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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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| US 07533483 | Alzamora 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) | Ronny Alzamora (Belleville, New Jersey); John Heinsohn (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Adam Foltz (Budd Lake, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved magazine for use in existing firearms comprises a housing, a follower, a spring, a spring hold and a cap. The housing comprises protruded surfaces for structural strength and a projection that acts as a stop member to define the maximum insertion of the magazine into the firearm magazine well. The follower comprises two follower legs and a spring retainer, and travels up and down the housing. The perimeters of the follower and follower legs mirror the internal profile of the magazine housing for a well-defined travel path within the magazine housing. The spring hold comprises a spring retainer and a round protrusion that locks it into the cap via a circular cut. The cap comprises flanges that slide into the slots against the end stop at the bottom of the housing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/160376 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07533557 | Mott 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) | Peter H Mott (Washington, District of Columbia); Charles M Roland (Waldorf, Maryland); Howard L Schrader (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-speed tensile test device is disclosed, which measures the stress-strain behavior, up to failure, of polymeric materials, at high strains (as much as 1000%), and high strain rates (up to 104/s). A weight, when dropped down a vertical track, impacts two L-levers positioned below and on each side of the weight, pushing the horizontal arms of the L-levers. The L-levers have cable connected to the vertical arms of the L-levers and are looped around pulleys, then connected to shuttles located on a horizontal track. The shuttles are attached to load cells, which are connected to grips that hold a sample to be tested. When the horizontal arms of the L-levers are pushed by the weight, they pivot, causing the cables to pull on the shuttles, load cell, and grip, which move in an outward direction, stretching the sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/959216 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/12.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07533597 | Strohman |
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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) | Scott A. Strohman (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An adapter mechanism for use with an explosive ordnance disrupter arrangement. The adapter includes a yoke and a mount rotatable relative to the yoke to assume a desired angular orientation, which is locked in the desired position. The yoke may be mounted on an explosive ordnance primary disrupter. The mount carries a supplemental disrupter. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973992 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosive-charge making 086/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07533612 | Papayianis 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) | Efthimios Papayianis (Dover, New Jersey); Thomas M. Crowley (Edison, New Jersey); Raymond S. Trohanowsky (Franklin, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system optimally determines a desired Height of Burst (HOB) over a target based solely upon the time at which the projectile reached or passes through the apogee or apex of its trajectory (ta). There are several modes of implementation. According to one mode, the downleg is determined as a percentage of the upleg. According to another mode, the time to Height Of Burst (tHOB) is calculated algebraically based substantially solely upon the time to height of apogee ta. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/711521 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/211 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07533786 | Woolfson 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) | Steven Woolfson (Boston, Massachusetts); Matthew Kressy (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Reed Hoyt (Framingham, Massachusetts); Scott Montain (Holliston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A personal water and additive apparatus includes a first container; a manifold having a water passageway and an additive passageway, the water passageway and additive passageway intersecting to form a single mixing passageway; a first tube connecting the first container to the water passageway of the manifold, the combination of the first tube and the water passageway defining a water channel; a second container; a second tube connecting the second container to the additive passageway of the manifold, the combination of the second tube and the additive passageway defining an additive channel; an outlet tube having one end connected to the mixing passageway of the manifold; a check valve disposed in the water channel; and a flow regulator that controls flow in at least one of the water passageway and the additive passageway. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875020 |
| ART UNIT | 3754 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Dispensing 222/144.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07533797 | Stulz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | APG Cash Drawer (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Stulz (Victoria, Minnesota); Robert P. Daugs (Shoreview, Minnesota); John Meilahn (St. Michael, Minnesota); Jack Brown (Blaine, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A cash drawer housing holding a cash drawer for use in a check stand and placed over a scanner is disclosed. The cash drawer housing has a moveable base member that is located above the scanner. The moveable base member allows the scanner to be moved without moving the cash drawer housing. The base member rotates or moves in response to contact from the scanner below during removal. The moveable base member can be scanned during removal by a latch to hold the base member out of the way to permit easier scanner removal and reinstallation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/126658 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534336 | Volkel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Armin R. Volkel (Mountain View, California); Meng H. Lean (Santa Clara, California); H Ben Hsieh (Mountain View, California); Jurgen H Daniel (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for extracting and concentrating bioagents within a continuously flowing fluid medium includes a flow channel fluid inlet, in which bioagents are concentrated from three dimensions to a two-dimensional transport layer in a preconcentration area. Traveling wave grids cause the preconcentrated bioagents to migrate to one side of the flow channel and then to an extraction port. Each of the traveling wave grids includes a substrate, a collection of closely spaced and parallel electrically conductive electrodes extending across said substrate, and a collection of buses providing electrical communication with the collection of conductive electrodes. A voltage controller provides a multiphase electrical signal to the collection of buses and electrodes of the traveling wave grids. Fluid exits through an outlet port. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/838570 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/643 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534372 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lanny D. Schmidt (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jakob J. Krummenacher (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Kevin N. West (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the production of a reaction product including a carbon containing compound. The process includes providing a film of a fuel source including at least one organic compound on a wall of a reactor, contacting the fuel source with a source of oxygen, forming a vaporized mixture of fuel and oxygen, and contacting the vaporized mixture of fuel and oxygen with a catalyst under conditions effective to produce a reaction product including a carbon containing compound. Preferred products include α-olefins and synthesis gas. A preferred catalyst is a supported metal catalyst, preferably including rhodium, platinum, and mixtures thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/880745 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534394 | Patrissi 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) | Charles J. Patrissi (Newport, Rhode Island); Russell R. Bessette (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical potentiometric titration method that entails titration of a known volume of a catholyte containing an unknown amount of hydrogen peroxide in a titration cell having two electrodes, a platinum working electrode and a silver/silver chloride reference electrode. A known concentration of a titrant is added to the catholyte in the titration cell. Simultaneously, as the titrant is added the potential between the working electrode and the reference electrode is monitored. The point at which all of the hydrogen peroxide has been consumed is signaled when the cell potential changes abruptly. Since the concentration of the titrant is already known, the amount of titrant added (concentration multiplied by volume) is directly related to the amount of hydrogen peroxide consumed. The concentration of hydrogen peroxide is calculated from the volume of catholyte and the moles of hydrogen peroxide. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183311 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534601 | Wikswo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Wikswo (Brentwood, Tennessee); Franz J. Baudenbacher (Franklin, Tennessee); Alex Prokop (Nashville, Tennessee); Eugene J. Leboeuf (Franklin, Tennessee); Chang Y. Chung (Franklin, Tennessee); David Cliffel (Nashville, Tennessee); Frederick R. Haselton (Nashville, Tennessee); William H. Hofmeister (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles P. Lin (Brentwood, Tennessee); Lisa J. McCawley (Nashville, Tennessee); Randall S. Reiserer (Nashville, Tennessee); Mark A. Stremler (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioreactor for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bioreactor includes a first substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface and edges. The bioreactor further includes a second substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a cavity with a bottom surface, where the bottom surface is located therebetween the first surface and the second surface. The first surface of the first substrate is received by the second surface of the second substrate to cover the cavity so as to form a channel for receiving cells and a liquid medium. In forming the bioreactor, the channel is sized to allow the growth of a layer of cells on a biocompatible coating layer and a flow of liquid in the channel. The flow of liquid is controlled so as to provide a known shear force to the layer of cells. The flow of liquid can be further controlled so as to provide an environment that simulates a vascular space in the channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/525559 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/289.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534610 | Kotov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas A. Kotov (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Shaopeng Wang (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell growth matrix for optimizing 3D organization nutrient delivery, controlling release of differentiation factors and facilitating attachment of cells to a scaffold Colloidal crystals and inverted colloidal crystals are used to form an ordered structure for use as a scaffold for tissue engineering. The porosity of the cell growth matrix may be modified by the selection of particles of appropriate diameter. Further, the surface of colloidal crystals can be easily modified to accommodate many organic species including biomolecules. Layer-by-layer materials are used for tissue engineering to control cell development by using sequential layering of bioactive species wherein the number and order of LBL layers deposited between layers containing a particular protein are controlled. LBL may also be used for timed release of bioactive species. Increased control differentiation factors release and control of cell attachments to the scaffold are achieved to better mimic natural tissue development. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/460059 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534626 | Parkin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A MgO tunnel barrier is sandwiched between semiconductor material on one side and a ferri- and/or ferromagnetic material on the other side to form a spintronic element. The semiconductor material may include GaAs, for example. The spintronic element may be used as a spin injection device by injecting charge carriers from the magnetic material into the MgO tunnel barrier and then into the semiconductor. Similarly, the spintronic element may be used as a detector or analyzer of spin-polarized charge carriers by flowing charge carriers from the surface of the semiconducting layer through the MgO tunnel barrier and into the (ferri- or ferro-) magnetic material, which then acts as a detector. The MgO tunnel barrier is preferably formed by forming a Mg layer on an underlayer (e.g., a ferromagnetic layer), and then directing additional Mg, in the presence of oxygen, towards the underlayer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835037 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535014 | Hsu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Y. Hsu (Alexandria, Virginia); Jonathan L. Show (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A field ionization device can include a first insulator layer on a first side of a substrate, a conductive gate layer on the first insulator layer, a cavity in the substrate, a portion of first insulator over the cavity, an aperture in the portion of the first insulator layer and the conductive gate layer thereby forming an aperture and aperture sidewall. The device can include a second insulator layer on the aperture sidewall and surface of the cavity, a metallization layer over the second insulator layer, a catalyst layer on the metallization layer, and a carbon nanotube. The cavity can be made by etching a second side of the substrate to near the insulator layer, wherein the second side is opposite the first side. The carbon nanotube can be grown from the catalyst layer. The device can further include a collector located near the carbon nanotube. The conductive gate layer can be biased negative with respect to the carbon nanotube. An electric field can exist between the carbon nanotube and the conductive gate layer. Another embodiment can include an array of multiple devices as described herein wherein the multiple devices are in close proximity to each other. Also provided is a method of making the device. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/452567 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535034 | Walter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Walter (Urbana, Illinois); Nick Holonyak, Jr. (Urbana, Illinois); Milton Feng (Champaign, Illinois); Richard Chan (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor light-emitting transistor device, including: a bipolar pnp transistor structure having a p-type collector, an n-type base, and a p-type emitter; a first tunnel junction coupled with the collector, and a second tunnel junction coupled with the emitter; and a collector contact coupled with the first tunnel junction, an emitter contact coupled with the second tunnel junction, and a base contact coupled with the base; whereby, signals applied with respect to the collector, base, and emitter contacts causes light emission from the base by radiative recombination in the base. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/364893 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07535100 — Wafer bonding of thinned electronic materials and circuits to high performance substrates
| US 07535100 | Kub 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) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Karl D. Hobart (UpperMarlboro, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of bonding a wafer to a substrate comprising the steps of: providing a wafer having a front surface and a back surface; attaching the front surface of the wafer to a support; thinning the wafer from the back surface; bonding the back surface of the wafer to a substrate using a thin bonding technique; and removing the support from the front surface of the wafer. A circuit comprising: a substrate; and a wafer; wherein the wafer is at most about 50 microns thick; wherein the wafer has a front surface comprising features; and wherein the wafer has a back surface bonded to the substrate using a thin bonding technique. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/457692 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/728 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535133 | Perreault et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Juan M. Rivas (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Yehui Han (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Olivia Leitermann (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A resistance compression network substantially decreases the variation in effective resistance seen by a tuned rf inverter as loading conditions change. Circuits can include resistance compression networks and rectifiers to form rf-to-dc converters having narrow-range resistive input characteristics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/381418 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535264 | Hiller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James G. Hiller (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Paul M. Werking (Rockford, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for comparing currents. The method includes driving a first current through a first X leg of a first current conveyor circuit and a second current through a second X leg of a second current conveyor circuit. The method further includes draining a third current from a first X terminal of the first current conveyor circuit to produce a first positive transistor current and a first negative transistor current, and draining a fourth current from a second X terminal of the second current conveyor circuit to produce a second positive transistor current and a second negative transistor current. The method further includes summing the first positive transistor current and the second negative transistor current to produce a first current output, the first negative transistor current and the second positive transistor current to produce a second current output, and the first current output and the second current output to produce a summed current output. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/847973 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535409 | Choe 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) | Joon Y Choe (Potomac, Maryland); Eung Gi Paek (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A time-reversal imaging radar system for acquiring an image of a remote target includes an antenna array having a plurality of spaced-apart antennas, and a transceiver coupled to the antenna array for alternately transmitting a radar signal via the antenna array toward the target and for receiving target-reflected radar signals. The transceiver includes means for multiple-pass time-reversing the transmitted and received radar signals whereby coherent beam focusing is realized at both the target and at the receiver to thereby enhance the resolution of the acquired target image. |
| FILED | Monday, December 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/612153 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535412 | Blunt 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) | Shannon D Blunt (Shawnee, Kansas); Aaron K Shackelford (South Riding, Virginia); Karl R Gerlach (Chesapeake Beach, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A single pulse imaging (SPI) radar system for creating a radar image from a plurality of Doppler phase-shifted return radar signals in a radar environment of moving targets includes a transmitter; a receiver for receiving a radar return signal; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the output of the receiver; a processor, coupled to the output of the ADC, that is programmed with an SPI algorithm that includes a bank of range/Doppler-dependent adaptive RMMSE-based filters; and a target detector. The algorithm estimates adaptively a range profile for each of the Doppler phase-shifted return radar signals to create the radar image of the moving targets. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/626935 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535428 | Koslover |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Koslover (Tyler, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A flat aperture waveguide sidewall-emitting twist-reflector (FAWSET) antenna, having an E-plane sectoral flare having a depth merely the H-plane width of the waveguide. Extending the E-plane sectoral flare is a twist-reflector tilted from one sidewall of the E-plane flare and a trans-reflector extending from another opposing sidewall of the E-plane flare. An angle between distal end of the twist-reflector and the trans-reflector is a function of the frequency of the incoming wave. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/436318 |
| ART UNIT | 4154 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/762 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535549 | Cherala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anshuman Cherala (Austin, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Kranthimitra Adusumilli (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for determining the forces to be applied to a substrate in order to deform the same and correct for overlay misalignment. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/143076 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Photocopying 355/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535572 | Englert |
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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) | Christoph R Englert (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an economically feasible robust spatial heterodyne spectroscopy (SHS) interferometer. A first type prior art monolithic SHS interferometer is exceedingly expensive, whereas a second type of prior art SHS interferometer is extremely large and has many components, which need to be tuned. The present invention is much less expensive than the first type of prior art SHS interferometer and is much smaller that the second type of prior art SHS interferometer. |
| FILED | Monday, November 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/561745 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535617 | Gupta 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) | Neelam Gupta (Bethesda, Maryland); Vladislov I Pustovoit (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable acousto-optical (AO) spectrometer system comprised of at least one AO crystal cell device specially designed for cancellation of side-lobe noise at a desired tuned wavelength of operation. Each AO crystal cell device has a transducer attached and forms an AO tunable filter (AOTF) and forms part of a photo-head assembly. The system can include an optical fiber link between the AO spectrometer photo-head assembly and additional features such as an optical alignment coupling attachment that couple an excitation source such as a laser that operates in either pulse or continuous mode, a probing fiber that provides a hand-held member that can emit a source radiation and in turn observe radiation reflected from an observed sample. There are two embodiment of the AO crystal cell device. Either embodiment of the AO crystal cell design can be used in the system, providing a vibration-insensitive AO spectrometer instrument having high sensitivity, accuracy and resolution capabilities. The types of spectroscopic measurements that can be performed using the invention include fluorescence, Raman, absorption and emission. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/208123 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535631 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. W. Brown (Brier, Washington); Eric C. Honea (Seattle, Washington); Thomas H. Loftus (Seattle, Washington); Roy D. Mead (Edmonds, Washington); Charles E. Hamilton (Kenmore, Washington); Anping Liu (Big Flats, New York); Charles A. Lemaire (Apple Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for spectral-beam combining light from a plurality of high-power fiber lasers that, in some embodiments, use two substantially identical diffraction gratings in a parallel, mutually compensating configuration to combine a plurality of separate parallel input beams each having a slightly different successively higher wavelength into a single output beam of high quality. In other embodiments, a single diffraction grating is used to combine a plurality of different wavelengths, wherein the input laser beams are obtained from very narrow linewidth sources to reduce chromatic dispersion. In some embodiments, diagnostics and adjustments of wavelengths and/or positions and angles are made dynamically in real time to maintain the combination of the plurality input beams into a single high-quality output beam. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/751637 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/341.100 |
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| US 07535647 | Otten, III et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard John Otten, III (Williamsburg, Virginia); Gavin R. G. Erry (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical instruments having, inter alia, optics to process wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation to produce an interferogram. The instruments include an optical path and optical elements positioned along this path for splitting and recombining the wavelengths which interfere with each other to produce a plurality of different fringes of different wavelengths. The optics include matched gratings which are positioned along the optical path outside of the interferometer optics to produce first and second sets of spectrally dispersed beams. The interferometer optics includes a beam splitter and first and second mirrors. In two embodiments the beam splitter has an internal surface including three zones. The instruments can all include a detector for detecting the interferogram and means for processing the detected interferogram to produce spectral information that is spatially distributed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803398 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/634 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535988 | Cai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clean Earth Technologies, LLC (Earth City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingzhong (James) Cai (Plano, Texas); Andrew Blanchard (Murphy, Texas); Jeffry Golden (Creve Coeur, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention presents a method of image reconstruction based on static and irregular detector positioning using fan-beam back projection technique of computerized tomography. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/855453 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/10 |
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| US 07536012 | Meyers 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) | Ronald E. Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith S. Deacon (Columbia, Maryland); David L. Rosen (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for generating a shared quantum key between a sender and a receiver comprises a sending apparatus which generates entangled photon pairs, and a receiving apparatus. A shared quantum key can be generated using temporal coincidences between photon detection events. For example, coincidences may be determined between sender and receiver photon detection events using detection data shared through a non-secure communications link between the sender and receiver. The quantum key can be used in encrypted communications. Similar apparatus and methods can be used for quantum imaging. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/900351 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07536057 | Akarmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Akarmann (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A signal processing method comprises the steps of: receiving an image frame including a plurality of rows of pixel data words, wherein each of the rows includes a start pixel data word and a plurality of successive pixel data words; processing each row by subtracting each successive pixel data word in the row from the start pixel data word in the row to produce a plurality of difference pixel data words; and storing and/or transmitting the difference pixel data words. An apparatus that performs the method is also included. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/263461 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07536425 | Moore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Atomics (San Diego, California); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reagan W. Moore (San Diego, California); Arcot Rajasekar (Del Mar, California); Chaitanya K. Baru (San Diego, California); Bertram Ludaescher (San Diego, California); Amarnath Gupta (San Diego, California); Richard J. Marciano (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A persistent archive of a collection of data objects comprises a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of a logical structure for the collection and a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of the data objects. The archive is persistent in that it may be instantiated at an indefinite point in time in the future regardless of the state of technology at that time. A knowledge-based persistent archive of a collection of data objects comprises the foregoing two elements but also a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of knowledge relevant to the collection. Another embodiment of a knowledge-based persistent archive comprises at least one representation of a collection or the data objects, at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent, or executable specification of one or more transformations relevant to the collection, and at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent, or executable specification of one or more rules relevant to the collection. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/027924 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07536612 | Abraham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Abraham (Croton, New York); Philip L. Trouilloud (Norwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for monitoring field events in an MRAM memory device comprises providing a first magnetic storage cell having a switching threshold less than or equal to a switching threshold of a second magnetic storage cell, writing the first magnetic storage cell in a first direction, reading the first storage cell at a time after the writing, and determining whether the first direction has changed, and upon determining the first direction to have changed indicating a warning. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/652510 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/718 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Chris D. Chiodo (Warren, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A releasable coupling includes a male coupling portion having a frustoconical male plug portion, and a female coupling portion having a frustoconical female socket portion. The male and female coupling portions are locked together and unlocked by a bidirectional rotatable cam ring which drives one or more balls between the male and female coupling portions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/346851 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Joints and connections 43/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534330 | Yu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bazhang Yu (Tampa, Florida); Francis Moussy (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a polymer membrane enhanced with cured epoxy resin for use as the outer membrane of biosensors. The membrane includes approximately 30-80% epoxy resin adhesives, 10-60% polymer such as poly(vinyl chloride), polycarbonate and polyurethane and 0-30% plasticizers and 5-15% surface modifier reagent such as polyethylene oxide-containing block copolymers. Utilizing the polymer membrane of the present invention, a three-layered sensing element has been developed. This sensing element will be particularly useful for miniaturized biosensors used for in vitro blood measurements or for continuous in vivo monitoring such as implantable biosensors. This element includes an enzyme layer, an interference-eliminating layer and the novel polymer member of the present invention as the outer polymer layer. This novel sensing element shows excellent response characteristics in solutions and has an extremely long lifetime. This technology is particularly useful for improving the lifetime of implantable biosensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/161979 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/403.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534418 | Raffel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Raffel (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yong-Woon Jung (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David L. Gildersleeve (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel compounds that find use as imaging agents within nuclear medicine applications (e.g., PET imaging and SPECT imaging). The present invention also provides imaging compositions for use within nuclear medicine applications. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of imaging. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/009923 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.810 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534419 | Lewandrowski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Depuy Mitek, Inc. (Raynham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski (Brookline, Massachusetts); Debra J. Trantolo (Princeton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting osteoporosis in a mammalian is disclosed herein which includes: a) obtaining a sample of a bone related tissue or cells; and b) measuring the concentration of at least a marker which is either bacteria, bacteria produced factors, or HSPs. The method may further include comparing the concentration with concentrations from the same individual over a period of time or against a standard concentration. The marker may be a bacteria, a chaperone molecule, or a bacteria produced. Also provided herein is a method of treating or preventing osteoporosis caused by a bone disease which includes administering to a mammalian subject a therapeutically effective amount of a formulation which is either an HSP antigenic formulation or a bacterial antigenic formulation. The osteoporosis can be caused by a bone disease induced by bone infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and parasites. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/054171 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534426 | Piper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin L. Piper (Chicago, Illinois); Gary M. Gray (Stanford, California); Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Administering an effective dose of glutenase to a Celiac or dermatitis herpetiformis patient reduces levels of toxic gluten oligopeptides, thereby attenuating or eliminating the damaging effects of gluten. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/107539 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.630 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534434 | Tsuji et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York); The Scripps Research Insititute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moriya Tsuji (New York, New York); David D. Ho (New York, New York); Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Doug Wu (San Diego, California); Masakazu Fujio (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to immunogenic compounds which may serve as ligands for NKT (natural killer T) cells and to methods of use thereof in modulating immune responses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/317900 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534440 | Saxon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Saxon (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns bifunctional fusion molecules, and novel, safer and more efficacious methods for the treatment of immune disorders resulting from excessive or unwanted immune responses. The invention provides methods for the suppression of type I hypersensitive (i.e., IgE-mediated) allergic conditions, methods for the prevention of anaphylactic responses that occur as a result of traditional peptide immunotherapies for allergic and autoimmune disorders, and provides novel methods for the treatment of autoimmune conditions, where the methods have reduced risk of triggering an anaphylactic response. The invention provides novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of allergic responses, including the prevention of anaphylactic response that can occur from environmental allergen exposure. The invention also provides methods for the treatment of autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis, autoimmune type I diabetes mellitus, and rheumatoid arthritis. The invention also provides methods for preventing anaphylactic response during traditional antigen therapies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/000439 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534442 | Paoletti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence C. Paoletti (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to immunogenic conjugates comprised of a polymer, preferably a polysaccharide, with a covalently attached antigen and an agent for boosting a patient's immune response. The conjugates may be used in vaccines for a wide range of diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/223675 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/208.100 |
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| US 07534448 | Saltzman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Mark Saltzman (New Haven, Connecticut); Tarek Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Peter Fong (New Haven, Connecticut); Chris Breuer (Bethany, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymeric microparticles have been developed which encapsulate therapeutic compounds such as drugs, cellular materials or components, and antigens, and can have targeting ligands directly bound to the microparticle surface. Preferred applications include use in tissue engineering matrices, wound dressings, bone repair or regeneration materials, and other applications where the microparticles are retained at the site of application or implantation. Another preferred application is in the use of microparticles to deliver anti-proliferative agents to the lining of blood vessels following angioplasty, transplantation or bypass surgery to prevent or decrease restenosis, and in cancer therapy. In still another application, the microparticles are used to treat or prevent macular degeneration when administered to the eye, where agents such as complement inhibitors are administered. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/170803 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534449 | Saltzman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Mark Saltzman (New Haven, Connecticut); Tarek Fahmy (New Haven, Connecticut); Peter Fong (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymeric delivery devices have been developed which combine high loading/high density of molecules to be delivered with the option of targeting. As used herein, “high density” refers to microparticles having a high density of ligands or coupling agents, which is in the range of 1000-10,000,000, more preferably between 10,000 and 1,000,000 ligands per square micron of microparticle surface area. A general method for incorporating molecules into the surface of biocompatible polymers using materials with an HLB of less than 10, more preferably less than 5, such as fatty acids, has been developed. Because of its ease, generality and flexibility, this method has widespread utility in modifying the surface of polymeric materials for applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering, as well other other fields. Targeted polymeric microparticles have also been developed which encapsulate therapeutic compounds such as drugs, cellular materials or components, and antigens, and have targeting ligands directly bound to the microparticle surface. Preferred applications include use in tissue engineering matrices, wound dressings, bone repair or regeneration materials, and other applications where the microparticles are retained at the site of application or implantation. Another preferred application is in the use of microparticles to deliver anti-proliferative agents to the lining of blood vessels following angioplasty, transplantation or bypass surgery to prevent or decrease restenosis, and in cancer therapy. In still another application, the microparticles are used to treat or prevent macular degeneration when administered to the eye, where agents such as complement inhibitors are administered. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/170817 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534565 | Yuan 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) | Bao-Zhu Yuan (Columbia, Maryland); Snorri S. Thorgeirsson (Bethesda, Maryland); Nicholas Popescu (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A cDNA molecule corresponding to a newly discovered human gene is disclosed. The new gene, which is frequently deleted in liver cancer cells and cell lines, is called the DLC-1 gene. Because the gene is frequently deleted in liver cancer cells, but present in normal cells, it is thought to act as a tumor suppressor. This gene is also frequently deleted in breast and colon cancers, and its expression is decreased or undetectable in many prostate and colon cancers. Also disclosed is the amino acid sequence of the protein encoded by the DLC-1 gene. Methods of using these biological materials in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and adenocarcinomas are presented. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/995914 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07534567 | Albertson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donna G. Albertson (Lafayette, California); Daniel Pinkel (Lafayette, California); Jane Fridyland (San Francisco, California); Bing Huey (San Francisco, California); Antoine Snijders (Antioch, California); Joe W. Gray (San Francisco, California); Anne Kallioniemi (Tampere, Finland); Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi (Tampere, Finland); Frederic Waldman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of detecting nucleotide sequence differences between two nucleic acid samples. The method employs a comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) technique to analyze the sequence differences between the samples. This method permits the identification of small sequence differences (e.g., sequence divergence of 1% or less) in nucleic acid samples of high complexity (e.g., an entire genome). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/060644 |
| 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 07534601 | Wikswo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Wikswo (Brentwood, Tennessee); Franz J. Baudenbacher (Franklin, Tennessee); Alex Prokop (Nashville, Tennessee); Eugene J. Leboeuf (Franklin, Tennessee); Chang Y. Chung (Franklin, Tennessee); David Cliffel (Nashville, Tennessee); Frederick R. Haselton (Nashville, Tennessee); William H. Hofmeister (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles P. Lin (Brentwood, Tennessee); Lisa J. McCawley (Nashville, Tennessee); Randall S. Reiserer (Nashville, Tennessee); Mark A. Stremler (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioreactor for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bioreactor includes a first substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface and edges. The bioreactor further includes a second substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a cavity with a bottom surface, where the bottom surface is located therebetween the first surface and the second surface. The first surface of the first substrate is received by the second surface of the second substrate to cover the cavity so as to form a channel for receiving cells and a liquid medium. In forming the bioreactor, the channel is sized to allow the growth of a layer of cells on a biocompatible coating layer and a flow of liquid in the channel. The flow of liquid is controlled so as to provide a known shear force to the layer of cells. The flow of liquid can be further controlled so as to provide an environment that simulates a vascular space in the channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/525559 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/289.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534622 | Hunt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald F. Hunt (Charlottesville, Virginia); Joshua J. Coon (Charlottesville, Virginia); John Edward Philip Syka (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jarrod A. Marto (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new method for fragmenting ions in a mass spectrometer through the use of electron transfer dissociation, and for performing sequence analysis of peptides and proteins by mass spectrometry. In the case of peptides, the invention promotes fragmentation along the peptide backbone and makes it possible to deduce the amino acid sequence of the sample, including modified amino acid residues, through the use of an RF field device. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/079147 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534623 | Landers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Landers (Charlottesville, Virginia); Pamela E. Norris (Charlottesville, Virginia); Mary E. Power (Waterloo, Canada); Jerome P. Ferrance (Charlottesville, Virginia); Sushil Shrinivasan (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kelley A. Wolfe (Downingtown, Pennsylvania); Michael C. Breadmore (Margate, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to novel device comprising a sol-gel filled microchannel and methods for purifying nucleic acids from biological samples. In one embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the microfluidic device (1) comprises a base (2) with a microchannel (3) formed in the interior of base (2), wherein said microchannel (3) is filled with a sol-gel matrix and in fluid communication with an inlet port (4) and outlet port (5) wherein inlet port (4) and outlet port (5) are formed on the exterior surface (10) of base (2). The device may be further provided with additional components to allow for analytical analysis of the purified nucleic acid sequences. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/517980 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534779 | Prokai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida); University of North Texas Health Science Center (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laszlo Prokai (Mansfield, Texas); Katalin Prokai (Mansfield, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides a mechanism by which steroidal quinol compounds confer beneficial ophthalmic effects. The subject compounds possess a lipophilic-hydrophilic balance for transcorneal penetration and are readily reduced into parent phenolic A-ring steroid compounds to provide protection or treatment against various ocular symptoms and disorders. The compounds according to the subject invention appear to be highly advantageous as prodrugs to provide protection and/or treatment against ocular disorders. These prodrugs confer lipid solubility optimal for transcorneal penetration and are readily converted to endogenous reducing agents into active phenolic A-ring steroid compounds. To the extent that these prodrugs have reduced feminizing effects and systemic toxicity, they would be expected to be quite advantageous for protecting or treating the eye against ocular disorders such as cataract or glaucoma without undesired (systemic) side effects). |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/838676 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534799 | Ananthan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subramaniam Ananthan (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds represented by the formulae: wherein each of Y, X and R individually is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, CF3, NO2, CN, NH2, COR1 and CO2R2 wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, and NH2, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl and aralkyl, and provided that at least one of Y, X and R is other than H; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided. Compounds of the above formula are useful as analgesics for treating pain, as immunomodulators and for treating drug abuse. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/492095 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/279 |
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| US 07534807 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Han-Je Kim (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a bacteriochlorin is carried out by condensing a pair of compounds of Formula II to produce the bacteriochlorin, wherein R is an acetal or aldehyde group. The condensing may be carried out in an organic solvent, preferably in the presence of an acid. The bacteriochlorins are useful for a variety of purposes such as active agents in photodynamic therapy, luminescent compounds in flow cytometry, solar cells, light harvesting arrays, and molecular memory devices. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/357833 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/410 |
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| US 07534819 | Albarran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Albarran (Seattle, Washington); Patrick S. Stayton (Seattle, Washington); Richard To (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions for intracellular delivery of biotinylated cargo. The compositions comprise a complex formed between (a) a fusion protein comprising a protein transduction domain linked to streptavidin and (b) a biotinylated cargo for intracellular delivery. In some embodiments, the protein transduction domain comprises the protein transduction domain of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) TAT protein. The complex may further comprise a biotinylated endosomal releasing polymer, such as a poly(propylacrylic acid) polymer. The invention also provides methods for obtaining intracellular delivery of biotinylated cargo and methods for obtaining cytoplasmic delivery of biotinylated cargo. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/150588 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/772 |
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| US 07534858 | May et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. May (New Haven, Connecticut); Sankar Ghosh (Madison, Connecticut); Mark A. Findeis (Belmont, Massachusetts); Kathryn Phillips (Boston, Massachusetts); Gerhard Hannig (Revere, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides anti-inflammatory compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof for treating inflammatory disorders. The present invention also provides methods of identifying anti-inflammatory compounds and methods of inhibiting NF-κB-dependent target gene expression in a cell. |
| FILED | Monday, May 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/439528 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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07534869 — Small and intermediate conductance, calcium-activated potassium channels and uses thereof
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icagen, Inc. (Durham, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Adelman (Portland, Oregon); James Maylie (Portland, Oregon); Chris T. Bond (Portland, Oregon); Christopher P. Silvia (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to small and intermediate conductance, calcium-activated potassium channel proteins. More specifically, the invention relates to compositions and methods for making and detecting calcium-activated potassium channel proteins and the nucleic acids encoding calcium-activated potassium channel proteins. The invention also provides methods and compositions for assaying compounds which increase or decrease potassium ion flux through a calcium-activated potassium channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/116760 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534902 | Raines et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Sunil S. Chandran (Fremont, California); Timothy E. Glass (Columbia, Missouri); Luke D. Lavis (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Latent fluorescent compounds, comprising a fluorescent molecule with one or more blocking groups attached and optionally one or more urea-containing groups are provided. The urea-containing group can be used to further attach one or more molecules of interest, such as proteins, peptides or nucleic acids. The blocking group(s) is released from the latent fluorescent compound by reaction with a trigger, forming the fluorescent molecule which can be detected. Also provided herein are methods of using latent fluorescent compounds to detect triggers. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/988979 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534905 | Leighton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University In the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Leighton (New York, New York); Xiaolun Wang (New York, New York); James Kinnaird (Kent, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of reagents and method of use of the reagents in the reaction of the reagents with electrophilic compounds. The invention in one embodiment is directed to a method for the formation of an alcohol of the formula (I). The method includes reacting a reagent of the formula (II) with an aldehyde of the formula R10CHO to form the alcohol. X3 is one of O and C(R4)(R5). Each of X1 and X2 is independently O or N—R. Each of Ca and Cb is independently an achiral center, an (S) chiral center or an (R) chiral center. Ra and Rb are (i) each independently C1-10 alkyl, C6-10 aryl or C3-9 heteroaryl, or (ii) taken together to form a C3—C4 alkylene chain which together with Ca and Cb forms a 5-membered or 6-membered aliphatic ring. Rc and Rd are each independently hydrogen, C1-10 alkyl, C6-10 aryl or C3-9 heteroaryl. R is C1-10 alkyl, C6-10 aryl or C3-9 heteroaryl. Each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 is independently hydrogen, C1—C10 alkyl, C6-10 aryl, C3-9 heteroaryl, C1-10 alkoxy, C6-10 aryloxy, C1-10 dialkylamino, C1-10 alkyl-C6-10 arylamino, C1-10 diarylamino, or halogen. R6 is halogen, hydrogen, C1-10 alkyl, C6-10 aryl, C3-9 heteroaryl, C1-10 alkoxy, C6-10 aryloxy, C1-10 alkyl-C6-10 arylamino, C1-10 diarylamino, OSO2CF3 or SR. R10 may be C1-10 alkyl, C6-10 aryl, or C3-9 heteroaryl. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/504831 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/406 |
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| US 07534933 | Gaxiola et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut); Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto A. Gaxiola (Mansfield Center, Connecticut); Gerald R. Fink (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Seth L. Alper (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transgenic plants are described which are engineered to overexpress vacuolar H+-PPase. Plants such as tobacco and petunia transformed with A. Thaliana AVP-1 are shown to have increased meristematic activity resulting in larger leaves, stem, flower, fruit, root structures, increased salt tolerance, enhanced drought and freeze tolerance. Methods of making such plants are also described. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/344658 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/290 |
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| US 07535222 | Bammer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roland Bammer (Palo Alto, California); Stefan T. Skare (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a new propeller EPI pulse sequence with reduced sensitivity to field inhomogeneities is proposed. Image artifacts such as blurring due to Nyquist ghosting and susceptibility gradients are investigated and compared with those obtained in previous propeller EPI studies. The proposed propeller EPI sequence uses a readout that is played out along the short axis of the propeller blade, orthogonal to the readout used in previous propeller methods. In contrast to long-axis readout propeller EPI, this causes the echo spacing between two consecutive phase-encoding (PE) lines to decrease, which in turn increases the k-space velocity in this direction and hence the pseudo-bandwidth. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/619008 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07533719 | Hinson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Hinson (Houston, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Wellheads for coupling to a heater located in a wellbore in a subsurface formation are described herein. At least one wellhead may include a heater located in a wellbore in a subsurface formation; and a wellhead coupled to the heater. The wellhead may be configured to electrically couple the heater to one or more surface electrical components. The wellhead may include at least one non-ferromagnetic material such that ferromagnetic effects are inhibited in the wellhead. Systems and methods for using such wellheads for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788870 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/75.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534296 | Swain et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg Swain (East Lansing, Michigan); Anne Fischer (Arlington, Virginia); Jason Bennett (Lansing, Michigan); Michael Lowe (Holt, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrically conductive diamond electrode and process for preparation thereof is described. The electrode comprises diamond particles coated with electrically conductive doped diamond preferably by chemical vapor deposition which are held together with a binder. The electrodes are useful for oxidation reduction in gas, such as hydrogen generation by electrolysis. |
| FILED | Friday, March 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/378109 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/68 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534315 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anup K. Singh (San Francisco, California); Brian J. Kirby (San Francisco, California); Timothy J. Shepodd (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Laser-induced phase-separation polymerization of a porous acrylate polymer is used for in-situ fabrication of dialysis membranes inside glass microchannels. A shaped 355 nm laser beam is used to produce a porous polymer membrane with a thickness of about 15 μm, which bonds to the glass microchannel and forms a semi-permeable membrane. Differential permeation through a membrane formed with pentaerythritol triacrylate was observed and quantified by comparing the response of the membrane to fluorescein and fluorescently tagging 200 nm latex microspheres. Differential permeation was observed and quantified by comparing the response to rhodamine 560 and lactalbumin protein in a membrane formed with SPE-methylene bisacrylamide. The porous membranes illustrate the capability for the present technique to integrate sample cleanup into chip-based analysis systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825600 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/60 |
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| US 07534334 | Fiechtner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory J. Fiechtner (Bethesda, Maryland); Eric B. Cummings (Livermore, California); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a device for separating and concentrating particles suspended in a fluid stream by using dielectrophoresis (DEP) to trap and/or deflect those particles as they migrate through a fluid channel. The method uses fluid channels designed to constrain a liquid flowing through it to uniform electrokinetic flow velocities. This behavior is achieved by connecting deep and shallow sections of channels, with the channel depth varying abruptly along an interface. By careful design of abrupt changes in specific permeability at the interface, an abrupt and spatially uniform change in electrokinetic force can be selected. Because these abrupt interfaces also cause a sharp gradient in applied electric fields, a DEP force also can be established along the interface. Depending on the complex conductivity of the suspended particles and the immersion liquid, the DEP force can controllably complement or oppose the local electrokinetic force transporting the fluid through the channel allowing for manipulation of particles suspended in the transporting liquid. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956446 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
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| US 07534372 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lanny D. Schmidt (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jakob J. Krummenacher (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Kevin N. West (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the production of a reaction product including a carbon containing compound. The process includes providing a film of a fuel source including at least one organic compound on a wall of a reactor, contacting the fuel source with a source of oxygen, forming a vaporized mixture of fuel and oxygen, and contacting the vaporized mixture of fuel and oxygen with a catalyst under conditions effective to produce a reaction product including a carbon containing compound. Preferred products include α-olefins and synthesis gas. A preferred catalyst is a supported metal catalyst, preferably including rhodium, platinum, and mixtures thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/880745 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/373 |
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| US 07534402 | Morse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Morse (Martinez, California); Alan Jankowski (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a chemical microreactor that provides a means to generate hydrogen fuel from liquid sources such as ammonia, methanol, and butane through steam reforming processes when mixed with an appropriate amount of water. The microreactor contains capillary microchannels with integrated resistive heaters to facilitate the occurrence of catalytic steam reforming reactions. Two distinct embodiment styles are discussed. One embodiment style employs a packed catalyst capillary microchannel and at least one porous membrane. Another embodiment style employs a porous membrane with a large surface area or a porous membrane support structure containing a plurality of porous membranes having a large surface area in the aggregate, i.e., greater than about 1 m2/cm3. Various methods to form packed catalyst capillary microchannels, porous membranes and porous membrane support structures are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/196634 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/198 |
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| US 07534414 | Nolas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George S. Nolas (Tampa, Florida); Sarath Witanachchi (Tampa, Florida); Pritish Mukherjee (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises new materials, material structures, and processes of fabrication of such that may be used in technologies involving the conversion of light to electricity and/or heat to electricity, and in optoelectronics technologies. The present invention provide for the fabrication of a clathrate compound comprising a type II clathrate lattice with atoms of silicon and germanium as a main framework forming lattice spacings within the framework, wherein the clathrate lattice follows the general formula Si136-yGey, where y indicates the number of Ge atoms present in the main framework and 136-y indicates the number of Si atoms present in the main framework, and wherein y>0. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/104016 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/592.100 |
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| US 07534488 | Alivisatos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California); Erik C. Scher (San Francisco, California); Liberato Manna (Palo Del Collie, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a graded core/shell semiconductor nanorod having at least a first segment of a core of a Group II-VI, Group III-V or a Group IV semiconductor, a graded shell overlying the core, wherein the graded shell comprises at least two monolayers, wherein the at least two monolayers each independently comprise a Group II-VI, Group III-V or a Group IV semiconductor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/659992 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
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| US 07534560 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Juewen Liu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for the sensitive and selective detection of ions using nucleic acid enzymes and DNA modified microparticles. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/144679 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07534594 | Dotson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Dotson (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Jennifer Greenier (Vacaville, California); Hanshu Ding (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835872 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
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| US 07534597 | Hause et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cargill, Inc. (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben Hause (Jordan, Minnesota); Vineet Rajgarhia (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Pirkko Suominen (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant yeast are provided having, in one aspect, multiple exogenous LDH genes integrated into the genome, while leaving native PDC genes intact. In a second aspect, recombinant yeast are provided having an exogenous LDH gene integrated into its genome at the locus of a native PDC gene, with deletion of the native PDC gene. The recombinant yeast are useful in fermentation process for producing lactic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/452038 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/254.200 |
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| US 07534613 | Bankiewicz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krys Bankiewicz (Garrett Park, Maryland); Janet Cunningham (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of delivering viral vectors, particularly recombinant AAV virions, to the CNS are provided. Also provided are methods of treating Parkinson's Disease. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/102521 |
| 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 435/455 |
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| US 07534633 | Batres et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max Batres (Santa Barbara, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Ting Li (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The surface morphology of an LED light emitting surface is changed by applying a reactive ion etch (RIE) process to the light emitting surface. Etched features, such as truncated pyramids, may be formed on the emitting surface, prior to the RIE process, by cutting into the surface using a saw blade or a masked etching technique. Sidewall cuts may also be made in the emitting surface prior to the RIE process. A light absorbing damaged layer of material associated with saw cutting is removed by the RIE process. The surface morphology created by the RIE process may be emulated using different, various combinations of non-RIE processes such as grit sanding and deposition of a roughened layer of material or particles followed by dry etching. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/083460 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/22 |
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| US 07534761 | Stupp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Western University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Erik D. Spoerke (Evanston, Illinois); Shawn G. Anthony (New Stanton, Pennsylvania); Krista L. Niece (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system of self-assembling peptide amphiphiles with an absolute net charge of 3 or greater whose design and function may be patterned after proteins involved in vertebrate mineralization or other tissue forming processes. This molecular system preferably consists of a hydrophobic hydrocarbon tail attached to a relatively hydrophilic peptide sequence. Self-assembly of this peptide amphiphile may be induced through pH variation, divalent ion addition, or dehydration. Variations of structural peptide sequences in the peptide amphiphile may enable the assembled nanofibers to be reversibly cross-linked for more or less structural stability, or may allow for control of the rate of self-assembly. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/645304 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07534854 | Paulauskas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felix L. Paulauskas (Knoxville, Tennessee); Terry L. White (Knoxville, Tennessee); Daniel M. Sherman (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for treating polymeric materials comprises a treatment chamber adapted to maintain a selected atmosphere; a means for supporting the polymeric material within the chamber; and, a source of plasma-derived gas containing at least one reactive oxidative species whereby the polymer is stabilized and cross linked through exposure to the oxidative species in the chamber at a selected temperature. The polymer may be directly exposed to the plasma, or alternatively, the plasma may be established in a separate volume from which the reactive species may be extracted and introduced into the vicinity of the polymer. The apparatus may be configured for either batch-type or continuous-type processing. The apparatus and method are especially useful for preparing polymer fibers, particularly PAN fibers, for later carbonization treatments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/344573 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/480 |
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| US 07534980 | Wilgen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Wilgen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Roger Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gerard Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gail Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Roger Jaramillo (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are described for high magnetic field ohmically decoupled non-contact treatment of conductive materials in a high magnetic field. A method includes applying a high magnetic field to at least a portion of a conductive material; and applying an inductive magnetic field to at least a fraction of the conductive material to induce a surface current within the fraction of the conductive material, the surface current generating a substantially bi-directional force that defines a vibration. The high magnetic field and the inductive magnetic field are substantially confocal, the fraction of the conductive material is located within the portion of the conductive material and ohmic heating from the surface current is ohmically decoupled from the vibration. An apparatus includes a high magnetic field coil defining an applied high magnetic field; an inductive magnetic field coil coupled to the high magnetic field coil, the inductive magnetic field coil defining an applied inductive magnetic field; and a processing zone located within both the applied high magnetic field and the applied inductive magnetic field. The high magnetic field and the inductive magnetic field are substantially confocal, and ohmic heating of a conductive material located in the processing zone is ohmically decoupled from a vibration of the conductive material. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/393378 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/635 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535029 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christine A. Smith (Livermore, California); Howard W. H. Lee (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of processing a composite material to tailor white light emission of the resulting composite during excitation. The composite material is irradiated with a predetermined power and for a predetermined time period to reduce the size of a plurality of nanocrystals and the number of a plurality of traps in the composite material. By this irradiation process, blue light contribution from the nanocrystals to the white light emission is intensified and red and green light contributions from the traps are decreased. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/836919 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535224 | Hu et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Zhi Hu (Richland, Washington); Jesse A. Sears, Jr. (Kennewick, Washington); David W. Hoyt (Richland, Washington); Robert A. Wind (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are a “Discrete Magic Angle Turning” (DMAT) system, devices, and processes that combine advantages of both magic angle turning (MAT) and magic angle hopping (MAH) suitable, e.g., for in situ magnetic resonance spectroscopy and/or imaging. In an exemplary system, device, and process, samples are rotated in a clockwise direction followed by an anticlockwise direction of exactly the same amount. Rotation proceeds through an angle that is typically greater than about 240 degrees but less than or equal to about 360 degrees at constant speed for a time applicable to the evolution dimension. Back and forth rotation can be synchronized and repeated with a special radio frequency (RF) pulse sequence to produce an isotropic-anisotropic shift 2D correlation spectrum. The design permits tubes to be inserted into the sample container without introducing plumbing interferences, further allowing control over such conditions as temperature, pressure, flow conditions, and feed compositions, thus permitting true in-situ investigations to be carried out. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/754660 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535229 | Schlueter et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ross D. Schlueter (Berkeley, California); Thomas F. Budinger (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods for generating a rotating magnetic field. The rotating magnetic field can be used to obtain rotating-field NMR spectra, such as magic angle spinning spectra, without having to physically rotate the sample. This result allows magic angle spinning NMR to be conducted on biological samples such as live animals, including humans. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/740772 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07536240 | McIntyre et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. McIntyre (Knoxville, Tennessee); Brendan J. Kirby (Knoxville, Tennessee); Roger A. Kisner (Knoxville, Tennessee); James W. Van Dyke (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for dynamically managing an electrical power system that determines measures of performance and control criteria for the electric power system, collects at least one automatic generation control (AGC) input parameter to at least one AGC module and at least one automatic load control (ALC) input parameter to at least one ALC module, calculates AGC control signals and loads as resources (LAR) control signals in response to said measures of performance and control criteria, propagates AGC control signals to power generating units in response to control logic in AGC modules, and propagates LAR control signals to at least one LAR in response to control logic in ALC modules. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/459095 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07534415 | Pinnavaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Pinnavaia (East Lansing, Michigan); Zhaorong Zhang (East Lansing, Michigan); Randall Hicks (Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesoporous crystalline alumina compositions and process for the preparation thereof are described. The compositions are useful as catalysts and absorbents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/320025 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/625 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534610 | Kotov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas A. Kotov (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Shaopeng Wang (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell growth matrix for optimizing 3D organization nutrient delivery, controlling release of differentiation factors and facilitating attachment of cells to a scaffold Colloidal crystals and inverted colloidal crystals are used to form an ordered structure for use as a scaffold for tissue engineering. The porosity of the cell growth matrix may be modified by the selection of particles of appropriate diameter. Further, the surface of colloidal crystals can be easily modified to accommodate many organic species including biomolecules. Layer-by-layer materials are used for tissue engineering to control cell development by using sequential layering of bioactive species wherein the number and order of LBL layers deposited between layers containing a particular protein are controlled. LBL may also be used for timed release of bioactive species. Increased control differentiation factors release and control of cell attachments to the scaffold are achieved to better mimic natural tissue development. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/460059 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534622 | Hunt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald F. Hunt (Charlottesville, Virginia); Joshua J. Coon (Charlottesville, Virginia); John Edward Philip Syka (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jarrod A. Marto (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new method for fragmenting ions in a mass spectrometer through the use of electron transfer dissociation, and for performing sequence analysis of peptides and proteins by mass spectrometry. In the case of peptides, the invention promotes fragmentation along the peptide backbone and makes it possible to deduce the amino acid sequence of the sample, including modified amino acid residues, through the use of an RF field device. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/079147 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534729 | Tao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meng Tao (Colleyville, Texas); Muhammad Y. Ali (Irving, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided herein that include modifications to at least one surface of a silicon-based semiconductor material. Modifications occur in a liquid and comprise alterations of surface states, passivation, cleaning and/or etching of the surface, thereby providing an improved surface to the semiconductor material. Modifications of surface states include reduction or elimination of an electrically active state of the surface, wherein, at the atomic level, the surface binding characteristics are changed. Passivation includes the termination of dangling bonds on the surface of the semiconductor material. |
| FILED | Monday, August 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/507223 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/769 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07534761 | Stupp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Western University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Erik D. Spoerke (Evanston, Illinois); Shawn G. Anthony (New Stanton, Pennsylvania); Krista L. Niece (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system of self-assembling peptide amphiphiles with an absolute net charge of 3 or greater whose design and function may be patterned after proteins involved in vertebrate mineralization or other tissue forming processes. This molecular system preferably consists of a hydrophobic hydrocarbon tail attached to a relatively hydrophilic peptide sequence. Self-assembly of this peptide amphiphile may be induced through pH variation, divalent ion addition, or dehydration. Variations of structural peptide sequences in the peptide amphiphile may enable the assembled nanofibers to be reversibly cross-linked for more or less structural stability, or may allow for control of the rate of self-assembly. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/645304 |
| 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 07534933 | Gaxiola et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut); Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto A. Gaxiola (Mansfield Center, Connecticut); Gerald R. Fink (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Seth L. Alper (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transgenic plants are described which are engineered to overexpress vacuolar H+-PPase. Plants such as tobacco and petunia transformed with A. Thaliana AVP-1 are shown to have increased meristematic activity resulting in larger leaves, stem, flower, fruit, root structures, increased salt tolerance, enhanced drought and freeze tolerance. Methods of making such plants are also described. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/344658 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535028 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AC LED Lighting, L.LC. (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaoyang Fan (Manhattan, Kansas); Hongxing Jiang (Manhattan, Kansas); Jingyu Lin (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | An AC/DC indicator lamp based on an array of micro-LEDs may be powered by a standard high voltage AC or DC power source. The indicator lamp has a low power consumption. The micro-LEDs are serially connected on a substrate with the total device area and power consumption compatible with a standard DC low voltage LED. A plurality of indicator lamps may be connected together in parallel to present a string of indicator lamps. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/102273 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07535950 — Blind selected mapping techniques for crest factor reduction of forward link CDMA signals
| US 07535950 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ning Chen (Atlanta, Georgia); Guotong Zhou (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are apparatus that implement blind selected mapping techniques that provide for crest factor reduction of forward link CDMA signals. Communication signals are processed using a mathematical algorithm that selectively maps a summed communication signal in a frame to another summed communication signal which has a smaller peak-to-average power ratio. The reduced dynamic range communication signal is amplified and transmitted to a receiver. At the receiver, the reduced power communication signal is processed using a mathematical algorithm that detects the selected mapping index used in the transmitter and converts the received signals into the original communication signals. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/301381 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07536477 | Ramasubramanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivasan Ramasubramanian (Tucson, Arizona); Arun K. Somani (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for processing data on a node. In this embodiment, the node first determines if a first transit buffer on the node is empty, wherein the first transit buffer is capable of holding one or more data packets destined for another node. If the first transit buffer is empty, the node transmits in a first direction a data packet stored in a first local buffer, wherein the first local buffer is capable of holding one or more data packets originating from the node. If, however, the first transit buffer is not empty, the node transmits in the first direction one or more data packets stored in the first transit buffer if a first transmission condition is satisfied. If the first transmission condition is not satisfied, the node transmits in the first direction a data packet stored in the first local buffer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/784568 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07536521 | Sivathanu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muthian Sivathanu (Madison, Wisconsin); Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau (Madison, Wisconsin); Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A disk drive or similar storage medium uses a semantic understanding of its associated file system to monitor file metadata and derive block liveness normally only known by the file system. Knowledge of block liveness can be used to improve the disk performance and to create a disk that provides for secure deletion without explicit instructions from the file system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/535757 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07536602 | Dams |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis R. Dams (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for exploring paths through a graph representation of a program or another entity. According to one aspect of the invention, at least one property of a state machine, such as a graph representing a software program, is evaluated. One or more paths in the state machine are evaluated using a state exploration algorithm, wherein the state exploration algorithm maintains a stack data structure representing a current path being processed from an entry state to a current state and a visited state cache indicating zero or more states that have been evaluated. When a state satisfies at least one property, such as having an error, each of the states in the path are removed from the visited states cache if the path satisfies one or more predefined criteria. The one or more predefined criteria may comprise a feasibility of the path. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/356668 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07536278 | Mian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronic Machines Corporation (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Jeremy C. Mullaney (Troy, New York); Ryk E. Spoor (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved solution for performing an inspection is provided, in which a user can use a handheld computing device to obtain and/or record the set of attributes required for the inspection. In particular, an inspection schedule can be initiated on the handheld computing device and the user can be prompted for the various attributes based on the inspection schedule. Various solutions can be incorporated for receiving the attributes on the handheld computing device, including manual entry, audible entry and/or one or more data sensing devices. Subsequently, the set of attributes can be communicated to a base station for further processing and/or more permanent storage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/136207 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07536284 | Linzey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lectromechanical Design Company (Dulles, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Linzey (Reston, Virginia); Eric Wiesenfeld (Arlington, Virginia); Michael Traskos (Herndon, Virginia); Thomas Mazzuchi (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and computer program product for assessing risk to an aircraft electrical wire interconnect system (EWIS). Information describing an aircraft EWIS, historical failure information, and expert opinion information is populated in a database. The EWIS risk assessment tool performs an EWIS risk assessment based on analytic techniques performed using information stored in the database. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/213854 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07534519 | Cable 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) | Thomas L. Cable (Newbury, Ohio); Stephen W. Sofie (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a symmetrical bi-electrode supported solid oxide fuel cell comprising a sintered monolithic framework having graded pore electrode scaffolds that, upon treatment with metal solutions and heat subsequent to sintering, acquire respective anodic and cathodic catalytic activity. The invention is also a method for making such a solid oxide fuel cell. The graded pore structure of the graded pore electrode scaffolds in achieved by a novel freeze casting for YSZ tape. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/228185 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07535634 | Savchenkov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anatoliy A. Savchenkov (Glendale, California); Andrey B. Matsko (Pasadena, California); Dmitry V. Strekalov (Arcadia, California); Ivan S. Grudinin (Pasadena, California); Lute Maleki (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device, optical system, and method of generating optical beams having high angular momenta are provided. The optical device includes a whispering gallery mode resonator defining a resonator radius and an elongated waveguide having a length defined between a first end and a second end of the waveguide. The waveguide defines a waveguide radius which increases at least along a portion of the length of the waveguide in a direction from the first end to the second end. The waveguide radius at the first end of the waveguide is smaller than the resonator radius and the resonator is integrally formed with the first end of the waveguide. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/675690 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/346 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07534917 | Ngo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen Ngo (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Thomas A. Foglia (Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing dicarboxylic acids (e.g., α,ω dicarboxylic acids) by reacting a compound having a terminal COOH (e.g., unsaturated fatty acid such as oleic acid) and containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond with a second generation Grubbs catalyst in the absence of solvent to produce dicarboxylic acids. The method is conducted in an inert atmosphere (e.g., argon, nitrogen). The process also works well with mixed unsaturated fatty acids obtained from soybean, rapeseed, tall, and linseed oils. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/786640 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/595 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07534635 | Foust et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Franklin Foust (Glenville, New York); Linda Ann Boyd (Malta, New York); Anil Raj Duggal (Niskayuna, New York); Qinglan Huang (Niskayuna, New York); Larry Neil Lewis (Scotia, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Hermetically sealed packages include a getter precursor disposed within an interior region of the package. The getter precursor includes a cation portion and a non-oxidizing anion portion, which is configured to thermally decompose to change an oxidation state of cation to zero. Also disclosed herein are processes for hermetically sealing a package by coating a solution of the getter precursor onto interior defining wall surface of the package. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/053772 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07536425 | Moore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Atomics (San Diego, California); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reagan W. Moore (San Diego, California); Arcot Rajasekar (Del Mar, California); Chaitanya K. Baru (San Diego, California); Bertram Ludaescher (San Diego, California); Amarnath Gupta (San Diego, California); Richard J. Marciano (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A persistent archive of a collection of data objects comprises a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of a logical structure for the collection and a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of the data objects. The archive is persistent in that it may be instantiated at an indefinite point in time in the future regardless of the state of technology at that time. A knowledge-based persistent archive of a collection of data objects comprises the foregoing two elements but also a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of knowledge relevant to the collection. Another embodiment of a knowledge-based persistent archive comprises at least one representation of a collection or the data objects, at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent, or executable specification of one or more transformations relevant to the collection, and at least one self-describing, infrastructure-independent, or executable specification of one or more rules relevant to the collection. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/027924 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07534377 | Keszler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Keszler (Corvallis, Oregon); Jennifer L. Stone-Sundberg (Portland, Oregon); Ning Ye (Corvallis, Oregon); Michael A. Hruschka (Albany, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel nonlinear optical materials are described having the general formula MxM′yScz(BO3)4 where M and M′are metals, typically rare earth metals, and the sum of x, y, and z is about four. One example of such a material is La0.7Y0.3Sc3(BO3)4. Exemplary crystalline materials according to the general formula exhibit useful optical characteristics and desirable physical properties for nonlinear optical applications. Novel compositions and devices using the nonlinear optical materials also are described. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/520364 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07536537 | Linn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Linn (Fairport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for booting a software operating environment and software applications within a wireless communications system (100) is provided. The method (500) includes executing one or more boot manager programs (516). The method further includes executing a first stage program code (614) and a second stage program code (618) in response to a boot manager program. The method includes loading an operating system (714) and launching a low level radio function application (716) in response to a boot manager program. The low level radio function can be an emergency communications application. Subsequent to loading the operating system and launching the low level radio function application, the method further includes loading a middleware (812) and a core framework (814) in response to the second stage program code. The method includes loading a device driver software programs in response to the first stage program code. The device driver software programs can be allocated and deallocated upon stated events. A computer program product in a computer readable medium is also provided. A computer processing system for booting a software operating environment and software applications within a wireless communications system is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/408834 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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FILED
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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