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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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| US 07506514 | Muldoon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc J. Muldoon (Marlborough, Connecticut); Meggan H. Harris (Colchester, Connecticut); Robert T. Brooks (Killingworth, Texas); Tor W. Sherwood (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine augmentor has a centerbody within a gas flowpath from upstream to downstream. A plurality of vanes are positioned in the gas flowpath outboard of the centerbody. An augmenter fuel conduit extends through a first of the vanes to deliver fuel to the centerbody. An electrographitic carbon bushing guides and supports the augmentor fuel conduit. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/174087 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/761 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506570 | Koski |
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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) | Samuel R. Koski (Bowling Green, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided for holding and releasing a missile within a canister. The device includes a housing attached to the canister, a latch mechanism extending from the housing into the canister, a tension applier disposed in the housing to restrain the missile in the canister, a release mechanism disposed on the housing, an interface mechanism and a compression applier. The tension applier forces the latch mechanism against the housing to withdraw from the missile. The interface mechanism initially couples the release mechanism and the tension applier. The compression applier anchors to the interface mechanism and forces the latch mechanism against the housing to engage the missile and counteract said tension applier. On command, the release mechanism disengages from the housing to release the compression applier from the interface mechanism. This action enables the tension applier to withdraw the latch mechanism from the missile. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001595 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.806 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506572 | Hombeck |
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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) | William Donald Hombeck (Warwick, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A combination sabot and launch seal is taught that is made from a single piece of molded flexible material mounted to the interior of a launch capsule. The sabot portion of the invention is defined by multiple flexible appendages that are joined together at one end in a domed shape and positioned over the nose of a missile in a launch capsule. During a launch, the appendages separate and fold back over the lip of the forward aperture of the launch capsule. |
| FILED | Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398741 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506586 | Pereira 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) | Carlos M. Pereira (Tannersville, Pennsylvania); Chris Janow (Bloomingdale, New Jersey); Charles William McMullan (Newton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A munitions energy system combines various sources of energy generation with energy storage to provide power to a munition through various stages of the munition's operation. The system uses energy harvesting technologies which convert energy captured from the environment of the munition to electrical power which can be used to meet the munition's power needs. Energy can be harvested from the mechanical, thermal, and electromagnetic environment of the munition. The harvested energy can be stored by the system for later use. The system can also receive energy from conventional sources such as batteries and manage the energy from all sources to meet the power requirements of the munition. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/462149 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506587 | Anderson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of Americas as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E. Anderson (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular gun-launch projectile is provided to include a core section; a base section, a payload section and a nose section. The base section can be translatably inserted into the core section. The payload section includes an annular opening that enables the core section to pass therethrough. The nose section can be inserted into the core section. The sections are separable into discrete components and can be assembled together into an all-up-round. The core section can be a cylindrical solid rod or cylindrical hollow tube. The base section can include a propulsion system. The payload section can be a unitary explosive or contain submunitions. The nose section can include a fuse, a seeker, an air inlet, a guidance receiver and/or guidance vanes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/713833 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506778 | DaSilva et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kazak Composities, Incorporated (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. DaSilva (Lowell, Massachusetts); Jerome P. Fanucci (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular packaging system of containers each having a generally tubular, hollow container body of a fiber-reinforced composite material with cooperative mating interlocking elements extending axially along its length. The interlocking elements allow the containers to be stacked and palletized in a stable manner. An interface between a closure mechanism and the container body provides a good seal and prevents fraying or brooming of the fiber-reinforced composite material at the end face of the body. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/032570 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/23.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506839 | Conner |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. Conner (Avon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An aircraft fuselage intake duct seal dampens vibration in a compression seal member of an engine case inlet. The intake duct seal includes an inner leg that engages a stationary portion of the compression seal member and comprises a plurality of plenums for allowing inlet air to pass through the inner leg. The intake duct seal also includes an outer leg that engages a movable portion of the compression seal member and comprises a plurality of deflectors and a plurality of ligaments. The deflectors disengage the movable portion of the compression seal member at a threshold pressure such that inlet air bypasses entry into the engine case inlet. The ligaments remain in contact with and dampen vibration of the movable portion of the compression seal member at or above the threshold pressure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/291013 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/53.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507100 | Malkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew C. Malkin (Seattle, Washington); Xinlin Peter Qing (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for establishing a substantially unitary connecting structure including a generally flat conductor member carrying a first plurality of first electrical conductors and a second conductor member carrying a second plurality of second electrical conductors includes: (a) an electrical connecting structure configured for receiving the second conductor member to establish electrical connection between at least one first electrical conductor of the first plurality of first electrical conductors and at least one second electrical conductor of the second plurality of second electrical conductors; (b) a generally inflexible support structure; and (c) at least one connecting member traversing the flat conductor member and cooperating with the electrical connecting structure and the support structure for capturing the flat conductor member between the connecting structure and the support structure in an installed orientation. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/759794 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507145 | Zurbuchen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Zurbuchen (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tomographic system includes a reporting device colocated and juxtaposed an object so that both are ground through grinding to various sectioning depths as the reporting device is ground down exposing a reporting marker along a length of the reporting device for indicating the depth of sectioning for accurate precise depth of grinding well suited for precise sectioned tomographic imaging. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904656 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Abrading 451/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507390 | Choi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees, The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyungsoo Choi (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are organometallic compounds derived from Groups VIIb, VIII, IX, and X metals useful as precursors for the formation of metal containing powders and for the chemical deposition of the metals on substrates, particularly for the chemical vapor deposition of metal films suitable for the manufacture of electronic devices. Methods for their use are also disclosed. The preferred organometallic compounds of the present invention are of the formula (R1)mM(PR23)x, where M is a metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, technetium, rhenium, iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium iridium and platinum wherein m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; x is 2, 3, 4 or 5 and m+x are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, m and x selected according to each metals appropriate valence; each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, N2, H2, D2 and a variety of substituted alkyl groups; each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, and alkyl-Z, aryl-Z and arylalkyl-Z where Z is selected from the group consisting of oxy, silyl, siloxy, oxysilyl, siloxy, oxysiloxy, silyalkyl, oxysilylalkyl, siloxyalkyl, oxysiloxyalkyl, silylalkoxy, silylalkoxy, siloxyalkoxy and oxysiloxyalkoxy; and wherein when M is cobalt and one group R1 is selected to be N2, then m is 2 and the second group R1 is hydrogen or deuterium. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/827479 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/344 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507454 | Cholli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts); United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok L. Cholli (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Vijayendra Kumar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Jayant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Virinder Singh Parmar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Lynne Ann Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Antioxidant polymers of the present invention comprise repeat units that include one or both of Structural Formulas (I) and (II): wherein: R is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, acyl or aryl group; Ring A is substituted with at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Ring B is substituted with at least one —H and at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Rings A and B are each optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of —OH, —NH, —SH, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group; n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; and p is an integer equal to or greater than 0. The invention also includes methods of using and preparing these polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/711434 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/34.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507482 | Bruce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert William Bruce (Loveland, Ohio); Ramgopal Darolia (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A ceramic material suitable for use as a coating, such as a porous thermal barrier coating (TBC) on a component intended for use in a hostile thermal environments. The coating material consists essentially of zirconia stabilized by at least one rare-earth metal oxide and further alloyed to contain a limited amount of titania. Rare-earth metal oxides of particular interest are lanthana, ceria, neodymia, europia, gadolinia, erbia, dysprosia, and ytterbia, individually or in combination. Zirconia, the rare-earth metal oxide, and titania are present in the coating material in amounts to yield a predominantly tetragonal phase crystal structure. The amount of titania in the coating is tailored to allow higher levels of stabilizer while maintaining the tetragonal phase, i.e., avoiding the cubic (fluorite) phase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/164607 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507547 | Carraway |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Carraway (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are screening assays for identifying and evaluating compounds with antioxidant and/or antiproliferative activities. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/223395 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507783 | Meador et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jim D. Meador (Manchester, Missouri); Mariya Nagatkina (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Doug Holmes (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | New lithographic compositions (e.g., for use as middle layers in trilayer processes) are provided. In one embodiment, the compositions comprise an organo-silicon polymer dispersed or dissolved in a solvent system, and preferably a crosslinking agent and a catalyst. In another embodiment, the organo-silicon polymer is replaced with a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-containing polymer and/or a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane. In either embodiment, the polymer and/or compound should also include —OH groups for proper cross-linking of the composition. When used as middle layers, these compositions can be applied as very thin films with a very thin layer of photoresist being applied to the top of the middle layer. Thus, the underlying bottom anti-reflective coating is still protected even though the overall stack (i.e., anti-reflective coating plus middle layer plus photoresist) is still thin compared to prior art stacks. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/784045 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507840 | Dalton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry R. Dalton (Silverdale, Washington); Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Timothy Londergan (Seattle, Washington); William Brenden Carlson (Seattle, Washington); Gregory Phelan (Seattle, Washington); Diyun Huang (Seattle, Washington); Daniel Casmier (Seattle, Washington); Todd Ewy (Fort Walton Beach, Florida); Nicholas Buker (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Acceptor compounds useful for making hyperpolarizable organic chromophores having a π-donor conjugated to a π-acceptor through a π-bridge. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/077607 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/474 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508110 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Ronggui Yang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Arvind Narayanaswamy (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface-plasmon-coupled thermoelectric apparatus includes a first surface-plasmon substrate and a thermoelectric substrate electrically coupled to a plurality of electrodes. The substrates are electrically isolated from each other, and a first face of the thermoelectric substrate opposes a first face of the first surface-plasmon substrate to define a phonon insulating gap. A method of transferring thermal energy across the phonon insulating gap includes creating a first surface-plasmon polariton at the first surface-plasmon substrate when the first surface-plasmon substrate is coupled to a first thermal reservoir. Also included is creating a nonequilibrium state between the electron temperature and the phonon temperature at a first face of the thermoelectric substrate, when a second face of the thermoelectric substrate is coupled to a second thermal reservoir. Also included is coupling the first surface plasmon polariton with electrons in the thermoelectric substrate across the phonon insulating gap, thereby transferring thermal energy between the thermal reservoirs through the phonon insulating gap. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/007557 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508224 | Williams |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Lamar Williams (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for measuring a stability margin at a node of a polyphase power grid injects suppressed-carrier stimulus into a node of the power grid by low-level amplitude modulation of the output voltage of a pre-exiting generator connected to the node. Response signals are obtained and product demodulated on a per-phase basis and summed in three-phase groups. Demodulated and summed responses contain signals that represent the suppressed-carrier impedance upstream and downstream of the stimulus injection point, and are processed to determine the stability margin at the node. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/691948 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/707 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508230 | Kirichenko |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander F. Kirichenko (Pleasantville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A programmable phase shifter is constructed of Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic elements. The logic elements may include an RSFQ inverter and an RSFQ T flip-flop. A digital word comprising N bits is used to control the amount of phase shift and the phase shifter selectively imparts a respective phase shift for any of 2N states that can be represented by the digital word. The RSFQ logic elements utilize Josephson junctions which operate in the superconducting temperature domain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/243020 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07508262 — Envelope elimination and restoration amplifier harmonic energy recovery system and method
| US 07508262 | Wagner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul K. Wagner (Marion, Iowa); Kil S. Kim (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency (RF) amplifier system uses an envelope elimination and restoration (EER) amplifier having at least one carrier input, at least one power input, and at least one amplifier output carrying an amplified signal. The RF amplifier system disclosed also uses a diplexer receiving the amplified signal and filtering the amplified signal, the diplexer having at least one RF output and at least one harmonic energy output. Further, the RF amplifier system uses a harmonic energy recovery circuit. The harmonic energy recovery circuit is coupled to the at least one harmonic energy output and the harmonic energy recovery circuit having at least one output coupled to the EER amplifier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523843 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508283 | Itoh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatsuo Itoh (Rolling Hills, California); Christophe Caloz (Quebec, Canada); I-Hsiang Lin (San Gabriel, California); Hiroshi Okabe (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | High-frequency couplers and coupling techniques are described utilizing artificial composite right/left-handed transmission line (CRLH-TL). Three specific forms of couplers are described; (1) a coupled-line backward coupler is described with arbitrary tight/loose coupling and broad bandwidth; (2) a compact enhanced-bandwidth hybrid ring coupler is described with increased bandwidth and decreased size; and (3) a dual-band branch-line coupler that is not limited to a harmonic relation between the bands. These variations are preferably implemented in a microstrip fabrication process and may use lumped-element components. The couplers and coupling techniques are directed at increasing the utility while decreasing the size of high-frequency couplers, and are suitable for use with separate coupler or couplers integrated within integrated devices. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/092141 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508528 | 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. A data processor determines at least one air data product responsive thereto. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/927155 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508886 | Johnson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Andrew Johnson (Owego, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system generates a digital signal from input data of a digital pulse. The system includes a converter, a generator, and a comparator. The converter converts the digital pulse to an analytic signal. The converter produces a first output by application of an amplitude envelope and Euler's identity. The generator generates an analog signal from the first output. The generator produces a second output. The comparator compares the second output to the input data of the digital pulse. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/092485 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508887 | Chavez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos J. Chavez (Marion, Iowa); Kent D. Benson (Marion, Iowa); Robert K. Fahler (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Robert J. Frank (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Scott J. F. Zogg (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for signal acquisition with transmit blanking compensation compensates for collisions between a desired received signal and a transmitted signal. A blanking block blanks a received signal when the transmitted signal is transmitted and stops blanking when the transmitted signal stops to provide a received signal with blanking. A correlation block correlates the received signal with blanking with a known sequence of symbols corresponding to the desired received signal and outputs a correlation metric and a number of symbols blanked. Means for adjusting the correlation metric or a variable threshold using the number of symbols blanked are provided. A decision block compares the adjusted correlation metric to a fixed threshold or the correlation metric to the variable threshold. If the adjusted correlation metric exceeds the threshold or if the correlation metric exceeds the variable threshold, the decision block determines that the desired signal is detected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/220236 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07509150 | Simmons |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wimington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Simmons (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A power savings technique is provided for a radio communication device. The technique involves reducing the amount of time that a receiver is powered-up during a time interval that the radio communication device may receive a transmission from another radio communication device. This time interval is referred to as a reception time interval, though it may also correspond to a time interval that the device may transmit to another device if the device is in a transmit mode. This method involves delaying enablement of the receiver for a relatively short first time interval that begins at the start of the reception time interval. When the first time interval expires, the receiver is enabled for at least a second time interval so that the device can detect whether a synchronization pattern is occurring, indicative of a radio transmission being sent for the device. The duration of the second time interval is such that it expires well before the end of the reception time interval. If the device does not detect the synchronization pattern during the second time interval, the receiver is powered-down or disabled. The durations of the first and second time intervals may be set by first and second timers, respectively. Consequently, the receiver is disabled before the end of the reception interval when there is no transmission to the device that is to be received. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/194464 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/574 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Woodland Hills, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Huddle (Chatsworth, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for: (a) the correction of one or more elements determined from a first set of continuous gyro and accelerometer measurements comprising using a second set of discontinuously measured higher accuracy accelerometer measurements doubly integrated in an inertial coordinate system, (b) determining relative movement of a vehicle using a first set of acceleration measurements that do not include components of acceleration caused by the Earth's gravitational field, and a second set of acceleration measurements that do include components of acceleration caused by the Earth's gravitational field; and (c) correcting errors in an inertial navigation system positioned in a vehicle comprising using independently measured changes in position of the vehicle relative to an inertial coordinate frame. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/087902 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/221 |
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| US 07509235 | Bonissone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Piero Patrone Bonissone (Schenectady, New York); Kareem Sherif Aggour (Niskayuna, New York); Anil Varma (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of forecasting reliability of an asset is provided. The method includes identifying peer units of the asset by using selected criteria, performing a search for the peer units based upon the selected criteria, and constructing local predictive models using the peer units. The method also includes estimating the future behavior of the asset based upon the local predictive models and dynamically updating the local predictive models to reflect at least one change in the criteria. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/216940 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/184 |
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| US 07509241 | Guo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanlin Guo (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Stephen Charles Hsu (East Windsor, New Jersey); Harpreet Singh Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for automatically combining aerial images and oblique images to form a three-dimensional (3D) site model. The apparatus or method is supplied with aerial and oblique imagery. The imagery is processed to identify building boundaries and outlines as well as to produce a depth map. The building boundaries and the depth map may be combined to form a 3D plan view model or used separately as a 2D plan view model. The imagery and plan view model is further processed to determine roof models for the buildings in the scene. The result is a 3D site model having buildings represented rectangular boxes with accurately defined roof shapes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/191397 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
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| US 07509419 | Elnozahy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elmootazbellah Nabil Elnozahy (Austin, Texas); Peter Anthony Walker (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing remote access redirect in a host channel adapter of a system area network are provided. The method provides a mechanism by which a host channel adapter, in response to receiving a marker message, places selected channel(s) of the host channel adapter in a remote access redirect (RAR) mode of operation. During the RAR mode of operation, memory access messages received by the host channel adapter that are destined for portions of an application memory space marked as being protected are converted to RAR receive messages and redirected to a queue pair associated with an operating system rather than the queue pair for the application. The operating system is responsible for serializing access to application memory pages outside of the host channel adapter. The mechanisms of the present invention may be used to perform a checkpoint data integrity operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/034557 |
| ART UNIT | 2153 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D588856 | Toth 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) | Shirley A. Toth (Rome, New York); E. Paul Ratazzi (Rome, New York) |
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| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 29/307243 |
| ART UNIT | 2915 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for preparing or serving food or drink not elsewhere specified D7/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Benz (Novato, California); Demetrios P. Papahadjopoulos (San Francisco, California); John W. Park (San Francisco, California); Keelung Hong (San Francisco, California); Dmitri Kirpotin (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for immunoliposomes that optimizes internalization of a drug into target cells bearing a characteristic cell surface marker. The immunoliposomes comprise an Fab′ domain of an antibody that specifically binds the characteristic marker, an amphipathic vesicle-forming lipid, and a polyethylene glycol derivatized lipid. The invention also provides for growth-inhibiting immunoliposomes that lack growth-inhibiting therapeutic agents and yet are capable of inhibiting the growth and proliferation of target cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/546781 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/143.100 |
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| US 07507415 | Arroyo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Acambis Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan Arroyo (Rockville, Maryland); Charles Miller (Lynn, Massachusetts); John Avram Catalan (Newton, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Monath (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides chimeric flavivirus vaccines against West Nile virus and methods of using these vaccines to prevent or treat West Nile virus infection. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/715868 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
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| US 07507422 | Kropp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley P. Kropp (Edmond, Oklahoma); Yuan Yuan Zhang (Edmond, Oklahoma); Earl Y. Cheng (Elmhurst, Illinois); Hsueh-Kung Lin (Edmond, Oklahoma); Rick Cowan (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for repairing damaged or diseased urinary tract tissue includes providing a urinary tract tissue graft composition that includes a distal ileal segment of small intestinal submucosa. The distal ileal segment of small intestinal submucosa may be utilized as an unseeded tissue graft composition, or the distal ileal segment of small intestinal submucosa may be positioned in a tissue culture frame, and smooth muscle and urothelial cells isolated from a tissue specimen of a subject and cultured are then seeded upon the distal ileal segment of small intestinal submucosa, thereby forming a urinary tract tissue graft. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/326533 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/551 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mario Stevenson (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of detecting a HIV-infected cell in a mammal. The method includes detecting an HIV 2-LTR circle DNA molecule obtained from a cell of an HIV-positive mammal, especially an HIV-1-positive human. |
| FILED | Monday, March 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795580 |
| 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 07507538 | Khleif 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) | Samir N. Khleif (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides immunogenic peptides from the HPV-18E6 protein that comprise class I restricted T cell epitopes and discloses methods of administering these peptides to individuals, and a method for monitoring or evaluating an immune response to HPV with these peptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/685632 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Carraway (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are screening assays for identifying and evaluating compounds with antioxidant and/or antiproliferative activities. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/223395 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507556 | 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); Janet Weigel (Edmond, Oklahoma); Bin Zhou (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A purified nucleic acid segment encoding a functionally active hyaluronan receptor for endocytosis (HARE) or an active peptide fragment thereof, and methods for producing functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof therefrom, wherein the functionally active HARE or an active peptide fragment thereof is able to specifically bind HA, chondroitin and chondroitin sulfate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/990844 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07507565 | Gambhir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portolla Valley, California); Abhijit De (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) systems, methods of detecting a protein-protein interaction, noninvasive methods for detecting the interaction of a first protein with a second protein within a living animal, methods to determine the efficacy of a test compound administered to modulate the interaction of a first protein with a second protein in a living animal, BRET vectors, kits relating to each of the above, transgenic cell or progeny thereof and/or animals relating to each of the above, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/373679 |
| 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 435/189 |
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| US 07507570 | Prabhakar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vikas Prabhakar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ishan Capila (Ashland, Massachusetts); Rahul Raman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Carlos Bosques (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kevin Pojasek (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to chondroitinase ABC I and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant and modified chondroitinase ABC I, their production and their uses. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes of the invention are useful for a variety of purposes, including degrading and analyzing polysaccharides such as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). These GAGs can include chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, unsulfated chondroitin and hyaluronan. The chondroitinase ABC I enzymes can also be used in therapeutic methods such as promoting nerve regeneration, promoting stroke recovery, treating spinal cord injury, treating epithelial disease, treating infections and treating cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/078915 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/232 |
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| US 07507711 | Mochly-Rosen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | PKC V5 isozyme-specific peptides are described. The sequences and compositions comprising the sequences are useful for treating disease states associated with the PKC isozyme from which they are respectively derived. Methods of treatment, pharmaceutical formulations and methods of identifying compounds that mimic the activity of the peptides are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/421503 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07507716 | Diogenes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anibal Diogenes (San Antonio, Texas); Kenneth Hargreaves (San Antonio, Texas); Armen Akopian (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein provide methods for inhibiting, reducing and/or treating pain in a subject by administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical formulation that includes a pharmacologically active compound that is adapted to disrupt PRL signaling in pain neurons. In certain embodiments, the compound is a PRL-R antagonist. In certain embodiments, the compound is adapted to alter the expression of one or more components involved in PRL signaling. Also provided for herein are methods to diagnose a pain disorder in a subject, comprising obtaining a measure of the amount of PRL or PRL mRNA in a biological sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482096 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 07507749 | Horwitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome P. Horwitz (Farmington Hills, Michigan); Stuart T. Hazeldine (Taylor, Michigan); Thomas H. Corbett (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan); Lisa Polin (Oak Park, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein Y is F, Cl, Br, methyl or methoxy; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are effective antitumor agent. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I or a salt thereof, intermediates useful for preparing a compound of formula I, and therapeutic methods comprising administering a compound of formula I or a salt thereof to a mammal in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/753197 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/312 |
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| US 07507792 | Fisher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University In The City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. Fisher (Scarsdale, New York); Hongping Jiang (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method of generating a subtracted cDNA library of a cell comprising: a) generating a cDNA library of the cell; b) isolating double-stranded DNAs from the cDNA library; c) releasing the double-stranded cDNA inserts from the double-stranded DNAs; d) denaturing the isolated double-stranded cDNA inserts; e) hybridizing the denatured double-stranded cDNA inserts with a labelled single-stranded nucleic acid molecules which are to be subtracted from the cDNA library; and f) separating the hybridized labeled single-stranded nucleic acid molecule from the double-stranded cDNA inserts, thereby generating a subtracted cDNA library of a cell. This invention also provides different uses of the subtracted library. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/417827 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07507793 | Zuker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); United States of America Dept. of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health-OTT (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Zuker (San Diego, California); Nicholas J. P. Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Gregory A. Nelson (San Diego, California); Mark A. Hoon (Kensington, Maryland); Jayaram Chandrashekar (San Diego, California); Yifeng Zhang (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet taste receptors comprising two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet taste receptors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/645441 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07507794 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alon Chen (Rehovot, Israel); Marilyn Perrin (La Jolla, California); Wylie Vale (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions and methods related to soluble G-protein coupled receptors (sGPCR). In ceratin aspects the invention includes compositions and methods related to a soluble corticotropin releasing factor receptor related protein, sCRFR2, as well as its effects on CRFR signaling and interaction between CRF family ligand and CRFR receptors, including but not limited to CRFR2, CRFR1 and functional or signaling capable variants thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/350411 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07507799 | Hempstead et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara L. Hempstead (New York, New York); Ramee Lee (New York, New York); Kenneth K. Teng (New York, New York); Pouneh Kermani (Great Neck, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an isolated protein comprising a pro-domain of a proneurotrophin, methods for producing the protein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the isolated protein. The invention also provides a nucleic acid molecule which encodes the protein and a vector containing the nucleic acid molecule. The present invention further provides a method for cleaving a proneurotrophin protein to a mature neurotrophin. In addition, the invention relates to methods for inducing apoptosis in a cell of a mammal expressing p75 surface receptors or p75 and trk receptors. The methods include causing the p75 receptor to bind a pharmaceutical composition containing a pro-domain of a proneurotrophin or administering to the mammal an effective amount of a cleavage-resistant proneurotrophin and an inhibitor of trk activation. The invention also relates to a method for inhibiting apoptosis of a cell in a mammal by administering an effective amount of a molecule which inhibits binding of a proneurotrophin to a p75 receptor. Also provided, are kits and methods for screening a human for a condition associated with undesired apoptosis. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/155886 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/399 |
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| US 07507806 | de Lange et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Titia de Lange (New York, New York); Joshua Silverman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to human Rif1 (hRif1) nucleic acid sequences and human Rif1 amino acid sequences encoded therefrom. The invention also encompasses antibodies that are immunologically specific for human Rif1 polypeptides. Also included in the present invention are methods directed to detecting Rif1 foci formed in response to various treatments that induce DNA damage. The formation of foci comprising Rif1 in response to DNA damage serves as a positive indicator of the presence of wild type ATM kinase activity in a cell, whereas the absence of detectable Rif1 foci under such circumstances serves to identify a cell with reduced ATM kinase activity. Modulators of ATM kinase activity and/or Rif1 activity and methods for identifying such modulators are also included in the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/203806 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
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| US 07507851 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a state corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Mathew D. Minardi (Mather, California); Heidi J. Rosenberg (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel compounds denominated halocombstatins. The halocombstatins are derivatives of combretastatin A-3, and include compounds that exhibit cancer growth cell inhibition against a panel of human cancer cell lines and the murine P388 leukemia, as well as activity as inhibitors of tubulin polymerization and inhibitors of the binding of colchicine to tubulin. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/021246 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/210 |
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| US 07508206 | Sasisekharan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram Sasisekharan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ganesh Venkataraman (Bedford, Massachusetts); Rahul Raman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Benito Casu (Milan, Italy); Giangiacomo Torri (Milan, Italy); Marco Guerrini (Saronno Varese, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for analyzing polysaccharides. In particular, compositional and sequence information about the polysaccharides are derived. Some methods use NMR in conjunction with another experimental method, such as, capillary electrophoretic techniques for the analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/441970 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
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| US 07508211 | Wen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifei Wen (Madison, Wisconsin); Angel R. Pineda (Fullerton, California); Huanzhou Yu (Mountain View, California); Scott B. Reeder (Middleton, Wisconsin); Norbert J. Pelc (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a magnetic resonance images is provided. A magnetic resonance imaging excitation is applied. A plurality of magnetic resonance image signals is acquired. The plurality of image signals is combined iteratively by using a regularized decomposition algorithm. An image created from combining the plurality of image signals iteratively is displayed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/738345 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
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| US 07508212 | Fain et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean B. Fain (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew G. Erickson (Madison, Wisconsin); Krishna N. Kurpad (Madison, Wisconsin); James H. Holmes (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas M. Grist (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An RF coil assembly for an MRI system includes a resonator formed by a cylindrical shield and pairs of opposing conductive legs disposed symmetrically around a central axis and extending the axial length of the shield. One set of conductive leg pairs is tuned to operate at the Larmor frequency of 13C and another set is tuned to operate at the Larmor frequency of 1H. Drive circuitry operates the RF coil assembly to produce 1H spin magnetization which is transferred to 13C magnetization by the nuclear overhauser effect and to acquire MR data from the 13C spins. Multinuclear measurements can be made simultaneously at different Larmor frequencies. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/841201 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
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| US 07508966 | Rao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. V. Gopal L. N. Rao (Lexington, Massachusetts); Pengfei Wu (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A preferred embodiment optical system for processing a medical image includes an input image, a light source emitting a light beam which is directed at the input image, a first Fourier optical transformer receiving and focusing the light beam, and at least one spatial filter disposed at a focal plane of the Fourier lens to generate a filter Fourier spectrum. The system further includes a second optical Fourier transformer receiving the filtered Fourier spectrum and generating an inverse Fourier transform that results in a processed image. The system includes an image sensor to detect the processed image and generate an electronic representation of the processed image. In an embodiment, the input image is a two-dimensional image generated by a medical imaging method such as, for example, a mammogram or an image of a Pap smear. The input image can be generated by at least one of an x-ray, magnetic resonance, computerized axial tomography and ultrasound imaging method. The light source can be a laser, such as a diode pumped laser emitting light radiation having a wavelength in the range of 300 to 800 nm. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/684139 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508967 | Harari et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Harari (Madison, Wisconsin); Wolfgang A. Tome (Madison, Wisconsin); Shiyu Song (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of radiation planning. The system and method are configured to implement or include the steps of (a) obtaining an image of a patient encompassing tumorous and non-tumorous tissue, (b) applying an encompassing field to the image having an area covering the tumorous and non-tumorous tissue, (c) using a graphical user interface to subtract subset fields from the encompassing field corresponding to radiation sensitive non-tumorous tissues to define a treatment area, and (d) inputting the treatment area to a computer program to generate a radiation treatment plan based on at least one prescribed dose to the treatment area. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/110461 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07509183 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chia Ying Lin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Scott J. Hollister (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Cheng-Yu Lin (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of designing an interbody fusion cage is disclosed. The method uses topology optimization algorithms to define the structural layout and the inner microstructures of the cage. After the structural layout is defined, a density distribution process is performed. Based on the density distribution, the inner microstructures of the cage are defined. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/553851 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald J. Bruck (Oviedo, Florida); Walter R. Laster (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalytic combustor (28) includes a tubular pressure boundary element (90) having a longitudinal flow axis (e.g., 56) separating a first portion (94) of a first fluid flow (e.g., 24) from a second portion (95) of the first fluid flow. The pressure boundary element includes a wall (96) having a plurality of separate longitudinally oriented flow paths (98) annularly disposed within the wall and conducting respective portions (100, 101) of a second fluid flow (e.g., 26) therethrough. A catalytic material (32) is disposed on a surface (e.g., 102, 103) of the pressure boundary element exposed to at least one of the first and second portions of the first fluid flow. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/156338 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/777 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506575 | Donahue |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dresser, Inc. (Addison, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Donahue (Colgate, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A number of embodiments of a piston may have a shape that provides enhanced piston guidance. In such embodiments, the piston shape may include an axial profile that is configured to provide certain thrust load characteristics. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870845 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Expansible chamber devices 092/208 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506735 | Kloucek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Petr Kloucek (Houston, Texas); Daniel R. Reynolds (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus wherein phase changes in a material can dampen vibrational energy, dampen noise and facilitate heat transfer. One embodiment includes a method for damping vibrational energy in a body. The method comprises attaching a material to the body, wherein the material comprises a substrate, a shape memory alloy layer, and a plurality of temperature change elements. The method further comprises sensing vibrations in the body. In addition, the method comprises indicating to at least a portion of the temperature change elements to provide a temperature change in the shape memory alloy layer, wherein the temperature change is sufficient to provide a phase change in at least a portion of the shape memory alloy layer, and further wherein the phase change consumes a sufficient amount of kinetic energy to dampen at least a portion of the vibrational energy in the body. In other embodiments, the shape memory alloy layer is a thin film. Additional embodiments include a sensor connected to the material. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/866973 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Brakes 188/378 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507274 | Tonkovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Velocys, Inc. (Plain City, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Lee Tonkovich (Dublin, Ohio); Steven T. Perry (Galloway, Ohio); Ravi Arora (Dublin, Ohio); Dongming Qiu (Bothell, Washington); Michael Jay Lamont (Hilliard, Ohio); Deanna Burwell (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Terence Andrew Dritz (Worthington, Ohio); Jeffrey S. McDaniel (Columbus, Ohio); William A. Rogers, Jr. (Marysville, Ohio); Laura J. Silva (Dublin, Ohio); Daniel J. Weidert (Lewis Center, Ohio); Wayne W. Simmons (Dublin, Ohio); G. Bradley Chadwell (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed invention relates to a process and apparatus for separating a first fluid from a fluid mixture comprising the first fluid. The process comprises: (A) flowing the fluid mixture into a microchannel separator in contact with a sorption medium, the fluid mixture being maintained in the microchannel separator until at least part of the first fluid is sorbed by the sorption medium, removing non-sorbed parts of the fluid mixture from the microchannel separator; and (B) desorbing first fluid from the sorption medium and removing desorbed first fluid from the microchannel separator. The process and apparatus are suitable for separating nitrogen or methane from a fluid mixture comprising nitrogen and methane. The process and apparatus may be used for rejecting nitrogen in the upgrading of sub-quality methane. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/367044 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507318 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | YuPo J. Lin (Naperville, Illinois); Michael P. Henry (Batavia, Illinois); Seth W. Snyder (Lincolnwood, Illinois); Edward St. Martin (Libertyville, Illinois); Michelle Arora (Woodridge, Illinois); Linda de la Garza (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices incorporating a thin wafer of electrically and ionically conductive porous material made by the method of introducing a mixture of a thermoplastic binder and one or more of anion exchange moieties or cation exchange moieties or mixtures thereof and/or one or more of a protein capture resin and an electrically conductive material into a mold. The mixture is subjected to temperatures in the range of from about 60° C. to about 170° C. at pressures in the range of from about 0 to about 500 psig for a time in the range of from about 1 to about 240 minutes to form thin wafers. Devices include electrodeionization and separative bioreactors in the production of organic and amino acids, alcohols or esters for regenerating cofactors in enzymes and microbial cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/082469 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507340 | Mann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nick R. Mann (Blackfoot, Idaho); Troy J. Tranter (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Terry A. Todd (Aberdeen, Idaho); Ferdinand Sebesta (Prague, Czech Republic) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion processing element employing composite media disposed in a porous substrate, for facilitating removal of selected chemical species from a fluid stream. The ion processing element includes a porous fibrous glass substrate impregnated by composite media having one or more active components supported by a matrix material of polyacrylonitrile. The active components are effective in removing, by various mechanisms, one or more constituents from a fluid stream passing through the ion processing element. Due to the porosity and large surface area of both the composite medium and the substrate in which it is disposed, a high degree of contact is achieved between the active component and the fluid stream being processed. Further, the porosity of the matrix material and the substrate facilitates use of the ion processing element in high volume applications where it is desired to effectively process a high volume flows. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/302471 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/502.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507480 | Sugama |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toshifumi Sugama (Wading River, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to metal surfaces having thereon an ultrathin (e.g., less than ten nanometer thickness) corrosion-resistant film, thereby rendering the metal surfaces corrosion-resistant. The corrosion-resistant film includes an at least partially crosslinked amido-functionalized silanol component in combination with rare-earth metal oxide nanoparticles. The invention also relates to methods for producing such corrosion-resistant films. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141674 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/447 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507495 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia X. Wang (East Setauket, New York); Radoslav R. Adzic (East Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for producing metal-coated palladium or palladium-alloy particles. The method includes contacting hydrogen-absorbed palladium or palladium-alloy particles with one or more metal salts to produce a sub-monoatomic or monoatomic metal- or metal-alloy coating on the surface of the hydrogen-absorbed palladium or palladium-alloy particles. The invention also relates to methods for producing catalysts and methods for producing electrical energy using the metal-coated palladium or palladium-alloy particles of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/019734 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507503 | Amine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U Chicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Jun Liu (Naperville, Illinois); Donald R. Vissers (Naperville, Illinois); Wenquan Lu (Darien, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to non-aqueous electrolytes having electrode stabilizing additives, stabilized electrodes, and electrochemical devices containing the same. Thus the present invention provides electrolytes containing an alkali metal salt, a polar aprotic solvent, and an electrode stabilizing additive. In some embodiments the additives include a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic or spirocyclic hydrocarbon containing at least one oxygen atom and at least one alkenyl or alkynyl group. When used in electrochemical devices with, e.g., lithium manganese oxide spinel electrodes or olivine or carbon-coated olivine electrodes, the new electrolytes provide batteries with improved calendar and cycle life. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/297120 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507583 | Maxwell, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sherrod L. Maxwell, III (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing relatively large soil samples for actinides by employing a separation process that includes cerium fluoride precipitation for removing the soil matrix and precipitates plutonium, americium, and curium with cerium and hydrofluoric acid followed by separating these actinides using chromatography cartridges. |
| FILED | Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/390229 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/82 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507690 | Krumpelt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Krumpelt (Naperville, Illinois); Di-Jia Liu (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention addressed two critical issues in fuel processing for fuel cell application, i.e. catalyst cost and operating stability. The existing state-of-the-art fuel reforming catalyst uses Rh and platinum supported over refractory oxide which add significant cost to the fuel cell system. Supported metals agglomerate under elevated temperature during reforming and decrease the catalyst activity. The catalyst is a perovskite oxide or a Ruddlesden-Popper type oxide containing rare-earth elements, catalytically active firs row transition metal elements, and stabilizing elements, such that the catalyst is a single phase in high temperature oxidizing conditions and maintains a primarily perovskite or Ruddlesden-Popper structure under high temperature reducing conditions. The catalyst can also contain alkaline earth dopants, which enhance the catalytic activity of the catalyst, but do not compromise the stability of the perovskite structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/832753 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507820 | Landis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clark R. Landis (Madison, Wisconsin); Wiechang Jin (Madison, Wisconsin); Jonathan S. Owen (Pasadena, California); Thomas P. Clark (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ryan C. Nelson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Diazaphosphacycles comprising compounds having the formula XI and salts of the compound are provided, wherein the variables W, T, R1, R14, and R15 are as described herein. Transition metal catalysts incorporating such diazaphosphacycles and methods of use thereof are also disclosed. There are further provided compositions comprising diazaphosphacycles covalently attached to a solid support and methods of use thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, August 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914048 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508528 | 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. A data processor determines at least one air data product responsive thereto. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/927155 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508909 | Harmon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Frank Harmon (Pocatello, Idaho); James L. Jones (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Alan W. Hunt (Pocatello, Idaho); Randy J. Spaulding (Pocatello, Idaho); Michael Smith (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for inspecting a sealed container is disclosed and which includes a pulsed electron accelerator which is positioned in spaced relation relative to a first side of the sealed container, and which produces a pulsed beam of photons which passes through the sealed container and any contents enclosed within the sealed container; a detector positioned in spaced relation relative to a second, opposite side of the sealed container, and which receives the pulsed beam of photons which passes through the contents of the sealed container, and which produces an output signal; and a computer for developing a visible image from the output signal of the detector which depicts the contents of the sealed container. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/379888 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508912 | Zhong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong Zhong (Stony Brook, New York); Jonathan Hanson (Wading River, New York); Jerome Hastings (Stanford, California); Chi-Chang Kao (Setauket, New York); Anthony Lenhard (Medford, New York); David Peter Siddons (Cutchogue, New York); Hui Zhong (Coram, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An x-ray focusing device generally includes a slide pivotable about a pivot point defined at a forward end thereof, a rail unit fixed with respect to the pivotable slide, a forward crystal for focusing x-rays disposed at the forward end of the pivotable slide and a rearward crystal for focusing x-rays movably coupled to the pivotable slide and the fixed rail unit at a distance rearward from the forward crystal. The forward and rearward crystals define reciprocal angles of incidence with respect to the pivot point, wherein pivoting of the slide about the pivot point changes the incidence angles of the forward and rearward crystals while simultaneously changing the distance between the forward and rearward crystals. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/693900 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subrata Roy (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric propulsion device is disclosed having an anode and a cathode. The propulsion device includes a discharge annulus having the anode adjacent an end region thereof. At least one inlet aperture is adjacent the anode, the aperture(s) having propellant gas flow therethrough into the discharge annulus. The propellant gas has an ionization potential. Opposed, dielectric walls define the annulus, with at least one of the opposed dielectric walls having pores therein, the pores having cooling gas flow therethrough into the discharge annulus and substantially adjacent the opposed dielectric wall(s). The cooling gas has an ionization potential higher than the ionization energy of the propellant gas. The cooling gas is adapted to substantially prevent at least one of secondary electron emission and sputtering of the dielectric walls. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/096069 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506511 | Zupanc et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Zupanc (Phoenix, Arizona); Paul R. Yankowich (Phoenix, Arizona); Michael T. Barton (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine combustor includes a plurality of main fuel injector assemblies, and a plurality of pilot fuel injector assemblies, that are arranged and configured to reduce exhaust gas emissions during engine operation. The plurality of main fuel injector assemblies are arranged in a substantially circular pattern of a first radius, and each includes an outlet port having a first divergence angle. The plurality of pilot fuel injector assemblies are arranged in a substantially circular pattern of a second radius. Each pilot fuel injector assembly is disposed between at least two main fuel injector assemblies, and each includes an outlet port having a second divergence angle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/746654 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/746 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506541 | Woodard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia); Bryant D. Taylor (Smithfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for determining the volume of a fluid in a container. Sensors are positioned at distinct locations in a container of a fluid. Each sensor is sensitive to an interface defined by the top surface of the fluid. Interfaces associated with at least three of the sensors are determined and used to find the volume of the fluid in the container in a geometric process. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/328468 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07506735 | Kloucek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Petr Kloucek (Houston, Texas); Daniel R. Reynolds (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus wherein phase changes in a material can dampen vibrational energy, dampen noise and facilitate heat transfer. One embodiment includes a method for damping vibrational energy in a body. The method comprises attaching a material to the body, wherein the material comprises a substrate, a shape memory alloy layer, and a plurality of temperature change elements. The method further comprises sensing vibrations in the body. In addition, the method comprises indicating to at least a portion of the temperature change elements to provide a temperature change in the shape memory alloy layer, wherein the temperature change is sufficient to provide a phase change in at least a portion of the shape memory alloy layer, and further wherein the phase change consumes a sufficient amount of kinetic energy to dampen at least a portion of the vibrational energy in the body. In other embodiments, the shape memory alloy layer is a thin film. Additional embodiments include a sensor connected to the material. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/866973 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Brakes 188/378 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507784 | Dingemans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodorus J. Dingemans (Hampton, Virginia); Erik S. Weiser (Newport News, Virginia); Terry L. St. Clair (Poquoson, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Main chain thermotropic liquid crystal esters, ester-imides, and ester-amides were prepared from AA, BB, and AB type monomeric materials and end-capped with phenylacetylene, phenylmaleimide, or nadimide reactive end-groups. The end-capped liquid crystal oligomers are thermotropic and have, preferably, molecular weights in the range of approximately 1000-15,000 grams per mole. The end-capped liquid crystal oligomers have broad liquid crystalline melting ranges and exhibit high melt stability and very low melt viscosities at accessible temperatures. The end-capped liquid crystal oligomers are stable for up to an hour in the melt phase. They are highly processable by a variety of melt process shape forming and blending techniques. Once processed and shaped, the end-capped liquid crystal oligomers were heated to further polymerize and form liquid crystalline thermosets (LCT). The fully cured products are rubbers above their glass transition temperatures. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/124508 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507963 | Siegel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter H. Siegel (La Canada, California); Robert Dengler (Walnut, California); Eric R. Mueller (West Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to sub-millimeter wave frequency heterodyne imaging systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sub-millimeter wave frequency heterodyne detector system for imaging the magnitude and phase of transmitted power through or reflected power off of mechanically scanned samples at sub-millimeter wave frequencies. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956734 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07506735 | Kloucek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Petr Kloucek (Houston, Texas); Daniel R. Reynolds (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus wherein phase changes in a material can dampen vibrational energy, dampen noise and facilitate heat transfer. One embodiment includes a method for damping vibrational energy in a body. The method comprises attaching a material to the body, wherein the material comprises a substrate, a shape memory alloy layer, and a plurality of temperature change elements. The method further comprises sensing vibrations in the body. In addition, the method comprises indicating to at least a portion of the temperature change elements to provide a temperature change in the shape memory alloy layer, wherein the temperature change is sufficient to provide a phase change in at least a portion of the shape memory alloy layer, and further wherein the phase change consumes a sufficient amount of kinetic energy to dampen at least a portion of the vibrational energy in the body. In other embodiments, the shape memory alloy layer is a thin film. Additional embodiments include a sensor connected to the material. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/866973 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Brakes 188/378 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507390 | Choi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees, The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyungsoo Choi (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are organometallic compounds derived from Groups VIIb, VIII, IX, and X metals useful as precursors for the formation of metal containing powders and for the chemical deposition of the metals on substrates, particularly for the chemical vapor deposition of metal films suitable for the manufacture of electronic devices. Methods for their use are also disclosed. The preferred organometallic compounds of the present invention are of the formula (R1)mM(PR23)x, where M is a metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, technetium, rhenium, iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium iridium and platinum wherein m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; x is 2, 3, 4 or 5 and m+x are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, m and x selected according to each metals appropriate valence; each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, N2, H2, D2 and a variety of substituted alkyl groups; each R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, and alkyl-Z, aryl-Z and arylalkyl-Z where Z is selected from the group consisting of oxy, silyl, siloxy, oxysilyl, siloxy, oxysiloxy, silyalkyl, oxysilylalkyl, siloxyalkyl, oxysiloxyalkyl, silylalkoxy, silylalkoxy, siloxyalkoxy and oxysiloxyalkoxy; and wherein when M is cobalt and one group R1 is selected to be N2, then m is 2 and the second group R1 is hydrogen or deuterium. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/827479 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/344 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507454 | Cholli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts); United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok L. Cholli (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Vijayendra Kumar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Jayant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Virinder Singh Parmar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Lynne Ann Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Antioxidant polymers of the present invention comprise repeat units that include one or both of Structural Formulas (I) and (II): wherein: R is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, acyl or aryl group; Ring A is substituted with at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Ring B is substituted with at least one —H and at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Rings A and B are each optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of —OH, —NH, —SH, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group; n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; and p is an integer equal to or greater than 0. The invention also includes methods of using and preparing these polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/711434 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/34.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507848 | Gordon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy G. Gordon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jill S. Becker (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dennis Hausmann (Los Gatos, California); Seigi Suh (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal silicates or phosphates are deposited on a heated substrate by the reaction of vapors of alkoxysilanols or alkylphosphates along with reactive metal amides, alkyls or alkoxides. For example, vapors of tris(tert-butoxy)silanol react with vapors of tetrakis(ethylmethylamido)hafnium to deposit hafnium silicate on surfaces heated to 300° C. The product film has a very uniform stoichiometry throughout the reactor. Similarly, vapors of diisopropylphosphate react with vapors of lithium bis(ethyldimethylsilyl)amide to deposit lithium phosphate films on substrates heated to 250° C. Supplying the vapors in alternating pulses produces these same compositions with a very uniform distribution of thickness and excellent step coverage. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/199032 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07509300 | Sahni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sartaj Kumar Sahni (Gainesville, Florida); Haibin Lu (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved system and method is provided for packet routing in dynamic router tables. Specifically, the invention relates to a method and system for using tree data structures to select the highest priority rule that matches a destination address in dynamic Internet packet routing tables. In an embodiment, a data structure called BOB (binary tree on binary tree) for dynamic router tables in which the rule filters are nonintersecting ranges and in which ties are broken by selecting the highest-priority rule that matches a destination address is disclosed. Prefix filters are a special case of nonintersecting ranges and the commonly used longest-prefix tie breaker is a special case of the highest-priority tie breaker. When an n-rule router table is represented using BOB, the highest-priority rule that matches a destination address may be found in O(log2n) time; a new rule maybe inserted and an old one deleted in O(log n) time. For the case when all rule filters are prefixes, the data structure PBOB (prefix BOB) permits highest-priority matching as well as rule insertion and deletion in O(W) time, where W is the length of the longest prefix, each. When all rule filters are prefixes and longest-prefix matching is to be done, the data structures LMPBOB (longest matching-prefix BOB) permits longest-prefix matching in O(W) time; rule insertion and deletion each take O(log n) time. On practical rule tables, BOB and PBOB perform each of the three dynamic-table operations in O(log n) time and with O(log n) cache misses. The number of cache misses incurred by LMPBOB is also O(log n). |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/613963 |
| ART UNIT | 2416 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07507380 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-Hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon); Brian Kevin Paul (Corvallis, Oregon); Vincent Thomas Remcho (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method for chemical synthesis and/or analysis are disclosed. One embodiment of a disclosed apparatus comprises a laminated, microfluidic structure defining a reactor and a separator. Such apparatuses, or portions thereof, generally have dimensions ranging from about 1 micrometer to about 100 micrometers. To implement synthetic processes, disclosed embodiments of the apparatus generally include at least one valve, and often plural, selectively actuatable valves. Detectors, including optical detectors, also can be used to detect product and other materials as they flow by, or are otherwise presented to, the detector. Individual apparatuses may be coupled both in series and in parallel to form a system for making chemical compounds. The apparatus is particularly useful for making compounds requiring iterative reaction schemes, and further can be used to make compounds having morphological structures that resemble the morphology of the apparatus itself, such as dendrimers. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/086074 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507851 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a state corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Mathew D. Minardi (Mather, California); Heidi J. Rosenberg (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel compounds denominated halocombstatins. The halocombstatins are derivatives of combretastatin A-3, and include compounds that exhibit cancer growth cell inhibition against a panel of human cancer cell lines and the murine P388 leukemia, as well as activity as inhibitors of tubulin polymerization and inhibitors of the binding of colchicine to tubulin. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/021246 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508039 | Al-Rabadi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through The State Board of Higher Education On Behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anas N. Al-Rabadi (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbon nanotube (CNT) based devices include an actuator/switch that includes one or more fixed CNTs and a moveable CNT that can be urged toward or into contact with a selected fixed CNT with a magnetic field produced by a current in a control conductor. The control conductor can be formed of one or more CNTs, and the fixed and moveable CNTs can be retained by a support, and motion of the moveable CNT limited by a cavity defined in the support. In other examples, CNT FETS are used to form CNT transmission gates that are arranged to define circuits configured as multiplexers or to realize logical functions, addition, multiplication, or other operations such as Galois field arithmetic. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/122973 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07507873 | Harvey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AviGenics, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex J. Harvey (Athens, Georgia); Markley C. Leavitt (Watkinsville, Georgia); Youliang Wang (Monroe, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Transgenic avians having a recombinant ovomucoid gene expression controlling region operably linked to one or more useful amino acid coding sequences. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/649543 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07508632 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lei Li (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Emil Catoc Esmenda (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Yiao-Tee Hsia (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises a storage medium having a surface coated with a layer of a first solid lubricant, and a head separated from the storage medium by an air film, the head having an air bearing surface, wherein at least a portion of the air bearing surface is coated with a layer of a second solid lubricant. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/188521 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/235.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07507472 | Ounaies et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administator of National Aeronatics and Space Adminstration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoubeida Ounaies (College Station, Texas); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Hampton, Virginia); Nancy M. Holloway (White Marsh, Virginia); Gregory K. Draughon (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electroactive material comprises multiple layers of electroactive composite with each layer having unique dielectric, electrical and mechanical properties that define an electromechanical operation thereof when affected by an external stimulus. For example, each layer can be (i) a 2-phase composite made from a polymer with polarizable moieties and an effective amount of carbon nanotubes incorporated in the polymer for a predetermined electomechanical operation, or (ii) a 3-phase composite having the elements of the 2-phase composite and further including a third component of micro-sized to nano-sized particles of an electroactive ceramic incorporated in the polymer matrix. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/081888 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07507803 | Sette et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genimmune N.V. (Zwijnaarde, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessandro Sette (La Jolla, California); Robert Chesnut (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California); Mark J. Newman (Carlsbad, California); Brian D. Livingston (San Diego, California); Lilia Maria Babe (Emerald Hills, California); Yiyou Chen (San Jose, California); Lawrence M. Deyoung (Montara, California); Manley T. F. Huang (Palo Alto, California); Scott D. Power (San Bruno, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the field of biology. In particular, it relates to multi-epitope nucleic acid and peptide vaccines and methods of designing such vaccines to provide increased immunogenicity. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/677754 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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