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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 05, 2010
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| US 07641780 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calibrant Biosystems, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland); The University of Maryland (Riverdale, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng Sheng Lee (Ellicott City, Maryland); Don DeVoe (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a microfluidic apparatus for performing 2-D biomolecular separations. The microfluidic 2-D device may include first and second planar substrates which include at least a first dimension microchannel extending in a first direction and an array of second dimension microchannels extending in a second direction, preferably, orthogonal to the first dimension. The ends of at least some of the microchannels are in fluid communication with a plurality of reservoirs. The substrates may further include a number of microchannels and reservoirs. The reservoirs are in electrical communication with a plurality of electrodes and voltage power sources. The device enables two dimensional separations of proteins, DNA and other biomolecules. According to another aspect of the invention, an array of tertiary microchannels extending in a third direction may be utilized. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/086400 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/601 |
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| US 07641825 | Rizk |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said Rizk (Londonderry, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with improved handling properties have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available and have a decreased tendency to curl, in the preferred embodiment, due to the inclusion of relaxation and annealing steps following methods are characterized by the following physical properties: (i) elongation to break from about 17% to about 85% (ii) Young's modulus of less than 350,000 psi, (iii) knot to straight ratio (knot strength/tensile strength) of 55-80% or (iv) load at break from 1100 to 4200 grams. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/193580 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/28 |
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| US 07641897 | Weissman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irving L. Weissman (Redwood City, California); Toshiyuki Yamane (Menlo Park, California); Scott Dylla (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Undifferentiated primordial stem cells are manipulated to permit their long term growth in defined media lacking serum and feeder layer cells by shifting the apoptotic balance of the cells, through increasing the activity of Bcl-2 family anti-apoptotic proteins or decreasing the activity of Bcl-2 family pro-apoptotic proteins. In some embodiments of the invention, the Bcl family protein is Bcl-2. The ES cells sustain the characteristics of undifferentiated, pluripotent stem cells during long-term serum- and feeder layer cell-free conditions, including the ability to be expanded in vitro, but maintain their potential to differentiate into mature cell types. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/286088 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
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| US 07641902 | Markovitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Markovitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nirit Mor-Vaknin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Evan T. Keller (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christopher L. Hall (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Susan M. Hiniker (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting cancer (e.g., prostate cancer) and for inhibiting metastasis (e.g., associated with prostate cancer). In particular, the present invention provides methods of detecting vimentin expression and secretion and for characterizing cancer (e.g., prostate cancer). In addition, the present invention provides methods for inhibiting metastasis (e.g., of prostate cancer) via altering (e.g., inhibiting) vimentin expression and/or activity. |
| FILED | Monday, November 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/601895 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 07641906 | Gu |
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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) | Xin-Xing Gu (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to intranasal immunization with detoxified lipooligosaccharide from nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae or Moraxella catarrhalis. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/260773 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 07641907 | Kinney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur (Lyons, France); Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Y. H. Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Véronique Barban (Craponne, France); Jean Lang (Mions, France); Bruno Guy (Lyons, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to live attenuated VDV1 (VERO-Derived Dengue serotype 1 virus) strains which have been derived from the wild-type dengue-1 strain 16007 by passaging on PDK and sanitization on Vero cells. The invention further relates to a vaccine composition which comprises a VDV1 strain. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/449876 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
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| US 07641908 | Kinney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur (Lyons, France); Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Y. H. Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Véronique Barban (Craponne, France); Jean Lang (Mions, France); Bruno Guy (Lyons, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to live attenuated VDV2 (VERO-Derived Vaccine Dengue serotype 2) strains which have been derived from the wild-type dengue-2 strain 16681 by passaging on PDK and Vero cells. The invention further relates to a vaccine composition which comprises a VDV2 strain. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/453344 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
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| US 07641909 | Kinney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Certers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Y. H. Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Duane J. Gubler (Fort Collins, Colorado); Siritorn Butrapet (Bangkok, Thailand); Natth Bhamarapravati (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric flaviviruses that are avirulent and immunogenic are provided. The chimeric viruses are constructed to contain amino acid mutations in the nonstructural proteins of a flavivirus. Chimeric viruses containing the attenuation-mutated nonstructural genes of the virus are used as a backbone into which the structural protein genes of a second flavivirus strain are inserted. These chimeric viruses elicit pronounced immunogenicity yet lack the accompanying clinical symptoms of viral disease. The attenuated chimeric viruses are effective as immunogens or vaccines and may be combined in a pharmaceutical composition to confer simultaneous immunity against several strains of pathogenic flaviviruses. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/506251 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
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| US 07642052 | Small et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kersten M. Small (Fanwood, New Jersey); Stephen B. Liggett (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for cardiovascular disease assessment in an individual comprise detecting the presence or absence of a fragment encoding a polymorphic alpha-2C (α2C DEL322-325) adrenergic receptor in a sample from an individual; and detecting the presence or absence of a fragment encoding a polymorphic beta-1 adrenergic receptor (β1Arg389) in a sample from the individual. Methods for delaying development of cardiovascular disease in an individual, methods for delaying progression or early death associated with cardiovascular disease in an individual, methods of genetic counseling for cardiovascular disease in an individual are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/527263 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07642068 | Steiner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandra Steiner (Atlanta, Georgia); Patricia F. Holder (Mableton, Georgia); George M. Carlone (Stone Mountain, Georgia); GowriSankar Rajam (Tucker, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This application discloses a multivalent opsonophagocytosis assay that does not rely on counting of bacterial colonies to determine bacteria viability following opsonophagocytosis. Instead, the method uses a metabolic colorimetric indicator to determine if viable bacteria are present. Also disclosed are arrays that can be used to determine the viability of bacteria following opsonophagocytosis. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/910517 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/32 |
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| US 07642071 | DeAngelis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. DeAngelis (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a Gram-negative glycosaminoglycan gene and methods of making and using same. The present invention relates to recombinant Gram-positive host cells containing a Gram-negative glycosaminoglycan synthase gene, and methods of producing glycosaminoglycans using such recombinant host cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/701262 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/71.100 |
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| US 07642085 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides proteins attached to solid supports, and methods of preparing such solid support-bound proteins are provided. The proteins are attached to solid supports by means of an unnatural amino acid incorporated into the protein, which unnatural amino acid includes a reactive group that can react with a second reactive group that is attached to a solid support. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/744899 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.200 |
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| US 07642231 | Richelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliott Richelson (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida); Bernadette Marie Cusack (Jacksonville, Florida); Yuan-Ping Pang (Rochester, Minnesota); Daniel J. McCormick (Rochester, Minnesota); Abdul Fauq (Jacksonville, Florida); Beth Marie Tyler (Neptune Beach, Florida); Mona Boules (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel amino acid, neo-tryptophan, as well as polypeptides containing this novel amino acid such as neurotensin analogs. In addition, the invention provides neo-tryptophan derivatives, serotonin-like neo-tryptophan derivatives, and polypeptides containing such derivatives. The invention also provides methods for making neo-tryptophan, neo-tryptophan derivatives, serotonin-like neo-tryptophan derivatives, and compositions containing these compounds. Further, the invention provides methods for inducing a neurotensin response in a mammal as well as methods for treating a mammal having a serotonin recognition molecule. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/452616 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07642238 | Shaughnessy |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Shaughnessy (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | To identify molecular determinants of lytic bone disease in multiple myeloma, the expression profiles of ˜12,000 genes in CD138-enriched plasma cells from newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients exhibiting no radiological evidence of lytic lesions (n=28) were compared to those with ≧3 lytic lesions (n=47). Two secreted WNT signaling antagonists, soluble frizzled related protein 3 (SFRP-3/FRZB) and the human homologue of Dickkopf-1 (DKK1), were expressed in 40 of 47 with lytic bone lesions, but only 16 of 28 lacking bone lesions (P<0.05). DKK1 and FRZB were not expressed in plasma cells from 45 normal bone marrow donors or 10 Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, a related plasma cells malignancy that lacks bone disease. These data indicate that these factors are important mediators of multiple myeloma bone disease, and inhibitors of these proteins may be used to block bone disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/176739 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07642280 | Fahey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Fahey (Del Mar, California); Gerald L. Newton (San Diego, California); Carole A. Bewley (Bethesda, Maryland); Gillian Nicholas (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds with activity as inhibitors of acyl glucosaminylinositol amidases with amidase activity against S-conjugate amides, particularly mycothiol-derived S-conjugate amides. Certain of the invention compounds are naturally occurring compounds obtained from marine sponges and other organisms. The invention further provides methods for using the compounds to inhibit virulence and reduce antibiotic resistance of mycothiol-producing bacteria. |
| FILED | Monday, April 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/474138 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/398 |
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| US 07642300 | Yaszemski et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Yaszemski (Rochester, Minnesota); Bradford L. Currier (Rochester, Minnesota); Esmaiel Jabbari (Columbia, South Carolina); Lichun Lu (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition is disclosed which comprises (i) a macromer prepared by reacting an unsaturated diacid having a carbon-carbon double bond and a saturated diacid, and (ii) a bioactive ceramic grafted to the macromer. In one embodiment, the unsaturated diacid having a carbon-carbon double bond is fumaric acid, the saturated diacid is compatible with fumaric acid and poly(propylene fumarate) such as succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid and mixtures thereof, and the bioactive ceramic is hydroxyapatite. In another embodiment, hydroxyapatite is grafted with a biodegradable and crosslinkable macromer comprising silane units alternating with furnarate and adipate units. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/562591 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/113 |
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| US 07642400 | Fields et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan P. Fields (Jacksonville, Florida); Nicole Renee Murray (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida); Melody Lee Stallings-Mann (Jacksonville, Florida); Lee Jamieson (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention involves PKCι signaling. The invention provides, for example, transgenic animals, inhibitors of PKCι signaling, methods for inhibiting PKCι signaling, methods for identifying inhibitors of PKCι signaling, and methods for diagnosing cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/592289 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
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| US 07642781 | Ballon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Ballon (Gillette, New Jersey); Henning U. Voss (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-pass two-dimensional ladder network has been described for high-field MRI and credential applications. The next-to-highest eigenvalue of the network corresponds to a normal mode giving rise to B1 fields with good spatial homogeneity above the resonator plane. Other eigenvalues may also be used for specific imaging applications. In its most basic form, the ladder network is a collection of inductively coupled resonators where each element of the array is represented by at least one conducting strip having a self-inductance L, joined by a capacitor C at one or more points along each resonator. In the strong coupling limit of the inductively coupled high-pass two-dimensional ladder network resonator array, the array produces a high-frequency resonant mode that can be used to generate the traditional quadrature B1 field used in magnetic resonance imaging, and in the limit of weak or zero coupling reduces to a phased array suitable for parallel imaging applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/403355 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/322 |
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| US 07643024 | Bell 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) | Blaine A. Bell (New York, New York); Steven K. Feiner (New York, New York); Tobias H. Hoellerer (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for managing a display space for a 3D environment is provided. A 3D scene having at least one scene object (105) is displayed and the visible surfaces (110) of the scene objects are represented as visible space in a 2D view plane representation. Controllable objects that are to be placed in the scene are defined by parameters such as size, placement priority, proximity relationships and the like. The available space for placing controllable objects, which can include empty space and low priority background and foreground regions, is determined for each controllable object. The placement (125) for controllable objects in the 3D space is then determined in accordance with at least placement parameter and one of the visible space and available space of the view-plane representation (120) such that view management objectives, such as not occluding important scene objects, are accomplished. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/477872 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/419 |
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| US 07643155 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel L. Marks (Urbana, Illinois); Brynmor J. Davis (Champaign, Illinois); Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois); Paul Scott Carney (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional imaging of a sample. A source is provided of a beam of light characterized by partial spatial coherence. The beam is focused onto a sample and scattered light from the sample is superposed with a reference beam derived from the source onto a focal plane detector array to provide an interference signal. A forward scattering model is derived relating measurement data to structure of an object to allow solutions of an inverse scattering problem, based upon the interference signal so that a three-dimensional structure of the same may be inferred. The partial spatial coherence of the source, which may be fixed or variable, may advantageously provide for rejection of multiple scattering artifacts and thus improve image quality. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131390 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/497 |
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| US 07643226 | Vucinic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dejan Vucinic (San Diego, California); Thomas M. Bartol (Carlsbad, California); Terrence J. Sejnowski (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Objectives and other optical assemblies include a reflective surface that is truncated at or near a focus based on a curvature of the reflective surface. A specimen is situated at or near the focus of the reflective surface, so that the reflective surface captures and collimates optical radiation emitted from the specimen. The reflective surface can be defined on an optical substrate along with a lens surface, so that an illumination flux is focused on the specimen by the lens surface, and a secondary light flux produced in response to the illumination flux is captured and collimated by the reflective surface. |
| FILED | Monday, October 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/542634 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/727 |
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| US 07643605 | Ning et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruola Ning (Fairport, New York); Dong Yang (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A cone-beam scanning system scans along a half circle. The reconstruction uses a weighting function which decreases for rows farther from the scan plane to take the redundancy of the projection data into account. Another embodiment uses a circle plus sparse helical scan geometry. Image data can be taken in real time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/711155 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/4 |
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| US 07643664 | Wehrli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felix W. Wehrli (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Bryon R Gomberg (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a system and method for analyzing trabecular bone structure. A means for scanning the trabecular bone using a magnetic resonance image (MRI) scanner generates bone image data, which is then processed including correcting, deshading and reducing noise in the image data. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/352138 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
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| US 07643863 | Basser et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Basser (Washington, District of Columbia); Yaniv Assaf (Holon 58342, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic resonance methods include modeling magnetic resonance signals obtained from specimens at low and high q-values to obtain parameters associated with specimen structure and orientation. In evaluation of brain white matter specimens, diffusion within axons can be modeled based on hindered diffusion parallel to an axis of the axon and restricted diffusion perpendicular to the axis. Diffusion exterior to axons can be modeled as hindered diffusion with differing diffusivities parallel to and perpendicular to the axis. Based on extracted parameters and associated model functions, specimen properties such as intra and extra-axonal principal diffusivities and the corresponding principal directions can be estimated. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/888917 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
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| US 07643864 | Elgort et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Elgort (Cleveland, Ohio); Eddy Wong (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Claudia Hillenbrand (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Jonathan S. Lewin (Baltimore, Maryland); Jeffrey L. Duerk (Avon Lake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with automatically adapting MRI controlling parameters are described. One exemplary method embodiment includes configuring an MRI apparatus to acquire MR signal data using a non-rectilinear trajectory. The example method may also include acquiring MR signals, transforming the MR signals into image data, and selectively adapting the MRI controlling parameters based, at least in part, on information associated with the MR signals. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/050341 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
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| US 07640691 | Karcher et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Philip B Karcher (Eatontown, New Jersey); John D. Hunt (Eatontown, New Jersey); Mark R. Holder (Eatontown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual sighting optical sight is provided. The sight provides non-inverted images through a rear window and at least one side window so that a user may view a target from either a rear or a side, respectively, of the weapon to which the sight is mounted. The sight is adjustable to a plurality of different positions so that the user can use the sight and weapon from other than directly behind the sight weapon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001485 |
| ART UNIT | 3621 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gareth G. Hougham (Ossining, New York); Brian S. Beaman (Cary, North Carolina); Evan G. Colgan (Chestnut Ridge, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Stefano S. Oggioni (Besana in Brianza, Italy); Enrique Vargas (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are arranged about the surface of the at least one hemi-toroidal interposer and extend radically inwardly and downwardly from an uppermost end thereof into electrical contact with at least one component located on an opposite side of the electrically insulating carrier plane. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/047664 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha Dutta (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for growth of uniform multi-component single crystals is provided. The single crystal material has at least three elements and has a diameter of at least 50 mm, a dislocation density of less than 100 cm−2 and a radial compositional variation of less than 1%. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/660593 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07641780 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calibrant Biosystems, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland); The University of Maryland (Riverdale, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng Sheng Lee (Ellicott City, Maryland); Don DeVoe (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a microfluidic apparatus for performing 2-D biomolecular separations. The microfluidic 2-D device may include first and second planar substrates which include at least a first dimension microchannel extending in a first direction and an array of second dimension microchannels extending in a second direction, preferably, orthogonal to the first dimension. The ends of at least some of the microchannels are in fluid communication with a plurality of reservoirs. The substrates may further include a number of microchannels and reservoirs. The reservoirs are in electrical communication with a plurality of electrodes and voltage power sources. The device enables two dimensional separations of proteins, DNA and other biomolecules. According to another aspect of the invention, an array of tertiary microchannels extending in a third direction may be utilized. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/086400 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07641889 | Salinas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lynntech Power Systems, Ltd. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos Salinas (Bryan, Texas); Alan Cisar (Cypress, Texas); Eric Clarke (College Station, Texas); Oliver J. Murphy (Bryan, Texas); Brad Fiebig (Seguin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method apply water to a hydrogen-containing composition, such as a hydride, in the presence of a catalyst that promotes hydrolysis to generate hydrogen in a controlled manner. The amount of catalyst used can be carefully tailored so that the reaction rate is limited by the amount of catalyst present (passive control) or it can be sufficiently large so that the reaction is controlled by the rate of water addition (active control). |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/845971 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/658.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642082 | Cao 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) | Cheng J. Cao (Glen Arm, Maryland); Akbar S. Khan (Joppa, Maryland); Kevin P. O'Connell (Abingdon, Maryland); Jennifer R. Bucher (Joppa, Maryland); Mark V. Gostomski (Bel Air, Maryland); James J. Valdes (Churchville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and assays for determining the presence of staphylococcal enterotoxin A in a sample through detection of a nucleic acid encoding staphylococcal enterotoxin A. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631224 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Lombardi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A shelter coating comprising a photocatalyst capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The shelter coating may optionally include a singlet oxygen scavenger. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/779239 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642239 | Taylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Center for Molecular Medicine and Immunology (Belleville, New Jersey); Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alice P. Taylor (Rockaway, New Jersey); David M. Goldenberg (Belleville, New Jersey); Chien Hsing Chang (Downington, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis and/or tumor growth, survival and/or metastasis. In particular embodiments, the methods and compositions may concern ligands against placenta growth factor (PlGF), such as BP-1, BP-2, BP-3 or BP-4. Some methods may comprise administering one or more PlGF ligands, alone or in combination with one or more other agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents, other anti-angiogenic agents, immunotherapeutic agents or radioimmunotherapeutic agents to a subject. The PlGF ligands are effective to inhibit angiogenesis, tumor cell motility, tumor metastasis, tumor growth and/or tumor survival. In certain embodiments, PlGF ligands may be administered to subjects to ameliorate other angiogenesis related conditions, such as macular degeneration. In some embodiments, PlGF expression levels may be determined by any known method to select those patients most likely to respond to PlGF targeted therapies. |
| FILED | Monday, October 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/581287 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Pulskamp (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS magnetometer comprises a deflectable resonator comprising a base layer; a Lorentz force (LF) drive conductor attached to the base layer; and a piezoelectric sensor attached to the base layer and electrically isolated from the LF drive conductor. The LF drive conductor comprises conductive material configured for receiving a current at a mechanical resonant frequency of the device capable of causing mechanical deformation of the deflectable resonator, wherein the current causes formation of Lorentz forces in a presence of a magnetic field, and wherein the deflectable resonator is mechanically deformed as a result of the formation of the Lorentz forces. The mechanical deformation of the deflectable resonator generates a detectable piezoelectric electrical signal that is proportional to the magnitude of the magnetic field. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/226377 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642720 | Eden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Gary Eden (Mahomet, Illinois); Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of microcavity plasma devices is formed in a ceramic substrate that provides structure for and isolation of an array of microcavities that are defined in the ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate isolates the microcavities from electrodes disposed within the ceramic substrate. The electrodes are disposed to ignite a discharge in microcavities in the array of microcavities upon application of a time-varying potential between the electrodes. Embodiments of the invention include electrode and microcavity arrangements that permit addressing of individual microcavities or groups of microcavities. The contour of the microcavity wall allows for the electric field within the microcavity to be shaped. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/337969 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/631 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642806 | Piec et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Atomics (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zbigniew S. Piec (San Diego, California); David E. Corbett (San Diego, California); Alan R. Langhorn (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic test apparatus, in accordance with one embodiment, comprising a rotor coupled to a drive shaft, wherein the drive shaft is mechanically coupled to a drive system; a stator coupled to at least one brush holder; at least one brush held by the brush holder, wherein the brush is held in contact with the rotor; a housing for supporting the rotor and the stator; and a magnet for providing a magnetic field in the vicinity of the at least one brush. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/549587 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642864 | Chuang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Te K. Chuang (South Salem, New York); Jae-Joon Kim (Austin, Texas); Tae-Hyoung Kim (St. Paul, Minnesota); Pong-Fei Lu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Saibal Mukhopadhyay (Atlanta, Georgia); Rahul M. Rao (Elmsford, New York); Shao-yi Wang (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A ring oscillator has an odd number of NOR-gates greater than or equal to three, each with first and second input terminals, a voltage supply terminal, and an output terminal. The first input terminals of all the NOR-gates are interconnected, and each of the NOR-gates has its output terminal connected to the second input terminal of an immediately adjacent one of the NOR-gates. During a stress mode, a voltage supply and control block applies a stress enable signal to the interconnected first input terminals, and an increased supply voltage to the voltage supply terminals. During a measurement mode, this block grounds the interconnected first input terminals, and applies a normal supply voltage to the voltage supply terminals. Also included are an analogous NAND-gate based circuit, a circuit combining the NAND- and NOR-aspects, a circuit with a ring oscillator where the inverters may be coupled directly or through inverting paths, and circuits for measuring the bias temperature instability effect in pass gates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/021459 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642929 | Pinkus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan R. Pinkus (Bellbrook, Ohio); Vincent M. Parisi (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic emissions free optical signal based helicopter landing assistance arrangement wherein helicopter rotor wash dust cloud-caused obfuscation of the intended landing site and other landing threats are overcome. Real time optical sourced data is collected early and used during helicopter approach to the intended landing site. Upgrading of this data for use during dust cloud presence is accomplished with image processing techniques applied in response to such inputs as helicopter flight data. Military use of the invention especially in current theatre conflict environments is contemplated. Dust cloud related landing hazards are disclosed as a significant difficulty in such environments and generate need for the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789124 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/973 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642989 | Cheong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joono Cheong (Pohang, South Korea); Anuradha M. Annaswamy (West Newton, Massachusetts); Mandayam A. Srinivasan (West Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and computer-executable code stored on computer readable media for synchronizing the evolving state of a dynamic object in a shared virtual environment among a plurality of geographically separated computers connected in a communications network including data communications links introducing time delays in the propagation of data between said computers. The synchronization scheme utilizes an advanced feedback controller to compensate for the state error between sites, comprised of a linear compensator and a Smith predictor based internal model, to determine correct control forces creating a smooth input while maintaining high levels of responsiveness and consistency. A recovery filter for restoring the natural motion of the virtual object distorted by synchronization control is also described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/378151 |
| ART UNIT | 2629 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/2.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643024 | Bell 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) | Blaine A. Bell (New York, New York); Steven K. Feiner (New York, New York); Tobias H. Hoellerer (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for managing a display space for a 3D environment is provided. A 3D scene having at least one scene object (105) is displayed and the visible surfaces (110) of the scene objects are represented as visible space in a 2D view plane representation. Controllable objects that are to be placed in the scene are defined by parameters such as size, placement priority, proximity relationships and the like. The available space for placing controllable objects, which can include empty space and low priority background and foreground regions, is determined for each controllable object. The placement (125) for controllable objects in the 3D space is then determined in accordance with at least placement parameter and one of the visible space and available space of the view-plane representation (120) such that view management objectives, such as not occluding important scene objects, are accomplished. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/477872 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643714 | Hochberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Hochberg (Seattle, Washington); Tom Baehr-Jones (Seattle, Washington); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for manipulating light with high index contrast waveguides clad with substances having that exhibit large nonlinear electro-optic constants χ2 and χ3. Waveguides fabricated on SOI wafers and clad with electro-optic polymers are described. Embodiments of waveguides having slots, electrical contacts, and input waveguide couplers are discussed. Waveguides having closed loop structures (such as rings and ovals) as well as linear or serpentine waveguides, are described. Optical signal processing methods, such as optical rectification and optical modulation, are disclosed. Designs having responsivity of less than 1 volt-centimeter are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/117480 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643910 | Gustafson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isothermal Systems Research, Inc. (Liberty Lake, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Gustafson (Moscow, Idaho); Bruce Smetana (Colton, Washington); Jeffery Weiler (Liberty Lake, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A spray chamber valve control system for ensuring that coolant is sufficiently available at the intakes of pumps in a spray cooled environment regardless of the attitude, acceleration or deceleration of a spray chassis. The spray chamber valve control system includes a spray chassis with an interior portion for spray cooling electronic devices, a plurality of valves positioned within the inner corners of the spray chassis, and a control unit in communication with the valves for controlling the operation thereof. The control unit ensures that at least one valve is open at all times. The control unit also provides a recovery routine for when only one valve is open during a valve state change. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/622181 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vikram Jandhyala (Seattle, Washington); Swagato Chakraborty (Seattle, Washington); James Pingenot (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system to efficiently create electromagnetic coupled basis functions for an electronic circuit that is defined by geometry data and topology data. The geometry data for the circuit are read, and a three-dimensional mesh of polygons for the circuit is created. External port geometry and internal port geometry (internal ports occur where vias are attached to conductive layers) are determined from the geometry data. Circuit electromagnetic basis functions are then created as are loop-tree formations that are coupled to the basis functions. The loops include local loops, via loops, and hole loops. The three-dimensional mesh is efficiently created by extruding a two-dimensional mesh for each layer and via in the circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/736378 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stacey G. Barker (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A tire deflation device includes (1) a component having a plurality of bores, (2) a plurality of spikes removably insertable into the plurality of bores and (3) a keeper within each among the plurality of bores, the keeper being configured to contact a sidewall surface of a spike among the plurality of spikes and to exert force upon the sidewall surface. In an embodiment, the tire deflation device includes (a) a component including a bore in a material, the bore including a receiving region, a sidewall surface and a base surface, (b) a channel extending from the sidewall surface into the material, (c) a keeper having a first section housed within the channel and a second section which extends past the sidewall surface into the receiving region, and (d) a spike removably insertable into the bore. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/136901 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Road structure, process, or apparatus 44/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchel J. Doktycz (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Michael L. Simpson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Timothy E. McKnight (Greenback, Tennessee); Anatoli V. Melechko (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Douglas H. Lowndes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael A. Guillorn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Vladimir I. Merkulov (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoengineered membrane for controlling material transport (e.g., molecular transport) is disclosed. The membrane includes a substrate, a cover defining a material transport channel between the substrate and the cover, and a plurality of fibers positioned in the channel and connected to and extending away from a surface of the substrate. The fibers are aligned perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, and have a width of 100 nanometers or less. The diffusion limits for material transport are controlled by the separation of the fibers. In one embodiment, chemical derivatization of carbon fibers may be undertaken to further affect the diffusion limits or affect selective permeability or facilitated transport. For example, a coating can be applied to at least a portion of the fibers. In another embodiment, individually addressable carbon nanofibers can be integrated with the membrane to provide an electrical driving force for material transport. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/383309 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anish Goel (Washington, District of Columbia); Jack B. Howard (Winchester, Massachusetts); John B. Vander Sande (Newbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The fullerenic structures include fullerenes having molecular weights less than that of C60 with the exception of C36 and fullerenes having molecular weights greater than C60. Examples include fullerenes C50, C58, C130, and C176. Fullerenic structure chemically bonded to a carbon surface is also disclosed along with a method for tethering fullerenes to a carbon material. The method includes adding functionalized fullerene to a liquid suspension containing carbon material, drying the suspension to produce a powder, and heat treating the powder. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/675140 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07641997 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Z. Hu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Igor Kosacki (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion conducting membrane has a matrix including an ordered array of hollow channels and a nanocrystalline electrolyte contained within at least some or all of the channels. The channels have opposed open ends, and a channel width of 1000 nanometers or less, preferably 60 nanometers or less, and most preferably 10 nanometers or less. The channels may be aligned perpendicular to the matrix surface, and the length of the channels may be 10 nanometers to 1000 micrometers. The electrolyte has grain sizes of 100 nanometers or less, and preferably grain sizes of 1 to 50 nanometers. The electrolyte may include grains with a part of the grain boundaries aligned with inner walls of the channels to form a straight oriented grain-wall interface or the electrolyte may be a single crystal. In one form, the electrolyte conducts oxygen ions, the matrix is silica, and the electrolyte is yttrium doped zirconia. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/947836 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides proteins attached to solid supports, and methods of preparing such solid support-bound proteins are provided. The proteins are attached to solid supports by means of an unnatural amino acid incorporated into the protein, which unnatural amino acid includes a reactive group that can react with a second reactive group that is attached to a solid support. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/744899 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642222 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haiyan Wang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Stephen R. Foltyn (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Boris A. Maiorov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Leonardo Civale (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides articles including a base substrate including a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure layer thereon; and, a buffer layer upon the oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure layer, the buffer layer having an outwardly facing surface with a surface morphology including particulate outgrowths of from 10 nm to 500 run in size at the surface, such particulate outgrowths serving as flux pinning centers whereby the article maintains higher performance within magnetic fields than similar articles without the necessary density of such outgrowths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001462 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/237 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James Weifu Lee (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A switchable photosystem-II designer algae for photobiological hydrogen production. The designer transgenic algae includes at least two transgenes for enhanced photobiological H2 production wherein a first transgene serves as a genetic switch that can controls photosystem II (PSII) oxygen evolution and a second transgene encodes for creation of free proton channels in the algal photosynthetic membrane. In one embodiment, the algae includes a DNA construct having polymerase chain reaction forward primer (302), a inducible promoter (304), a PSII-iRNA sequence (306), a terminator (308), and a PCR reverse primer (310). In other embodiments, the PSII-iRNA sequence (306) is replaced with a CF1-iRNA sequence (312), a streptomycin-production gene (314), a targeting sequence (316) followed by a proton-channel producing gene (318), or a PSII-producing gene (320). In one embodiment, a photo-bioreactor and gas-product separation and utilization system produce photobiological H2 from the switchable PSII designer alga. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/748550 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642557 | Klimov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor I. Klimov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Marc Achermann (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device is disclosed including a primary light source having a defined emission photon energy output, and, a light emitting material situated near to said primary light source, said light emitting material having an absorption onset equal to or less in photon energy than the emission photon energy output of the primary light source whereby non-radiative energy transfer from said primary light source to said light emitting material can occur yielding light emission from said light emitting material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/843737 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643610 | Dilmanian |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | F. Avraham Dilmanian (Yaphank, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation delivery system generally includes either a synchrotron source or a support frame and a plurality of microbeam delivery devices supported on the support frame, both to deliver a beam in a hemispherical arrangement. Each of the microbeam delivery devices or synchrotron irradiation ports is adapted to deliver at least one microbeam of radiation along a microbeam delivery axis, wherein the microbeam delivery axes of the plurality of microbeam delivery devices cross within a common target volume. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867233 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643703 | Jones et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Jones (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Gordon D. Lassahn (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Gregory D. Lancaster (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the invention relate to image change detection systems, methods, and articles of manufacture. According to one aspect, a method of identifying differences between a plurality of images is described. The method includes loading a source image and a target image into memory of a computer, constructing source and target edge images from the source and target images to enable processing of multiband images, displaying the source and target images on a display device of the computer, aligning the source and target edge images, switching displaying of the source image and the target image on the display device, to enable identification of differences between the source image and the target image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/655467 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/294 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07641461 | Khoshnevis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behrokh Khoshnevis (Marina del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic system may include a movable gantry robot, and a nozzle assembly movably coupled to the overhead beam of the gantry robot. The gantry robot may include an overhead beam extending between, and supported by, at least two side members slidably mounted on a pair of rails. The nozzle assembly may be coupled to the overhead beam of the gantry robot, and may be configured to extrude material through an outlet. The robotic system may further include a position controller configured to control position and movement of the gantry robot and the nozzle assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040401 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07641733 | Dutta |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha Dutta (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for growth of uniform multi-component single crystals is provided. The single crystal material has at least three elements and has a diameter of at least 50 mm, a dislocation density of less than 100 cm−2 and a radial compositional variation of less than 1%. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/660593 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07641984 | Rabiei |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Afsaneh Rabiei (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to composite metal foams comprising hollow metallic spheres and a solid metal matrix. The composite metal foams show high strength, particularly in comparison to previous metal foams, while maintaining a favorable strength to density ratio. The composite metal foams can be prepared by various techniques, such as powder metallurgy and casting. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/289661 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642071 | DeAngelis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. DeAngelis (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a Gram-negative glycosaminoglycan gene and methods of making and using same. The present invention relates to recombinant Gram-positive host cells containing a Gram-negative glycosaminoglycan synthase gene, and methods of producing glycosaminoglycans using such recombinant host cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/701262 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/71.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642083 | Frost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Frost (Okemos, Michigan); Karen M. Frost (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioengineered synthesis scheme for the production of quinic acid from a carbon source is provided. Methods of producing quinic acid from a carbon source based on the synthesis scheme as well as conversion of quinic acid to hydroquinone are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/184707 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643155 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel L. Marks (Urbana, Illinois); Brynmor J. Davis (Champaign, Illinois); Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois); Paul Scott Carney (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional imaging of a sample. A source is provided of a beam of light characterized by partial spatial coherence. The beam is focused onto a sample and scattered light from the sample is superposed with a reference beam derived from the source onto a focal plane detector array to provide an interference signal. A forward scattering model is derived relating measurement data to structure of an object to allow solutions of an inverse scattering problem, based upon the interference signal so that a three-dimensional structure of the same may be inferred. The partial spatial coherence of the source, which may be fixed or variable, may advantageously provide for rejection of multiple scattering artifacts and thus improve image quality. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131390 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/497 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643469 | Alicherry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mansoor Ali Khan Alicherry (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Randeep S. Bhatia (Somerset, New Jersey); Li Li (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A methodology for making joint channel and routing assignments in multi-radio wireless mesh networks that takes into account interference constraints, the number of channels in a network and the number of radio available at each mesh router, and maximizes bandwidth allocation subject to fairness constraints. In particular, the methodology provides for routing, channel assignment and link scheduling in multi-radio mesh wireless networks utilizing a constant factor approximation technique that models the interference and fairness constraints and is able to account for the number of radios at each of the wireless nodes of a wireless mesh network. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/325060 |
| ART UNIT | 2416 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643597 | Liu 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) | Tiecheng Liu (Columbia, South Carolina); John R. Kender (Leonia, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for selecting a subsequence of video frames (72-84) from a sequence of video frames (70) comprising defining a distance function between video frames (72-84) in the sequence of video frames (70). An optimization criterion is defined to express a feature of a plurality of subsequences of video frames (72-84) selected from the sequence of video frames (70). A method is disclosed for displaying key frames for browsing and streaming. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/964264 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/360 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07644381 | Jandhyala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vikram Jandhyala (Seattle, Washington); Swagato Chakraborty (Seattle, Washington); James Pingenot (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system to efficiently create electromagnetic coupled basis functions for an electronic circuit that is defined by geometry data and topology data. The geometry data for the circuit are read, and a three-dimensional mesh of polygons for the circuit is created. External port geometry and internal port geometry (internal ports occur where vias are attached to conductive layers) are determined from the geometry data. Circuit electromagnetic basis functions are then created as are loop-tree formations that are coupled to the basis functions. The loops include local loops, via loops, and hole loops. The three-dimensional mesh is efficiently created by extruding a two-dimensional mesh for each layer and via in the circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/736378 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Crystal IS, Inc. (Green Island, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen A. Slack (Scotia, New York); Leo J. Schowalter (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Fabrication of doped AlN crystals and/or AlGaN epitaxial layers with high conductivity and mobility is accomplished by, for example, forming mixed crystals including a plurality of impurity species and electrically activating at least a portion of the crystal. |
| FILED | Monday, December 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/633667 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07641825 | Rizk |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said Rizk (Londonderry, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with improved handling properties have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available and have a decreased tendency to curl, in the preferred embodiment, due to the inclusion of relaxation and annealing steps following methods are characterized by the following physical properties: (i) elongation to break from about 17% to about 85% (ii) Young's modulus of less than 350,000 psi, (iii) knot to straight ratio (knot strength/tensile strength) of 55-80% or (iv) load at break from 1100 to 4200 grams. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/193580 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642213 | Hampden-Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paolina Atanassova (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rimple Bhatia (Placitas, New Mexico); Ross A. Miesem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Napolitano (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gordon L. Rice (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the manufacture of electrodes for fuel cells. The compositions and methods are particularly useful for the manufacture of anodes and cathodes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, particularly direct methanol fuel cells. The methods can utilize direct-write tools to deposit ink compositions and form functional layers of a membrane electrode assembly having controlled properties and enhanced performance. |
| FILED | Monday, August 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/464349 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07641949 | DeLay 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) | Thomas K. DeLay (Huntsville, Alabama); James E. Patterson (Brigham City, Utah); Michael A. Olson (Brigham City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite overwrapped pressure vessel is provided which includes a composite overwrapping material including fibers disposed in a resin matrix. At least first and second kinds of fibers are used. These fibers typically have characteristics of high strength and high toughness to provide impact resistance with increased pressure handling capability and low weight. The fibers are applied to form a pressure vessel using wrapping or winding techniques with winding angles varied for specific performance characteristics. The fibers of different kinds are dispersed in a single layer of winding or wound in distinct separate layers. Layers of fabric comprised of such fibers are interspersed between windings for added strength or impact resistance. The weight percentages of the high toughness and high strength materials are varied to provide specified impact resistance characteristics. The resin matrix is formed with prepregnated fibers or through wet winding. The vessels are formed with or without liners. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857379 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/35.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643611 | Shedlock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Shedlock (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alan M. Jacobs (Gainesville, Florida); Sharon Auerback Jacobs (Gainesville, Florida); Edward Dugan (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A shadow aperture backscatter radiography (SABR) system includes at least one penetrating radiation source for providing a penetrating radiation field, and at least one partially transmissive radiation detector, wherein the partially transmissive radiation detector is interposed between an object region to be interrogated and the radiation source. The partially transmissive radiation detector transmits a portion of the illumination radiation field. A shadow aperture having a plurality of radiation attenuating regions having apertures therebetween is disposed between the radiation source and the detector. The apertures provide illumination regions for the illumination radiation field to reach the object region, wherein backscattered radiation from the object is detected and generates an image by the detector in regions of the detector that are shadowed by the radiation attenuation regions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/112892 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/87 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07643941 | Lilie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science Engineering Associates, Inc. (Mansfield Center, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lyle E. Lilie (Ashford, Connecticut); Christopher P. Sivo (Ellington, Connecticut); Daniel B. Bouley (Columbia, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for providing a statistical measure of the size of liquid water droplets in a cloud, as well as a system and method for the detection and/or measurement of the presence of a cloud, liquid water content in the cloud and ice water content in the cloud, among other parameters. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/329894 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07642083 | Frost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Frost (Okemos, Michigan); Karen M. Frost (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioengineered synthesis scheme for the production of quinic acid from a carbon source is provided. Methods of producing quinic acid from a carbon source based on the synthesis scheme as well as conversion of quinic acid to hydroquinone are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/184707 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642391 | Urgaonkar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sameer Urgaonkar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John G. Verkade (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided to couple an aryl halide to an alkyne comprising reacting a compound of the formula ArX, wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group and X is I or Br, with a compound of the formula HC≡C—R1 wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted organic group, in the presence of an effective amount of a phosphine-free, oxime-free palladium catalyst; (C1-C4)alkyl N+(−OAc) or an alkali metal carbonate, to yield a compound of the formula Ar—C≡C—R1, wherein the reaction is carried out in the absence of an organic amine or copper(I). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/364878 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
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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) | Mark L. G. Althouse (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Range limited antenna includes at least two sets of antenna elements and an RF signal processing network connected to each set of antenna elements. The network has a function, F(Ξ,x)=ΦA(x)−ΦB(x)+ΦC(x)−ΦD(x) . . . +ΦN−1(x)−ΦN(x), where x is a signal, ΦA(x) is the phase angle of signal x at the first element set, ΦB(x) is the phase angle of signal x at the second element set, ΦN(x) is the phase angle of signal x at the set N, and Ξ contains all additional parameters which bear on the system. The network is configured to pass a signal for which F(Ξ,x)>ε, where ε is a threshold amount, such that the antenna has gain to signals within a radius and has attenuation outside the radius. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/974003 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/844 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Lombardi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A shelter coating comprising a photocatalyst capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The shelter coating may optionally include a singlet oxygen scavenger. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/779239 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nu-Iron Technology, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iwao Iwasaki (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); Michael J. Lalich (Duluth, Minnesota); Robert C. Beaudin (Duluth, Minnesota); Richard F. Kiesel (Hibbing, Minnesota); Andrew J. Lindgren (Grand Rapids, Minnesota); Rodney L. Bleifuss (Grand Rapids, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for producing metallic nuggets includes providing reducible mixture (e.g., reducible micro-agglomerates; reducing material and reducible iron bearing material; reducible mixture including additives such as a fluxing agent; compacts, etc.) on at least a portion of a hearth material layer. In one embodiment, a plurality of channel openings extend at least partially through a layer of the reducible mixture to define a plurality of nugget forming reducible material regions. Such channel openings may be at least partially filled with nugget separation fill material (e.g., carbonaceous material). Thermally treating the layer of reducible mixture results in formation of one or more metallic iron nuggets. In other embodiments, various compositions of the reducible mixture and the formation of the reducible mixture provide one or more beneficial characteristics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/296583 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07642245 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenhao Hu (North Brunswick, New Jersey); Roland W. Burli (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the formula (I) where Ar and R are as defined herein, possess antibacterial properties. |
| FILED | Friday, September 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/518503 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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.
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