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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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| US 07594813 | Lang et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Brien R. Lang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Roman Gr. Maev (Windsor, Ontario, Canada); Andrei Ptchelintsev (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for determining the preload in a dental implant system. The preload is determined by transmitting a sonic impulse, which is preferably an ultrasonic impulse, at a predetermined frequency to the head of the implant screw through a transducer, which may be incorporated into the head of the screw, the head of a wand which generates the sonic impulse, or the transducer and pulse-generating instrumentation may be incorporated into a torque generating instrument used to tighten the screw. The preload is determined by measuring the delay between the first and second reflections through the preloaded screw to determine a preload value and comparing that value with a pre-established baseline value for the screw, and comparing the difference with a predetermined table of values to determine the preload on the screw. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/653025 |
| ART UNIT | 3732 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Dentistry 433/27 |
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| US 07595051 | Brooks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Brooks (Carmel, New York); David A. Cheresh (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes methods for inhibition angiogenesis in tissues using vitronectin αvβ3 antagonists, and particularly for inhibiting angiogenesis in inflamed tissues and in tumor tissues and metastases using therapeutic compositions containing αvβ3 antagonists. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/980211 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/152.100 |
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| US 07595059 | Tsang 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, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor C. W. Tsang (Decatur, Georgia); Ryan M. Greene (San Antonio, Texas); Patricia P. Wilkins (Gainesville, Georgia); Kathy Hancock (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the detection of Taenia solium and the diagnosis of T. solium infection are described. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the antigenic T. solium polypeptides gp50a, gp50b and gp50c are provided. The compositions contain synthetic antigenic polypeptides of larval origin prepared using the sequences described herein. Probes and primers for the detection or amplification of T. solium nucleic acid molecules are also described. The polypeptides can be administered to a human or animal to protect against T. solium infection. In addition, the polypeptides are useful as research tools for studying T. solium and as reagents in assays for the detection of T. solium antibodies in a biological sample. The methods are sensitive and specific assays that utilize the stable recombinant or synthetic antigenic polypeptides or nucleic acid molecules encoding the larval polypeptides. |
| FILED | Monday, August 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/508046 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/265.100 |
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| US 07595060 | Duke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GlobeImmune, Inc. (Louisville, Colorado); The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Duke (Denver, Colorado); Donald Bellgrau (Silverthorne, Colorado); Alex Franzusoff (Denver, Colorado); Cara C. Wilson (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a vaccine that includes a dendritic cell loaded with a yeast vehicle and antigen. Also disclosed are methods of making the vaccine and using the vaccine to elicit cellular and humoral immune responses in a mammal. Additionally, a method to elicit an immune response by administration of a yeast vehicle and an antigen that is not complexed to the yeast vehicle is disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/446597 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/278.100 |
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| US 07595147 | Landick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Landick (Madison, Wisconsin); Katherine M. Geszvain (Madison, Wisconsin); Irina E. Artsimovitch (Madison, Wisconsin); Innokenti I. Toulokhonov (Madison, Wisconsin); Rachel A. Mooney (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods to identify moieties which specifically bind the flap-tip helix of the β subunit of RNA polymerase and to identify inhibitors of the interaction between those moieties and the flap-tip helix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/128151 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 07595166 | Zuker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Zuker (San Diego, California); Jon E. Adler (San Diego, California); Nick Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Ken Mueller (San Diego, California); Mark Hoon (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for a novel family of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste transduction G-protein coupled receptors. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/978088 |
| 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 07595300 | Shaw et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kosan Biosciences Incorporated (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon James Shaw (San Francisco, California); Gary W Ashley (Alameda, California); Mark A. Burlingame (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | 15-fluoroketolides of the formula having improved activity and safety, compositions comprising them, and methods for their preparation and use in the treatment of bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/636206 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595306 | Bumcrot |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David Bumcrot (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects featured in the invention relate to compositions and methods for inhibiting alpha-synuclein (SNCA) gene expression, such as for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. An anti-SNCA agent featured herein that targets the SNCA gene can have been modified to alter distribution in favor of neural cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548890 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07595307 | Moe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California); Dan M. Granoff (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides compositions comprising a polysaccharide derivative, and methods of their preparation and use for the prevention or treatment of diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, particularly group B (NmB) strains, and by E. coli K1. The invention provides a de-N-acetylated PS derivative in which one or more residues of the PS has been modified by de-N-acetylation. The invention also includes derivatives in which one or more of the N-acetyl groups of PS containing de-N-acetylated PS are replaced with other N-acyl groups, usually a lower acyl group of C2-C3. Further, the invention includes de-N-acetylated PS derivatives containing long chain hydrocarbons, as well as conjugates in which the de-N-acetylated PS derivative is linked to a carrier, e.g., a carrier protein. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/166781 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/54 |
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| US 07595326 | Khan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Champions Biotechnology, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saeed R. Khan (Owings Mills, Maryland); Gurulinsappa Hallur (Owings Mills, Maryland); Manuel Hidalgo (Baltimore, Maryland); Antonio Jimeno (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel series of BPU analogues were synthesized and evaluated for antitumor activity. In particular, BPU sulfur analogues 6n and 7d were shown to possess up to 10-fold increased potency, when compared to compound 1, against cancer cell lines. 6n was more effective than compound 1 in causing apoptosis of MCF-7 cells. When compared to other drugs with a similar mechanism of action, 6n retained significant ability to inhibit tubulin assembly, with an IC50 of 2.1 μM. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673519 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/269 |
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| US 07595376 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin-Soo Kim (Inchon, South Korea); Carl O. Pabo (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Polynucleotides encoding chimeric proteins, and methods for their production and use are disclosed. The chimeric proteins comprise a flexible linker between two zinc finger DNA-binding domains, wherein the linker contains eight or more amino acids between the second conserved histidine residue of the carboxy-terminal zinc finger of the first domain and the first conserved cysteine residue of the amino-terminal zinc finger of the second domain. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639363 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07595395 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | WiSys Technology Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Cook (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Dongmei Han (Houston, Texas); Terry Clayton (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides molecules and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of memory deficit related conditions and/or enhancement of cognizance. In a preferred embodiment, the invention includes compounds, salts and prodrugs thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of these conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/383624 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/498 |
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| US 07595402 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GTx, Inc. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Mitchell S. Steiner (Germantown, Tennessee); Karen A. Veverka (Cordova, Tennessee); James T. Dalton (Upper Arlington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides prodrugs of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs), and their use in treating or reducing the incidence of osteoporosis, a variety of hormone-related conditions, conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM); conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Female (ADIF), and muscular wasting conditions, obesity, dry eye conditions, and prostate cancer. The prodrugs are also useful in oral androgen replacement therapy and male contraception. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/013214 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/158 |
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| US 07595407 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kannan Muthukumaran (Raleigh, North Carolina); Marcin Ptaszek (Raleigh, North Carolina); H. Z. Syeda Huma (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a metal complex comprises combining a 1-monoacyldipyrromethane with a compound of the formula R1R2MX, wherein M is boron, R1 and R2 are each independently organic substituents; and X is an anion leaving group; to produce a metal complex of the formula DMR1R2 wherein DH is a 1-monoacyldipyrromethane. The methods and complexes are useful for the purification and synthesis of dipyrromethanes and porphyrins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/846646 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/405 |
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| US 07595874 | Pelekhaty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sciperio, Inc. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir M. Pelekhaty (Orlando, Florida); Anatoliy Kachurin (Orlando, Florida); William Warren (Orlando, Florida); Kenneth Church (Orlando, Florida); Heather Fahlenkamp (Cleveland, Ohio); Russell Higbee (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection of a rarely occurring event within one or more biological samples includes (a) processing each biological sample to provide a gellable liquid solution comprising concentrated biological sample and a flourochrome designed to associate with a rarely occurring event within the concentrated biological sample; (b) depositing the solution in a layer on a surface of a slide; and (c) scanning the solution on the slide with energy adapted to cause fluorescence of the flourochrome to detect potential instances of the rarely occurring event within the concentrated biological sample in the solution. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/672794 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596208 | Rifkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lyncean Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Rifkin (Boulder, California); Roderick J. Loewen (Redwood City, California); Ronald D. Ruth (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Compton backscattering x-ray source includes an electron storage ring for storing electron bunches. A timing system refreshes an orbiting electron bunch according to a schedule selected to improve at least one attribute of x-ray emission. In one implementation, the electron bunch is periodically refreshed with a period of at least about 10 Hz. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/856282 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/119 |
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| US 07596402 | Duerk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Duerk (Avon Lake, Ohio); Daniel Elgort (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Chris Flask (Avon Lake, Ohio); Claudia M. Hillenbrand (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Jonathan S. Lewin (Baltimore, Maryland); Eddy Y. Wong (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe suitable for attachment to, or incorporation in, a medical interventional device, such as a catheter, and which may be employed for tracking, imaging, or both, includes a first material having an MR resonance frequency distinct from a resonance frequency of a second material adjacent to the first material. The probe may include one or more coils, or it may be wireless, that is, it may have no coils. Some probe configurations are directed at tracking or imaging of vascular vessels or tissue, and configurations allow both tracking and imaging. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/839922 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/423 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07594426 | Gruenfelder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole L. Gruenfelder (Baltimore, Maryland); Chika N. Nzelibe (Baltimore, Maryland); Joshua D. Israel (Baltimore, Maryland); Lowry J. Brooks, Jr. (Fallston, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An adapter to connect a portable testing device known as the Joint Service Mask Leakage Tester (JSMLT) to the outlet valve body of a protective mask such as the M45 mask for testing and validating the operation of the outlet valve of the mask prior to use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/696371 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/46 |
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| US 07595019 | Cutler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Ashton Cutler (Bountiful, Utah); Kent Neal Hutchings (Tooele, Utah); Merrill Anderson Wilson (West Jordan, Utah); Ronald Almy Hollis (Pleasant Grove, Utah); Dale M. Taylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of making an electrochemical device for the recovery of oxygen from an oxygen-containing feed gas comprising (a) preparing a green electrochemical device by assembling a green electrolyte layer, a green anode layer in contact with the green electrolyte layer, a green cathode layer in contact with the green electrolyte layer, a green anode-side gas collection interconnect layer in contact with the green anode layer, and a green cathode-side feed gas distribution interconnect layer in contact with the green cathode layer; and (b) sintering-the green electrochemical device by heating to yield a sintered electrochemical device comprising a plurality of sintered layers including a sintered anode-side gas collection interconnect layer in contact with the anode layer and adapted to collect oxygen permeate gas, wherein each sintered layer is bonded to an adjacent sintered layer during sintering. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070720 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/605 |
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| US 07595023 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida); Aerovironment, Inc. (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Michael S. Freund (Winnipeg, Canada); Shawn S. Briglin (Chittenango, New York); Phillip Tokumaru (Moorpark, California); Charles R. Martin (Gainesville, Florida); David Mitchell (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor arrays and sensor array systems for detecting analytes in fluids. Sensors configured to generate a response upon introduction of a fluid containing one or more analytes can be located on one or more surfaces relative to one or more fluid channels in an array. Fluid channels can take the form of pores or holes in a substrate material. Fluid channels can be formed between one or more substrate plates. Sensor can be fabricated with substantially optimized sensor volumes to generate a response having a substantially maximized signal to noise ratio upon introduction of a fluid containing one or more target analytes. Methods of fabricating and using such sensor arrays and systems are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/490732 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/62 |
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| US 07595074 | Cholli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok L. Cholli (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Vijayendra Kumar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Ashish Dhawan (Lowell, Massachusetts); Jayant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Virinder Singh Parmar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Lynne Ann Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing a phenolic polymer comprising: a) protecting at least one hydroxyl group of a substituted or unsubstituted phenol represented by Structural Formula (XXIX), wherein: R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 are independently —H, —OH, —NH, —SH, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl or aryloxycarbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group or a saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid group; or R11, R12, R13, R14 or R15, in conjunction with an adjacent R11, R12, R13, R14 or R15, forms a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene dioxy group; provided that at least one of R11, R12, R13, R14 or R15 is a tert-butyl group 1-ethenyl-2-carboxylic acid or ester thereof, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene dioxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group, at least one of R11, R12, R13, R14 or R15 is a hydroxyl group, and at least one of R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 is —H; with a protecting group, wherein thereby obtaining one or more protected hydroxyl groups; and b) polymerizing the substituted or unsubstituted phenol, thereby obtaining the phenolic polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/761933 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/541 |
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| US 07595176 | Loeffler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Loeffler (Atlanta, Georgia); Kirsti M. Ritalahti (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention sets forth specific probes and primer pairs for such quantitative analysis and methods of obtaining template DNA from the Dehalococcoides species of interest. These techniques are useful in a bioremediation process to monitor and control the dechlorination of chlorinated hydrocarbons. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/558965 |
| 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 435/91.200 |
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| US 07595191 | Lyon 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) | Jeffrey A. Lyon (Silver Spring, Maryland); Evelina Angov (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In this application is the expression and purification of a recombinant Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) MSP-142. The method of the present invention produces a highly purified protein which retains folding and disulfide bridging of the native molecule. The recombinant MSP-142 is useful as a diagnostic reagent, for use in antibody production, and as a vaccine. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/039880 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 07595260 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Yi Cui (Union City, California); Xiangfeng Duan (Mountain View, California); Yu Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A bulk-doped semiconductor may be at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest cross-sectional dimension less than 500 nanometers, and a free-standing and bulk-doped semiconductor with at least one portion having a smallest width of less than 500 nanometers. At least one portion of such a semiconductor may have a smallest width of less than 200 nanometers, or less than 150 nanometers, or less than 100 nanometers, or less than 80 nanometers, or less than 70 nanometers, or less than 60 nanometers, or less than 40 nanometers, or less than 20 nanometers, or less than 10 nanometers, or even less than 5 nanometers. Such a semiconductor may be doped during growth. Such a semiconductor may be part of a device, which may include any of a variety of devices and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543326 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/495 |
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| US 07595473 | Walt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Walt (Boston, Massachusetts); Sandra Bencic-Nagale (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method and system of array imaging that extends or maximizes the longevity of the sensor array by minimizing the effects of photobleaching. The imaging system has a light source, a variable exposure aperture, and a variable filter system. The system extends the longevity of sensors by (1) using the variable exposure aperture to selectively expose sections of the sensor array containing representative numbers of each type of sensor, and/or (2) using the variable filter system to control the intensity of the excitation light, providing only the intensity required to induce the appropriate excitation and increasing that intensity over time as necessary to counteract the effects of photobleaching. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/209432 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/205 |
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| US 07595483 | Tvirbutas |
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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) | Andrew A. Tvirbutas (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining a test star location in a field of view of the stellar sensor, by determining a test star location in a field of view of multiple stellar sensor patches. A narrow beam of light is shined onto pixels of a stellar sensor to obtain data of the response outputs of illuminated pixels and data of the non-response outputs from non-illuminated pixels. Data frames are formed from the data of response outputs and non-response outputs. A data point is formed from a data frame section of a data frame, data frame sections of the data frame producing data points. A data array is formed from the data points. Data patches are formed from the data array and processed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/213705 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595491 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York); Jianming Dai (Troy, New York); Xu Xie (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating terahertz radiation includes inducing a background plasma in a volume of a gas by focusing a first optical beam in the volume, and generating pulsed terahertz radiation with enhanced generation efficiency by focusing a second time-delayed optical beam in the background plasma. The method may be implemented in a system for detecting and analyzing a remotely-located object. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756230 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595633 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Martin (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); William M. Blevins (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system for measuring the velocity of a projectile. The method and system employ sensors that uses magnetoresistive sensing elements to measure the velocity of a projectile. Two magnetoresistive based sensors may be used to sense a time at which a projectile crosses a sense path associated with each of the sensors. Because the sensors employ magnetoresistive sensing elements, high quality voltage signals are produced, allowing accurate time measurements to be calculated. Accordingly, the velocity of the projectile can be determined by using these time measurements along with a measured spacing distance between the sensors. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/672696 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595760 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jar J. Lee (Irvine, California); Clifton Quan (Arcadia, California); Stanley W. Livingston (Fullerton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A space-fed conformal array for a high altitude airship includes a primary array lens assembly adapted for conformal mounting to a non-planar airship surface. The lens assembly includes a first set of radiator elements and a second set of radiator elements, the first set and the second set spaced apart by a spacing distance. The first set of radiators faces outwardly from the airship surface to provide a radiating aperture. The second set of radiators faces inwardly toward an inner space of the airship, for illumination by a feed array spaced from the second set of radiators. |
| FILED | Friday, August 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/499593 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/708 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595850 | West et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. West (Hartville, Ohio); Anatoliy Glushchenko (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Guoqiang Zhang (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A new light modulating material using interconnected unidirectionally oriented microdomains of a liquid crystal, dispersed in a stressed polymer structure, is provided. The light modulating material is prepared by dissolving the liquid crystal in an uncured monomer and then curing the monomer so that the polymer forms a well-developed interpenetrating structure of polymer chains or sheets that is uniformly dispersed through the film. When the film is subjected to stress deformation the liquid crystal undergoes a change in its unidirectional orientation. The concentration of the polymer is high enough to hold the shear stress, but is as low as possible to provide the highest switch of the phase retardation when an electric field is applied. The new materials are optically transparent and provide phase modulation of the incident light opposed to the low driving voltage, linear electro-optical response, and absence of hysteresis. It has been shown that these new materials may be successfully used in display applications, optical modulator, and beam steering devices. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/299993 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596680 | Cascaval et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gheorghe C. Cascaval (Carmel, New York); Siddhartha Chatterjee (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method to extend the number of architecturally visible registers in a processor while preserving the number of bits of the instruction encoding. The system comprises: an indirection table that encodes register patterns for the registers used in an instruction; instructions to load and store such table entries; a mechanism to identify instructions that use the indirection table; and a mechanism to identify a set of bits in instructions that are used to index into the indirection table. According to another embodiment, a method of encoding registers in a computer instruction comprises constructing a table having a plurality of entries. Each entry specifies a combination of a plurality of registers. The method also comprises generating an instruction having a reference to one of the entries in the table. The method then comprises accessing the plurality of registers specified by the referenced table entry. The method further comprises merging said number of registers into an expanded instruction that is used for remaining stages of instruction processing. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662179 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07594414 | Wilding et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Michael G. McKellar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Terry D. Turner (Ammon, Idaho); Francis H. Carney (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for producing liquefied natural gas. A liquefaction plant may be coupled to a source of unpurified natural gas, such as a natural gas pipeline at a pressure letdown station. A portion of the gas is drawn off and split into a process stream and a cooling stream. The cooling stream passes through an expander creating work output. A compressor may be driven by the work output and compresses the process stream. The compressed process stream is cooled, such as by the expanded cooling stream. The cooled, compressed process stream is divided into first and second portions with the first portion being expanded to liquefy the natural gas. A gas-liquid separator separates the vapor from the liquid natural gas. The second portion of the cooled, compressed process stream is also expanded and used to cool the compressed process stream. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/381904 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/611 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07594940 | Gonze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system that diagnoses regeneration of an electrically heated particulate filter is provided. The system generally includes a grid module that diagnoses a fault of the grid based on at least one of a current signal and a voltage signal. A diagnostic module at least one of sets a fault status and generates a warning signal based on the fault of the grid. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/811450 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07594968 | Hemley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a single-crystal diamond grown by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition that has a toughness of at least about 30 MPa m1/2. The invention also relates to a method of producing a single-crystal diamond with a toughness of at least about 30 MPa m1/2. The invention further relates to a process for producing a single crystal CVD diamond in three dimensions on a single crystal diamond substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/222224 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595023 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida); Aerovironment, Inc. (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Michael S. Freund (Winnipeg, Canada); Shawn S. Briglin (Chittenango, New York); Phillip Tokumaru (Moorpark, California); Charles R. Martin (Gainesville, Florida); David Mitchell (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor arrays and sensor array systems for detecting analytes in fluids. Sensors configured to generate a response upon introduction of a fluid containing one or more analytes can be located on one or more surfaces relative to one or more fluid channels in an array. Fluid channels can take the form of pores or holes in a substrate material. Fluid channels can be formed between one or more substrate plates. Sensor can be fabricated with substantially optimized sensor volumes to generate a response having a substantially maximized signal to noise ratio upon introduction of a fluid containing one or more target analytes. Methods of fabricating and using such sensor arrays and systems are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/490732 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595085 | Svoboda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan); Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Svoboda (Swartz Creek, Michigan); Haskell Simpkins (Grand Blanc, Michigan); Joseph M. Keller (Grand Blanc, Michigan); Vincent L. Sprenkle (Richland, Washington); Kerry D. Meinhardt (Kennewick, Washington); Nathan L. Canfield (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the method of producing a ceramic assembly includes: disposing an electrode precursor on an electrolyte precursor having an electrolyte sintering shrinkage, disposing a stabilizer precursor having a stabilizer sintering shrinkage on the electrode precursor on a side opposite the electrolyte precursor to form a precursor assembly, and sintering the precursor assembly to form the ceramic assembly comprising a stabilizer layer, electrode, and electrolyte. The difference between the electrolyte sintering shrinkage and the stabilizer sintering shrinkage is less than or equal to ±1% and a surface of the ceramic assembly has less than or equal to about 5.0 degrees camber, as measured from the horizontal plane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/797301 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595349 | McElhanon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. McElhanon (Manteca, California); Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California); Thomas Zifer (Manteca, California); Gregory M. Jamison (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Douglas A. Loy (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kamyar Rahimian (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Timothy M. Long (Urbana, Illinois); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chad L. Staiger (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Two new surfactant molecules are reported which contain thermally labile Diels-Alder adducts connecting the polar and non-polar sections of each molecule. The two surfactants possess identical non-polar dodecyl tail segments but exhibit different polar headgroups. The surfactants become soluble in water when anionic salts are formed through the deprotonation of the surfactant headgroups by the addition of potassium hydroxide. When either surfactant is exposed to temperature above about 60° C., the retro Diels-Alder reaction occurs, yielding hydrophilic and hydrophobic fragments or the aqueous solutions of the surfactants subsequently exhibit loss of all surface-active behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/341409 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595611 | Reynier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Cantre National de le Recherche Scientifique (Paris, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yvan Reynier (Meylan, France); Rachid Yazami (Los Angeles, California); Brent T. Fultz (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides systems and methods for accurately characterizing thermodynamic and materials properties of electrodes and electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems. Systems and methods of the present invention are configured for simultaneously collecting a suite of measurements characterizing a plurality of interconnected electrochemical and thermodynamic parameters relating to the electrode reaction state of advancement, voltage and temperature. Enhanced sensitivity provided by the present methods and systems combined with measurement conditions that reflect thermodynamically stabilized electrode conditions allow very accurate measurement of thermodynamic parameters, including state functions such as the Gibbs free energy, enthalpy and entropy of electrode/electrochemical cell reactions, that enable prediction of important performance attributes of electrode materials and electrochemical systems, such as the energy, power density, current rate and the cycle life of an electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/462290 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596197 | Leung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ka-Ngo Leung (Hercules, California); Tak Pui Lou (Berkeley, California); William A. Barletta (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cylindrical gamma generator includes a coaxial RF-driven plasma ion source and target. A hydrogen plasma is produced by RF excitation in a cylindrical plasma ion generator using an RF antenna. A cylindrical gamma generating target is coaxial with the ion generator, separated by plasma and extraction electrodes which has many openings. The plasma generator emanates ions radially over 360° and the cylindrical target is thus irradiated by ions over its entire circumference. The plasma generator and target may be as long as desired. |
| FILED | Monday, August 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/462999 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596734 | Flanagan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Flanagan (Rhinebeck, New York); Jay R. Herring (Poughkeepsie, New York); Tin-Chee Lo (Fishkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for performing AC self-test on an integrated circuit that includes a system clock for normal operation is provided. The system includes the system clock, self-test circuitry, a first and second test register to capture and launch test data in response to a sequence of data pulses, and a logic circuit to be tested. The self-test circuitry includes an AC self-test controller and a clock splitter. The clock splitter generates the sequence of data pulses including a long data capture pulse followed by an at speed data launch pulse and an at speed data capture pulse followed by a long data launch pulse. The at speed data launch pulse and the at speed data capture pulse are generated for a common cycle of the system clock. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/185172 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/726 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07594968 | Hemley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a single-crystal diamond grown by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition that has a toughness of at least about 30 MPa m1/2. The invention also relates to a method of producing a single-crystal diamond with a toughness of at least about 30 MPa m1/2. The invention further relates to a process for producing a single crystal CVD diamond in three dimensions on a single crystal diamond substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/222224 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595074 | Cholli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok L. Cholli (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Vijayendra Kumar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Ashish Dhawan (Lowell, Massachusetts); Jayant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Virinder Singh Parmar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Lynne Ann Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing a phenolic polymer comprising: a) protecting at least one hydroxyl group of a substituted or unsubstituted phenol represented by Structural Formula (XXIX), wherein: R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 are independently —H, —OH, —NH, —SH, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl or aryloxycarbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group or a saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acid group; or R11, R12, R13, R14 or R15, in conjunction with an adjacent R11, R12, R13, R14 or R15, forms a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene dioxy group; provided that at least one of R11, R12, R13, R14 or R15 is a tert-butyl group 1-ethenyl-2-carboxylic acid or ester thereof, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene dioxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group, at least one of R11, R12, R13, R14 or R15 is a hydroxyl group, and at least one of R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 is —H; with a protecting group, wherein thereby obtaining one or more protected hydroxyl groups; and b) polymerizing the substituted or unsubstituted phenol, thereby obtaining the phenolic polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/761933 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/541 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595176 | Loeffler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Loeffler (Atlanta, Georgia); Kirsti M. Ritalahti (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention sets forth specific probes and primer pairs for such quantitative analysis and methods of obtaining template DNA from the Dehalococcoides species of interest. These techniques are useful in a bioremediation process to monitor and control the dechlorination of chlorinated hydrocarbons. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/558965 |
| 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 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595190 | Shi et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Huazhong Shi (Lubbock, Texas); Eduardo Blumwald (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally related to plant genetic engineering. In particular, the invention is directed to nucleic acids and methods for conferring salt tolerance on plants and other organisms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/520497 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595260 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Yi Cui (Union City, California); Xiangfeng Duan (Mountain View, California); Yu Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A bulk-doped semiconductor may be at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest cross-sectional dimension less than 500 nanometers, and a free-standing and bulk-doped semiconductor with at least one portion having a smallest width of less than 500 nanometers. At least one portion of such a semiconductor may have a smallest width of less than 200 nanometers, or less than 150 nanometers, or less than 100 nanometers, or less than 80 nanometers, or less than 70 nanometers, or less than 60 nanometers, or less than 40 nanometers, or less than 20 nanometers, or less than 10 nanometers, or even less than 5 nanometers. Such a semiconductor may be doped during growth. Such a semiconductor may be part of a device, which may include any of a variety of devices and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543326 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595376 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin-Soo Kim (Inchon, South Korea); Carl O. Pabo (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Polynucleotides encoding chimeric proteins, and methods for their production and use are disclosed. The chimeric proteins comprise a flexible linker between two zinc finger DNA-binding domains, wherein the linker contains eight or more amino acids between the second conserved histidine residue of the carboxy-terminal zinc finger of the first domain and the first conserved cysteine residue of the amino-terminal zinc finger of the second domain. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639363 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595491 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xi-Cheng Zhang (Melrose, New York); Jianming Dai (Troy, New York); Xu Xie (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating terahertz radiation includes inducing a background plasma in a volume of a gas by focusing a first optical beam in the volume, and generating pulsed terahertz radiation with enhanced generation efficiency by focusing a second time-delayed optical beam in the background plasma. The method may be implemented in a system for detecting and analyzing a remotely-located object. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756230 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595679 | Popovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail Popovich (Rochester, New York); Eby G. Friedman (Rochester, New York); Radu M. Secareanu (Phoenix, Arizona); Olin L. Hartin (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system-on-chip or other circuit has an on-chip noise-free ground which is added to divert ground noise from the sensitive nodes. An on-chip decoupling capacitor, tuned in resonance with the parasitic inductance of the interconnects, can be provided to add an additional low impedance ground path. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/402252 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/384 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596589 | Ravinuthula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vishnu V. Ravinuthula (Gainesville, Florida); John G. Harris (Gainesville, Florida); Jose A. B. Fortes (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A time-mode analog computation circuit is provided. The time-mode analog computation circuit includes one or more inputs for receiving one or more temporal input signals. The time-mode analog computation circuit further includes circuitry for performing a mathematical operation based on the one or more temporal input signals. A result of the mathematical operation is expressed in a timing of an output signal generated by the circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/104141 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/819 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07594530 | Tucker |
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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) | Dennis S. Tucker (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is a process for producing foamed material in space comprising the steps of: rotating the material to simulate the force of gravity; heating the rotating material until it is molten; extruding the rotating, molten material; injecting gas into the extruded, rotating, molten material to produce molten foamed material; allowing the molten foamed material to cool to below melting temperature to produce the foamed material. The surface of the extruded foam may be heated to above melting temperature and allowed to cool to below melting temperature. The extruded foam may also be cut to predetermined length. The starting material may be metal or glass. Heating may be accomplished by electrical heating elements or by solar heating. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/942322 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal founding 164/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595023 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida); Aerovironment, Inc. (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Michael S. Freund (Winnipeg, Canada); Shawn S. Briglin (Chittenango, New York); Phillip Tokumaru (Moorpark, California); Charles R. Martin (Gainesville, Florida); David Mitchell (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor arrays and sensor array systems for detecting analytes in fluids. Sensors configured to generate a response upon introduction of a fluid containing one or more analytes can be located on one or more surfaces relative to one or more fluid channels in an array. Fluid channels can take the form of pores or holes in a substrate material. Fluid channels can be formed between one or more substrate plates. Sensor can be fabricated with substantially optimized sensor volumes to generate a response having a substantially maximized signal to noise ratio upon introduction of a fluid containing one or more target analytes. Methods of fabricating and using such sensor arrays and systems are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/490732 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595112 | Cano 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) | Roberto J. Cano (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian W. Grimsley (Phoenix, Arizona); Erik S. Weiser (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian J. Jensen (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a metal/composite hybrid laminate is provided. One or more layered arrangements are stacked on a solid base to form a layered structure. Each layered arrangement is defined by a fibrous material and a perforated metal sheet. A resin in its liquid state is introduced along a portion of the layered structure while a differential pressure is applied across the laminate structure until the resin permeates the fibrous material of each layered arrangement and fills perforations in each perforated metal sheet. The resin is cured thereby yielding a metal/composite hybrid laminate. |
| FILED | Monday, July 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/461150 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595477 | Bae et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youngsman Bae (Gardena, California); Sohrab Mooasser (Santa Monica, California); Harish Manohara (Arcadia, California); Choonsup Lee (Pasadena, California); Kungsam Bae (Gardena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a device having an anti-reflection surface. The device comprises a silicon substrate with a plurality of silicon spikes formed on the substrate. A first metallic layer is formed on the silicon spikes to form the anti-reflection surface. The device further includes an aperture that extends through the substrate. A second metallic layer is formed on the substrate. The second metallic layer includes a hole that is aligned with the aperture. A spacer is attached with the silicon substrate to provide a gap between an attached sensor apparatus. Therefore, operating as a Micro-sun sensor, light entering the hole passes through the aperture to be sensed by the sensor apparatus. Additionally, light reflected by the sensor apparatus toward the first side of the silicon substrate is absorbed by the first metallic layer and silicon spikes and is thereby prevented from being reflected back toward the sensor apparatus. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/518537 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595841 | Hathaway |
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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) | David H. Hathaway (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of stabilizing a video image displayed in multiple video fields of a video sequence includes the steps of: subdividing a selected area of a first video field into nested pixel blocks; determining horizontal and vertical translation of each of the pixel blocks in each of the pixel block subdivision levels from the first video field to a second video field; and determining translation of the image from the first video field to the second video field by determining a change in magnification of the image from the first video field to the second video field in each of horizontal and vertical directions, and determining shear of the image from the first video field to the second video field in each of the horizontal and vertical directions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/174210 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/607 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596416 | Maluf 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) | David A. Maluf (Mountain View, California); Yuri O. Gawdiak (Silver Spring, Maryland); David G. Bell (Menlo Park, California); Mohana M. Gurram (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for managing a project that includes multiple tasks and a plurality of workers. Input information includes characterizations based upon a human model, a team model and a product model. Periodic reports, such as a monthly report, a task plan report, a budget report and a risk management report, are generated and made available for display or further analysis. An extensible database allows searching for information based upon context and upon content. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/928874 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596589 | Ravinuthula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vishnu V. Ravinuthula (Gainesville, Florida); John G. Harris (Gainesville, Florida); Jose A. B. Fortes (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A time-mode analog computation circuit is provided. The time-mode analog computation circuit includes one or more inputs for receiving one or more temporal input signals. The time-mode analog computation circuit further includes circuitry for performing a mathematical operation based on the one or more temporal input signals. A result of the mathematical operation is expressed in a timing of an output signal generated by the circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/104141 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/819 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07595003 | Maddox |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Environmental Technologies, Inc. (Ellisville, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas L. Maddox (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A contactor apparatus is provided to treat ballast water that has exited a ballast tank before being expelled from a water-borne ship. Within the contactor apparatus, means are provided for supplying a combination of acoustic energy and dissolved ozone. The acoustic energy can be provided at two or more frequencies (e.g., at 16 and 20 kHz). The acoustic energy and dissolved ozone, together, offer a more-effective and more-efficient mode of disinfecting the ballast water before release. |
| FILED | Friday, July 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/547095 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595200 | Bedingham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bedingham (Woodbury, Minnesota); Chad J. Carter (Lake Elmo, Minnesota); Robert A. Harkins (Savage, Minnesota); Michael R. Harms (Mendota Heights, Minnesota); Christopher R. Kokaisel (St. Paul, Minnesota); Diane North (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota); Kenneth B. Wood (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for thermal processing of multiple samples at the same time are disclosed. The assemblies include carriers and sample processing devices with process arrays that include conduits useful in distributing sample materials to a group pf process chambers located in fluid communication with the main conduits. The sample processing devices may include one or more of the following features in various combinations: deformable seals, process chambers connected to the main conduit by feeder conduits exiting the main conduit at offset locations, U-shaped loading chambers, and a combination of melt bonded and adhesively bonded areas. The carriers may be used to apply selective compression to the sample processing devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/497828 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595878 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ChemImage Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew P. Nelson (Harrison City, Pennsylvania); Patrick Treado (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jason Attanucci (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods of assessing one or more geometric properties of a particle of a substance using an infrared spectroscopic property of the substance. The method is useful, for example, for assessing particle sizes and size distributions in mixtures containing both particles of the substance and other materials. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/091126 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596072 | Buechel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dorothea Buechel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dieter Klaus Weller (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania); Edward Charles Gage (Mars, Pennsylvania); William Albert Challener (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Christophe Daniel Mihalcea (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises a slider having an air bearing surface, a first waveguide for directing electromagnetic radiation to a focal point adjacent to the air bearing surface, a storage medium position adjacent to the air bearing surface, a detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation reflected from the storage medium, and a structure positioned adjacent to the focal point for collecting the reflected electromagnetic radiation and for transmitted the reflected electromagnetic radiation toward the detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/021876 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic information storage or retrieval 369/112.270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596165 | Johnson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Finisar Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph H. Johnson (Plano, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) that has relatively low light absorption, relatively low electrical resistance, and/or relatively good thermal conductivity. The DBR may include a first mirror layer and a second mirror layer, with an interface therebetween. A step transition is provided in the aluminum concentration and in the doping concentration at or near the interface between the first mirror layer and the second mirror layer. To reduce optical absorption, the interface between the first and second mirror layers may be positioned at or near a null in the optical electric field within the DBR. A graded junction may also be provided. The graded junction may be more lightly doped, have a graded aluminum concentration, and may be placed at or near a peak in the optical electric field. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/091656 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07596803 | Barto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Barto (Austin, Texas); Nils Bertelsen (Boynton Beach, Florida); Yiwei Li (Austin, Texas); David Richardson (Austin, Texas); Robert Russin (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for generating security rules for implementation by a rule interpretation engine to define accessibility to one or more aspects of an Enterprise System is described. The method and system allow a security officer to graphically indicate an operation to be affected by the security rule being defined; a specific aspect of the system affected by the rule; a security regulation to be implemented by the rule; and an access type to be permitted by the rule. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/924664 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07594813 | Lang et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Brien R. Lang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Roman Gr. Maev (Windsor, Ontario, Canada); Andrei Ptchelintsev (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for determining the preload in a dental implant system. The preload is determined by transmitting a sonic impulse, which is preferably an ultrasonic impulse, at a predetermined frequency to the head of the implant screw through a transducer, which may be incorporated into the head of the screw, the head of a wand which generates the sonic impulse, or the transducer and pulse-generating instrumentation may be incorporated into a torque generating instrument used to tighten the screw. The preload is determined by measuring the delay between the first and second reflections through the preloaded screw to determine a preload value and comparing that value with a pre-established baseline value for the screw, and comparing the difference with a predetermined table of values to determine the preload on the screw. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/653025 |
| ART UNIT | 3732 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Dentistry 433/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595300 | Shaw et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kosan Biosciences Incorporated (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon James Shaw (San Francisco, California); Gary W Ashley (Alameda, California); Mark A. Burlingame (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | 15-fluoroketolides of the formula having improved activity and safety, compositions comprising them, and methods for their preparation and use in the treatment of bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/636206 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of State (DOS)
| US 07595679 | Popovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail Popovich (Rochester, New York); Eby G. Friedman (Rochester, New York); Radu M. Secareanu (Phoenix, Arizona); Olin L. Hartin (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system-on-chip or other circuit has an on-chip noise-free ground which is added to divert ground noise from the sensitive nodes. An on-chip decoupling capacitor, tuned in resonance with the parasitic inductance of the interconnects, can be provided to add an additional low impedance ground path. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/402252 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/384 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07595023 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida); Aerovironment, Inc. (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Michael S. Freund (Winnipeg, Canada); Shawn S. Briglin (Chittenango, New York); Phillip Tokumaru (Moorpark, California); Charles R. Martin (Gainesville, Florida); David Mitchell (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor arrays and sensor array systems for detecting analytes in fluids. Sensors configured to generate a response upon introduction of a fluid containing one or more analytes can be located on one or more surfaces relative to one or more fluid channels in an array. Fluid channels can take the form of pores or holes in a substrate material. Fluid channels can be formed between one or more substrate plates. Sensor can be fabricated with substantially optimized sensor volumes to generate a response having a substantially maximized signal to noise ratio upon introduction of a fluid containing one or more target analytes. Methods of fabricating and using such sensor arrays and systems are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/490732 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07595154 | Heinrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts); Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Heinrich (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Christopher C. Corless (Portland, Oregon); Jonathan A. Fletcher (Brookline, Massachusetts); George D. Demetri (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides tyrosine kinase protein and nucleic acid variants, particularly PDGFRA variants, which are activating forms of these molecules and are linked to neoplasms and/or the development or progression of cancer. The disclosure further provides methods of diagnosis and prognosis, and development of new therapeutic agents using these molecules and fragments thereof, and kits for employing these methods and compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/517905 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07594802 | Gray, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A pump/motor includes a back plate having first and second fluid ports configured to be differentially pressurized, first and second reaction plates rigidly coupled to the back plate, and a valve plate slideably coupled to the back plate and having first and second fluid feed channels configured to receive fluid from the first and second fluid ports. A plurality of hold-down pistons is positioned in respective hold-down cylinders formed in the valve plate. Each of the hold-down pistons is configured to be biased, by pressurized fluid in the respective hold-down cylinder, against a surface of one of the reaction plates. A barrel, having a plurality of drive cylinders, is rotatably coupled to the valve plate. Drive pistons positioned in the drive cylinders are biased against a thrust plate by pressurized fluid in the drive cylinders. The thrust plate is coupled to an output shaft of the pump/motor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/828971 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/269 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
| US 07594600 | Mueller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia); Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio); Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Dallas, Texas); Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall Lee Mueller (Kansas City, Missouri); Thomas Edwin Schaadt (Westerville, Ohio); V. Srinivas Nori (Norcross, Georgia); Steven Q. Purser (Plano, Texas); Pablo Gonzalez (Forney, Texas); Bruce D. Herring (Smithville, Missouri); James A. Blake (Brunswick, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Accommodating the data needed to process checks for payment under the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act by using expanded fields of a financial data file. The financial data file can comprise the complete, original MICR data from an original or substitute paper check. The financial data file can comprise truncated data in conventional fields F1-F7 and untruncated data in expanded fields F10-F11. The financial data file further can comprise a result from an image quality analysis performed on an electronic image of the check. The untruncated MICR data and the electronic check image can be used to correct errors in the financial data file and to present the check for payment via a substitute check or an electronic image cash letter. The truncated MICR data can be used to electronically process the check via conventional means. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/362343 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07595221 | Fitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Fitz (Baltimore, Maryland); Harris Turk (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a device using a sacrificial layer by selecting a substrate; forming a first step on the substrate, where the first step is formed from a second material; depositing a sacrificial layer along the first step and the substrate; depositing a second step on a portion of the sacrificial layer; depositing a second layer on each of a portion of the substrate, sacrificial layer and second step that shares a common resistance to removal by a same agent as the substrate, the first step and the second step; removing the second step; removing a portion of the sacrificial layer such that a gap is created between the second layer and the first step, wherein at least a portion of the sacrificial layer remains such that the second layer adhered to the substrate remains; and processing the substrate beneath the gap. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/148736 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07594986 | Schlenoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph B. Schlenoff (Tallahassee, Florida); Timothy W. Graul (Groton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for capillary zone electrophoresis includes a polyelectrolyte multilayer positioned in a capillary tube for analytical separations of macromolecules. The capillary comprises a passage defined by passage walls comprising fused silica. The polyelectrolyte multilayer is positioned within the passage adjacent the walls, and comprises an organic polyelectrolyte. The passage may further comprise nonporous silica particles coated with a multilayer including a plurality of polyelectrolyte layers. An apparatus includes a power supply having a positive electrode and a negative electrode for generating an electric field therebetween. The apparatus includes a capillary having a passage formed by passage walls and comprising therein a polyelectrolyte multilayer positioned substantially within the passage. The passage has a first end electrically connected to the positive electrode and a second end electrically connected to the negative electrode to thereby generate an electric field through the passage. The apparatus also includes a sensor positioned adjacent the passage for sensing macromolecules. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/874259 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07595346 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); The University of Rochester Medical Center (Rochester, New York); Androscience Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuo-Hsiung Lee (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Li Lin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Charles C-Y Shih (Solana Beach, California); Ching-Yuan Su (San Diego, California); Junko Ishida (Tokyo, Japan); Hironori Ohtsu (Matsubara, Japan); Hui-Kang Wang (San Diego, California); Hideji Itokawa (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Chawnshang Chang (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compounds capable of acting as androgen receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, and methods of use thereof. Such uses include, but are not limited to, use as antitumor agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers such as colon, skin and prostate cancer and to induce androgen receptor antagonist activity in a subject afflicted with an androgen-related affliction. Examples of androgen-related afflictions include, but are not limited to, baldness, hirsutism, behavioral disorders, acne, and uninhibited spermatogenesis wherein inhibition of spermatogenesis is so desired. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/030691 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2009/fedinvent-patents-20090929.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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