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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 07, 2009
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| US 07555941 | Hansma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul K. Hansma (Isla Vista, California); Georg Fantner (Santa Barbara, California); Johannes H. Kindt (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanner for probe microscopy that avoids low resonance frequencies and accounts better for piezo nonlinearities. The x, y and z axes of a linear stack scanner are partially decoupled from each other while maintaining all mechanical joints stiff in the direction of actuation. The scanning probe microscope comprises a probe, a housing, at least two actuators, each coupled to the housing, and a support coupled to the housing and to at least a first of the actuators at a position spaced from the point at which the actuator is coupled to the housing. The support constrains the motion of the first actuator along a first axis while permitting translation along a second axis. The actuators are preferably orthogonally arranged linear stacks of flat piezos, preferably in push-pull configuration. The support can take different forms in different embodiments of the invention. In a particular embodiment, the scanner is a 2D scanner having a support frame with x and y axes, and a member for supporting an object to be moved such as a sample for a probe, the scanner comprising a flexure and flexure coupled cross-conformed piezos arranged along x and y axes. Expansion of the piezos is measured by at least two strain gauges disposed to measure the differential motion of at least two opposed actuators. The strain gauges are preferably arranged to compensate for ambient temperature changes, and preferably two or more strain gauges of identical type are disposed on each actuator to magnify the strain signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899309 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
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| US 07556743 | Furman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas); The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin R. Furman (San Antonio, Texas); Stephen T. Wellinghoff (San Antonio, Texas); Paul M. Thompson (San Antonio, Texas); H. Ralph Rawls (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanocomposite compositions and methods of synthesis of the compositions are described. In particular, liquid crystal-functionalized nanoparticles, liquid crystal-templated nanoparticles, nanocomposite compositions including the nanoparticles, and composite compositions including the nanocomposites are detailed. |
| FILED | Monday, March 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/369129 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/299.10 |
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| US 07556808 | Hosahudya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gopi Hosahudya (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Irwin Chaiken (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, which inhibit the binding of gp120 to CD4 as well as 17b and methods for their use in inhibiting the HIV fusion process, are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/305401 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
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| US 07556810 | Mehta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Ilinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajeshwari R. Mehta (Orland Park, Illinois); Brad N. Taylor (Chicago, Illinois); Tohru Yamada (Oak Park, Illinois); Craig W. Beattie (Chicago, Illinois); Tapas K. Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Ananda M. Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions comprising cupredoxins, and their use to inhibit angiogenesis in mammalian cells, tissues, and animals, and particularly the angiogenesis that accompanies tumor development and particularly in humans. Specifically, the present invention relates to compositions comprising the cupredoxin(s), and or peptides that are variants, derivatives or structural equivalents of cupredoxins, which retain the ability to inhibit angiogenesis in mammalian cells, tissues or animals. These compositions may be peptides or pharmaceutical compositions, among others. The compositions of the invention may be used to treat any pathological condition that has as a symptom or cause, inappropriate angiogenesis, and particularly inappropriate angiogenesis related to tumor development. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/488693 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
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| US 07556816 | Walker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Walker (Galveston, Texas); Xue-Jie Yu (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The 28-kDa outer membrane proteins (P28) of Ehrlichia chaffeensis are encoded by a multigene family consisting of 21 members located in a 23-kb DNA fragment in the genome of E. chaffeensis. Fifteen of these proteins are claimed herein as novel sequences. The amino acid sequence identity of the various P28 proteins was 20-83%. Six of 10 tested p28 genes were actively transcribed in cell culture grown E. chaffeensis. RT-PCR also indicated that each of the p28 genes was monocistronic. These results suggest that the p28 genes are active genes and encode polymorphic forms of the P28 proteins. The P28s were also divergent among different isolates of E. chaffeensis. The large repertoire of the p28 genes in a single ehrlichial organism and antigenic diversity of the P28 among the isolates of E. chaffeensis suggest that the P28s may be involved in immune avoidance. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/284986 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
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| US 07556921 | Pokholok et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dmitry K. Pokholok (San Diego, California); Richard A. Young (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to improved methods of identifying the gene expression programs that are regulated by a signal transduction pathway. The invention also provides methods of identifying agents which modulate signal transduction pathway. The invention also provides improved methods of isolating DNA fragments to which a protein of interest is bound, and genome-wide location analysis methods employing these improved isolation methods. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/607478 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07556922 | Block et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Block (Redwood City, California); William Greenleaf (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for determining the sequence of a polynucleotide by tracking the motion of a nucleotide-selective, processive enzyme along a template, in a reaction mixture that alters the enzyme movement in a base specific manner. The movement trace of the enzyme is collected, and arranged in temporal order. The enzyme movement traces are correlated with the reaction conditions, and from these characteristic signals, the nucleotide sequence is derived. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/726513 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07556924 | Barany et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture, detecting the amplified ligation product, and identifying the target nucleotide sequence. Such coupling of the ligase detection reaction and the polymerase chain reaction permits multiplex detection of nucleic acid sequence differences. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/931403 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07556925 | Koide et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shohei Koide (Chicago, Illinois); Stephen Dewhurst (Rochester, New York); Akiko Koide (Chicago, Illinois); Julie Richards (Rochester, New York); Michelle Miller (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a polypeptide monobody which includes a modified acid sequence and renders the polypeptide monobody able to bind selectively to ανβ3 integrin. Fusion proteins and conjugates which include the polypeptide monobody, as well as compositions containing the polypeptide monobody, fusion proteins, or conjugates are also disclosed. Uses thereof include: treating or preventing an ανβ3 integrin-mediated disease or disorder, inhibiting ανβ3 integrin activity, treating a cancerous or precancerous condition, imaging tissues using positron emission tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, assessing the metastatic characteristics of a tumor, and delivering DNA to a cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/473770 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07556927 | Witztum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph L. Witztum (San Diego, California); Sotirios Tsimikas (San Diego, California); Wulf Palinski (San Diego, California); Peter X. Shaw (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel human Mab Fab, cloned by phage display, and its use in diagnostic and therapeutic methods. In particular the invention provides a method for analyzing the OxLDL components of atherosclerotic plaques in vivo and a means to determine their relative pathology. As the method is based on a human Fab rather than a mouse Mab, the progress or regression of the disease may be monitored over time. The antibody may also be used for the analysis of surgical or serum samples ex vivo for the presence of OxLDL. The antibody may also be used to target therapeutic agents to the site of atherosclerotic plaques or may have use as a therapeutic agent itself. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/705448 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07556929 | Dawson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Dawson (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for identifying novel anti-tumor agents are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/396927 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07556935 | Kufe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Kufe (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Rima Kaddurah-Daouk (Belmont, Massachusetts); Ralph R. Weichselbaum (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of screening to identify compounds that modulate the ability of a protein to translocate to the mitochondria when a cell is subjected to cellular stress. Such compounds can be useful to modulate the level of apoptosis in a cell. For example, compounds identified according to the methods described herein can be used to treat disorders characterized by excessive apoptosis, e.g., a neurological disorder, or insufficient apoptosis, e.g., cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/538186 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/15 |
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| US 07556942 | Pan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duojia Pan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) play a major role in the pathogenesis of human cancers. Here, a new TSG designated hippo (hpo) is described, and the human homolog mst2 is identified as an additional TSG. hpo as a gene that regulates both cell proliferation and cell death in Drosophila, and encodes a Ste-20 family protein kinase that binds to and phosphorylates the tumor suppressor protein Salvador (Sav), which is known to interact with the Warts (Wts) protein kinase. Loss of hpo results in elevated transcription of the cell cycle regulator cyclin E and the cell-death inhibitor diap1, leading to increased proliferation and reduced apoptosis. Further, hpo, sav, and wts define a pathway that regulates diap1 at the transcriptional level. A human homolog of hpo completely rescues the overgrowth phenotype of Drosophila hpo− mutants. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/892544 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/70.100 |
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| US 07556944 | Myers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Myers (Concord, California); James Ferrell (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for producing siRNAs, e.g., in the form of a d-siRNA composition, from dsRNAs are provided. In the subject methods, a dsRNA is contacted with a composition that includes an activity that cleaves dsRNA into siRNAs, where the composition efficiently cleaves dsRNA into siRNAs. siRNAs produced by the subject methods find use in a variety of applications, particularly in applications where the specific reduction or silencing of a gene is desired. Also provided are kits for use in practicing the subject invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/427758 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.300 |
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| US 07556967 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander D. Q. Li (Pullman, Washington); Wei Wang (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are novel probes, which can be used to detect and identify target molecules of interest in a sample. The disclosed probes can be used to monitor conformational changes induced by molecular recognition events in addition to providing signaling the presence and/or identity of a target molecule. Methods, including solid phase synthesis techniques, for making probe molecules that exhibit changes in their optical properties upon target molecule binding are described in the disclosure. Also disclosed herein are novel chromophore moieties, which have tailored fluorescent emission spectra. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789745 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/94 |
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| US 07557085 | Roopra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Avtar S. Roopra (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas P. Sutula (Madison, Wisconsin); Barry Schoenike (Belleville, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for modulating cellular gene expression for genes operably linked to an NRSE element that is recognized by an NRSF transcriptional repressor, by changing the concentration of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) in the cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/353368 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07557086 | Hefeneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as represented by the Oregon Health and Science University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven H. Hefeneider (Portland, Oregon); Sharon L. McCoy (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and peptide for regulating cellular activity includes a panel of synthesized peptides that have biological effects on inhibiting or enhancing cellular activity. Selected peptides can be used as therapy to reduce and/or inhibit, or initiate and/or enhance, an inflammatory response in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/656512 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/15 |
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| US 07557090 | Priebe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Houston Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waldemar Priebe (Houston, Texas); Izabella Fokt (The Woodlands, Texas); Teresa Prezewloka (Acton, Massachusetts); Marta Krawczyk (Greenfield, Wisconsin); Piotr Skibicki (Warsaw, Poland); Grzegorz Grynkiewicz (Lominaki, Poland); Roman Perez-Soler (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses new and novel substituted anthracyclines with modified alkyl-aromatic ring substitutions on the C-3′ of the sugar moiety or modified or unmodified alkyl-aromatic ring substitutions at the C-4′ of the sugar moiety. It also discloses novel methods for the preparation of sugar substrates and methods for the preparation of anthracycline antibiotics. These anthracycline analogs show high cytotoxicity in vitro against several tumor cell lines. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/496976 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/34 |
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| US 07557092 | Lucero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Lucero (Salt Lake City, Utah); Colleen Hegg (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating odor sensitivity, as well as screening methods for detecting compounds that modulate odor sensitivity. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/535774 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/47 |
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| US 07557096 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for an on behalf of the Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Monte R. Rhodes (Humble, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Combretastatin A-4 has been previously selected for pre-clinical development as antineoplastic agent. However, it is essentially insoluble in water. New water soluble derivatives of combretastatin A-4 and its qualified analogs have been discovered and synthesized through a multistage process using other derivatives of combretastatin A-4 as intermediates. These water soluble derivatives are herein denominated as “Combretastatin A-4 Prodrugs”. |
| FILED | Monday, October 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/868913 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/130 |
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| US 07557097 | Sorensen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter W. Sorensen (St. Paul, Minnesota); Thomas R. Hoye (St. Paul, Minnesota); Jared M. Fine (St. Paul, Minnesota); Vadims Dvornikovs (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jizhou Wang (St. Paul, Minnesota); Lance A. Vrieze (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds that function as lamprey attractants and methods. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/993802 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/176 |
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| US 07557119 | Wentland |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Menands, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. One embodiment is the subgenus of biphenylethyl compounds: |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/459203 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/295 |
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| US 07557141 | Mishra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nilamadhab Mishra (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Gary M. Kammer (Lewisville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating an autoimmune disease (for example, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) comprises administering to the subject a treatment effective amount of a histone hyperacetylating agent, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Methods of screening compounds useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/403608 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/553 |
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| US 07557144 | Zeitlin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela L. Zeitlin (Baltimore, Maryland); Saul Brusilow (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to diseases or conditions modulated by undesired protein expression. In one aspect, the methods provide for administration to a mammal, particularly a human, of a therapeutically effective amount of a carbocyclic aryl compound capable of modulating that undesired protein expression. Assays for detecting compounds having desired therapeutic capacity are also provided. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/523776 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/570 |
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| US 07557181 | Pienkos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Logix, Inc. (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip T. Pienkos (The Woodlands, Texas); Daniel J. Monticello (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features human epidermal receptor (HER) antagonists. These antagonists are polypeptide variants of ligands of HER. The HER ligand polypeptide variants of the invention possess Pan-HER antagonistic properties and can inhibit at least one HER-mediated biological activity of one or more HER subtypes, such as inhibition of the receptor's kinase activation activity and subsequently, cell proliferation. Such polypeptide variants, and nucleic acids encoding these polypeptide variants can be used therapeutically in situations in which inhibition of HER activity is indicated. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/172611 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 07557184 | O'Donnell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. O'Donnell (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York); Dan Zhang (Great Neck, New York); Richard Whipple (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The duplex DNA of chromosomes is replicated in a multicomponent process. A helicase unwinds the DNA, a replicase synthesizes new DNA, and primase repeatedly synthesizes new primed starts on the lagging strand. The present invention is directed to the genes from Gram positive bacterium encoding these proteins, and their characterization. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/282287 |
| 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 07557191 | Abrahamson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SmithKline Beecham Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie A. Abrahamson (Harlow, United Kingdom); Connie L Erickson-Miller (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Kristine K. Kikly (Fortville, Indiana); Bruce Bochner (Lutherville, Maryland); Robert Schleimer (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Monoclonal antibodies have been generated that bind to human sialoadhesion factor-2. These antibodies are useful as diagnostic and therapeutic reagents. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/546587 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557194 | Braun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Braun (Tarzana, California); Christopher Sutton (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequence of the novel I-1 and I-2 polypeptides, which are associated with human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods of diagnosing and treating inflammatory bowel disease using the IBD-associated I-1 and I-2 antigens also are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/835914 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/389.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557196 | Rodgers 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) | Griffin P. Rodgers (Kensington, Maryland); Wen-li Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Jiachang Zhang (Ellicot City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated acid having the sequence of a) SEQ ID NO: 1; b) the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; c) the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; d) a sequence complementary to any of a), b), or c); or e) a sequence of at least 10 contiguous nucleotides specific for any of a)-d). The invention relates to the identification and characterization of a hitherto unidentified human gene, hGC-1. The protein encoded by hGC-1 appears to be a member of the olfactomedin-related proteins. The invention relates generally to the gene (hGC-1), nucleic acids, cDNA, vectors, polypeptides, protein, antibodies, cells, transgenic animal, and other compositions related to hGC-1. Additionally, primers are provided for identifying hGC-1. The invention further relates to methods of using these compositions, such as diagnosis and treatment of various cancers, and kits comprising these compositions. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/497890 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558612 | Meyer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig H. Meyer (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Real-time imaging of a moving object such as the heart uses fast imaging with steady precession (FISP) traversing spirals in k-space. After flipping nuclear spins in the object within a slice to be imaged, signals are read out from the nuclear spins while applying read-out magnetic field gradients whereby read-out signals traverse spirals in k-space. Thereafter, the zero moment and first moment of the read-out gradients are driven to zero quickly so that fast imaging with steady state precession is realized without banding artifacts. Motion compensated rewinders are applied after the read-out magnetic field gradients which can be integral with the read-out gradients or comprise separate compensation lobes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/124632 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE40839 | Wilson 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) | Wyndham Wilson (Washington, District of Columbia); Robert E. Wittes (New York, New York); Antonio Tito Fojo (Rockville, Maryland); Susan Bates (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method of treatment for a patient with cancer. In particular, it is a method of treating patients having lymphomas and breast cancer using the microtubule agent, Taxol. The present method of administration, serves to prevent or retard the adverse side effects associated with Taxol and reduces the chances of a patient developing mdr Taxol resistance. The novel method of treatment provides a low-dose, long-term exposure to Taxol in a patient. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/035702 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/449 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07555824 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Randall L. Kubena (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for integrating quartz-based resonators with electronics on a large area wafer through direct pick-and-place and flip-chip bonding or wafer-to-wafer boding using handle wafers are described. The resulting combination of quartz-based resonators and large area electronics wafer solves the problem of the quartz-electronics substrate diameter mismatch and enables the integration of arrays of quartz devices of different frequencies with the same electronics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/502336 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/594 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07555835 | Choudhury et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debabani Choudhury (Thousand Oaks, California); Adele E. Sohmitz (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) with one or more coupling transmission structures protruding from the MMIC includes providing a support substrate, providing a wafer containing a face side, a back side, and a plurality of individual MMICs disposed on the face side, and providing a material for holding the wafer on the support substrate. The method further includes applying the material and placing the wafer on to the support substrate so as the face side is disposed on the support substrate and the material is disposed between the face side and the support substrate. In addition, the method includes performing a disjoin process wherein the plurality of individual MMICs are disjoined from the wafer with the one or more coupling transmission structures protruding from the plurality of individual MMICs, the one or more coupling transmission structures being supported by at least a portion of the face side of the wafer. The method further includes removing the material holding the wafer on the support substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/707182 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/846 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07555873 | Kilwin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey J. Kilwin (St. Peters, Missouri); Ronald J. Newcomer (St. Louis, Missouri); Philip L. Freeman (Maryland Heights, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-locating feature for a pi-joint assembly is provided. The pi-joint assembly includes a substructure, a member coupled to the substructure. The substructure includes one or more land extending above one of a front side and a back side of the substructure. The land includes an outer surface, a depth location control surface and an edge location control surface. The member includes a base, a pair of axially elongated leg extending from the base to define a channel therebetween, and one or more notch located in one of the pair of axially elongated leg. The notch includes a depth contact location control surface and an edge contact location control surface, wherein the depth location control surface of the land of the substructure is correspondingly coupled to the depth contact location control surface of the notch located in one of the axially elongated leg, and the edge location control surface of the land of the substructure is correspondingly coupled to the edge contact location control surface of the notch located in one of the axially elongated leg. A method of assembling a pi-joint assembly of the present invention is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/904800 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/838 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07555904 | Osga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle J. Osga (Windham, Connecticut); Edward A. Krystowski (Granby, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A bracket for attaching a liner to the divergent flaps and seals in a gas turbine engine convergent/divergent nozzle includes a rivet connection. There is clearance between a rivet and an opening in the bracket. This clearance allows for thermal expansion in both an axial and a radial invention. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540309 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/771 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07555938 | Bargatin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Bargatin (Pasadena, California); Jessica L. Arlett (Pasadena, California); Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California); Inna Kozinsky (Pasadena, California); John Sequoyah Aldridge (Carlsbad, California); Edward B. Myers (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for thermally actuating piezoresistive cantilevers are described. One embodiment includes a nanoelectromechanical resonator connected in at least one location to a substrate, an electrically conductive path formed on the resonator and a signal source connected to the electrically conductive path and configured to provide an oscillating actuation signal capable of exciting a resonant mode in the resonator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857615 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/64.530 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556108 | Won |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chikyung Won (Somerville, 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 | 11/834536 |
| 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 07556471 | Gallagher 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) | Sean M. Gallagher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Stuart G. Ullman (Kensington, Maryland); Ryan T. Hayleck (Fulton, Maryland); Christopher J. Doyle (Panama City Beach, Florida); John F. O'Dea (Laurel, Maryland); Robert W. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Kellie L. Redcay (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention's vehicle, suitable for being hoisted while carrying people between destinations, is compactable and de-compactable. As typically embodied, the vehicle includes a box-shaped open frame, plural chairs, and a shock-absorbent base. The frame includes a rectangular floor panel, a rectangular ceiling panel, and four posts connecting the floor and ceiling panels. Each post is foldable via a medial hinge to half its unfolded length, and is attached in a hinged manner at its opposite ends to respective corner portions of the floor panel and the ceiling panel. Each chair is mounted on the floor panel and can be folded down to a position adjacent to the top surface of the floor panel using hinges variously connecting chair components including a seat, a chair back, two side safety restraints, and a chair support. The shock-absorbent base is solid or inflatable and is attached beneath the floor panel. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/527666 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Material or article handling 414/803 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556532 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Optics Corporation (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang Lee (Woodland Hills, California); Thomas Forrester (Westminster, California); Tomasz Jannson (Torrance, California); Andrew Kostrzewski (Garden Grove, California); Eugene Levin (Los Angeles, California); Gajendra Savant (Rolling Hills Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A carton-centric security system that uniquely combines a low-cost version of the rugged connector technology and a novel smart skin is provided. The carton-centric security system includes RF electronics for communication. The system can fully meet the homeland security need to autonomously seal, secure, and monitor the integrity of shipping cartons/parcels below the ISO intermodal shipping container level. The system can seal the contents of a shipping carton within a “smart skin/wrapper,” which physically surrounds the contents, monitors the physical integrity of the shipping carton and detects any intrusion into the carton. In case of an intrusion, the system provides notification of the intrusion of the carton or tampering with the carton security system, including alteration of the carton contents, theft or unauthorized removal of the entire carton. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/644149 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/620.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556695 | Strangman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Strangman (Prescott, Arizona); Derek Raybould (Denville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus to make multilayer thermal barrier coatings for superalloy substrates such as turbine blades or vanes are disclosed. The methods produce non-homogeneous, nanometer-size, successive layers and a non-homogeneous interfacial layer without the use of baffles. Methods are also disclosed to use a lower cost metallic source and an oxygen bleed to create alumina or tantalum oxide vapor, to use a tantalum oxide or an alumina ingot and a low pressure inert gas feed to direct the vapor clouds, to use pulsed evaporation from a secondary vapor source to create non-homogeneous multilayer coating on non-rotated substrates, to use an electric bias to direct the vapor clouds, and to use a mechanical system to direct the vapor clouds or move and position the article to be coated in the clouds. |
| FILED | Monday, May 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/140343 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/726 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556775 | McGill 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) | Robert Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia); Ioana Voiculescu (Washington, District of Columbia); Gary K. Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectro-mechanical chemical sensor includes an active cantilever beam having a chemically selective material layer disposed thereon and at least one, preferably two, resistors with the resistance corresponding to the cantilever beam deflection. The sensor also has at least two, and preferably four, auxiliary cantilever beams adjacent to the active cantilever and attached to the same substrate, each having a piezoresistor disposed thereon. The piezoresistors are elements of a Wheatstone bridge, and the Wheatstone bridge output indicates the amount of a predetermined target chemical sorbed by the chemically selective material layer. The sensor is electrostatically actuated in order to monitor the resonant frequency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/136763 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556925 | Koide et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shohei Koide (Chicago, Illinois); Stephen Dewhurst (Rochester, New York); Akiko Koide (Chicago, Illinois); Julie Richards (Rochester, New York); Michelle Miller (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a polypeptide monobody which includes a modified acid sequence and renders the polypeptide monobody able to bind selectively to ανβ3 integrin. Fusion proteins and conjugates which include the polypeptide monobody, as well as compositions containing the polypeptide monobody, fusion proteins, or conjugates are also disclosed. Uses thereof include: treating or preventing an ανβ3 integrin-mediated disease or disorder, inhibiting ανβ3 integrin activity, treating a cancerous or precancerous condition, imaging tissues using positron emission tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, assessing the metastatic characteristics of a tumor, and delivering DNA to a cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/473770 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 |
| US 07557046 | Veliadis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Veliadis (Midlothian, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for single lithography step interconnection metallization using a stop-etch layer are described. A method comprises depositing a stop-etch layer over a semiconductor device, depositing an interconnect metallization material over the stop-etch layer, performing a single lithography step to pattern a mask over the interconnect metallization material, etching the interconnect metallization material in non-masked areas, and removing the stop-etch layer. A system comprises means for depositing the stop-etch layer over a wafer, means for depositing an interconnected metallization layer over the chrome layer, means for patterning a mask over the interconnect metallization layer, means for etching the interconnect metallization layer, where the etching stops at the stop-etch layer, and means for removing the stop-etch layer. |
| FILED | Monday, October 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584990 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/740 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557068 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Zev J. Gartner (Somerville, Massachusetts); Matthew W. Kanan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nature evolves biological molecules such as proteins through iterated rounds of diversification, selection, and amplification. The present invention provides methods, compositions, and systems for synthesizing, selecting, amplifying, and evolving non-natural molecules based on nucleic acid templates. The sequence of a nucleic acid template is used to direct the synthesis of non-natural molecules such as unnatural polymers and small molecules. Using this method combinatorial libraries of these molecules can be prepared and screened. Upon selection of a molecule, its encoding nucleic acid template may be amplified and/or evolved to yield the same molecule or related molecules for re-screening. The inventive methods and compositions of the present invention allow for the amplification and evolution of non-natural molecules in a manner analogous to the amplification of natural biopolymer such as polynucleotides and protein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/744605 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557220 | Irvin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Irvin (Ridgecrest, California); Mark H. Mason (Inyokern, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A linear isocyanate polymer produced by utilizing an effective amount of tetrazole diol or tetrazole polyol, reacting with an effective amount isocyanate resin, and cooling to room temperature producing a linear polyisocyanate polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/151192 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557250 | Davis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew C. Davis (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An environmentally friendly picric acid explosive comprising, providing a nitromalondialdehyde, providing a dinitroketone, reacting the nitromalondialdehydes with the dinitroketone to produce a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to a cyclodehydrative mechanism to produce environmentally friendly picric acid explosive. Embodiments of the present invention include the picric acid explosive produced by the methods of described above. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/781361 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557348 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingzhou Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for imaging an object includes transmitting distinguishable electromagnetic waves from a plurality of radiators of an antenna array, wherein each of the distinguishable electromagnetic waves is distinguishable from others by a detector. Each of the radiators transmits radiation comprising a different distinguishable electromagnetic wave. The method also includes imaging at least a portion of the antenna array onto a targeted object, wherein each image area of a plurality of image areas on the targeted object corresponds to an image of a respective radiator of the antenna array, and detecting a plurality of resultant electromagnetic waves, wherein the resultant electromagnetic waves are transmitted, scattered, or reflected by respective image areas on the targeted object in response to each of the respective image areas being illuminated by the radiation transmitted by the respective radiator of the source array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733613 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557367 | Rogers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dahl-Young Khang (Seoul, South Korea); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145542 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557372 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (Los Angeles, California); Jianyong Ouyang (Los Angeles, California); Charles R. Szmanda (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for the formation of an electric field programmable film, the composition comprising a matrix precursor composition or a dielectric matrix material, wherein the dielectric matrix material comprises an organic polymer and/or a inorganic oxide; and an electron donor and an electron acceptor of a type and in an amount effective to provide electric field programming. The films are of utility in data storage devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/882225 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557485 | Lynch 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 A. Lynch (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Neal A. Sondergaard (Severna Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention's unique utilization of an electrolytic solution renders more efficient the conduction of electricity between two objects (such as two parts of electrical or electromechanical machinery) in relative motion. According to typical inventive practice, the electrolytic solution is a “strong” electrolytic solution of a “dual-valance” nature, including two compatible solute compounds containing electron donor ions and electron acceptor ions. When inventively implemented at the current collector interface, the electrolytic solution serves to improve current transfer across the interface. During machine operation in which a brush (e.g., fiber brush) slidingly contacts a first machine part while being affixed to a second machine part, the inventive additive represents an auxiliary vehicle for conducting electrical current from one machine part to the other machine part. Among the benefits of inventive practice are reduced conduction power losses, reduced friction power losses, and reduced wear rate. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250698 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557487 | Tanielian |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minas H. Tanielian (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for improved thermal isolation for thermoelectric devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a thermoelectric device includes a first substrate having a first conductive pad, a second substrate having a second conductive pad, and a gap formed between the first and second conductive pads. At least one of the first and second substrates includes at least one opening positioned adjacent to an outer peripheral edge of the conductive pad. The opening may comprise a trench disposed partially or entirely around the outer peripheral edge of the conductive pad. In operation, the opening inhibits heat transfer between the first and second substrates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/044154 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557734 | Estrada, 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) | Arthur Estrada, III (New Brockton, Alabama); James L. Persson (Enterprise, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for providing an objective visibility measurement to a flight crew preferably includes a LIDAR system (100), an evaluation unit (150), and a crew interface (200). In at least one embodiment, the system includes the capability of compensating for aircraft turns such that the absolute direction of the visibility reading remains constant through the maneuver. A method for providing an objective visibility reading to a flight crew preferably includes tacking a visibility reading (S820, S920); providing the visibility reading to the flight crew (S830, S930); and notifying the flight crew when the visibility has decreased to and/or less than a minimum visibility threshold (S840). |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/547683 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/963 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557747 | Smith, Jr. 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) | Jerry Rosson Smith, Jr. (Arlington, Virginia); Donald G. Morgan (Reston, Virginia); Paul E. Ransom, Jr. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical practice of an inventive radar system, a switching device is capable of activating a receiver array one at a time so that when a receiver is activated the remaining receivers are inactivated. A switch control circuit is pre-programmed with control logic that is based on the counting of radio pulses that are emitted by a signal generator (for transmission by a transmitter). The control logic dictates, via the switching device, the rapid sequential cycling through of the arrayed receivers so that each receiver is activated for the same prescribed period of time, which corresponds to a pre-programmed number N of emitted radio pulses wherein N=[the number of frequencies in the wave table]×[the number of pulse integrations in the wave table]×[1 polarization or 2 polarizations]. Radio pulse input from the receivers is interleaved in a manner associable with individual receivers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398233 |
| 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 342/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557753 | Ailor, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Ailor, III (Palos Verdes Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A GPS tracker is disposed on launch hardware that separates from a spacecraft launch vehicle during ascent to orbit with the launch hardware having a suborbital trajectory from launch to impact while being tracked so as to track the launch hardware during suborbital flight, such as for tracking separated fuel stages, external tanks, external boosters, and payload fairings that return to earth. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/796753 |
| 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 342/463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558305 | Botez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Botez (Madison, Wisconsin); Ali R. Mirabedini (Madison, Wisconsin); Dapeng P. Xu (Madison, Wisconsin); Luke J. Mawst (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor laser and light emitting device is defined. The device comprises an electron injector and an active region adjacent to the electron injector. The active region includes at least one deep quantum well with barrier layers adjacent to either side of the quantum well or wells such that electrons injected from the electron injector into a high energy level of the quantum well relax to a lower energy level with the emission of a photon and are transmitted out to a region beyond the last barrier layer of the active region. The electron injector includes quantum well layers. The bottom of each deep quantum well or wells in the active region is lower in energy than the bottoms of the quantum well layers in the electron injector. The device may further comprise at least two stages wherein each stage contains an electron injector and an active region. The stages are separated by semiconductor layers that allow the transfer of electrons from the active region of one stage to the electron injector of the next stage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/021095 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/43.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558419 | Ye et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brion Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Ye (Palo Alto, California); Yu Cao (Cupertino, California); R. Fabian Pease (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a technique of, and system for inspecting integrated circuits, including, for example, patterns projected, provided or formed on a wafer using photomasks, or patterns on the photomask itself. The inspection system and technique of this aspect includes first identifying, determining and/or detecting areas and/or patterns that are potentially defective by removing, filtering and/or eliminating from a set of potential defects any and/or all typical, regular or normal patterns. The identification, determination and/or detection of potential defects may be performed relatively quickly by a rapidly executing algorithm. In this way, a first or “coarse” analysis is performed rapidly and some, many, all or substantially all of the regular, normal or typical patterns are eliminated from further analysis. Thereafter, a second more detailed analysis is performed. This second analysis focuses on the set of potential defects that were identified, determined and/or detected during the first analysis of the photomask or wafer (i.e., the “coarse” analysis). The second analysis may be considerably a more detailed or a “fine” analysis relative to the first or “coarse” analysis. Indeed, in one embodiment, the second analysis may implement a more computational intensive process, without sacrificing throughput, since only a small portion of the photomask or wafer is inspected in the second analysis. In this way, the detailed analysis of the defect candidates may identify (i) all or substantially all of the actual defects and/or (ii) only the actual defects from the potential defects identified during the first analysis. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/917060 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558450 | Khurgin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morton Photonics, Inc. (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Khurgin (Baltimore, Maryland); Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a tunable delay of an optical signal having a carrier with an angular frequency ω0 and a single side band having a signal band with a median angular frequency ωr. The delay line comprises at least a first, a second and a third integrated resonators coupled sequentially to a waveguide. The first and the second resonators have angular resonant frequencies ω1=ωr−Δω and ω2=ωr+Δω respectively, where Δω is a deviation from the median frequency. The third resonator provides a phase delay difference between the phase at the optical carrier ω0 and the phase at the median frequency ωr equal to (ωr−ω0)Td, where Td is the time delay. The device provides an equal group delay to all frequency components in the output signal and also equal phase delay for all frequency components of an RF signal when the optical signal is downconverted at a photodetector. The device may find applications controlling the time delay to antenna elements in a phased array system. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/234614 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558461 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corning Incorporated (Corning, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xin Chen (Corning, New York); Stuart Gray (Corning, New York); Ming-Jun Li (Horseheads, New York); Daiping Ma (Wilmington, North Carolina); Daniel Aloysius Nolan (Corning, New York); Alranzo Boh Ruffin (Painted Post, New York); Donnell Thaddeus Walton (Painted Post, New York); Ji Wang (Painted Post, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical fiber comprising a core having a refractive index profile and a centerline; and a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core; wherein core includes updoping material and is doped with Aluminum in at least one region of the core, such that either: (a) the average longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the core is within 0.05% of the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the cladding; or (b) the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity in the core changes by at least 0.2%. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/453450 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558583 | Ledeczi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Ledeczi (Nashville, Tennessee); Miklos Maroti (Szeged, Hungary); Peter Volgyesi (Balatonszarszo, Hungary); Andras Nadas (Kecskemet, Hungary); Karoly Molnar (Budapest, Hungary); Sebestyen Dora (Szekesfehervar, Hungary); Branislav Kusy (Banovce nad Bebravou, Slovakia); Gyorgy Balogh (Váchartyán, Hungary) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for radio interference based sensor localization. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of creating an interference signal from a first transmitter and a second transmitter, measuring phase offsets of the interference signal received by a first receiver and a second receiver, respectively, and determining the locations of the first and second transmitters and the first and second receivers from the measured phase offsets. |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/401115 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/456.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558887 | Gower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Gower (LaGrangeville, New York); Warren E. Maule (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided that supports partial cache line read and write operations to a memory module to reduce read and write data traffic on a memory channel. In a memory hub controller integrated in the memory module determines an amount of data to be transmitted to or from a set of memory devices of the memory module, in responsive to an access request. The memory hub controller generates a burst length field corresponding to the amount of data. The memory controller controls the amount of data that is transmitted to or from the memory devices using the burst length field. The amount of data is equal to or less than a standard data burst amount of data for the set of memory devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/850290 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07556095 | Vinegar |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating an oil shale formation comprising dawsonite includes providing heat from one or more heaters to the formation to heat the formation. Hydrocarbon fluids are produced from the formation. At least some dawsonite in the formation is decomposed with the provided heat. A chelating agent is provided to the formation to dissolve at least some dawsonite decomposition products. The dissolved dawsonite decomposition products are produced from the formation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584804 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/250.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556096 | Vinegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); Xueying Xie (Houston, Texas); David Scott Miller (Katy, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating an oil shale formation comprising dawsonite includes assessing a dawsonite composition of one or more zones in the formation. Heat from one or more heaters is provided to the formation such that different amounts of heat are provided to zones with different dawsonite compositions. The provided heat is allowed to transfer from the heaters to the formation. Fluids are produced from the formation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584805 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/250.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556672 | Jadhav |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raja A. Jadhav (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for removal of mercury from a gaseous stream containing the mercury, hydrogen and/or CO, and hydrogen sulfide and/or carbonyl sulfide in which a dispersed Cu-containing sorbent is contacted with the gaseous stream at a temperature in the range of about 25° C. to about 300° C. until the sorbent is spent. The spent sorbent is contacted with a desorbing gaseous stream at a temperature equal to or higher than the temperature at which the mercury adsorption is carried out, producing a regenerated sorbent and an exhaust gas comprising released mercury. The released mercury in the exhaust gas is captured using a high-capacity sorbent, such as sulfur-impregnated activated carbon, at a temperature less than about 100° C. The regenerated sorbent may then be used to capture additional mercury from the mercury-containing gaseous stream. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/702237 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556675 | Carolan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Francis Carolan (Allentown, Pennsylvania); Eric Minford (Laurys Station, Pennsylvania); William Emil Waldron (Whitehall, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Ion transport membrane oxidation system comprising an enclosure having an interior and an interior surface, inlet piping having an internal surface and adapted to introduce a heated feed gas into the interior of the enclosure, and outlet piping adapted to withdraw a product gas from the interior of the enclosure; one or more planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the enclosure, each membrane module comprising mixed metal oxide material; and a preheater adapted to heat a feed gas to provide the heated feed gas to the inlet piping, wherein the preheater comprises an interior surface. Any of the interior surfaces of the enclosure, the inlet piping, and the preheater may be lined with a copper-containing metal lining. Alternatively, any of the interior surfaces of the inlet piping and the preheater may be lined with a copper-containing metal lining and the enclosure may comprise copper. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/247504 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556863 | Berning et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Berning (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert H. Kraus, Jr. (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert W. Atcher (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jurgen G. Schmidt (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of preparing gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles is disclosed and includes forming a suspension of magnetic nanoparticles within a suitable liquid, adding an amount of a reducible gold compound and a reducing agent to the suspension, and, maintaining the suspension for time sufficient to form gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/810519 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/570 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556945 | Simmons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California); Joanne V. Volponi (Livermore, California); David Ingersoll (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew Walker (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an apparatus and method for continuously converting sucrose to β-D-glucose. The method comprises a three-stage enzymatic reactor in which an aqueous solution of sucrose is first converted into a solution of fructose and α-D-glucose by passing it through a porous, packed column containing an inert media on which invertase is immobilized. This solution is then sent through a second packed column containing glucose isomerase and finally a third packed column containing mutarotase. Solution temperature and pH are adjusted to maximize glucose output. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825615 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556967 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander D. Q. Li (Pullman, Washington); Wei Wang (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are novel probes, which can be used to detect and identify target molecules of interest in a sample. The disclosed probes can be used to monitor conformational changes induced by molecular recognition events in addition to providing signaling the presence and/or identity of a target molecule. Methods, including solid phase synthesis techniques, for making probe molecules that exhibit changes in their optical properties upon target molecule binding are described in the disclosure. Also disclosed herein are novel chromophore moieties, which have tailored fluorescent emission spectra. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789745 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556982 | Carlisle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Carlisle (Plainfield, Illinois); Dieter M. Gruen (Downers Grove, Illinois); Orlando Auciello (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Xingcheng Xiao (Woodridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of depositing nanocrystalline diamond film on a substrate at a rate of not less than about 0.2 microns/hour at a substrate temperature less than about 500° C. The method includes seeding the substrate surface with nanocrystalline diamond powder to an areal density of not less than about 1010sites/cm2, and contacting the seeded substrate surface with a gas of about 99% by volume of an inert gas other than helium and about 1% by volume of methane or hydrogen and one or more of acetylene, fullerene and anthracene in the presence of a microwave induced plasma while maintaining the substrate temperature less than about 500° C. to deposit nanocrystalline diamond on the seeded substrate surface at a rate not less than about 0.2 microns/hour. Coatings of nanocrystalline diamond with average particle diameters of less than about 20 nanometers can be deposited with thermal budgets of 500° C.-4 hours or less onto a variety of substrates such as MEMS devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/892736 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557367 | Rogers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Dahl-Young Khang (Seoul, South Korea); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145542 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07555941 | Hansma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul K. Hansma (Isla Vista, California); Georg Fantner (Santa Barbara, California); Johannes H. Kindt (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanner for probe microscopy that avoids low resonance frequencies and accounts better for piezo nonlinearities. The x, y and z axes of a linear stack scanner are partially decoupled from each other while maintaining all mechanical joints stiff in the direction of actuation. The scanning probe microscope comprises a probe, a housing, at least two actuators, each coupled to the housing, and a support coupled to the housing and to at least a first of the actuators at a position spaced from the point at which the actuator is coupled to the housing. The support constrains the motion of the first actuator along a first axis while permitting translation along a second axis. The actuators are preferably orthogonally arranged linear stacks of flat piezos, preferably in push-pull configuration. The support can take different forms in different embodiments of the invention. In a particular embodiment, the scanner is a 2D scanner having a support frame with x and y axes, and a member for supporting an object to be moved such as a sample for a probe, the scanner comprising a flexure and flexure coupled cross-conformed piezos arranged along x and y axes. Expansion of the piezos is measured by at least two strain gauges disposed to measure the differential motion of at least two opposed actuators. The strain gauges are preferably arranged to compensate for ambient temperature changes, and preferably two or more strain gauges of identical type are disposed on each actuator to magnify the strain signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899309 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556189 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ankur Aggarwal (Smyrna, Georgia); Isaac Robin Abothu (Atlanta, Georgia); Pulugurtha Markondeya Raj (Atlanta, Georgia); Rao R. Tummala (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Nano-structured interconnect formation and a reworkable bonding process using solder films. Large area fabrication of nano-structured interconnects is demonstrated at a very fine pitch. This technology can be used for pushing the limits of current flip chip bonding in terms of pitch, number of I/Os, superior combination of electrical and mechanical properties as well as reworkability. Sol-gel and electroless processes were developed to demonstrate film bonding interfaces between metallic pads and nano interconnects. Solution-derived nano-solder technology is an attractive low-cost method for several applications such as MEMS hermetic packaging, compliant interconnect bonding and bump-less nano-interconnects. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/138011 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556928 | Jespersen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | One Cell Systems, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Diana Jespersen (Malvern, Pennsylvania); Yevgenya Akselband (Brighton, Massachusetts); Patricia McGrath (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jan Trnovsky (Saugus, Massachusetts); Phillip T. Moen (Foxborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of analyzing a secreted protein from a cell encapsulated in a microdrop. The microdrop is formulated with biotinylated matrix molecules at a reduced ratio of biotin to matrix molecules compared with previous formulations. The reduced ratio is advantageous for improving the resolution of detection and allows simultaneous detection of multiple secreted proteins and/or multiple cell surface markers. The invention further provides inter alia methods of isolating IgG isotype antibodies that have switched from IgM isotype. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/917673 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 |
| US 07557348 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingzhou Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for imaging an object includes transmitting distinguishable electromagnetic waves from a plurality of radiators of an antenna array, wherein each of the distinguishable electromagnetic waves is distinguishable from others by a detector. Each of the radiators transmits radiation comprising a different distinguishable electromagnetic wave. The method also includes imaging at least a portion of the antenna array onto a targeted object, wherein each image area of a plurality of image areas on the targeted object corresponds to an image of a respective radiator of the antenna array, and detecting a plurality of resultant electromagnetic waves, wherein the resultant electromagnetic waves are transmitted, scattered, or reflected by respective image areas on the targeted object in response to each of the respective image areas being illuminated by the radiation transmitted by the respective radiator of the source array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733613 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557448 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ankur Aggarwal (Smyrna, Georgia); Pulugurtha Markondeya Raj (Atlanta, Georgia); Rao R. Tummala (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-temperature process that combines high-aspect-ratio polymer structures with electroless copper plating to create laterally compliant MEMS structures. These structures can be used as IC-package interconnects that can lead to reliable, low-cost and high-performance nano wafer-level packaging. High-aspect-ratio low CTE polyimide structures with low stress, high toughness and strength were fabricated using plasma etching. The dry etching process was tuned to yield a wall angle above 80 degrees leading to an aspect ratio higher than 4. The etching process also leads to roughened sidewalls for selective electroless plating on the sidewalls of the polymer structures. These fabricated structures show reduction in the stresses at the interfaces and superior reliability as IC-package nano interconnects. Metal-coated polymer structures from MEMS fabrication techniques can provide low-cost high-performance solutions for wafer-level-packaging. Other embodiments are also claimed and described. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/845384 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/762 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557470 | Culpepper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin L. Culpepper (Marblehead, Massachusetts); Dariusz Golda (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS actuator includes a coil stack in the form of microfabricated, electrically conductive first and second superposed layers. A magnet array is superposed in magnetic communication with the coil stack, with first and second coils being selectively, electrically actuatable to generate relative movement between the coil stack and the magnet array both in-plane and out-of-plane. In various embodiments, a plurality of the actuators are integrally coupled to a microfabricated compliant mechanism to provide a high bandwidth, six degree of freedom nanopositioner. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/709596 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557923 | Lodder |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Lodder (Nicholasville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for spectroscopically determining surface and product characteristics is employed for rapid detection of product characteristics and/or the presence or absence of suspected analytes, and the concentration of the analyte. The method and system uses a signal wide band detector that does not require focusing optics in many environments. It can be used for cleaning validation of pharmaceutical products and process equipment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/519269 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558200 | Jain et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kamal Jain (Bellevue, Washington); Xiaojie Gao (Pasadena, California); Leonard J. Schulman (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A concept for providing processes and apparatus for router resource management is described. One process for managing router congestion in a distributed communications system includes monitoring messaging traffic originating from a plurality of clients and determining when one or more of the plurality of clients deviates from an accepted congestion management protocol. The process also includes rank ordering those clients of the plurality according to the egregiousness of their deviation from the protocol to determine a worst offender and dropping packets from the worst offender of the plurality. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035353 |
| ART UNIT | 2416 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558370 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Richard E. Hill (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An article sensing and tracking system and computer system integrated and connected to present on a monitor screen, or screens, visual x-ray and photographic images of articles that are being passed through a scanner and visual indication of the physical location of the displayed articles within the system, enabling security personnel viewing a monitor screen to accurately track and maintain custody of the articles, until cleared, through examination of x-ray data and other information relating to the articles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/568801 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07556552 | Kemp 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) | William P. Kemp (Fargo, North Dakota); Glen E. Trostle (Logan, Utah); Theresa L. Pitts-Singer (Millville, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Incubation and emergence of solitary-nesting pollinating bees from their nests or cocoons under field conditions may be effected using a device including a first outer and second inner hollow containers wherein a nest containing the bees may be disposed, and first and second communicating openings are provided on the lower surfaces of the containers to provide access to the environment from the nest in the inner container. To allow egress of bees from the nests to the environment while inhibiting or preventing their return, a one-way exit is provided in communication with the second opening, which is also attached to or extends through the first opening. Controlled heating of the nests are effected by disposing a heating element within the outer container, external of the inner container. A temperature controller for the heating element and an electrical power source for providing power thereto are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/823647 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Bee culture 449/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556835 | Hultin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert O. Hultin (Rockport, Massachusetts); Stephen D. Kelleher (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Yuming Feng (Marlton, New Jersey); Mark P. Richards (Madison, Wisconsin); Hordur Kristinsson (Gainesville, Florida); Ingrid Undeland (Göteborg, Sweden); Shuming Ke (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a process for isolating edible protein from animal muscle by solubilizing the protein in an alkaline aqueous solution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/363612 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/574 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07556862 | Guo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingruo Guo (South Burlington, Vermont); Nareen Wright (Washington, District of Columbia); Jiancai Li (South Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | Wood finishes and methods of production and application of wood finishes are provided. The finishes may contain biologically produced components, such as proteins, and specifically may include whey proteins derived from dairy processing. The wood finishes are environmentally friendly as they use reduced levels of solvents and provide a safe and protective coating for wood and wood products. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/037817 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/532 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07556388 | Knowles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | QorTek, Inc. (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gareth J. Knowles (Williamsport, Pennsylvania); Eli Hughes (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin nearly wireless adaptive optical device capable of dynamically modulating the shape of a mirror in real time to compensate for atmospheric distortions and/or variations along an optical material is provided. The device includes an optical layer, a substrate, at least one electronic circuit layer with nearly wireless architecture, an array of actuators, power electronic switches, a reactive force element, and a digital controller. Actuators are aligned so that each axis of expansion and contraction intersects both substrate and reactive force element. Electronics layer with nearly wireless architecture, power electronic switches, and digital controller are provided within a thin-film substrate. The size and weight of the adaptive optical device is solely dominated by the size of the actuator elements rather than by the power distribution system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/193951 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/846 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557348 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingzhou Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for imaging an object includes transmitting distinguishable electromagnetic waves from a plurality of radiators of an antenna array, wherein each of the distinguishable electromagnetic waves is distinguishable from others by a detector. Each of the radiators transmits radiation comprising a different distinguishable electromagnetic wave. The method also includes imaging at least a portion of the antenna array onto a targeted object, wherein each image area of a plurality of image areas on the targeted object corresponds to an image of a respective radiator of the antenna array, and detecting a plurality of resultant electromagnetic waves, wherein the resultant electromagnetic waves are transmitted, scattered, or reflected by respective image areas on the targeted object in response to each of the respective image areas being illuminated by the radiation transmitted by the respective radiator of the source array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733613 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558371 | Park 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) | Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Sang Hyouk Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Glen C. King (Yorktown, Virginia); James R. Elliott (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method provides X-ray diffraction data suitable for integral detection of a twin defect in a strained or lattice-matched epitaxial material made from components having crystal structures having symmetry belonging to different space groups. The material is mounted in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) system. In one embodiment, the XRD system's goniometer angle Ω is set equal to (θB−β) where θB is a Bragg angle for a designated crystal plane of the alloy that is disposed at a non-perpendicular orientation with respect to the {111) crystal plane, and β is the angle between the designated crystal plane and a {111} crystal plane of one of the epitaxial components. The XRD system's detector angle is set equal to (θB+β). The material can be rotated through an angle of azimuthal rotation φ about the axis aligned with the material. Using the detector, the intensity of the X-ray diffraction is recorded at least at the angle at which the twin defect occurs. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254150 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07557086 | Hefeneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as represented by the Oregon Health and Science University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven H. Hefeneider (Portland, Oregon); Sharon L. McCoy (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and peptide for regulating cellular activity includes a panel of synthesized peptides that have biological effects on inhibiting or enhancing cellular activity. Selected peptides can be used as therapy to reduce and/or inhibit, or initiate and/or enhance, an inflammatory response in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/656512 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558370 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Richard E. Hill (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An article sensing and tracking system and computer system integrated and connected to present on a monitor screen, or screens, visual x-ray and photographic images of articles that are being passed through a scanner and visual indication of the physical location of the displayed articles within the system, enabling security personnel viewing a monitor screen to accurately track and maintain custody of the articles, until cleared, through examination of x-ray data and other information relating to the articles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/568801 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558450 | Khurgin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morton Photonics, Inc. (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob Khurgin (Baltimore, Maryland); Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a tunable delay of an optical signal having a carrier with an angular frequency ω0 and a single side band having a signal band with a median angular frequency ωr. The delay line comprises at least a first, a second and a third integrated resonators coupled sequentially to a waveguide. The first and the second resonators have angular resonant frequencies ω1=ωr−Δω and ω2=ωr+Δω respectively, where Δω is a deviation from the median frequency. The third resonator provides a phase delay difference between the phase at the optical carrier ω0 and the phase at the median frequency ωr equal to (ωr−ω0)Td, where Td is the time delay. The device provides an equal group delay to all frequency components in the output signal and also equal phase delay for all frequency components of an RF signal when the optical signal is downconverted at a photodetector. The device may find applications controlling the time delay to antenna elements in a phased array system. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/234614 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07556835 | Hultin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert O. Hultin (Rockport, Massachusetts); Stephen D. Kelleher (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Yuming Feng (Marlton, New Jersey); Mark P. Richards (Madison, Wisconsin); Hordur Kristinsson (Gainesville, Florida); Ingrid Undeland (Göteborg, Sweden); Shuming Ke (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a process for isolating edible protein from animal muscle by solubilizing the protein in an alkaline aqueous solution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/363612 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/574 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557370 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuning Li (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device comprising a semiconductive material of Formula or structure (I) wherein each R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen (H), a heteroatom containing group, a suitable hydrocarbon, or a halogen; Ar and Ar′ each independently represents an aromatic moiety; x, y, a, b, c, d, e, f and g represent the number of groups or rings, respectively; Z represents sulfur, oxygen, selenium, or NR′″ wherein R′″ is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; and n represents the number of repeating units. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/399064 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Classified Government Agency
| US 07557673 | Meharry |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Meharry (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide bandwidth microwave balun utilizes frequency band splitting and two conventional baluns operating in a high frequency band and a low frequency band, which when combined offer a full bandwidth output, thus to offer wide bandwidth impedance matching and second-harmonic rejection. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715705 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07557086 | Hefeneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as represented by the Oregon Health and Science University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven H. Hefeneider (Portland, Oregon); Sharon L. McCoy (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and peptide for regulating cellular activity includes a panel of synthesized peptides that have biological effects on inhibiting or enhancing cellular activity. Selected peptides can be used as therapy to reduce and/or inhibit, or initiate and/or enhance, an inflammatory response in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/656512 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07557096 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for an on behalf of the Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Monte R. Rhodes (Humble, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Combretastatin A-4 has been previously selected for pre-clinical development as antineoplastic agent. However, it is essentially insoluble in water. New water soluble derivatives of combretastatin A-4 and its qualified analogs have been discovered and synthesized through a multistage process using other derivatives of combretastatin A-4 as intermediates. These water soluble derivatives are herein denominated as “Combretastatin A-4 Prodrugs”. |
| FILED | Monday, October 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/868913 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07556969 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Poguang Wang (Westborough, Massachusetts); Guodong Li (Malden, Massachusetts); Jianxin Gao (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Roger W. Giese (Quincy, Massachusetts); Xin Zhang (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultrasensitive detection of a chemical substance (analyte) by mass spectrometry is achieved by employing a molecular tag that yields an intense parent ion and then an intense daughter ion in a multi-stage mass spectrometer. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741585 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07557929 | Fang-Yen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Fang-Yen (Somerville, Massachusetts); Gabriel Popescu (Brighton, Massachusetts); Changhuei Yang (Pasadena, California); Adam Wax (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ramachandra R. Dasari (Lexington, Massachusetts); Michael S. Feld (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems for phase measurement which address the problem of phase noise using combinations of a number of strategies including, but not limited to, common-path interferometry, phase referencing, active stabilization and differential measurement. Embodiment are directed to optical devices for imaging small biological objects with light. These embodiments can be applied to the fields of, for example, cellular physiology and neuroscience. These preferred embodiments are based on principles of phase measurements and imaging technologies. The scientific motivation for using phase measurements and imaging technologies is derived from, for example, cellular biology at the sub-micron level which can include, without limitation, imaging origins of dysplasia, cellular communication, neuronal transmission and implementation of the genetic code. The structure and dynamics of sub-cellular constituents cannot be currently studied in their native state using the existing methods and technologies including, for example, x-ray and neutron scattering. In contrast, light based techniques with nanometer resolution enable the cellular machinery to be studied in its native state. Thus, preferred embodiments of the present invention include systems based on principles of interferometry and/or phase measurements and are used to study cellular physiology. These systems include principles of low coherence interferometry (LCI) using optical interferometers to measure phase, or light scattering spectroscopy (LSS) wherein interference within the cellular components themselves is used, or in the alternative the principles of LCI and LSS can be combined to result in systems of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/871610 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/484 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07558688 | Schering et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Schering (Melbourne, Florida); Wayne John Gordon (Melbourne, Florida); Donald Richard McMillan (Indialantic, Florida); David Curtis Lennon (Melbourne, Florida); Marc S. Adams (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for calibrating a sensor mounted on an aircraft includes the steps of: using an optical device to create reference points which define a reference line that is parallel to both horizontal and vertical planes of the sensor, and using the reference line to calibrate the sensor with respect to a reference coordinate system. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/737924 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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