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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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| US 07516525 | Ramkumar |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seshadri S. Ramkumar (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for making chemical protective wipes is disclosed. A top layer is fully needlepunched (102). A bottom layer is fully needlepunched (104). Then, an adsorption layer is sandwiched between the top layer and the bottom layer (106). Then, the sandwich is fully needlepunched (108). |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/157124 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Textiles: Manufacturing 028/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07516547 | McCann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Edward McCann (Milford, Ohio); Sang Y Park (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine blade having a dovetail with an enhanced surface for durability is disclosed. The blade includes an airfoil section and a dovetail section disposed opposite the airfoil section. The dovetail section has an outer surface, at least a portion of which has residual compressive stresses resulting from a plurality of peening operations. The dovetail section also includes a copper-nickel-indium wear coating layer disposed over the outer surface having residual compressive stresses and a lubricant coating layer disposed over the copper-nickel-indium wear coating layer, wherein the lubricant coating layer is lead-free. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/314147 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/889.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07516671 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jack Chen (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan Engel (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor chip, comprising a flexible, polymer-based substrate, and at least one microfabricated sensor disposed on the substrate and including a conductive element. The at least one sensor comprises at least one of a tactile sensor and a flow sensor. Other embodiments of the present invention include sensors and/or multi-modal sensor nodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/709466 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07516689 | Herman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl R. Herman (Owego, New York); John O. Moody (Vestal, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system determines an optimal weapon release condition of an attack vehicle engaging a target. The system includes a portion for determining the optimal weapon release condition by comparing the probability of killing the target to the probability of the attack vehicle being killed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/138601 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07516712 | O'Dea et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. O'Dea (Laurel, Maryland); Robert W. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Sean M. Gallagher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ryan T. Hayleck (Fulton, Maryland); Kellie L. Redcay (Pottstown, Pennsylvania); Stuart G. Ullman (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical damping system for a plurality of water vessels for diminishing the relative vertical movement between two or more water vessels moored in a skin-to-skin orientation. The vertical damping system may include one or more vertical damping devices, each device pivotally connected to a side portion of a first vessel and detachably connecting to a side portion of a second vessel. The vertical damping device may be a piston/cylinder arrangement and the damping system may involve more than two water vessels. The vertical damping system counteracts the effect of roll motion on water vessels, thereby enabling ship-to-ship functions such as cargo loading and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789116 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07516736 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Lewis (South Bend, Indiana); James F. Toth (Niles, Michigan); Gary A. Valencourt (Niles, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel distributor (10) and mounting arrangement that helps support the weight of the fuel distributor (10) during removal and replacement for improved maintainability. The mounting arrangement includes a hanger (60) mountable on a first support which hanger (60) includes a slot (70), and a manifold (40) separate from the hanger (60) that has a first side (43) with a plurality of ports (54) arranged in a first configuration. The manifold (40) is connectable to a plurality of fluid lines on an engine (80). A fuel distributor body (12) has a first surface, a second surface spaced from the first surface and a third surface between the first surface and the second surface with a hanging cleat (36) projecting from the first surface that is configured to be received within the slot (70). The third surface has a main fuel inlet (16) and a plurality of additional fluid ports (18) arranged in the same configuration as the ports on the manifold (40). A mounting pin (26) projects from the third surface. Also a method of mounting a fuel distributor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/432523 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517191 | Bein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Bein (Gambrills, Maryland); Matthew Frank (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania); William L. Tucker (Turnersville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembled pump compressor arrangement of an air-conditioning system having a housing enclosing an impeller with a thrust collar positioned thereon. The arrangement includes a tool for applying torque to the impeller having an outer cylindrical element and a plurality of arcuate sections. The arrangement further includes a releasable clamp for interconnecting the arcuate sections and the outer cylindrical element with the impeller clamped between the outer cylindrical element and the arcuate sections. A torque bar is provided which extends through the outer cylindrical element in a spaced relation to the impeller through which the torque is applied to effect disassembly of the high-speed thrust collar and removal of the impeller from the housing of the air-conditioning system. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250705 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517215 | Chehroudi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ERC Incorporated (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behrouz Chehroudi (Laguna Niguel, California); Ghanshyam L. Vaghjiani (Palmdale, California); Andrew David Ketsdever (Alta Loma, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for distributed ignition is disclosed wherein a combustion fuel and an ignition mixture are combined where the ignition mixture comprises ignition agents and fuel and where ignition agents can be nano-metallic particles in combination with single-walled carbon nano-tubes (SWCNTs). The combination of ignition mixture and combustion fuel in the presence of oxygen are exposed to light causing heating of the ignition agents and combustion of the fuel within which the ignition agents are interspersed. A system for igniting fuels using the method is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/888240 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Combustion 431/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517263 | Shen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young T. Shen (Potomac, Maryland); Scott D. Black (Vienna, Virginia); Stuart D. Jessup (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is directed towards an advanced blade section for propellers that allow watercrafts to effectively travel in both sub-cavitating and super-cavitating modes. The advanced blade section includes a streamlined profile having a convex upper surface and a lower surface that includes both a convex portion and a concave portion. When the propellers are rotated in a first direction at low speeds to propel the watercraft in the forward direction, the advanced blade section experiences a fully wetted flow over both the upper and lower surfaces at low speeds. At high speeds, the advanced blade section experiences a partially wetted flow, with only a front part of the lower surface being fully wetted, at high speeds. When the propellers are rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction to reduce the speed of the watercraft, the blade section experiences a substantially wetted flow over both upper and lower surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/900135 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Marine propulsion 440/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517415 | Poon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Joseph Poon (Charlottesville, Virginia); Vijayabarathi Ponnambalam (Clemson, South Carolina); Gary J. Shiflet (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel non-ferromagnetic amorphous steel alloys represented by the general formula: Fe—Mn-(Q)-B-M, wherein Q represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cr, Co, Mo, C and Si. Typically the atomic percentage of the Q constituent is 10 or less. FIG. 2B represents a differential thermal analysis plot for several exemplary alloys according to the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/559002 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517416 | Poon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Joseph Poon (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gary J. Shiflet (Charlottesville, Virginia); Vijayabarathi Ponnambalam (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Iron based amorphous steel alloy having a high Manganese content and being non-ferromagnetic at ambient temperature. The bulk-solidifying ferrous-based amorphous alloys are multicomponent systems that contain about 50 atomic percent iron as the major component. The remaining composition combines suitable mixtures of metalloids (Group b elements) and other elements selected mainly from manganese, chromium, and refractory metals. Various classes of non-ferromagnetic ferrous-based bulk amorphous metal alloys are obtained. One class is a high-manganese class that contains manganese and boron as the principal alloying components. Another class is a high manganese-high molybdenum class that contains manganese, molybdenum, and carbon as the principal alloying components. These bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys can be obtained in various forms and shape for various applications and utlizations. The good processability of these alloys can be attributed to the high reduced glass temperature Trg (e.g., about 0.6 to 0.63) and large supercooled liquid region ΔTx (e.g., about 50-100° C.). |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/446098 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517465 | Guha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Solar Ovonic LLC (Auburn Hills, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhendu Guha (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Arindam Banerjee (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Kevin Beernink (Clarkston, Michigan); Todd Johnson (Royal Oak, Michigan); Ginger Pietka (Harrison Township, Michigan); Gregory DeMaggio (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Shengzhong (Frank) Liu (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Jeffrey Yang (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra lightweight semiconductor device such as a photovoltaic device is fabricated on a non-etchable barrier layer which is disposed upon an etchable substrate. The device is contacted with an appropriate etchant for a period of time sufficient to remove at least a portion of the thickness of the substrate. The barrier layer prevents damage to the photovoltaic material during the etching process. Photovoltaic devices fabricated by this method have specific power levels in excess of 300 w/kg. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/254838 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517472 | Kram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies Inc. (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shari L. Kram (Midland, Michigan); William B. Marshall (Midland, Michigan); James J. O'Brien (Midland, Michigan); Todd A. Pickering (Midland, Michigan); Weishi Wu (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a composition comprising a blend of a luminescent polymer and a low molecular weight (<5000 amu) viscosity modifier, which has an emission maximum in the range of 350-480 nm, contains no exocyclic double bonds, and modifies the viscosity of the polymer without substantially altering emissive properties of the neat polymer. Modification of viscosity without concomitant modification of emissive properties is desirable where the polymer is already tuned to emit at the desired wavelength. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/419364 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517481 | Advani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh G. Advani (Newark, Delaware); Mathieu Devillard (Newark, Delaware); Jeffrey Lawrence (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A mold system (1000) includes a gate control system (150) that selectively deforms a deformable member (140) to selectively close one or more injection gates (127, 227) and/or vent gates (128, 228) in a mold platen (160, 260). The injection gates (127, 227) are selectively opened and closed by engaging the deformable member (140) with the injection gates (127, 227). The deformable member (140) is located between the gate control system (150) and the curing fluid, and curing fluid entering the mold platen (160, 260) therefore does not contact the gate control system (150). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/544503 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/40.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517492 | Liu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ex One Company (Irwin, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianxin Liu (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for sintering aluminum powder comprise providing aluminum powder and heating the aluminum powder in a nitrogen atmosphere containing a partial pressure of water vapor in the range of about 0.001 kPa to about 0.020 kPa to sinter the aluminum powder to a transverse rupture strength of at least about 13.8 MPa. The aluminum powder is not pressed together by a mechanical force that substantially deforms particles of said aluminum powder either prior to or during the step of heating. Articles comprising sintered aluminum powder. The sintered aluminum powder has a transverse rupture strength of at least about 13.8 MPa. The microstructure of the sintered aluminum powder contains no compositional concentration gradients indicative of the use of a sintering aid and no evidence of particle deformation having occurred by an application of a mechanical force prior to or during the sintering of the aluminum powder. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/580932 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517606 | Kodas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel J. Skamser (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Quint H. Powell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell comprising a catalytic layer including substantially spherical metal-carbon catalyst particles having a weight average particle size of at least about 0.1 micron and not greater than about 20 micron, wherein the catalyst particles comprise a metal phase homogeneously dispersed on a carbon support phase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/209342 |
| 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 07517660 | Rider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts); Laura Bortolin (Mason, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for detecting the presence of an antigen including (1) a cell having antibodies which are expressed on the surface of the cell and are specific for the antigen to be detected, where binding of the antigen to the antibodies results in an increase in calcium concentration in the cytosol of the cell, the cell further having a emitter molecule which, in response to the increased calcium concentration in the cytosol, emits a photon; (2) a liquid medium for receiving the antigen and in which the cell is immersed; and (3) an optical detector arranged for receiving the photon emitted from the cell. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/471275 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 07517997 | Irvin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Irvin (Ridgecrest, California); Mark H. Mason (Inyokern, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cross-linked polyisocyanate polymer and a process for preparation of a polymer having the general structure (I) including reacting an effective amount of tetrazole polyol with isocyanate resin, combining at a temperature in the range of about 50° C. to about 100° C. for a time period in the range of about 1 to about 24 hours and cooling to room temperature producing a cross-linked polyisocyanate polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/151181 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518085 | Krishnan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alameda Applied Sciences Corp. (San Leandro, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahadevan Krishnan (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasma thruster with a cylindrical inner and cylindrical outer electrode generates plasma particles from the application of energy stored in an inductor to a surface suitable for the formation of a plasma and expansion of plasma particles. The plasma production results in the generation of charged particles suitable for generating a reaction force, and the charged particles are guided by a magnetic field produced by the same inductor used to store the energy used to form the plasma. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/384617 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518097 | Ashley 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) | Paul R. Ashley (Toney, Alabama); William C. Pittman (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An image analysis and enhancement system is provided with an image processor, imaging metrics, an image storage depository, and a reconfigurable sensor device that can be present at the same location. A remote reconfigurable sensor device is connected to the image processor via a communication link. Both the reconfigurable sensor device and the remote reconfigurable sensor device are equipped with selectable optical elements and imaging elements that are selected in a desired combination and orientation to capture desired image frames from a target scene or object. The selectable optical and imaging elements are provided with actuating devices to move and translate the selected optical and imaging elements into a desired orientation with one another, so that a desired imaging technique can be employed to obtain an enhanced image. The system is applicable to industrial, medical and military use. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062991 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518120 | Monroe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Monroe (Dexter, Michigan); Boris Blinov (Seattle, Washington); David Moehring (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Luming Duan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for long-distance quantum communication and scalable quantum computation are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are based on probabilistic ion-photon mapping. Scalable quantum computation is achieved by forming deterministic quantum gates between remotely located trapped ions by detecting spontaneously emitted photons, accompanied by local Coulomb interaction between neighboring ions. Long-distance quantum communication and scalable quantum communication networks formed by employing a number of remote nodes that each include an ion trap and by employing probabilistic photon-mediated entanglement between the ions in each ion trap. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/324366 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/393 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518207 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuanping Chen (North Potomac, Maryland); Gregory Brill (Germantown, Maryland); Nibir K. Dhar (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The ternary alloy CdSexTe1-x(2 1 1) and the quaternary alloy Cd1-zZnzSexTe1-x have been grown on Si(2 1 1) substrates using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The growth of CdSeTe is facilitated using a compound CdTe effusion source and a Se effusion source while the growth of CdZnSeTe is facilitated using a compound CdTe effusion source, a compound ZnTe effusion source, and an elemental Se source. The alloy compositions (x) and (z) of CdSexTe1-x ternary compound and Cd1-zZnzSexTe1-x are controlled through the Se/CdTe and ZnTe/CdTe flux ratios. The rate of Se incorporation is higher than the rate of Te incorporation as growth temperature increases. As-grown CdSeTe with 4% Se and CdZnSeTe with 4% Zn+Se, which is substantially lattice matched to long-wavelength infrared HgCdTe materials, exhibits excellent surface morphology, low surface defect density (less than 500 cm2), and a narrow X-ray rocking curve (a full-width at half maximum of 103 arcsec). |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/807714 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/442 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518474 | Pulskamp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United Sates of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Pulskamp (Mclean, Virginia); Ronald G. Polcawich (Derwood, Maryland); Daniel C. Judy (Odenton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS switch and method of fabrication comprises a RF transmission line; a RF beam structure comprising a RF conductor; a cantilevered piezoelectric actuator coupled to the RF beam structure; a plurality of air bridges connected to the cantilevered piezoelectric actuator; and a plurality of contact dimples on the pair on the RF beam structure. The RF transmission line comprises a pair of co-planar waveguide ground planes flanking the RF conductor; and a plurality of ground straps, wherein the RF transmission line is operable to provide a path along which RF signals propagate. The cantilevered piezoelectric actuator comprises a dielectric layer connected to the RF beam structure; a bottom electrode connected to the dielectric layer; a top electrode; and a piezoelectric layer in between the top and bottom electrodes, wherein the top electrode is offset from an edge of the piezoelectric layer and the bottom electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/347291 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518507 | Dalzell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dalzell (Parrish, Florida); James L. Tucker (Clearwater, Florida); Scott G. Fleischman (Palmetto, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive optical anti-tamper system including one or more light pipes, one or more light detectors and an alarm. The light pipes each include an input end and an output end and are located within a chassis with the one or more light detectors. The one or more light detectors are optically coupled to the output ends of the one or more light pipes. The alarm is operable to transmit a tamper-event-warning signal if an increased light level is detected by at least one detector. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/273060 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/540 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518551 | Dybdal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Dybdal (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Denny D. Pidhayny (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for tracking signals with diverse polarization properties address both sensitivity and antenna tracking performance issues. In one embodiment, complex weightings for matching a polarization of an incident signal on a data channel are determined, and the complex weightings are applied to a tracking channel such that an antenna system polarization is matched to the polarization of the incident signal. In another embodiment, orthogonally polarized tracking channel components of an incident signal are processed to make a determination as to which of the orthogonally polarized tracking channel components is stronger, and this determination is used to select a polarization of a data channel to reduce a polarization mismatch loss. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/772086 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/362 |
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| US 07518565 | Horner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rob Horner (San Diego, California); Rod Cozad (San Diego, California); Bruce Calder (San Diego, California); Hale Simonds (Santee, California); Robbi Mangra (San Diego, California); Rolf Dahle (La Mesa, California); Dennis Bermeo (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Tapered Slot Antenna Cylindrical Array (NC#97194). The apparatus includes a base and a tapered slot antenna array. The base is capable of retaining a plurality of tapered slot antenna pairs. The tapered slot antenna array is operatively coupled to the base in a cylindrical configuration. The tapered slot antenna array comprises at least two tapered slot antenna pairs. Each tapered slot antenna pair of the at least two tapered slot antenna pairs is capable of operating independently of or in conjunction with other tapered slot antenna pairs of the at least two tapered slot antenna pairs to enable direction finding, acquisition, communication and electronic attack capabilities. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/472514 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518736 | Hays et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Aerospace Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Byron Hays (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jane Camile Pavlich (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Greg Alan Ritter (Hamburg, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | At least one second beam of light from a first beam of light generated by a laser is directed into an atmosphere. Light therefrom scattered by molecules or aerosols in the atmosphere is collected by at least one telescope as at least one light signal, which together with a reference beam from the first beam of light are simultaneously processed by an interferometer, and resulting fringe patterns are imaged onto a detector adapted to output a resulting at least one signal responsive thereto. In various aspects: a data processor gates the signal to provide a range-responsive measurement; the light signal is multiplexed; a circle-to-line interferometer optic transforms an at least partially circular fringe pattern to a substantially linear fringe pattern; or a CCD detector provides for recording a range-resolved image by successively transferring charges from one adjacent row of photosites to another. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/927196 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518905 | Bocian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F Bocian (Riverside, California); Werner G Kuhr (Denver, Colorado); Jonathan Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Peter Christian Clausen (Raleigh, North Carolina); Daniel Tomasz Gryko (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel high density memory devices that are electrically addressable permitting effective reading and writing, that provide a high memory density (e.g., 1015 bits/cm3), that provide a high degree of fault tolerance, and that are amenable to efficient chemical synthesis and chip fabrication. The devices are intrinsically latchable, defect tolerant, and support destructive or non-destructive read cycles. In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises a fixed electrode electrically coupled to a storage medium having a multiplicity of different and distinguishable oxidation states wherein data is stored in said oxidation states by the addition or withdrawal of one or more electrons from said storage medium via the electrically coupled electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/266776 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | Jack B. Dennis (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention prioritizes resource utilization in a multi-thread processor. A priority register stores thread information for P threads. The thread information includes P priority codes corresponding to the P threads, at least one of the P threads requesting use of at least one resource unit. A priority selector generates assignment signal to assign the at least one resource unit to the at least one of the P threads according to the P priority codes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/715778 |
| ART UNIT | 2416 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/235 |
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| US 07519096 | Bouma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Bouma (Squantum, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wang-Yuhl (William) Oh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Johannes deBoer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guillermo Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and source arrangement for filtering an electromagnetic radiation can be provided which may include at least one spectral separating arrangement configured to physically separate one or more components of the electromagnetic radiation based on a frequency of the electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus and source arrangement may also have at least one continuously rotating optical arrangement which is configured to receive at least one signal that is associated with the one or more components. Further, the apparatus and source arrangement can include at least one beam selecting arrangement configured to receive the signal. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/861179 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519249 | Gill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Gill (South Orange, New Jersey); Mahmoud Rasras (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor optical modulator devices exhibiting improved chirp characteristics are constructed from a Mach-Zehnder structure having resonators positioned within each arm and a number of phases shifters positioned within the arms, and/or resonators. |
| FILED | Sunday, March 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/684625 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omni Sciences, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammed N. Islam (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A broadband light source includes one or more laser diodes that are capable of generating a pump signal having a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns, a pulse width of at least 100 picoseconds and a pump optical spectral width. The light source also includes one or more optical amplifiers that are coupled to the pump signal and are capable of amplifying the pump signal to a peak power of at least 500 W. The light source further includes a first fiber that is coupled to the one or more optical amplifiers. The first fiber including an anomalous group-velocity dispersion regime and a modulational instability mechanism that operates to modulate the pump signal. In one particular embodiment, the pump signal wavelength resides in the anomalous group-velocity dispersion regime of the first fiber and where different intensities in the pump signal can cause relative motion between different parts of the modulated pump signal produced through modulational instability in the first fiber. The light source also including a nonlinear element that is coupled to the first fiber that is capable of broadening the pump optical spectral width to at least 100 nm through a nonlinear effect in the nonlinear element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/599950 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519257 | Lipson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michal Lipson (Ithaca, New York); Carlos Angulo Barrios (Toledo, Spain); Vilson Rosa de Almeida (Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil); Roberto R. Panepucci (Miami, Florida); Qianfan Xu (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-index-contrast waveguide structure material used to guide light through a low-refractive-index material. In one embodiment, the waveguide structures are capable of guiding and confining light in such a way that very high optical intensity is obtained in a small cross-sectional area or gap filled with any material with sufficiently low refractive index, relative to the remainder of the structure. The structure may be used to form resonators, optical couplers, directional optical couplers and other optical devices. Structures may be formed consistent with integrated circuit forming processes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/287159 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519452 | Seth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anil K. Seth (San Diego, California); Jeffrey L. McKinstry (San Diego, California); Gerald M. Edelman (La Jolla, California); Jeffrey L. Krichmar (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile brain-based device BBD includes a mobile base equipped with sensors and effectors (Neurally Organized Mobile Adaptive Device or NOMAD), which is guided by a simulated nervous system that is an analogue of cortical and sub-cortical areas of the brain required for visual processing, decision-making, reward, and motor responses. These simulated cortical and sub-cortical areas are reentrantly connected and each area contains neuronal units representing both the mean activity level and the relative timing of the activity of groups of neurons. The brain-based device BBD learns to discriminate among multiple objects with shared visual features, and associated “target” objects with innately preferred auditory cues. Globally distributed neuronal circuits that correspond to distinct objects in the visual field of NOMAD 10 are activated. These circuits, which are constrained by a reentrant neuroanatomy and modulated by behavior and synaptic plasticity, result in successful discrimination of objects. The brain-based device BBD is moveable, in a rich real-world environment involving continual changes in the size and location of visual stimuli due to self-generated or autonomous, movement, and shows that reentrant connectivity and dynamic synchronization provide an effective mechanism for binding the features of visual objects so as to reorganize object features such as color, shape and motion while distinguishing distinct objects in the environment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/105019 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519502 | Carneal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Bradley Carneal (Silver Spring, Maryland); Paisan Atsavapranee (Cabin John, Maryland); Jerry Wei-Jen Shan (Raritan, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | In one general aspect, a method of processing surface profile measurements includes obtaining a calibration image, the calibration image including one or more surface profile measurements at one or more discrete points on a surface, performing calibration processing on the surface profile measurements, performing data processing on the surface profile measurements, and providing data output based upon the calibration processing and the data processing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/726197 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07517522 | Ginsburg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Ginsburg (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gallia Levy (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Han-Mou Tsai (Manhasset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a disintegrin and metalloproteinase containing thrombospondin 1-like domains (ADAMTS) and in particular to a novel ADAMTS13 protease and to nucleic acids encoding ADAMTS13 proteases. The present invention encompasses both native and recombinant wild-type forms of ADAMTS13, as well as mutant and variant forms including fragments, some of which posses altered characteristics relative to the wild-type ADAMTS13. The present invention also relates to methods of using ADAMTS13, including for treatment of TTP. The present invention also relates to methods for screening for the presence of TTP. The present invention further relates to methods for developing anticoagulant drugs based upon ADAMTS13. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/342461 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.670 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517527 | Neville, Jr. 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) | David M. Neville, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Jerry Todd Thompson (Goose Creek, South Carolina); Huaizhong Hu (Bethesda, Maryland); Shenglin Ma (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method of treating an autoimmune disease in an animal comprising administering to the animal an antibody-DT mutant immunotoxin which routes by the anti-CD3 pathway, or derivatives thereof, under conditions such that the autoimmune disease is treated. In a further embodiment, the invention provides a method of treating T cell leukemias or lymphomas in an animal comprising administering to the animal an antibody-DT mutant immunotoxin which routes by the anti-CD3 pathway, or derivatives thereof, under conditions such that the T cell leukemias or lymphomas are treated. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/389565 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/183.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517531 | Whitehead 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) | Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Lewis Markoff (Bethesda, Maryland); Barry Falgout (Rockville, Maryland); Joseph Blaney (Frederick, Maryland); Kathryn Hanley (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a dengue virus tetravalent vaccine containing a common 30 nucleotide deletion (Δ30) in the 3′-untranslated region of the genome of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or antigenic chimeric dengue viruses of serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970640 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/202.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517657 | Gaynor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce D. Gaynor (Pelham, New York); Betty A. Diamond (Bronx, New York); Matthew D. Scharff (Larchmont, New York); Philippe Valadon (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for identifying a peptide which binds to an anti-double stranded DNA antibody. The present invention also provides a class of peptides identified by the method of the present invention which bind to anti-double stranded DNA antibodies and compositions containing these peptides. The present invention also provides methods for the diagnosis and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus utilizing the peptides of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129260 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07517667 | Murphy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Murphy (Boston, Massachusetts); Ryan Ratts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In vitro delivery of the diphtheria toxin (DT) catalytic (C) domain from the lumen of purified early endosomes to the external milieu requires the addition of both ATP and a cytosolic translocation factor (CTF) complex. The results presented here demonstrate that β-COP plays an essential role in the cytosolic release of the C-domain and is mediated by a consensus peptide sequence found on several bacterial toxins and in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. The invention features methods for inhibiting cell death that include the administration of compounds based on this consensus sequence that inhibit the translocation of the catalytic domain of toxins or transcription factors. Also featured are methods for identifying compounds that inhibit cell death, and methods for identifying compounds that promote cell death by blocking or accelerating, respectively, the rate of toxin/factor endosomal translocation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/214997 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517695 | Haidekker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Haidekker (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting local shear stress values using molecular rotors that allows for an extremely sensitive determination of a shear stress field or a flow field, even at very low flow rates. In one embodiment, molecular rotors may be adhered to a fiber optic probe or other solid surface, and the fluorescence emission of those molecular rotors may be probed at a location of the fiber optic probe tip or other solid surface. In another preferred embodiment, rotors may be adhered to another solid surface, such as any glass or polymer substrate that may be pre-functionalized (e.g., quartz, polystyrene or silicate glass) to create a probe that may then be used for in vivo as well as in vitro viscosity measurements. In another embodiment, molecular rotors may be dissolved in a target solution, and emission intensity obtained by one of several techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/039357 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517851 | Kuo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cho-chou Kuo (Seattle, Washington); Albertina F. Swanson (Tucson, Arizona); Sen-Itiroh Hakomori (Seattle, Washington); Noriko Takahashi (Nagoya, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Oligosaccharides specific for Chlamydia mediate attachment of the organism to host cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/376337 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517858 | Hostetler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Y. Hostetler (Del Mar, California); Ganesh D. Kini (San Diego, California); James R. Beadle (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Lipid prodrugs of pharmaceutical agents and their analogs that have increased anticancer, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative activity over the parent drug, and methods for making lipid prodrugs. Compositions comprising lipid prodrugs for treating disease and methods for treating disease which involve using the compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/487081 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
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| US 07517860 | Attie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan D Attie (Madison, Wisconsin); Donald L Gillian-Daniel (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul W. Bates (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | It has been discovered that the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) degrades the lipoprotein apoB. Based on this observation, an artificial fusion protein has been designed containing an LDL receptor domain attached to a localization domain which causes retention of the fusion protein inside of a cell. The fusion protein is preferably retained in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, where the LDLR can degrade apoB. Data shows that the technique is effective in a mammal to reduce serum LDL cholesterol levels. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/620820 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07517861 | Krieg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur M. Krieg (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Joel N. Kline (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotides and therapeutic utilities based on their ability to stimulate an immune response and to redirect a Th2 response to a Th1 response in a subject are disclosed. Methods for treating atopic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/888785 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07517867 | LaVoie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edmond J. LaVoie (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Alexander L. Ruchelman (Robbinsville, New Jersey); Leroy F. Liu (Bridgewater, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of formula I or formula II: wherein: the bond represented by — is a single bond or a double bond, and R1-R5, X, and Y have any of the meanings defined in the specification and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I or II, processes for preparing compounds of formula I or II, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I or II, and therapeutic methods for treating cancer and other topoisomerase related conditions using compounds of formula I or II. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/714680 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/80 |
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| US 07517890 | Zheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio); St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee); Girindus America, Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Zheng (Cincinnati, Ohio); Jie Zheng (Memphis, Tennessee); Yuan Gao (Port Jefferson, New York); John B. Dickerson (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The preferred embodiments generally relate to methods and compositions that affect the GTP-binding activity of members of the Rho family GTPases, preferably Rac (Rac1, Rac2 and/or Rac3), such compositions include compounds that modulate the GTP/GDP exchange activity, along with uses for the compounds including screening for compounds which recognize Rac GTPase, and methods of treating pathological conditions associated or related to a Rho family GTPase, including Rac. The preferred embodiments also relate to methods of using such compounds, or derivatives thereof, e.g., in therapeutics, diagnostics, and as research tools. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/994165 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517895 | Harran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick G. Harran (Dallas, Texas); Jing Li (Dallas, Texas); Susan Jeong (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The application discloses novel synthetic compounds, modeled after unique toxins extracted from the marine invertebrate Diazona angulata useful in the treatment abnormal cell mitosis. The application also discloses novel methods for synthesis of these compounds and methods of using these compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/264502 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517908 | Krishnan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranga R. Krishnan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Marc G. Caron (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Xiaodong Zhang (Durham, North Carolina); Martin Beaulieu (Durham, North Carolina); Raul R. Gainetdinova (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Tatiana D. Sotnikova (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating a subject for a serotonergic neurotransmission dysregulation disorder, comprises administering the subject a serotonin enhancer (e.g., a serotonin reuptake inhibitor) in an amount effective to treat the disorder; and concurrently administering the subject 5-hydroxytryptophan in an amount effective to enhance the activity of the serotonin enahancer, (e.g., serotonin reuptake inhibitor). In preferred embodiments the disorder is depression, anxiety, or substance abuse. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/133867 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517967 | Chatterjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malaya Chatterjee (Fort Wright, Kentucky); Kenneth A. Foon (Fremont, California); Sunil K. Chatterjee (Fort Wright, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to monoclonal antibody 1A7. This is an anti-idiotype produced by immunizing with an antibody specific for ganglioside GD2, and identifying a hybridoma secreting antibody with immunogenic potential in a multi-step screening process. Also disclosed are polynucleotide and polypeptide derivatives based on 1A7, including single chain variable region molecules and fusion proteins, and various pharmaceutical compositions. When administered to an individual, the 1A7 antibody overcomes immune tolerance and induces an immune response against GD2, which comprises a combination of anti-GD2 antibody and GD2-specific T cells. The invention further provides methods for treating a disease associated with altered GD2 expression, particularly melanoma, neuroblastoma, glioma, soft tissue sarcoma, and small cell carcinoma. Patients who are in remission as a result of traditional modes of cancer therapy may be treat with a composition of this invention in hopes of reducing the risk of recurrence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/089266 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517971 | Cech et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Geron Corporation (Menlo Park, California); The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Cech (Boulder, Maryland); Joachim Lingner (Epalinges, Switzerland); Toru Nakamura (San Diego, California); Karen B. Chapman (Mill Valley, California); Gregg B. Morin (Oakville, Canada); Calvin B. Harley (Palo Alto, California); William H. Andrews (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods related to human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTRT), the catalytic protein subunit of human telomerase. The polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention are useful for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of human diseases, for changing the proliferative capacity of cells and organisms, and for identification and screening of compounds and treatments useful for treatment of diseases such as cancers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/721477 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517973 | Fisher et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B Fisher (Scarsdale, New York); Zhao-zhong Su (New York, New York); Dong-chul Kang (Dongan-gu, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to Astrocyte Enhanced Genes (AEGs), the expression of which is upregulated in human astrocytes grown in primary cell cultures that are exposed to either the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) or to the HIV-1 glycoprotein gp120. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/975280 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518013 | Dalton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Dalton (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Yali He (Germantown, Tennessee); Donghua Yin (Pawcatuck, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA) which demonstrate androgenic and anabolic activity, which are nonsteroidal ligands for the androgen receptor. The selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM) are useful for a) male contraception; b) treatment of a variety of hormone-related conditions, for example conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM), such as fatigue, depression, decreased libido, sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, osteoporosis, hair loss, anemia, obesity, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, benign prostate hyperplasia, alterations in mood and cognition and prostate cancer; c) treatment of conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Female (ADIF), such as sexual dysfunction, decreased sexual libido, hypogonadism, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, alterations in cognition and mood, depression, anemia, hair loss, obesity, endometriosis, breast cancer, uterine cancer and ovarian cancer; d) treatment and/or prevention of chronic muscular wasting; e) decreasing the incidence of, halting or causing a regression of prostate cancer; f) oral androgen relacement and/or other clinical therpauetic and/or diagnostic areas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/353225 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518108 | Frey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian L. Frey (Madison, Wisconsin); Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael S. Westphall (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods, devices and device components for preparing ions from liquid samples containing chemical species and methods and devices for analyzing chemical species in liquid samples. The present invention provides an ion source for generating analyte ions having a selected charge state distribution, such as a reduced charged state distribution, that may be effectively interfaced with a variety of charged particle analyzers, including virtually any type of mass spectrometer. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/272450 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518364 | Cukur |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tolga Cukur (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing selective spectral suppression in balanced steady-state free procession (SSFP) magnetic resonance imaging for a first species and a second species is provided. A plurality of balanced SSFP images are acquired, wherein each acquisition of a balanced SSFP image comprises applying an alternating TR RF excitation, wherein the alternating TR RF excitation has a first TR and a second TR, wherein a period of the first TR (TR1) is greater than a period of the second TR (TR2), applying balanced magnetic gradients, acquiring an in-phase acquisition of the first and second species, acquiring an out-of-phase acquisition of the first and second species, and combining the in-phase acquisition and the out-of-phase acquisition to produce a combined image. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/016839 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519149 | Mackie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Mackie (Verona, Wisconsin); Stewart J. Becker (New York, New York); Robert Jeraj (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A small field radiation therapy machine having an aperture diameter of 30 cm or less provides improved ray definition for specialized treatment of portions of the human body such as head a breast. |
| FILED | Monday, March 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/576358 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519209 | Dawant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benoit M. Dawant (Nashville, Tennessee); Zhujiang Cao (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for segmentation of an organ of a living subject with a variable shape and boundary and surrounded by structures and tissues in connection with an image containing the organ. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of initializing a contour inside the organ in the image, introducing a speed function that is capable of accumulating spatial and temporal information of a propagating front of the contour, and evolving the contour toward the boundary of the organ using the introduced speed function so as to segment the organ. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/165565 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519412 | Mistretta |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Mistretta (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An image reconstruction method includes reconstructing a composite image of a subject using a conventional reconstruction method. The composite image employs the best information available regarding the subject of the scan and this information is used to constrain the reconstruction of highly undersampled image frames. An image frame is reconstructed using limited acquired data and image quality is improved using a priori information of the subject by weighting pixel values therein by values of corresponding pixels in the composite image. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482372 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07517375 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Allan Cook (Ankeny, Iowa); Joel Lee Harringa (Ames, Iowa); Alan Mark Russell (Ames, Iowa); Justin S. Peters (Ames, Iowa); Atiq Ahmed (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly wear resistant sintered, hot pressed, or otherwise compacted ceramic composite material is described, consisting of two discrete phases of the form AlxMgyB14 where x and y ≦1 or like hard, orthorhombic compounds, and TiB2 or like Group IVB transition metal di-borides, and with an unexpectedly high content of transition metal di-boride in the range from 40 to 90 percent (28 to 85 volume percent). |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/325292 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Abrasive tool making process, material, or composition 051/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517509 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. D. Miller (Salt Lake City, Utah); Xuming Wang (Salt Lake City, Utah); Minhua Li (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a trona concentrate and a process for floating gangue material from trona ore that comprises forming an emulsion, conditioning the trona ore at a high solids content in a saturated trona suspension, and then floating and removing the gangue material. The process for separating trona from gangue materials in trona ore can include emulsifying an oil in an aqueous solution to form an oil-in-water emulsion. A saturated trona suspension having a high solids content can also be formed having trona of a desired particle size. The undissolved trona in the saturated suspension can be conditioned by mixing the saturated suspension and the oil-in-water emulsion to form a conditioning solid suspension of trona and gangue material. A gas can be injected through the conditioning solid suspension to float the gangue material. Thus, the floated gangue material can be readily separated from the trona to form a purified trona concentrate without requirements of additional heat or other expensive processing steps. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094326 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/206.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517580 | Mulligan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony C. Mulligan (Tucson, Arizona); Mark J. Rigali (Tucson, Arizona); Manish P. Sutaria (Malden, Massachusetts); Dragan Popovich (Redmond, Washington); Joseph P. Halloran (Tucson, Arizona); Michael L. Fulcher (Tucson, Arizona); Randy C. Cook (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Fibrous monolith composites having architectures that provide increased flaw insensitivity, improved hardness, wear resistance and damage tolerance and methods of manufacture thereof are provided for use in dynamic environments to mitigate impact damage and increase wear resistance. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/298194 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517604 | Hamrock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Hamrock (Stillwater, Minnesota); James M. Larson (Saint Paul, Minnesota); Phat T. Pham (Little Canada, Minnesota); Matthew H. Frey (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Gregory M. Haugen (Edina, Minnesota); William M. Lamanna (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolyte membrane is formed by an acidic polymer and a low-volatility acid that is fluorinated, substantially free of basic groups, and is either oligomeric or non-polymeric. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/230090 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517784 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaonan Li (Evergreen, Colorado); Yanfa Yan (Littleton, Colorado); Timothy J. Coutts (Golden, Colorado); Timothy A. Gessert (Conifer, Colorado); Clay M. Dehart (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing transparent p-type conducting oxide films without co-doping plasma enhancement or high temperature comprising: a) introducing a dialkyl metal at ambient temperature and a saturated pressure in a carrier gas into a low pressure deposition chamber, and b) introducing NO alone or with an oxidizer into the chamber under an environment sufficient to produce a metal-rich condition to enable NO decomposition and atomic nitrogen incorporation into the formed transparent metal conducting oxide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/553245 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/609 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518105 | Dahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Dahl (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jill R. Scott (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Anthony D. Appelhans (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Timothy R. McJunkin (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John E. Olson (Rigby, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion mobility spectrometer may include a flow channel having an inlet end and an outlet end. A deflection electrode is positioned within the flow channel so that a non-linear electric field is created between at least a portion of the flow channel and at least a portion of the deflection electrode when an electrostatic potential is placed across the deflection electrode and the flow channel. The ion mobility spectrometer also includes means for producing ions at a position upstream from the leading edge of the deflection electrode, so that ions produced thereby are deflected by the deflection electrode into the non-linear electric field. A detector positioned within the flow channel for detects ions from the non-linear electric field. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/610609 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518106 | Dahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Dahl (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jill R. Scott (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Anthony D. Appelhans (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Timothy R. McJunkin (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John E. Olson (Rigby, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion mobility spectrometer may include an inner electrode and an outer electrode arranged so that at least a portion of the outer electrode surrounds at least a portion of the inner electrode and defines a drift space therebetween. The inner and outer electrodes are electrically insulated from one another so that a non-linear electric field is created in the drift space when an electric potential is placed on the inner and outer electrodes. An ion source operatively associated with the ion mobility spectrometer releases ions to the drift space defined between the inner and outer electrodes. A detector operatively associated with at least a portion of the outer electrode detects ions from the drift space. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/610633 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518278 | Hsu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Hsu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus in which a rotor (11) and a stator (17) define a radial air gap (20) for receiving AC flux and at least one DC excitation coil (23, 24) positioned near the stator end turn to produce DC flux in axial air gaps (21, 22) additive to the AC flux. Side magnets (16) and flux-guiding magnets (14) are provided as boundaries separating the side poles (12a, 12b) of opposite polarity from other portions of the rotor (11) and from each other to define PM poles (12a, 12b) for conveying the DC flux to or from the primary air gap (20) and for inhibiting flux from leaking from said pole portions prior to reaching the primary air gap (20). Side magnets (16), side poles (12a and 12b), flux-guiding magnets (14), ferromagnetic end plates (11c), non-magnetic end plates (12c), and ring bands (37) are optionally provided for performance improvement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/162753 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/156.560 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518736 | Hays et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Aerospace Corporation (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Byron Hays (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jane Camile Pavlich (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Greg Alan Ritter (Hamburg, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | At least one second beam of light from a first beam of light generated by a laser is directed into an atmosphere. Light therefrom scattered by molecules or aerosols in the atmosphere is collected by at least one telescope as at least one light signal, which together with a reference beam from the first beam of light are simultaneously processed by an interferometer, and resulting fringe patterns are imaged onto a detector adapted to output a resulting at least one signal responsive thereto. In various aspects: a data processor gates the signal to provide a range-responsive measurement; the light signal is multiplexed; a circle-to-line interferometer optic transforms an at least partially circular fringe pattern to a substantially linear fringe pattern; or a CCD detector provides for recording a range-resolved image by successively transferring charges from one adjacent row of photosites to another. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/927196 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518780 | Papavasiliou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros P. Papavasiliou (Oakland, California); Scot S. Olivier (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A deformable mirror formed out of two layers of a nanolaminate foil attached to a stiff substrate is introduced. Deformation is provided by an electrostatic force between two of the layers. The internal stiffness of the structure allows for high-spatial-frequency shapes. The nanolaminate foil of the present invention allows for a high-quality mirror surface. The device achieves high precision in the vertical direction by using foils with accurately controlled thicknesses, but does not require high precision in the lateral dimensions, allowing such mirrors to be fabricated using crude lithography techniques. Such techniques allow structures up to about the meter scale to be fabricated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/501590 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518886 | Lai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jih-Sheng Lai (Blacksburg, Virginia); Changrong Liu (Sunnyvale, California); Amy Ridenour (Salem, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | DC/DC converter has a transformer having primary coils connected to an input side and secondary coils connected to an output side. Each primary coil connects a full-bridge circuit comprising two switches on two legs, the primary coil being connected between the switches on each leg, each full-bridge circuit being connected in parallel wherein each leg is disposed parallel to one another, and the secondary coils connected to a rectifying circuit. An outer loop control circuit that reduces ripple in a voltage reference has a first resistor connected in series with a second resistor connected in series with a first capacitor which are connected in parallel with a second capacitor. An inner loop control circuit that reduces ripple in a current reference has a third resistor connected in series with a fourth resistor connected in series with a third capacitor which are connected in parallel with a fourth capacitor. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/249945 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519145 | Warner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); George J. Havrilla (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Thomasin C. Miller (Bartlesville, Oklahoma); Cris Lewis (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cynthia A. Mahan (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cyndi A. Wells (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for screening chemicals using micro x-ray fluorescence. A method for screening a mixture of potential pharmaceutical chemicals for binding to at least one target binder involves flow-separating a solution of chemicals and target binders into separated components, exposing them to an x-ray excitation beam, detecting x-ray fluorescence signals from the components, and determining from the signals whether or not a binding event between a chemical and target binder has occurred. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/444660 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519462 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan D. Brown (Peoria, Illinois); Sivaprasad Akasam (Peoria, Illinois); Rabie E. Khalil (Dunlap, Illinois); Brian D. Hoff (East Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating an electrically propelled machine includes the steps of, operating an electrical power source for the machine, and limiting an output torque of an electrical propulsion motor system of the machine based upon the occurrence of a crowd force condition of the machine. An electrically propelled machine is further provided, including an electronic controller having means for limiting motor output torque based at least in part on a crowd force condition of the machine. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/238933 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — 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 71/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519488 | Fu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chi Yung Fu (San Francisco, California); Loren Petrich (Lebanon, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A signal processing method and system combining smooth level wavelet pre-processing together with artificial neural networks all in the wavelet domain for signal denoising and extraction. Upon receiving a signal corrupted with noise, an n-level decomposition of the signal is performed using a discrete wavelet transform to produce a smooth component and a rough component for each decomposition level. The nth level smooth component is then inputted into a corresponding neural network pre-trained to filter out noise in that component by pattern recognition in the wavelet domain. Additional rough components, beginning at the highest level, may also be retained and inputted into corresponding neural networks pre-trained to filter out noise in those components also by pattern recognition in the wavelet domain. In any case, an inverse discrete wavelet transform is performed on the combined output from all the neural networks to recover a clean signal back in the time domain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/142049 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519998 | Cai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongming M. Cai (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Maya Gokhale (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting malicious binary executable files is accomplished by inputting a binary executable file; converting the binary executable file to byte hexadecimal text strings; calculating the frequency of each byte pattern in the byte hexadecimal text strings; selecting characteristic byte pattern frequencies as discriminating features; classifying the discriminating features as malicious or benign; labeling the binary executable file as malicious or benign; and outputting the labeled malicious or benign binary executable file. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/900697 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07516671 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jack Chen (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan Engel (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor chip, comprising a flexible, polymer-based substrate, and at least one microfabricated sensor disposed on the substrate and including a conductive element. The at least one sensor comprises at least one of a tactile sensor and a flow sensor. Other embodiments of the present invention include sensors and/or multi-modal sensor nodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/709466 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07516749 | Felder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neogen, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Felder (Tucson, Arizona); Richard Kris (Tucson, Arizona); Brian McGraw (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of and apparatus for washing an array of sites in high-density microplates or similar assay plates wherein the microplates or assay plates are washed in an inverted or nearly inverted position, rather than in an upright position. Preferably, the wash liquid is dispensed upwardly in the form of a sheet from a nozzle mounted on a spray bar as the spray bar moves relative to the microplate or assay plate. After washing, the microplate or assay plate is dried with a stream of gas such as air, also preferably blown upwardly in the form of a sheet. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/408108 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning and liquid contact with solids 134/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517895 | Harran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick G. Harran (Dallas, Texas); Jing Li (Dallas, Texas); Susan Jeong (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The application discloses novel synthetic compounds, modeled after unique toxins extracted from the marine invertebrate Diazona angulata useful in the treatment abnormal cell mitosis. The application also discloses novel methods for synthesis of these compounds and methods of using these compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/264502 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518120 | Monroe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Monroe (Dexter, Michigan); Boris Blinov (Seattle, Washington); David Moehring (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Luming Duan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for long-distance quantum communication and scalable quantum computation are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are based on probabilistic ion-photon mapping. Scalable quantum computation is achieved by forming deterministic quantum gates between remotely located trapped ions by detecting spontaneously emitted photons, accompanied by local Coulomb interaction between neighboring ions. Long-distance quantum communication and scalable quantum communication networks formed by employing a number of remote nodes that each include an ion trap and by employing probabilistic photon-mediated entanglement between the ions in each ion trap. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/324366 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/393 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518127 | von Zanthier et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Joachim von Zanthier (80997 Munich, Germany); Christoph Thiel (90768 Fürth, Germany); Enrique Solano (80637 Munich, Germany); Thierry Bastin (4102 Ougree, Belgium); Girish S. Agarwal (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for using one particle out of N particles for irradiating or investigating a target are provided. A radiation source with N incoherent emitters emits a radiation, and particles of said radiation are detected by using at least N−1 detectors located at N−1 different positions. A discriminator is adapted for identifying particle detection events on at least N−1 detectors within a predetermined time period from other particle detection events. |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/615547 |
| ART UNIT | 4136 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518544 | Venkatachalam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam (Fort Collins, Colorado); Sang Hun Lim (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Radar beams are generated with radars disposed at different positions within an environment that attenuates at least a portion of one of the radar beams. A measured reflectivity of the environment is determined along a path of each of the radar beams. An intrinsic reflectivity is determined from different volume elements within the environment from the measured reflectivity. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/457335 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518784 | Saffman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Saffman (Madison, Wisconsin); Oo-Kaw Lim (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A single cavity may be used to produce up-converted, quantum-entangled beams relying on the common field of the pumping energy stimulating to up-converting material to produce the quantum entanglement. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/750432 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519096 | Bouma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Bouma (Squantum, Massachusetts); Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wang-Yuhl (William) Oh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Johannes deBoer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guillermo Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and source arrangement for filtering an electromagnetic radiation can be provided which may include at least one spectral separating arrangement configured to physically separate one or more components of the electromagnetic radiation based on a frequency of the electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus and source arrangement may also have at least one continuously rotating optical arrangement which is configured to receive at least one signal that is associated with the one or more components. Further, the apparatus and source arrangement can include at least one beam selecting arrangement configured to receive the signal. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/861179 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519454 | Gardner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Matthew Gardner (Blacksburg, Virginia); Zhian Zhong (Louisvile, Kentucky); Yilu Liu (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting and locating a disturbance event within a power grid includes a series of frequency disturbance recorders (FDRs) taking measurements in the power grid at dispersed points of the power grid, an information management system, configured to receive data from the series of FDRs and analyze the received data and a communications network interconnecting the series of FDRs and the information management system. The information management system is configured to examine orders and patterns of receipt of frequency changes at the FDRs in the data caused by the disturbance event and to triangulate a location of the disturbance event based on the orders and patterns of receipt of the frequency changes. Example methods of detection and location of disturbance events are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, October 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/588247 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519995 | Cho et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young H. Cho (Chatsworth, California); William H. Mangione-Smith (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved deep packet filter system designed to optimize search of dynamic patterns for a high speed network traffic. The improved deep packet filter system is a hardware-based system with optimized logic area. One optimization technique is the sharing of common sub-logic in the hardware design to reduce the number of gates that are required. Another optimization technique is the use of a built-in memory to store portions of the pattern set, also resulting in a reduction of gates. The reduction of the logic area allows the deep packet filter system to be implemented onto a single field-programmable array chip. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/587292 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07517476 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer represented by Formula or structure (I) wherein at least one of each R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, halogen, cyano, or nitro; x, y, a and b represent the number of groups and rings, respectively; and n represents the number of repeating groups or moieties. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398902 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07517477 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device, such as a thin film transistor, containing a polymer of the formula or structure wherein at least one of each R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, halogen, arylalkyl, cyano, or nitro; x and y represent the number of R substituents; a and b represent the number of rings; and n represents the number of repeating groups or moieties. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398941 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518148 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Liu (Niskayuna, New York); Anil Raj Duggal (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic device package that provides full fault tolerance against both electrical shorts and electrical opens is presented. An organic device package comprising a plurality of groups of organic electronic elements electrically coupled in series, where at least one of the plurality of groups of organic electronic elements comprises a plurality of sub-groups of organic electronic elements electrically coupled in parallel, and where at least one of the plurality of sub-groups of organic electronic elements comprises a plurality of organic electronic elements electrically coupled in series. Further, various embodiments are contemplated where a plurality of series blocks and parallel blocks may be nested to provide a grid network having increased flexibility and fault tolerance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/092488 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518551 | Dybdal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Dybdal (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Denny D. Pidhayny (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for tracking signals with diverse polarization properties address both sensitivity and antenna tracking performance issues. In one embodiment, complex weightings for matching a polarization of an incident signal on a data channel are determined, and the complex weightings are applied to a tracking channel such that an antenna system polarization is matched to the polarization of the incident signal. In another embodiment, orthogonally polarized tracking channel components of an incident signal are processed to make a determination as to which of the orthogonally polarized tracking channel components is stronger, and this determination is used to select a polarization of a data channel to reduce a polarization mismatch loss. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/772086 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518815 | Rottmayer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Rottmayer (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Michael A. Seigler (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat assisted magnetic recording head with a multilayer electromagnetic (EM) radiation emission structure. The multilayer EM radiation emission structure is in optical communication with a light source for heating a recording medium. Particularly, the multilayer EM radiation emission structure includes a conducting layer for receiving the light source and a protective layer formed adjacent the conducting layer to protect the conducting layer from contact with a recording medium. An aperture extends through the conducting layer in the protective layer to allow the light source to pass therethrough to heat the recording medium. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/286720 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07516671 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jack Chen (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan Engel (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor chip, comprising a flexible, polymer-based substrate, and at least one microfabricated sensor disposed on the substrate and including a conductive element. The at least one sensor comprises at least one of a tactile sensor and a flow sensor. Other embodiments of the present invention include sensors and/or multi-modal sensor nodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/709466 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07516890 | Spremo 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) | Stevan M. Spremo (San Jose, California); Usen E. Udoh (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for monitoring present location and/or present status of a target inventory item, where the inventory items are located on one or more inventory shelves or other inventory receptacles that communicate with an inventory base station through use of responders such as RFIDs. A user operates a hand held interrogation and display (IAD) module that communicates with, or is part of, the base station, to provide an initial inquiry. Information on location(s) of the target inventory item is also indicated visibly and/or audibly on the receptacle(s) for the user. Status information includes an assessment of operation readiness and a time, if known, that the specified inventory item or class was last removed or examined or modified. Presentation of a user access level may be required for access to the target inventory item. Another embodiment provides inventory information for a stack as a sight-impaired or hearing-impaired person passes adjacent to that stack. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/444807 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518085 | Krishnan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alameda Applied Sciences Corp. (San Leandro, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahadevan Krishnan (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasma thruster with a cylindrical inner and cylindrical outer electrode generates plasma particles from the application of energy stored in an inductor to a surface suitable for the formation of a plasma and expansion of plasma particles. The plasma production results in the generation of charged particles suitable for generating a reaction force, and the charged particles are guided by a magnetic field produced by the same inductor used to store the energy used to form the plasma. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/384617 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518234 | Okojie |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admistration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Okojie (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of bulk manufacturing high temperature sensor sub-assembly packages are disclosed and claimed. Sensors are sandwiched between a top cover and a bottom cover so as to enable the peripheries of the top covers, sensors and bottom covers to be sealed and bound securely together are disclosed and claimed. Sensors are placed on the bottom covers leaving the periphery of the bottom cover exposed. Likewise, top covers are placed on the sensors leaving the periphery of the sensor exposed. Individual sensor sub-assemblies are inserted into final packaging elements which are also disclosed and claimed. Methods of directly attaching wires or pins to contact pads on the sensors are disclosed and claimed. Sensors, such as pressure sensors and accelerometers, and headers made out of silicon carbide and aluminum nitride are disclosed and claimed. Reference cavities are formed in some embodiments disclosed and claimed herein where top covers are not employed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/926206 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07519238 | Robertson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Space Alliance, LLC (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tina L. Robertson (Merritt Island, Florida); Michael C. Raney (Cocoa, Florida); Dennis M. Dougherty (Merritt Island, Florida); Peter C. Kent (Titusville, Florida); Russell X. Brucker (Titusville, Florida); Daryl A. Lampert (Saint Cloud, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and methods through which pictorial views of an object's configuration, arranged in a hierarchical fashion, are navigated by a person to establish a visual context within the configuration. The visual context is automatically translated by the system into a set of search parameters driving retrieval of structured data and content (images, documents, multimedia, etc.) associated with the specific context. The system places “hot spots”, or actionable regions, on various portions of the pictorials representing the object. When a user interacts with an actionable region, a more detailed pictorial from the hierarchy is presented representing that portion of the object, along with real-time feedback in the form of a popup pane containing information about that region, and counts-by-type reflecting the number of items that are available within the system associated with the specific context and search filters established at that point in time. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/863765 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07517955 | Oliver et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen P. Oliver (Maryville, Tennessee); Raul A. Almeida (Knoxville, Tennessee); Douglas A. Luther (Louisville, Tennessee); Hee-Myung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A polypeptide, designated as “Streptococcus uberis Adhesion Molecule” (SUAM), and fragments of SUAM, prevent internalization and adherence of Streptococcus uberis and other streptococcal pathogens to cells. The SUAM polypeptide and fragments may be used diagnostically and therapeutically. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the SUAM polypeptide and fragments are included in the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/691384 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP19913 | Griesbach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Griesbach (Ellicott City, Maryland); John R. Stommel (Glenwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a new and distinct pepper plant known as Capisum annuum L. ‘06C84’, which displays a unique prostrate, indeterminate, spreading growth habit unlike that of the standard pepper plants. Plants of ‘06C84’, are characterized by black foliage, numerous small round solitary black fruits that mature red, and a vigorous low prostrate growth habit. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/006517 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/263.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP19915 | Stommel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Stommel (Glenwood, Maryland); Robert J. Griesbach (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a new and distinct pepper plant known as Capisum annuum L. ‘05C37-3’, which displays unique pumpkin-shaped orange fruit unlike that of the standard pepper plants. Plants of ‘05C37-3’ are characterized by black foliage and small pumpkin-shaped upright oriented solitary black fruits that mature orange. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/006518 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/263.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07516749 | Felder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neogen, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Felder (Tucson, Arizona); Richard Kris (Tucson, Arizona); Brian McGraw (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of and apparatus for washing an array of sites in high-density microplates or similar assay plates wherein the microplates or assay plates are washed in an inverted or nearly inverted position, rather than in an upright position. Preferably, the wash liquid is dispensed upwardly in the form of a sheet from a nozzle mounted on a spray bar as the spray bar moves relative to the microplate or assay plate. After washing, the microplate or assay plate is dried with a stream of gas such as air, also preferably blown upwardly in the form of a sheet. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/408108 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning and liquid contact with solids 134/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07518443 | Matthews |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Applied Science and Research, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Matthews (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An amplifier circuit with current noise reduction employs first and second variable impedance devices between a signal source and an amplifier. A modulation frequency generator establishes a modulation frequency fmod to alter the first and second impedance values out of phase from one another at the modulation frequency so that the sum of the first and second impedance values at the input of the amplifier is relatively constant. The modulation at frequency fmod shifts the signal to side bands about the modulation frequency. The output from the amplifier is passed to a bandpass filter centered on the modulation frequency in order to remove all frequencies outside the bandwidth of interest. The signal itself is recovered by demodulating the output of the bandpass filter using a synchronization signal that is derived from the modulation signal. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/662381 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07517475 | Lucht et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Lucht (Wakefield, Rhode Island); William B. Euler (Narragansett, Rhode Island); Yu Wang (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal indicator material which comprises a plurality of polythiophenes having a second low temperature color and a high temperature color. The polythiophenes are structured and arranged to exhibit a color change from the second low temperature color to the high temperature color when the thermal indicator material is exposed to a temperature that meets or exceeds a pre-determined temperature and to exhibit a color change from the high temperature color to a first low temperature color when the thermal indicator material is exposed to a decline in temperature from a temperature that meets or exceeds the predetermined temperature to a temperature of within the range of between about 5 to 20° C. below the pre-determined temperature that occurs in a time period of greater than 2.0 seconds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/024326 |
| ART UNIT | 4191 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/408.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07517660 | Rider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts); Laura Bortolin (Mason, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for detecting the presence of an antigen including (1) a cell having antibodies which are expressed on the surface of the cell and are specific for the antigen to be detected, where binding of the antigen to the antibodies results in an increase in calcium concentration in the cytosol of the cell, the cell further having a emitter molecule which, in response to the increased calcium concentration in the cytosol, emits a photon; (2) a liquid medium for receiving the antigen and in which the cell is immersed; and (3) an optical detector arranged for receiving the photon emitted from the cell. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/471275 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07518080 | Amato |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Amato (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed for creating a delivery sequence sort plan for automated sorting of mailpieces to a carrier sequence sorter. The delivery sequence sort plan is generated based on information about an incoming mail batch, such that the sort plan is created just prior to the delivery sequence processing of the incoming mail batch. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/450465 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07517849 | Tarasova et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nadya I. Tarasova (Frederick, Maryland); Christopher J. Michejda (North Potomac, Maryland); Michael M. Gottesman (Bethesda, Maryland); Christine A. Hrycyna (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters generally contain a number of transmembrane helices. The present invention provides synthetic peptides derived from these transmembrane helices. The peptides inhibit ABC transporter function, presumably by disrupting the structure of the ABC transporter. Negatively charged residues are added at the extracellular terminus to promote correct orientation of the peptide in the membrane, and residues considered to aid solubility may be added at that terminus to increase solubility. Exemplary ABC transporters that can be inhibited by these peptides include MDR1, MRP1, MRP2 and BCRP. The invention further provides nucleic acids encoding the peptides, expression cassettes comprising the nucleic acids, and host cells expressing the expression cassettes. The invention further provides a simple and inexpensive assay for determining whether a potential chemotherapeutic agent can inhibit the activity of P-gly-coprotein. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/130192 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2009/fedinvent-patents-20090414.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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