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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 07647720 | Vendetti |
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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) | Vincent J. Vendetti (King George, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An alignment mount is provided for adjusting elevation and azimuth between first and second axes for two respective devices attached thereto. The axes are substantially parallel to an axial direction and substantially perpendicular to lateral and vertical directions. These directions form a pitch plane by said axial and vertical directions, a yaw plane by said axial and lateral directions and a roll plane by said lateral and vertical directions. The mount is detachably disposable to first and second devices corresponding to the first and second axes. The mount includes first and second platforms respectively attachable to the first and second devices, an elevation block, an elevation screw, an elevation cam, an azimuth screw and an azimuth cam. The first platform includes a first slot that extends substantially in the yaw plane. The second platform includes a first bore and a first channel extending in tandem substantially in the axial direction. The elevation screw is rotatable within the first bore in the roll plane. The elevation block is insertable into the first channel and includes a second bore, a second channel and a second slot. The second bore and the second channel extend substantially in the axial direction. The azimuth screw is rotatable within the second bore in the roll plane. The second slot extends substantially in the pitch plane. The elevation cam translates within said first channel to engage with the second slot to rotate one end of the elevation block in the pitch plane in response to turning of the elevation screw. The elevation block and first platform can be pinned together at an opposite end to the first end. The first platform can include a Picatinny rail. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316558 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07647763 | Joshi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts); Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Edina, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prakash B. Joshi (Andover, Massachusetts); Bernard L. Upschulte (Nashua, New Hampshire); Alan H. Gelb (Boston, Massachusetts); B. David Green (Methuen, Massachusetts); Dean M. Lester (Brigham, Utah); W. David Starrett (Roy, Utah); Ingvar A. Wallace (Brigham City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides thrust to the vehicle upon pyrolysis or combustion of the polyoxymethylene component of the product of pyrolysis of the polyoxymethylene component. The vehicle can be a satellite or other type of spacecraft. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/086789 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07647775 | Muldoon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc J. Muldoon (Marlborough, Connecticut); Tor W. Sherwood (San Diego, California); Meggan H. Harris (Colchester, Connecticut); Robert T. Brooks (Killingworth, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine fueling system includes a number of spray bars having conduits extending through associated vanes. A number of fuel injector nozzles are along each conduit. Each of the nozzles are positioned to discharge an associated fuel stream from one of the sides of the associated vane. A number of wear members are each mounted relative to the associated one of the nozzles for a range of motion relative thereto. The wear members movably cooperate with the associated vane to accommodate operating deflection and/or tolerances of the spray bars and vanes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/174278 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/761 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648143 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Davis (Tolland, Connecticut); Armando Amador (Wethersfield, Connecticut); Francis Parnin (Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A sealing system for use with at least one rotating shaft has a tandem seal arrangement contacting a surface of the at least one rotating shaft. The tandem seal arrangement includes at least one pair of segmented ring assemblies. Each of the segmented ring assemblies contacts the surface of the at least one shaft. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/253248 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Seal for a joint or juncture 277/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648242 | Ferguson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Daniel Ferguson (Melrose, Massachusetts); Daniel X. Hammer (Bedford, New Hampshire); Nicusor V. Iftimia (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Chad Bigelow (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for imaging an eye includes a housing and a system of optical components disposed in the housing. The apparatus is capable of operating in a line scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of optical components can include a first source to provide a first beam of light for the OCT mode and a second source to provide a second beam of light for the LSLO mode. In the OCT mode, a first optic is used that (i) scans, using a first surface of the first optic, the first beam of light along a retina of an eye in a first dimension, and (ii) descans, using the first surface, a first light returning from the eye in the first dimension to a detection system in the OCT mode. In the LSLO mode, the first optic is used where the second beam of light passes through a second surface of the first optic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/799315 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648589 | Taya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minoru Taya (Mercer Island, Washington); Ying Zhao (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a ductile and porous shape memory alloy (SMA) using spark plasma sintering, and an energy absorbing structure including a ductile and porous SMA are disclosed. In an exemplary structure, an SMA spring encompasses a generally cylindrical energy absorbing material. The function of the SMA spring is to resist the bulging of the cylinder under large compressive loading, thereby increasing a buckling load that the cylindrical energy absorbing material can accommodate. The SMA spring also contributes to the resistance of the energy absorbing structure to an initial compressive loading. Preferably, the cylinder is formed of ductile, porous and super elastic SMA. A working prototype includes a NiTi spring, and a porous NiTi cylinder or rod. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/222023 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648602 | Koppes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William M. Koppes (Adelphi, Maryland); David M. Rosenberg (Bryans Road, Maryland); Kerry A. Clark (La Plata, Maryland); Eric S. Schlegel (Indian Head, Maryland); Brian W. Vos (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jody W. Lang (Waldorf, Maryland); Andrea D. Warren (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for chemically neutralizing a nitroarene explosive uses a nitroarene hypergol having an α,ω-amine and an accelerant that is applied to the explosive composition to cause ignition of the explosive composition. The method may be used to neutralize active mines. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/650755 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648675 | Zhang et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Shi C. Zhang (Rolla, Missouri); Gregory E. Hilmas (Rolla, Missouri); William G. Fahrenholtz (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of sintering a composite body characterized by a transition metal carbide phase (such as a ZrC phase) substantially evenly distributed in a second, typically refractory, transition metal (such as W) matrix at ambient pressures, including blending a first predetermined amount of first transition metal oxide powder (such as ZrO2) with a second predetermined amount of second transition metal carbide powder (such as WC powder). Next the blended powders are mixed to yield a substantially homogeneous powder mixture and a portion of the substantially homogeneous powder mixture is formed into a green body. The body is fired to a first temperature, wherein the first transition metal oxide is substantially reduced and the simultaneously generated CO and gas are evolved from the body to substantially eliminate oxides from the green body, and the body is heated to a second temperature and sintered to yield a composite body of about 99 percent theoretical density and characterized by a first transition metal carbide phase distributed substantially evenly in a second transition metal matrix. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/539384 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648802 | Neureuther et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew R. Neureuther (Berkeley, California); Gregory R. McIntyre (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention presents three new classes of phase-shifting mask patterns. In optical image forming systems, a mask with phase shifted regions can act as a precision instrument for characterizing imaging. Three new classes of phase-shifting mask patterns have been invented to characterize projection printing tool illumination and phase-shifting mask (PSM) performance. The linear phase grating (LPG) and linear phase ring (LPR) both serve to characterize illumination angular distribution and uniformity. A third new class, the interferometric-probe monitor for phase-shifting masks (IPM-PSM), measures the effective phase, transmittance and edge effects of various phase-shifted mask features. All three patterns allow performance comparison across the field, tool-to-tool, over time, or to intended design. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/053725 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648834 | Moore |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne E. Moore (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The sensitivity and durability of fluorescent assays may be increased through structures and methods using plasmon fluorescence augmentation and sealing of the structure against degradation by reagents used in the assay. The resulting structures make practical extremely sensitive fluorescent assays for DNA and other biological analytes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/333700 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648843 | Uyeda 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) | Harry Tetsuo Uyeda (College Park, Maryland); Hedi M Mattoussi (Alexandria, Virginia); Igor L Medintz (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to a surface ligand; preparation of the ligand; colloidal nanoparticle, such as quantum dot bearing one or more of the ligand; and a bioconjugate characterized by a nanoparticle bearing one or more of the ligand conjugated to a biomolecule. The ligand is characterized by the presence of a first module containing atoms that can attach to an inorganic surface; a second module that imparts water-solubility to the ligand and to the inorganic surface that may be attached to the ligand; and a third module that contains a functional group that can, directly or indirectly, conjugate to a biomolecule. Order of the modules can be different and other modules and groups can be on the ligand. Preparation of the ligand includes the steps of reacting a compound having atoms that can attach to an inorganic surface with a water-solubilizing compound that imparts the property of water-solubility to the ligand and the inorganic surface to which it may be attached and purification thereof. Colloidal nanoparticle is characterized by an inorganic surface having attached to it one or more of the ligands. The colloidal bioconjugate is characterized by an inorganic surface having attached thereto one or more of the ligand wherein at least some of the ligand have a biomolecule conjugated thereto. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/775255 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649028 | Tiba 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) | Amer Tiba (Lake Bluff, Illinois); David G. Charlton (Gurnee, Illinois); James C. Ragain (Lafollette, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a temporary dental formulation useful as a durable, temporary restorative. The formulation changes color during mixing to assist the operator in ensuring adequacy of mixing and enhancing visualization during placement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/700970 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649070 | Keller |
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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) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A linear polymer comprising carborane, siloxane, and acetylene units, which may be cross-linked to a cured polymer and/or pyrolyzed to a ceramic. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163004 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649196 | Tischler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Tischler (Sharon, Massachusetts); Michael Scott Bradley (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device includes an optical cavity in resonance with an optical transition of a material disposed in the cavity. The device can form an exciton-polariton state. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/265199 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649216 | Clark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence T. Clark (Phoenix, Arizona); Karl C. Mohr (Phoenix, Arizona); Keith E. Holbert (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to radiation hardening by design (RHBD), which employs layout and circuit techniques to mitigate the damaging effects of ionizing radiation. Reverse body biasing (RBB) of N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistors may be used to counteract the effects of trapped positive charges in isolation oxides due to ionizing radiation. In a traditional MOS integrated circuit, input/output (I/O) circuitry may be powered using an I/O power supply voltage, and core circuitry may be powered using a core power supply voltage, which is between the I/O power supply voltage and ground. However, in one embodiment of the present invention, the core circuitry is powered using a voltage difference between the core power supply voltage and the I/O power supply voltage. The bodies of NMOS transistors in the core circuitry are coupled to ground; therefore, a voltage difference between the core power supply voltage and ground provides RBB. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/117416 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/208 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649245 | Zingher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur R. Zingher (Mountain View, California); Bruce M. Guenin (San Diego, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Robert J. Drost (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates high-bandwidth communication using a flexible bridge. This system includes a chip with an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside, and a second component with a surface upon which active circuitry and/or signal pads reside. A flexible bridge provides high-bandwidth communication between the active face of the chip and the surface of the second component. By matching the wire line size in the flexible bridge to the size of circuits and/or signal pads on the chip and on the second component, the system allows signals to be sent between the circuits on the chip and the second component without having to change the scale of the interconnect, thereby alleviating wireability and bandwidth limitations of conventional chip packaging technologies. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/418985 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/664 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649255 | Chow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Chow (East Palo Alto, California); Robert D. Hopkins (Hayward, California); Justin M. Schauer (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor die includes proximity connectors proximate to a surface of the semiconductor die. This semiconductor die is configured to communicate signals with another semiconductor die via proximity communication through one or more of the proximity connectors. In particular, the proximity connectors include a first group of proximity connectors that is configured to facilitate determining a first separation between the semiconductor die and the other semiconductor die by comparing coupling capacitances between the semiconductor die and the other semiconductor die. Note that the first group of proximity connectors includes a first proximity connector and a second proximity connector, and the second proximity connector at least partially encloses an in-plane outer edge of the first proximity connector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/635336 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/723 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649283 | Tonn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island); Paul Medeiros (Middleboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Means and methods of remotely powering a plurality of sensor coils are described. The plurality of sensor coils can be inductively coupled to a single, primary coil so as to bias the active circuitry of the sensors. The primary and sensor coils can have a separation on the order of inches, such that the sensors can be mounted exterior to a vessel and the primary coil can be mounted interior to the vessel. In some embodiments, the primary coil can be a wire coil. In other embodiments, the primary coil can be a planar coil pattern etched onto a printed circuit board. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/772864 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649432 | Sherrer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nuvotornics, LLC (Radford, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Sherrer (Radford, Virginia); Christopher A. Nichols (Blacksburg, Virginia); Shifang Zhou (Redmond, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are three-dimensional microstructures and their methods of formation. The microstructures are formed by a sequential build process and include microstructural elements which are mechanically locked to one another. The microstructures find use, for example, in coaxial transmission lines for electromagnetic energy. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/005885 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649665 | Kempa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof J. Kempa (Billerica, Massachusetts); Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Michael J. Naughton (Norwood, Massachusetts); Jakub A. Rybczynski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods for optical switching using nanoscale optics are disclosed herein. A nano-optics apparatus for use as an optical switch includes a metallic film having a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of cylindrical channels containing a dielectric material, the metallic film acting as an outer electrode; and an array of non-linear optical components penetrating the metallic film through the plurality of cylindrical channels, the array acting as an array of inner electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/509398 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649884 | Ahmed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohiuddin Ahmed (Moorpark, California); Son Dao (Northridge, California); Noparut Vanitchanant (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a scalable and reliable collaborative multicast routing for multicasting in hybrid, multi-tiered, mobile heterogeneous wireless networks. It establishes a multicast tree, maintains the established route, detects and prevents most link breakage within the multicast tree by a neighboring node or the cooperation of the neighboring node, and enables merging of partitioned multicast trees of the same multicast group by nodes that participate in one of the partitioned multicast trees. The use of local nodes to collaboratively establish, maintain, recover, and merge the hybrid, multi-tiered mobile wireless networks that use heterogeneous set of mobile wireless nodes is the fundamental basis for the collaborative multicast routing scheme of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/002879 |
| ART UNIT | 2419 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/390 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650030 | Shan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying Shan (West Windsor, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (West Windsor, New Jersey); Harpreet Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for unsupervised learning of measures for matching objects between images from at least two non-overlapping cameras is disclosed The method includes collecting at least two pairs of feature maps, where the at least two pairs of feature maps are derived from features of objects captured in the images. The method further includes computing, as a function of at least two pairs of feature maps, at least one first and second match measures, wherein the first match measure is of a same class and the second match measure is of a different class. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/295143 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650080 | Yap et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Yap (Newbury Park, California); Keyvan Sayyah (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A spread spectrum waveform generator has a photonic oscillator and an optical heterodyne synthesizer. The photonic oscillator is a multi-tone optical comb generator for generating a series of RF comb lines on an optical carrier. The optical heterodyne synthesizer includes first and second phase-locked lasers, where the first laser feeds the multi-tone optical comb generator and the second laser is a single tone laser whose output light provides a frequency translation reference. At least one photodetector is provided for heterodyning the frequency translation reference with the optical output of the photonic oscillator to generate a spread spectrum waveform. A receiver pre-processor may be provided to operate on the spread spectrum waveform. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/824197 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650165 | Chuprun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery Scott Chuprun (Scottsdale, Arizona); Chad Scott Bergstrom (Chandler, Arizona); Byron Tarver (Chandler, Arizona); Bennett Beaudry (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A high speed data transfer system includes a WAU (201) which is utilized to provide high speed access to satellite transferred data. The system is configured such that a plurality of data utilization (205) may access the high speed data via wireless links to the WAU (201). Advantageously, high speed data services may be provided to users without the users requiring individual satellite antennas. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/198774 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/558 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650529 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinliang Fan (Redmond, Washington); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a method and system for replicating data at another location. The system includes a source node that contains data in a data storage area. The source node is coupled to a network of potential replication nodes. The processor determines at least two eligible nodes in the network of nodes and determines the communication cost associated with a each of the eligible nodes. The processor also determines a probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of eligible nodes, and selects at least one of the eligible nodes for replication of the data located on the source node. The selection is based on the determined communication costs and probability of concurrent failure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/145540 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip S. Green (Palo Alto, California); Joel F. Jensen (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to manipulator assembly (2) for holding and manipulating a surgical instrument (14) in a telerobotic system. The assembly comprises a base (6) fixable by passive or power driven positioning devices to a surface, such as an operating table, and an instrument holder (4) movably mounted on the base. The instrument holder comprises a chassis (6) and an instrument support (70) movably mounted on the body and having an interface engageable with the surgical instrument to releasably mount the instrument to the instrument holder. A drive assembly (7) is operatively coupled to the instrument holder for providing the instrument with at least two degrees of freedom. The instrument holder is separable from the base and the drive assembly so that the holder can be sterilized. The assembly further includes a force sensing element (52) mounted distal to the holder and the drive assembly for detecting forces exerted on the surgical instrument and providing feedback to the surgeon. The assembly is attached to a remote center positioner (300) for constraining the instrument to rotate a point coincident with the entry incision and an inclinometer (350) for preventing gravitational forces acting on the system's mechanisms from being felt by the surgeon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/186654 |
| ART UNIT | 3733 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648700 | Vignery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (Boonton, New Jersey); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Agnes Vignery (Branford, Connecticut); Nozer M. Mehta (Randolph, New Jersey); James P. Gilligan (Union, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inducing bone formation in a subject in need of such inducement comprises the steps of mechanically inducing an increase in osteoblast activity in the subject and elevating blood concentration of at least one bone anabolic agent in the subject. The method steps may be performed in any order, but in sufficient time proximity that the elevated concentration of the anabolic agent and the mechanically induced increase in osteoblast activity overlaps. The method may additionally comprise providing the subject with an elevated blood concentration of at least one antiresorptive agent, wherein the elevated concentration is sufficient to prevent resorption of new bone growth produced due to the osteoblast activity. Use of the method permits targeting of specific bones of the subject for bone production and preservation, faster bone production and earlier discontinuation of bone anabolic pharmaceuticals. Kits adapted for performing the method are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/839957 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648726 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chemat Technology, Inc. (Northridge, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiankai Liu (Chartsworth, California); Yuhong Huang (West Hills, California); Ichiro Nishimura (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method including forming a first coating layer derived from an alkoxide on a substrate having a dimension suitable for an implant and forming a second coating layer on the first coating layer that promotes osseointegration. An apparatus comprising a substrate having a dimension suitable as a medical or dental implant and a coating on a surface of a first coating layer derived from an alkoxide and a second coating layer that promotes osseointegration. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/043865 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648826 | Albertson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donna G. Albertson (Lafayette, California); Daniel Pinkel (Walnut Creek, California); Colin Collins (San Raphael, California); Joe W. Gray (San Francisco, California); Bauke Ystra (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the discovery that an amplification of the CYP24 gene or an increase in CYP24 activity is a marker for the presence of, progression of, or predisposition to, a cancer (e.g., breast cancer). Using this information, this invention provides methods of detecting a predisposition to cancer in an animal. The methods involve (i) providing a biological sample from an animal (e.g. a human patient); (ii) detecting the level of CYP24 within the biological sample; and (iii) comparing the level of CYP24 with a level of CYP24 in a control sample taken from a normal, cancer-free tissue where an increased level of CYP24 in the biological sample compared to the level of CYP24 in the control sample indicates the presence of said cancer in said animal. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/285292 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648834 | Moore |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne E. Moore (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The sensitivity and durability of fluorescent assays may be increased through structures and methods using plasmon fluorescence augmentation and sealing of the structure against degradation by reagents used in the assay. The resulting structures make practical extremely sensitive fluorescent assays for DNA and other biological analytes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/333700 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648840 | Morris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (Oakland, California); The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claudia R. Morris (Lafayette, California); Stanley L. Hazen (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and compositions for diagnosis, including prognosis, of conditions associated with decreased arginine bioavailability (which can result from dysregulated arginine metabolism, e.g., due to increased arginase activity) by assessing in a sample from a subject the ratio of arginine to one or more, usually two or more, modulators of arginine bioavailability. In one embodiment, the ratio of arginine to (ornithine+citrulline) is assessed to aid in diagnosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/293351 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648962 | James et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biocon Limited (, India) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth D. James (Mebane, North Carolina); Balasingham Radhakrishnan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Navdeep B. Malkar (Cary, North Carolina); Mark A. Miller (Raleigh, North Carolina); Nnochiri N. Ekwuribe (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified natriuretic compounds and conjugates thereof are disclosed in the present invention. In particular, conjugated forms of hBNP are provided that include at least one modifying moiety attached thereto. The modified natriuretic compound conjugates retain activity for stimulating cGMP production, binding to NPR-A receptor, and in some embodiments an improved half-life in circulation as compared to unmodified counterpart natriuretic compounds. Oral, parenteral, enteral, subcutaneous, pulmonary, and intravenous forms of the compounds and conjugates may be prepared as treatments and/or therapies for heart conditions particularly congestive heart failure. Modifying moieties comprising oligomeric structures having a variety of lengths and configurations are also disclosed. Analogs of the natriuretic compound are also disclosed, having an amino acid sequence that is other than the native sequence. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/999761 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648964 | Laurie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon W. Laurie (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jiahu Wang (Nepean, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of lacritin, and fragments, derivatives, and homologs thereof, and nucleic acid sequences encoding that protein. The invention relates to the use of lacritin as a growth factor human corneal epithelial cells and other select epithelial cells. The invention also relates to the use of lacritin in promoting ocular cell survival in response to an insult or injury, in protecting against ocular inflammation, and in promoting ocular wound repair. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/596506 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 |
| US 07648965 | Vignery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Unigene Laboratories Inc. (Boonton, New Jersey); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Agnès Vignery (Branford, Connecticut); Nozer M. Mehta (Randolph, New Jersey); James P. Gilligan (Union, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inducing bone formation in a subject in need of such inducement comprises the steps of mechanically inducing an increase in osteoblast activity in the subject and elevating blood concentration of at least one bone anabolic agent in the subject. The method steps may be performed in any order, but in sufficient time proximity that the elevated concentration of the anabolic agent and the mechanically induced increase in osteoblast activity overlaps. The method may additionally comprise providing the subject with an elevated blood concentration of at least one antiresorptive agent, wherein the elevated concentration is sufficient to prevent resorption of new bone growth produced due to the osteoblast activity. Use of the method permits targeting of specific bones of the subject for bone production and preservation, faster bone production and earlier discontinuation of bone anabolic pharmaceuticals. Kits adapted for performing the method are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/267987 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648978 | Zembower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angion Biomedica Corp. (Great Neck, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Zembower (La Grange, Illinois); Jasbir Singh (Naperville, Illinois); Rama K. Mishra (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds having formula (I) or (II): and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, wherein m, p, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of diseases, disorders or conditions associated with HGF/SF or other cytokine activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/238285 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/217.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649006 | 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); Alexey Rivkin (New York, New York); Yoshimura Fumikiko (New York, New York); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ana E. Gabarda (New York, New York); Huajin Dong (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein. The present invention additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and provides methods of treating cancer comprising administering a compound of formula (I). |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/435408 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649014 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chen-Yu Zhang (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Bradford B. Lowell (Southborough, Massachusetts); John A Porco, Jr. (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ruichao Shen (Boston, Massachusetts); Cheng T. Lin (Fresh Meadow, New York); Stefan Krauss (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Genipin derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that inhibit the activity of uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) and are useful in treating deficient first-phase insulin secretion, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and ischemia in a mammal are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/241768 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649088 | Fink et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Fink (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xinping Zhao (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions of a novel gene and the peptide encoded by the gene. Mutations in the gene, named atlastin, are factors in the disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and related disorders. The present invention will be used for the in the research, diagnosis and treatment of these disabling diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523305 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649660 | Adibi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Adibi (Suwanee, Georgia); Chao Ray Hsieh (Atlanta, Georgia); Arash Karbaschi (Smyrna, Georgia); Omid Momtahan (Foothill Ranch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sophisticated volume hologram for dispersing an incident optical signal with uniform spectrum over an input plane to an output pattern with non-uniform spatial-spectral information, where the sophisticated volume hologram includes a plurality of holograms that map different input wavelengths into different locations on an output plane. The system further includes a detector for receiving and detecting light dispersed by the sophisticated volume hologram. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/459102 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07648566 | Wei et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Wei (Mission Viejo, California); James Anthony Ruud (Delmar, New York); Anthony Yu-Chung Ku (Rexford, New York); Vidya Ramaswamy (Niskayuna, New York); Ke Liu (Rancho Santa Margrita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for producing hydrogen gas wherein the apparatus includes a reactor. In one embodiment, the reactor includes at least two conversion-removal portions. Each conversion-removal portion comprises a catalyst section configured to convert CO in the stream to CO2 and a membrane section located downstream of and in flow communication with the catalyst section. The membrane section is configured to selectively remove the CO2 from the stream and to be in flow communication with a sweep gas. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/558063 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Yousif (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved two-piece container seal suitable for sealing a container having a removable closure and for lining the closure comprises a flexible sealant sheet and a flexible liner sheet bonded thereto. The sealant sheet and liner sheet are of the same size and shape. The sealant sheet has a sealing surface and a first thermoplastic surface, and the liner sheet has an outer surface and a second thermoplastic surface. The first and second thermoplastic surfaces are in opposed, congruent contact with each other, and the first thermoplastic surface is ultrasonically welded to the second thermoplastic surface by an array of spaced, frangible ultrasonic welds, forming an adhesive-free interface therebetween. A method of manufacturing a two-piece container seal and a sealed container comprising a two-piece container seal are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173474 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/346 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649078 | Paulauskas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felix L. Paulauskas (Knoxville, Tennessee); Daniel M. Sherman (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for treating polymeric materials comprises a treatment chamber adapted to maintain a selected atmosphere at a selected temperature; a means for supporting the polymeric material within the chamber; and, a source of ozone-containing gas, which decomposes at the selected temperature yielding at least one reactive oxidative species whereby the polymer is stabilized and cross linked through exposure to the oxidative species in the chamber at the selected temperature. The ozone may be generated by a plasma discharge or by various chemical processes. The apparatus may be configured for either batch-type or continuous-type processing. The apparatus and method are especially useful for preparing polymer fibers, particularly PAN fibers, for later carbonization treatments as well as to make flame-retardant fabrics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/391615 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/480 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649099 | Holladay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnathan E. Holladay (Kennewick, Washington); Jianli Hu (Kennewick, Washington); Yong Wang (Richland, Washington); Todd A. Werpy (West Richland, Washington); Xinjie Zhang (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes methods of producing dianhydrosugars. A polyol is reacted in the presence of a first catalyst to form a monocyclic sugar. The monocyclic sugar is transferred to a second reactor where it is converted to a dianhydrosugar alcohol in the presence of a second catalyst. The invention includes a process of forming isosorbide. An initial reaction is conducted at a first temperature in the presence of a solid acid catalyst. The initial reaction involves reacting sorbitol to produce 1,4-sorbitan, 3,6-sorbitan, 2,5-mannitan and 2,5-iditan. Utilizing a second temperature, the 1,4-sorbitan and 3,6-sorbitan are converted to isosorbide. The invention includes a method of purifying isosorbide from a mixture containing isosorbide and at least one additional component. A first distillation removes a first portion of the isosorbide from the mixture. A second distillation is then conducted at a higher temperature to remove a second portion of isosorbide from the mixture. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/341961 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/464 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649359 | Prelas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Prelas (Columbia, Missouri); Tushar K. Ghosh (Columbia, Missouri); Robert V. Tompson, Jr. (Columbia, Missouri); Dabir Viswanath (Columbia, Missouri); Sudarshan K. Loyalka (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical and biological agent sensor includes an electrostatic thin film supported by a substrate. The film includes an electrostatic charged surface to attract predetermined biological and chemical agents of interest. A charge collector associated with said electrostatic thin film collects charge associated with surface defects in the electrostatic film induced by the predetermined biological and chemical agents of interest. A preferred sensing system includes a charge based deep level transient spectroscopy system to read out charges from the film and match responses to data sets regarding the agents of interest. A method for sensing biological and chemical agents includes providing a thin sensing film having a predetermined electrostatic charge. The film is exposed to an environment suspected of containing the biological and chemical agents. Quantum surface effects on the film are measured. Biological and/or chemical agents can be detected, identified and quantified based on the measured quantum surface effects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639405 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650028 | Burns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Alburquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geroge R. Burns (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Pin Yang (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods and apparatus for inspecting vicinally illuminated non-patterned areas of translucent materials. An initial image of the material is received. A second image is received following a relative translation between the material being inspected and a device generating the images. Each vicinally illuminated image includes a portion having optimal illumination, that can be extracted and stored in a composite image of the non-patterned area. The composite image includes aligned portions of the extracted image portions, and provides a composite having optimal illumination over a non-patterned area of the material to be inspected. The composite image can be processed by enhancement and object detection algorithms, to determine the presence of, and characterize any inhomogeneities present in the material. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/328472 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650434 | Blumrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthias A. Blumrich (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Dong Chen (Croton-On-Hudson, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Irvington, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Dirk Hoenicke (Ossining, New York); Burkhard D. Steinmacher-Burow (Mount Kisco, New York); Todd E. Takken (Mount Kisco, New York); Pavlos M. Vranas (Bedford Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for enabling high-speed, low-latency global tree network communications among processing nodes interconnected according to a tree network structure. The global tree network enables collective reduction operations to be performed during parallel algorithm operations executing in a computer structure having a plurality of the interconnected processing nodes. Router devices are included that interconnect the nodes of the tree via links to facilitate performance of low-latency global processing operations at nodes of the virtual tree and sub-tree structures. The global operations performed include one or more of: broadcast operations downstream from a root node to leaf nodes of a virtual tree, reduction operations upstream from leaf nodes to the root node in the virtual tree, and point-to-point message passing from any node to the root node. The global tree network is configurable to provide global barrier and interrupt functionality in asynchronous or synchronized manner, and, is physically and logically partitionable. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/469000 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07647771 | Thomsen, III 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) | Donald L. Thomsen, III (Yorktown, Virginia); Robert G. Bryant (Lightfoot, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermally driven piston assembly's housing has (i) a first material slidingly fitted therein, and (ii) at least one plug of a second material slidingly fitted therein and abutting the first material. The first material is one (e.g., a liquid crystal elastomer) that undergoes a stiffness change and/or a dimensional change when subjected to a temperature change in the temperature range of interest. When subjected to the temperature change while in the housing, the first material is restricted to changing dimensionally along a single dimension. The second material retains its shape and size throughout the temperature range of interest. As a result, the plug moves in the housing in correspondence with the dimensional change of the first material or the plug's movement is damped by the stiffness change of the first material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/374480 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649166 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boyang Liu (Evanston, Illinois); Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging device. In one embodiment, the imaging device includes a plurality of first electrode strips in parallel to each other along a first direction x, wherein each first electrode strip has an elongated body with a first surface and an opposite, second surface and a thickness n1. The imaging device also includes a plurality of second electrode strips in parallel to each other along a second direction y that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction x, wherein each second electrode strip has an elongated body with a first surface and an opposite, second surface and a thickness n2. The plurality of second electrode strips are positioned apart from the plurality of first electrode strips along a third direction z that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction x and the second direction y such that the plurality of first electrode strips and the plurality of second electrode strips are crossing each other accordingly to form a corresponding number of crossing points. And at each crossing point, a semiconductor component is filled between the second surface of a corresponding first electrode strip and the first surface of a corresponding second electrode strip to form an addressable pixel. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/233273 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649439 | Thomsen |
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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) | Donald L. Thomsen (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible thin metal film thermal sensing system is provided. A self-metallized polymeric film has a polymeric film region and a metal surface disposed thereon. A layer of electrically-conductive metal is deposited directly onto the self-metallized polymeric film's metal surface. Coupled to at least one of the metal surface and the layer of electrically-conductive metal is a device/system for measuring an electrical characteristic associated therewith as an indication of temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/465503 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical resistors 338/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650232 | Paielli |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell A. Paielli (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for analyzing and processing information on one or more aircraft flight paths, using a four-dimensional coordinate system including three Cartesian or equivalent coordinates (x, y, z) and a fourth coordinate δ that corresponds to a distance estimated along a reference flight path to a nearest reference path location corresponding to a present location of the aircraft. Use of the coordinate δ, rather than elapsed time t, avoids coupling of along-track error into aircraft altitude and reduces effects of errors on an aircraft landing site. Along-track, cross-track and/or altitude errors are estimated and compared with a permitted error bounding space surrounding the reference flight path. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239456 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07647848 | Layton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley E. Layton (Havertown, Pennsylvania); Gregory Buzby (Woodstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A base unit for integrating an imaging device, such as an atomic force microscope, and a manipulation device, such as a nano-manipulator. The integration of the two devices permits one device to perform both imaging and manipulation simultaneously. The simultaneous execution of these two tasks increases the rate at which experiments can be conducted, thereby improving the throughput of the device. Also, the simultaneous execution of these two tasks allows imaging during manipulation, which may be desirable or beneficial in some circumstances. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/564678 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/865.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649069 | Sogah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dotsevi Y. Sogah (Ithaca, New York); Sarav B. Jhaveri (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Free radical living polymerization attached nanocluster (metal oxide, e.g., gamma-Fe2O3 or FeO nanocluster or quantum dot (e.g., CdSe) nanocluster, are used for polymerization of polymer or copolymer to provide nanocomposite polymers or copolymer arms around nanoclusters. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/436981 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649166 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boyang Liu (Evanston, Illinois); Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging device. In one embodiment, the imaging device includes a plurality of first electrode strips in parallel to each other along a first direction x, wherein each first electrode strip has an elongated body with a first surface and an opposite, second surface and a thickness n1. The imaging device also includes a plurality of second electrode strips in parallel to each other along a second direction y that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction x, wherein each second electrode strip has an elongated body with a first surface and an opposite, second surface and a thickness n2. The plurality of second electrode strips are positioned apart from the plurality of first electrode strips along a third direction z that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction x and the second direction y such that the plurality of first electrode strips and the plurality of second electrode strips are crossing each other accordingly to form a corresponding number of crossing points. And at each crossing point, a semiconductor component is filled between the second surface of a corresponding first electrode strip and the first surface of a corresponding second electrode strip to form an addressable pixel. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/233273 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649479 | Liu et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Zhixin Liu (College Station, Texas); Samuel S. Cheng (Houston, Texas); Angelos D. Liveris (Stafford, Texas); Zixiang Xiong (Spring, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for realizing a Wyner-Ziv encoder may involve the following steps: (a) apply nested quantization to input data from an information source in order to generate intermediate data; and (b) encode the intermediate data using an asymmetric Slepian-Wolf encoder in order to generate compressed output data representing the input data. Similarly, a Wyner-Ziv decoder may be realized by: (1) applying an asymmetric Slepian-Wolf decoder to compressed input data using side information to generate intermediate values, and (b) jointly decoding the intermediate values using the side information to generate decompressed output data. |
| FILED | Monday, October 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/868889 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07648665 | Eshraghi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microcell Corporation (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray R. Eshraghi (Cary, North Carolina); Martin E. Ketterer (Apex, North Carolina); Yongchao Si (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a substrate-supported process for continuous and automated manufacturing of microfibrous fuel cells and other electrochemical cells. Specifically, a removable substrate layer is formed around an inner current collector, followed by sequentially coating multiple structure layers, such as the inner catalyst layer, the membrane separator, and the outer catalyst layer, over such removable substrate layer, and subsequent removing such removable substrate layer, so as to form a lumen around the inner current collector, to allow passage of fluid therethrough. The removable substrate layer preferably comprises a water-soluble polymer, such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), or polyethylene glycol (PEG). |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331812 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07648860 | Lujan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene Lujan (Sunnyvale, California); William S. Wong (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a thin-film transistor or like structure provides conductive “tails” below an overhang region formed by a top gate structure. The tails increase in thickness as they extend outward from a point under the overhang to the source and drain contacts. The tails provide a low resistance conduction path between the source and drain regions and the channel, with low parasitic capacitance. The thickness profile of the tails is controlled by the deposition of material over and on the lateral side surfaces of the gate structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/403309 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07649205 | Lujan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene Lujan (Sunnyvale, California); William S. Wong (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a thin-film transistor or like structure provides conductive “tails” below an overhang region formed by a top gate structure. The tails increase in thickness as they extend outward from a point under the overhang to the source and drain contacts. The tails provide a low resistance conduction path between the source and drain regions and the channel, with low parasitic capacitance. The thickness profile of the tails is controlled by the deposition of material over and on the lateral side surfaces of the gate structure. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/130347 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07650281 | Cusmariu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The U.S. Goverment as Represented By The Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adolf Cusmariu (Eldersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of comparing voice samples to reduce false alarms by receiving a first voice sample, generating a model of the first voice sample, reordering the first voice sample, generating a model of the reordered first voice sample; receiving a second voice sample; generating a model of the second voice sample; reordering the second voice sample, generating a model of the reordered second voice sample, comparing at least one pairings of the models, and determining if the first voice sample matches the second voice sample if the model comparisons are within a user-definable threshold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/545922 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650529 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinliang Fan (Redmond, Washington); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Dimitrios Pendarakis (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a method and system for replicating data at another location. The system includes a source node that contains data in a data storage area. The source node is coupled to a network of potential replication nodes. The processor determines at least two eligible nodes in the network of nodes and determines the communication cost associated with a each of the eligible nodes. The processor also determines a probability of a concurrent failure of the source node and each of eligible nodes, and selects at least one of the eligible nodes for replication of the data located on the source node. The selection is based on the determined communication costs and probability of concurrent failure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/145540 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US PP20649 | McGranahan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gale McGranahan (Davis, California); Gregory Browne (Davis, California); Charles Leslie (Davis, California); Wesley Hackett (Davis, California); James McKenna (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct variety of walnut rootstock denominated ‘RX1’ is described. This new variety, ‘RX1’, can be propagated through standard tissue culture micropropagation. It has excellent survivability in the nursery and orchard. The new variety also has reduced susceptibility to damage from Phytophthora citricola in greenhouse screens and in the field compared to other available walnut rootstocks. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/821845 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 07650024 | Napoletani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Domenico Napoletani (Fairfax, Virginia); Daniele Carlo Struppa (Irvine, California); Timothy DuWayne Sauer (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for a technique of extracting information from signals by allowing a user to select a classifier and a figure of merit for quantifying classification quality; select a transform to generate features from input data; use a recursive process of functional dissipation to generate dissipative features from features that are generated according to the transform; search for one or more dissipative features that maximize the figure of merit on a training set; and classify a test set with the classifier by using one or more of the dissipative features. Functional dissipation uses the transforms recursively by generating random masking functions and extracting features with one or more generalized matching pursuit iterations. In each iteration, the recursive process may modify several features of the transformed signal with the largest absolute values according to a specific masking function. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/422720 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 07648365 | Olsen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale E. Olsen (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer based training tool and method that emulates human behavior using a computer-simulated person in a realistic scenario. It provides an interactive experience in detecting deception during interviews and acceptance of statements during interpersonal conversations. The simulated person provides verbal responses in combination with an animated video display reflecting the body language of the simulated person in response to questions asked and during and after responses to the questions. The questions and responses are pre-programmed and interrelated groups of questions and responses are maintained in dynamic tables which are constantly adjusted as a function of questions asked and responses generated. The system provides a critique and numerical score for each training session. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695101 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/219 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07649088 | Fink et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Fink (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xinping Zhao (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions of a novel gene and the peptide encoded by the gene. Mutations in the gene, named atlastin, are factors in the disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and related disorders. The present invention will be used for the in the research, diagnosis and treatment of these disabling diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523305 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07648834 | Moore |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne E. Moore (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The sensitivity and durability of fluorescent assays may be increased through structures and methods using plasmon fluorescence augmentation and sealing of the structure against degradation by reagents used in the assay. The resulting structures make practical extremely sensitive fluorescent assays for DNA and other biological analytes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/333700 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07648323 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carol Melvin Smith (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is used to automatically process the contents of a containers. The contents may be bulk materials used by a business or organization. The container enters the system via a tow assembly mechanism, a grasping mechanism clasps the container, a lid secures the contents, the container is lifted and rotated to allow the contents of the container to exit the container. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/476269 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Material or article handling 414/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07648784 | Rajashekara et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kaushik Rajashekara (Carmel, Indiana); George N. Simopoulos (Noblesville, Indiana); Michael T. Faville (Geneseo, New York); Elwood W. Wingeier (Orion, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell APU system comprising a plurality of fuel cell modules connected in parallel. Each module includes a local controller connected to a master controller that coordinates the modules to achieve a desired power output at any given time. Each module is operated within an output range to maximize efficiency of the system. When load demand on a first module exceeds the desired output range of the module, an additional module is brought online in parallel with the first. As the load increases further, additional modules are brought online in cascade fashion to permit all modules to be operated efficiently. If a module is disabled, it is automatically switched out of service and replaced by a standby module. The master controller keeps track of the total operating time of each module and varies the sequence in which different modules are brought into service to balance deterioration among the modules. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/371733 |
| 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 07649082 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri); Genentech, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene M. Johnson (Pacific City, Oregon); Jeffrey D. Milbrandt (St. Louis, Missouri); Paul T. Kotzbauer (Aston, Pennsylvania); Patricia A. Lampe (St. Louis, Missouri); Robert D. Klein (Palo Alto, California); Frederic J. de Sauvage (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel growth factor, persephin, which belongs to the GDNF/neurturin family of growth factors, is disclosed. The human, mouse and rat amino acid sequences have been identified. Human, mouse and rat persephin genomic DNA sequences have been cloned and sequenced and the respective cDNA sequences identified. In addition, methods for treating degenerative conditions using persephin, methods for detecting persephin gene alterations and methods for detecting and monitoring patient levels of persephin are provided. Methods for identifying additional members of the persephin-neurturin-GDNF family of growth factors are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/037782 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07650051 | Lieberman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Lieberman (Torrance, California); Claudio O. Egalon (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Distributed fiber optic chemical and physical sensors can provide a relatively highly uniform response over the length of the fiber by, for example, varying such properties as the core/cladding index of refraction ratio to compensate for the non-linearity in sensitivity. The phenomenon of spatial transient over a length of a fiber introduces such a nonlinearity that can be compensated for by varying at least one parameter of the optical fiber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/842906 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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