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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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| US 07635467 | Sugaya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kiminobu Sugaya (Willow Springs, Illinois); Tingyu Qu (Chicago, Illinois); Ankur V. Vaghani (Chicago, Illinois); Christopher Brannen (Vancouver, Washington); Hojoong M. Kim (Chicago, Illinois); Jose S. Pulido (Brookfield, Wisconsin); Xiajing Dong (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for preparing novel mammalian multipotent stem cells (MSCs), compositions thereof, and methods of preparing and administering the cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/345126 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
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| US 07635476 | Schofield et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren J. Schofield (Oxon, United Kingdom); Suzanne U. Emerson (Kensington, Maryland); Robert Purcell, II (Boyds, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimpanzee monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments including a γ1-chain CDR3 region that bind hepatitis A virus (HAV) antigen are disclosed herein. The antibodies neutralize HAV. Also disclosed are methods for using these antibodies and antigen binding fragments in the detection of hepatitis A virus, the inhibition of infection of a subject with hepatitis A virus, and in screening for agents that affect HAV. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789377 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/141.100 |
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| US 07635477 | Scadden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Scadden (Weston, Massachusetts); Laura M. Calvi (Rochester, New York); Gregor Adams (Boston, Massachusetts); Henry Kronenberg (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for manipulating hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells, mesenchymal stem cells, epithelial stem cells, neural stem cells and related products through activation of the PTH/PTHrP receptor in neighboring cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268971 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
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| US 07635479 | Paterson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yvonne Paterson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); George Raymond Gunn, III (Collegeville, Pennsylvania); Christian Peters (Radnor, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for enhancing the immunogenicity of an antigen via fusion to a non-hemolytic truncated form of listeriolysin or a PEST-like amino acid sequence derived from a prokaryotic organism are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/239703 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
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| US 07635485 | Nabel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Nabel (Washington, District of Columbia); Nancy J. Sullivan (Kensington, Maryland); Thomas W. Geisbert (Harpers Ferry, West Virginia); Peter B. Jahrling (Middletown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to genetic vaccines for stimulating cellular and humoral immune responses in humans and other hosts, and, in particular, relates to recombinant viruses that express heterologous antigens of pathogenic viruses, in single dose form. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/332976 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
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| US 07635486 | Ades et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin W. Ades (Atlanta, Georgia); George M. Carlone (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Barun K. De (Snellville, Georgia); Jacquelyn S. Sampson (College Park, Georgia); Robert C. Huebner (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to recombinant lipidated PsaA proteins and recombinant constructs from which such lipidated PsaA proteins may be expressed. The invention relates further to lipidated PsaA proteins in which lipidation is effected by the use of a heterologous leader sequence derived from the ospA gene of Borrelia burgdorferi, which leader sequence is joined in translational reading frame with the psaA structural gene. The invention also provides methods of preparation of lipidated PsaA proteins and use of such proteins in immunological compositions. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic lipidated PsaA proteins and methods of use of such vaccines in the prevention and treatment of S. pneumoniae infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 14, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/600057 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/200.100 |
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| US 07635569 | Thomas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Jordan Thomas (Dallas, Texas); John F. Hunt (New York, New York); William Christian Wigley (Dallas, Texas); Rhesa D. Stidham (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Many proteins, when produced recombinantly, suffer from improper processing, folding and lack normal solubility. Modified proteins, including those indicative of disease states, also can have such defects. The present invention is directed to methods of identifying proper and improper protein folding, aberrant processing and/or insolubility. The method relies on the use of two components: a specialized fusion protein and structural complementation. The fusion protein contains sequences from the protein of interest and one portion of a marker protein that, by itself, is not active. A host cell then provides the remainder of the marker protein that serves to “complement” the function of the fused marker protein such that their association restores activity, permitting detection. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/617191 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07635572 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Life Technologies Corporation (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fang X. Zhou (New Haven, Connecticut); Barry Schweitzer (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of conducting assays for enzymatic activity on microarrays useful for the large-scale study of protein function, screening assays, and high-throughput analysis of enzymatic reactions. The invention relates to methods of using protein chips to assay the presence, amount, activity and/or function of enzymes present in a protein sample on a protein chip. In particular, the methods of the invention relate to conducting enzymatic assays using a microarray wherein a protein and a substance are immobilized on the surface of a solid support and wherein the protein and the substance are in proximity to each other sufficient for the occurrence of an enzymatic reaction between the substance and the protein. The invention also relates to microarrays that have an enzyme and a substrate immobilized on their surface wherein the enzyme and the substrate are in proximity to each other sufficient for the occurrence of an enzymatic reaction between the enzyme and the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/865431 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/17 |
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| US 07635673 | Costa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Costa (Oak Park, Illinois); Pradip Raychaudhuri (Oak Park, Illinois); I-Ching Wang (Chicago, Illinois); Vladimir Kalinichenko (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Michael Major (Chicago, Illinois); Xinhe Wang (Upper Arlington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for inhibiting tumor cell proliferation by inhibiting FoxM1B activity, expression, or nuclear localization in a tumor cell. The invention also provides methods for preventing tumor progression in an animal comprising inhibiting FoxM1B activity, expression, or nuclear localization. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for inhibiting tumor cell growth in an animal comprising inhibiting FoxM1B activity, expression, or nuclear localization in tumor cells in the animal. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/809144 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07635682 | Denmeade et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genspera, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel R. Denmeade (Ellicot City, Maryland); John T. Isaacs (Pheonix, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides compositions comprising a prodrug, the prodrug comprising a therapeutically active drug; and a peptide selected from the group consisting of the sequences: Ser-Ser-Lys-Tyr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:1);Gly-Lys-Ser-Gln-Tyr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:2); and Gly-Ser-Ala-Lys-Tyr-Gln (SEQ ID NO:3) wherein the peptide is linked to the therapeutically active drug to inhibit the therapeutic activity of the drug, and wherein the therapeutically active drug is cleaved from the peptide upon proteolysis by an enzyme having a proteolytic activity of prostate specific antigen (PSA). The invention further provides methods of making and using the claimed compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/328491 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17 |
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| US 07635688 | Nabel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Nabel (Washington, District of Columbia); Zhi-yong Yang (Potomac, Maryland); Nancy Sullivan (Kensington, Maryland); Anthony Sanchez (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to viral vaccines and, more particularly, to filovirus vaccines and methods of eliciting an immune response against a filovirus or disease caused by infection with filovirus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/491121 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07635690 | Schinazi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond F. Schinazi (Decatur, Georgia); Jennifer L. Hammond (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John W. Mellors (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dennis C. Liotta (McDonough, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a method for treating HIV that includes administering β-D-D4FC or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug to a human in need of therapy in combination or alternation with a drug that induces a mutation in HIV-1 at a location other than the 70(K to N), 90 or the 172 codons of the reverse transcriptase region. Also disclosed is a method for using β-D-D4FC as “salvage therapy” to patients which exhibit drug resistance to other anti-HIV agents. β-D-D4FC can be used generally as salvage therapy for any patient which exhibits resistance to a drug that induces a mutation at other than the 70(K to N), 90 or the 172 codons. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/542044 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/45 |
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| US 07635712 | Fenical et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Fenical (Del Mar, California); Paul Jensen (San Diego, California); Tracy Mincer (San Diego, California); Robert H. R. Feling (Wiesbaden, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based on the discovery that certain fermentation products of the marine actinomycete strains CNB392 and CNB476 are effective inhibitors of hyperproliferative mammalian cells. The CNB392 and CNB476 strains lie within the family Micromonosporaceae, and the generic epithet Salinospora has been proposed for this obligate marine group. The reaction products produced by this strain are classified as salinosporamides, and are particularly advantageous in treating neoplastic disorders due to their low molecular weight, low IC50 values, high pharmaceutical potency, and selectivity for cancer cells over fungi. |
| FILED | Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/705694 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/421 |
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| US 07635734 | Alferiev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Alferiev (Clementon, New Jersey); Ilia Fishbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael Chorny (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Benjamin Yellen (Durham, Pennsylvania); Darryl Williams (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A water-soluble photo-activatable polymer including: a photo-activatable group adapted to be activated by an irradiation source and to form a covalent bond between the water-soluble photo-activatable polymer and a matrix having at least one carbon; a reactive group adapted to covalently react with a biomaterial for subsequent delivery of the biomaterial to a cell; a hydrophilic group; and a polymer precursor. A composition including a monomolecular layer of the water-soluble photo-activatable polymer and a matrix having at least one carbon, wherein the monomolecular layer is covalently attached to the matrix by a covalent bond between the photo-activatable group and the at least one carbon. The composition further includes a biomaterial having a plurality of active groups, wherein the biomaterial is covalently attached to the monomolecular layer by covalent bonding between the active groups and reactive groups. Also provided is a method for delivery of a biomaterial to a cell. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250877 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/54.100 |
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| US 07635737 | Shull et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth R. Shull (Evanston, Illinois); Murat Guvendiren (Evanston, Illinois); Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Bruce P. Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing an acrylic block copolymer comprising hydrophobic poly (lower alkyl methoacrylate), hydrophilic poly (lower alkyl methacrylic acid), and hydrophobic poly (lower alkyl methacrylate). |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/395126 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/242 |
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| US 07635750 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); J. David Warren (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for preparing polyfunctionalized peptides and/or proteins at non-adjacent designated sites via native chemical ligation. In certain embodiments, the inventive method is a method for preparing a polyfunctionalized peptide comprising a peptidic backbone made up of four or more amino acids, wherein two or more non-adjacent amino acids are independently subsituted with a moiety having the structure: wherein A and L1 are as defined herein. In certain other embodiments, the inventive method allows the preparation of polyfunctionalized peptides having the general structure: wherein A, RP0, RP1, PX1, RX2, L1, to, s, t and q are as defined herein. |
| FILED | Friday, September 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/570556 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/322 |
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| US 07635753 | McNeel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas G. McNeel (Madison, Wisconsin); Edward J. Dunphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Jason A. Dubovsky (Tampa, Florida); Luke H. Hoeppner (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for identifying a human subject as a candidate for further prostate cancer or melanoma examination are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for determining whether an immune therapy has elicited a tumor-specific immune response in a prostate cancer or melanoma patient. Further disclosed are kits that can be used to practice the above methods. Methods for identifying candidate compounds for further testing as preventive or therapeutic agents for melanoma are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/033229 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07635755 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Ung-Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); Jaehyung Park (Decatur, Georgia); Hyoung-Joon Jin (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for concentrated aqueous silk fibroin solutions and an all-aqueous mode for preparation of concentrated aqueous fibroin solutions that avoids the use of organic solvents, direct additives, or harsh chemicals. The invention further provides for the use of these solutions in production of materials, e.g., fibers, films, foams, meshes, scaffolds and hydrogels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/247358 |
| 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 530/353 |
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| US 07635757 | Freeman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon Freeman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Vassiliki Boussiotis (Brookline, Massachusetts); Tatyana Chernova (Brighton, Massachusetts); Nelly Malenkovich (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated B7-4 nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel B7-4 polypeptides. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing B7-4 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a B7-4 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated B7-4 proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-B7-4 antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/340429 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
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| US 07635763 | Lollar |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Expression Therapeutics, LLC. (Marietta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Lollar (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided that allow for high-level expression of a factor VIII polypeptide. More specifically, methods and compositions are provided comprising nucleic acid and amino acid sequences comprising a modified factor VIII that result in high-level expression of the polypeptide. The methods and compositions of the invention find use in the treatment of factor VIII deficiency including, for example, hemophilia A. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/813507 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07635766 | Villafuerte |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Betty C. Villafuerte (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the novel protein Insulin-Responsive DNA Binding Protein-1 (IRDBP-1) and nucleotide sequences that encode it. IRDBP-1 binds to nucleic acid regions of genes that respond when cells are exposed to insulin. IRDBP-1 regulates genes important in mediating the insulin response in mammals and in regulating conditions such as diabetes, obesity, insulin-resistant syndrome and cell proliferative disorders. The present invention provides nucleic acids useful as probes for detecting nucleic acids encoding regions of the IRDBP-1 protein. Within the scope of the present invention are recombinant cells, tissues and animals containing non-naturally occurring recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding IRDBP-1, including expression vectors, antibodies specific for IRDBP-1, assays for IRDBP-1 polypeptide, and methods relating to all of the foregoing, the development of therapeutic and diagnostic agents that mimic, facilitate or inhibit the action of IRDBP-1, and/or are based on relationships to the structure and action of IRDBP-1. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/008962 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07635262 | Chou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Y. Chou (Princeton, New Jersey); Hua Tan (Princeton, New Jersey); Wei Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved apparatus for imprint lithography involves using direct fluid pressure to press a mold into a substrate-supported film. Advantageously the mold and/or substrate are sufficiently flexible to provide wide area contact under the fluid pressure. Fluid pressing can be accomplished by sealing the mold against the film and disposing the resulting assembly in a pressurized chamber. The result of this fluid pressing is enhanced resolution and high uniformity over an enlarged area. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/637838 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/385 |
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| US 07635266 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Allen Brown (Bloomington, Indiana); John Felix Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotary electrical contact device includes a stationary member configured to be coupled to a base, and a rotatable member supported for rotation relative to the stationary member and defining a center opening. A raceway includes a plurality of axially spaced annular contact rings supported by one of the stationary member and the rotatable member. A blade tower includes a plurality of axially spaced blade assemblies and is supported by the other of the rotatable member and the stationary member. Each blade assembly includes a radially extending contact blade in electrical communication with one of the axial spaced contact rings of the raceway. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/334070 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/25 |
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| US 07635445 | Choi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byung-Jin Choi (Austin, Texas); Anshuman Cherala (Austin, Texas); Yeong-jun Choi (Cedar Park, Texas); Mario J. Meissl (Austin, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Norman E. Schumaker (Austin, Texas); Xiaoming Lu (Austin, Texas); Ian M. McMackin (Austin, Texas); Daniel A. Babbs (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards a method of separating a mold, included in a template, from a layer disposed on a substrate, the method including, inter alia, applying a separation force to the template to separate the template from the layer; and facilitating localized deformation in the substrate to reduce the separation force required to achieve separation. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/108208 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/313 |
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| US 07635458 | Hung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng-Hung Hung (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Noel R. Vanier (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The production of ultrafine boron carbide powders from liquid boron-containing precursors and/or liquid carbon-containing precursors is disclosed. The liquid precursors are fed together or separately to a plasma system where the precursor materials react to form boron carbide in the form of ultrafine particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/468424 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635461 | Anderson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott L. Anderson (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite combustion catalyst particles are described and disclosed. A metal core of a combustible metal can be coated with a metal oxide coating. Additionally, a catalyst coating can at least partially surround the metal oxide coating to form a composite catalyst particle. The composite catalyst particles can be dispersed in a variety of fuels such as propulsion fuels and the like to form an enhanced fuel. During initial stages of combustion, the catalyst coating acts to increase combustion of the fuel. As combustion proceeds, the metal core heats sufficiently to disturb the metal oxide coating. The metal core then combusts in highly exothermic reactions with an oxidizer and the catalyst coating to provide improved energy densities to the enhanced fuel. Enhanced fuels using these composite combustion catalyst particles can exhibit decreased ignition delay times and increased energy densities sufficient for use in high performance propulsion applications such as pulse detonation engines, scramjets, and ramjets. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/862829 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/579 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635515 | Sherman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Powdermet, Inc (Euclid, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Sherman (Cirtland Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A heterogeneous body having ceramic rich cermet regions in a more ductile metal matrix. The heterogeneous bodies are formed by thermal spray operations on metal substrates. The thermal spray operations apply heat to a cermet powder and project it onto a solid substrate. The cermet powder is composed of complex composite particles in which a complex ceramic-metallic core particle is coated with a matrix precursor. The cermet regions are generally comprised of complex ceramic-metallic composites that correspond approximately to the core particles. The cermet regions are approximately lenticular shaped with an average width that is at least approximately twice the average thickness. The cermet regions are imbedded within the matrix phase and generally isolated from one another. They have obverse and reverse surfaces. The matrix phase is formed from the matrix precursor coating on the core particles. The amount of heat applied during the formation of the heterogeneous body is controlled so that the core particles soften but do not become so fluid that they disperse throughout the matrix phase. The force of the impact on the surface of the substrate tends to flatten them. The flattened cermet regions tend to be approximately aligned with one another in the body. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/099857 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635531 | Carreiro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis G. Carreiro (Westport, Massachusetts); A. Alan Burke (Middletown, Rhode Island); Steven P. Tucker (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A power source for an unmanned undersea vehicle with increased energy density is described that employs a self-contained fuel system to address carbon dioxide evolution. A solid oxide fuel cell serves as the power source in the self-contained fuel system. In combination with the solid oxide fuel cell, the system comprises a chemical composite that is combined with water to create both a hydrocarbon fuel for the solid oxide fuel cell and a water-soluble byproduct. The byproduct is then combined with the carbon dioxide gas generated by the fuel cell to create a storable solid precipitate. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/208125 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635693 | Dou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Q. Ping Dou (Tampa, Florida); Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); David M. Smith (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns N-thiolated β-lactam compounds of formula A, wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1-8 carbon atoms; R3 is an organothio group; and R4 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, or heterocycloalkenyl, and analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and amides thereof. The subject invention also concerns methods for inducing tumor cell death or inhibiting tumor cell proliferation, and methods for inducing DNA damage, inhibiting DNA replication, activating p38 MAP kinase, or activating caspase cascade activation, or releasing cytochrome C from mitochondria into the cytoplasm in a tumor cell. Methods for treating cancer using N-thiolated β-lactam compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are further disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/374814 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/210.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635755 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Ung-Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); Jaehyung Park (Decatur, Georgia); Hyoung-Joon Jin (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for concentrated aqueous silk fibroin solutions and an all-aqueous mode for preparation of concentrated aqueous fibroin solutions that avoids the use of organic solvents, direct additives, or harsh chemicals. The invention further provides for the use of these solutions in production of materials, e.g., fibers, films, foams, meshes, scaffolds and hydrogels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/247358 |
| 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 530/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635879 | Boos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Bradley Boos (Springfield, Virginia); Brian R. Bennett (Arlington, Virginia); Paul Campbell (Alexandria, Virginia); Richard Magno (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to heterojunction bipolar transistors containing a semiconductor substrate, a buffer layer of an antimony-based material deposited on the substrate, a sub-collector layer of an antimony-based material deposited on the buffer layer, a collector layer of an antimony-based material deposited on the sub-collector layer, a base layer of an antimony-based material deposited on the collector layer, an emitter layer of an antimony-based material deposited on the base layer, and a cap layer of an antimony-based material deposited on the emitter layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239438 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635903 | Mancoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Everspin Technologies, Inc. (Chandler, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick B. Mancoff (Tempe, Arizona); Bradley N. Engel (Chandler, Arizona); Nicholas D. Rizzo (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An oscillator includes at least one of: (i) a parallel array of resistors (420, 421, 422, 701, 801, 901, 902) or magnetoresistive contacts to a magnetoresistive film (120, 320); and (ii) a series array of resistors (620, 621, 702, 902) or magnetoresistive contacts to individualized areas of at least one magnetoresistive film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/225973 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07636154 | LaValley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard N. LaValley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert Almassy (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A detection system and method are provided having vehicle-mounted and manportable mobile surveillance capabilities with minimal equipment redundancy. The system comprises a vehicle-mounted sensor unit, a hand-held unit, a manportable unit and a vehicle-mounted air collector unit. The vehicle-mounted sensor unit comprises a spectroscopy subsystem that is configured to direct light onto a surface outside the vehicle and to capture scattered optical energy from the surface outside the vehicle while the vehicle is moving. The hand-held unit may be removably mounted to the air collector unit to interrogate airborne particles in collected air. The hand-held unit is removable from the air collector unit and is connected to the manportable unit by a cable so as to form an integrated portable detection system for mobile surveillance away from the vehicle by a user. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/614676 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07636361 | Ebergen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jo C. Ebergen (San Francisco, California); Justin M. Schauer (Palo Alto, California); Robert D. Hopkins (Hayward, California); Ivan E. Sutherland (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that asynchronously controls sending data items from a sender to a receiver. This system includes a set of sending FIFOs, a set of receiving FIFOs, as well as a shared data path between the sender and the receiver. The system also includes a set of control paths that operate in parallel between the sender and the receiver, wherein a given control path controls the transmission of data items between a corresponding sending FIFO and a corresponding receiving FIFO through the shared data path. The system further includes a round-robin scheduling mechanism which activates one control path at a time in a predetermined sequence. An activated control path asynchronously controls the sending of a data item from a corresponding sending FIFO to a corresponding receiving FIFO. By operating the control paths in parallel in the predetermined sequence, the system does not have to wait a request-acknowledge cycle time between the sender and the receiver before sending consecutive data items through the shared data path, but can instead send multiple data items through the shared data path within a single request-acknowledge cycle time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/242113 |
| ART UNIT | 2416 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/395.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07636522 | Nagarajan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infinera Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan (Cupertino, California); Fred A. Kish, Jr. (Palo Alto, California); David F. Welch (Menlo Park, California); Drew D. Perkins (Saratoga, California); Masaki Kato (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A coolerless photonic integrated circuit (PIC), such as a semiconductor electro-absorption modulator/laser (EML) or a coolerless optical transmitter photonic integrated circuit (TxPIC), may be operated over a wide temperature range at temperatures higher then room temperature without the need for ambient cooling or hermetic packaging. Since there is large scale integration of N optical transmission signal WDM channels on a TxPIC chip, a new DWDM system approach with novel sensing schemes and adaptive algorithms provides intelligent control of the PIC to optimize its performance and to allow optical transmitter and receiver modules in DWDM systems to operate uncooled. Moreover, the wavelength grid of the on-chip channel laser sources may thermally float within a WDM wavelength band where the individual emission wavelengths of the laser sources are not fixed to wavelength peaks along a standardized wavelength grid but rather may move about with changes in ambient temperature. However, control is maintained such that the channel spectral spacing between channels across multiple signal channels, whether such spacing is periodic or aperiodic, between adjacent laser sources in the thermally floating wavelength grid are maintained in a fixed relationship. Means are then provided at an optical receiver to discover and lock onto floating wavelength grid of transmitted WDM signals and thereafter demultiplex the transmitted WDM signals for OE conversion. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/106875 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07636659 | Athineos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marios Athineos (New York, New York); Daniel P. W. Ellis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, computer implemented methods and systems are provided for representing and modeling the temporal structure of audio signals. In response to receiving a signal, a time-to-frequency domain transformation on at least a portion of the received signal to generate a frequency domain representation is performed. The time-to-frequency domain transformation converts the signal from a time domain representation to the frequency domain representation. A frequency domain linear prediction (FDLP) is performed on the frequency domain representation to estimate a temporal envelope of the frequency domain representation. Based on the temporal envelope, one or more speech features are generated. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/090728 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07634959 | Frickey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Frickey (Rigby, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A firearm fire control assembly for disposition in a forwardly placed support-hand operative relationship within a firearm having a combination of a firing pin and a firearm hammer adapted to engage and fire a cartridge, a sear assembly to alternately engage and disengage the combination of the firearm hammer and firing pin, and a trigger assembly including a movable trigger mechanism that is operable to engage the sear assembly to cause the firearm hammer firing pin combination to fire the firearm, a fire control assembly including a fire control depression member and a fire control rod operably connected to the depression member, and being positioned in a forward disposition disposed within a forestock of the firearm, and the depression member adapted to be operably engaged and depressed by the user's conventional forwardly placed support hand to maneuver the fire control rod to provide firing control of the firing of the firearm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/937219 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635023 | Goldberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Goldberg (Houston, Texas); Arthur Herman Hale (Houston, Texas); David Scott Miller (Katy, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation may include providing heat to a first hydrocarbon layer in the formation from a first heater located in an opening in the formation. The opening and the first heater may have a horizontal or inclined portion located in the first hydrocarbon layer and at least one connecting portion extending between the horizontal or inclined portion and the surface. Isolation material is placed in the opening such that the isolation material partially isolates the layer in which the horizontal or inclined portion of the first heater is located. An additional horizontal or inclined opening portion that extends from at least one of the connecting portions of the opening is formed in a second hydrocarbon layer. A second heater to provide heat the second hydrocarbon formation is placed in the additional substantially horizontal opening portion. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788859 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635024 | Karanikas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Karanikas (Houston, Texas); Tulio Rafael Colmenares (Houston, Texas); Etuan Zhang (Houston, Texas); Marian Marino (Houston, Texas); Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes (Houston, Texas); Robert Charles Ryan (Houston, Texas); Gary Lee Beer (Houston, Texas); Robert James Dombrowski (Houston, Texas); Namit Jaiswal (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating a tar sands formation are described herein. Methods may include heating at least a section of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from a plurality of heaters located in the formation. The heat may be controlled so that at least a majority of the section reaches an average temperature of between 200° C. and 240° C., which results in visbreaking of at least some hydrocarbons in the section. At least some visbroken hydrocarbon fluids may be produced from the formation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/975676 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635025 | Vinegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); Thomas David Fowler (Houston, Texas); John Michael Karanikas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation includes a steam and electricity cogeneration facility. At least one injection well is located in a first portion of the formation. The injection well provides steam from the steam and electricity cogeneration facility to the first portion of the formation. At least one production well is located in the first portion of the formation. The production well in the first portion produces first hydrocarbons. At least one electrical heater is located in a second portion of the formation. At least one of the electrical heaters is powered by electricity from the steam and electricity cogeneration facility. At least one production well is located in the second portion of the formation. The production well in the second portion produces second hydrocarbons. The steam and electricity cogeneration facility uses the first hydrocarbons and/or the second hydrocarbons to generate electricity. |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584802 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/272.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635515 | Sherman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Powdermet, Inc (Euclid, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Sherman (Cirtland Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A heterogeneous body having ceramic rich cermet regions in a more ductile metal matrix. The heterogeneous bodies are formed by thermal spray operations on metal substrates. The thermal spray operations apply heat to a cermet powder and project it onto a solid substrate. The cermet powder is composed of complex composite particles in which a complex ceramic-metallic core particle is coated with a matrix precursor. The cermet regions are generally comprised of complex ceramic-metallic composites that correspond approximately to the core particles. The cermet regions are approximately lenticular shaped with an average width that is at least approximately twice the average thickness. The cermet regions are imbedded within the matrix phase and generally isolated from one another. They have obverse and reverse surfaces. The matrix phase is formed from the matrix precursor coating on the core particles. The amount of heat applied during the formation of the heterogeneous body is controlled so that the core particles soften but do not become so fluid that they disperse throughout the matrix phase. The force of the impact on the surface of the substrate tends to flatten them. The flattened cermet regions tend to be approximately aligned with one another in the body. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/099857 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635534 | Shore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BASF Catalysts LLC (Florham Park, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Shore (Edison, New Jersey); Ramail Matlin (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The membrane electrode assemblies of fuel cells are recycled to recover the catalyst precious metals from the assemblies. The assemblies are cryogenically embrittled and pulverized to form a powder. The pulverized assemblies are then mixed with a surfactant to form a paste which is contacted with an acid solution to leach precious metals from the pulverized membranes. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/844723 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635536 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois); Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An activated electrode for a non-aqueous electrochemical cell is disclosed with a precursor thereof a lithium metal oxide with the formula xLi2MnO3.(1−x)LiMn2−yMyO4 for 0.5<x<1.0 such that the spinel component constitutes less than 50 mole % of the precursor electrode and 0≦y<1 in which the Li2MnO3 and LiMn2-yMyO4 components have layered and spinel-type structures, respectively, and in which M is one or more metal cations. The electrode is activated by removing lithia, or lithium and lithia, from the precursor. A cell and battery are also disclosed incorporating the disclosed positive electrode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/204512 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635593 | Muzio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fossil Energy Research Corp. (FERCO) (Laguna Hills, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence J. Muzio (Laguna Niguel, California); Randall A. Smith (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Localized catalyst activity in an SCR unit for controlling emissions from a boiler, power plant, or any facility that generates NOx-containing flue gases is monitored by one or more modules that operate on-line without disrupting the normal operation of the facility. Each module is positioned over a designated lateral area of one of the catalyst beds in the SCR unit, and supplies ammonia, urea, or other suitable reductant to the catalyst in the designated area at a rate that produces an excess of the reductant over NOx on a molar basis through the designated area. Sampling probes upstream and downstream of the designated area draw samples of the gas stream for NOx analysis, and the catalyst activity is determined from the difference in NOx levels between the two probes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/112667 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635792 | Cella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Anthony Cella (Clifton Park, New York); Joseph John Shiang (Niskayuna, New York); Elliott West Shanklin (Altamont, New York); Paul Michael Smigelski (Scotia, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Polyfluorene polymers and copolymers having substantial amounts (10-100%) of fluorenes coupled at the 2 and 5 positions of fluorene are useful as active layers in OLED devices where triplet energies >2.10 eV are required. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250807 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 570/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635942 | Deason et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vance A. Deason (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kenneth L. Telschow (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor apparatus and method for detecting an environmental factor is shown that includes an acoustic device that has a characteristic resonant vibrational frequency and mode pattern when exposed to a source of acoustic energy and, further, when exposed to an environmental factor, produces a different resonant vibrational frequency and/or mode pattern when exposed to the same source of acoustic energy. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/130853 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07636730 | Sanfilippo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Research (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Sanfilippo (Richland, Washington); Augustin J. Calapristi (West Richland, Washington); Vernon L. Crow (Richland, Washington); Elizabeth G. Hetzler (Kennewick, Washington); Alan E. Turner (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Document clustering methods, document cluster label disambiguation methods, document clustering apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described. In one aspect, a document clustering method includes providing a document set comprising a plurality of documents, providing a cluster comprising a subset of the documents of the document set, using a plurality of terms of the documents, providing a cluster label indicative of subject matter content of the documents of the cluster, wherein the cluster label comprises a plurality of word senses, and selecting one of the word senses of the cluster label. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/118156 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07634913 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anant Pal Singh (Cincinnati, Ohio); Terry Eugene Viel (Hamilton, Ohio); Malcolm John Ashby (Hamilton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for predicting bearing failure of a differential bearing including an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements positioned between the inner and outer race. The method includes coupling a strain gage to the differential bearing, generating a bearing performance model, receiving a signal from the strain gage, and comparing the strain gage signal to the bearing performance model to predict a differential bearing failure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/093642 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07634989 | Ignatiev |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Ignatiev (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A rock pulverizer device based on a superconducting linear motor. The superconducting electromagnetic rock pulverizer accelerates a projectile via a superconducting linear motor and directs the projectile at high speed toward a rock structure that is to be pulverized by collision of the speeding projectile with the rock structure. The rock pulverizer is comprised of a trapped field superconducting secondary magnet mounted on a movable car following a track, a wire wound series of primary magnets mounted on the track, and the complete magnet/track system mounted on a vehicle used for movement of the pulverizer through a mine as well as for momentum transfer during launch of the rock breaking projectile. |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/445916 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical guns and projectors 124/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635420 | Li 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) | Jun Li (Sunnyvale, California); Alan M. Cassell (Campbell, California); Prabhu U. Arumugam (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for concentrating or partly separating particles of a selected species from a liquid or fluid containing these particles and flowing in a channel, and for determining if the selected species particle is present in the liquid or fluid. A time varying electrical field E, having a root-mean-square intensity E2rms with a non-zero gradient in a direction transverse to the liquid or fluid flow direction, is produced by a nanostructure electrode array, with a very high magnitude gradient near exposed electrode tips. A dielectrophoresis force causes the selected particles to accumulate near the electrode tips, if the medium and selected particles have substantially different dielectric constants. An insulating material surrounds most of each of the nanostructure electrodes, and a region of the insulating material surface is functionalized to promote attachment of the selected species particles to the surface. An electrical property value Z(meas) is measured at the functionalized surface and is compared with a reference value Z(ref) to determine if the selected species particles are attached to the functionalized surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645267 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635832 | Dean |
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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) | Bruce H. Dean (New Market, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of recovering unknown aberrations in an optical system includes collecting intensity data produced by the optical system, generating an initial estimate of a phase of the optical system, iteratively performing a phase retrieval on the intensity data to generate a phase estimate using an initial diversity function corresponding to the intensity data, generating a phase map from the phase retrieval phase estimate, decomposing the phase map to generate a decomposition vector, generating an updated diversity function by combining the initial diversity function with the decomposition vector, generating an updated estimate of the phase of the optical system by removing the initial diversity function from the phase map. The method may further include repeating the process beginning with iteratively performing a phase retrieval on the intensity data using the updated estimate of the phase of the optical system in place of the initial estimate of the phase of the optical system, and using the updated diversity function in place of the initial diversity function, until a predetermined convergence is achieved. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/469105 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07635076 | Duckham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indium Corporation of America (Clinton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Duckham (Baltimore, Maryland); Jesse E. Newson (Cockeysville, Maryland); Michael V. Brown (Timonium, Maryland); Timothy Ryan Rude (Baltimore, Maryland); Omar M. Knio (Timonium, Maryland); Ellen M. Heian (Cockeysville, Maryland); Jai S. Subramanian (Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for joining component bodies of material over bonding regions of large dimensions by disposing a plurality of substantially contiguous sheets of reactive composite materials between the bodies and adjacent sheets of fusible material. The contiguous sheets of the reactive composite material are operatively connected by an ignitable bridging material so that an igniting reaction in one sheet will cause an igniting reaction in the other. An application of uniform pressure and an ignition of one or more of the contiguous sheets of reactive composite material causes an exothermic thermal reaction to propagate through the bonding region, fusing any adjacent sheets of fusible material and forming a bond between the component bodies. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/029256 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635578 | Ju et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Zengmin Li (New York, New York); John Robert Edwards (New York, New York); Yasuhiro Itagaki (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894808 |
| 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 435/91.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635737 | Shull et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth R. Shull (Evanston, Illinois); Murat Guvendiren (Evanston, Illinois); Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Bruce P. Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing an acrylic block copolymer comprising hydrophobic poly (lower alkyl methoacrylate), hydrophilic poly (lower alkyl methacrylic acid), and hydrophobic poly (lower alkyl methacrylate). |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/395126 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635755 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Ung-Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea); Jaehyung Park (Decatur, Georgia); Hyoung-Joon Jin (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for concentrated aqueous silk fibroin solutions and an all-aqueous mode for preparation of concentrated aqueous fibroin solutions that avoids the use of organic solvents, direct additives, or harsh chemicals. The invention further provides for the use of these solutions in production of materials, e.g., fibers, films, foams, meshes, scaffolds and hydrogels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/247358 |
| 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 530/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07635263 | Cherala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anshuman Cherala (Austin, Texas); Byung-Jin Choi (Austin, Texas); Pankaj B. Lad (DeSoto, Texas); Steven C. Shackleton (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards a chucking system to hold a substrate, said system including, inter alia, a chuck body having first and second opposed sides, said first side including an array of fluid chambers arranged in rows and columns, said fluid chambers each comprising first and second spaced-apart recesses defining first and second spaced-apart support regions, with said first support region cincturing said second support region and said first and second recesses, and said second support region cincturing said second recess, with said substrate resting against said first and second support regions, with said first recess and a portion of said substrate in superimposition therewith defining a first chamber and said second recess and a portion of said substrate in superimposition therewith defining a second chamber, with each column of said first chambers and each row of said second chambers being in fluid communication with a differing source of fluid to control a flow of fluid in said array of fluid chambers. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/690480 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635739 | Allen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Tait Allen (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Brian Leslie Goodall (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Lester Howard McIntosh, III (Green Lane, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Copolymers and terpolymers containing acyclic aliphatic olefin derived units and polar monomer derived units are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making such copolymers and terpolymers using late transition metal catalyst complexes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/457982 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635741 | Niu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies Inc. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Q. Jason Niu (Midland, Michigan); Robert E. Hefner, Jr. (Lake Jackson, Texas); James P. Godschalx (Midland, Michigan); James T. Pechacek (Indianapolis, Indiana); Kim E. Arndt (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is a monomer comprising at least two dienophile groups and at least two ring structures which ring structures are characterized by the presence of two conjugated carbon-to-carbon double bonds and the presence of a leaving group L, wherein L is characterized that when the ring structure reacts with a dienophile in the presence of heat or other energy sources, L is removed to form an aromatic ring structure. This invention is also curable oligomers and polymers and highly cross-linked polymers made with such monomers. Moreover, this invention is a method of making porous films by combining such monomers or their oligomers with a porogen, curing the polymer and removing the porogen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/365938 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07634870 | Burke |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Burke (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The growth and development of cotton is enhanced by an application of relatively low concentrations of a cytokinin to cotton seed or to a growing cotton plant at a stage of growth between the cotyledon stage and the six-leaf stage. Application of the cytokinins is effective to elicit one or more effects in the resultant plant including reduced apical dominance, increased rate of development of fruiting branches, decreased time to first bloom, increased number of cotton squares formed, thickening of the hypocotyl, reduced rate of leaf wilting, reduced water usage, and increased root development. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639954 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant husbandry 047/58.1SE |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635663 | Tworkoski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Tworkoski (Middletown, Maryland); Stephen Miller (Martinsburg, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for thinning fruit blossoms involving applying an effective amount of a blossom thinning composition to the blossoms and associated living tissue (e.g., nearby buds and leaves) of fruit bearing plants (e.g., fruit trees), the blossom thinning composition comprising eugenol as an active ingredient for the purpose of blossom thinning. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/801622 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant protecting and regulating compositions 54/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07636154 | LaValley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard N. LaValley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert Almassy (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A detection system and method are provided having vehicle-mounted and manportable mobile surveillance capabilities with minimal equipment redundancy. The system comprises a vehicle-mounted sensor unit, a hand-held unit, a manportable unit and a vehicle-mounted air collector unit. The vehicle-mounted sensor unit comprises a spectroscopy subsystem that is configured to direct light onto a surface outside the vehicle and to capture scattered optical energy from the surface outside the vehicle while the vehicle is moving. The hand-held unit may be removably mounted to the air collector unit to interrogate airborne particles in collected air. The hand-held unit is removable from the air collector unit and is connected to the manportable unit by a cable so as to form an integrated portable detection system for mobile surveillance away from the vehicle by a user. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/614676 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07635815 | Vasoya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stablcor, Inc. (Costa Mesa, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kalu K. Vasoya (Santa Ana, California); Bharat M. Mangrolia (Santa Ana, California); William E. Davis (Huntington Beach, California); Richard A. Bohner (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Prepregs, laminates, printed wiring board structures and processes for constructing materials and printed wiring boards that enable the construction of printed wiring boards with improved thermal properties. In one embodiment, the prepregs include substrates impregnated with electrically and thermally conductive resins. In other embodiments, the prepregs have substrate materials that include carbon. In other embodiments, the prepregs include substrates impregnated with thermally conductive resins. In other embodiments, the printed wiring board structures include electrically and thermally conductive laminates that can act as ground and/or power planes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/921649 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07635709 | Korsten et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Korsten (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York); William A. Bauman (New Rochelle, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for on-going bowel care for persons with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. The compositions and methods can be administered in a non-clinical setting. The compositions comprise acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for stimulating motility of the bowel in combination with anti-cholinergic agents to counteract the potentially dangerous cardiac side effects of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. In some examples, the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, neostigmine, and the anti-cholinergic agent, glycopyrrolate, are combined in a pharmaceutical composition. Certain examples also provide the frequency and duration of administration of the disclosed drug combinations. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672241 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07636524 | Dorring et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jochen Karl Walter Dorring (Baltimore, Maryland); Yung Jui Chen (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A timing jitter measurement system and method is provided that acquires the timing jitter in an all-optical fashion, by extracting the timing jitter probability distribution function using auto-correlation and cross-correlation data. This makes the system and method of the present invention particularly useful for ultra-high bit rates, where power spectrum analysis cannot be applied. The resolution of the timing jitter measurement system and method is higher than the actual pulse width, and depends on the time resolution of the correlator. The system and method of the present invention facilitates the identification of deterministic or random timing jitters or combinations thereof, and therefore can be used to identify the origins of timing jitters within the optical network and to provide feedback to the optical network that can be used to actively control the timing jitter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/292464 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07635595 | Lakowicz et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph R. Lakowicz (Elliott City, Maryland); Nicolas Dicesare (St. Charles de Drummod, Quebec, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The spectroscopic and photophysical properties of fluorescent probes comprising donor-acceptor derivatives comprising the boric acid group or a derivative of boric acid, B(OH)3 (or borate ion, BO(OH)2−1), arsenious acid, H3 AsO3 (or arsenite ion, H2AsO3−1), telluric acid, H6TeO6 (or tellurate ion, H5 TeO6−1) or germanic acid, Ge(OH)6 (or germanate ion, GeO(OH)3−1) are described. Method of using said probes are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/075817 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07635768 | Kandel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric R. Kandel (Riverdale, New York); Mark Mayford (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant nucleic acid comprising nucleotides corresponding to a 3.2 kb 3′ untranslated region present in mouse calcium calmodulin kinase II alpha subunit-encoding mRNA is provided. An isolated nucleic acid which hybridizes to the 3′ untranslated region of mouse calcium calmodulin kinase II alpha subunit-encoding mRNA under conditions comprising two post-hybridization washes of 15 minutes each at 42° C. in 0.2× standard sodium citrate buffer is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/341999 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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