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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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| US 07546738 | Peters |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Peters (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine nozzle assembly has an upstream flap and a downstream flap pivotally coupled thereto for relative rotation about a hinge axis. An actuator linkage is coupled to the flaps for actuating the nozzle between a number of throat area conditions. First and second mode struts respectively restrict rotation of the downstream flap in first and second directions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/026955 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/771 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546759 | Gruenfelder 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) | Nicole L. Gruenfelder (Baltimore, Maryland); Chika N. Nzelibe (Catonsville, Maryland); Joshua D. Israel (Baltimore, Maryland); Lowry J. Brooks, Jr. (Fallston, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to devices and methods for adapting a standard protective mask test apparatus to perform leak testing of a mask air hose assembly as an independent equipment component, i.e., independent of the mask-hose system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/688641 |
| ART UNIT | 4191 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546804 | Tartarilla, III 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) | Anthony E. Tartarilla, III (Rockaway, New Jersey); Henry Kerwien (Augusta, New Jersey); Thomas DeVoe (Oak Ridge, New Jersey); Joseph Leone (Oak Ridge, New Jersey); Luke Helsel (Rockaway, New Jersey); Nicholas Turner (Odenton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An artillery charge includes a generally cylindrical body with a hollow core; propellant disposed in the body and first energetic material disposed in the hollow core; and a seal disposed over one end of the hollow core, the seal including second energetic material disposed therein. A laser igniter ignites the second energetic material in the seal, thereby providing more reliable ignition of the first energetic material and the propellant. The artillery charge reliably ignites using a lower powered laser than known charges. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548103 |
| 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 12/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546806 | Daniels 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) | Arthur S. Daniels (Rockaway, New Jersey); Ernest L. Baker (Wantage, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Various shaped charges and methods of operation produce multiple jets in various profiles by employing multiple initiation points to address various earthen formations and producing different types of perforations in well bores. The shaped charge device includes a configuration of components wherein multiple detonation tracks are used to allow selective initiation and operation. Dual or quad initiation may be provided to initiate operation. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/277425 |
| 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 12/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546891 | Won |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chikyung Won (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An articulated tracked vehicle that has a main section, which includes a main frame, and a forward section. The main frame has two sides and a front end, and includes a pair of parallel main tracks. Each main track includes a flexible continuous belt coupled to a corresponding side of the main frame. The forward section includes an elongated arm. One end of the arm is pivotally coupled to the main frame near the forward end of the main frame about a transverse axis that is generally perpendicular to the sides of the main frame. The arm has a length sufficiently long to allow the forward section to extend below the main section in at least some degrees of rotation of the arm, and a length shorter than the length of the main section. The center of mass of the main section is located forward of the rearmost point reached by the end of the arm in its pivoting about the transverse axis. The main section is contained within the volume defined by the main tracks and is symmetrical about a horizontal plane, thereby allowing inverted operation of the robot. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/834321 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/9.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546917 | Lam 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) | Yuen H. Lam (Morris Plains, New Jersey); William Paulo (Parsippany, New Jersey); John A. Sliker (Andover, New Jersey); Richard C. Dzury (Dover, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for packing containers includes a generally rectangular pallet adapter comprising rows and columns of cups, the rows and columns of cups being substantially orthogonal to each other, each cup comprising a lower portion that is generally circular and an upper portion that is generally rectangular, the pallet adapter including side walls located on its perimeter, the side walls extending upward beyond the cups; and a detonation barrier disposed on the pallet adapter, the detonation barrier the detonation barrier comprising internal row partitions, internal column partitions, two end row partitions and two end column partitions, the internal row partitions and end row partitions being substantially orthogonal to the internal column partitions and end column partitions thereby defining rows and columns of rectangular openings. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/161479 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Special receptacle or package 26/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547400 | Carpenter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Everett E. Carpenter (Mechanicsville, Virginia); Vincent G. Harris (Sharon, Massachusetts); Shannon A. Morrison (Moseley, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making monodispersed magnetic nanoparticles of nickel zinc ferrite (NZFO) at room temperature by mixing together two micelle solutions. The first micelle solution comprises zinc, nickel, and iron metal salts; a surfactant; and a hydrocarbon. The second micelle solution comprises an aqueous hydroxide, a surfactant, and a hydrocarbon. After mixing the two micelle solutions, the ferrite precipitates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/148570 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547408 | Sweeney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean M. Sweeney (Schenectady, New York); Timothy Yosenick (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed a pre-sintering process for reducing non-uniformities in the density of a sintered material comprising (a) providing a mixture of (i) a first sinterable material containing a contaminant the presence of which during sintering of the first sinterable material results in a higher vapor pressure than would occur during sintering of pure first sinterable material and (ii) a second material having a higher affinity for the contaminant than does the first sinterable material; and (b) heating the mixture at a temperature and for a time sufficient to allow the second material to at least partly mitigate the propensity of the contaminant to raise the vapor pressure during the sintering of the first sinterable material. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/460883 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/658 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547470 | Gardner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Gardner (Brewer, Maine); Stephen M. Shaler (Veazie, Maine); Lech Muszynski (Corvallis, Oregon); Ciprian Pirvu (Richmond, Canada); Jungil Son (Gunpo-Shi, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A moisture impermeable edge reinforced wood composite structural system includes a wood composite panel having opposing faces, at least one moisture impermeable reinforcement edge, and at least one moisture impermeable reinforcement perimeter zone. The perimeter zone is a coating of a moisture impermeable reinforcement/resin matrix material which provides the structural system with improved fastener performance and reduced panel edge swell as a result of moisture exposure. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/414143 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547484 | Crumm et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Adaptive Materials Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron T. Crumm (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christopher J. Reilly (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tim LaBreche (Tecumseh, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid oxide fuel cell comprises a tube forming an anode, electrolyte and cathode, and a catalytic substrate is positioned within the tube. Such solid oxide fuel cells are highly compact and lightweight, and can be used in portable applications. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/979017 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547487 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. (Rochester Hills, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan Smith (Clemens, Michigan); Richard Bendert (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Steve Bronczyk (Rochester, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-cell battery in which a plurality of electrochemical cells are disposed in a battery case. The battery case includes one or more partitions which divide the interior of the case into a plurality of cell compartments that house the electrochemical cells. The battery case includes at least one gas channel have a tortuous pathway designed to trap electrolyte which may escape from the cell compartments. A unique battery terminal may be molded into the battery case. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/848277 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/83 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547759 | Ioannides et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantin G. Ioannides (Houston, Texas); George E. Peoples, Jr. (Fulton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to variants of antigens comprising folate binding protein epitopes as a composition associated with providing immunity against a tumor in an individual. The variant is effective in inducing cytotoxic T-lymphocytes but preferably not to the extent that they become sensitive to silencing by elimination, such as by apoptosis, or by energy, as in unresponsiveness. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/094097 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547865 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary H. Johnson (Tucson, Arizona); Douglas M. Beard (Tucson, Arizona); John A. Thomas (Tucson, Arizona); Rene D. Perez (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical element mount is effective in high G environments to protect brittle optical elements in which tensile stresses are generated on surface S2 without degrading optical performance. A flexible spacer formed of a relatively low-stiffness material supports an optical element having a tapered outer periphery in an optical seat having a complementary tapered surface. When the optical assembly is exposed to the high G environment, the inertial loading drives the optical element in the aft direction into the flexible spacer and seat. This puts the optical element into a plate bending condition thereby inducing tensile stress on S2 which is at least partially offset by a compressive stress caused by the reaction force normal to the tapered interface. The stresses, both compressive and tensile, placed on the optical element in the high G environment can be very large. In the absence of the tapered mount and flexible spacer, the tensile stress placed on S2 would likely fracture or shatter the brittle optical element. When the inertial loading is removed, the optical element returns to its initial unstressed position. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/761155 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547886 | Mueller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mueller (Alameda, California); Jim Cheng (Berkeley, California); Albert Pisano (Danville, California); Thomas H. Cauley, III (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic material can be used in a modified strain gauge for IR transduction, resulting in an organic IR sensor. Infrared radiation incident on the organic material modulates a displacement of the material in order to detect the presence and intensity of IR radiation. This innovative design doesn't require cooling, and is sensitive to 9 and 3 μm—wavelengths that are emitted by mammals and forest fires, respectively. In addition, a photomechanical polymer can be used in a transistor based on a thin-film transistor (TFT), also resulting in an IR sensor. Through careful synthesis of the polymers, the photomechanical response of the transistor can be tailored to certain IR bands for detection purposes. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/483142 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547925 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Wong (San Carlos, California); Michael A. Kneissl (Berlin, Germany); Zhihong Yang (Sunnyvale, California); Mark Teepe (Menlo Park, California); Cliff Knollenberg (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A GaN/AlN superlattice is formed over a GaN/sapphire template structure, serving in part as a strain relief layer for growth of subsequent layers (e.g., deep UV light emitting diodes). The GaN/AlN superlattice mitigates the strain between a GaN/sapphire template and a multiple quantum well heterostructure active region, allowing the use of high Al mole fraction in the active region, and therefore emission in the deep UV wavelengths. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/356769 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547932 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yaohui Zhang (Los Angeles, California); Filipp A. Baron (Los Angeles, California); Kang L. Wang (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical gate-depleted single electron transistor (SET) is fabricated on a conducting or insulating substrate. A plurality of lightly doped basic materials and tunneling barriers are fabricated on top of a substrate, wherein at least two of the layers of basic materials sandwich the layers of tunneling barriers and at least two of the layers of tunneling barriers sandwich at least one of the layers of basic materials. A mesa is fabricated on top of the layers of basic materials and tunneling barriers, and has an undercut shape. An ohmic contact is fabricated on top of the mesa, and one or more gate Schottky contacts are fabricated on top of the layers of lightly doped basic materials and tunneling barriers. A quantum dot is induced by gate depletion, when a source voltage is set as zero, a drain voltage is set to be less than 0.1, and a gate voltage is set to be negative. The depletion region expands toward the center of the device and forms a lateral confinement to the quantum well, wherein a quantum dot is obtained. Because the size of the quantum dot is so small, the Coulomb charging energy achieved is large enough to let the device operate at room temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/302635 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547997 | Simunek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Simunek (Forked River, New Jersey); Stephen F. Peta (Havertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for enabling the use of one electrical servicing cable having a 115V/400 Hz AC cablehead, to supply aircrafts having either a three-phase 115V/400 Hz AC electrical power system, or a 270 VDC/28 VDC electrical power system, for aircraft pre-flight and maintenance operations. The system includes a controller for determining and controlling the supply of appropriate power to an aircraft. The system includes an aircraft electrical servicing adapter that facilitates the safe supply of power to a 270 VDC aircraft via the 115V/400 Hz AC cablehead. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973975 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548011 | Borovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruno Borovic (Sunnyvale, California); Frank L. Lewis (Arlington, Texas); Ai Qun Liu (Singapore, Singapore); Dan O. Popa (Euless, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for sensing and adjusting lateral motion in a comb drive actuated MEMS device are provided. If lateral motion is sensed by a lateral motion sensor coupled to the comb drive actuated MEMS device, and the lateral motion is greater than a reference value, a feedback controller adjusts the lateral motion by providing a drive signal to a comb drive electrode of a comb drive actuator. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/436411 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548071 | Harrison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reid Harrison (Salt Lake City, Utah); Cynthia Furse (Salt Lake City, Utah); Chirag Sharma (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for reflectometry testing of a signal path is disclosed. The technique includes injecting a test signal based on a probe pseudo-noise sequence into the signal path and obtaining a response signal. A sliding reference pseudo-noise sequence is correlated against the response signal. Both the probe sequence and the reference sequence are generated at a chip rate. The correlation is obtained for integer chip time delays, and sub-chip resolution of a peak correlation delay is estimated from at least two samples of the correlation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/700728 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/617 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548187 | Laste et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Laste (Hudson, New Hampshire); Garret E. Murdza (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In an aircraft-mounted Doppler radar clutter rejection system, a flexible, sharp band pass filter uses Taylor weighting, an FFT and a module for selecting which of the Doppler cells are to be activated, thus to control the band pass characteristic and set the clutter line to the speed of the aircraft. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594419 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548452 | Katti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Romney Katti (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A new read scheme is provided for an MRAM bit having a reference layer (fixed) and a storage layer (free) sandwiching a nonmagnetic spacer layer. The reference layer has a magnetization direction that is tilted with respect to an easy axis of the storage layer. By applying a magnetic field to the bit at least partially orthogonal to the easy axis, the magnetization direction of the storage layer can be partially rotated or canted without switching the logical state of the MRAM bit. The resistivity of the bit is measured (calculated based on a voltage/current relationship) in two ways: (i) with the magnetization direction of the storage layer partially rotated in a first direction and (ii) with the magnetization direction of the storage layer in its bi-stable orientation parallel to the easy axis. Those measures can then be used to compare and determine the logical state of the storage layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/376433 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548460 | Diorio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Diorio (Shoreline, Washington); Todd E. Humes (Shoreline, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Hot-electron injection driven by hole impact ionization in the channel-to-drain junction of a p-channel MOSFET provides a new mechanism for writing a floating-gate memory. Various pFET floating-gate structures use a combination of this mechanism and electron tunneling to implement nonvolatile analog memory, nonvolatile digital memory, or on-line learning in silicon. The memory is nonvolatile because the devices use electrically isolated floating gates to store electronic charge. The devices enable on-line learning because the electron injection and tunneling mechanisms that write the memory can occur during normal device operation. The memory updates and learning are bidirectional because the injection and tunneling mechanisms add and remove electrons from the floating gate, respectively. Because the memory updates depend on both the stored memory and the pFETs terminal voltages, and because they are bidirectional, the devices can implement on-line learning functions. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/915107 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/185.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548489 | Clark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Clark (Arlington, Virginia); Jane A. Young (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Each of a pair of electrically conductive spiral coils is ensconced in a disk-shaped matrix. The two coil-ensconced matrices are joined face-to-face so as to sandwich between them a thin, non-magnetic elastic layer. An electronic device is connected so that each coil and a corresponding capacitor form an LC circuit. Electrification of the two LC circuits results in the departing and returning, in oscillatory fashion, of the two coil-ensconced matrices. This resonant behavior is both electromagnetic and mechanical in nature. The intermittent electromagnetic repelling is related to the LC circuitry and the oppositely polar electrifications of the respective coils. The springy mechanical activity is based on a spring-mass model and involves the elasticity of the intermediate material and the entrainment of ambient fluid. Underwater acoustic projection performance can be predicted by inputting design parameters in an algorithm inter-relating voltage input, electromagnetic behavior, mechanical behavior, and acoustic energy field output. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482296 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548566 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Benjamin S. Williams (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides quantum cascade lasers and amplifier that operate in a frequency range of about 1 Terahertz to about 10 Terahertz. In one aspect, a quantum cascade laser of the invention includes a semiconductor heterostructure that provides a plurality of lasing modules connected in series. Each lasing module includes a plurality of quantum well structure that collectively generate at least an upper lasing state, a lower lasing state, and a relaxation state such that the upper and the lower lasing states are separated by an energy corresponding to an optical frequency in a range of about 1 to about 10 Terahertz. The lower lasing state is selectively depopulated via resonant LO-phonon scattering of electrons into the relaxation state. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/619025 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548801 | Edwards et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gail E. Edwards (Toms River, New Jersey); Thomas P. Kowalski (Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A just in time wiring information system, which includes an aircraft wiring information system module, a technical reference module, an interactive computer aided cable repair system module, and an e-suite. The e-suite communicates with the aircraft wiring information system module, the technical reference module, and the interactive computer aided cable repair system module such that via the e-suite a user may obtain information from each of the modules. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251535 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/29 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | American GNC Corporation (Simi Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Fang Lin (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method and system for an innovative design of the automatic stabilization and pointing control of a device based on the MEMS technology, which is small enough and has acceptable accuracy to be integrated into many application systems, such as, laser pointing systems, telescopic systems, imaging systems, and optical communication systems. The stabilization mechanism configuration design is based on utilization of AGNC commercial products, the coremicro IMU and the coremicro AHRS/INS/GPS Integration Unit. The coremicro AHRS/INS/GPS Integration Unit is used as the processing platform core for the design of the MEMS coremicro IMU based stabilization mechanism. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805701 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548937 | Gu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaohui Gu (Chappaqua, New York); Haixun Wang (Irvington, New York); Philip Shi-lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing multi-way stream correlations. Stream data are received for correlation. A task is formed for continuously partitioning a multi-way stream correlation workload into smaller workload pieces. Each of the smaller workload pieces may be processed by a single host. The stream data are sent to different hosts for correlation processing. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/417838 |
| ART UNIT | 2166 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/104.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07549049 | Bogasky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Accenture Global Services GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Bogasky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Carl Almond (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a system and method for dynamically auditing of electronic elections using an electronic registration and voting system. In particular, the present invention provides false voting data associated with false voters to the voting systems, recovers voting records associated with the false voters, and compares the stored voting records to the original false voting data. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/176682 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07549077 | White 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) | Barry C. White (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Laura E. McCleave, legal representative (Vicksburg, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A configuration for use with a processor that incorporates a suite of “flat” hardware architecture and superimposes thereon a self-forming, self-healing, hierarchical architecture implemented in software. Embodiments may be employed in various applications, such as maintaining network integrity. In one embodiment, a building security monitoring network provides for automated network agents to each be capable of communication with any other automated agents on a network at network startup. Shortly after network initialization, the software architecture is superimposed on the flat hardware architecture, re-arranging communication links to provide an efficient hierarchy of control and substituting working agents for compromised agents as necessary in the network. All of this is done in a “live” network, not requiring shutdown, or even reduced operation to accomplish. This “dual” architecture (hierarchical software and flat hardware) provides excellent reliability in those “layered” network applications requiring near total reliability, such as security surveillance. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/116171 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07549167 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yih Huang (Fairfax, Virginia); Arun Sood (Clifton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a self-cleansing system comprising at least two subsystems including an active subsystem and at least one available inactive subsystem. At least two of the subsystems may be connected to each other by a communications link and connected to an external network through a local network. An arbitration mechanism is capable of designating one of the at least one available inactive subsystem to be a designated active system. An active subsystem and a designated active subsystem may share an IP address, but only the active subsystem utilizes the IP address to output information to the external network. A transfer mechanism capable of deactivating the active subsystem and then activating a designated active system may be initiated by a transfer criterion. A self-cleansing mechanism may then cleanse the deactivated subsystem. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/821195 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE40734 | Borden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Solutions-IES, Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Borden (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael D. Lee (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for remediating aquifers and groundwater contaminated, for example, by toxic halogenated organic compounds, certain inorganic compounds, and oxidized heavy metals and radionuclides, using the introduction of an innocuous oil, preferably an edible, food grade oil such as soybean oil, formulated into a microemulsion preferably by mixing with a natural food-grade emulsifier (such as lecithin) and water. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/446605 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/610 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | PhysioSonics, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pierre D. Mourad (Seattle, Washington); Brandt Mohr (Seattle, Washington); Michel Kliot (Bellevue, Washington); Robert C. A. Frederickson (Victoria, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for determining ICP based on parameters that can be measured using non-invasive or minimally invasive techniques are provided, wherein a non-linear relationship is used to determine ICP based on one or more variable inputs. The first variable input relates to one or more properties of a cranial blood vessel and/or blood flow, such as acoustic backscatter from an acoustic transducer having a focus trained on a cranial blood vessel, flow velocity in a cranial blood vessel, and the like. Additional variables, such as arterial blood pressure (ABP), may be used in combination with a first variable input relating to one or more properties of a cranial blood vessel, such as flow velocity of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) to derive ICP using a non-linear relationship. Methods and systems for locating target areas based on their acoustic properties and for acoustic scanning of an area, identification of a target area of interest based on acoustic properties, and automated focusing of an acoustic source and/or detector on a desired target area are also provided. Acoustic transducer assemblies are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/861197 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547436 | Blumberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard S. Blumberg (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Wayne I. Lencer (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Neil E. Simister (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in general to methods and products for initiating an immune response against an antigen, and in particular relates to transepithelial delivery of antigens to provoke tolerance and immunity. The present invention further relates to methods and products for the transepithelial delivery of therapeutics. In particular, the invention relates to methods and compositions for the delivery of therapeutics conjugated to a FcRn binding partner to intestinal epithelium, mucosal epithelium and epithelium of the lung. The present invention further relates to the synthesis, preparation and use of the FcRn binding partner conjugates as, or in, pharmaceutical compositions for oral systemic delivery of drugs and vaccines. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/360849 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/134.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547447 | Yiu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Doheny Eye Institute (Los Angeles, California); The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel C. Yiu (Marina del Rey, California); Austin K. Mircheff (La Crescenta, California); Ronald E. Smith (Los Angeles, California); Jean Jacob (New Orleans, Louisiana); Mel Trousdale (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a bioartificial lacrimal gland which contains at least one unit that includes (a) a permeable housing having an interior and an exterior; (b) an outlet connecting the housing interior to the housing exterior; and (c) a population of lacrimal epithelial cells within the housing interior. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/990359 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/423 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547471 | Bjursten et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | La Jolla Bioengineering Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lars M. Bjursten (Limhamn, Sweden); John A. Frangos (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a material for implantation, which is characterised in that the surface of the material partially comprises at least one area of an inorganic, catalytical substance for improved biocompatibility of the material. Methods for the manufacturing of the material for implantation and the use thereof is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/503405 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/195.100 |
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| US 07547509 | Snell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nektar Therapeutics AL, Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama); National Institute of Heatlh (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Elizabeth Snell (Ardmore, Alabama); Michael J. Roberts (Williamsburg, Virginia); Toshiyuki Mori (Germantown, Maryland); Barry R. O'Keefe (Frederick, Maryland); Michael R. Boyd (Mobile, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides variants of cyanovirin-N and water-soluble polymer conjugates thereof, and methods of preparing such conjugates. The cyanovirin-N of the invention are particularly suited for site-selective covalent attachment of one or more water soluble polymers, to provide polymer conjugates of cyanovirin-N variants exhibiting antiviral activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/832925 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547519 | Barry, III 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) | Clifton E. Barry, III (Bethesda, Maryland); Andrea E. DeBarber (Rockville, Maryland); Khisimuzi Mdluli (Seattle, Washington); Linda-Gail Bekker (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the discovery that a putative gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with no previously identified function is responsible for the ability of the bacterium to activate thioamide drugs. Since M. tuberculosis has a low rate of synonymous mutations, all mutations in this gene, identified as Rv3854c and now termed “EtaA,” are expected to inhibit the ability of a bacterium with the mutation to activate a thioamide or thiocarbonyl drug. Thus, detecting a bacterium with a mutation in this gene indicates that the bacterium is resistant to treatment with thioamides. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/058484 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immerge Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Hawley (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the genetic manipulation of non-human animals. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic manipulation of non-human animals to be used for xenotransplantation. The invention provides a method of selecting GGTA 1 null cells, a viable GGTA 1 null swine, methods for making such swine, and methods of using cells, tissues and organs of such swine for xenotransplantation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/524381 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547545 | Prockop et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Darwin J. Prockop (New Orleans, Louisiana); Weiwen Deng (Metairie, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for inducing marrow stromal cells to differentiate into neural cells by way of increasing intracellular levels of cyclic AMP. The invention also encompasses methods of producing a neural cell by causing a marrow stromal cell to differentiate into a neural cell by increasing intracellular levels of cyclic AMP. Methods for treating a human patient in need of neural cells are also disclosed, as well as methods for treating a human patient having a disease, condition, or disorder of the central nervous system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/484670 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547673 | Ko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young He Ko (Pikesville, Maryland); Jean-Francois H. Geschwind (Potomac, Maryland); Peter L. Pedersen (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating a cancerous tumor using selective inhibitors of ATP production. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical preparations comprising such inhibitors and methods for administering them intraarterially directly to a tumor, as well as methods for identifying compositions that selectively inhibitor ATP production for use in the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/243550 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
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| US 07547676 | Kew et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. Kew (Miller Place, New York); Jianhua Zhang (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | It has been demonstrated that one of Vitamin D Binding Protein (DBP) biological functions is to enhance the chemotactic activity of C5a and C5a des Arg. The present invention has found that peptides having sequences that substantially correspond to a specific region in the N-terminal domain I of DBP can block the DBP enhancement of C5a or C5a des Arg chemotactic activity. Based in this discovery the present invention provides DBP antagonist peptides and the use thereof for the treatment C5a or C5a des Arg-mediated disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/243960 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13 |
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| US 07547686 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of the Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Mathew D. Minardi (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and more efficient synthesis of combretastatin A-3 (2a) was completed (8.4% overall yield) starting from methyl gallate and isovanillin with aldehyde 5 and phosphonium salt 8 as key intermediates. Conversion of combretastatin A-3 (2a) to a series of diphosphate prodrugs (lOa-lOl) containing selected anions was achieved. Both the diphosphate sodium (lOa) and potassium salts (lOc) displayed aqueous solubility in excess of 220 mg/ml at room temperature and good cancer cell line inhibitory activity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/398543 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547712 | Ennifar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (Rockville, Maryland); United States of America as Represented by the Secretary, DHHS Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sofiane Ennifar (Silver Spring, Maryland); Scott Winston (Boulder, Colorado); James Terrill (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Steve Fuller (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates methods for reducing the adverse effects of nicotine. This application describes the use of nicotine carrier conjugates in decreasing the toxic effects of nicotine on a fetus. |
| FILED | Monday, February 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/679022 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/343 |
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| US 07547726 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen T. Miller (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Karina B. Xavier (Princeton, New Jersey); Michiko E. Taga (Somerville, Massachusetts); Shawn R. Campagna (Hamilton, New Jersey); Martin F. Semmelhack (Princeton, New Jersey); Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Frederick M. Hughson (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to crystals comprising apo-LsrB and holo-LsrB. The structure of holo-LsrB identifies a tetrahydroxytetrahydrofuran derived from 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD) as the active autoinducer-2 (AI-2) molecule in Salmonella typhimurium. The X-ray crystallographic data can be used in a drug discovery method. Additionally the invention provides AI-2 analogs based on this discovery as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing those analogs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/228707 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/473 |
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| US 07547762 | Hancock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathy Hancock (Atlanta, Georgia); Fatima Williams Whitfield (Newark, Delaware); Melinda L. Yushak (Decatur, Georgia); Sowmya Pattabhi (Smyrna, Georgia); Victor C. W. Tsang (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to T24 nucleic acid sequences, amino acid sequences, and antibodies. Methods for detecting and diagnosing Taenia solium infection in a subject using the T24 sequences and specific binding agents are also disclosed. The T24 sequences disclosed herein can be formulated into a pharmaceutical composition for administration to a subject. For example, the disclosed T24 polypeptides can also be administered to a subject to stimulate an immune response in the subject, thereby protecting the subject against T. solium infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/557265 |
| 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 |
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| US 07547773 | Schlom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Kwong-yok Tsang (Bethesda, Maryland); Sam Zaremba (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide which comprises more than one PSA epitope peptide, which conforms to one or more human HLA class I motifs. The prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide in combination with various HLA-class I molecules or interactions with various T-cell receptors elicits PSA specific cellular immune responses. The prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide is useful as an immunogen in the prevention or treatment of prostatic cancer, in the inhibition of prostatic cancer cells and in the establishment and characterization of PSA-specific cytotoxic T-cell lines. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/606929 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07547816 | Day et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Michigan); Immerge Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy N. Day (Auxvasse, Missouri); Robert J. Hawley (Wayland, Massachusetts); Randall S. Prather (Rocheport, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the genetic manipulation of non-human animals. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic manipulation of non-human animals to be used for xenotransplantation. The invention provides viable gene knockout swine including swine in which the α(1,3)-galactosyltransferase gene has been disrupted, methods for making such swine, and methods of using the tissues and organs of such swine for xenotransplantation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/499407 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/17 |
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| US 07547818 | Stice |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Georgia research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Stice (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of producing a clone non-human mammalian nuclear transfer (NT) embryo and methods for producing a cloned non-human mammal. Embodiments of the methods include introducing doner genetic material into a metaphase I oocyte; introducing donor genetic material into a non-enucleated oocyte; introducing donor genetic material obtained from a donor cell that is a metaphase into an oocyte; introducing donor genetic material into an oocyte, and naturally activating the oocyte or the NT embryo; and introducing donor genetic material obtained from a donor cell that is at late G1 phase into anoocyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/809738 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/24 |
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| US 07548062 | Gurney |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Gurney (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of performing magnetic resonance imaging is provided. Sampling requirements are used to define a three dimensional cone trajectory differential equation. The equation is solved to obtain a starting point. A search is performed by performing a plurality of cycles, where each cycle comprises selecting a point on the cone trajectory, working backward from the starting point to reduce twist, providing a failure value if it is determined that when the twist reaches zero it is not possible to return to the origin at a final velocity of zero, and providing a success value if it is determined that when the twist reaches zero it is possible to return to the origin at a final velocity of zero. A plurality of cycles is performed, where each cycle comprises applying a magnetic resonance image excitation and scanning along the calculated cone trajectory and acquiring a readout. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/055584 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
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| US 07548910 | Chu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wesley W. Chu (Pacific Palisades, California); Zhenyu Liu (Santa Monica, California); Qinghua Zou (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for automatically extracting relevant key concepts from a free-text document and indexing the document using the extracted key concepts. The indexing mechanism applies syntactic and semantic filters to filter out irrelevant terms. The remaining terms are deemed to be key concepts for the free-text document. An input search query is compared against the key concepts extracted for the free-text document for determining whether the document satisfies the query. Prior to applying the search query, additional scenario-specific terms are added to the search query in order to improve retrieval performance. The query expansion mechanism generates a list of candidate expansion concepts, filters the list of candidate expansion concepts based on a user-entered scenario concept, and expands the input query based on the candidate expansion concepts remaining after the filtering process. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/045717 |
| ART UNIT | 2167 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07549049 | Bogasky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Accenture Global Services GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Bogasky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Carl Almond (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a system and method for dynamically auditing of electronic elections using an electronic registration and voting system. In particular, the present invention provides false voting data associated with false voters to the voting systems, recovers voting records associated with the false voters, and compares the stored voting records to the original false voting data. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/176682 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07546740 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander G. Chen (Ellington, Connecticut); Jeffrey M. Cohen (Hebron, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injector has a number of groups of nozzles. The groups are generally concentric with an injector axis. Each nozzle defines a gas flowpath having an outlet for discharging a fuel/air mixture jet. There are means for introducing the fuel to the air. One or more groups of the nozzles are oriented to direct the associated jets skew to the injector axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/843908 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/776 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07546873 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Sub Kim (Sugar Land, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming and maintaining a low temperature zone around at least a portion of a subsurface treatment area is described. The method includes reducing a temperature of heat transfer fluid with a refrigeration system. The heat transfer fluid is circulated through freeze well canisters and placed in a formation around at least a portion of the subsurface treatment area. An initial temperature of the heat transfer fluid supplied to a first freeze well canister is in a range from about −35 ° C. to about −55 ° C. At least one of the well canisters includes carbon steel. The heat transfer fluid is returned to the refrigeration system. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409566 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547330 | Erdemir |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Erdemir (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing lubricity in fuels and lubricants includes adding a boron compound to a fuel or lubricant to provide a boron-containing fuel or lubricant. The fuel or lubricant may contain a boron compound at a concentration between about 30 ppm and about 3,000 ppm and a sulfur concentration of less than about 500 ppm. A method of powering an engine to minimize wear, by burning a fuel containing boron compounds. The boron compounds include compound that provide boric acid and/or BO3 ions or monomers to the fuel or lubricant. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/903705 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuel and related compositions 044/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547661 | Driscoll et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judith L. Driscoll (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Stephen R. Foltyn (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An superconductive article and method of forming such an article is disclosed, the article including a substrate and a layer of a rare earth barium cuprate film upon the substrate, the rare earth barium cuprate film including two or more rare earth metals capable of yielding a superconductive composition where ion size variance between the two or more rare earth metals is characterized as greater than zero and less than about 10×10−4, and the rare earth barium cuprate film including two or more rare earth metals is further characterized as having an enhanced critical current density in comparison to a standard YBa2Cu3Oy composition under identical testing conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/925479 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547888 | Cooke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Wayne Cooke (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Edward A. McKigney (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ross E. Muenchausen (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Bryan L. Bennett (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kevin C. Ott (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Rico E. Del Sesto (Los Alamos, New Mexico); T. Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocomposite scintillator is prepared using fast, bright, rare-earth doped nanopowder phosphor and a binder that is transparent to the emission of the phosphor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/729073 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/361.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548000 | Urbahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Arthur Urbahn (Saratoga Springs, New York); Evangelos Trifon Laskaris (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A power generation system including: a generator including a rotor including a superconductive rotor coil coupled to a rotatable shaft; a first prime mover drivingly coupled to the rotatable shaft; and a thermal radiation shield, partially surrounding the rotor coil, including at least a first sheet and a second sheet spaced apart from the first sheet by centripetal force produced by the rotatable shaft. A thermal radiation shield for a generator including a rotor including a super-conductive rotor coil including: a first sheet having at least one surface formed from a low emissivity material; and at least one additional sheet having at least one surface formed from a low emissivity material spaced apart from the first sheet by centripetal force produced by the rotatable shaft, wherein each successive sheet is an incrementally greater circumferential arc length and wherein the centripetal force shapes the sheets into a substantially catenary shape. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/968444 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548004 | 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); Eugene A. Aronson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Stable levitation of an object in an alternating magnetic field can be achieved by eliminating coupling between the rotational and translational forces acting on the object. Stable levitation can also be achieved by varying the coupling between the rotational and translational forces acting on the object, while maintaining one or more of the rotational and translational forces steady in time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/231533 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/90.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548068 | Rawle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ International Holding, Ltd. (, Cayman Islands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Rawle (Springville, Utah); David B. Bartholomew (Springville, Utah); Marshall A. Soares (Taylorsville, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying properties of a downhole electromagnetic network in a downhole tool sting, including the step of providing an electromagnetic path intermediate a first location and a second location on the electromagnetic network. The method further includes the step of providing a receiver at the second location. The receiver includes a known reference. The analog signal includes a set amplitude, a set range of frequencies, and a set rate of change between the frequencies. The method further includes the steps of sending the analog signal, and passively modifying the signal. The analog signal is sent from the first location through the electromagnetic path, and the signal is modified by the properties of the electromagnetic path. The method further includes the step of receiving a modified signal at the second location and comparing the known reference to the modified signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/904799 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/534 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548185 | Sheen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Sheen (Richland, Washington); Douglas L. McMakin (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An arrangement of receivers and transmitters used in wideband holographic imaging using a reduced number of physical antenna elements compared to established techniques and systems. At least one of the receivers is configured to receive the reflected signal from three or more of transmitters, and at least one transmitter is configured to transmit a signal to an object, the reflection of which will be received by at least three receivers. The improved arrays are easily incorporated into existing microwave and millimeter wave holographic imaging equipment utilizing the existing mechanical features of this equipment, as well as the existing wideband holographic imaging algorithms and electronics for constructing images. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/240519 |
| 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 342/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548576 | Dowla et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farid U. Dowla (Castro Valley, California); Franak Nekoogar (San Ramon, California); Alex Spiridon (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel UWB communications method and system that provides self-organization for wireless sensor networks is introduced. The self-organization is in terms of scalability, power conservation, channel estimation, and node synchronization in wireless sensor networks. The UWB receiver in the present invention adds two new tasks to conventional TR receivers. The two additional units are SNR enhancing unit and timing acquisition and tracking unit. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/165867 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07547347 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Yang (Rochester, New York); Yong Wang (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing nanoparticles includes: combining at least one stabilizing agent, at least one precursor and an ionic liquid to form a reaction mixture; heating the reaction mixture to a predetermined temperature to form the nanoparticles and cause the nanoparticles to self-separate from the reaction mixture; and collecting the nanoparticles from the reaction mixture. Ionic liquid from which the nanoparticles are separated may be reused. |
| FILED | Monday, May 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/433360 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547449 | 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 | 11/433725 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548011 | Borovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruno Borovic (Sunnyvale, California); Frank L. Lewis (Arlington, Texas); Ai Qun Liu (Singapore, Singapore); Dan O. Popa (Euless, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for sensing and adjusting lateral motion in a comb drive actuated MEMS device are provided. If lateral motion is sensed by a lateral motion sensor coupled to the comb drive actuated MEMS device, and the lateral motion is greater than a reference value, a feedback controller adjusts the lateral motion by providing a drive signal to a comb drive electrode of a comb drive actuator. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/436411 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548071 | Harrison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reid Harrison (Salt Lake City, Utah); Cynthia Furse (Salt Lake City, Utah); Chirag Sharma (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique for reflectometry testing of a signal path is disclosed. The technique includes injecting a test signal based on a probe pseudo-noise sequence into the signal path and obtaining a response signal. A sliding reference pseudo-noise sequence is correlated against the response signal. Both the probe sequence and the reference sequence are generated at a chip rate. The correlation is obtained for integer chip time delays, and sub-chip resolution of a peak correlation delay is estimated from at least two samples of the correlation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/700728 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/617 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548137 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuo Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Fred C. Lee (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An inductor device or filter such as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter which includes an inductor provides cancellation of parasitic capacitance of the inductor and extends high frequency performance of the inductor or filter by using an inductor network (a special case being split windings) and including capacitors to couple signals corresponding to those which are passed by the equivalent parallel capacitance of an inductor of a network of inductors such as in a multi-phase power supply of voltage converter to another inductor terminal, ground or an inductor in the ground return path. Cancellation of parasitic capacitance is provided for differential mode and common mode windings where the windings may be either inductively coupled or not. Forming the windings as a bifilar winding to increase coupling coefficient further improves performance and allows cancellation (as distinct from parasitic capacitance reduction) and avoidance of resonance in circuits in which an inductor is not permitted in the ground return path. Different inductance values and turns ratios of any or all inductors of the network, including multi-phase networks, may be accommodated. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/850762 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548455 | Vega et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reinaldo Vega (Berkeley, California); Stephen Sudirgo (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory cell and method for making a memory cell in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes two or more tunnel diodes, a loading system, and a driving system. The two or more tunnel diodes are coupled together, the loading system is coupled to the tunnel diodes and the driving system is coupled to the tunnel diodes and the loading system. The driving system drives a sense node from the tunnel diodes, the loading system, and the driving system between at least three or more substantially stable logic states. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/745328 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/175 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548566 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Benjamin S. Williams (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides quantum cascade lasers and amplifier that operate in a frequency range of about 1 Terahertz to about 10 Terahertz. In one aspect, a quantum cascade laser of the invention includes a semiconductor heterostructure that provides a plurality of lasing modules connected in series. Each lasing module includes a plurality of quantum well structure that collectively generate at least an upper lasing state, a lower lasing state, and a relaxation state such that the upper and the lower lasing states are separated by an energy corresponding to an optical frequency in a range of about 1 to about 10 Terahertz. The lower lasing state is selectively depopulated via resonant LO-phonon scattering of electrons into the relaxation state. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/619025 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548650 | Qamhiyah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abir Ziyad Qamhiyah (Ames, Iowa); Donald Flugrad (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | One implementation provides a method to provide information associated with a previously designed component having a geometry that is similar to a geometry of a source component. In this implementation, the method includes obtaining a first set of coefficients for a non-invertible representation of the geometry of the source component, and comparing the first set of coefficients to a second set of coefficients for a non-invertible representation of the geometry of the previously designed component. If the first set of coefficients matches the second set of coefficients according to a threshold of similarity, the method further includes providing a search result associated with the previously designed component. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/883001 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07547186 | Schuster et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William B. Schuster (Phoenix, Arizona); Karen B. Kontos (Phoenix, Arizona); Donald S. Weir (Scottsdale, Arizona); Nick A. Nolcheff (Chandler, Arizona); John A. Gunaraj (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A nonlinearly stacked low noise turbofan stator vane having a characteristic curve that is characterized by a nonlinear sweep and a nonlinear lean is provided. The stator is in an axial fan or compressor turbomachinery stage that is comprised of a collection of vanes whose highly three-dimensional shape is selected to reduce rotor-stator and rotor-strut interaction noise while maintaining the aerodynamic and mechanical performance of the vane. The nonlinearly stacked low noise turbofan stator vane reduces noise associated with the fan stage of turbomachinery to improve environmental compatibility |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/166668 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547881 | Hunt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian D. Hunt (La Crescenta, California); Michael Bronikowski (Altadena, California); Eric W. Wong (Los Angeles, California); Paul von Allmen (Pasadena, California); Fabiano A. Oyafuso (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for spectroscopic identification of molecules using nanoscale wires are disclosed. According to one of the methods, nanoscale wires are provided, electrons are injected into the nanoscale wire; and inelastic electron scattering is measured via excitation of low-lying vibrational energy levels of molecules bound to the nanoscale wire. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/512054 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548199 | Winternitz 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) | Luke Winternitz (Greenbelt, Maryland); Gregory J. Boegner (White Hall, Maryland); Steve Sirotzky (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A global positioning system (GPS) receiver and method of acquiring and tracking GPS signals comprises an antenna adapted to receive GPS signals; an analog radio frequency device operatively connected to the antenna and adapted to convert the GPS signals from an analog format to a digital format; a plurality of GPS signal tracking correlators operatively connected to the analog RF device; a GPS signal acquisition component operatively connected to the analog RF device and the plurality of GPS signal tracking correlators, wherein the GPS signal acquisition component is adapted to calculate a maximum vector on a databit correlation grid; and a microprocessor operatively connected to the plurality of GPS signal tracking correlators and the GPS signal acquisition component, wherein the microprocessor is adapted to compare the maximum vector with a predetermined correlation threshold to allow the GPS signal to be fully acquired and tracked. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239458 |
| 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 342/357.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07548566 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Benjamin S. Williams (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides quantum cascade lasers and amplifier that operate in a frequency range of about 1 Terahertz to about 10 Terahertz. In one aspect, a quantum cascade laser of the invention includes a semiconductor heterostructure that provides a plurality of lasing modules connected in series. Each lasing module includes a plurality of quantum well structure that collectively generate at least an upper lasing state, a lower lasing state, and a relaxation state such that the upper and the lower lasing states are separated by an energy corresponding to an optical frequency in a range of about 1 to about 10 Terahertz. The lower lasing state is selectively depopulated via resonant LO-phonon scattering of electrons into the relaxation state. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/619025 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07547508 | Lefcourt 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) | Alan M. Lefcourt (Elkridge, Maryland); Moon S. Kim (Silver Spring, Maryland); Yud-Ren Chen (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Time-dependent differences in fluorescence responses of normal surfaces of the fruit or vegetable as opposed to surfaces which are contaminated with feces, may be used for improved detection of feces-contaminated fruits and vegetables. In this process, the surface of a fruit or vegetable which contains a native chlorophyll is illuminated with a pulse of UV or visible light having a wavelength effective to elicit fluorescence of feces of a plant consuming animal. The intensity of fluorescent light emissions from the surface are measured at one or more wavelengths characteristic of the emission spectra of chlorophyll or its degradation products, at a nanosecond-scale time period or window which is after the peak emission of the native chlorophyll of the fruit or vegetable. The presence of fecal contamination is determined by comparing this measured intensity to a threshold value of the intensity of fluorescent light emissions for a non-feces contaminated control of the same fruit or vegetable measured at substantially the same conditions, substantially the same said time period, and at substantially the same said wavelengths. A determination that the measured intensity of the fluorescent light emissions is significantly greater than the threshold value is an indication of the presence of fecal material on the surface of the fruit or vegetable. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/304381 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547526 | Ladisch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Ladisch (West Lafayette, Indiana); Xingya Liu (West Lafayette, Indiana); Amanda C. Stewart (Kula, Hawaii); Wan-Tzu Chen (Lafayette, Indiana); Nathan S. Mosier (West Lafayette, Indiana); Thomas Huang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jeremiah Bwatwa (West Lafayette, Indiana); Richard Hendrickson (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for the isolation of organisms. Such methods and kits are particularly useful for concentrating and recovering viable organisms from food material. The recovered organisms are of sufficient number and purity to allow detection using a biochip device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/081378 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07547548 | Rudrabhatla et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sairam V. Rudrabhatla (Toledo, Ohio); Stephen L. Goldman (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of reprogramming plant development that allows flower buds and seeds to arise de novo, directly from a cotyledon or radicle explants or from shoots produced on a cotyledon or radicle. The present invention also provides for an improved culturing media that provide for in vitro flowering. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/139929 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — 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 435/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07548937 | Gu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaohui Gu (Chappaqua, New York); Haixun Wang (Irvington, New York); Philip Shi-lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing multi-way stream correlations. Stream data are received for correlation. A task is formed for continuously partitioning a multi-way stream correlation workload into smaller workload pieces. Each of the smaller workload pieces may be processed by a single host. The stream data are sent to different hosts for correlation processing. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/417838 |
| ART UNIT | 2166 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/104.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07547686 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of the Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Mathew D. Minardi (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and more efficient synthesis of combretastatin A-3 (2a) was completed (8.4% overall yield) starting from methyl gallate and isovanillin with aldehyde 5 and phosphonium salt 8 as key intermediates. Conversion of combretastatin A-3 (2a) to a series of diphosphate prodrugs (lOa-lOl) containing selected anions was achieved. Both the diphosphate sodium (lOa) and potassium salts (lOc) displayed aqueous solubility in excess of 220 mg/ml at room temperature and good cancer cell line inhibitory activity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/398543 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07549053 | Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Wilson (Collierville, Tennessee); Robert F Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee); David J Payne (Collierville, Pennsylvania); Edgar H. Gillock, II (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for efficiently retrieving secured data by securely pre-processing provided access information, provides data store security based on only a single piece of access information, which is generally public, such as the proper name of a business or individual that is used to retrieve mailing address information. The access information is hashed for access to a secured data store and efficient access and low data storage for permutations of input access information are provided by verifying the presence of an entry for the hashed access information in a look-up table. If an entry is found, the data store is accessed using the hashed access information, but if an entry is not found, another look-up table corresponding to another information type may be tried or the input access information permuted and retried. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/235243 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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