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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 05, 2009
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| US 07526949 | Liu 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) | Jony Jiang Liu (Olney, Maryland); Gerald J. Iafrate (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-resolution scanning probe microscope using a coherent dual-tip probe comprises two single-atom protrusions on a single crystal metal wire. As the dual-tip probe scans across the surface of a sample material under an electrical bias, an interferenced electron wave function formed by two protruding atoms interacts with electron wave functions of the sample surface. Such an interferenced wave function has a distinctive pattern of electron wave density as high as four times that of a single-atom tip. A more distinctive microscopic image of the sample surface is therefore generated. The resolution of the dual-tip scanning probe microscopic image is also higher than that obtained by a single-tip probe because the interferenced electron wave function provides a confined and densely distributed interactive region. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/499971 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527661 | Chellappa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intelligent Energy, Inc. (Long Beach, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anand Chellappa (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas R. Vencill (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Roy Powell (Kennewick, Washington); Ned A. Godshall (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen generator comprising a hydrogen membrane reactor, a fuel supply, a reaction fuel supply line, an air supply, an air supply line, a combustion fuel supply line, a tail gas supply line, a combustion by-product line for transporting combustion by-products from the combustion chamber, and a reaction product line. A membrane assembly to be joined to a reactor chamber of a hydrogen generator, which comprises a membrane; and a membrane support comprising a sintered porous metal. A reactor assembly comprising a reaction chamber containing a porous metal substrate, two membrane assemblies, a fuel supply, a reaction fuel supply line, and a tail gas supply line and a reaction product line. Methods associated with the hydrogen generator, membrane assembly and reactor assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/109186 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/197.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527687 | Genge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Genge (Columbia, South Carolina); Licia Wu (Cayce, South Carolina); Glenn R. Sauer (Fairfield, Connecticut); Roy E. Wuthier (Columbia, South Carolina); Ronald Genge (Watertown, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A cement powder is disclosed that contains reactive tricalcium phosphate nanoparticles and other ingredients required to form a cementous material. Methods of making the reactive tricalcium phosphate nanoparticles, the cement powder, the cement paste, and cured cement are also provided, as are methods and articles for using the cement. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/451527 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527802 | Glenn 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) | Gregory M. Glenn (Poolesville, Maryland); Frederick J. Cassels (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A vaccine delivered by transcutaneous immunization provides an effective treatment against infections by pathogens such as, for example, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and/or for symptoms of diarrheal disease caused thereby. For example, one, two, three, four, five or more antigens derived from ETEC and capable of inducing an antigen-specific immune response (e.g., toxins, colonization or virulence factors) and one or more optional adjuvant (e.g., whole bacterial ADP-ribosylating exotoxins, B subunits or toxoids thereof, detoxified mutants and derivatives thereof) are used to manufacture vaccines or to induce systemic and/or mucosal immunity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/467887 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/257.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527831 | Tour et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Michael Stewart (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is generally related to a method of making a molecule-surface interface comprising at least one surface comprising at least one material and at least one organic group wherein the organic group is adjoined to the surface and the method comprises contacting at least one organic group precursor with at least one surface wherein the organic group precursor is capable of reacting with the surface in a manner sufficient to adjoin the organic group and the surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/619073 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/399 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527877 | Gorman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Gorman (West Chester, Ohio); Romgopal Darolia (West Chester, Ohio); Michael F. Gigliotti (Scotia, New York); Liang Jiang (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A modified platinum group metal coating composition comprising a phase having a solid solution face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure, rich in platinum group materials. In order to be effective, the platinum group metal coating material was modified based on the chemical composition and chemical activity of the substrate material. The platinum group metal coating material was modified to include, in solid solution, elements of the superalloy substrate, specifically nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co). Depending on the substrate material, the modified platinum group metal coating material may not even include Ni or Co, but may be modified to include amounts of different elements that are consistent with the chemical composition of the substrate. The modified platinum metal coating material also includes aluminum (Al). The composition may include small amounts of a second phase isolated within the fcc phase matrix. |
| FILED | Friday, October 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/553515 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/670 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528040 | Das et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mrinal K. Das (Durham, North Carolina); Michael Laughner (Clayton, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming silicon carbide power devices are provided. An n− silicon carbide layer is provided on a silicon carbide substrate. A p-type silicon carbide well region is provided on the n− silicon carbide layer. A buried region of p+ silicon carbide is provided on the p-type silicon carbide well region. An n+ region of silicon carbide is provided on the buried region of p+ silicon carbide. A channel region of the power device is adjacent the buried region of p+ silicon carbide and the n+ region of silicon carbide. An n− region is provided on the channel region and a portion of the n− region is removed from the channel region so that a portion of the n− region remains on the channel region to provide a reduction in a surface roughness of the channel region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/136057 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/268 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528075 | Brewer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter D. Brewer (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for removing defects from a semiconductor surface is disclosed. The surface of the semiconductor is first coated with a protective layer, which is later thinned to selectively reveal portions of the protruding defects. The defects are then removed by etching. Finally, also the protective layer is removed. According to the method, inadvertent thinning of the surface is prevented and removal of the defects is obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/787276 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/735 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528086 | Villalobos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washinton, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo E. Villalobos (Springfield, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Shyam Bayya (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A ceramic having at least about 90% by weight magnesium aluminate and having a bulk scattering and absorption loss of less than about 1/cm at any wavelength in a range of about 0.23 to about 5.3 microns or 0.2/cm at any wavelength in a range of about 0.27 to about 4.5 microns. A method of making a ceramic by providing a plurality of particles having a magnesium aluminate core and a fluoride salt coating; heating the particles in an oxidizing atmosphere to a temperature in the range of about 400° C. to about 750° C.; and sintering the particles to form a solid ceramic. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094545 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528109 | Wellstein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anton Wellstein (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the discovery that pleiotrophin binds to and activates a pleiotrophin-receptor which is responsible for the events associated with pleiotrophin activity including tumorigenesis, cell proliferation, and cell invasion. By interfering with that association, the cascade of events associated with pleiotrophin activity can be prevented or reversed. Further, by evaluating the effect of different compounds and conditions on the interaction, new drugs and treatments can be identified for use in preventing certain cancers and growth and developmental disorders. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/880097 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528174 | Wipf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jingbo Xiao (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mitchell P. Fink (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Valerian E. Kagan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yulia Y. Tyurina (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for treating an illness that is caused or associated with cellular damage or dysfunction which is caused by excessive mitochondrial production of reaction oxygen species (ROS). Compositions which act as mitochondria-selective targeting agents using specific structural signaling features recognizable by cells as mitochondrial targeting sequences are discussed. A method for delivering these agents effectively into cells and mitochondria where they act as electron scavengers by way of certain targeting sequences is also disclosed. Mitochondria dysfunction and cell death by way of apoptosis is inhibited as a result of the ROS-scavenging activity, thereby increasing the survival rate of the patient. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions and methods may be administered therapeutically in the field to patients with profound hemorrhagic shock so that survival could be prolonged until it is feasible to obtain surgical control of the bleeding vessels. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/465162 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/645 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528176 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbonyl-functionalized oligo/polythiophene compounds, and related semiconductor components and related device structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/227559 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/772.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528195 | Ramotowski |
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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 S. Ramotowski (Tiverton, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A dampening material is presented with a carboxy-terminated butadiene nitrile (CTBN) as a dampening element. The glass transition temperature of the CTBN is generally at room temperature. The material is a two-component system with micro-scale phase segregation. The CTBN is reacted into an epoxy resin at a high temperature and cooled to allow the epoxy to react with a curing agent. A phase segregation occurs between the epoxy and the CTBN as the epoxy gels/cures. The extent of phase separation in the reaction is controlled by cross-linking and gelling. The rubbery component of CTBN phase segregates and forms discrete, spherical domains. Because the glass transition temperature of the rubbery domains is in the operational temperature range of interest, the composite is capable of absorbing acoustic energy. A high modulus allows a larger amount of acoustic energy to enter the composite where it is absorbed by the rubbery CTBN component. |
| FILED | Monday, December 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/636690 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/113 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528536 | Hanson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Hanson (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Forming a protective layer such as chromium, chrome alloys, nickel or cobalt as a cap over an aluminum film protects an underlying ITO layer from corrosion during the fabrication of flat panel displays such as field emission devices and the like. The presence of the protective layer during fabrication processes such as photolithography prevents diffusion of solutions through the aluminum into the ITO. This protective layer is especially effective during the development and resist stripping stages of photolithography which use solutions or solvents that would otherwise cause reductive corrosion of ITO in contact with aluminum. The methods and apparatus described herein are particularly advantageous for the fabrication of flat panel displays such as field emission devices and other display devices, because ITO is often used in such devices in contact with aluminum while exposed to corrosion-inducing media. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826660 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/492 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528606 | In 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) | Visarath In (Chula Vista, California); Antonio Palacios (San Diego, California); Yong Ko (San Diego, California); Adi R. Bulsara (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A coupled non-linear sensor system is provided for sensing a non-sinusoidal time-dependent target signal. The system comprises an odd number, other than one, of interconnected oscillatory sensors for sensing time-dependent changes in an external magnetic flux generated by the non-sinusoidal time-dependent target signal, the sensors coupled to each other by a coupling parameter characterized by a threshold value, so that each of the sensors oscillates in the presence of the non-sinusoidal time-dependent target signal as the coupling parameter exceeds the threshold value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/732678 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528688 | Srinivasan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gopalan Srinivasan (Rochester, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices for modification of a microwave signal using a magnetically saturated ferrite magnetoelectric device with electrical control are disclosed. The device is useful for microwave resonators, band pass filters, delay lines and phase shifters. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/494427 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/219.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528786 | Koslover |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Koslover (Tyler, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A flat-aperture waveguide sidewall-emitting antenna in a compact low-profile configuration and with the capability of radiating a beam of extremely high-power microwave (HPM) pulses in a directional manner is provided. High-power microwave antennas are essential technologies to microwave-based directed energy weapons (DEW). The flat-aperture waveguide sidewall-emitting antenna is especially well-suited to high-power microwave operation because of its relatively large aperture, which distributes the output power evenly over a large area, thus reducing the risk of microwave-induced air-breakdown or surface-breakdown that would other wise impede proper operation and degrade output beam formation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/982882 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528835 | Templeman |
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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) | James N Templeman (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for controlling the movements of an avatar in a virtual environment includes a user input means, such as a gamepad with a plurality of joystick-controlled and button-controlled outputs, a tracker, and optional sliding foot pedals; a processor for running virtual environment (VE) software that includes an avatar moving through the VE; and a control mapping algorithm. The algorithm maps the gamepad, tracker, and optional sliding foot pedal outputs to the avatar's course, heading, displacement, and view, with the joysticks mapped to provide open loop directional control over the course and heading of the avatar, the tracker providing open loop control over the view, and the optional sliding foot pedals providing open loop control over displacement. The operator-controlled movement of the avatar in the virtual environment is displayed to the operator on a computer desktop display or a head mounted display. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/528341 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/474 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528952 | Cullum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malford E. Cullum (Grayslake, Illinois); Istvan Naday (Naperville, Illinois); Alan L. McArthur (Mokena, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A small, portable, hand-sized apparatus for detecting microorganisms or chemicals in liquid samples by fluorescence polarization. The apparatus operates using a low power excitation light source, such as an LED, in order to irradiate a sample with polarized light. Detection of emitted polarized light from the sample is detected in multiple planes simultaneously using low power detectors resulting in an elimination of error caused by drifts in intensity in sequential measurements and in reducing assay time. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/148572 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528959 | Novotny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lukas Novotny (Rochester, New York); Filipp Ignatovich (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Light from a laser source is split into a reference arm and a detection arm. The light in the detection arm is focused into a channel containing particles to be detected and is backscattered by the particles. The light in the reference arm is attenuated. The attenuated and backscattered light are caused to interfere and detected by a split detector so that the effects of background light can be subtracted out, while the backscattered light is detected to detect the particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/041873 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/496 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529075 | Hull 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) | David M. Hull (Adelphi, Maryland); Stephen J. Vinci (Ellicott City, Maryland); William T. Fraser, Jr. (Edgewater, Maryland); Philip N. Repicky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Luke E. Sturdevant (Horseheads, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A representative system for providing an electric field comprises an electrically insulated frame, guard members and endplates. The frame incorporates a top, a bottom, opposing sides and opposing ends, with the sides extending between the top and the bottom. Each of the ends engages the top, the bottom and the sides. The frame defines an interior. The guard members are suspended within the interior of the frame, with each of the guard members being formed of metal tubing. The guard members are spaced from each other and located along a length of the frame such that the guard members are oriented substantially parallel to the ends of the frame. The endplates are positioned at the ends of the frame. The frame, guard members and endplates are operative to form an electric field within the interior of the frame responsive to an electric potential being applied to at least one of the endplates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/513437 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529154 | Cole 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) | Melanie W. Cole (Churchville, Maryland); William Nothwang (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) include critical devices for various highly sensitive applications. However, MEMS operation may be impaired by vibration. A modular vibration control pedestal for integration with a MEMS is provided according to embodiments of the present invention which includes a piezoelectric perovskite oxide disposed on a substrate and a shape memory alloy component component disposed on the piezoelectric perovskite oxide. In particular embodiments of a MEMS device including a modular VCP, vibration is reduced by at least 50%. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/905364 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529295 | Nezami |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohamed K. Nezami (South Pasadena, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining a frequency and phase offset estimates include receiving a signal at an offset estimator. The received signal is zero-padded in the time domain to yield a zero-padded signal. A Fourier transform of the zero-padded signal is taken to yield a transformed signal. The maximum power of the transformed signal is established. Frequency and phase offset estimates are generated based on the maximum power of the transformed signal. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/816741 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529304 | Hagerty |
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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) | James D. Hagerty (Tiverton, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A data transmission system includes a serial A/D converter and a transmission processor. Transmission processor provides control signals to the A/D converter and first and second transmitters. The first transmitter is joined to the A/D converter to transmit a sync signal at a first frequency. The second transmitter is joined to transmit serial digitized data at a second frequency. First and second receivers are used to receive these frequencies. A reception processor is joined to the first receiver to activate a D/A converter on receipt of the sync signal. The D/A converter then converts digitized data received by the second receiver back to analog format. A method is also provided for transmitting and decoding the digital data. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/086737 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/259 |
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| US 07529323 | Lui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gee L. Lui (Westminster, California); Kuang Tsai (Santa Ana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A receiver generates log-likelihood-ratio-based soft bit metrics of precoded quaternary continuous phase modulation signals using four state-constrained trellises and a streamlined maximum likelihood sequence estimation Viterbi algorithm requiring no survivor state storage elements for a preferred error correction-coded quaternary Gaussian minimum shift keying communication system employing reduced-complexity pulse-amplitude modulation matched-filtering and soft-decision decoding. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/147074 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529384 | Subbalakshmi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Koduvayur P. Subbalakshmi (Holmdel, New Jersey); Palak K. Amin (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A product and process for extracting hidden data from a stego-image that has been subjected to scaling attacks are disclosed. The hidden data extraction method of the present invention retains the one-to-one mapping of the stego-image blocks to the corresponding blocks in the scaled image. When the stego-image is scaled down, the block size for extracting the hidden data is reduced proportionally. When the stego-image is scaled up, the block size for extracting the hidden data is increased proportionally. The total overall number of blocks of pixels to be examined is kept constant between the scaled image and the stego-image. The hidden data extraction method can be combined with any existing block-DCT based data hiding method to provide an overall method for dealing with scaling attacks. Both the extraction method and the combined method can be implemented in software and stored within a machine-readable medium. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/200866 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529438 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oliver Schmidt (Palo Alto, California); Michael Bassler (Menlo Park, California); Peter Kiesel (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluidic waveguides have inward surfaces or areas that face each other, separated by a channel region that can be covered. For example, an integrally formed channel component can include two walls parts and a connecting part, with inward surfaces on the wall parts and, extending between them, a base surface; a covering component's lower surface can also extend between the inward surfaces, bounding the channel region; other fluidic, electrical, and optical components can also be attached. In a stack, the covering component can cover the first channel component, and the lower base surface of each preceding channel component can cover the following channel component. An integrally formed body of light-transmissive material can have a surface that includes a waveguide's inward areas and a base area between them; a covering component can be mounted on areas adjacent the inward areas, providing an enclosed channel region. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/777712 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529448 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray T. Chen (Austin, Texas); Chulchae Choi (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for improved electrical-to-optical transmitters (100) disposed within printed circuit boards (104). The heat sink (110, 200) is a thermal conductive material disposed within a cavity (102) of the printed circuit board (104) and is thermally coupled to a bottom surface (112) of the electrical-to-optical transmitter (100). A portion of the thermal conductive material extends approximately to an outer surface (120, 122 or 124) of a layer (114, 116 or 118) of the printed circuit board (104). The printed circuit board may comprise a planarized signal communications system or an optoelectronic signal communications system. In addition, the present invention provides a method for fabricating the heat sink wherein the electrical-to-optical transmitter disposed within a cavity of the printed circuit board is fabricated. New methods for flexible waveguides and micro-mirror couplers are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/524581 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529666 | Padmanabhan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mukund Padmanabhan (White Plains, New York); George A. Saon (Putnum Valley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In connection with speech recognition, the design of a linear transformation θε |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/699894 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529717 | Vala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MagiQ Technologies, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiri Vala (Berkeley, California); Birgitta Whaley (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to systems and methods of providing universal quantum computation that avoid certain external control fields that either are hard or impossible to implement, or are serious sources of decoherence (errors). The systems and methods extend the set of scalable physical platforms suitable for implementing quantum computation in solid state, condensed matter and atomic and molecular physics systems. The invention includes identifying of suitable encodings of logical qubits into three physical qubits—i.e. three quantum mechanical systems of two levels—and performing quantum computing operations by changing the quantum states of physical qubits making up one or more logical qubits using only generalized anisotropic exchange interactions. This includes performing a quantum unitary operation over a single logical qubit or a non-local (entangling) two-qubit unitary operation. An exemplary embodiment of the invention uses a physical qubit represented by two electronic quantum levels of a nanoparticle supported in an electromagnetic cavity. The physical qubit, i.e. its quantum levels, can be tuned by electromagnetic field from a pulsed laser, so that the qubit can be brought into the interaction (resonance) with another physical qubit via exchange of cavity quantum electromagnetic modes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/547262 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07530051 | Allen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric E. Allen (Burlington, Massachusetts); David R. Chase (Belmont, Massachusetts); Victor M. Luchangco (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jan-Willem Maessen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Guy L. Steele (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for integrating dimensional analysis in a program comprising defining a specific dimension class within the program, wherein the specific dimension class is an instance of the dimension meta-class, defining an instantiation of a unit class within the program, wherein the instantiation of the unit class comprises the specific dimension class as a type parameter associated with the instantiation of the unit class, defining a method within the program using the instantiation of the unit class and the specific dimension class, and compiling the program to generate an executable code corresponding to the program, wherein the program is written in an object-oriented language. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/034636 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07530105 | Gilbert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 21st Century Technologies, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Logan Gilbert (Austin, Texas); Robert J. Morgan (Austin, Texas); Arthur A. Keen (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | NETWAR provides a utility that enables detection of both tactical and strategic threats against an individual entity and interrelated/affiliated networks of entities. A distributed network of sensors and evaluators are utilized to detect tactical attacks against one or more entities. Events on the general network are represented as an input graph, which is searched for matches of example pattern graphs that represent tactical attacks. The search is performed using a scalable graph matching engine and an ontology that is periodically updated by a subject matter expert or analyst. NETWAR provides the functionality to determine/understand the strategic significance of the detected tactical attacks by correlating detected tactical attacks on the individual entities to identify the true motive of these attacks as a strategic attack. NETWAR also provides predictive capability to predict future entities and sub-entities that may be targeted based on evaluation of the attack data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/688540 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07530110 | Cheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Shai Halevi (Elmsford, New York); Trent Ray Jaeger (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Paul Ashley Karger (Chappaqua, New York); Ronald Perez (Mount Kisco, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Steiner (New York, New York); Grant M. Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An access control system and method includes a risk index module which computes a risk index for a dimension contributing to risk. A boundary range defined for a parameter representing each risk index such that the parameter above the range is unacceptable, below the range is acceptable and in the range is acceptable with mitigation measures. A mitigation module determines the mitigation measures which reduce the parameter within the range. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/123998 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07527021 | Mead et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andy N. Mead (Widford, United Kingdom); David N. Stephens (Brighton, United Kingdom); Kevin Lease (Columbia, Missouri); Jay Hirsh (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for allowing animals to self administer drugs via intranasal absorption. The system comprises an aerosol dispersing apparatus (1) connected to a source of pressurized air (5) for ejecting a pharmaceutical composition contained in a reservoir (8) out of the aerosol dispersing apparatus nozzle head (3) and into a sensing chamber (12) when a sensor (16) detects the presence of an animal in the sensing chamber (12). The system can be used to study the addictiveness of new drugs as well as providing a model system for small animals, such as the mouse, to studying behavioral and physiological responses to addictive drugs. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/189042 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527621 | Greenberg |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to an implantable device to enable delivery of drugs to the retina. The device minimizes stress to the retina by virtue of its softness and smooth shape that conform to the retina. Drugs are delivered by osmosis or by the device dissolving. It may be connected to an externally mounted pump and drug reservoir that control the amount of drug. It contains one or more holes that are positioned to deliver drugs to the desired location. Drugs may stimulate the retina to enable vision in blind patients. Drugs may be injected directly inside the eye by a trans-scleral pump and valve drug delivery device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/505695 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/890.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527797 | Szu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shousun Chen Szu (Bethesda, Maryland); Zuzana Kossaczka (Bethesda, Maryland); John B. Robbins (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains to conjugates of the capsular polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O139, or a structurally and/or immunologically related oligo- or poly-saccharide, and a carrier. These conjugates are useful as pharmaceutical compositions and/or vaccines to induce serum antibodies which have bactericidal (vibriocidal) activity against V. cholerae, in particular V. cholerae O139, and are useful to prevent, treat and/or reduce the severity of disease caused by V. cholerae infection, such as cholera. The present invention also relates to diagnostic tests for V. cholerae infection, and/or cholera caused by V. cholerae infection, using one or more of the oligo- or poly-saccharide-carrier conjugates or antibodies described above. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/363618 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/193.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527798 | Gerhard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wistar Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter Gerhard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Laslo Otvos (Audubon, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides multiple antigenic agents compositions and the use thereof to prevent or treat viral infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/541771 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/193.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527802 | Glenn 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) | Gregory M. Glenn (Poolesville, Maryland); Frederick J. Cassels (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A vaccine delivered by transcutaneous immunization provides an effective treatment against infections by pathogens such as, for example, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and/or for symptoms of diarrheal disease caused thereby. For example, one, two, three, four, five or more antigens derived from ETEC and capable of inducing an antigen-specific immune response (e.g., toxins, colonization or virulence factors) and one or more optional adjuvant (e.g., whole bacterial ADP-ribosylating exotoxins, B subunits or toxoids thereof, detoxified mutants and derivatives thereof) are used to manufacture vaccines or to induce systemic and/or mucosal immunity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/467887 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/257.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527810 | Thanavala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York); Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yasmin Thanavala (Williamsville, New York); Charles Joel Arntzen (Ithaca, New York); Hugh S. Mason (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for obtaining an immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by feeding the antigen in a plant material to an animal that is immunoreceptive to the HBsAg. It has now been discovered that the animal may be made immunoreceptive to HBsAg either by administering the plant material containing HBsAg in conjunction with a suitable adjuvant or by prior primary immunization. When the animal is made immunoreceptive by a prior, e.g. primary, immunization, an immune response to HBsAg may be boosted in the animal by feeding the animal the plant material containing the HBsAg. For example, an animal, e.g. a human, that previously had a positive response to primary immunization against hepatitis B, can have a booster response to HBsAg by feeding the animal the antigen in a plant material. The plant material is a substance comprising a physiologically acceptable plant material, especially potatoes, containing hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). The HBsAg in the plant results from expression by the plant of HBsAg due to genetic alteration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/420695 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/725 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527928 | Neri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce P. Neri (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeff G. Hall (Madison, Wisconsin); Victor Lyamichev (Madison, Wisconsin); Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences and variations in nucleic acid sequences. The present invention relates to methods for forming a nucleic acid cleavage structure on a solid support and cleaving the nucleic acid cleavage structure in a site-specific manner. For example, in some embodiments, a 5′ nuclease activity from any of a variety of enzymes is used to cleave the target-dependent cleavage structure, thereby indicating the presence of specific nucleic acid sequences or specific variations thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/309584 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527930 | Willey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gene Express, Inc. (Toledo, Ohio); Medical University of Ohio (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Willey (Toledo, Ohio); Brad Austermiller (Defiance, Ohio); Erin L. Crawford (Rossford, Ohio); Charles Knight (Toledo, Ohio); Terry Osborn (Lake Bluff, Illinois); Robert Zahorchak (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for evaluating nucleic acids, methods of preparing such compositions, and applications and business methods employing such compositions and methods. In particular, the present invention provides business methods for operating a gene expression measurement service. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/338860 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07527931 — Identification of a gene associated with spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 and methods of use
| US 07527931 | Ranum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura P. W. Ranum (St. Paul, Minnesota); Yoshio Ikeda (St. Paul, Minnesota); Katherine A. Dick (Minneapolis, Minnesota); John W. Day (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Lawrence J. Schut (Maple Lake, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods that include analyzing an SCA5 polynucleotide, and determining whether the SCA5 polynucleotide includes a mutation. The methods may be used to identify a subject that is at risk or not at risk for developing spinocerebellar ataxia type 5. The present invention also provides isolated polynucleotides having a mutation present in an SCA5 polynucleotide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/359951 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527943 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California); Stephen Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include glutamyl orthogonal tRNAs, glutamyl orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of glutamyl tRNAs/synthetases are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins using these orthogonal pairs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/563656 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | Keji Zhao (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of mapping DNA-protein interactions within a genome by fixing living cells to cross-link DNA and proteins, lysing the cells, and isolating chromatin by immunoprecipitation. DNA is purified and a SAGE protocol is performed on the purified DNA to produce GMAT-tag sequences, which are compared to a genomic sequence of the living cells to map DNA-protein interactions. The invention further provides a method of identifying an active chromatin domain and a method of identifying aberrant chromatin acetylation, wherein chromatin immunoprecipitation is performed using an antibody recognizing acetylated histone protein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/087896 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527972 | Prabhakar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bellur S. Prabhakar (Oak Brook, Illinois); Mark J. Holterman (River Forest, Illinois); Chenthamarakshan Vasu (Chicago, Illinois); Matthew N. Meriggioli (Clarendon Hills, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | GM-CSF administered before immunization exerted a sustained suppressive effect against the induction of myasthenia gravis (MG). This suppression was associated with lowered serum autoantibody levels, reduced T cell proliferative responses to AChR, and an expansion in the population of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells. Manipulating DCs to expand regulatory T cells is useful for the control of autoimmune diseases such as myasthenia gravis MG. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/560649 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528106 | Friedlander et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Friedlander (Del Mar, California); Hilda Edith Aguilar (San Diego, California); Michael I. Dorrell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods of treating neovascular diseases, such as a retinal neovascular diseases and tumors, by administering to a patient suffering from a neovascular disease or tumor a vascular development inhibiting amount of a combination of the angiogenesis suppressing drugs comprising an angiostatic fragment of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (TrpRS) and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling inhibitor and an integrin signaling inhibitor. Compositions for use in the methods include an admixture of an angiostatic fragment of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (TrpRS) and at least one of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling inhibitor and an integrin signaling inhibitor, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145587 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528109 | Wellstein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anton Wellstein (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the discovery that pleiotrophin binds to and activates a pleiotrophin-receptor which is responsible for the events associated with pleiotrophin activity including tumorigenesis, cell proliferation, and cell invasion. By interfering with that association, the cascade of events associated with pleiotrophin activity can be prevented or reversed. Further, by evaluating the effect of different compounds and conditions on the interaction, new drugs and treatments can be identified for use in preventing certain cancers and growth and developmental disorders. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/880097 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528112 | Cunningham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Cunningham (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania); Lihua Yao (Edgevale, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic peptide sequence demonstrating neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory functions is disclosed. Methods of use for the synthetic peptide are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/714699 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528114 | Clagett-Dame et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret Clagett-Dame (Deerfield, Wisconsin); Robert W. Curley, Jr. (Dublin, Ohio); Joel R. Walker (Tucson, Arizona); Hussein Abou-Issa (Columbus, Ohio); Galal A. Alshafie (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the formula: are described, along with pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods of using the compounds to prevent and to treat cancer in mammals, including humans. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/416907 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528116 | Kolesnick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard N. Kolesnick (New York, New York); Hongmei R. Xing (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the specific inhibition of kinase suppressor of Ras (KSR). In particular, the invention provides genetic approaches and nucleic acids for the specific inhibition of KSR, particularly of KSR expression. The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides and the expression of nucleic acid which is substantially complementary to KSR RNA. Oligonucleotide and nucleic acid compositions are provided. The invention provides methods to inhibit KSR, including inhibition of KSR expression. Methods for blocking gf Ras mediated tumorigenesis, metastasis, and for cancer therapy are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/516342 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528174 | Wipf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Wipf (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jingbo Xiao (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mitchell P. Fink (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Valerian E. Kagan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yulia Y. Tyurina (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for treating an illness that is caused or associated with cellular damage or dysfunction which is caused by excessive mitochondrial production of reaction oxygen species (ROS). Compositions which act as mitochondria-selective targeting agents using specific structural signaling features recognizable by cells as mitochondrial targeting sequences are discussed. A method for delivering these agents effectively into cells and mitochondria where they act as electron scavengers by way of certain targeting sequences is also disclosed. Mitochondria dysfunction and cell death by way of apoptosis is inhibited as a result of the ROS-scavenging activity, thereby increasing the survival rate of the patient. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions and methods may be administered therapeutically in the field to patients with profound hemorrhagic shock so that survival could be prolonged until it is feasible to obtain surgical control of the bleeding vessels. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/465162 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/645 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528175 | Bond |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inverseon, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Bond (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of β-adrenergic inverse agonists provides a new and highly efficient way of treating a number of pulmonary airway diseases, including asthma, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. In general, such a method involves administering a therapeutically effective amount of a β-adrenergic inverse agonist to the subject to treat the pulmonary airway disease. Particularly preferred inverse agonists include nadolol and carvedilol. In addition, methods are described for long-tern administration of such inverse agonists and for determining the suitability of patients for long-term inverse agonist therapy. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/264347 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/649 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528235 | Meares et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Univarsity of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claude F. Meares (Davis, California); Todd M. Corneillie (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a mutant antibody comprising a reactive site not present in the wild-type of the antibody and a antigen recognition domain that specifically binds to a metal chelate, wherein the reactive site is in a position proximate to or within the antigen recognition domain. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/350555 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528274 | Inman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Inman (Bethesda, Maryland); Atul Goel (Lucknow, India); Ettore Appella (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Jim Turpin (Frederick, Maryland); Marco Schito (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain thiol and acylthiol compounds inhibit retrovirus growth by attacking the highly conserved zinc finger regions of essential viral proteins. These compounds, compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat retroviral infections such as HIV are described. These compounds are also useful for preparation of vaccines comprised of inactivated retroviruses such as HIV, prevention of the transmission of such retroviruses, and detection of retroviral proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/485165 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528366 | Boyle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Analytica of Branford, Inc. (Branford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James G. Boyle (Madison, Connecticut); Robert A. Valley (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for multiplexing plural ion beams to a mass spectrometer. At least two ion sources are provided with means of transporting the ions from the ion sources to separate two-dimensional ion traps. Each ion trap is used for storage and transmission of the ions and operates between the ion sources and the mass analyzer. Each ion trap has a set of equally spaced, parallel multipole rods, as well as entrance and exit sections into which and from which ions enter and exit the trap, respectively. For each ion trap, the entrance section is placed in a region where background gas pressure is at viscous flow. The pressure at the exit section drops to molecular flow pressure regimes without a break in the structure of the ion trap. Each trap alternately stores and transmits ions by way of a fast voltage switch applied to the ion trap exit lens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/107539 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528384 | Gratton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrico Gratton (Urbana, Illinois); Guido Motolese (Carroccio, Italy); Abdel Tahari (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and devices for detecting, identifying, classifying and characterizing particles in a fluid sample. Optical analyzers are provided having a rotating and/or translating sample container for measuring the concentrations of fluorescent particles present in very low concentrations and for characterizing fluorescent particles on the basis of size, shape, diffusion constant and/or composition. Scanning optical analyzers are provided using pattern recognitions data analysis techniques and multichannel detection. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/342273 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/461.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528959 | Novotny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lukas Novotny (Rochester, New York); Filipp Ignatovich (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Light from a laser source is split into a reference arm and a detection arm. The light in the detection arm is focused into a channel containing particles to be detected and is backscattered by the particles. The light in the reference arm is attenuated. The attenuated and backscattered light are caused to interfere and detected by a split detector so that the effects of background light can be subtracted out, while the backscattered light is detected to detect the particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/041873 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/496 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy John McKinzie (Houston, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); Kenneth Michael Cowan (Sugar land, Texas); Wolfgang Friedrich Johann Deeg (Houston, Texas); Sau-Wai Wong (Rijswijk, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | A barrier system for a subsurface treatment area is described. The barrier system includes a first barrier formed around at least a portion of the subsurface treatment area. The first barrier is configured to inhibit fluid from exiting or entering the subsurface treatment area. A second barrier is formed around at least a portion of the first barrier. A separation space exists between the first barrier and the second barrier. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409557 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/250.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527101 | Mayes |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Mayes (Sugar Land, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method provide for cooling of a system having an energy source, one or more devices that actively consume energy, and one or more devices that generate heat. The device may include one or more thermoelectric coolers (“TECs”) in conductive engagement with at least one of the heat-generating devices, and an energy diverter for diverting at least a portion of the energy from the energy source that is not consumed by the active energy-consuming devices to the TECs. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/905954 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527479 | Shi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Rockford, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); David Bombara (New Hartford, Connecticut); Kevin E. Green (Broad Brook, Connecticut); Connic Bird (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); John Holowczak (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical coupling for coupling a ceramic disc member to a metallic shaft includes a first wedge clamp and a second wedge clamp. A fastener engages a threaded end of a tie-bolt to sandwich the ceramic disc between the wedge clamps. An axial spring is positioned between the fastener and the second wedge clamp to apply an axial preload along the longitudinal axis. Another coupling utilizes a rotor shaft end of a metallic rotor shaft as one wedge clamp. Still another coupling includes a solid ceramic rotor disc with a multiple of tie-bolts radially displaced from the longitudinal axis to exert the preload on the solid ceramic rotor disc. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/221440 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/241.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527659 | Morse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Morse (Martinez, California); Alan F. Jankowski (Livermore, California); Conrad Yu (Antioch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a metal hydride fuel storage cartridge having integrated resistive heaters that can be used in conjunction with fuel cells such as MEMS-based fuel cells. The cartridge is fabricated using micromachining methods and thin/thick film materials synthesis techniques. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/546113 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/623.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527669 | Morrell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Morrell (Knoxville, Tennessee); Edward B. Ripley (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing target metal oxides and passivated metals to their metallic state. A reduction reaction is used, often combined with a flux agent to enhance separation of the reaction products. Thermal energy in the form of conventional furnace, infrared, or microwave heating may be applied in combination with the reduction reaction. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/008678 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527671 | Stuecker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John N. Stuecker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joseph Cesarano, III (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James E. Miller (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a three-dimensional lattice structure, such as a filter used to remove particulates from a gas stream, where the physical lattice structure is designed utilizing software simulation from pre-defined mass transfer and flow characteristics and the designed lattice structure is fabricated using a free-form fabrication manufacturing technique, where the periodic lattice structure is comprised of individual geometric elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/599203 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/273 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527899 | Angell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Austen Angell (Mesa, Arizona); Wu Xu (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Orthoborate salts suitable for use as electrolytes in lithium batteries and methods for making the electrolyte salts are provided. The electrolytic salts have one of the formulae (I). In this formula anionic orthoborate groups are capped with two bidentate chelating groups, Y1 and Y2. Certain preferred chelating groups are dibasic acid residues, most preferably oxalyl, malonyl and succinyl, disulfonic acid residues, sulfoacetic acid residues and halo-substituted alkylenes. The salts are soluble in non-aqueous solvents and polymeric gels and are useful components of lithium batteries in electrochemical devices. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/311605 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527943 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California); Stephen Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include glutamyl orthogonal tRNAs, glutamyl orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of glutamyl tRNAs/synthetases are provided. Methods for identifying these orthogonal pairs are also provided along with methods of producing proteins using these orthogonal pairs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/563656 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527959 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc., Genencor Division (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California); Jian Yao (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an endoglucanase nucleic acid sequence, designated egl7, and the corresponding EGVII amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding EGVII, recombinant EGVII proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/330085 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527977 | Fruetel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie A. Fruetel (Livermore, California); Gregory J. Fiechtner (Bethesda, Maryland); Dahv A. V. Kliner (San Ramon, California); Andrew McIlroy (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present embodiment describes a miniature, microfluidic, absorption-based sensor to detect proteins at sensitivities comparable to LIF but without the need for tagging. This instrument utilizes fiber-based evanescent-field cavity-ringdown spectroscopy, in combination with faceted prism microchannels. The combination of these techniques will increase the effective absorption path length by a factor of 103 to 104 (to ˜1-m), thereby providing unprecedented sensitivity using direct absorption. The coupling of high-sensitivity absorption with high-performance microfluidic separation will enable real-time sensing of biological agents in aqueous samples (including aerosol collector fluids) and will provide a general method with spectral fingerprint capability for detecting specific bio-agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/087942 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528105 | Pena et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioSurface Engineering Technologies (Rockville, Maryland); Brookhaven Science Associates (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis A. Pena (Poquott, New York); Paul O. Zamora (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Xinhua Lin (Plainview, New York); Kazuyuki Takahashi (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides synthetic heparin-binding growth factor analogs having at least two different peptide growth factor analog chains, or alternatively two groups of two different peptide chains branched from branch moieties including trifunctional amino acid residues, the two groups separated by a first linker of from 3 to about 20 atoms, which peptide chain or chains bind a heparin-binding growth factor receptor and are covalently bound to a non-signaling peptide that includes a heparin-binding domain by a second linker, which may be a hydrophobic second linker. The synthetic heparin-binding growth factor analogs are useful as pharmaceutical agents, soluble biologics or as surface coatings for medical devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/055428 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528736 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ International Holding (, Cayman Islands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah); Jeffery E. Daly (Cypress, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for transmitting information between downhole components has a first downhole component with a first mating surface and a second downhole component having a second mating surface configured to substantially mate with the first mating surface. The system also has a first transmission element with a first communicating surface and is mounted within a recess in the first mating surface. The first transmission element also has an angled surface. The recess has a side with multiple slopes for interacting with the angled surface, each slope exerting a different spring force on the first transmission element. A second transmission element has a second communicating surface mounted proximate the second mating surface and adapted to communicate with the first communicating surface. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/162103 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/854.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529016 | Allen et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Allen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gloria J. Wiens (Newberry, Florida); Jessica R. Bronson (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A tiltable micromirror device is disclosed in which a micromirror is suspended by a progressive linkage with an electrostatic actuator (e.g. a vertical comb actuator or a capacitive plate electrostatic actuator) being located beneath the micromirror. The progressive linkage includes a pair of torsion springs which are connected together to operate similar to a four-bar linkage with spring joints. The progressive linkage provides a non-linear spring constant which can allow the micromirror to be tilted at any angle within its range substantially free from any electrostatic instability or hysteretic behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/494223 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529151 | Korneev |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valeri A. Korneev (LaFayette, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The detailed analysis of cross well seismic data for a gas reservoir in Texas revealed two newly detected seismic wave effects, recorded approximately 2000 feet above the reservoir. A tube-wave (150) is initiated in a source well (110) by a source (111), travels in the source well (110), is coupled to a geological feature (140), propagates (151) through the geological feature (140), is coupled back to a tube-wave (152) at a receiver well (120), and is and received by receiver(s) (121) in either the same (110) or a different receiving well (120). The tube-wave has been shown to be extremely sensitive to changes in reservoir characteristics. Tube-waves appear to couple most effectively to reservoirs where the well casing is perforated, allowing direct fluid contact from the interior of a well case to the reservoir. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/058985 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/31 |
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| US 07529332 | Norman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric B. Norman (Oakland, California); Stanley G. Prussin (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system for detecting the presence of special nuclear materials in a suspect container. The system and its method include irradiating the suspect container with a beam of neutrons, so as to induce a thermal fission in a portion of the special nuclear materials, detecting the gamma rays that are emitted from the fission products formed by the thermal fission, to produce a detector signal, comparing the detector signal with a threshold value to form a comparison, and detecting the presence of the special nuclear materials using the comparison. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/852237 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529895 | Blumrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthias A. Blumrich (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Dong Chen (Croton On Hudson, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Irvington, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Dirk Hoenicke (Ossining, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Brewster, New York); Burkhard D. Steinmacher-Burow (Mount Kisco, New York); Todd E. Takken (Mount Kisco, New York); Pavlos M. Vranas (Bedford Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A low latency memory system access is provided in association with a weakly-ordered multiprocessor system. Each processor in the multiprocessor shares resources, and each shared resource has an associated lock within a locking device that provides support for synchronization between the multiple processors in the multiprocessor and the orderly sharing of the resources. A processor only has permission to access a resource when it owns the lock associated with that resource, and an attempt by a processor to own a lock requires only a single load operation, rather than a traditional atomic load followed by store, such that the processor only performs a read operation and the hardware locking device performs a subsequent write operation rather than the processor. A simple perfecting for non-contiguous data structures is also disclosed. A memory line is redefined so that in addition to the normal physical memory data, every line includes a pointer that is large enough to point to any other line in the memory, wherein the pointers to determine which memory line to prefect rather than some other predictive algorithm. This enables hardware to effectively prefect memory access patterns that are non-contiguous, but repetitive. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/617276 |
| ART UNIT | 2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529963 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Jens Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Kurt Walter Pinnow (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian Edward Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method determines a nodal fault along the boundary, or face, of a computing cell. Nodes on adjacent cell boundaries communicate with each other, and the communications are analyzed to determine if a node or connection is faulty. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/052659 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529979 | Dombrowa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc B. Dombrowa (Bronx, New York); Dirk I. Hoenicke (Ossining, New York); Ramendra K. Sahoo (Mohegan Lake, New York); Krishnan Sugavanam (Mahopac, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method and apparatus for time stamping events occurring on a large scale distributed network uses a local counter associated with each processor of the distributed network. Each counter resets at the same time globally so that all events are recorded with respect to a particular time. The counter is stopped when a critical event is detected. The events are masked or filtered in an online or offline fashion to eliminate non-critical events from triggering a collection by the system monitor or service/host processor. The masking can be done dynamically through the use of an event history logger. The central system may poll the remote processor periodically to receive the accurate counter value from the local counter and device control register. Remedial action can be taken when conditional probability calculations performed on the historical information indicate that a critical event is about to occur. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/735412 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07526946 | Wang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shi-Qing Wang (Streetsboro, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to a method for measuring interfacial stick-slip transitions (SST) and an improved constant-force shear capable of measuring interfacial SST. Some embodiments are capable of measuring SST under simple shear conditions and/or in highly entangled polymer melts. Some embodiments include the application of a constant shearing force to a polymer sample. |
| FILED | Monday, October 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/581508 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/54.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527749 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Li (Chandler, Arizona); Kyoung-sik Moon (Duluth, Georgia); Ching Ping Wong (Berkely Lake, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified electrically conductive adhesives and methods of preparation thereof, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/252371 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527803 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grace E. Park (West Lafayette, Indiana); Brian C. Ward (Brownsburg, Indiana); Kinam Park (West Lafayette, Indiana); Thomas J. Webster (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A substrate for promoting growth of chondrocytes to repair articular cartilage is disclosed. The substrate comprises a polymeric material comprising aligned and nano-sized surface structures. An associated method is disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/793721 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527826 | Watkins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Watkins (South Hadley, Massachusetts); Yinfeng Zong (Milford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and resulting structures are described in which a metal layer is adhered to a surface of a substrate. The methods involve applying a sacrificial acidic organic layer to the surface of the substrate prior to depositing the metal layer onto the substrate. During deposition of the metal layer, the sacrificial acidic organic layer is substantially consumed, thereby leaving behind a metal/substrate interface that has excellent adhesion properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/104743 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527934 | Ying et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laiqiang Ying (Eugene, Oregon); Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides labeled-substrate conjugates for assaying enzymes, particularly neuraminidases. Also provided are assays that are useful for identifying compounds that inhibit sialyltransferases or neuraminidases and may be useful in treating subjects with influenza. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of using such labeled substrate conjugates to screen for enzyme inhibitors, particularly in a high-throughput format. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/190076 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528176 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbonyl-functionalized oligo/polythiophene compounds, and related semiconductor components and related device structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/227559 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/772.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528294 | Yanofsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin F. Yanofsky (San Diego, California); Sherry Kempin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides Brassica INDEHISCENT1 (BIND) sequences. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/149823 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528959 | Novotny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lukas Novotny (Rochester, New York); Filipp Ignatovich (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Light from a laser source is split into a reference arm and a detection arm. The light in the detection arm is focused into a channel containing particles to be detected and is backscattered by the particles. The light in the reference arm is attenuated. The attenuated and backscattered light are caused to interfere and detected by a split detector so that the effects of background light can be subtracted out, while the backscattered light is detected to detect the particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/041873 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/496 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07526912 | Tangirala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala (Niskayuna, New York); Adam Rasheed (Glenville, New York); Christian Lee Vandervort (Voorheesville, New York); Anthony John Dean (Scotia, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A pulse detonation engine comprises a primary air inlet; a primary air plenum located in fluid communication with the primary air inlet; a secondary air inlet; a secondary air plenum located in fluid communication with the secondary air inlet, wherein the secondary air plenum is substantially isolated from the primary air plenum; a pulse detonation combustor comprising a pulse detonation chamber, wherein the pulse detonation chamber is located downstream of and in fluid communication with the primary air plenum; a coaxial liner surrounding the pulse detonation combustor defining a cooling plenum, wherein the cooling plenum is in fluid communication with the secondary air plenum; an axial turbine assembly located downstream of and in fluid communication with the pulse detonation combustor and the cooling plenum; and a housing encasing the primary air plenum, the secondary air plenum, the pulse detonation combustor, the coaxial liner, and the axial turbine assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/262652 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/247 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07527751 | Ounaies 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) | Zoubeida Ounaies (College Station, Texas); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Hampton, Virginia); Nancy M. Holloway (White Marsh, Virginia); Gregory K. Draughon (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electroactive sensing or actuating material comprises a composite made from a polymer with polarizable moieties and an effective amount of carbon nanotubes incorporated in the polymer for a predetermined electromechanical operation of the composite when such composite is affected by an external stimulus. In another embodiment, the composite comprises a third component of micro-sized to nano-sized particles of an electroactive ceramic that is also incorporated in the polymer matrix. The method for making the three-phase composite comprises either incorporating the carbon nanotubes in the polymer matrix before incorporation of the particles of ceramic or mixing the carbon nanotubes and particles of ceramic together in a solution before incorporation in the polymer matrix. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/109490 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/511 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528060 | Fonseca et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis F. Fonseca (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Oscar Resto (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Francisco Solá (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | A branched nanostructure is synthesized. A porous material, with pores having a diameter of approximately 1 μm or less, is placed in a vacuum. It is irradiated with an electron beam. This causes a trunk to grow from the porous material and further causes branches to grow from the trunk. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/260710 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/609 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528176 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbonyl-functionalized oligo/polythiophene compounds, and related semiconductor components and related device structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/227559 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/772.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07529633 | Schipper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Schipper (Palo Alto, California); Jing Li (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for determining chemical composition of a single-component or multiple-component gas, using a discharge holdoff mechanism. A voltage difference V between two spaced apart electrodes is brought to a selected value and held, the holdoff time interval Δt(V;ho) required before gas discharge occurs is measured, and the associated electrical current or cumulative electrical charge is measured. As the voltage difference V increases, the time interval length Δt(V;ho) decreases monotonically. Particular voltage values, V∞ and V0, correspond to initial appearance of discharge (Δt≈∞) and prompt discharge (Δt≈0). The values V∞ and V0 and the rate of decrease of Δt(V;ho) and/or the rate of increase of current or cumulative charge with increasing V are characteristic of one or more gas components present. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/203589 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07528261 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuning Li (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S Ong (Singapore, Singapore); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A small molecule compound including at least one type of an optionally substituted indolocarbazole moiety and at least one divalent linkage. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/957927 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528448 | Bailey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Kevin Bailey (Newark, Delaware); Graciela Beatriz Blanchet (Wilmington, Delaware); John W. Catron, Jr. (Smyrna, Delaware); Reid John Chesterfield (Santa Barbara, California); Howard David Glicksman (Durham, North Carolina); Marc B. Goldfinger (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Gary Delmar Jaycox (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Lynda Kaye Johnson (Wilmington, Delaware); Roupen Leon Keusseyan (Raleigh, North Carolina); Irina Malajovich (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Hong Meng (Wilmington, Delaware); Jeffrey Scott Meth (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Geoffrey Nunes (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Gerard O'Neil (Newark, Delaware); Kenneth George Sharp (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Feng Gao (Hockessin, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to thin film transistors comprising novel dielectric layers and novel electrodes comprising metal compositions that can be provided by a dry thermal transfer process. |
| FILED | Monday, July 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/488200 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/352 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07527966 | Cooper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TransGenRx, Inc. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard K. Cooper (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Gary G. Cadd (Grapevine, Texas); William C. Fioretti (Grapevine, Texas); Kenneth F. De Boer (Belgrade, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Administration of modified transposon-based vectors has been used to achieve stable incorporation of exogenous genes into animals. These transgenic animals produce transgenic progeny. Further, these transgenic animals produce large quantities of desired molecules encoded by the transgene. Transgenic egg-laying animals produce large quantities of desired molecules encoded by the transgene and deposit these molecules in the egg. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/609019 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07527749 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Li (Chandler, Arizona); Kyoung-sik Moon (Duluth, Georgia); Ching Ping Wong (Berkely Lake, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified electrically conductive adhesives and methods of preparation thereof, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/252371 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07530110 | Cheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Shai Halevi (Elmsford, New York); Trent Ray Jaeger (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Paul Ashley Karger (Chappaqua, New York); Ronald Perez (Mount Kisco, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Steiner (New York, New York); Grant M. Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An access control system and method includes a risk index module which computes a risk index for a dimension contributing to risk. A boundary range defined for a parameter representing each risk index such that the parameter above the range is unacceptable, below the range is acceptable and in the range is acceptable with mitigation measures. A mitigation module determines the mitigation measures which reduce the parameter within the range. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/123998 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07529481 | Doerr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of The University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon); Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Doerr (Middletown, New Jersey); Christophe J. Dorrer (Matawan, New Jersey); Daniel C. Kilper (Rumson, New Jersey); Michael G. Raymer (Eugene, Oregon); Howard R. Stuart (East Windsor, New Jersey); Peter J. Winzer (Tinton Falls, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical data signal can be sampled by linearly combining the optical data signal with optical sampling pulses, and delivering the combination to first and second balanced detectors. The optical data signal and the optical sampling pulse are configured to have a first phase difference at the first balanced detector and a second phase difference at the second balanced detector. Typically, a difference between the first phase difference and the second phase difference is configured to be about 90 degrees. In-phase and quadrature balanced detector outputs can be combined as a sum of squares to produce a linear sampling signal representative of data signal intensity, and the sample pulses can be configured to temporally step through the optical data signal so that a sampled representation of the optical data signal is obtained. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801481 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07527074 | Gray, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the United States Enviromental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A bladder for a high pressure accumulator includes a metal foil layer adhered to the inside of a rubber bladder with a paint-on adhesive. A position contactor switch is further provided to signal position of the bladder within the accumulator and thereby prevent an undesired shut-off. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/974559 |
| ART UNIT | 3754 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Pipes and tubular conduits 138/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07528257 | Irvin et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Irvin (Ridgecrest, California); Mark H. Mason (Inyokern, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for making energetic cast cured binders by making di-tetrazoles to produce di-functional tetrazole diols for producing tetrazole base polymers. Embodiments of the present invention relates generally to a process for preparation of a monomer including reacting an effective amount of nitrile(s) with inorganic azide and a divalent zinc salt in a first solvent, cooling to room temperature producing a di-tetrazole, purifying the di-tetrazole by recrystallization in a second solvent; and reacting an effective amount of the purified di-tetrazole with a third solvent, a soluble reversible or non-reversible base, and 2-chloro-ethanol, cooling to room temperature producing a di-functional tetrazole diol. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/151177 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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