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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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| US 07685825 | Senofonte et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Senofonte (Portland, Connecticut); Andrew D. Burdick (Ellington, Connecticut); Richard F. Norman (West Warren, Massachusetts); Kyle J. Osga (Windham, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A convergent/divergent nozzle for a gas turbine engine includes liners that are attached to the convergent flaps and seals. The liner is formed of two separate plates. By splitting the liner into two separate plates, a thermal break is provided between the two. Thermal stresses on a downstream plate are not as readily transferred to an upstream plate. External stresses on the upstream plate are not transferred as readily to the downstream plate. The two liner plate portions, and a separate backing plate all have faces that abut and are riveted together. These faces provide a flow blocker to maintain a lower pressure downstream of the flow blocker. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540279 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/771 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07685862 | Hughes 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) | Derke R. Hughes (Warwick, Rhode Island); Dennis F. Deshamais (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Jeffrey T. Feaster (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Fletcher A. Blackmon (Forestdale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A target for a test range includes an impact plate having at least three strain sensors positioned on the plate. The sensors are connected to a data acquisition board for receiving a signal from each sensor upon impact of a projectile on the plate. The data acquisition board is joined to a processor for calculating impact location and energy. Optionally multiple sensors can be provided having different orientations for accounting for different strain components in the plate. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/116169 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/12.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07685920 | Paul |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Buddy R. Paul (Perry Hall, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is a launch system that includes a closure that, in use, is attached to one or both ends of a missile canister. The closure is blown off of the canister before there is any contact between it and the nose of the missile. The closure incorporates an actuation mechanism that releases the closure when there is a rapid increase in pressure within the canister, such as when the booster of a canistered missile fires. The actuation mechanism is not, however, responsive to the magnitude of the pressure within the canister. As a consequence, the closure will not release if there is a slow build-up of pressure within the missile canister. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141165 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.817 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07685922 | Martin 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) | Curtis A. Martin (Damascus, Maryland); Gilbert F. Lee (Greenbelt, Maryland); Jeffry J. Fedderly (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention's stratified composite material system of armor, as typically embodied, comprises a strike stratum and a backing stratum. The strike stratum includes elastomeric matrix material and inventive ceramic-inclusive elements embedded therein and arranged (e.g., in one or more rows and one or more columns) along a geometric plane corresponding to the front (initial strike) surface of the strike stratum. More rigid than the strike stratum, the backing stratum is constituted by, e.g., metallic (metal or metal alloy) material or fiber-reinforced polymeric matrix material. Some inventive embodiments also comprise a spall-containment stratum fronting the strike stratum. The inventive ceramic-inclusive elements geometrically describe any of various inventive modes, including: first mode, having a flat front face and a textured back face; second mode, having a pyramidal front section and a prismatoidal (especially, prismoidal, e.g., truncated pyramidal or prismatic) body section; hybrid mode, combining features of first and second modes. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973990 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686040 | Welle |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard P. Welle (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device includes a substrate including multiple electro-hydraulic valves and/or electro-hydraulic pumps that each include a flow channel and one or more hydraulic control channels, actuators for controlling the electro-hydraulic valves and/or electro-hydraulic pumps, and a hydraulic pressure source operatively connected to the hydraulic control channels. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/150558 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/828 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686233 | Scribner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cliff J. Scribner (San Antonio, Texas); Geronimo I Elias, Jr. (Lytle, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for dispensing an anti-traction, mobility denial material on a target surface. In various exemplary embodiments, a method of dispensing an anti-traction material on a target surface includes providing a polymer particle powder to a first section of a dispensing nozzle, providing a water stream to a second section of a dispensing nozzle, and mixing the polymer particle powder with the water stream upon exit of the streams out of the first and second sections of the dispensing nozzle to form the anti-traction material on the target surface, the formed anti-traction material being a gel. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/370869 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686580 | Cunha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Cunha (Avon, Connecticut); Matthew T. Dahmer (Auburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine element airfoil has a cooling passageway network with a slot extending from a trailing passageway toward the trailing edge. A number of discrete posts span the slot between pressure and suction sidewall portions. A trailing array of the posts are spaced ahead of an outlet of the slot. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/226120 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686763 | Vaezy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahram Vaezy (Seattle, Washington); Roy W. Martin (Anacortes, Washington); Stephen J. Carter (La Conner, Washington); Lawrence A. Crum (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultrasound contrast agents are used to enhance imaging and facilitate HIFU therapy in four different ways. A contrast agent is used: (1) before therapy to locate specific vascular structures for treatment; (2) to determine the focal point of a HIFU therapy transducer while the HIFU therapy transducer is operated at a relatively low power level, so that non-target tissue is not damaged as the HIFU is transducer is properly focused at the target location; (3) to provide a positive feedback mechanism by causing cavitation that generates heat, reducing the level of HIFU energy administered for therapy compared to that required when a contrast agent is not used; and, (4) to shield non-target tissue from damage, by blocking the HIFU energy. Various combinations of these techniques can also be employed in a single therapeutic implementation. |
| FILED | Monday, February 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/770350 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/439 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687119 | Cao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Henkel AG and Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Cao (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Donald E. Herr (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation-curable desiccant-filled adhesive/sealant composition comprising a radiation-curable resin, one or more desiccant fillers, one or more photoinitiators or photosensitizers, and optionally, one or more inorganic or organic fillers. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/098117 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/1.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687270 | Crispin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin W. R. Crispin (Loma Mar, California); Terrence R. McGinnis (Boulder Creek, California); Robert J. Gerenser (Milpitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for transporting fuel exhibits increased safety. The system includes a fuel leak detector including: a colorimetric chemical monitor configured to change color in response to presence of a fuel or fuel component, an optical reader configured to monitor a color of the chemical monitor, and an alarm system configured to provide an alarm when a color of the chemical monitor changes by a predetermined amount. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/712588 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687276 | Kunz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick R. Kunz (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for collecting and concentrating trace chemicals for subsequent analysis by virtually any type of chemical detector includes providing directed radiation to a sample, or a portion of a sample. An apparatus can include a sampling body for providing radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/443141 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687582 | Luebben et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia D. Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Shawn A. Sapp (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to improved methods for the preparation, purification, and processing of poly(heteroaromatic) block copolymers, as well as compositions prepared by these methods. Methods relate to preparation of multiblock and triblock copolymers of intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) containing at least one block of a poly(heteroaromatic) polymer and at least two blocks of a non-conducting polymer. This invention provides polymer solutions or dispersions of improved stability and better film-forming properties. The poly(heteroaromatic) block copolymers are obtained in their conducting or doped form, and are retained in a solvated, wet form throughout the production and purification processes. Stable solutions or dispersions of the purified copolymers in organic solvents, water, or mixtures thereof are provided. Stable solutions or dispersions of ICPs are useful in the preparation of semiconducting and conducting films, blends, and coatings on a variety of substrates using standard processing and coating techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/954621 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687584 | Boyles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Boyles (Rapid City, South Dakota); John T. Bendler (Annapolis, Maryland); Tsvetanka Filipova (Rapid City, South Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a miscible transparent polymer blend, specifically, a polycarbonate blend which comprises homopolycarbonates and/or copolycarbonates. In particular, high aspect ratio monomers confer unique miscibility properties on polycarbonates. Miscible, transparent blends have been found to form from polycarbonate mixtures containing as components of the mixture (1) polycarbonates of bisphenol A monomers copolymerized with a variety of bisphenols, and (2) polycarbonates containing high aspect ratio monomers. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/491797 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687763 | Nyffenegger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johannes F. Nyffenegger (Laguna Niguel, California); Robert E. Redmer (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light-powered data acquisition and control system immune to electromagnetic interference employs smart sensors in a network configuration capable of decentralized communication. A smart sensor with integral transducer encloses a microprocessor, fiber optic transceiver, and photovoltaic converter within a Faraday cage. Optical fibers link plural sensors for duplex communication with a fiber optic splitter, which transmits high intensity light to the converter for powering the sensors. The sensor converts analog input from the transducer into bit packets for fiber optic transmission to the network via the splitter. Firmware in the splitter converts the bit packets to network protocol and vice versa enabling data communication among sensors, splitters, and control receivers. Verification algorithms for testing sensors are run automatically by the microprocessor or through commands issued via the network. Mnemonics stored in the sensors provide automatic updating of system configuration. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/109992 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/227.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687825 | Zhang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingchun Zhang (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Insulated gate bipolar conduction transistors (IBCTs) are provided. The IBCT includes a drift layer having a first conductivity type. An emitter well region is provided in the drift layer and has a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. A well region is provided in the drift layer and has the second conductivity type. The well region is spaced apart from the emitter well region. A space between the emitter well region and the well region defines a JFET region of the IBCT. An emitter region is provided in the well region and has the first conductivity type and a buried channel layer is provided on the emitter well region, the well region and the JFET region and has the first conductivity type. Related methods of fabrication are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857037 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687888 | Marchand et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugues Marchand (Goleta, California); Brendan Jude Moran (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of controlling stress in GaN films deposited on silicon and silicon carbide substrates and the films produced therefrom are disclosed. A typical method comprises providing a substrate and depositing a graded gallium nitride layer on the substrate having a varying composition of a substantially continuous grade from an initial composition to a final composition formed from a supply of at least one precursor in a growth chamber without any interruption in the supply. A typical semiconductor film comprises a substrate and a graded gallium nitride layer deposited on the substrate having a varying composition of a substantially continuous grade from an initial composition to a final composition formed from a supply of at least one precursor in a growth chamber without any interruption in the supply. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/922122 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687992 | Contarino 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) | Vincent Michael Contarino (Lusby, Maryland); Pavlo Molchanov (Lexington Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A gating large area hybrid photomultiplier tube that includes an envelope, a photocathode for emitting electrons in correspondence with incident light entering the envelope, a collecting anode having a semiconductor device which has an electron incident surface for receiving photoelectrons emitted from the photocathode, a gating grid for gating the photoelectrons emitted from the photocathode, an electron optical system for focusing and directing the photoelectrons generated by the photocathode toward the electron incident surface, and an ion target for collecting positive ions from the photoelectrons. The envelope has a first opening and a second opening; the photocathode is disposed at the first opening, while the collecting anode is disposed at the second opening of the envelope. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/801770 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/537 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688072 | Wiegert 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) | Roy Wiegert (Panama City, Florida); John Oeschger (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable magnetic anomaly sensing system includes a non-magnetic support structure defined by a rigid beam and a rigid frame coupled thereto. Triaxial magnetometer (TM) sensors are rigidly coupled to the frame with one TM sensor being positioned at each vertex of a cubic space. Each TM sensor is positioned such that all respective X,Y,Z magnetic sensing axes are mutually parallel to one another. A data acquisition system is mechanically coupled to the beam such that any magnetic elements of the data acquisition system do not adversely affect accuracy of the TM sensors. The data acquisition system samples the sensed magnetic field data from all TM sensors synchronously with a timing signal. A processor is mechanically coupled to the beam such that any magnetic elements of the processor do not adversely affect accuracy of the TM sensors. The processor applies a magnetic scalar triangulation and ranging (STAR) processing scheme to the digitized magnetic field data in order to determine a position vector and a magnetic moment vector. One or more output generation devices are used to generate a human-discernable output to the position vector and the magnetic moment vector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/974004 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688110 | Loukusa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Loukusa (Hamel, Minnesota); Said E. Abdelli (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for providing a CMOS I/O circuit design that may replace existing bipolar I/O circuitry, and thus behave in substantially the same manner as bipolar I/O circuitry. Thus, an I/O circuit using a standard CMOS process is made that mimics operation of an ECL I/O circuit created using bipolar transistors. The CMOS input circuitry can receive input signals from an ECL output circuit, so as to mimic traditional ECL input circuitry. The CMOS output circuitry can output signals to an ECL input circuit, so as to mimic traditional ECL output circuitry. The CMOS I/O circuitry is designed to mimic the temperature dependent signals level, as present within traditional ECL I/O circuitry. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/970327 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688138 | Hehn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan C. Hehn (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device includes a nonlinear power amplifier, a predistortion coefficient calculator, and a memory polynomial predistortion filter coupled to the nonlinear power amplifier and to the predistortion coefficient calculator. The memory polynomial predistortion filter may include a plurality of finite impulse response (FIR) filter stages, and a summer coupled to the plurality of FIR filter stages. The FIR filter stages may functionally operate in parallel or may include a series of FIR filters coupled in parallel. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/053717 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688142 | Chi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard H. Chi (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit of high performance variable gain amplifier, method of use and design structure on which the subject circuit resides is provided. The circuit comprises a plurality of differential stages having a common input, and output, a common control level input CM and respective individual control level inputs Cx. The circuit also includes a fixed stage that always is biased to an “on” state from the common input. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/949064 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688168 | Taya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minoru Taya (Mercer Island, Washington); Victor Cheng (Chandler, Arizona); Harry Sugandi (Oakleigh, Australia); Yuanchang Liang (Seattle, Washington); Hsiuhung Chen (Seattle, Washington); Chi-Yuan Wang (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Linear actuators (also known as an inchworm actuator) including a magnetically actuatable shape memory alloy (SMA) are described. The linear actuators include a bar and an actuator assembly, configured to achieve a linear displacement of the actuator assembly relative to the bar. A hybrid magnetic trigger including an electromagnet and a permanent magnet is used to selectively attract the magnetically actuatable SMA toward the magnetic trigger. The motion of the magnetically actuatable SMA can be converted to a linear displacement. The magnetically actuatable SMA can be implemented using a SMA exhibiting both ferromagnetic and SMA properties, or by a ferromagnetic mass coupled with an SMA (i.e., a ferromagnetic SMA composite). Linear actuators including bars incorporating a ratchet mechanism, and featureless bars are described. A hydraulic system incorporating actuators including magnetically actuatable SMA membranes is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/222022 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/215 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688253 | Burlet |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd R. Burlet (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and processor for resolving a processing radar return data to determine a mechanical angle to a target relative to a radar array having a right antenna, an ambiguous antenna, and a left antenna. An LA linear relationship determining, based upon a characteristic number of LA wraps relative to the mechanical angle. Likewise, determining a RA linear relationship determines a characteristic number of RA wraps and a RL linear relationship determines a characteristic number of RL wraps relative to the mechanical angle. All permutations of LA wraps, RA wraps, and RL wraps are listed, and for each permutation, a truth relationship is determined. A look up table is populated with permutations where the truth relationship is true. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/170251 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688374 | Land |
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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) | Jay E. Land (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A CCD sensor device has columns and rows of masked pixels that form a charge storage matrix. A singular column of photosensitive pixels form a photosensitive region and are directly connected to the first column of the charge storage matrix. Photons received in the pixels of the photosensitive region are converted to an electrical charge over an integration period and are then shifted from the photosensitive region to the first column of the charge storage matrix. After a second integration period the integrated charge in the photosensitive region is shifted to the first column and the charges previously stored in the first column are shifted to the second column of the matrix. This process is repeated until all the columns of the storage region are full of charges at which time the charges are read out by a serial shift register. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/017545 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689021 | Shekhar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raj Shekhar (Elkridge, Maryland); Vladimir Zagrodsky (North Rovalton, Ohio); Vivek Walimbe (Waukesha, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for segmenting data include receiving reference segmentation data and target data. The reference segmentation data defines a mesh indicating a boundary of a physical component in a reference body. The target data includes measured values at coordinates within a target body. Coordinates for vertices of the mesh are moved toward nearby edges in values of the target data. The adjustment also may be based on deviations from adjacent vertices or from a three dimensional generalized gradient vector field. The mesh may be initially transformed by a particular transformation that automatically maximizes a similarity measure between the target data and reference data. The reference data includes measured values within the reference body. The reference segmentation also may define a second mesh that indicates a second boundary in the reference body, and the adjustment is also based on an adjusted distance between the mesh and the second mesh. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/513082 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689054 | Repperger 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) | Daniel W. Repperger (Dayton, Ohio); Alan R. Pinkus (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is described in which a visual image can be enhanced to better recognize different objects that appear in a picture. Means are provided for an operator to manipulate a visual image by adjusting darkness levels within each primary color to embellish the recognition of distinct objects which may appear in the visual rendering. The device may be implemented as a ground-based system where the operator can adjust the algorithm to manipulate the darkness levels of a certain number, N, of pixels. A second implementation can be achieved in a helmet mounted display or glasses donned by an operator. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/398742 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/254 |
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| US 07689068 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yidong Chong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide structure is provided. The waveguide structure includes a photonic crystal structure comprising gyromagnetic materials arranged in a two-dimensional lattice formation that exhibits a plurality of one-way modes produced as a result of magneto-optic effects. One or more confining barriers are positioned around the photonic crystal structure so as to allow the one-way modes to propagate through the photonic crystal structure. One or more radiation sources are positioned in or around the photonic crystal structure so as to couple electromagnetic energy into and out of the waveguide. One or more static external magnetic field sources induce the magneto-optic effects such that the one-way modes are allowed to propagate in one direction in the photonic crystal structure. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/329853 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/6 |
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| US 07689385 | Shen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. (Canoga Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Shen (West Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing structural vibration according to one aspect of the present invention includes reception of data from a plurality of sensors on a structure, filtration of the data to exclude data outside of a selected frequency band, association of sensor locations with locations on computer model, and generation of an animation which displays the structural vibration. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/926557 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689405 | Marcu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Language Weaver, Inc. (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Marcu (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A statistical translation memory (TMEM) may be generated by training a translation model with a naturally generated TMEM. A number of tuples may be extracted from each translation pair in the TMEM. The tuples may include a phrase in a source language and a corresponding phrase in a target language. The tuples may also include probability information relating to the phrases generated by the translation model. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/150532 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | LC Technologies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dixon Cleveland (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is a method for computing a first gaze axis of an eye in a first coordinate system. A camera is focused on the eye and moved to maintain the focus on the eye as the eye moves in the first coordinate system. A first location of the camera in the first coordinate system is measured. A second location of the eye and a gaze direction of the eye within a second coordinate system are measured. A second gaze axis within the second coordinate system is computed from the second location and the gaze direction. The first gaze axis is computed from the second gaze axis and the first location using a first coordinate transformation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/396596 |
| 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 351/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686907 | Woolley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam T. Woolley (Orem, Utah); Ryan T. Kelly (West Richland, Washington); Melissa Draper Fisk (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A microchip with capillaries and method for making same is described. A sacrificial material fills microchannels formed in a polymeric substrate, the filled microchannels are covered by a top cover to form filed capillaries, and the sacrificial material is removed to form the microcapillaries. The sacrificial material fills the microchannels as a liquid whereupon it becomes solid in the microchannels, and is liquefied after the top cover is applied and affixed to remove the sacrificial material. The top cover may be solvent sealed on the substrate and of the same or different material as the substrate. The top cover may also be an in situ applied semipermeable membrane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/346398 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686934 | Hodko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gamida for Life B.V. (Rotterdam, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dalibor Hodko (Poway, California); Ying Huang (San Diego, California); Daniel D. Smolko (Jamul, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods for performing separation of cell particles by dielectrophoresis in three dimensions. In one embodiment the device comprises a flow chamber having microfabricated chip with a plurality of vertical and horizontal electrodes, which may be coated with a protective layer to prevent direct contact between any electrode and a sample. The horizontal electrodes are in electrical communication with a DC or an AC power source, while the vertical electrodes are in electrical communication with an AC power source. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/638093 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687052 | Kung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hank F. Kung (Winnewood, Pennsylvania); Mei-Ping Kung (Winnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to styrylpyridine compounds, and methods of making radiolabeled styrylpyridine compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/727401 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.890 |
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| US 07687079 | Otterbein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education Yale University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo E. Otterbein (New Kensington, Pennsylvania); Augustine M. K. Choi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Beverley A. Moore (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anthony J. Bauer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of treating ileus in a patient, which includes administering a pharmaceutical composition that includes carbon monoxide to the patient. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/371666 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687233 | Stafford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrel W. Stafford (Carrborro, North Carolina); Tao Li (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of identifying a human subject having increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin, comprising detecting in the subject the presence of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the VKOR gene, wherein the single nucleotide polymorphism is correlated with increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin, thereby identifying the subject having increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/573131 |
| 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 07687252 | Ghosh |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hauptman-Woodward Medcial Research Institute, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debashis Ghosh (Getzville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a protein crystal of at least one binding site of a human aromatase. The present invention also relates to a fully processed human cytochrome P450 aromatase and a protein crystal thereof. The present invention further relates to methods of making and using the aromatase and the protein crystal thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/265709 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687265 | Brissette et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janice Brissette (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Lorin Weiner (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Rong Han (Malden, Massachusetts); Rebecca Campen (Savannah, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating skin pigmentation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/997202 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687282 | Tsien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Jesus E. Gonzalez, III (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for determining the potential of a membrane. In one aspect, the method comprises: (a) introducing a first reagent comprising a hydrophobic fluorescent ion capable of redistributing from a first face of the membrane to a second face of the membrane in response to changes in the potential of the membrane, as described by the Nernst equation, (b) introducing a second reagent which labels the first face or the second face of the membrane, which second reagent comprises a chromophore capable of undergoing energy transfer by either (i) donating excited state energy to the fluorescent ion, or (ii) accepting excited state energy from the fluorescent ion, (c) exposing the membrane to radiation; (d) measuring energy transfer between the fluorescent ion and the second reagent, and (e) relating the energy transfer to the membrane potential. Energy transfer is typically measured by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. In some embodiments the first and second reagents are bound together by a suitable linker. In one aspect the method is used to identify compounds which modulate membrane potentials in biological membranes. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/529838 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/546 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687462 | Ting et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang Ting (Beverly Hills, California); Ben Wu (Los Angeles, California); Chia Soo (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a composition for cartilage formation or regeneration comprising a NELL gene product and a method of treating cartilage-related conditions using such a composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594510 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. McGuire (Kenmore, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for increasing the efficacy of antifolates which act via inhibition of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). The method comprises the steps of administration of 5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide riboside (Z) or its base with the antifolate such that the targeted cells are exposed to both the antifolate and Z simultaneously. This results in increased influx of the antifolate. For MTX, accumulation of the more biologically active polyglutamate forms is also potentiated. This potentiation appears to be mediated by an effect on the RFC. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/327872 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/42 |
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| US 07687474 | Matin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. C. Matin (Stanford, California); Yoram Barak (Menlo Park, California); Susan V. Lynch (San Francisco, California); David F. Ackerley (Wellington, New Zealand); Stephen H. Thorne (Palo Alto, California); Christopher H. Contag (Stanford, California); Jianghong Rao (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/643628 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687475 | McCray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. McCray (Iowa City, Iowa); Beverly L. Davidson (North Liberty, Iowa); Anthony J. Fischer (Iowa City, Iowa); Hong P. Jia (Iowa City, Iowa); Maureen D. Donovan (Swisher, Iowa); Patrick L. Sinn (Iowa City, Iowa); Mark Aaron Behlke (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to small interfering RNA molecules targeted against a gene of interest in respiratory epithelial cells, and methods of using these RNA molecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/974835 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07687479 | Sasisekharan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); Ganesh Venkataraman (Bedford, Massachusetts); Zachary Shriver (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dongfang Liu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Mallikarjun Sundaram (Randolph, New Jersey); Yiwei Qi (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates, in part, to methods and products related to producing low molecular weight heparin. |
| FILED | Friday, September 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/518534 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/56 |
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| US 07687480 | Hostetler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Y. Hostetler (Del Mar, California); James R. Beadle (San Diego, California); Ganesh D. Kini (Bristow, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to phosphonate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use for treating a variety of medical disorders, e.g., osteoporosis and other disorders of bone metabolism, cancer, viral infections, and the like. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925309 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/86 |
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| US 07687482 | Oldfield et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Oldfield (Champaign, Illinois); Yongcheng Song (Urbana, Illinois); Yonghui Zhang (Urbana, Illinois); John M. Sanders (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides, inter alia, novel bisphosphonate compounds and methods of making and using. In embodiments, the invention provides compounds and methods in connection with research and therapeutic applications, e.g., for tumor cell growth inhibition, activation of gammadelta T cells, inhibition of farnesyldiphosphate (FPPS) and/or undecaprenyldiphosphate synthase enzymes, bone resorption diseases, cancer, immune disorders, immunotherapy, and infectious diseases. In regards to certain embodiments, a surprising advance has been the recognition that certain structural features can significantly enhance the activity of the compounds. For example, the presence of particular cationic species e.g., phosphonium, sulfonium, and arsonium moieties can contribute to desirable functional activity when positioned near a bisphosphonate moiety. In other embodiments of non-nitrogen containing bisphosphonates, terphenyl and benzyl bisphosphonate compounds and methods are provided. Further variations are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/687570 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/102 |
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| US 07687486 | Cooperwood |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Cooperwood (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating a cancer in mammals by administering selective estrogen receptor modulators particularly compounds represented by: or any other of the structures contained herein, or of a stereoisomer, enantiomer, rotomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/073087 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/176 |
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| US 07687505 | Sugaya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kiminobu Sugaya (Willow Springs, Illinois); Tingyu Qu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides cells and methods for stimulating proliferation and migration of endogenous and exogenous mammalian stem cells in vivo and in vitro. The invention provides reagents and methods for efficiently proliferating mammalian stem cells in an animal in need thereof and producing stem cells that can be re-introduced into an animal in need thereof to alleviate neurological and corporal disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/341683 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/265.100 |
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| US 07687506 | Taunton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Taunton (San Francisco, California); Michael Cohen (San Francisco, California); Kevan Shokat (San Francisco, California); Chao Zhang (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibition of protein kinases having one or more cysteine residues within the ATP binding site is effected by contacting the kinase, per se or in a cell or subject, with an inhibitory-effective amount of a compound having a heterocyclic core structure comprised of two or more fused rings containing at least one nitrogen ring atom, and an electrophilic substituent that is capable of reacting with a cysteine residue within the ATP binding site of a kinase. Preferred compounds include certain pyrrolopyrimidines and oxindoles having such an electrophilic substituent and optionally an aromatic or heteroaromatic substituent that is capable of interacting with a threonine or smaller residue located in the gatekeeper position of the kinase. Kinases lacking such cysteine residues may be engineered or modified so that they are capable of being inhibited by such compounds by replacing a valine or other amino acid residue within the ATP binding site by a cysteine residue. |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/552847 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/265.100 |
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| US 07687538 | Zjawiony et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jordan Zjawiony (Oxford, Mississippi); Hesham Fahmy (Brookings, South Dakota); David Jeremy Stewart (Brevard, North Carolina); Bryan Roth (Moreland Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and compositions that are salvinorin A and salvinorin B derivatives that demonstrate selectivity and/or potency for the k-opioid receptor (KOR), allowing for their use as medicines, as well as chemical probes (both radiolabeled and cold) for fields utilizing the techniques of radiolabeled binding assays. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/192925 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/455 |
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| US 07687547 | Tonge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Tonge (Setauket, New York); Todd Sullivan (Winsted, Connecticut); Francis Johnson (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compounds having the formula: In the formula, A2 represents N or C—X1a—R1 and A4 represents N or C—X2b—R2, provided that A2 and A4 are not both N. R1 and R2 independently represent H or a hydrocarbon group, provided that R1 and R2 are not both H. The hydrocarbon groups of R1 and R2 are preferably alkyl or alkenyl groups. More preferably, the hydrocarbon groups are alkyl groups. A1, A3, A6, and A8 independently represent CH or N. A5 and A9 independently represent CR3 or N, wherein R3 independently represents H, methyl, ethyl, or halo. A7 represents CR4 or N, wherein R4 represents H, methyl, ethyl, halo, nitro, hydroxy, amino, amido, or a methyl or ethyl group substituted independently with halo, nitro, hydroxy, amino, or amido. Not more than three of A5, A6, A7, A8, and A9 are N. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/209174 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/721 |
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| US 07687608 | Lancaster et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SmartCells, Inc. (Berverly, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Lancaster (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Wenyi Cai (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ryan Faucette (Somerville, Massachusetts); Matthew Pecukonis (Salem, Massachusetts); Todd C. Zion (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for reducing the T-cell mitogenicity of lectin compositions are provided. In one aspect this is achieved by chemically modifying mitogenic lectin compositions under optimized conditions. Additionally or alternatively, the reduction in T-cell mitogenicity is achieved by removing unmodified subunits chemically modified mixtures. Modified lectin compositions with reduced T-cell mitogenicity are also provided as are uses of the inventive compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/583993 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/396 |
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| US 07687610 | Szkudlinski 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) | Mariusz W. Szkudlinski (Potomac, Maryland); Bruce D. Weintraub (Rockville, Maryland); Mathis Grossmann (Parkville, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed toward a human glycoprotein hormone having at least one, two, three, four, or five basic amino acids in the α-subunit at positions selected from the group consisting of positions 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 20. The invention is also directed to a human glycoprotein where at least one of the amino acids at position 58, 63, and 69 of the β-subunit of the human thyroid stimulating hormone are basic amino acids. The invention is further directed to a modified human glycoprotein hormone having increased activity over a wild-type human glycoprotein hormone, where the modified human glycoprotein comprises a basic amino acid substituted at a position corresponding to the same amino acid position in a non-human glycoprotein hormone having an increased activity over the wild-type human glycoprotein hormone. The invention is also directed to a method of constructing superactive nonchimeric analogs of human hormones comprising comparing the amino acid sequence of a more active homolog from another species to the human hormone, and selecting superactive analogs from the substituted human hormones. The invention is also directed to nucleic acids encoding the modified human glycoprotein hormones, vectors containing those nucleic acids, and host cells containing those vectors. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409428 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/398 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687613 | Crystal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald G. Crystal (New York, New York); Neil R. Hackett (New York, New York); Yadi Tan (Zhi-Jiang, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a gene transfer vector comprising a humanized nucleic acid sequence encoding an immunogenic portion of one or more exotoxins of Bacillus anthracis and a heterologous sorting signal. The invention also provides a method of producing an immune response against Bacillus anthracis in a host comprising administering to the host the gene transfer vector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/649457 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687614 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Campbell (Edmonton, Canada); Nathan C. Shaner (La Jolla, California); Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to fluorescent proteins and fluorescent protein variants, and more specifically to monomeric and dimeric forms of Anthozoan fluorescent proteins. In one aspect, the present invention provides variants of fluorescent proteins, where the variants have a reduced propensity to tetramerize, and form dimeric or monomeric structures. In a further aspect, the present invention provides variants of fluorescent proteins, the variants being characterized by more efficient maturation than corresponding fluorescent proteins from which they are derived. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such fluorescent proteins and fluorescent protein variants, including fluorescent protein monomers and dimers. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/931304 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687682 | Serbedzija et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Phylonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Serbedzija (Woburn, Massachusetts); Carlos Semino (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Deanna M. Frost (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of screening an agent for activity using teleosts. Methods of screening an agent for angiogenesis activity, toxic activity and an effect cell death activity in teleosts are provided. The invention further provides high throughput methods of screening agents in multi-well plates. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/678765 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688678 | Larsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Larsen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Albert Feng (Champaign, Illinois); Douglas L. Jones (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the invention includes a processing subsystem (30) responsive to the detection of sound coming from a room (26) to establish an acoustic impulse response for the room (26), and determine a number of sound reflections corresponding to the impulse response. This subsystem (30) is further operable to determine volume of the room (26), one or more dimensions of the room (26) and/or at least one absorption coefficient of a room boundary as a function of the sound reflections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/259619 |
| 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 367/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689038 | Zahniser |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cytyc Corporation (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Zahniser (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved image segmentation algorithm is provided that identifies each object in an image. Pixels of the image are sorted based on a range of attribute values of the image. These pixels are then added to a labeling image one by one starting with an extreme point in the range of attribute values. Features are calculated for each object located and these features are matched with pre-defined acceptance criteria. If there is a match, the object is output to an output image. The steps of adding pixels to the image, evaluating the features of the resulting objects and outputting the objects are repeated until a stopping point is reached. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/328354 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07685809 | Driscoll et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Josh Driscoll (Dunlap, Illinois); Wade J. Robel (Peoria, Illinois); Cory A. Brown (Pekin, Illinois); Roger L. Urven, Jr. (Colona, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Often NOx selective catalysts that use ammonia to reduce NOx within exhaust to a harmless gas require on-board storage of ammonia which can be hazardous and inconvenient. In order to generate ammonia in exhaust, the present disclosure increases a NOx concentration in exhaust from at least one combustion chamber, at least in part, by injecting fuel in a predetermined increased NOx generation sequence that includes a first injection during non-auto ignition conditions and a second injection during auto ignition conditions. At least a portion of the NOx is converted to ammonia by passing at least a portion of the exhaust with the increased NOx concentration over an ammonia-producing catalyst. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/242172 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07685864 | Adkins |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Ray Adkins (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An airtight preconcentrator housing and/or a sensor housing for chemical testing, the housing(s) comprising internal dimensions such that a pre-manufactured preconcentrator and/or sensor can be disposed therein. The housings can also comprise electrical contacts disposed therein which align with and thus provide electrical connection to the preconcentrator and/or sensor. The preconcentrator and/or sensor can be easily and quickly replaced. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/699847 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/23.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07685923 | Payne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd R. Payne (Los Lunas, New Mexico); David L. Cole (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A fragment capture device for use in explosive containment. The device comprises an assembly of at least two rows of bars positioned to eliminate line-of-sight trajectories between the generation point of fragments and a surrounding containment vessel or asset. The device comprises an array of at least two rows of bars, wherein each row is staggered with respect to the adjacent row, and wherein a lateral dimension of each bar and a relative position of each bar in combination provides blockage of a straight-line passage of a solid fragment through the adjacent rows of bars, wherein a generation point of the solid fragment is located within a cavity at least partially enclosed by the array of bars. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/199340 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07685980 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jongmin Lee (Pittsford, New York); Jeffrey D. Rohe (Caledonia, New York); Edward S. Suh (Rochester, New York); Michael B. Knauf (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuously variable valve duration system including a rocker assembly acted upon by two off-spaced camshafts for selectively varying the closing point of a valve in an internal combustion engine. An opening camshaft is rotatably driven by the engine crankshaft and controls at least the opening and point of the valve through a rocker assembly disposed on a fixed pivot shaft. A closing camshaft, rotatably connected to the opening intake camshaft through a cam phaser, is poised to take over control of the valve closing event through the same rocker assembly. By changing the rotational phase of the closing camshaft relative to the opening camshaft via the cam phaser, the valve closing event can be either retarded or advanced so as to override the opening camshaft and thus selectively vary the valve event duration. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904851 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/90.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686856 | Hemmings et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Praxair Technology, Inc. (Danbury CT, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John William Hemmings (Katy, Texas); Leo Bonnell (Houston, Texas); Earl T. Robinson (Mentor, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for reacting a hydrocarbon containing feed stream by steam methane reforming reactions to form a synthesis gas. The hydrocarbon containing feed is reacted within a reactor having stages in which the final stage from which a synthesis gas is discharged incorporates expensive high temperature materials such as oxide dispersed strengthened metals while upstream stages operate at a lower temperature allowing the use of more conventional high temperature alloys. Each of the reactor stages incorporate reactor elements having one or more separation zones to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing feed to support combustion of a fuel within adjacent combustion zones, thereby to generate heat to support the endothermic steam methane reforming reactions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/454885 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/198.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686857 | Gonze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical connection system for a particulate filter is provided. The system includes: a particulate filter (PF) disposed within an outer shell wherein the PF is segmented into a plurality of heating zones; an outer mat disposed between the particulate filter and the outer shell; an electrical connector coupled to the outer shell of the PF; and a plurality of printed circuit connections that extend along the outer surface of the PF from the electrical connector to the plurality of heating zones. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/561108 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/282.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687176 | Roscoe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen B. Roscoe (St. Paul, Minnesota); Neal A. Rakow (Woodbury, Minnesota); Radoslav Atanasoski (Edina, Minnesota); Eric R. Jackson (Woodbury, Minnesota); John H. Thomas, III (City of Grant, Minnesota); Lester H. McIntosh, III (Green Lane, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly, and an IR transmissive window for thermographic analysis of a surface of the membrane electrode assembly is described. The test fuel cell provides a method of monitoring a fuel cell, and capturing a thermographic profile of said fuel cell with an IR detector array, while simultaneously measuring the electrochemical output of the cell, including current, voltages and half cell potentials. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/008826 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687474 | Matin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. C. Matin (Stanford, California); Yoram Barak (Menlo Park, California); Susan V. Lynch (San Francisco, California); David F. Ackerley (Wellington, New Zealand); Stephen H. Thorne (Palo Alto, California); Christopher H. Contag (Stanford, California); Jianghong Rao (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/643628 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687661 | Lilga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Lilga (Richland, Washington); James F. White (Richland, Washington); Johnathan E. Holladay (Kennewick, Washington); Alan H. Zacher (Kennewick, Washington); Danielle S. Muzatko (Kennewick, Washington); Rick J. Orth (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is disclosed for conversion of salts of β-hydroxy carbonyl compounds forming useful conversion products including, e.g., α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and/or salts of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Conversion products find use, e.g., as feedstock and/or end-use chemicals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/377096 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 560/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687746 | Tringe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Tringe (Walnut Creek, California); Alexander E. Gash (Brentwood, California); Troy W. Barbee, Jr. (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A heating apparatus comprising an energetic nanolaminate film that produces heat when initiated, a power source that provides an electric current, and a control that initiates the energetic nanolaminate film by directing the electric current to the energetic nanolaminate film and joule heating the energetic nanolaminate film to an initiation temperature. Also a method of heating comprising providing an energetic nanolaminate film that produces heat when initiated, and initiating the energetic nanolaminate film by directing an electric current to the energetic nanolaminate film and joule heating the energetic nanolaminate film to an initiation temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, July 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/484543 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/553 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687775 | Lashley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Charles Lashley (Sante Fe, New Mexico); Cyril P. Opeil (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); James Lawrence Smith (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method are provided for sensing infrared radiation. The apparatus includes a sensor element that is positioned in a magnetic field during operation to ensure a λ shaped relationship between specific heat and temperature adjacent the Curie temperature of the ferroelectric material comprising the sensor element. The apparatus is operated by inducing a magnetic field on the ferroelectric material to reduce surface charge on the element during its operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/961815 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687780 | Bell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Fisk University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zane W. Bell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Arnold Burger (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor detector for ionizing electromagnetic radiation, neutrons, and energetic charged particles. The detecting element is comprised of a compound having the composition I-III-VI2 or II-IV-V2 where the “I” component is from column 1A or 1B of the periodic table, the “II” component is from column 2B, the “III” component is from column 3A, the “IV” component is from column 4A, the “V” component is from column 5A, and the “VI” component is from column 6A. The detecting element detects ionizing radiation by generating a signal proportional to the energy deposited in the element, and detects neutrons by virtue of the ionizing radiation emitted by one or more of the constituent materials subsequent to capture. The detector may contain more than one neutron-sensitive component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/248943 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687937 | Lasseter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Lasseter (Madison, Wisconsin); Paolo Piagi (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling the output inverter of a microsource in a distributed energy resource system is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include using unit or zone power controllers that reduce the operating frequency of the inverter to increase its unit output power. Preferred embodiments includes methods wherein the inverter reaches maximum output power and minimum operating frequency at the same time, and further comprising using a voltage controller implementing a voltage vs. reactive current droop. Other aspects of this embodiment relate to an inverter that implements such methods, and a microsource containing such an inverter. These methods can be extended to control inverters in a plurality of microsources, organized in a single zone or in a plurality of zones. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/084737 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688036 | Yarger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Jay Yarger (Rigby, Idaho); John Morrison (Butte, Montana); John Grant Richardson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David Frazer Spencer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Dale W. Christiansen (Blackfoot, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-recharging battery comprising a generator and an energy storage device contained within the battery case. The generator comprises a magnetic structure configured to generate a compressed magnetic field and a coil configured to focus the compressed magnetic field in electrical conductive elements of the coil. |
| FILED | Monday, June 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/475564 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688069 | Kraus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Kraus (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Andrei N. Matlashov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michelle A. Espy (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Petr L. Volegov (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-low magnetic field NMR system can non-invasively examine containers. Database matching techniques can then identify hazardous materials within the containers. Ultra-low field NMR systems are ideal for this purpose because they do not require large powerful magnets and because they can examine materials enclosed in conductive shells such as lead shells. The NMR examination technique can be combined with ultra-low field NMR imaging, where an NMR image is obtained and analyzed to identify target volumes. Spatial sensitivity encoding can also be used to identify target volumes. After the target volumes are identified the NMR measurement technique can be used to identify their contents. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/804799 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688802 | Gonia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Gonia (Maplewood, Minnesota); Soumitri N. Kolavennu (Blaine, Minnesota); Arun V. Mahasenan (Kerala, India); Ramakrishna S. Budampati (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes multiple wireless nodes forming a cluster in a wireless network, where each wireless node is configured to communicate and exchange data wirelessly based on a clock. One of the wireless nodes is configured to operate as a cluster master. Each of the other wireless nodes is configured to (i) receive time synchronization information from a parent node, (ii) adjust its clock based on the received time synchronization information, and (iii) broadcast time synchronization information based on the time synchronization information received by that wireless node. The time synchronization information received by each of the other wireless nodes is based on time synchronization information provided by the cluster master so that the other wireless nodes substantially synchronize their clocks with the clock of the cluster master. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/464030 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688931 | Gara et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Valentina Salapura (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid counter array device for counting events. The hybrid counter array includes a first counter portion comprising N counter devices, each counter device for receiving signals representing occurrences of events from an event source and providing a first count value corresponding to a lower order bits of the hybrid counter array. The hybrid counter array includes a second counter portion comprising a memory array device having N addressable memory locations in correspondence with the N counter devices, each addressable memory location for storing a second count value representing higher order bits of the hybrid counter array. A control device monitors each of the N counter devices of the first counter portion and initiates updating a value of a corresponding second count value stored at the corresponding addressable memory location in the second counter portion. Thus, a combination of the first and second count values provide an instantaneous measure of number of events received. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/120416 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: Circuits and systems 377/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong-Cai Zhou (Oxford, Ohio); Shengqian Ma (Oxford, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal-organic framework-based mesh-adjustable molecular sieve (MAMS) exhibiting a temperature-dependent mesh size. The MAMS comprises a plurality of metal clusters bound with a plurality of amphiphilic ligands, each ligand comprising a hydrophobic moiety and a functionalized hydrophilic moiety, and wherein the metal clusters and amphiphilic ligand functionalized hydrophilic moieties form a metal cluster layer, the metal cluster layer forming at least one hydrophilic pore. On each side of the metal cluster layer, a plurality of associated amphiphilic ligand hydrophobic moieties cooperate with the metal cluster layer to form a tri-layer and a plurality of tri-layers are packed in a facing-spaced apart relationship to form at least one hydrophobic pore. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/738730 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687500 | Howell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy R. Howell (Tolland, Connecticut); Rosa C. Taboada (Hamden, Connecticut); Stewart K. Richardson (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Oxetane-containing nucleosides, particularly non-reducing psiconucleoside oxetanes are described herein. Therapeutic application of these oxetane compounds toward the treatment of nucleoside analog related disorders such as disorders involving cellular proliferation and infection are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/019010 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687582 | Luebben et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silvia D. Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Shawn A. Sapp (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to improved methods for the preparation, purification, and processing of poly(heteroaromatic) block copolymers, as well as compositions prepared by these methods. Methods relate to preparation of multiblock and triblock copolymers of intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) containing at least one block of a poly(heteroaromatic) polymer and at least two blocks of a non-conducting polymer. This invention provides polymer solutions or dispersions of improved stability and better film-forming properties. The poly(heteroaromatic) block copolymers are obtained in their conducting or doped form, and are retained in a solvated, wet form throughout the production and purification processes. Stable solutions or dispersions of the purified copolymers in organic solvents, water, or mixtures thereof are provided. Stable solutions or dispersions of ICPs are useful in the preparation of semiconducting and conducting films, blends, and coatings on a variety of substrates using standard processing and coating techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/954621 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687937 | Lasseter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Lasseter (Madison, Wisconsin); Paolo Piagi (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling the output inverter of a microsource in a distributed energy resource system is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include using unit or zone power controllers that reduce the operating frequency of the inverter to increase its unit output power. Preferred embodiments includes methods wherein the inverter reaches maximum output power and minimum operating frequency at the same time, and further comprising using a voltage controller implementing a voltage vs. reactive current droop. Other aspects of this embodiment relate to an inverter that implements such methods, and a microsource containing such an inverter. These methods can be extended to control inverters in a plurality of microsources, organized in a single zone or in a plurality of zones. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/084737 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688816 | Park et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jinsoo Park (Leonia, New Jersey); Hung-Hsiang Jonathan Chao (Holmdel, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Packets out-of-sequence problem can be solved by using a window flow control scheme that can dispatch traffic at the cell level, in a round robin fashion, as evenly as possible. Each VOQ at the input port has a sequence head pointer that is used to assign sequence numbers (SN) to the cells. Also a sequence tail pointer is available at each VOQ that is used to acknowledge and limit the amount of cells that can be sent to the output ports based on the window size of the scheme. Each VIQ at the output port has a sequence pointer or sequence number (SN) pointer that indicates to the VIQ which cell to wait for. Once the VIQ receives the cell that the SN pointer indicated, the output port sends an ACK packet back to the input port. By using sequence numbers and the relevant pointers, the packet out-of-sequence problem is solved. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/004260 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/389 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689035 | Mallick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Satya P. Mallick (La Jolla, California); David J. Kriegman (San Diego, California); Todd E. Zickler (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Peter N. Belhumeur (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention presents a framework for separating specular and diffuse reflection components in images and videos. Each pixel of the an M-channel input image illuminated by N light sources is linearly transformed into a new color space having (M−N) channels. For an RGB image with one light source, the new color space has two color channels (U,V) that are free of specularities and a third channel (S) that contains both specular and diffuse components. When used with multiple light sources, the transformation may be used to produce a specular invariant image. A diffuse RGB image can be obtained by applying a non-linear partial differential equation to an RGB image to iteratively erode the specular component at each pixel. An optional third dimension of time may be added for processing video images. After the specular and diffuse components are separated, dichromatic editing may be used to independently process the diffuse and the specular components to add or suppress visual effects. The (U,V) channels of images can be used as input to 3-D shape estimation algorithms including shape-from-shading, photometric stereo, binocular and multinocular stereopsis, and structure-from-motion. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/471091 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689056 | Papadakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emmanouil I. Papadakis (Houston, Texas); Donald J. Kouri (Houston, Texas); David K. Hoffman (Ames, Iowa); Ioannis A Kakadiaris (Bellaire, Texas); Grigoriy Gogoshin (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-separable multiresolution structure based on frames by radial scaling functions is disclosed, which are minimally supported in the frequency. Resulting frame multiwavelets are also disclosed which can be isotropic. The construction can be carried out in any number of dimensions and for a variety of dilation matrices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/800145 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689068 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yidong Chong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide structure is provided. The waveguide structure includes a photonic crystal structure comprising gyromagnetic materials arranged in a two-dimensional lattice formation that exhibits a plurality of one-way modes produced as a result of magneto-optic effects. One or more confining barriers are positioned around the photonic crystal structure so as to allow the one-way modes to propagate through the photonic crystal structure. One or more radiation sources are positioned in or around the photonic crystal structure so as to couple electromagnetic energy into and out of the waveguide. One or more static external magnetic field sources induce the magneto-optic effects such that the one-way modes are allowed to propagate in one direction in the photonic crystal structure. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/329853 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689954 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lizheng Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin); Yuhen Hu (Middleton, Wisconsin); Chun-ping Chen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Statistical timing analysis methods for circuits are described which compensate for circuit elements having correlated timing delays with a high degree of computational efficiency. An quadratic timing model is used to represent each delay element along a circuit path, wherein each element's delay has a first-order relationship to local variations and a second-order relationship to global variations. Propagation of the modeled delays through the circuit is efficiently done via straightforward ADD operations where an input propagates through another element in a circuit path, and via a MAX operation (or an approximation thereof) where two or more inputs merge at an intersection. The inputs to the MAX operator can be tested for gaussianity, and can be processed by the MAX operation (or its approximation) if they are substantially gaussian. Otherwise, they may be stored in a tuple for processing at later points along the circuit path. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/420322 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07686202 | Carter 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) | Robert W. Carter (Huntsville, Alabama); Kirby G. Lawless (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A gimbaled-shoulder friction stir welding tool includes a pin and first and second annular shoulders coupled to the pin. At least one of the annular shoulders is coupled to the pin for gimbaled motion with respect thereto as the tool is rotated by a friction stir welding apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543287 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/2.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686529 | Le 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) | Thang D. Le (Friendswood, Texas); James L. Lewis (Houston, Texas); Monty B. Carroll (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, a two-axis joint that utilizes planar reactions to handle moments applied to the side of the joint thereby allowing the device to remain low profile and compact with minimal intrusion to the mounting surface of the two-axis joint. To handle larger moments, the diameter of the planar member can be increased without increasing the overall height of the joint assembly thereby retaining the low profile thereof. Upper and lower antifriction bearings may be positioned within a housing engage the planar member to reduce rotational friction. The upper and lower bearings and a hub which supports the planar member transfer forces produced by moments applied to the side of the joint so as to spread the forces over the area of the housing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/958908 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Joints and connections 43/78 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686908 | Misciagna et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Misciagna (Hockessin, Delaware); Jessica J. Fuhrer (Ardmore, Pennsylvania); Robert S. Funk (Morton, Pennsylvania); William S. Tolotta (Broomall, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly and method for manufacturing a composite reinforcement for unitizing a structure are provided. According to one embodiment, the assembly includes a base having a plurality of pins extending outwardly therefrom to define a structure about which a composite fiber is wound to define a composite reinforcement preform. The assembly also includes a plurality of mandrels positioned adjacent to the base and at least a portion of the composite reinforcement preform, and a cap that is positioned over at least a portion of the plurality of mandrels. The cap is configured to engage each of the mandrels to support the mandrels and the composite reinforcement preform during a curing process to form the composite reinforcement. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/460085 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687016 | DiCarlo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. DiCarlo (N. Olmstead, Ohio); Hee Yun (N. Olmstead, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for producing architectural preforms and high-temperature composite structures containing high-strength ceramic fibers with reduced preforming stresses within each fiber, with an in-situ grown coating on each fiber surface, with reduced boron within the bulk of each fiber, and with improved tensile creep and rupture resistance properties for each fiber. The methods include the steps of preparing an original sample of a preform formed from a pre-selected high-strength silicon carbide ceramic fiber type, placing the original sample in a processing furnace under a pre-selected preforming stress state and thermally treating the sample in the processing furnace at a pre-selected processing temperature and hold time in a processing gas having a pre-selected composition, pressure, and flow rate. For the high-temperature composite structures, the method includes additional steps of depositing a thin interphase coating on the surface of each fiber and forming a ceramic or carbon-based matrix within the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/777630 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/624 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687705 | Ila |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alabama A and M University Institute (Normal, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daryush Ila (Normal, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A high efficiency thermo electric device comprising a multi nanolayer structure of alternating insulator and insulator/metal material that is irradiated across the plane of the layer structure with ionizing radiation. The ionizing radiation produces nanocrystals in the layered structure that increase the electrical conductivity and decrease the thermal conductivity thereby increasing the thermoelectric figure of merit. Figures of merit as high as 2.5 have been achieved using layers of co-deposited gold and silicon dioxide interspersed with layers of silicon dioxide. The gold to silicon dioxide ratio was 0.04. 5 MeV silicon ions were used to irradiate the structure. Other metals and insulators may be substituted. Other ionizing radiation sources may be used. The structure tolerates a wide range of metal to insulator ratio. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/784729 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687773 | Siegel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter H. Siegel (La Canada, California); Robert Dengler (Walnut, California); Eric R. Mueller (West Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to sub-millimeter wave frequency heterodyne imaging systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sub-millimeter wave frequency heterodyne detector system for imaging the magnitude and phase of transmitted power through or reflected power off of mechanically scanned samples at sub-millimeter wave frequencies. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/214760 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688117 | Krasowski |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Krasowski (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit topography is presented which is used to create usable digital logic gates using N (negatively doped) channel Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFETs) and load resistors, level shifting resistors, and supply rails whose values are based on the direct current (DC) parametric distributions of those JFETs. This method has direct application to the current state of the art in high temperature, for example 300° C. to 500° C. and higher, silicon carbide (SiC) device production. The ability to produce inverting and combinatorial logic enables the production of pulse and edge triggered latches. This scale of logic synthesis would bring digital logic and state machine capabilities to devices operating in extremely hot environments, such as the surface of Venus, near hydrothermal vents, within nuclear reactors (SiC is inherently radiation hardened), and within internal combustion engines. The basic logic gate can be configured as a driver for oscillator circuits allowing for time bases and simple digitizers for resistive or reactive sensors. The basic structure of this innovation, the inverter, can be reconfigured into various analog circuit topographies through the use of feedback structures. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/081762 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/112 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07688362 | Glenn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Glenn (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating color video signals representative of color images of a scene includes the following steps: focusing light from the scene on an electronic image sensor via a filter having a tri-color filter pattern; producing, from outputs of the sensor, first and second relatively low resolution luminance signals; producing, from outputs of the sensor, a relatively high resolution luminance signal; producing, from a ratio of the relatively high resolution luminance signal to the first relatively low resolution luminance signal, a high band luminance component signal; producing, from outputs of the sensor, relatively low resolution color component signals; and combining each of the relatively low resolution color component signals with the high band luminance component signal to obtain relatively high resolution color component signals. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/074305 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07688142 | Chi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard H. Chi (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit of high performance variable gain amplifier, method of use and design structure on which the subject circuit resides is provided. The circuit comprises a plurality of differential stages having a common input, and output, a common control level input CM and respective individual control level inputs Cx. The circuit also includes a fixed stage that always is biased to an “on” state from the common input. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/949064 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689822 | Maggenti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Maggenti (San Diego, California); Douglas M. Crockett (San Diego, California); Eric Rosen (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing security in a group communication network provides for receiving an encryption key, encrypting media for transmission to a controller using the received encryption key, the encrypted media being directed to another communication device, and communicating the encrypted media to the controller. In one embodiment, the communicating includes wireless communication. The method and apparatus further provides for receiving encrypted media from a controller and blocking the encrypted media if the communication device is not enabled to receive encrypted-media transmission, or if the media is not encrypted based on an encryption key previously specified by the communication device. In another aspect, the communication device is a push-to-talk (PTT) device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/807990 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07686451 | Cleveland |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | LC Technologies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dixon Cleveland (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is a method for computing a first gaze axis of an eye in a first coordinate system. A camera is focused on the eye and moved to maintain the focus on the eye as the eye moves in the first coordinate system. A first location of the camera in the first coordinate system is measured. A second location of the eye and a gaze direction of the eye within a second coordinate system are measured. A second gaze axis within the second coordinate system is computed from the second location and the gaze direction. The first gaze axis is computed from the second gaze axis and the first location using a first coordinate transformation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/396596 |
| 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 351/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687462 | Ting et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang Ting (Beverly Hills, California); Ben Wu (Los Angeles, California); Chia Soo (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a composition for cartilage formation or regeneration comprising a NELL gene product and a method of treating cartilage-related conditions using such a composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594510 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — 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 |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07686290 | Potter |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas C. Potter (Merrifield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a system and device for singulating mail pieces during mail processing and sorting. A double inhibit mechanism, mounted opposite a feed belt assembly and having at least two degrees of freedom at its downstream end, can maintain contact with mail in the mail path while separating overlapping mail pieces and allowing only single pieces to pass thereby. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/902389 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Sheet feeding or delivering 271/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07686565 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl 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 | Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/638426 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Material or article handling 414/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07688675 | Chambers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Chambers (Oxford, Mississippi); Henry E. Bass (Oxford, Mississippi); Kenneth E. Gilbert (Thaxton, Mississippi); Daniel E. Kleinert, Jr. (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for assessing underwater biomass that comprises a frame that can float and hold the system on a body of water; a transducer that emits and receives wave signals; a motor box, that positions the transducer below a water line; a control unit to allow a user to operate the system and view results obtained from the system; an electronics housing that receives a CPU board that communicates with and relays information to and from, the control unit; and a communication device to facilitate communication between the control unit and the CPU board. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/691481 |
| 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 367/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07688689 | Gage et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Charles Gage (Apple Valley, Minnesota); Patrick Breckow Chu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A head assembly comprises a slider including a transducer and a coupler for coupling electromagnetic radiation into the transducer, and an optical bench positioned adjacent to the slider, the optical bench including a mirror and a lens for directing electromagnetic radiation onto the mirror, wherein electromagnetic radiation passing through the lens is reflected by the mirror and focused onto the coupler. A microactuator can be included to move at least a portion of the optical bench. Disc drives that include the head assembly and a method of making the head assembly are also included. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/787609 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic information storage or retrieval 369/44.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07687764 | Knapp |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald H. Knapp (Alea, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-cost fiber-optic sensor system for composite pressure tanks detects structural degradation of composite material pressure tanks. Light power attenuation in embedded optical fiber simulates tank volume change and replaces hydrostatic tank testing. Current U.S. Department of Transportation rules require that all pressure tanks be hydrostatically tested to verify structural integrity. Tanks do not have to be removed from service for testing. With the invention, testing can be done in-situ. For composite LNG tanks used on vehicles or emergency inflation devices used on aircraft for escape ramps, in-situ testing offers substantial maintenance cost savings. because of the simplicity of the test procedure, more frequent structural checks can be made economically to improve the safe operation of composite tanks. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/804203 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/227.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
| US 07686209 | Mueller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Dallas, Texas); Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri); Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia); Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall Lee Mueller (Kansas City, Missouri); Thomas Edwin Schaadt (Westerville, Ohio); V. Srinivas Nori (Norcross, Georgia); Steven Q. Purser (Plano, Texas); Diane Marie Baggett (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Producing print streams for efficiently generating properly formatted and ordered paper cash letters comprises print stream file that includes electronic form definitions for each cash letter document. The cash letter documents can include a cover page, one or more bundles of substitute checks, a bundle summary for each substitute check bundle, and/or a cash letter bundle summary. Information from an electronic image cash letter file can be input in data fields of the electronic form definitions. Printing the information in the print stream file results in a properly formatted and ordered paper cash letter including substitute checks and audit data. Each substitute check can include all of the MICR data provided on a corresponding, original paper check. The audit data includes the cover page, bundle summary(ies), and/or cash letter bundle summary, which can each detail the documents printed concurrently therewith. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/362344 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/379 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07687276 | Kunz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick R. Kunz (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for collecting and concentrating trace chemicals for subsequent analysis by virtually any type of chemical detector includes providing directed radiation to a sample, or a portion of a sample. An apparatus can include a sampling body for providing radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/443141 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07686308 | Van Schoor |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MIDE Technology Corporation (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marthinus C. Van Schoor (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods associated with a fluid-activated shaft seal are provided. The system includes a housing and a seal disposed relative to the housing. The method reduces flow of a fluid between the shaft and the housing. The method involves installing the housing in an opening relative to the shaft and locating the seal relative to the housing. The seal includes a gel material that expands when exposed to a fluid. The seal reduces flow of the fluid through a gap between the housing and the shaft. Advantages of the system and method include reduced wear to the seal due to friction because the seal does not engage the shaft in the absence of a fluid. The seal engages the shaft in the presence of a fluid. Sealing quality is improved by increasing the pressure differential acting on the gel material. In some embodiments, the seal includes a lip portion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/286680 |
| 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 277/553 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687028 | Coplen, II |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tyler Benjamin Coplen, II (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A sequential, time-integrated collector having an electronic controller that actuates either of two electrically-actuated valves, each connected to a water reservoir. At a preset time interval (e.g., every 30 minutes), time-integrated water samples are transferred into sample vials in a multi-sample carousel. Evaporation that could change the isotopic composition of a precipitation sample is minimized by sealing the opening of each sample vial by pressing each vial against a flat, low-friction surface, such as a Teflon® sheet, from the time each sample vial is filled until it is removed from the collector. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/401010 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07687707 | Meck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Meck (Placitas, New Mexico); Paul R. Sharps (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell including a semiconductor body with a multijunction solar cell and an integral bypass diode, and a pair of vias extending between the upper and lower surfaces, forming determined on the lower surface and electrically coupling the anode of the bypass diode with the conductive grid on the upper surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/280379 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07689947 | Challenger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Challenger (Garrison, New York); Louis R. Degenaro (White Plains, New York); James R. Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Paul Reed (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Finite state machines are provided to run instances of user-defined routines within a computing system. The finite state machines and updates to the finite state machines are user-defined and are checked for compliance with one or more prescribed schemas by a finite state machine engine. Compliant finite state machine specifications are interpreted for the plurality of states and transitions that constitute the finite state machine. Requested instances of a finite state machine specification are initiated by the finite state machine engine, which creates proxies to monitor the current state of any given requested instance. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/619691 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2010/fedinvent-patents-20100330.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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