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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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| US 07673517 | Stievater 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) | Todd H. Stievater (Arlington, Virginia); William S Rabinovich (Silver Spring, Maryland); Eric J Houser (Ocean View, New Jersey); Stanley V. Stepnowski (Alexandria, Virginia); R Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor and a method for sensing a change in mass of a reflective microbeam in a sensor, the sensor having a reflective layer disposed on a substrate and spaced apart from the reflective microbeam. The microbeam receives amplitude modulated laser energy at a first wavelength and is photothermally excited into resonance at the frequency of amplitude modulation, the reflective microbridge and the reflective layer receive optical energy at a second wavelength and reflect the optical energy toward a receiver. A change in reflectivity of the microbeam at different frequencies is determined. A change in reflectivity indicates a change in resonant frequency of the microbeam. Mass of the microbeam changes when a chemoselective material on the microbeam sorbs a target chemical. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/559119 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/653 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07673746 | Stone 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) | Mark E. Stone (Wilmette, Illinois); Ronald S. Karaway (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Denise L. Berry (Gurnee, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a container for the collection and temporary storage of amalgams and other mercury wastes. The container can include a hollow body with air-tight lid, and one or more mercury sorbents contained in a filter bag. The filter bag covers the inside surface of the hollow body and has holes that allow air exchange between the air in the hollow body and the sorbents. As air exchange occurs, mercury vapors released from dental wastes binds to the mercury binding materials. A self-closing door was made on the lid, which automatically closes after each waste disposal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/103112 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Special receptacle or package 26/63.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674093 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Steven Robert Brassfield (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A casting core for a turbine blade includes a plurality of rods extending above a shank. The rods define internal cooling channels in the airfoil of the blade, and the shank defines an inlet channel in the dovetail of the blade. A plurality of stubs are clustered together at a bulb joined to the shank and radiate outwardly to integrally join different ones of the rods for increasing strength of the core. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/641286 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674531 | Adachi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chihaya Adachi (East Windsor, New Jersey); Marc A. Baldo (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device structure having an organic light emitting device (OLED) over a substrate, where the OLED has, for example, an anode, a hole transporting layer (HTL), a first electron transporting layer (ETL) that is doped with a phosphorescent material, a second electron transporting layer (ETL), and a cathode. The OLEDs of the present invention are directed, in particular, to devices that include an emissive layer comprised of an electron transporting host material having a triplet excited state energy level that is higher than the emissive triplet excited state energy level of the phosphorescent dopant material. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/698233 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674581 | Fries et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Fries (St. Petersburg, Florida); John H. Paul (St. Petersburg, Florida); Andrew Farmer (St. Petersburg, Florida); Matthew Smith (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An autonomous genosensor apparatus and methods for use are provided for the field detection and analysis of ambient chemical, biochemical, biologic, biogenetic, and radiologic materials under field conditions in fluid or gaseous environments, such as marine or aquatic environments or industrial processes. Autonomous genosensors provide integral, self contained units which automatically extract environmental samples, prepare those samples for analytical studies, analyze those samples using studies such as DNA or biomarker analysis, and store or transmit the data produced to a remote computer or computer network. Autonomous genosensors may be used as freestanding units, or may be networked and controlled through a remote computer network. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/161103 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674882 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Hyoung-Joon Jin (Seoul, South Korea); Gregory Rutledge (Newton, Massachusetts); Sergey Fridrikh (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an all-aqueous process and composition for production of silk biomaterials, e.g., fibers, films, foams and mats. In the process, at least one biocompatible polymer, such as poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) (a well-documented biocompatible material), was blended with the silk protein prior to processing e.g., electrospinning. We discovered that this step avoids problems associated with conformational transitions of fibroin during solubilization and reprocessing from aqueous solution which lead to embrittled materials. Moreover, the process avoids the use of organic solvents that can pose problems when the processed biomaterials are exposed to cells in vitro or in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/020650 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675012 | Bobinchak 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) | James Bobinchak (Ridgecrest, California); Gary Hewer (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides an apparatus and a method to cooperatively track and intercept a plurality of highly maneuvering asymmetric threats using networks of small, low-cost, lightweight, airborne vehicles that dynamically self-organize into an ad hoc network topology. This is accomplished using distributed information sharing to maintain cohesion and avoid vehicle collisions, while cooperatively pursuing multiple targets. An oracle vehicle relays network information to a control base. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768507 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675066 | Dougherty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas K. Dougherty (Playa del Ray, California); Tricia Veeder (Santa Barbara, California); Gregory Tracy (Buellton, California); Stephen A. Gabelich (San Pedro, California); John J. Drab (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An erase-on-demand memory cell 10(1) includes a memory layer 110 and a heating layer 130 that can heat memory layer 110 to at least an erase-effective temperature, to erase its data contents. Memory chips 270(1) and electronic systems 200 include cells 10(1). Electronic systems 200(1) include logic circuitry 210 to issue a signal to initiate heating. Electronic systems 200(2) include memory chips 270(2) with one or more erase-on-demand memory cells 10(2) that include a memory layer 110. One or more reservoirs 262 store chemicals. One or more valves 252 retain the chemicals, and respond to a signal to open, reacting the chemicals and/or exposing memory layers 110 to the chemicals. A method of erasing data contents of memory cells includes determining existence of an erase demand scenario, generating a signal in response to the erase demand scenario, and actuating erasure of the memory cells upon issue of the signal. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/246418 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675198 | Maier, II |
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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 Bryan Maier, II (Marina, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An inductive pulse forming network stores electrical energy delivered from an outside prime power supply in the electric field of a low-voltage, high-energy density network capacitor. Through timed actuation of a series of one or more switches, the energy stored in the electric field of the network capacitor is subsequently converted to electrical energy stored in the magnetic field of a network inductor. The energy stored in the network inductor supplies high-current, high-power electrical energy to drive an electromagnetic launcher such as a railgun. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/985062 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675248 | Mubaslat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saed M. Mubaslat (Miamisburg, Ohio); Craig E. Giffen (Hilliard, Ohio); Richard P. Policy (Urbana, Ohio); Joseph L. Ferguson (Cable, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid state microprocessor or digital signal processor (DSP) for dual mode illumination and dimming into modern aerospace searchlights. The system is a universal dimming platform with “smart functions” that include and are not limited to multiple light intensity linearization curves, analog and/or digital input dimming interface, built-in tests and health monitoring, synchronized dual mode light output with canopy position, light driver redundancy, lamp life reporting, and controlled switching with improved EMI. With real-time monitoring of the system parameters it monitors the lights proper operation and failures which can be a concern for flight-critical lighting. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/758499 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/308 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675312 | Ho et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Thomas G. O'Neill (Mountain View, California); Robert D. Hopkins (Hayward, California); Frankie Y. Liu (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for performing on-chip voltage sampling of a weakly-driven node of a semiconductor device are disclosed. In some embodiments, the node is a floating node or is capacitively-driven. In some embodiments, it is involved in proximity-based communication. Sampling the node may include isolating the signal to be sampled using a source-follower amplifier before passing it to the sampling circuit. Sampling the node may include biasing the node to a desired voltage using a leaky transistor or other biasing circuit. In some embodiments, the biasing circuit may also be used to calibrate the sampler by coupling one or more calibration voltages to the node in place of a biasing voltage and measuring the sampler output. The sampler may be suitable for sub-sampling high frequency signals to produce a time-expanded, lower frequency version of the signals. The output of the sampler may be a current communicated off-chip for testing. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/859463 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/765 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675384 | Itoh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatsuo Itoh (Rolling Hills, California); Christophe Caloz (Montreal, Canada); I-Hsiang Lin (Mountain View, California); Hiroshi Okabe (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | High-frequency couplers and coupling techniques are described utilizing artificial composite right/left-handed transmission line (CRLH-TL). Three specific forms of couplers are described; (1) a coupled-line backward coupler is described with arbitrary tight/loose coupling and broad bandwidth; (2) a compact enhanced-bandwidth hybrid ring coupler is described with increased bandwidth and decreased size; and (3) a dual-band branch-line coupler that is not limited to a harmonic relation between the bands. These variations are preferably implemented in a microstrip fabrication process and may use lumped-element components. The couplers and coupling techniques are directed at increasing the utility while decreasing the size of high-frequency couplers, and are suitable for use with separate coupler or couplers integrated within integrated devices. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/122347 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675466 | Gaucher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Paul Gaucher (Brookfield, Connecticut); Duixian Liu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Ranjani Sirdeshmukh (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved feed line networks for antenna arrays operating at millimeter wave frequencies are provided for constructing planar antenna arrays printed on the surface of a dielectric substrate. A planar antenna array includes an array of planar radiator elements interconnected through a feed line network of planar coplanar transmission lines that enable high-efficiency operation, at millimeter wave operating frequencies. For example, a feed network may be formed with a network of coplanar strip line transmission lines including one or more coplanar strip line (CPS) and one or more coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission line, which are interconnected using balun structures, to enable high efficiency operation at millimeter wave frequencies. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/772464 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675610 | Redman 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) | Brian Redman (Lafayette, Colorado); William C. Ruff (Catonsville, Maryland); Barry L. Stann (Edgewater, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Ladar systems and methods are provided. One embodiment is a ladar system comprising: a chirp generator for generating a chirped waveform; a laser for transmitting a light signal toward a target, the light signal being modulated by the chirped waveform; and a photon-counting sensor for receiving a temporally-modulated photon stream corresponding to the modulated light signal being reflected from the target and toward the ladar system, the photon-counting sensor gated relative to the chirped waveform. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/789114 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/5.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675616 | Carney 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) | Joel R. Carney (La Plata, Maryland); John Wilinson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An absorption spectroscopy gauge to measure chemical concentrations in a post-detonation combustion cloud of energetic materials. A broadband light source coupled to an optical fiber guides light into a gauge via a first leg where a plano-convex lens collimates the light source internally. The light reflects off a mirror and passes through an absorption region before entering a second leg of the gauge where it is refocused into a different fiber and sent to a time-resolved spectroscopy system for analysis. The time-resolved spectroscopy system can include a spectrometer and a steak camera. The two legs of the gauge are arranged as separate halves connected by a plurality of rods that can be adjusted to change the length of the absorption region. The gauge is arranged to include stainless steel cone shaped tips to minimize added turbulence brought upon by its use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/974000 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675624 | Chinowsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Chinowsky (Seattle, Washington); Scott D. Soelberg (Seattle, Washington); Peter C. Kauffman (Bainbridge Island, Washington); Clement E. Furlong (Bainbridge Island, Washington); Jared Tritz (Seattle, Washington); Michael S. Grow (Bothell, Washington); Alexei N. Naimushin (Bellevue, Washington); Sinclair S. Yee (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This specification discloses various improvements in the field of SPR sensing systems. One improvement relates to a portable SPR sensing system, e.g., a system contained within a suitcase that can be hand-carried to a monitoring site. Another improvement relates to a portable, cartridge-based SPR sensing system. In this system, selected portions of the system's electrical and fluidics systems are allocated between a base unit and a removable/disposable cartridge. Other improvements relate to methods or protocols for operating an SPR sensing system. Such methods provide for the elimination of false positives and increased sensitivity, e.g., by using secondary antibodies with specificity for different target epitopes and by sensor element redundancy. In addition, protocols are provided for the detection of small molecules. Such protocols may employ a competition type assay where the presence of the analyte inhibits the binding of antibodies to surface immobilized analyte, or a displacement assay, where antibodies bound to the analyte on the sensor surface are displaced by free analyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398964 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675686 | Lo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuhwa Lo (San Diego, California); Deying Zhang (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluidic adaptive lens, a multi-lens apparatus employing the fluidic adaptive lens, and a method of fabricating a fluidic adaptive lens are disclosed. The lens includes a first partition that is flexible and optically transparent, and a second partition that is coupled to the first partition, where at least a portion of the second partition is optically transparent, and where a first cavity is formed in between the first partition and the second partition. The lens further includes a first fluidic medium positioned within the cavity, the fluidic medium also being optically transparent; and a first device capable of controlling a parameter of the fluidic medium, where when the parameter of the fluidic medium changes, the first partition flexes and an optical property of the lens is varied. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/599486 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/665 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675819 | Arvelo, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan I. Arvelo, Jr. (Dayton, Maryland); Ronald W. Mitnick (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A sonar system for detecting underwater acoustic signals includes a plurality of hydrophone units capable of converting acoustic impulses to electrical signals, the hydrophone units being substantially vertically oriented when deployed in a body of water, and the hydrophone units occupying at least some of the positions of an M×N horizontal array. Two-dimensional Chebyshev mathematical weighting is applied to the electrical signals from the individual hydrophone units such that each individual signal from each hydrophone unit is assigned a respective weighting number and a numerical value is assigned to each individual signal corresponding to the strength of the electrical signal as adjusted by the respective weighting number. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548082 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675958 | Stultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Stultz (Lakewood, California); Steven C. Matthews (Incline Village, Nevada); Billie G. Hendry (Hawthorne, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A lasing method including the steps of providing a laser resonator; utilizing birefringence compensation in said resonator whereby said resonator is induced to operate in a Laguerre-Gaussian higher order mode; and utilizing polarized outcoupling of lasing energy at said higher order mode from said resonator. In the illustrative application, the laser resonator is a high-power, solid-state laser resonator. In the specific embodiment, the inventive method further includes the step of changing an outcoupling preference for a non-degenerate high-order Laguerre-Gaussian mode. In one embodiment, the step of changing outcoupling preference includes the step of changing an outcoupling polarization. In another embodiment, the step of changing outcoupling preference includes the step of changing an orientation of a roof edge of a prism in the laser resonator. Lower order Laguerre modes are discouraged from appearing in an output of the resonator by adding loss at the center of the rod aperture of the resonator or detuning the orientation of a first or a second quarter-wave plate. In the illustrative embodiment, the gain lifetime of the resonator is longer than an interpulse period thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/497824 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676121 | Gill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas M. Gill (South Orange, New Jersey); Sanjay Patel (New Providence, New Jersey); Mahmoud Rasras (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments provide an apparatus and a method for operating the apparatus. The apparatus, in one embodiment, may include an optical waveguide located over a substrate, the optical waveguide having a first segment and a second segment. The apparatus may further include a single heating element configured to heat both the first segment and the second segment, wherein a light propagation direction at a point in the second segment differs by at least 90 degrees with respect to a light propagation direction at the point in the first segment. |
| FILED | Friday, December 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/617822 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676153 | Seetharaman 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) | Guna Seetharaman (Dayton, Ohio); Paul E. Kladitis (Edwards, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A digitally controlled optical delay apparatus providing optical signal delays electrically selectable in the picosecond to nanosecond range by way of selectable signal path lengths. Path lengths are incremented in physical length and path delay time according to digital ratios. The delay element includes micro-miniature path changing mirrors controlled in path length selecting positioning by input signals of logic level magnitude. Fiber optic coupling of signals to and from the delay element and a combination of fixed position and movable mirror included optical signal path lengths are included. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251192 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676200 | Carmon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roi Carmon (Nesher, Israel); David Goren (Nesher, Israel); Ullrich R. Pfeiffer (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Power detector integrally formed within a printed transmission line to capacitively couple a portion of signal power propagating on the printed transmission line and a power detector circuit that receives coupled power output from the power detector to detect a power level of the signal power. The power detector is designed such that capacitance of the coupling capacitor is absorbed into a distributed capacitance of the transmission line to maintain continuity of a characteristic impedance of the transmission line. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/522873 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/91 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676795 | Elnozahy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elmootazbellah Nabil Elnozahy (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A compiler for incorporating error detection into executable code generates conventional assembler language object code from a source code file. The compiler identifies an error detection segment (EDS) in the assembler code, where the EDS includes a subset of basic blocks in the assembler code. The compiler also identifies register and memory references in the EDS and inserts a set of instructions into the EDS. The inserted instructions record an entry state and an exit state of the referenced registers and memory locations. The state information is stored in a checkpoint portion of system memory. The compiler may generate shadow EDS code including instructions mirroring the instructions in the main EDS and verifying instructions that compare results produced by the mirroring instructions with results produced by the main EDS. The shadow EDS initiates an error recovery process if results produced by the shadow EDS and the main EDS differ. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/034553 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D611461 | Schmitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of the America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Schmitz (Macomb, Michigan); Robert G. Washburn (Sterling Heights, Michigan) |
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| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 29/344513 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Recording, communication, or information retrieval equipment D14/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 07674249 | Ivorra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antoni Ivorra (Berkeley, California); Boris Rubinsky (Givataaim, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Gel compositions with adjusted conductivity are disclosed which compositions are used for directing reversible electroporation and irreversible electroporation of cells and tissue. The gel compositions are also used in a similar manner in order to carry out thermotherapy on cells and tissues. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/872985 |
| ART UNIT | 3767 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674291 | Centanni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stratatech Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Centanni (Madison, Wisconsin); Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to compositions for wound closure. More specifically, the present invention provides human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides (e.g., antimicrobial polypeptides and keratinocyte growth factor 2) and compositions and methods for making human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides. In addition, the present invention provides methods for treatment of wounds with human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/909119 |
| 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 | Prosthesis 623/15.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674455 | Kaspar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian K. Kaspar (Columbus, Ohio); Fred H. Gage (La Jolla, California); Jeffrey D. Rothstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for delivering a heterologous gene to a cell body of a neuron by contacting a muscle tissue innervated by the neuron with a viral vector comprising a heterologous gene, wherein the viral vector enters said neuron and is retrogradely moved to the cell body. Additionally, methods for expressing secreted proteins from a nerve cell body as well as methods for treating neurodegenerative disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/442504 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674463 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuo-Fen Lee (Del Mar, California); Wylie W. Vale (La Jolla, California); Tracy L. Bale (San Diego, California); George W. Smith (Mason, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides transgenic mice deficient in corticotropin releasing factor receptor 2 (CRFR2). Mice deficient for CRFR1 exhibit decreased anxiety-like behavior and a decreased stress response. In contrast, CRFR2 null mutant mice are hypersensitive to stress and display increased anxiety-like behavior. These mice are useful for the study of anxiety, depression, and the physiology of the HPA axis. CRFR2 null mutant mice also exhibit increased angiogenesis in all tissues examined. Thus, CRFR2 antagonists may be used to stimulate angiogenesis for the treatment of various conditions. In contrast, CRFR2 agonists may be used to inhibit angiogenesis. A combination of urocortin and bFGF was observed to stimulate rapid hair growth. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 16, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/714692 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674464 | Hasty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen A. Hasty (Memphis, Tennessee); Sivadasan Kanangat (Cordova, Tennessee); Arnold Postlethwait (Eads, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Matrix metalloproteinases are major mediators of tissue destruction in various chronic inflammatory disorders. The present invention demonstrates that over-expression of intracellular isoform of IL-1 receptor antagonist confers to recipient cells resistance to signaling pathways of proinflammatory cytokines (such as tumor necrosis factor alpha and IL-1 beta) that induce matrix metalloproteinase and subsequent tissue degradation. Hence, over-expression of intracellular IL-1 receptor antagonist may inhibit tissue destruction in various inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, other arthritides, degenerative intervertebral disc disease and chronic skin ulcers that occurs in diabetes mellitus and bed-ridden patients. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/412606 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674465 | Rest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Rest (Rosemont, Pennsylvania); Daniel J. Simon (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Elise M. Mosser (Exton, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel gene and protein regulating the expression of Bacillus anthracis Anthrolysin O toxin, pharmaceutical compositions and antibodies which may be utilized for human or veterinary applications or for agricultural applications, and methods of treatment using same. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/767815 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674577 | Marth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jamey D. Marth (San Diego, California); Hudson H. Freeze (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods and kits for use in diagnosing genetically transmitted diseases that are associated with deficiencies in glycosylation of glycoconjugates such as glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans. The methods and kits are also useful for monitoring the course of treatment of diseases that are associated with glycosylation disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/381941 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674579 | Mor |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo Mor (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Induction of apoptosis in target cells is a key mechanism by which chemotherapy induces cell killing. An in vitro system has been established for determining carboplatin and paclitaxel (Taxol) chemosensitivity of epithelial ovarian cancer cells, where measurements of caspase-3 activation are surrogate markers for activation of chemotherapy-induced programmed cell death. To validate the assay as a predictor of clinical chemotherapy-induced programmed cell death. To validate the assay as a predictor of clinical chemosensitivity in vitro apoptotic response were compared to the clinical response of the patients from whom the tumor cells were isolated. Caspase-3 activation in response to in vitro chemotherapy to both drugs was shown to have an 83% positive predictive value and a 71% negative predictive value. Markers of apoptosis such as caspase-3 activation can be quantitated and utilized to predict the clinical response to chemotherapy. |
| FILED | Friday, November 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/580170 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674580 | Saba et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie D Saba (Oakland, California); Henrik Fyrst (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosing and treating cancer and muscular disorders are provided. Therapeutic compositions may comprise agents that modulate sphingolipid metabolism and/or signaling pathways. Such compositions may be administered to a mammal afflicted with cancer. Diagnostic methods and kits may employ an agent suitable for detecting alterations in endogenous genes involved in sphingolipid metabolism. Such methods and kits may be used to detect the presence of a cancer or to evaluate the prognosis of a known disease. SPL polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/348052 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674583 | Weinshilboum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Weinshilboum (Rochester, Minnesota); Araba A. Adjei (Rochester, Minnesota); Scott J. Hebbring (Rochester, Minnesota); Stephen N. Thibodeau (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for determining sulfonator status of a patient and determining dosages of drugs based on copy number of the SULT1A1 gene. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/559548 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07674604 | Springer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Center for Blood Research, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy A. Springer (Newton, Massachusetts); Motomu Shimaoka (Brookline, Massachusetts); Chafen Lu (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for stabilizing a protein in a desired conformation by introducing at least one disulfide bond into the polypeptide. Computational design is used to identify positions where cysteine residues can be introduced to form a disulfide bond in only one protein conformation, and therefore lock the protein in a given conformation. Accordingly, antibody and small molecule therapeutics are selected that are specific for the desired protein conformation. Modified integrin I-domain polypeptides stabilized in a desired conformation are also provided, as well as screening assays and therapeutic methods utilizing the modified integrin I-domain polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/080043 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674612 | Rice et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Rice (New York, New York); Brett D Lindenbach (New York, New York); Matthew J Evans (New York, New York); Christopher Jones (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides infectious recombinant Hepatitis C Viruses (HCV), and vectors, cells and animals comprising the same. The present invention provides methods of producing infectious recombinant HCV, and their use in identifying anti-HCV therapeutic agents, as well as sequences of HCV associated with HCV pathogenesis. |
| FILED | Friday, March 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/366839 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674621 | Court et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Court (Frederick, Maryland); Simanti Datta (Frederick, Maryland); Nina Costantino (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Lambda phages that can be used to introduce recombineering functions into host cells are disclosed. Also disclosed are plasmids that can be used to confer recombineering functions to a variety of strains of E. coli and to other bacteria, including Salmonella, Pseudomonas, Cyanobacteria, Spirochaetes. These plasmids and phages can be isolated in vitro and can be used to transform bacterial cells, such as gram negative bacteria. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/134795 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/488 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674627 | Corcoran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Corcoran (Laramie, Wyoming); Aaron D. Strickland (Trumansburg, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for detecting, identifying and measuring the abundance of chemical nerve agents. Methods and compositions of the present invention are capable of providing selective detection of phosphorous based nerve agents, such as nerve agents that are esters of methyl phosphonic acid derivatives incorporating a moderately good leaving group at the phosphorus. Selectivity in the present invention is provided by a sensor composition having an alpha (α) effect nucleophile group that undergoes specific nucleophilic substitution and rearrangement reactions with phosphorus based nerve agents having a tetrahederal phosphorous bound to oxygen. The present invention includes embodiments employing a sensor composition further comprising a reporter group covalently linked to the alpha effect nucleophile group allowing rapid optical readout of nerve agent detection events, including direct visual readout and optical readout via spectroscopic analysis. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/304067 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674777 | Krieg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur M. Krieg (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Dennis Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Alfred D. Steinberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotides and therapeutic utilities based on their ability to stimulate an immune response and to redirect a Th2 response to a Th1 response in a subject are disclosed. Methods for treating atopic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/769282 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674882 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Hyoung-Joon Jin (Seoul, South Korea); Gregory Rutledge (Newton, Massachusetts); Sergey Fridrikh (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an all-aqueous process and composition for production of silk biomaterials, e.g., fibers, films, foams and mats. In the process, at least one biocompatible polymer, such as poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) (a well-documented biocompatible material), was blended with the silk protein prior to processing e.g., electrospinning. We discovered that this step avoids problems associated with conformational transitions of fibroin during solubilization and reprocessing from aqueous solution which lead to embrittled materials. Moreover, the process avoids the use of organic solvents that can pose problems when the processed biomaterials are exposed to cells in vitro or in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/020650 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674895 | Reich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel Jotham Reich (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Tolentino (Lakeland, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | RNA interference using small interfering RNAs which are specific for the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene and the VEGF receptor genes Flt-1 and Flk-1/KDR inhibit expression of these genes. Diseases which involve angiogenesis stimulated by overexpression of VEGF, such as diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration and many types of cancer, can be treated by administering the small interfering RNAs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/518524 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676075 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth Smith (Baltimore, Maryland); Xavier Golay (Vista Park, Singapore); Peter C. M. van Zijl (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system and method for generating quantitative imagery of demyelination in the spinal cord. The method includes acquiring a magnetization transfer weighted (MTw) MR image of the spinal column, identifying a reference region of interest within the image corresponding to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), averaging the signal intensity corresponding to the reference region of interest, and computing a ratio, on a voxel-by-voxel basis, of the signal intensity of each voxel by the averaged reference signal intensity. In doing so, normalized MTw images are obtained such that detrimental artifacts such as motion-induced errors, coil loading, and RF coil sensitivity variations are obviated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/660361 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676274 | Hung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andy Hung (Irvine, California); Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Dau Min Zhou (Saugus, California); Jack Judy (Los Angeles, California); Neil Talbot (Montrose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a micro-machined electrode for neural-electronic interfaces which can achieve a ten times lower impedance and higher charge injection limit for a given material and planar area. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/160468 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07673392 | Bzorgi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fariborz M. Bzorgi (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for clipping a protrusion of material is provided. The protrusion may, for example, be a bolt head, a nut, a rivet, a weld bead, or a temporary assembly alignment tab protruding from a substrate surface of assembled components. The apparatus typically includes a cleaver having a cleaving edge and a cutting blade having a cutting edge. Generally, a mounting structure configured to confine the cleaver and the cutting blade and permit a range of relative movement between the cleaving edge and the cutting edge is provided. Also typically included is a power device coupled to the cutting blade. The power device is configured to move the cutting edge toward the cleaving edge. In some embodiments the power device is activated by a momentary switch. A retraction device is also generally provided, where the retraction device is configured to move the cutting edge away from the cleaving edge. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/612852 |
| ART UNIT | 3724 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Cutlery 030/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07673681 | Vinegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); John Michael Karanikas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating a tar sands formation are described herein. The tar sands formation may have one or more karsted zones. Methods may include providing heat from one or more heaters to one or more karsted zones of the tar sands formation to mobilize fluids in the formation. At least some of the mobilized fluids may be produced from the formation. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/975700 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07673682 | Daily |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Daily (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A geophysical sensor apparatus, system, and method for use in, for example, oil well operations, and in particular using a network of sensors emplaced along and outside oil well casings to monitor critical parameters in an oil reservoir and provide geophysical data remote from the wells. Centralizers are affixed to the well casings and the sensors are located in the protective spheres afforded by the centralizers to keep from being damaged during casing emplacement. In this manner, geophysical data may be detected of a sub-surface volume, e.g. an oil reservoir, and transmitted for analysis. Preferably, data from multiple sensor types, such as ERT and seismic data are combined to provide real time knowledge of the reservoir and processes such as primary and secondary oil recovery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/237054 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/254.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07673786 | Menotti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Louis Menotti (Dickinson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for coupling end portions of two elongated heater portions and methods of using such systems to treat a subsurface formation are described herein. A system may include a holding system configured to hold end portions of the two elongated heater portions so that the end portions are abutted together or located near each other; a shield for enclosing the end portions, and one or more inert gas inlets configured to provide at least one inert gas to flush the system with inert gas during welding of the end portions. The shield may be configured to inhibit oxidation during welding that joins the end portions together. The shield may include a hinged door that, when closed, is configured to at least partially isolate the interior of the shield from the atmosphere. The hinged door, when open, is configured to allow access to the interior of the shield. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788826 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674333 | Wagh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun S. Wagh (Naperville, Illinois); Ramkumar Natarajan (Woodridge, Illinois); David Kahn (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A sealant having a specific gravity in the range of from about 0.7 to about 1.6 for heavy oil and/or coal bed methane fields is disclosed. The sealant has a binder including an oxide or hydroxide of Al or of Fe and a phosphoric acid solution. The binder may have MgO or an oxide of Fe and/or an acid phosphate. The binder is present from about 20 to about 50% by weight of the sealant with a lightweight additive present in the range of from about 1 to about 10% by weight of said sealant, a filler, and water sufficient to provide chemically bound water present in the range of from about 9 to about 36% by weight of the sealant when set. A porous ceramic is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/454724 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/801 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674389 | Zettl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Zettl (Kensington, California); Thomas David Yuzvinsky (Berkeley, California); Adam Fennimore (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of shape modifying a nanodevice by contacting it with a low-energy focused electron beam are disclosed here. In one embodiment, a nanodevice may be permanently reformed to a different geometry through an application of a deforming force and a low-energy focused electron beam. With the addition of an assist gas, material may be removed from the nanodevice through application of the low-energy focused electron beam. The independent methods of shape modification and material removal may be used either individually or simultaneously. Precision cuts with accuracies as high as 10 nm may be achieved through the use of precision low-energy Scanning Electron Microscope scan beams. These methods may be used in an automated system to produce nanodevices of very precise dimensions. These methods may be used to produce nanodevices of carbon-based, silicon-based, or other compositions by varying the assist gas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/260021 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674881 | Kent et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Kent (Chicago, Illinois); Brad Pentelute (Chicago, Illinois); Duhee Bang (Boston, Massachusetts); Erik Johnson (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas Durek (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for synthesizing a polypeptide using kinetically controlled reactions involving fragments of the polypeptide for a fully convergent process. In more specific embodiments, a ligation involves reacting a first peptide having a protected cysteyl group at its N-terminal and a phenylthioester at its C-terminal with a second peptide having a cysteine residue at its N-termini and a thioester at its C-termini to form a ligation product. Subsequent reactions may involve deprotecting the cysteyl group of the resulting ligation product and/or converting the thioester into a thiophenylester. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/545923 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675045 | Werner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Werner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Peter M. Goodwin (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Andrew P. Shreve (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for enabling precise, 3-dimensional, photoactivation localization microscopy (PALM) using selective, two-photon activation of fluorophores in a single z-slice of a sample in cooperation with time-gated imaging for reducing the background radiation from other image planes to levels suitable for single-molecule detection and spatial location, are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/248834 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/458.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675293 | Christophersen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon P. Christophersen (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Chester G. Motloch (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John L. Morrison (Butte, Montana); Weston Albrecht (Layton, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for determining an impedance of an energy-output device using a random noise stimulus applied to the energy-output device. A random noise signal is generated and converted to a random noise stimulus as a current source correlated to the random noise signal. A bias-reduced response of the energy-output device to the random noise stimulus is generated by comparing a voltage at the energy-output device terminal to an average voltage signal. The random noise stimulus and bias-reduced response may be periodically sampled to generate a time-varying current stimulus and a time-varying voltage response, which may be correlated to generate an autocorrelated stimulus, an autocorrelated response, and a cross-correlated response. Finally, the autocorrelated stimulus, the autocorrelated response, and the cross-correlated response may be combined to determine at least one of impedance amplitude, impedance phase, and complex impedance. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/381689 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675817 | Moos |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Moos (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compressional and shear velocities of earth formations are measured through casing. The determined compressional and shear velocities are used in a two component mixing model to provides improved quantitative values for the solid, the dry frame, and the pore compressibility. These are used in determination of hydrocarbon saturation. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/589445 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07673521 | Ajayan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pulickel Ajayan (Troy, New York); Emer Lahiff (Troy, New York); Paul Stryjek (Troy, New York); Chang Y. Ryu (Troy, New York); Seamus Curran (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing polymer/nanotube composites where the density and position of the nanotubes (11) within the composite ca be controlled. Carbon nanotubes (11) are grown from organometallic micropatterns. These periodic nanotube arrays are then incorporated into a polymer matrix (7) by deposing a curable polymer film on the as-grown tubes. This controlled method of producing free-standing nanotube/polymer composite films may be used to form nanosensor (3) which provide information regarding a physical condition of a material (20), such as an airplane chassis or wing, in contact with the nanosensor (3). |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/537944 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/774 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674873 | Coates et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Ithaca, New York); Zengquan Qin (Copley, Ohio); Claire Tova Cohen (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(propylene carbonates) are prepared from propylene oxide and CO2 with less than 10% cyclic propylene carbonate by product using cobalt based catalysts of structure preferably in combination with salt cocatalyst, very preferably cocatalyst where the cation is PPN+ and the anion is Cl− or OBzF5−. Novel products include poly(propylene carbonates) having a stereoregularity greater than 90% and/or a regioregularity of greater than 90%. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/812106 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/392 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674881 | Kent et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Kent (Chicago, Illinois); Brad Pentelute (Chicago, Illinois); Duhee Bang (Boston, Massachusetts); Erik Johnson (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas Durek (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for synthesizing a polypeptide using kinetically controlled reactions involving fragments of the polypeptide for a fully convergent process. In more specific embodiments, a ligation involves reacting a first peptide having a protected cysteyl group at its N-terminal and a phenylthioester at its C-terminal with a second peptide having a cysteine residue at its N-termini and a thioester at its C-termini to form a ligation product. Subsequent reactions may involve deprotecting the cysteyl group of the resulting ligation product and/or converting the thioester into a thiophenylester. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/545923 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674882 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Hyoung-Joon Jin (Seoul, South Korea); Gregory Rutledge (Newton, Massachusetts); Sergey Fridrikh (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an all-aqueous process and composition for production of silk biomaterials, e.g., fibers, films, foams and mats. In the process, at least one biocompatible polymer, such as poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) (a well-documented biocompatible material), was blended with the silk protein prior to processing e.g., electrospinning. We discovered that this step avoids problems associated with conformational transitions of fibroin during solubilization and reprocessing from aqueous solution which lead to embrittled materials. Moreover, the process avoids the use of organic solvents that can pose problems when the processed biomaterials are exposed to cells in vitro or in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/020650 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07675990 | Hammons, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur R. Hammons, Jr. (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | General algebraic space-time code constructions are presented for Gray-mapped 2K-PSK, 2K-PAM, and 4K-QAM constellations. The space-time codes achieve the rate-diversity tradeoff—i.e., they allow the transmission of information at the maximum rate possible for the given signaling constellation and the achieved transmit diversity level. New codes created by applying a nonsingular linear or affine transformation to the constellation labels retain the optimality of the original codes with respect to the rate-diversity tradeoff. Extensions to pK-PSK, pK-PAM, p2K-QAM, and related constellations, for p prime, are also given. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/552444 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07676112 — Optical device for correcting geostationary satellite imagery for earth curvature effects
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Johnson (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical adapter for an imaging system correcting images of spherical or near spherical bodies such as the earth during satellite image collection. An imaging system includes an image collector that collects a two-dimensional image of the body from a distance above the body such as from a satellite in geostationary orbit. The collected image is disk shaped and includes distortion due to earth curvature, primarily in the form of a loss of resolution due to the foreshortening of earth features in a radial direction extending outward from the center of the image disk. The optical adapter receives the collected image, transforms the collected image to correct the distortion, and outputs a corrected image with essentially uniform spatial resolution across the areas for which the correction is applied. An image sensor such as charge-coupled device array senses the corrected image and creates a digital representation of the corrected image. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/741405 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676351 | Jandhyala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vikram Jandhyala (Seattle, Washington); Arun V. Sathanur (Chandler, Arizona); Ritochit Chakraborty (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for combining the process variations in circuits and distributed interconnect-based electromagnetic (EM) objects in order to capture a statistical behavior of overall circuit performance parameters. In an exemplary approach, a coupled circuit-EM system is decoupled at the points where the EM objects connect to the circuit portion, and circuit ports are defined at those points. The sources of variation are identified and used to determine Y-parameters for the ports with EM elements and for all EM elements based on the SPICE-like and EM full-wave simulations. A response surface is generated for each variable and is used to extract circuit and EM parameters by generating many random vectors representing combinations of the random variables. These Y-parameters are merged to produce a probability density function (PDF) of one or more performance metrics for the electronic device or system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/778568 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07676046 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director of the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Nelson (Columbia, Maryland); David C. Smith (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of removing noise and interference from a signal by receiving the signal, calculating a joint time-frequency domain of the signal, estimating instantaneous frequencies of the joint time-frequency domain, modifying each estimated instantaneous frequency, if necessary, to correspond to a frequency of the joint time-frequency domain to which it most closely compares, redistributing the elements within the joint time-frequency domain according to the estimated instantaneous frequencies as modified, computing a magnitude for each element in the joint time-frequency domain as redistributed, plotting the results as the time-frequency representation of the signal, identifying in the plot any noise and interference components in the received signal, eliminating from the redistributed joint time-frequency domain elements that correspond to noise and interference, and recovering a signal devoid of noise and interference from the modified redistributed joint time-frequency domain. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/149004 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/94.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676458 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu Chandra Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip S. Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of querying a hierarchically organized sensor network, said network being sensor network with a global coordinator node at a top level which receives data from lower level intermediate nodes which are either leader nodes for lower level nodes or sensor nodes, wherein a sensor node i at a lowest level receives a signal Y(i,t) at time t, said method including constructing a sketch Swkt=(Swkt1, . . . , Swktn) for an internal node k from wherein component Swktj is a sketch of a descendent of node k, ritj is a random variable associated with each sensor node i and time instant t wherein index j refers to independently drawn instantiations of the random variable, bit bwit represents a state of sensor node i for signal value w=Y(i,t) at time t, and LeafDescendents(k) are the lowest level sensor nodes under node k, wherein said sketch is adapted for responding to queries regarding a state of said network. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/846397 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07676725 | McAdoo, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie Newton McAdoo, Jr. (Cheltenham, United Kingdom); Dean M. Evasius (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of generating a code that minimizes error propagation by selecting integers m, n, mrl, and a range of fractions od, where m represents the number of bits in an unencoded sequence, where n represents the number of bits in an encoded sequence, where mrl represents the maximum run length of an encoded sequence, and where od represents a range of ones densities of an encoded sequence. Next, generating an encoding map M that maps each unencoded sequence to an n-bit encoded sequence that satisfies od and mrl. Next, generating a decoding map N that maps each n-bit sequence to an m-bit sequence. Next, determining an error-propagation score for M and N. Then, returning to the step of generating M if a user requires a lower error-propagation score. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/365953 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/752 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07674379 | Vanotti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matias B. Vanotti (Florence, South Carolina); Ariel A. Szogi (Florence, South Carolina); Lewis M. Fetterman (Clinton, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Wastewater treatment systems and processes for removal of solids, pathogens, nitrogen, and phosphorus from municipal and agricultural wastewater include the simultaneous separation of solids and phosphorus from wastewater and industrial effluents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/820396 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/605 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07674848 | Lin |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel Q. Lin (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is an article of manufacture, comprising a blend of: (A) from 1 to 50 weight percent of at least one block copolymer, wherein the block copolymer has at least one polystyrene block and at least one unsaturated rubber segment; and (B) from 99 to 50 weight percent of a natural oil. The natural oil of this invention is of natural animal, plant or vegetable oils or mixtures thereof, and the block copolymers have a polystyrene block and a rubber block where the rubber blocks are unsaturated rubbers such as polyisoprene, polybutadiene, or mixtures thereof. The block copolymers useful for the present invention are triblock polymers, radial (star) polymers, multiblock polymers, diblock polymers, or mixtures thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973826 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07675619 | Danehy 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) | Paul M. Danehy (Newport News, Virginia); Adrian A. Dorrington (Hamilton, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | A light scatter sensor includes a sensor body in which are positioned a plurality of optical fibers. The sensor body includes a surface, in one end of each of the optical fibers terminates at the surface of the sensor body. One of the optical fibers is an illumination fiber for emitting light. A plurality of second optical fibers are collection fibers for collecting scattered light signals. A light sensor processor is connected to the collection fibers to detect the scattered light signals. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/129967 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/337 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07676112 — Optical device for correcting geostationary satellite imagery for earth curvature effects
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Johnson (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical adapter for an imaging system correcting images of spherical or near spherical bodies such as the earth during satellite image collection. An imaging system includes an image collector that collects a two-dimensional image of the body from a distance above the body such as from a satellite in geostationary orbit. The collected image is disk shaped and includes distortion due to earth curvature, primarily in the form of a loss of resolution due to the foreshortening of earth features in a radial direction extending outward from the center of the image disk. The optical adapter receives the collected image, transforms the collected image to correct the distortion, and outputs a corrected image with essentially uniform spatial resolution across the areas for which the correction is applied. An image sensor such as charge-coupled device array senses the corrected image and creates a digital representation of the corrected image. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/741405 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07674464 | Hasty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen A. Hasty (Memphis, Tennessee); Sivadasan Kanangat (Cordova, Tennessee); Arnold Postlethwait (Eads, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Matrix metalloproteinases are major mediators of tissue destruction in various chronic inflammatory disorders. The present invention demonstrates that over-expression of intracellular isoform of IL-1 receptor antagonist confers to recipient cells resistance to signaling pathways of proinflammatory cytokines (such as tumor necrosis factor alpha and IL-1 beta) that induce matrix metalloproteinase and subsequent tissue degradation. Hence, over-expression of intracellular IL-1 receptor antagonist may inhibit tissue destruction in various inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, other arthritides, degenerative intervertebral disc disease and chronic skin ulcers that occurs in diabetes mellitus and bed-ridden patients. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/412606 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Treasury (TREASURY)
| US 07676747 | Brennan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Mitre Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Brennan (Reston, Virginia); Donald B. Faatz (Sterling, Virginia); Mindy E. Rudell (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for representing security features of a distributed system is presented. The method includes creating abstractions to describe security mechanisms of a system, and creating a specification using the abstractions. The specification models components of the security mechanisms, features of an environment in which the system operates, and supporting security features. The method may further include linking the specification to graphical representations, and using the specification to construct an instance diagram that graphically depicts the security features of the system and its operational environment. The specification or the instance diagram may be used to construct an instance model, which may be a textual rendering, that models the security features of the system and its operational environment. Where the specification is used to construct the instance model, the method may further include using the instance model to construct the instance diagram. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/174600 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/734 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07674291 | Centanni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stratatech Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Centanni (Madison, Wisconsin); Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to compositions for wound closure. More specifically, the present invention provides human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides (e.g., antimicrobial polypeptides and keratinocyte growth factor 2) and compositions and methods for making human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides. In addition, the present invention provides methods for treatment of wounds with human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/909119 |
| 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 | Prosthesis 623/15.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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
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FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
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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
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