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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 09, 2009
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| US 07544155 | Agrawal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil K. Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); Abbas Fattah (Newark, Delaware); Sal Banala (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Passive gravity balancing orthosis apparatus for assisting and training patients suffering from muscle weakness by relieving the patients afflicted member of its weight using a plurality of articulated supporting members. Relief is obtained by identifying and fixing the center of mass of the combined articulated equipment members and supported weight of the patient's member in space using a defined parallelogram mechanism and once so identified making the total potential energy for any configuration of the articulated members of the system constant. At least one zero free length spring is used to connect the center of mass to a support outside the articulated members. Additional springs connect the center of mass to the articulated members. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/113729 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Exercise devices 482/69 |
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| US 07544358 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaozhu Huang (San Francisco, California); Dean Sheppard (Oakland, California); Robert Pytela (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions comprising antagonists of αvβ6 are provided for the treatment of acute lung injury fibrosis. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/559172 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/155.100 |
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| US 07544466 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Brown (Dallas, Texas); Joseph L. Goldstein (Dallas, Texas); Nick V. Grishin (Dallas, Texas); Jing Yang (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Ghrelin is acylated by ghrelin O-acyltransferase. Ghrelin O-acyltransferase assays comprise contacting a mixture of ghrelin and recombinant ghrelin O-acyltransferase with an agent; and detecting a resultant decrease in acylation of the ghrelin by the acyltransferase. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/967171 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 07544467 | Verdin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The J. David Gladstone Institutes (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric M. Verdin (San Francisco, California); Albert Jordan (Barcelona, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated cells that comprise, integrated into the genome of the cell, a transcription-competent immunodeficiency virus or a transcription-competent immunodeficiency virus-based retroviral vector. Under basal in vitro culture conditions, the immunodeficiency virus is latent, and the expression of the latent immunodeficiency virus can be reactivated. The invention farther provides methods of making a subject cell. The invention further provides screening methods for identifying agents that activate a latent immunodeficiency virus; and screening method for identifying agents that block reactivation of latent immunodeficiency virus expression in response to T cell activation signals. The invention further provides agents identified in the subject screening assays. The invention further provides methods of treating an immunodeficiency virus infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/746404 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
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| US 07544469 | Morrical et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Morrical (South Burlington, Vermont); Na Qian (Colchester, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | New Gp32F protein for determining, localizing or quantitating single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules comprises a Gp32 protein conjugated at an environment-sensitive amino acid (e.g. cysteine-166) to a fluorescent label. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/542336 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07544477 | Balint et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | KaloBios, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Balint (Palo Alto, California); Jeng-Horng Her (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Interaction-activated circularly permutated proteins are disclosed that depend for their functional reassembly into the parent protein on the interaction of heterologous polypeptides or other molecules which have been genetically or chemically conjugated to the break-point termini of engineered enzymes. In addition, methods are provided for identifying circularly permutated marker proteins that will optimally reassemble into a functional parent protein, and which are dependent on the association of heterologous interactor domains. The invention is exemplified by circular permutations of a Class A β-lactamase (TEM-1 of E. coli). Circularly permutated marker proteins that comprise molecular interaction-dependent enzymes particularly find use in (1) cell-based sensors for activation or inhibition of metabolic or signal transduction pathways for high-efficiency, (2) high-throughput screening for agonists/antagonists of the target pathway and in high-throughput mapping of pair-wise protein-protein interactions within and between the proteomes of cells, tissues, and pathogenic organisms, and in (3) cell-based screens for high-throughput selection of inhibitors of any protein-protein interaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/764163 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — 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 435/7.100 |
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| US 07544478 | Nakanishi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nobuki Nakanishi (Solana Beach, California); Gang Tong (San Diego, California); Shichun Tu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Discovered is a novel protein and variants thereof whose activity at the NMDA receptor causes an increased efflux of calcium ions through the channel of said receptor. This activity is downregulated by the NR3A subunit of NMDA. Also discovered are the nucleic acid sequences encoding said novel protein and variants thereof. The discovery is useful for the diagnosing of NMDA receptor dysregulation and the treatment of NMDA receptor dysregulation related disorders. In addition, the discovery is useful for the further discovery of modulators affecting the activity of the novel protein and variants thereof at the NMDA receptor. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914669 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
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| US 07544481 | Dixit |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vishva M. Dixit (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a novel purified mammalian protein having the ability to bind the cytoplasmic region or domain of a CD40 receptor and the nucleic acid molecules coding for this protein. Also provided by this invention are antibodies which specifically bind CD40bp. Methods of using the proteins, nucleic acids and antibodies described above are further provided herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 30, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/224556 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07544486 | Ting et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang Ting (Beverly Hills, California); Shunichi Kuroda (Osaka, Japan); Ben Wu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to a bone growth factor, and more particularly to compositions including NELL1, articles of manufacture including NELL1 and methods of using NELL1 to induce bone formation. This invention also provides methods for the expression and purification of NELL1 and NELL2 peptides. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/544553 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07544492 | Friedman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Friedman (New York, New York); Jeffrey L. Halaas (New York, New York); Ketan Gajiwala (New York, New York); Stephen K. Burley (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the control of body weight of animals including mammals and humans, and more particularly to materials identified herein as modulators of weight, and to the diagnostic and therapeutic uses to which such modulators may be put. In its broadest aspect, the present invention relates to the elucidation and discovery of nucleotide sequences, and proteins putatively expressed by such nucleotides or degenerate variations thereof, that demonstrate the ability to participate in the control of mammalian body weight. The nucleotide sequences in object represent the genes corresponding to the murine and human ob gene, that have been postulated to play a critical role in the regulation of body weight and adiposity. Preliminary data, presented herein, suggests that the polypeptide product of the gene in question functions as a hormone. The present invention further provides nucleic acid molecules for use as molecular probes, or as primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, i.e., synthetic or natural oligonucleotides. In further aspects, the present invention provides a cloning vector, which comprises the nucleic acids of the invention; and a bacterial, insect, or a mammalian expression vector, which comprises the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, operatively associated with an expression control sequence. Accordingly, the invention further relates to a bacterial or a mammalian cell transfected or transformed with an appropriate expression vector, and correspondingly, to the use of the above mentioned constructs in the preparation of the modulators of the invention. Also provided are antibodies to the ob polypeptide. Moreover, a method for modulating body weight of a mammal is provided. In specific examples, genes encoding two isoforms of both the murine and human ob polypeptides are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/635864 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
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| US 07544497 | Sinclair et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Biomol International LP (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Sinclair (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Konrad T. Howitz (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Robert E. Zipkin (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Kevin J. Bitterman (Boston, Massachusetts); Dudley W. Lamming (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and compositions for modulating the activity of sirtuin deacetylase protein family members; p53 activity; apoptosis; lifespan and sensitivity to stress of cells and organisms. Exemplary methods comprise contacting a cell with an activating compound, such as a flavone, stilbene, flavanone, isoflavone, catechin, chalcone, tannin or anthocyanidin; or an inhibitory compound, such as a sphingolipid, e.g., sphingosine. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/884879 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
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| US 07544510 | Habener et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel F. Habener (Newton Centre, Massachusetts); Elizabeth J. Abraham (Andover, Massachusetts); Henryk Zulewski (Binningen, Switzerland); Melissa K. Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts); Mario Vallejo (Madrid, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are described for the treatment of type I insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and other conditions using newly identified stem cells that are capable of differentiation into a variety of pancreatic islet cells, including insulin-producing beta cells, as well as hepatocytes. Nestin has been identified as a molecular marker for pancreatic stem cells, while cytokeratin-19 serves as a marker for a distinct class of islet ductal cells. Methods are described whereby nestin-positive stem cells can be isolated from pancreatic islets and cultured to obtain further stem cells or pseudo-islet like structures. Methods for ex vivo differentiation of the pancreatic stem cells are disclosed. Methods are described whereby pancreatic stem cells can be isolated, expanded, and transplanted into a patient in need thereof, either allogeneically, isogeneically or xenogenically, to provide replacement for lost or damaged insulin-secreting cells or other cells. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/410412 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07544518 | Aebersold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudolf Hans Aebersold (Mercer Island, Washington); Michael H. Gelb (Seattle, Washington); Steven P. Gygi (Seattle, Washington); C. Ronald Scott (Seattle, Washington); Frantisek Turecek (Seattle, Washington); Scott A. Gerber (Seattle, Washington); Beate Rist (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Analytical reagents and mass spectrometry-based methods using these reagents for the rapid, and quantitative analysis of proteins or protein function in mixtures of proteins. The methods employ affinity labeled protein reactive reagents having three portions: an affinity label (A) covalently linked to a protein reactive group (PRG) through a linker group (L). The linker may be differentially isotopically labeled, e.g., by substitution of one or more atoms in the linker with a stable isotope thereof. These reagents allow for the selective isolation of peptide fragments or the products of reaction with a given protein (e.g., products of enzymatic reaction) from complex mixtures. The isolated peptide fragments or reaction products are characteristic of the presence of a protein or the presence of a protein function in those mixtures. Isolated peptides or reaction products are characterized by mass spectrometric (MS) techniques. The reagents also provide for differential isotopic labeling of the isolated peptides or reaction products which facilitates quantitative determination by mass spectrometry of the relative amounts of proteins in different samples. The methods of this invention can be used for qualitative and quantitative analysis of global protein expression profiles in cells and tissues, to screen for and identify proteins whose expression level in cells, tissue or biological fluids is affected by a stimulus or by a change in condition or state of the cell, tissue or organism from which the sample originated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/994815 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
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| US 07544654 | Mochly-Rosen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing damage to cells and tissue caused by an ischemic or hypoxic event is disclosed. The method includes administering to the cell or tissue, either in vivo or ex vivo, ψεRACK peptide. The peptide can be administered before, during or after the ischemic or hypoxic event. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/449966 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07544670 | Boudreau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy Boudreau (San Francisco, California); David M. Young (Larkspur, California); Cornelia Myers (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in localized transfer of genetic material or proteins. Moreover, the present invention provides methods and compositions for improving and/or controlling wound healing by applying a wound care device comprising HoxD3 and/or HoxA3 and/or HoxB3. In addition, the present invention provides methods and compositions for improved wound healing in subjects having impaired healing capabilities, such as diabetic and aged subjects. |
| FILED | Friday, December 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/648208 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07544678 | Marks 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) | Andrew Robert Marks (Larchmont, New York); Donald W. Landry (New York, New York); Shixian Deng (White Plains, New York); Zhen Zhuang Cheng (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel 1,4-benzothiazepine intermediates and derivatives, methods for synthesizing same, and methods for assaying same. The present invention also provides methods for using these novel compounds to limit or prevent a decrease in the level of RyR2-bound FKBP12.6 in a subject; to prevent exercise-induced sudden cardiac death in a subject; and to treat or prevent heart failure, atrial fibrillation, or exercise-induced cardiac arrhythmia in a subject. The present invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that enhances binding of RyR2 and FKBP12.6, and agents identified by these methods. Additionally, the present invention provides methods for identifying agents for use in treating or preventing heart failure, atrial fibrillation, or exercise-induced cardiac arrhythmia, and in preventing exercise-induced sudden cardiac death. Also provided are agents identified by such methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/088058 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/211.90 |
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| US 07544714 | Burstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sumner H. Burstein (Framingham, Massachusetts); Robert B. Zurier (Princeton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | N-fatty acid-amino acid conjugates and J2 prostanoid-amino acid conjugates are disclosed along with methods for making such conjugates and methods of using these conjugates in the treatment of conditions that involve dysfunctional lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity, glucose homeostasis, and/or inflammation. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183055 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/558 |
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| US 07544767 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Kimmo Porkka (Helsinki, Finland); Sven Christian (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a conjugate which contains a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing molecule that selectively homes to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and that specifically binds the receptor bound by peptide KDEPQRRSARLSAKPAPPKPEPKPKKAPAKK (SEQ ID NO: 9). Methods of directing a conjugate of the invention to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and of using a conjugate to treat cancer also are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/400083 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 07544772 | Takashi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biomarck Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuji Takashi (Nagano, Japan); Indu Parikh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kenneth B. Adler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Linda D. Martin (Apex, North Carolina); Yuehua Li (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods of modulating cellular secretory processes. More specifically the present invention relates to modulating or reducing the release of inflammatory mediators from inflammatory cells by inhibiting the mechanism associated with the release of inflammatory mediators from the vesicles or granules in the inflammatory cells. In this regard, the present invention discloses an intracellular signaling mechanism that illustrates several novel intracellular targets for pharmacological intervention in disorders involving secretion of inflammatory mediators from vesicles in inflammatory cells. MANS peptide and active fragments thereof are useful in such methods. |
| FILED | Monday, March 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/367449 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
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| US 07544780 | Höök et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Magnus Höök (Houston, Texas); Slawomir Lukomski (Morgantown, West Virginia); Yi Xu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides recombinant triple helical proteins or collagen-like proteins comprising a prokaryotic protein or one or more domains of a prokaryotic protein comprising a collagen-like peptide sequence of repeated Gly-Xaa-Yaa triplets and, optionally, one or more domains from a mammalian collagen. Also provided are expression vectors and host cells containing the expression vectors to produce these recombinant proteins and methods of production for the same. Additionally, antibodies are provided that are directed against a recombinant collagen-like protein that, preferably, binds an integrin. Furthermore, a method of screening for potential therapeutic compounds that inhibit the integrin-binding or -interacting activities of recombinant collagen-like proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800288 |
| 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 530/356 |
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| US 07544791 | Fu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen Fang Fu (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A mutant virus is provided which contains a mutation at a phosphorylation site in one or more of the proteins of the virus, which mutation causes the virus to be attenuated, and therefore, an improved vaccine composition can be produced therewith. The invention also relates to vaccine compositions which contain the mutant virus, as well as to methods of inducing an immune response, and of protecting mammals from infection by rabies virus. Also included in the invention are methods of producing the mutant virus and mutant viral proteins, including producing the mutant virus in a host cell which produces or even overproduces a wild-type counterpart of the mutant viral protein, which complements the other viral proteins such that production of the mutant viral particle is optimized. The invention also includes those host cells in which viral production is optimized, as well as vaccine compositions including the viral proteins, either alone or in combination with the intact virus, and to methods of inducing an immune response or protecting a mammal from infection, using the same. Also included in the invention are vectors suitable for delivering a gene to a cell of a human or animal, as well methods of delivery thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/700899 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
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| US 07544829 | Gao et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaolian Gao (Houston, Texas); Zhou Xiaochuan (Houston, Texas); Wu Yao (Houston, Texas); Jean-Phillipe Pellois (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes reagent precursors and methods for chemical and biochemical reactions. These reagent precursors that can be activated in solution upon irradiation to generate reagents required for the subsequent chemical reactions. Specifically, photogenerated reagents (PGR) are useful for controlling parallel combinatorial synthesis and various chemical and biochemical reactions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/648717 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 560/103 |
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| US 07544932 | Janini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Janini (Rockville, Maryland); Haleem J Issaq (Frederick, Maryland); Timothy D Veenstra (Jefferson, Maryland); Thomas P Conrads (Frederick, Maryland); Kenneth L Wilkens (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Contiguous capillaries useful for separating and electrospraying a fluid comprising analyte and electrolyte are provided. The contiguous capillaries have spray tips at one end of the capillaries and electrically conductive portions in proximity to the spray tips. Methods for making the contiguous capillaries and their use as electrospray sources are also disclosed. Apparatus and methods for conveying analyte ions from the capillaries into analytical instruments, such as a mass spectrometer, are also disclosed. The disclosed contiguous capillaries may be used to carryout electrophoresis separation and electrospray ionization of analytes. Methods for obtaining the mass spectra of macromolecular analytes at concentrations lower than previously possibly are provided using the apparatus and procedures described herein. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/529967 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
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| US 07545075 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongli Huang (San Jose, California); Xuefeng Zhuang (Stanford, California); Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub (Palo Alto, California); Ching-Hsiang Cheng (Menlo Park, California); Arif S. Ergun (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments of the present invention provide a CMUT array and method of fabricating the same. The CMUT array has CMUT elements individually or respectively addressable from a backside of a substrate on which the CMUT array is fabricated. In one embodiment, a CMUT array is formed on a front side of a very high conductivity silicon substrate. Through wafer trenches are etched into the substrate from the backside of the substrate to electrically isolate individual CMUT elements formed on the front side of the substrate. Electrodes are formed on the backside of the substrate to individually address the CMUT elements through the substrate. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/144184 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545142 | Alsop |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Alsop (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method for imaging fluid flow and/or perfusion using spin labeling is provided. The method comprises applying a first magnetic gradient sequence at least to a labeling region, applying a first pulsed radio frequency (RF) sequence to the labeling region to label the fluid, the first pulsed RF sequence comprising a first plurality of pulses wherein an amplitude envelope is non-zero, the first plurality of pulses each separated by a respective first plurality of intervals wherein the amplitude envelope is substantially zero, and acquiring at least one first signal emitted from an imaging region a predetermined delay after applying the first pulsed RF sequence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/591308 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545901 | Mistretta |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Mistretta (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Two-dimensional or three-dimensional, time-resolved CT frame images are acquired during a dynamic study of a subject. A composite image is produced and this is used to reconstruct each CT frame image by weighting the backprojection of each projection view acquired for that image frame by the corresponding value in the composite image. This weighted backprojection enables artifact-free image frames to be produced with far fewer projection views of the subject. The composite image may be reconstructed from views acquired separately, or it may be produced by combining views acquired during the course of the dynamic study. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482858 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545945 | Miles |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of the State University of New York (Binghamton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Miles (Newark Valley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a rigid hinged substrate, which forms a diaphragm for miniature microphones. A series of fingers disposed radially around the perimeter of the diaphragm interacts with mating fingers disposed adjacent the diaphragm with a small gap in between. The fingers are interdigitated. The movement of the diaphragm fingers relative to the fixed fingers varies the capacitance, thereby allowing creation of an electrical signal responsive to varying sound pressure at the diaphragm. Because the fingers may be formed with great stiffness, the classic problem in typical capacitive microphones of attraction of the diaphragm to the back plate is effectively overcome. The multiple fingers allow the creation of a microphone having a high output voltage relative to conventional microphones. This yields a very low noise microphone. The diaphragm may be readily formed using well known silicon microfabrication techniques so as to reduce manufacturing costs. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/198370 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545965 | Suzuki et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenji Suzuki (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Kunio Doi (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program product for modifying an appearance of an anatomical structure in a medical image, e.g., rib suppression in a chest radiograph. The method includes: acquiring, using a first imaging modality, a first medical image that includes the anatomical structure; applying the first medical image to a trained image processing device to obtain a second medical image, corresponding to the first medical image, in which the appearance of the anatomical structure is modified; and outputting the second medical image. Further, the image processing device is trained using plural teacher images obtained from a second imaging modality that is different from the first imaging modality. In one embodiment, the method also includes processing the first medical image to obtain plural processed images, wherein each of the plural processed images has a corresponding image resolution; applying the plural processed images to respective multi-training artificial neural networks (MTANNs) to obtain plural output images, wherein each MTANN is trained to detect the anatomical structure at one of the corresponding image resolutions; and combining the plural output images to obtain a second medical image in which the appearance of the anatomical structure is enhanced. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/703617 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545967 | Prince et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin R. Prince (New York, New York); Ramin Zabih (New York, New York); Yi Wang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Richard Watts (Christchurch, New Zealand); Junhwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea); Jeff Bezanson (Scarsdale, New York); Hale Ersoy (Ankara, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | In time-resolved contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography, a measure quantifying image quality provides a basis for generating a linear filtered composite image by facilitating selection of a mask and an arterial phase image for subtraction. Filtering of individual pixels of a temporal series of images provides enhanced contrast in a single image by allowing the temporal behavior of the pixel intensity to denote representation as an artery, vein or background tissue. Motion artifacts are suppressed by re-registering sequential images, adjusting weighting before averaging and subtraction and filtering the Fourier data to eliminate data corrupted by motion or other phenomena. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/664425 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546158 | Allison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan Z. Allison (Atlanta, Georgia); Jaime A. Pineda (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing an interface between a brain and a data processor may include generating stimuli and detecting one or more signals indicative of brain activity. The one or more signals may be processed, and a portion indicating attention to stimulus may be used to determine an attended-to symbol. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/863587 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Javorsky (Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A machine gun mount for attachment to a movable support arm of a helicopter and for holding a machine gun, the machine gun mount comprising a pintle that is rotatably connected at a first end to the movable support arm, the first end of the pintle providing for rotation of the machine gun about a vertical axis; a gun cradle that is rotatably connected to a second end of the pintle, the second end of the pintle providing for rotation of the machine gun about a horizontal axis; an ammunition magazine disposed on a first side of the gun cradle; and a spent case catch bag disposed on a second side of the gun cradle. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/307888 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/37.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07543534 | Manole 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) | Leon R. Manole (Great Meadows, New Jersey); Stewart Gilman (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Kevin Stoddard (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Ernest Logsdon (Newton, New Jersey); Mark Nicolich (Succasunna, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are flameless tracer munitions that are expelled from land mines or in hand thrown devices, which are used to mark an enemy person, vehicle body, or tires on the vehicle, with materials that emit infrared (IR) light, or heat emitting materials, or with a visible ink or a dye. The subjects are then identified and pursued because of the ink or seen with infrared reading or heat seeking devices. The devices are both long duration (several hours) and also have high light intensity tracing and marking. These munitions are non-impact and non-lethal; are non-toxic, and biodegradable. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/906110 |
| 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 12/513 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07543663 | Setrakian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Minds, Inc. (Glendale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Setrakian (Los Angeles, California); W. Daniel Hillis (Encino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A virtual wheel provides a leg pair as a conveyance mechanism for a land vehicle. The virtual wheel propels the vehicle across a surface using a repetitive motion of the legs that contact the ground as would a wheel, due to their geometry. Vehicle embodiments include at least two-, three-, four- and six-wheeled vehicles, both transverse and in-line. Additionally, the invention provides a bipedal walking robot. One embodiment provides a robotic mule—a payload-carrying vehicle. The invention combines the flexible mobility of bipedal vehicles with the stability and functionality of very large-wheeled vehicles. Additionally, a bimodal conveyance mechanism readily converts between walking and rolling modes |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/242753 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/8.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07543780 | Marshall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick T. Marshall (Tipp City, Ohio); Douglas M. Abner (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Robert Williams (Riverside, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A small unmanned air vehicle system having autonomous electrical energy transmission line docking capability and especially usable in military or other surveillance situations. Transmission line field sensing by the small unmanned air vehicle is used as an addition to global position system and other navigation methods and is especially applied to vehicle docking maneuvers. A plurality of vehicle carried electromagnetic fields-responsive sensors provides transmission line based signals to the vehicle guidance system in both far field and near field environments. Surveillance sensors are included in the vehicle payload. Vehicle battery charging energy procurement from the transmission line docking is included. Related commonly assigned patent documents are identified. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/344631 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544068 | Glaab, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. (Canoga Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Henry Glaab, III (Newbury Park, California); Rodney Noble (Lancaster, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A connector assembly includes a connector mounted within a backshell and a biasing member that forces the connector into contact with a surface of the backshell to improve ground shield junction performance. The biasing member extends into an internal space defined by the backshell and exerts a biasing force to reduce resistance between the connector and the backshell. The reduced resistance provided by the biasing member improves ground shield junction performance against electromechanical interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI). |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/741197 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544394 | Boutwell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schnectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio); Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Christine Govern (Cincinnati, Ohio); Bangalore A. Nagaraj (West Chester, Ohio); Brian Thomas Hazel (West Chester, Ohio); Ramgopal Darolia (West Chester, Ohio); Curtis Alan Johnson (Niskayuna, New York); Yan Gao (Niskayuna, New York); Mark Daniel Gorman (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an article is provided. The article comprises a substrate comprised of silicon containing material, an environmental barrier coating (EBC) overlying the substrate and a thermal barrier coating (TBC) on the environmental barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating comprising a compound having a rhombohedral phase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899336 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/453 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544398 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Univesity of California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jane P. Chang (Los Angeles, California); Trinh Tu Van (Portland, Oregon); Tony Chiang (Campbell, California); Chandra Deshpandey (Fremont, California); Karl Lesser (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for producing doped thin layers on substrates comprising the steps of depositing a dopant precursor on the substrate via an atomic layer deposition technique; and exposing the deposited dopant precursor to radicals. The methods can further comprise depositing a compound adjacent the dopant metal via an atomic layer deposition technique; and exposing the deposited compound to radicals, thereby providing a host. The invention relates to articles comprising approximately atomically thin layers of metals or metal oxides doped with at least one different metal or metal oxide. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/411425 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/537 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544416 | Bellemare |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James V. Bellemare (Cobb Island, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to particulate thermally reflective phase change material that includes an encapsulated phase change material coated with a thermally reflective layer. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/198414 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544722 | Boudjouk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Boudjouk (Fargo, North Dakota); Johnson Thomas (Fargo, North Dakota); Seok-Bong Choi (Fargo, North Dakota); Thomas E. Ready (Page, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | An anti-fouling material useful to prevent fouling of structure exposed to a water environment includes a copolymer having a carbon and/or silicone backbone with a pendant biocidal group and, optionally, a pendant fouling release group. |
| FILED | Friday, March 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/276950 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544767 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Kimmo Porkka (Helsinki, Finland); Sven Christian (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a conjugate which contains a therapeutic moiety linked to a homing molecule that selectively homes to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and that specifically binds the receptor bound by peptide KDEPQRRSARLSAKPAPPKPEPKPKKAPAKK (SEQ ID NO: 9). Methods of directing a conjugate of the invention to tumor blood vessels and tumor cells and of using a conjugate to treat cancer also are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/400083 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544778 | Ching |
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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) | Wei-Mei Ching (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the construction of recombinant, immunodominant Rickettsia typhi proteins. The invention also relates to a method for the use of the recombinant proteins, either singly or in combination, in detection and diagnostic assays. The proteins can also be used in anti-Rickettsia typhi immunogenic formulations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789122 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544811 | Irvin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Wahsington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Irvin (Ridgecrest, California); Mark H. Mason (Inyokern, California); Stephen Fallis (Ridgecrest, California); Andrew Chafin (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses monomers of structure (IV) wherein “X” is an alkyl, aryl, or oligoether group, and “R” is an alkyl, aryl, or oligoether group that is chemically bonded to the N1 or N2 position of each of the tetrazole rings. The monomers of the present invention are suitable as binders in energetic compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/151189 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544966 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (Los Angeles, California); Liping Ma (Los Angeles, California); Jun He (Shanghai, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A three terminal electrical bistable device that includes a tri-layer composed of an electrically conductive mixed layer sandwiched between two layers of low conductivity organic material that is interposed between a top electrode and a bottom electrode. The conducting mixed layer serves as the middle electrode. The device includes two memory cells composed of electrode/organic layer/mixed layer, where the interfaces between the electrically conductive mixed layer and the low conductivity organic layer exhibit bistable behavior. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/581797 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545062 | Foshage |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Satcon Technology Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Foshage (Boxford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and system for removing heat from a magnetic device such as an electromagnet core section of a magnetic bearing internally by convection. The device includes a ribbon-type conductor portion and an insulator portion that are spirally and coaxially arranged on a coil. The insulating portion includes window portions that provide a fluid passage when the insulating portion is sandwiched between adjacent conductor portions. The device can be disposed in a plenum in the electromagnet core section and at least one opening in the core section, through which a cooling fluid can be introduced into the plenum, can be provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/441991 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545075 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongli Huang (San Jose, California); Xuefeng Zhuang (Stanford, California); Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub (Palo Alto, California); Ching-Hsiang Cheng (Menlo Park, California); Arif S. Ergun (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments of the present invention provide a CMUT array and method of fabricating the same. The CMUT array has CMUT elements individually or respectively addressable from a backside of a substrate on which the CMUT array is fabricated. In one embodiment, a CMUT array is formed on a front side of a very high conductivity silicon substrate. Through wafer trenches are etched into the substrate from the backside of the substrate to electrically isolate individual CMUT elements formed on the front side of the substrate. Electrodes are formed on the backside of the substrate to individually address the CMUT elements through the substrate. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/144184 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545132 | Borowy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Satcon Technology Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bogdan S. Borowy (Billerica, Massachusetts); Leo F. Casey (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and systems that use an adaptively limited PWM duty-cycle to control a circuit and methods and control programs to operate and to control the devices and systems to adaptively limit the PWM duty-cycle are disclosed. The devices and systems are capable of adjusting the duty-cycle such that the actual inductor current in the next cycle is precisely limited. Specifically, a maximum allowable duty-cycle for time interval N+1 is estimated during time interval N. When the duty-cycle is applied to the circuit at time interval N+1, the peak inductor current is kept below a maximum allowable inductor current level. |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/373722 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Power supply or regulation systems 323/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545335 | Wang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wang Electro-Opto Corporation (Marietta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnson J. H. Wang (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a novel solution to circumvent the fundamental gain bandwidth limitations of an antenna of a given size by using a traveling-wave (TW) antenna and strongly coupling it with the mounting platform to enlarge the effective size of the antenna. A preferred form of this invention comprises a conducting ground surface generally curvilinear and conformal to said platform, a broadband TW surface radiator positioned above and spaced apart from said ground surface, an impedance matching structure between the surface radiator and the conducting ground surface, and a reactive impedance matching network positioned on the periphery of said surface radiator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/046894 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545625 | Drab et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Drab (Santa Barbara, California); Thomas K. Dougherty (Playa del Rey, California); Kathleen A. Kehle (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a conductor on a substrate including steps of depositing tantalum on a glass layer of the substrate; oxidizing the tantalum; and depositing a noble metal on the oxidized tantalum to form the conductor. The method can be used to form a ferroelectric capacitor or other thin film ferroelectric device. The device can include a substrate comprising a glass layer; and an electrode connected to the glass layer. The electrode comprising can include a noble metal connected to the glass layer by an adhesion layer comprising Ta2O5. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/004178 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545667 | Elmegreen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce G. Elmegreen (Golden Bridge, New York); Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Chung Hon Lam (Peekskill, New York); Dennis M. Newns (Yorktown Heights, New York); Matthew R. Wordeman (Kula, Hawaii); Albert M. Young (Fishkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A programmable link structure for use in three dimensional integration (3DI) semiconductor devices includes a via filled at least in part with a phase change material (PCM) and a heating device proximate the PCM. The heating device is configured to switch the conductivity of a transformable portion of the PCM between a lower resistance crystalline state and a higher resistance amorphous state. Thereby, the via defines a programmable link between an input connection located at one end thereof and an output connection located at another end thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/393270 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545690 | Kuang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jente B. Kuang (Austin, Texas); Jerry C. Kao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hung Cai Ngo (Austin, Texas); Kevin J. Nowka (Georgetown, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for evaluating memory cell performance provides for circuit delay and performance measurements in an actual memory circuit environment. A row in a memory array is enabled along with a set of drive devices that couple each bitline pair to the next in complement fashion to form a cascade of memory cells. The drive devices can be inverters and the inverters can be sized to simulate the bitline read pre-charge device and the write state-forcing device so that the cascade operates under the same loading/drive conditions as the operational with memory cell read/write circuits. The last and first bitline in the row can be cascaded, providing a ring oscillator or the delay of the cascade can be measured in response to a transition introduced at the head of the cascade. Weak read and/or weak write conditions can be measured by selective loading. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/741187 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545836 | Borschowa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence A. Borschowa (Woodinville, Washington); Matthias P. Savage-Leuchs (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for generating controlled-linewidth laser-seed-signals for high-powered fiber-laser amplifier systems. In some embodiments, the natural chirp (frequency change of laser light over a short start-up time) of a DBR laser diode when driven by pulsed current is used to broaden the linewidth of the laser output, while adjusting the peak current and/or the pulse duration to obtain the desired linewidth. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/623056 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545841 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Yuan Wang (Palo Alto, California); Alexandre Bratkovski (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and related methods are described, the apparatus comprising a composite material layer configured to exhibit at least one of a negative effective permittivity and a negative effective permeability for radiation of at least one wavelength propagating therethrough. The apparatus further comprises a layer of gain material proximal to the composite material layer, the layer of gain material providing amplification for the propagating radiation. The layer of gain material is disposed within a laser cavity and pumped to a lasing condition for the laser cavity, the layer of gain material thereby providing gain-clamped amplification for the propagating radiation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789283 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/50.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545843 | Armani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deniz K. Armani (Burbank, California); Tobias J. Kippenberg (Bremen, Germany); Sean M. Spillane (Pasadena, California); Kerry J. Vahala (San Gabriel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-cavity resonator including a micro-cavity capable of high and ultra-high Q values and a silicon substrate. Portions of the silicon substrate located below a periphery of the micro-cavity are removed to form a pillar, which supports the micro-cavity. Optical energy travels along an inner surface of the micro-cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/678354 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07545859 — Adaptive channel equalization technique and method for wideband passive digital receivers
| US 07545859 | Reichard |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. (Greenville, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy D. Reichard (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive channel equalization technique and method for wideband passive receivers is disclosed that reduces and tends to minimize distortions caused by circuitry within passive digital receivers. This equalization architecture provides an adaptive equalization solution for a wideband passive channel that receives unknown signals from the RF environment both temporally and spectrally. A wideband chirp signal or calibration signal is periodically injected to capture the spectral response of the receiver channel as it varies from the distortions induced over time and temperature for synthesis of equalization filter coefficients. Thus, the channel equalization is performed independent of receiver signal source and is employed to minimize digital receiver signal measurement distortions across the passband by providing an equalization filter whose magnitude and phase response compensates for the channel distortions of the passive data collection system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/880441 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545986 | Bachmann |
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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 M. Bachmann (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | According to the invention, an apparatus for classifying and sorting input data in a data stream includes a processor having a classifier input control with a first input and second input, an adaptive classifier, a ground truth data input, a ground truth resampling buffer, a source data re-sampling buffer, and an output. The processor is configured for sampling the input data with the input control, comparing one or more classes of the sampled input data with preset data classifications for determining the degree of mis-classification of data patterns, determining a probability proportional to the degree of mis-classification as a criterion for entry into a resampling buffer, entering data patterns causing mis-classification in a resampling buffer with a probability value proportional to the degree of mis-classification, comparing the data patterns to a ground truth source and aligning the data patterns with their associated data pattern labels employing the same decision outcome based on a mis-classification probability as applied to the resampling buffer to form a set of training data, and updating the adaptive classifier to correlate with the training data. These steps are repeated until a sufficient degree of data classification optimization is realized, with the output being an optimized data stream. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229436 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546000 | Spillane et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean M. Spillane (Mountain View, California); Raymond G. Beausoleil (Redmond, Washington); Charles Santori (Sunnyvale, California); Marco Florentino (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to color-center-based quantum computer architectures that are both scalable and defect tolerant and to methods for fabricating color-center-based quantum computer architectures. In one embodiment of the present invention, a node of a quantum computer architecture comprises a first photonic device configured to transmit electromagnetic waves, a color center embedded in diamond and coupled to the first photonic device, and a switch located between the first photonic device and a bus waveguide. The switch can be configured to selectively control transmission of electromagnetic waves between the bus waveguide and the color center. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/517501 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE40728 | So et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies Inc. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying H. So (Midland, Michigan); Robert A. DeVries (Midland, Michigan); Mitchell G. Dibbs (Midland, Michigan); Robert L. McGee (Midland, Michigan); Edward O. Shaffer, II (Midland, Michigan); Michael J. Radler (Midland, Michigan); Richard P. DeCaire (Auburn, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a curable cyclobutarene based polymer comprising acid functional pendant groups. The cured polymer displays excellent qualities of toughness, adhesion, dielectric constant, and low stress. The preferred system is soluble in an aqueous base and can be used to generate patterned films with excellent resolution without the need to handle organic developer solvents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/808270 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/287.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07543764 | Haynes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Haynes (Stuart, Florida); Stuart A. Sanders (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle for use in a cold spray technique is described. The nozzle has a passageway for spraying a powder material, the passageway having a converging section and a diverging section, and at least the diverging section being formed from polybenzimidazole. In one embodiment of the nozzle, the converging section is also formed from polybenzimidazole. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/401427 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07543770 | Peron et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Peron (North Tonawanda, New York); James Leahy (West Seneca, New York); Jonathan Leahy (West Seneca, New York); Robyn Washousky (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention broadly comprises an automated pill crusher comprising a container operatively arranged to hold at least one pill, means for producing a linear force in a first direction upon at least one pill in the container, and, means for producing a spring force in a second direction upon at least one pill in the container. The pill crusher further comprises means for pulverizing at least one pill in the container. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/207851 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid material comminution or disintegration 241/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544222 | Rogers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. (Triadelphia, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren Kenneth Rogers (Wheeling, West Virginia); Janusz Wladyslaw Plucinski (Glen Dale, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ablation resistant, monolithic, activated, carbon foam produced by the activation of a coal-based carbon foam through the action of carbon dioxide, ozone or some similar oxidative agent that pits and/or partially oxidizes the carbon foam skeleton, thereby significantly increasing its overall surface area and concurrently increasing its filtering ability. Such activated carbon foams are suitable for application in virtually all areas where particulate or gel form activated carbon materials have been used. Such an activated carbon foam can be fabricated, i.e. sawed, machined and otherwise shaped to fit virtually any required filtering location by simple insertion and without the need for handling the “dirty” and friable particulate activated carbon foam materials of the prior art. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/810900 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuel and related compositions 044/620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544256 | Mayer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Queen City Forging Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio); The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard Robinson Mayer (Cincinnati, Ohio); Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing metal for heating by infrared radiance to enable uniform and consistent heating. The surface of one or more metal parts, such as aluminum or aluminum alloy parts, is treated to alter the surface finish to affect the reflectivity of the surface. The surface reflectivity is evaluated, such as by taking measurements at one or more points on the surface, to determine if a desired reflectivity has been achieved. The treating and measuring are performed until the measuring indicates that the desired reflectivity has been achieved. Once the treating has altered the surface finish to achieve the desired reflectivity, the metal part may then be exposed to infrared radiance to heat the metal part to a desired temperature, and that heating will be substantially consistent throughout by virtue of the desired reflectivity. |
| FILED | Friday, July 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/892778 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544636 | Gadgil |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok Gadgil (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for low-cost arsenic removal from drinking water using chemically prepared bottom ash pre-treated with ferrous sulfate and then sodium hydroxide. Deposits on the surface of particles of bottom ash form of activated iron adsorbent with a high affinity for arsenic. In laboratory tests, a miniscule 5 grams of pre-treated bottom ash was sufficient to remove the arsenic from 2 liters of 2400 ppb (parts per billion) arsenic-laden water to a level below 50 ppb (the present United States Environmental Protection Agency limit). By increasing the amount of pre-treated bottom ash, even lower levels of post-treatment arsenic are expected. It is further expected that this invention supplies a very low-cost solution to arsenic poisoning for large population segments. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/065867 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544661 | Stupp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); Jack J. J. M. Donners (Evanston, Illinois); Gabriel A. Silva (Chicago, Illinois); Heather A. Behanna (Chicago, Illinois); Shawn G. Anthony (New Stanton, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Amphiphilic peptide compounds comprising one or more epitope sequences for binding interaction with one or more corresponding growth factors, micellar assemblies of such compounds and related methods of use. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/005552 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544837 | Blacquiere et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johanna Marie Blacquiere (Ottawa, Canada); Richard Jeffrey Keaton (Pearland, Texas); Ralph Thomas Baker (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of dehydrogenating an amine-borane having the formula R1H2N—BH2R2 using base metal catalyst. The method generates hydrogen and produces at least one of a [R1HN—BHR2]m oligomer and a [R1N—BR2]n oligomer. The method of dehydrogenating amine-boranes may be used to generate H2 for portable power sources, such as, but not limited to, fuel cells. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/590136 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544978 | Noy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleksandr Noy (Belmont, California); Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California); Sonia Létant (Livermore, California); Michael Stadermann (Dublin, California); Alexander B. Artyukhin (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor apparatus comprising a nanotube or nanowire, a lipid bilayer around the nanotube or nanowire, and a sensing element connected to the lipid bilayer. Also a biosensor apparatus comprising a gate electrode; a source electrode; a drain electrode; a nanotube or nanowire operatively connected to the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; a lipid bilayer around the nanotube or nanowire, and a sensing element connected to the lipid bilayer. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/338512 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545051 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (El Cerrito, California); Lori E. Greene (Berkeley, California); Matthew Law (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Homogeneous and dense arrays of nanowires are described. The nanowires can be formed in solution and can have average diameters of 40-300 nm and lengths of 1-3 μm. They can be formed on any suitable substrate. Photovoltaic devices are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673472 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/784 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545065 | Romero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis Romero (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Todd Christenson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gene Aaronson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The symmetry properties of a magnetic levitation arrangement are exploited to produce spin-stabilized magnetic levitation without aligning the rotational axis of the rotor with the direction of the force of gravity. The rotation of the rotor stabilizes perturbations directed parallel to the rotational axis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/231532 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/90.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545089 | Falce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. (San Mateo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis R. Falce (San Jose, California); R. Lawrence Ives (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A porous cathode structure is fabricated from a plurality of wires which are placed in proximity to each other in elevated temperature and pressure for a sintering time. The sintering process produces the porous cathode structure which may be divided into a plurality of individual porous cathodes, one of which may be placed into a dispenser cathode support which includes a cavity for containing a work function reduction material such as BaO, CaO, and Al2O3. The work function reduction material migrates through the pores of the porous cathode from a work replenishment surface adjacent to the cavity of the dispenser cathode support to an emitting cathode surface, thereby providing a dispenser cathode which has a uniform work function and therefore a uniform electron emission. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/085425 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07545269 | Craig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Craig (Pittsburg, California); Simon E. Labov (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A network of radiation detection instruments, each having a small solid state radiation sensor module integrated into a cellular phone for providing radiation detection data and analysis directly to a user. The sensor module includes a solid-state crystal bonded to an ASIC readout providing a low cost, low power, light weight compact instrument to detect and measure radiation energies in the local ambient radiation field. In particular, the photon energy, time of event, and location of the detection instrument at the time of detection is recorded for real time transmission to a central data collection/analysis system. The collected data from the entire network of radiation detection instruments are combined by intelligent correlation/analysis algorithms which map the background radiation and detect, identify and track radiation anomalies in the region. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540176 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546210 | Callahan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Callahan (Martinez, California); Bahram Parvin (Hercules, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and devices for the knowledge-based discovery and optimization of differences between cell types. In particular, the present invention provides visual servoing optical microscopy, as well as analysis methods. The present invention provides means for the close monitoring of hundreds of individual, living cells over time: quantification of dynamic physiological responses in multiple channels; real-time digital image segmentation and analysis; intelligent, repetitive computer-applied cell stress and cell stimulation; and the ability to return to the same field of cells for long-term studies and observation. The present invention further provides means to optimize culture conditions for specific subpopulations of cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/296870 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546603 | Coffland |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas R. Coffland (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible feature interface for multimedia sources system that includes a single interface for the addition of features and functions to multimedia sources and for accessing those features and functions from remote hosts. The interface utilizes the export statement: export “C” D11Export void FunctionName(int argc, char ** argv,char * result, SecureSession *ctrl) or the binary equivalent of the export statement. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/146338 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07543496 | Ayazi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlantic, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Houri Johari (St. Charles, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Capacitive bulk acoustic wave x, y and z-axes gyroscopes implemented on (100) and (111) silicon substrates are disclosed. Exemplary gyroscopes comprise a handle substrate, a bulk acoustic wave resonator element supported by the handle substrate, and a plurality of electrodes surrounding and separated from the resonator element by very small capacitive gaps. The electrodes can excite and detect at least two degenerate bulk acoustic wave resonant modes in the resonator. Advantages include reduced size; higher Q, which improves noise and bias stability; larger bandwidth, and improved shock resistance. In addition, the high Q is maintained in atmospheric or near-atmospheric pressure which reduces the cost and complexity of the wafer-scale packaging of the gyroscope. |
| FILED | Monday, November 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/601956 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/504.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07543791 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyung-Suk Kim (Barrington, Rhode Island); Allan Rydberg (North Kingstown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A vibration isolation system couples two resonant systems to provide isolation of transverse vibrational motions. The first system incorporates a plurality of tunable inverse pendulum assemblies. The second system incorporates a table of large mass suspended at several points from the inverse pendulum assemblies. The table is further suspended from the pendulum assemblies at each point via an assembly to isolate vertical vibrational motion. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/583350 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/550 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544398 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Univesity of California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jane P. Chang (Los Angeles, California); Trinh Tu Van (Portland, Oregon); Tony Chiang (Campbell, California); Chandra Deshpandey (Fremont, California); Karl Lesser (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for producing doped thin layers on substrates comprising the steps of depositing a dopant precursor on the substrate via an atomic layer deposition technique; and exposing the deposited dopant precursor to radicals. The methods can further comprise depositing a compound adjacent the dopant metal via an atomic layer deposition technique; and exposing the deposited compound to radicals, thereby providing a host. The invention relates to articles comprising approximately atomically thin layers of metals or metal oxides doped with at least one different metal or metal oxide. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/411425 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/537 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544496 | Gower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie B. Gower (Gainesville, Florida); Matthew J. Olszta (Gainesville, Florida); Elliot P. Douglas (Gainesville, Florida); Sivakumar Munisamy (Fords, New Jersey); Donna L. Wheeler (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns a composite comprising an organic fluid-swellable, fibrous matrix, such as collagen, and a mineral phase, such as calcium carbonate or phosphate mineral phase, for use as a biomimetic of bone. In another aspect, the subject invention concerns a process for making a composite involving the inclusion of acidic polymers to a supersaturated mineralizing solution, in order to induce an amorphous liquid-phase precursor to the inorganic mineral, which is then absorbed (pulled by capillary action) into the organic matrix. Advantageously, once solidified, a high mineral content can be achieved, with the inorganic mineral crystals embedded within the collagen fibers (intrafibrillarly) and oriented such that they are aligned along the long axes of the fibers of the organic matrix, thereby closely mimicking the natural structure of bone. The present invention further concerns a method of treating a patient suffering from a bone defect by applying a biomimetic composite to the bone defect site. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/432941 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544518 | Aebersold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudolf Hans Aebersold (Mercer Island, Washington); Michael H. Gelb (Seattle, Washington); Steven P. Gygi (Seattle, Washington); C. Ronald Scott (Seattle, Washington); Frantisek Turecek (Seattle, Washington); Scott A. Gerber (Seattle, Washington); Beate Rist (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Analytical reagents and mass spectrometry-based methods using these reagents for the rapid, and quantitative analysis of proteins or protein function in mixtures of proteins. The methods employ affinity labeled protein reactive reagents having three portions: an affinity label (A) covalently linked to a protein reactive group (PRG) through a linker group (L). The linker may be differentially isotopically labeled, e.g., by substitution of one or more atoms in the linker with a stable isotope thereof. These reagents allow for the selective isolation of peptide fragments or the products of reaction with a given protein (e.g., products of enzymatic reaction) from complex mixtures. The isolated peptide fragments or reaction products are characteristic of the presence of a protein or the presence of a protein function in those mixtures. Isolated peptides or reaction products are characterized by mass spectrometric (MS) techniques. The reagents also provide for differential isotopic labeling of the isolated peptides or reaction products which facilitates quantitative determination by mass spectrometry of the relative amounts of proteins in different samples. The methods of this invention can be used for qualitative and quantitative analysis of global protein expression profiles in cells and tissues, to screen for and identify proteins whose expression level in cells, tissue or biological fluids is affected by a stimulus or by a change in condition or state of the cell, tissue or organism from which the sample originated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/994815 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544617 | Chandra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhijit Chandra (Ames, Iowa); Muthukkumar Kadavasal (Ames, Iowa); Sutee Eamkajornsiri (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for control of chemical mechanical polishing of a pattern dependant non-uniform wafer surfaces in a die scale wherein the die in the wafer surface have a plurality of zones of different heights and different pattern densities is provided. The method provides for varying pressure applied to the die both spatially and temporally to reduce both local and global step height variations. In one embodiment, pressure is varied both spatially and temporally using a look ahead algorithm. The algorithm looks ahead and recalculates/modifies the pressure values by identifying the step heights that could be formed after a specified time step. The final surface predictions have improved uniformity on the upper surface as well as on the step heights across the entire die. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/426083 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/691 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544764 | McGrath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. McGrath (Blacksburg, Virginia); Michael Hickner (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell is described. The materials for the membrane electrode assembly are formed from sulfonated polymers. A polymer dispersion ink containing the sulfonated polymer and a mixture of solvents is used to form the electrodes on the exchange membrane. The dispersion ink allows for the electrodes to be formed directly on the exchange membrane without significantly dissolving the exchange membrane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/509736 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/391 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544776 | Wachter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rebekka M. Wachter (Creswell, Oregon); S. James Remington (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Engineered fluorescent proteins, nucleic acids encoding them and methods of use. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/620099 |
| 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 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544800 | Hedrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Lupton Hedrick (Pleasanton, California); Gregory Walker Nyce (San Jose, California); Robert M. Waymouth (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for carrying out depolymerization of a polymer containing electrophilic linkages in the presence of a catalyst and a nucleophilic reagent, wherein production of undesirable byproducts resulting from polymer degradation is minimized. The reaction can be carried out at a temperature of 80° C. or less, and generally involves the use of an organic, nonmetallic catalyst, thereby ensuring that the depolymerization product(s) are substantially free of metal contaminants. In an exemplary depolymerization method, the catalyst is a carbene compound such as an N-heterocyclic carbene, or is a precursor to a carbene compound. The method provides an important alternative to current recycling techniques such as those used in the degradation of polyesters, polyamides, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/208268 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07543779 | Lewis 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) | James L. Lewis (Houston, Texas); Monty B. Carroll (League City, Texas); Thang D. Le (Friendswood, Texas); Ray H. Morales (Houston, Texas); Brandan R. Robertson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An androgynous mating system for mating two exoatmospheric space modules comprising a first mating assembly capable of mating with a second mating assembly; a second mating assembly structurally identical to said first mating assembly, said first mating assembly comprising; a load ring; a plurality of load cell subassemblies; a plurality of actuators; a base ring; a tunnel; a closed loop control system; one or more electromagnets; and one or more striker plates, wherein said one or more electomagnets on said second mating assembly are capable of mating with said one or more striker plates on said first mating assembly, and wherein said one or more striker plates is comprised of a plate of predetermined shape and a 5-DOF mechanism capable of maintaining predetermined contact requirements during said mating of said one or more electromagnets and said one or more striker plates. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/625066 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/172.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07544146 | Vranish |
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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) | John M. Vranish (Crofton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A gear bearing having a first gear and a second gear, each having a plurality of teeth. Each gear operates on two non-parallel surfaces of the opposing gear teeth to perform both gear and bearing functions simultaneously. The gears are moving at substantially the same speed at their contact points. The gears may be roller gear bearings or phase-shifted gear bearings, and may be arranged in a planet/sun system or used as a transmission. One preferred embodiment discloses and describes an anti-backlash feature to counter “dead zones” in the gear bearing movement. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/122201 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Planetary gear transmission systems or components 475/344 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07545325 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Director, The National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Nelson (Columbia, Maryland); David C. Smith (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method of finding propagation time and velocity of a transmitter. Specifically, receiving a signal at two or more receivers and using the scalar time relationship to determine propagation time and velocity of the transmitter for the purpose of location of the transmitter. This method is useful for both narrowband and broadband applications with increased accuracy over previous methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/703040 |
| 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 342/387 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07545978 — Methods and apparatus for filtering video packets for large-scale video stream monitoring
| US 07545978 | Amini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa Dronette Amini (Yorktown Heights, New York); Ching-Yung Lin (Forest Hills, New York); Olivier Verscheure (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of filtering video packets for video stream monitoring is provided. A video packet of a video stream is received. One or more features are extracted from a specified frame of the video packet via one or more histograms and frequency domain coefficients of the specified frame. One or more concept detectors are implemented on the one or more features creating one or more confidence values. The confidence values are transmitted to a display module for filtering of video packets. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173124 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07544789 | Hill 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) | Dolores E. Hill (Hague, Virginia); Dante S. Zarlenga (Ellicott City, Maryland); Cathleen Coss (Catonsville, Maryland); Jitender P. Dubey (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant proteins have been developed for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocyst proteins for example in biological fluids. Isolated DNA sequences which encode these proteins have also been developed. The DNA sequences may be inserted into recombinant DNA molecules such as cloning vectors or expression vectors for the transformation of cells and the production of the proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/701872 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07544172 | Santos-Munne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Enterprises (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julio Santos-Munne (Glenview, Illinois); Alex Makhlin (Chicago, Illinois); Ela Lewis (Chicago, Illinois); Michael Peshkin (Evanston, Illinois); David A. Brown (Evanston, Illinois); J. Edward Colgate (Evanston, Illinois); James L. Patton (Wilmette, Illinois); Benjamin L. Rush (Evanston, Illinois); Doug Schwandt (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A pelvic support unit is coupled to a base by a powered vertical force actuator mechanism. A torso support unit, which is affixed to the patient independently of the pelvic support unit, is connected to the base by one or more powered articulations which are actuable around respective axes of motion. Sensors sense the linear and angular displacement of the pelvic support unit and the torso support unit. A control unit is coupled to these sensors and, responsive to signals from them, selectively control the displacement actuator and articulation(s). Wheel modules are independently powered to both rotate and steer, and, responsive to the control unit, are capable of rolling the exercise device in a direction of travel intended by the patient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/879604 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 07543770 | Peron et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Peron (North Tonawanda, New York); James Leahy (West Seneca, New York); Jonathan Leahy (West Seneca, New York); Robyn Washousky (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention broadly comprises an automated pill crusher comprising a container operatively arranged to hold at least one pill, means for producing a linear force in a first direction upon at least one pill in the container, and, means for producing a spring force in a second direction upon at least one pill in the container. The pill crusher further comprises means for pulverizing at least one pill in the container. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/207851 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid material comminution or disintegration 241/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07545266 | Brosius |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SkyBitz, Inc. (Sterling, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Brosius (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-mode asset tracking and monitoring system and method is provided that enables comprehensive reporting of asset position, status, and alerts. In one embodiment, the multi-mode system and method is based on the addition of a local network monitoring system to a wide area satellite network monitoring system. In this example, the local network monitoring system would add container presence and status monitoring in crowded environments (e.g., within a port facility, on-board a ship, etc.), while the wide area satellite network monitoring system would provide tracking and monitoring coverage when the container is in dispersed environments. Both the local and wide area monitoring systems work together to provide end-to-end container tracking and monitoring to thereby ensure continuous container tracking and monitoring from container loading to container unloading. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/834052 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07545335 | Wang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wang Electro-Opto Corporation (Marietta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnson J. H. Wang (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a novel solution to circumvent the fundamental gain bandwidth limitations of an antenna of a given size by using a traveling-wave (TW) antenna and strongly coupling it with the mounting platform to enlarge the effective size of the antenna. A preferred form of this invention comprises a conducting ground surface generally curvilinear and conformal to said platform, a broadband TW surface radiator positioned above and spaced apart from said ground surface, an impedance matching structure between the surface radiator and the conducting ground surface, and a reactive impedance matching network positioned on the periphery of said surface radiator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/046894 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07544465 | Herlyn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wistar Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dorothee Herlyn (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Meenhard Herlyn (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Rajasckharan Somasundaram (West Chester, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional reconstruct model containing solid layers of collagen and fibroblasts closely mimic the condition of patients in vivo, preserving in vivo phenotypic and functional characteristics of the cells. Reconstructs can be used to detect cellular migration, including active migration of cytotoxic T lymphocytes towards tumor cells, which can be measured by detecting tumor cell lysis. Reconstructs also can be used to identify factors that influence migration of cells, including chemokines that influence migration of cytotoxic T lymphocytes, as well as to identify tumor antigens. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/488949 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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