data coupled from one or more data lines in close proximity to the communication line. The crosstalk jitter induced by adjacent data lines can be equalized by detecting one or more data or state transitions in the adjacent data lines and comparing the timing of the one or more data or state transitions to the timing of one or more data or state transitions on the communication line. The state transitions can be compared to determine a mode and corresponding level of coupling. A time delay contributed by a variable time delay positioned in series with the communication line can be varied based in part on the level of coupling. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/071413 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/371 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07504921 | Vranish |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Vranish (Crofton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An actuator for moving a load has a frame forming a race between two surfaces thereof, at least two elements joined together by at least one flexible member, the elements and the at least one flexible member being disposed between the two surfaces of the frame that forms a race, one of the elements further joined to the load by a portion of the at least one flexible member, wherein when an element comes into contact with a surface of the frame it will stick thereto absent a repelling force, and moving means disposed to selectively attract or repel a corresponding element towards or away from one or the other of the two surfaces of the frame that forms the race. The actuator effects movement of the load in a direction towards or away from the elements, by changing a position of at least one of the elements on a surface of the frame that forms the race. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543278 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505952 | Engler |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dawson Richards Engler (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various apparatus and methods are disclosed for identifying errors in program code. Respective numbers of observances of at least one correctness rule by different code instances that relate to the at least one correctness rule are counted in the program code. Each code instance has an associated counted number of observances of the correctness rule by the code instance. Also counted are respective numbers of violations of the correctness rule by different code instances that relate to the correctness rule. Each code instance has an associated counted number of violations of the correctness rule by the code instance. A respective likelihood of the validity is determined for each code instance as a function of the counted number of observances and counted number of violations. The likelihood of validity indicates a relative likelihood that a related code instance is required to observe the correctness rule. The violations may be output in order of the likelihood of validity of a violated correctness rule. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/689556 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07505585 | Solinas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, The National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome A. Solinas (Westminster, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of generating a cryptographic key between two users. First, the users select an elliptic curve. Next, the users select a point P on the curve. Next, the first user selects integers ra and wa and the second user selects integers rb and wb. Next, the first user generates points Ra=raP and Wa=waP and the second user generates points Rb=rbP and Wb=wbP. Next, the first user transmits Ra and Wa to the second user and the second user transmits Rb and Wb to the first user. Next, the first user generates ca from what it possesses while the second user generates cb from what it possesses in equivalent fashion. Next, the first user generates ga as a function of wa, ra, Wb, and Rb and the second user generates gb as a function of wb, rb, Wa, and Ra, in equivalent fashion. Next, the first user binarily expands on ca and ga in joint sparse form and the second user does the same on cb and gb. Next, the first user generates a point K by computing caWb+gaRb via twin multiplication, double-add-subtract method, and the binary expansions in joint sparse form and the second user generates the point K by computing cbWa+gbRa in similar fashion. The last step is for each user to derive the cryptographic key from K in the same manner. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/184892 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505876 | Papadimitriou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Spyridon Papadimitriou (White Plain, New York); Jimeng Sun (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Philip S. Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In an exemplary embodiment, some of the main aspects of the present invention are the following: (i) Data model: We introduce tensor streams to deal with large collections of multi-aspect streams; and (ii) Algorithmic framework: We propose window-based tensor analysis (WTA) to effectively extract core patterns from tensor streams. The tensor representation is related to data cube in On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP). However, our present invention focuses on constructing simple summaries for each window, rather than merely organizing the data to produce simple aggregates along each aspect or combination of aspects. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/620679 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07503981 | Wyman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Wyman (Norwich, Vermont); Todd A. Lloyd (Hartland, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for removing minerals from a cellulosic biomass. For example, the biomass may be prewashed with an acid solution and rinsed with water to remove minerals prior to acid saccharification. The removal of minerals may reduce overall acid requirements, and decrease pretreatment costs. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/293639 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates 127/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07505365 | Chryssostomidis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis (Boston, Massachusetts); Daniel Sura (Palm City, Florida); George E. M. Karniadakis (Newton, Massachusetts); Corey Jaskolski (Severance, Colorado); Richard Kimball (Nottingham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a device for generating an acoustic signal in an electrically conductive medium such as salt water. The device of the present invention has a broadband frequency response and supports high bandwidth data transmission. Reliability is improved in comparison to conventional underwater acoustic transmitters as the device includes no moving components. In one embodiment, the device includes a parallel and alternating arrangement of electrodes and magnets. Neighboring electrodes have different voltages and neighboring magnets have opposite pole configurations such that the magnetic fields overlap the currents between the electrodes in the medium. The currents or the magnetic fields are modulated according to a data signal to generate an acoustic signal in the medium. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/445394 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07504756 | Caprio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew T. Caprio (Austin, Texas); Vasileios Lelos (Austin, Texas); John Herbst (Austin, Texas); Stephen Manifold (Austin, Texas); Howard Jordon (Mentor, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A high strength induction machine, rotor, rotor cage end ring and bar joint, rotor end ring, and related methods are provided. An embodiment of an end ring and bar joint includes a main body adapted to substantially surround a rotor shaft when mounted thereto, a plurality of slots extending inwardly in a radial direction from outer peripheries of the main body, a thicker end ring section extending outwardly from a medial portion of the main body, being thicker than the outer peripheries of the main body, and also being adapted to substantially surround the rotor shaft, and a plurality of bosses extending axially and outwardly from outer peripheral portions in a direction opposite to the thicker end ring section and each adapted to receive an end portion of a rotor bar therein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/338936 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/211 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07504253 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (La Jolla, California); Shu-ichi Matsuzawa (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel Siah-Mediated-Degradation-Proteins (SMDPs) and/or SCF-Complex Proteins (SCPs). Nucleic acid sequences encoding such proteins and assays employing same are also disclosed. The invention SMDPs and/or SCPs can be employed in a variety of ways, for example, for the production of anti-SMDP and/or SCP antibodies thereto, in therapeutic compositions, and methods employing such proteins and/or antibodies for drug screening, functional genomics and other applications. Also provided are transgenic non-human mammals that express the invention protein. Also provided are compositions and methods for targeting the destruction of selected polypeptides in eukaryotic cells based on the ubiquitin-independent mechanism by which ornithine decarboxylase is degraded by the 26S proteasome. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/441688 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07504835 | Byington et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Impact Technologies, LLC (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl S. Byington (Pittsford, New York); Matthew J. Watson (State College, Pennsylvania); Ryan C. Brewer (Webster, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for an electrochemical impedance measurement, and in particular circuitry and components employed for such measurements. The system employs an injected broadband AC signal to produce an associated response signal. The subsequent analysis of injected and response signals, considering both magnitude and phase, gives broadband impedance and therefore fluid characteristic information. An embodiment described is relative to a smart oil sensor system suitable for sensing, analyzing and reporting the condition of oil or other liquids used in equipment and machinery. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/748292 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/693 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07504767 | Moradi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benham Moradi (Boise, Idaho); Zhong-Yi Xia (Boise, Idaho); Tianhong Zhang (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode structure for a display device comprising a gate electrode proximate to an emitter and a focusing electrode separated from the gate electrode by an insulating layer containing a ridge are provided. When the focusing electrode is an aperture-type electrode, the ridge protrudes closer to the emitter than the sidewall of the gate electrode or the sidewall of the focusing electrode. When the focusing electrode is a concentric-type electrode, the ridge protrudes above the upper surface of the gate electrode or the upper surface of the focusing electrode. A method for making the aperture-type and concentric-type electrode structures is described. A display device containing such electrode structures is also described. By forming an insulating ridge between the gate and focusing electrodes, shorting between the two electrodes is reduced and yield enhancement increased. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/091610 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505349 | Hearn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Hearn (St. Pete Beach, Florida); Dean W. Brenner (Largo, Florida); Scott D. Stackelhouse (Tigard, Oregon); Fernando M. Garcia (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling a refresh sequence for multiple memory elements within an electronic device is disclosed. The method involves adjusting a programmable signal delay to avoid a simultaneous memory refresh between two or more of the multiple memory elements and passing a refresh signal from one memory element to another memory element based on the programmable signal delay. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/470903 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07505902 | Mesgarani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nima Mesgarani (College Park, Maryland); Shihab A. Shamma (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An audio signal (172) representative of an acoustic signal is provided to an auditory model (105). The auditory model (105) produces a high-dimensional feature set based on physiological responses, as simulated by the auditory model (105), to the acoustic signal. A multidimensional analyzer (106) orthogonalizes and truncates the feature set based on contributions by components of the orthogonal set to a cortical representation of the acoustic signal. The truncated feature set is then provided to classifier (108), where a predetermined sound is discriminated from the acoustic signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/190933 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/231 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP19831 | Anderson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil O. Anderson (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A new cultivar of chrysanthemum, ‘00-100-382’, characterized by it's early blooming habit with frost tolerant single to duplex daisy-type inflorescences with dark purple ray florets and gold disk florets, its vigorous shrub-like growth habit after two years of growth, its tight cushion plant form attained without pinching, and its good garden performance and winter hardiness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803912 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/286 |
| 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 17, 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
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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