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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 06, 2010

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07690107 — Method for aligning and installing flexible circuit interconnects

US 07690107	Heisen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Peter Timothy Heisen (Kent, Washington); Harold Peter Soares, Jr. (Tacoma, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for aligning components on a module. A flexible circuit may be attached to a module in which a tooling apparatus is attached to the module. A plurality of circuit pads on a functional section of the flexible circuit is aligned by a first alignment structure located on a sacrificial portion of the flexible circuit to a second alignment structure on the tooling apparatus. The flexible circuit is attached to the module while the flexible circuit is in an aligned position.
FILED	Friday, June 15, 2007
APPL NO	11/763879
ART UNIT	3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Metal working 029/832
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07690187 — Modular micropropulsion device and system

US 07690187	Bekey
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) at El Segundo, CA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ivan Bekey (Annandale, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A modular propulsion system includes an array of micromachined field effect electrostatic propulsion devices, each of which is an assembled micromachined device including an array of field effect electrostatic propulsion thrusters, a fuel container of propellant using passive plumbing, electronic power and command controls, with the array of devices disposed about and on a surface of a spacecraft for providing diverse propulsion needs.
FILED	Tuesday, September 26, 2006
APPL NO	11/527133
ART UNIT	3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/202
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07690205 — Gas turbine engine cold start mechanization

US 07690205	Delaloye et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Jim E. Delaloye (Chandler, Arizona); Joe Keck (Gilbert, Arizona); Barry J. Kingery (Glendale, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus and method is provided to start gas turbine engines at cold start. A gearbox is not mechanically coupled to any accessory or to the starter-generator. Rather, a controller is used to route power to a starter-generator to rotate the turbine mainshaft to start the gas turbine engine. The controller prevents power to an accessory drive motor, until the starter-generator creates a positive torque. When a positive torque is reached, excess power is routed to the accessory drive motor, typically a brushless direct current motor.
FILED	Tuesday, September 20, 2005
APPL NO	11/231949
ART UNIT	3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/786
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07690247 — Autonomous biobuoy for detecting a characteristic of a marine biosphere and method of assembling the biobuoy

US 07690247	Lapota et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	David Lapota (San Diego, California); Gregory Wayne Anderson (San Diego, California); Stephen Lieberman (La Mesa, California)
ABSTRACT	Autonomous biobuoy for detecting a characteristic of a marine biosphere and method of assembling the biobuoy. An autonomous biobuoy is provided for detecting a characteristic of a marine biosphere, comprising a detector assembly for detecting the characteristic of the marine biosphere, the detector assembly capable of generating a detector assembly output signal responsive to the characteristic detected thereby and a transmitter coupled to said detector assembly for broadcasting the detector assembly output signal.
FILED	Tuesday, March 20, 2007
APPL NO	11/725713
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/61.510
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07690276 — High-efficiency air intake for aerosol air samplers

US 07690276	Wise
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel G. Wise (Ellicott City, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for redirecting a flow of aerosol-containing air into, for example, an aerosol sampler. The apparatus comprising a device for redirecting a portion of the flow of aerosol-containing air into an air intake disposed within the flow of aerosol-containing air, preferably using eduction caused by a pressurized gas stream. A sampling tube having an opening for receiving aerosol-containing air is disposed within the air intake to collect the redirected portion of aerosol containing air.
FILED	Wednesday, November 28, 2007
APPL NO	11/946092
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/864.330
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07690287 — Explosive neutralizer and method

US 07690287	Maegerlein et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen D. Maegerlein (Williams, Indiana); Gary L. Broxton (Bloomington, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	An explosive device includes a firing train, an explosive charge and a shock activated neutralizer configured to disable activation of the explosive charge by the firing train. The neutralizer includes a housing and a rupturable fluid barrier configured to selectively permit mixing of disabling material constituents to interact with the firing train to disable the same. A method of neutralizing an explosive device includes rupturing the fluid barrier, at least in part by applying a shock to the explosive device, and interacting the disabling material with the firing train to disable the same.
FILED	Tuesday, July 18, 2006
APPL NO	11/488497
ART UNIT	3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Ammunition and explosive-charge making 086/50
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07690309 — Supercavitating vehicle control

US 07690309	Kuklinski
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert Kuklinski (Portsmouth, Rhode Island)
ABSTRACT	A control system for a supercavitating vehicle includes a set of winglets for rapid maneuverability and a segmented ring wing for fine stabilization control. The winglets and ring wing extend from an aft portion of the vehicle. The winglets are supported by a strut attached to the vehicle. The angle of attack of each winglet into the water adjacent the cavity is controlled by a winglet actuator. The winglet assembly may be extended into the water or retracted to be completely within the cavity by means of a spring-loaded actuated mount. The segmented ring wing is controlled by a ring actuator. The ring actuator may be used to control the angle of attack of the ring wing. Alternately, or in combination, the flow over the ring wing may be neutralized by using the cavitator of the vehicle to globally enlarge the cavity and thus limit the flow.
FILED	Friday, September 19, 2008
APPL NO	12/284477
ART UNIT	3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Ammunition and explosives 12/399
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07690885 — Methods and system for shielding cooling air to facilitate cooling integral turbine nozzle and shroud assemblies

US 07690885	Lee et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Eric Alan Estill (Morrow, Ohio); James Harvey Laflen (Loveland, Ohio); Daniel Vern Jones (Maineville, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A method for cooling a shroud segment of a gas turbine engine includes providing a turbine shroud assembly including a shroud segment having a leading edge defining a forward face. A turbine nozzle is coupled to the turbine shroud assembly such that a gap is defined between an aft face of an outer band of the turbine nozzle and the forward face, wherein a lip formed on the aft face is positioned radially inwardly with respect to the gap and extends substantially axially downstream from the gap. Cooling air is directed into the gap. Cooling air exiting the gap impinges against the lip. Post impingement cooling air is directed at the forward face to facilitate forming a film cooling layer on the shroud segment. The film cooling layer is shielded from combustion gases flowing through the gas turbine engine.
FILED	Thursday, November 30, 2006
APPL NO	11/565472
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1
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07690889 — Inner diameter variable vane actuation mechanism

US 07690889	Giaimo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	John A. Giaimo (Weston, Florida); John P. Tirone, III (Moodus, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A variable vane actuation mechanism is comprised of a first drive vane arm and a second drive vane arm for driving a first variable vane array and a second variable vane array, respectively, of a stator vane section of a gas turbine engine. The first drive vane arm and second drive vane arm are connected to each other at a first end by a linkage. The first drive vane arm and second drive vane arm are connected at a second end to a first drive vane and a second drive vane, respectively, of the first and second variable vane arrays. The first drive vane arm and second drive vane arm respond in unison to a single actuation source connected to one of the first drive vane arm and second drive vane arm.
FILED	Wednesday, July 20, 2005
APPL NO	11/185995
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/160
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07690896 — Gas turbine disk slots and gas turbine engine using same

US 07690896	Stevens et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Lon M. Stevens (Perry, Utah); Kevin McCusker (West Hartford, Connecticut); Moon-Kyoo Brian Kang (Vernon, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A gas turbine engine comprises a compressor section, a combustion section disposed downstream from the compressor section, and a turbine section disposed downstream from the combustion section. The turbine section includes a turbine disk defining a plurality of turbine disk slots for accommodating turbine blades. The plurality of turbine disk slots each include an inlet having a rounded periphery at a bottom portion thereof.
FILED	Friday, May 27, 2005
APPL NO	11/140632
ART UNIT	3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Fluid reaction surfaces 416/219.R00
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07691201 — Method of forming three-dimensional nanocrystal array

US 07691201	Kamins et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Theodore I. Kamins (Palo Alto, California); Philip J. Kuekes (Menlo Park, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of forming an assembly of isolated nanowires of at least one material within a matrix of another material is provided. The method comprises: providing a substrate; forming a catalyst array on a major surface of the substrate; growing an array of the nanowires corresponding with the catalyst array, the nanowires, each comprising at least one material; and forming a matrix of another material that fills in spaces between the nanowires. The method is useful for producing a variety of structures useful in a number of devices, such as photonic bandgap structures and quantum dot structures.
FILED	Tuesday, October 21, 2003
APPL NO	10/690688
ART UNIT	1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/84
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07691244 — Microfluidic pumps and mixers driven by induced-charge electro-osmosis

US 07691244	Levitan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeremy Levitan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Martin Z. Bazant (Winchester, Massachusetts); Martin Schmidt (Reading, Massachusetts); Todd Thorsen (Arlington, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides devices and apparatuses comprising the same, for the mixing and pumping of relatively small volumes of fluid. Such devices utilize nonlinear electrokinetics as a primary mechanism for driving fluid flow. Methods of cellular analysis and high-throughput, multi-step product formation using, devices of this invention are described.
FILED	Wednesday, October 19, 2005
APPL NO	11/252871
ART UNIT	1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450
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07691275 — Use of step and flash imprint lithography for direct imprinting of dielectric materials for dual damascene processing

US 07691275	Willson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	C. Grant Willson (Austin, Texas); Frank Palmieri (Austin, Texas); Yukio Nishimura (Yokkaichi, Japan); Stephen C. Johnson (Austin, Texas); Michael D. Stewart (Austin, Texas)
ABSTRACT	In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods that involve the combination of step-and-flash imprint lithography (SFIL) with a multi-tier template to simultaneously pattern multiple levels of, for example, an integrated circuit device. In such embodiments, the imprinted material generally does not serve or act as a simple etch mask or photoresist, but rather serves as the insulation between levels and lines, i.e., as a functional dielectric material. After imprinting and a multiple step curing process, the imprinted pattern is filled with metal, as in dual damascene processing. Typically, the two printed levels will comprise a “via level,” which is used to make electrical contact with the previously patterned under-level, and a “wiring level.” The present invention provides for the direct patterning of functional materials, which represents a significant departure from the traditional approach to microelectronics manufacturing.
FILED	Monday, February 27, 2006
APPL NO	11/363071
ART UNIT	1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Etching a substrate: Processes 216/13
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07691289 — Compositions, materials incorporating the compositions, and methods of using the compositions, and methods of using the compositions and materials

US 07691289	Okun et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Nelya Okun (Alpharetta, Georgia); Craig L. Hill (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Compositions, materials incorporating the compositions, and methods of use thereof, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the composition includes a metal nitrate selected from d-block metal nitrates and f-block metal nitrates and a metal salt having weakly bound counter anions. The metal of the metal salt having weakly bound counter anions is selected from a d-block metal and an f-block metal. Another embodiment of the composition includes a first polyoxometalate having a first metal selected from a d-block metal and an f-block metal and a second polyoxometalate having a second metal selected from a d-block metal and an f-block metal. The first metal being an open coordinate site of the first polyoxometalate. In addition, the first metal has a nitrate terminal ligand. The second metal being an open coordinate site of the second polyoxometalate. In addition, the second metal has a halide terminal ligand.
FILED	Wednesday, February 25, 2004
APPL NO	10/786671
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Compositions 252/183.140
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07691298 — Plastic cantilevers for force microscopy

US 07691298	van der Weide et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel W. van der Weide (Madison, Wisconsin); Charles A. Paulson (Clearlake, Minnesota); Andrew G. Stevens (Dundas, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	A method disclosed for producing polymer-based cantilevers for use in atomic force microscopy in a batch process. The method includes forming a mold in a mold material, for example PDMS, using a master cantilever, removing the master cantilever from the mold material to reveal a mold cavity, filling the mold cavity with plastic, for example polystyrene, to form a plastic cantilever in the mold, and removing the plastic cantilever from the mold, for example using adhesive tape or flexing the mold. At least one surface of the plastic cantilever can be coated with a reflective metal, such as gold. The plastic cantilever can be functionalized for use in magnetic force microscopy by attaching a probe tip formed of magnetic metal, for example a 10 μm nickel sphere.
FILED	Friday, January 21, 2005
APPL NO	11/041886
ART UNIT	1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/102
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07691307 — Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same

US 07691307	Fearing et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ronald S. Fearing (El Cerrito, California); Metin Setti (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A fabricated microstructure comprising at least one protrusion capable of providing an adhesive force at a surface of between about 60 and 2,000 nano-Newtons. A stalk supports the protrusion at an oblique angle relative to a supporting surface. The microstructure can adhere to different surfaces.
FILED	Monday, March 14, 2005
APPL NO	11/080037
ART UNIT	1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/220
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07691439 — Highly conducting transparent thin polymers films formed from double and multiple layers of poly(3,4, ethylenedioxythiophene) and its derivatives

US 07691439	Martin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Brett Martin (Washington, District of Columbia); Nikolay Nikolov (Woodbridge, Virginia); Ranganathan Shashidhar (Woodbridge, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A polymer film comprising at least two layers, wherein each layer comprises a compound comprising the formula: wherein R¹and R²are independently selected organic groups. A method of making a polymer film comprising the steps of: providing a monomer solution comprising one or more monomers comprising the formula: wherein R¹and R²are independently selected organic groups; dispensing the monomer solution onto a substrate; heating the monomer solution on the substrate to polymerize the monomer; and repeating the steps of providing a monomer solution, dispensing, and heating one or more times, wherein the spin-coating is performed on top of the prior spin-coated layer.
FILED	Wednesday, January 04, 2006
APPL NO	11/306608
ART UNIT	1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Coating processes 427/240
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07691474 — Mitigation of hydrogen cyanide in aerogels

US 07691474	Gould et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	George Leighton Gould (Mendon, Massachusetts); Wendell Eugene Rhine (Belmont, Massachusetts); Redouane Begag (Hudson, Massachusetts); Xiangjun Hu (Northborough, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	An embodiment of the present invention describes aerogel materials comprising an additive comprising a compound comprising at least two different metal elements. Another embodiment, involves aerogel particulates in combination with said compound. Said compound preferably comprises at least two different transition metal elements and may be in an oxide form.
FILED	Saturday, March 18, 2006
APPL NO	11/384035
ART UNIT	1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/319.100
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07691583 — High sensitivity mechanical resonant sensor

US 07691583	Craighead et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Bojan Ilic (Ithaca, New York); David Alan Czaplewski (Ithaca, New York); Robert H. Hall (Clarksville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for detecting mass based on a frequency differential of a resonating micromachined structure, such as a cantilever beam. A high aspect ratio cantilever beam is coated with an immobilized binding partner that couples to a predetermined cell or molecule. A first resonant frequency is determined for the cantilever having the immobilized binding partner. Upon exposure of the cantilever to a solution that binds with the binding partner, the mass of the cantilever beam increases. A second resonant frequency is determined and the differential resonant frequency provides the basis for detecting the target cell or molecule. The cantilever may be driven externally or by ambient noise. The frequency response of the beam can be determined optically using reflected light and two photodetectors or by interference using a single photodetector.
FILED	Tuesday, January 31, 2006
APPL NO	11/343488
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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07691731 — Deposition of crystalline layers on polymer substrates using nanoparticles and laser nanoforming

US 07691731	Bet et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Sachin M. Bet (Orlando, Florida); Aravinda Kar (Oviedo, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A method of forming crystalline semiconducting layers on low melting or low softening point substrates includes the steps of providing an aqueous solution medium including a plurality of semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed therein having a median size less than 10 nm, and applying the solution medium to at least one region of a substrate to be coated. The substrate has a melting or softening point of <200° C. The solution medium is evaporated and the at least one region is laser irradiated for fusing the nanoparticles followed by annealing to obtain a continuous film having a recrystallized microstructure. An article includes a polycrystalline semiconducting layer including a plurality of crystallites predominately in the size range of 2 to 50 μm, and a substrate having a melting or softening point of <200° C. supporting the semiconducting layer. An average grain size of the crystallites is less at an interface proximate to the semiconducting layer as compared to an average grain size further away from the interface.
FILED	Thursday, March 15, 2007
APPL NO	11/686572
ART UNIT	2812 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/479
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07691798 — Coating to reduce friction on skis and snow boards

US 07691798	Nadolink et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard H. Nadolink (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Charles W. Henoch (Crantson, Rhode Island); Susan Yan (Fairport, New York)
ABSTRACT	A polymer coating applied to a load bearing or contact surface of objects such as skis and snowboards is provided. The polymer coating is a drag reducing, water soluble long chain polymer such as polyethylene oxide. The polymer coating is applied to the contact surface of the object and dissolves into the thin layer of water that forms between the contact surface and a water-containing surface over which the object is passed. The polymer readily dissolves in the thin water layer, decreasing the friction between the contact surface of the ski or snowboard and the surface of the snow or ice.
FILED	Thursday, December 08, 2005
APPL NO	11/296722
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/577
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07691909 — Aerosol gels

US 07691909	Sorensen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Chemical and Transport Systems (CTS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas)
INVENTOR(S)	Christopher M. Sorensen (Manhattan, Kansas); Amitabha Chakrabarti (Manhattan, Kansas); Rajan Dhaubhadel (Manhattan, Kansas); Corey Gerving (West Point, New York)
ABSTRACT	An improved process for the production of ultralow density, high specific surface area gel products is provided which comprises providing, in an enclosed chamber, a mixture made up of small particles of material suspended in gas; the particles are then caused to aggregate in the chamber to form ramified fractal aggregate gels. The particles should have a radius (a) of up to about 50 nm and the aerosol should have a volume fraction (f_v) of at least 10⁻⁴. In preferred practice, the mixture is created by a spark-induced explosion of a precursor material (e.g., a hydrocarbon) and oxygen within the chamber. New compositions of matter are disclosed having densities below 3.0 mg/cc.
FILED	Friday, March 23, 2007
APPL NO	11/690576
ART UNIT	1796 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/32
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07692093 — High temperature high voltage cable

US 07692093	Tonucci
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Ronald J Tonucci (Waldorf, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A cable having one or more conductive members and one or more strength members. Each conductive member has a metal microwire having an outer diameter and an inorganic cladding having an inner diameter. The microwire is positioned within the cladding, and the outer diameter of the microwire is at least about 2 microns less then the inner diameter of the cladding. Each strength member has a plurality of inorganic fibers surrounding the conductive members or an inorganic rod. The conductive members are conductive while applying a voltage of 5000 V to the conductive members and while exposing the cable to a temperature of about 1000° C.
FILED	Tuesday, February 10, 2009
APPL NO	12/368584
ART UNIT	2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/36
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07692116 — Laser ablation for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes

US 07692116	Holloway et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) at Newport News, VA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Jefferson Science Associates (Newport News, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Brian C. Holloway (Williamsburg, Virginia); Peter C. Eklund (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania); Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin C. Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Michelle Shinn (Newport News, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Single walled carbon nanotubes are produced in a novel apparatus by the laser-induced ablation of moving carbon target. The laser used is of high average power and ultra-fast pulsing. According to various preferred embodiments, the laser produces an output above about 50 watts/cm²at a repetition rate above about 15 MHz and exhibits a pulse duration below about 10 picoseconds. The carbon, carbon/catalyst target and the laser beam are moved relative to one another and a focused flow of “side pumped”, preheated inert gas is introduced near the point of ablation to minimize or eliminate interference by the ablated plume by removal of the plume and introduction of new target area for incidence with the laser beam. When the target is moved relative to the laser beam, rotational or translational movement may be imparted thereto, but rotation of the target is preferred.
FILED	Wednesday, July 03, 2002
APPL NO	10/188525
ART UNIT	3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric heating 219/121.860
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07692127 — MEMS type thermally actuated out-of-plane lever

US 07692127	Linn et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Eric H. Linn (Fort Mill, South Carolina); Michael A. Deeds (Port Tobacco, Maryland); David Herman (Charlotte, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	A MEMS apparatus includes a substrate; electrical contacts disposed on the substrate; a thermal arch beam supported by and connected between the contacts, the thermal arch beam including a midpoint and a protrusion located at about the midpoint; a lever having an axis of rotation and a bearing surface upon which the protrusion is operable to bear, a pair of lever supports disposed on the substrate for rotatably supporting the lever about the axis of rotation, an area of contact between the protrusion and the bearing surface being positioned vertically between the axis of rotation and the plane of the substrate. A voltage difference between the electrical contacts causes the thermal arch beam to move horizontally in the plane and the protrusion to bear against the lever causing rotation of the lever out of the plane.
FILED	Monday, March 26, 2007
APPL NO	11/729086
ART UNIT	3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.210
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07692147 — Real-time, continuous-wave terahertz imaging using a microbolometer focal-plane array

US 07692147	Hu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) at El Segundo, CA Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Alan W. Min Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present invention generally provides a terahertz (THz) imaging system that includes a source for generating radiation (e.g., a quantum cascade laser) having one or more frequencies in a range of about 0.1 THz to about 10 THz, and a two-dimensional detector array comprising a plurality of radiation detecting elements that are capable of detecting radiation in that frequency range. An optical system directs radiation from the source to an object to be imaged. The detector array detects at least a portion of the radiation transmitted through the object (or reflected by the object) so as to form a THz image of that object.
FILED	Monday, March 20, 2006
APPL NO	11/385039
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/336.100
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07692154 — Lightweight quartic-shaped collimator for collecting high energy gamma rays

US 07692154	Furey et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	John S. Furey (Vicksburg, Mississippi); John C. Morgan (Redwood, Mississippi)
ABSTRACT	A collimator incorporating shielding shaped according to the formula $L_{0}^{2} = y^{2} + [\frac{y^{2} z^{2}}{{(y + D)}^{2}}]$ where y is the minimum thickness of encased shielding needed to shield the collimator from un-collimated radiation entering the collimator at a distance, z, along the longitudinal axis of the collimator, z measured from the bottom of a cylindrical detector, and D is the inner diameter of the collimator as established by the outer diameter of the detector. Select embodiments may be employed for collecting collimated high energy gamma rays from soil using a gamma ray detector.
FILED	Monday, November 17, 2008
APPL NO	12/272424
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/363.100
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07692167 — High-fidelity reflection electron beam lithography

US 07692167	Mankos
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	KLA-Tencor Technologies Corporation (Milpitas, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Marian Mankos (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment pertains to an apparatus for reflection electron beam lithography, including at least illumination electron-optics, an electron-reflective pattern generator, projection electron-optics, a moving stage holding a target substrate, control circuitry, and a deflection system. The illumination electron-optics is configured to form an illumination electron beam. The electron-reflective pattern generator configured to generate an electron-reflective pattern of pixels and to reflect the illumination electron beam using the pattern to form a patterned electron beam. The projection electron-optics is configured to project the patterned electron beam onto the moving target substrate. The control circuitry is configured to shift the generated pattern in discrete steps in synchronization with the stage motion. The deflection system is configured to deflect said projected patterned electron beam so as to compensate for said stage motion in between discrete shifts of said generated pattern. Other features and embodiments are also disclosed.
FILED	Thursday, October 26, 2006
APPL NO	11/588492
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/492.230
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07692218 — Method for creating a functional interface between a nanoparticle, nanotube or nanowire, and a biological molecule or system

US 07692218	Barron et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas); New Cyte, Inc. (Sudbury, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew R. Barron (Houston, Texas); Dennis J. Flood (Oberlin, Ohio); Elizabeth A. Whitsitt (Houston, Texas); Robin E. Anderson (Houston, Texas); Graham B. I. Scott (Katy, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A field effect transistor and a method for making the same. In one embodiment, the field effect transistor comprises a source; a drain; a gate; at least one carbon nanotube on the gate; and a dielectric layer that coats the gate and a portion of the at least one carbon nanotube, wherein the at least one carbon nanotube has an exposed portion that is not coated with the dielectric layer, and wherein the exposed portion is functionalized with at least one indicator molecule. In other embodiments, the field effect transistor is a biochem-FET.
FILED	Wednesday, November 19, 2003
APPL NO	10/534431
ART UNIT	2815 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/253
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07692263 — High voltage GaN transistors

US 07692263	Wu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California); Primit Parikh (Goleta, California); Umesh Mishra (Montecito, California)
ABSTRACT	A multiple field plate transistor includes an active region, with a source, a drain, and a gate. A first spacer layer is over the active region between the source and the gate and a second spacer layer over the active region between the drain and the gate. A first field plate on the first spacer layer is connected to the gate. A second field plate on the second spacer layer is connected to the gate. A third spacer layer is on the first spacer layer, the second spacer layer, the first field plate, the gate, and the second field plate, with a third field plate on the third spacer layer and connected to the source. The transistor exhibits a blocking voltage of at least 600 Volts while supporting a current of at least 2 Amps with an on resistance of no more than 5.0 mΩ-cm², of at least 600 Volts while supporting a current of at least 3 Amps with an on resistance of no more than 5.3 mΩ-cm², of at least 900 Volts while supporting a current of at least 2 Amps with an on resistance of no more than 6.6 mΩ-cm², or a blocking voltage of at least 900 Volts while supporting a current of at least 3 Amps with an on resistance of no more than 7.0 mΩ-cm².
FILED	Tuesday, November 21, 2006
APPL NO	11/603427
ART UNIT	2822 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/488
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07692340 — Apparatus for generating power responsive to mechanical vibration

US 07692340	Waters et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Patrick M. Sullivan (San Diego, California); Barry R. Hunt (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A vibrational energy harvesting apparatus comprising: a substrate having a plurality of integral compliant regions; at least two ferromagnetic masses each coupled to a corresponding one or more of the integral compliant regions such that at least one of the ferromagnetic masses moves with respect to the substrate responsive to substrate acceleration, each ferromagnetic mass having an inner magnetic pole disposed such that the inner magnetic poles are separated by a gap, wherein the magnetic polarities of the inner magnetic poles on the opposing sides of the gap are similar; wherein the inner magnetic poles form a steep flux gradient region in and around the gap; and a coil coupled to the substrate and disposed within the steep flux gradient region where it is exposed to a changing magnetic flux arising from motion of at least one of the ferromagnetic masses with respect to the substrate.
FILED	Wednesday, January 28, 2009
APPL NO	12/360892
ART UNIT	2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical generator or motor structure 310/36
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07692365 — Slotted beam piezoelectric composite

US 07692365	Churchill et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Microstrain, Inc. (Williston, Vermont)
INVENTOR(S)	David L. Churchill (Burlington, Vermont); Steven W. Arms (Williston, Vermont)
ABSTRACT	One aspect of the present patent application is an energy harvesting device comprising a composite structure including a base spring and a piezoelectric structure. The base spring has a base spring surface having elevated portions separated by a recessed portion. The piezoelectric structure substantially crosses the recessed portion. In one aspect the piezoelectric structure includes a piezoelectric element that is bonded to the elevated portions. In another aspect, the base spring has a base spring stiffness. The piezoelectric element has a piezoelectric element stiffness. The base spring stiffness is less than the piezoelectric element stiffness. In another aspect, the composite structure has a natural frequency of vibration, and this natural frequency of vibration of the composite structure is automatically adjustable. In another aspect, the piezoelectric elements are stacked. In another aspect, the piezoelectric structure is located in the recessed portion.
FILED	Friday, November 24, 2006
APPL NO	11/604117
ART UNIT	2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical generator or motor structure 310/339
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07692411 — System for energy harvesting and/or generation, storage, and delivery

US 07692411	Trainor et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	TPL, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	John T. Trainor (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick Franz Fleig (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles D. E. Lakeman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jenniffer Leigh DeGreeff (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A device and method for harvesting, generating, storing, and delivering energy to a load, particularly for remote or inaccessible applications. The device preferably comprises one or more energy sources, at least one supercapacitor, at least one rechargeable battery, and a controller. The charging of the energy storage devices and the delivery of power to the load is preferably dynamically varied to maximize efficiency. A low power consumption charge pump circuit is preferably employed to collect power from low power energy sources while also enabling the delivery of higher voltage power to the load. The charging voltage is preferably programmable, enabling one device to be used for a wide range of specific applications.
FILED	Thursday, January 04, 2007
APPL NO	11/620017
ART UNIT	2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/166
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07692518 — Compact broadband non-contacting transmission line junction having inter-fitted elements

US 07692518	McKay
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) at El Segundo, CA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California)
INVENTOR(S)	James P. McKay (Hermosa Beach, California)
ABSTRACT	A transmission line junction for a coaxial conductor line has mating ends of interfitting cores, sleeves, and dielectrics for communicating broadband signals through the junction that blocks DC currents and voltages, the junction maintaining a quarter wavelength junction length for high frequency coupling while providing improved low frequency coupling across the junction.
FILED	Friday, July 06, 2007
APPL NO	11/825494
ART UNIT	2817 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Wave transmission lines and networks 333/245
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07692521 — High force MEMS device

US 07692521	Cohn
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Microassembly Technologies, Inc. (Richmond, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael B. Cohn (Berkeley, California)
ABSTRACT	Problems with the short lifetime of MEMS devices, low actuation forces, contaminant build-up on contacts, etc. are minimized by a MEMS device with an improved cantilever design that enables high force while maintaining large gaps. The improved cantilever design both allows for high force and fast switching while minimizing damage to contacts. The improved design can be fabricated on one or two substrates, which are bonded together with a seal ring to provide a packaged MEMS device.
FILED	Friday, May 12, 2006
APPL NO	11/433044
ART UNIT	2832 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/78
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07692573 — System and method for classification of multiple source sensor measurements, reports, or target tracks and association with uniquely identified candidate targets

US 07692573	Funk
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Clarence J. Funk (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A system and methods enable efficient data association of input sensor data with uniquely identified candidate targets. The methods may use information provided by a target status history database, a target geolocation history database, and a target technical characteristics database, as well as data processing procedures provided by an algorithm rules database. The algorithm rules database provides procedures for generating target classification and identification information for input sensor data, for matching target classification and identification information obtained from input sensor data with information provided by the target technical characteristics database to generate an initial set of consistent, uniquely identified candidate targets, for estimating the minimal required speed of advance for each candidate target, for calculating weights and corresponding data association probabilities for the initial set of candidate targets with the input sensor data, and for selecting a final set of uniquely identified candidate targets with their data association probabilities.
FILED	Tuesday, July 01, 2008
APPL NO	12/165779
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 342/90
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07692586 — Sparse interferometric array for radio frequency azimuth direction finding

US 07692586	Straatveit
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Sverre Nils Straatveit (White Plains, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A sparsely populated array of antenna elements on a plane is provided such that the angle of arrival (AoA) measurement for a radiofrequency signal received by the array has high resolution and is non-ambiguous within a 360-degree azimuthal field of view. The array comprises a two-dimensional antenna array developed using fuzzy genetic logic based on specified criteria. In response to one specified set of criteria, the array comprises having a first large element formation combined with a second smaller element formation. The first large element formation supports high DF accuracy while the second smaller cluster facilitates ambiguity resolution.
FILED	Monday, August 11, 2008
APPL NO	12/189263
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 342/424
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07692592 — High power two-patch array antenna system

US 07692592	Ly et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Canh Ly (Laurel, Maryland); Steven J. Weiss (Silver Spring, Maryland); Arthur C. Harrison (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A patch array antenna is disclosed. The patch array antenna includes a ground plane with two patches. Each patch is supported from the ground plane only by metal posts. The patch array antenna further includes two-pin-feed probes, each pin-feed probe coupled to one patch, and a two-way high power divider attached to both pin-feed probes.
FILED	Thursday, July 24, 2008
APPL NO	12/178771
ART UNIT	2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/702
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07692596 — VAR TSA for extended low frequency response method

US 07692596	Horner et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Rob Horner (San Diego, California); Rod Cozad (San Diego, California); Hale Simonds (San Diego, California); Robbi Mangra (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A VAR TSA For Extended Low Frequency Response Method (NC#098855). The method includes providing a first antenna element of a tapered slot antenna pair, providing a second antenna element of the tapered slot antenna pair and operatively coupling the first antenna element and the second antenna element to form the tapered slot antenna pair having an aspect ratio less than or equal to 1 to 2.16.
FILED	Thursday, August 23, 2007
APPL NO	11/843818
ART UNIT	2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/767
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07692952 — Nanoscale wire coding for stochastic assembly

US 07692952	DeHon
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	André DeHon (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods for obtaining codes to be implemented in coding nanoscale wires are described. The methods show how to code a reduced number of nanoscale wires through the use of rotation group codes. The methods further show how to generate different code permutations through random misalignment and how to promote uniform code probability selection.
FILED	Tuesday, August 24, 2004
APPL NO	10/925863
ART UNIT	2824 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Static information storage and retrieval 365/151
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07693001 — SRAM split write control for a delay element

US 07693001	Golke et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Keith W. Golke (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Harry H L Liu (Maple Grove, Minnesota); David K. Nelson (Medicine Lake, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	A Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) having a split write control is described. The SRAM includes bit, write, and write-word lines. Each memory cell within the SRAM includes a delay which is coupled to a dedicated write-word line. When a cell is not being written, its delay receives a delay signal on its associated write-word line, which increases the response time of the cell. When a cell is to be written, however, its delay receives a bypass signal on its associated write-word line, which decreases the response time of the SRAM cell.
FILED	Monday, January 14, 2008
APPL NO	12/013856
ART UNIT	2827 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Static information storage and retrieval 365/230.50
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07693195 — Semiconductor light emitting devices and methods

US 07693195	Feng et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Milton Feng (Champaign, Illinois); Nick Holonyak, Jr. (Urbana, Illinois); Richard Chan (Champaign, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A method for producing an optical output, including the following steps: providing first and second electrical signals; providing a bipolar light-emitting transistor device that includes collector, base, and emitter regions; providing a collector electrode coupled with the collector region and an emitter electrode coupled with the emitter region, and coupling electrical potentials with respect to the collector and emitter electrodes; providing an optical coupling in optical communication with the base region; providing first and second base electrodes coupled with the base region; and coupling the first and second electrical signals with the first and second base electrodes, respectively, to produce an optical output emitted from the base region and coupled into the optical coupling, the optical output being a function of the first and second electrical signals.
FILED	Monday, January 14, 2008
APPL NO	12/008796
ART UNIT	2828 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Coherent light generators 372/30
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07693355 — Hybrid electro-optic polymer/sol-gel modulator

US 07693355	Peyghambarian et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Robert A. Norwood (Tucson, Arizona); Yasufumi Enami (Tucson, Arizona); Christopher T. DeRose (Tucson, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	A hybrid EO polymer/sol-gel modulator in which the sol-gel core waveguide does not lie below the active EO polymer waveguide increases the higher electric field/optical field overlap factor Γ and reduces inter-electrode separation d thereby lowering the modulator's half-wave drive voltage Vπ, reducing insertion loss and improving extinction.
FILED	Wednesday, August 27, 2008
APPL NO	12/199765
ART UNIT	2874 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical waveguides 385/2
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07693363 — Plasmostor: a-metal-oxide-si field effect plasmonic modulator

US 07693363	Dionne et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jennifer A. Dionne (Albany, California); Kenneth A. Diest (Pasadena, California); Luke Sweatlock (Redondo Beach, California); Harry A. Atwater (S. Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	The invention is a system and method for performing all-optical modulation. A semiconductor layer having a defined thickness has an insulator adjacent one surface of the semiconductor. Conductive layers are provided adjacent the semiconductor layer and the insulator. A photodetector is provided to generate an electric field across the conductive layers in response to an input optical gate signal. An input optical signal is modulated by interaction with a plasmon wave generated at the semiconductor/conductive layer interface. By defining the thickness of the semiconductor layer, a desired wavelength of light supports the plasmon waves. Operation of the all-optical modulator requires the provision of an input optical signal of a desired wavelength and the provision of a gate optical signal. An output optical signal is recovered and can be used to store, display or transmit information, for example over a fiber optic communication system, such as a telecommunication system.
FILED	Tuesday, March 24, 2009
APPL NO	12/410419
ART UNIT	2874 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical waveguides 385/14
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07693388 — Thermally stable IR transmitting chalcogenide glass

US 07693388	Nguyen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Vinh Q Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Jasbinder S Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A thermally stable chalcogenide glass, a process for making the same, and an optical fiber drawn therefrom are provided. A chalcogenide glass having the composition Ge_(5−y)As_(32−x)Se_(59+x)Te_(4+y)(0≦y≦1 and 0≦x≦2) is substantially free from crystallization when it is heated past the glass transition temperature T_gor drawn into optical fibers. A process for making the thermally stable chalcogenide glass includes purifying the components to remove oxides and scattering centers, batching the components in a preprocessed distillation ampoule, gettering oxygen impurities from the mixture, and heating the components to form a glass melt. An optical fiber formed from the chalcogenide glass is substantially free from crystallization and exhibits low signal loss in the near-infrared region, particularly at wavelengths of about 1.55 μm.
FILED	Monday, September 15, 2008
APPL NO	12/210467
ART UNIT	2883 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical waveguides 385/142
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07693424 — Integrated proximity-to-optical transceiver chip

US 07693424	Krishnamoorthy et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Danny Cohen (Pacific Palisades, California); Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California)
ABSTRACT	A system that facilitates high-speed data transfer between integrated circuit chips. The system contains a first integrated circuit chip, which includes a capacitive receiver and an electrical-to-optical transceiver. The capacitive receiver receives a capacitively coupled voltage signal transmitted from a corresponding capacitive transmitter located on a second integrated circuit chip and converts the capacitively coupled voltage signal into an electrical signal. The electrical-to-optical transceiver converts the electrical signal to an optical signal and transmits the optical signal to an optical device through optical coupling.
FILED	Friday, June 24, 2005
APPL NO	11/165917
ART UNIT	2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Optical communications 398/135
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07693620 — Approach guidance system and method for airborne mobile platform

US 07693620	Dubeck et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Scott T Dubeck (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kevin G Schurek (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	An approach guidance method for an airborne mobile platform, for example an aircraft, and associated system. The method includes determining a radius of a capture arc tangential to a glide slope, determining an altitude for tangentially intercepting the capture arc, and guiding the mobile platform to an intercept point on the capture arc. The glide slope is associated with a waypoint, and the radius of the capture arc depends on variable mobile platform speed. The altitude for intercepting the capture arc depends on the radius of the capture arc and on variable flight angle.
FILED	Tuesday, May 31, 2005
APPL NO	11/140755
ART UNIT	3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/16
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07693903 — Method for gathering and summarizing internet information

US 07693903	Potok et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas E. Potok (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Mark Thomas Elmore (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Joel Wesley Reed (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jim N. Treadwell (Louisville, Tennessee); Nagiza Faridovna Samatova (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	A computer method of gathering and summarizing large amounts of information comprises collecting information from a plurality of information sources (14, 51) according to respective maps (52) of the information sources (14), converting the collected information from a storage format to XML-language documents (26, 53) and storing the XML-language documents in a storage medium, searching for documents (55) according to a search query (13) having at least one term and identifying the documents (26) found in the search, and displaying the documents as nodes (33) of a tree structure (32) having links (34) and nodes (33) so as to indicate similarity of the documents to each other.
FILED	Wednesday, August 29, 2007
APPL NO	11/897205
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/737
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07694115 — Network-based alert management system

US 07694115	Porras et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SRI International (Menlo Park, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Phillip Andrew Porras (Cupertino, California); Martin Wayne Fong (San Francisco, California)
ABSTRACT	A system for managing network alerts including data connections adapted to receive alerts from network sensors, alert processing logic coupled to the data connections and further including alert integration logic operable to integrate the alerts, report generation logic coupled to the alert integration logic, distribution logic coupled to the report generation logic and a remote management unit coupled to the alert processing logic and being operable to dynamically modify the alert processing logic.
FILED	Tuesday, August 01, 2000
APPL NO	09/629510
ART UNIT	2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/1
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H0002236 — Method for defeating a warhead that carries submunitions

US H2236	Nechitailo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Nicholas V. Nechitailo (King George, Virginia); John F. Busic (King George, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A method is provided for destroying a target that includes dispersing submunition fragments in an array that is directed to intercept the target, and engaging said fragments to collide against an outer shell of the target, wherein said array distributes said fragments as having a ratio between a characteristic length of said fragments and a separation distance of at most 2.5 and a collision velocity of between 1.8 km/s 2.0 km/s. The ratio is preferably at most 1.9. The characteristic length corresponds to a spherical radius of the fragment. Each fragment has a mass between 150 grains and 300 grains. The array is preferably aligned to intercept the target at an angle offset by between 15° and 45° from perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the target. Each fragment has a preferable shape of a prism, a trapezoid or a pyramid.
FILED	Thursday, September 27, 2007
APPL NO	11/973995
ART UNIT	3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Ammunition and explosives 12/494
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H0002237 — Embedded dynamic vibration absorber

US H2237	Barrett
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	David John Barrett (Solomons, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	An embedded dynamic vibration absorber that includes an external structural portion and a vibrational absorbing portion. The vibrational absorbing portion is encompassed or surrounded by the external structural portion.
FILED	Monday, June 26, 2006
APPL NO	11/482300
ART UNIT	3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Spring devices 267/136
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

07691252 — Process for cathodic protection of electrode materials

US 07691252	Zhou et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Eye Institute (NEI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Dao Min Zhou (Saugus, California); Amy Hines (Monterey Park, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a process for cathodic protection of electrode or electrode materials wherein negative bias is applied on the electrode. the negative bias is obtained by asymmetric current pulse. The asymmetric current pulse is obtained by performing negative phase with higher amplitude. The asymmetric current pulse is obtained by performing negative phase with wider pulse width than that of the anodic phase. The asymmetric current pulse is obtained by performing negative phase with higher amplitude and with wider pulse width than that of the anodic phase. The present invention further relates to a process for cathodic protection of electrode or electrode materials, wherein negative bias is applied on the electrode, wherein the negative bias is obtained by asymmetric current pulse, wherein the asymmetric current pulse is obtained by performing negative phase with wider pulse width than that of the anodic phase. The wider pulse width is obtained by pulse trains.
FILED	Thursday, July 26, 2007
APPL NO	11/881254
ART UNIT	1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/740
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07691263 — Monolithic column technology for liquid chromatography

US 07691263	Gu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
INVENTOR(S)	Binghe Gu (Provo, Utah); Milton L. Lee (Pleasant Grove, Utah)
ABSTRACT	A monolith for liquid chromatography is disclosed that involves a reaction product of; a (1) crosslinker having at least three adjacent groups, selected from ethylene oxide, polyethylene oxide, and mixtures thereof, and two or more pendent vinyl groups, and (2) monomer having the formula, CH₂═CR—Y—Z, where R is H or CH₃, where Z is a functional group selected to impart a desired interaction property to the monolith, and where Y is nothing, or any group that will not materially affect or compete with the function of the functional group (Z) in the monolith, or the reactivity of vinyl groups in the crosslinker or monomer.
FILED	Friday, May 19, 2006
APPL NO	11/437841
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Liquid purification or separation 210/198.200
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07691377 — Methods and compositions for treating melanoma

US 07691377	Goydos et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	James S. Goydos (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Suzie Chen (Highland Park, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A method for inhibiting melanoma cell growth in a patient by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a glutamate release inhibitor, a GRM1 antagonist, or a combination thereof
FILED	Friday, September 14, 2007
APPL NO	11/855890
ART UNIT	1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/138.100
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07691380 — Combined methods for tumor coagulation and tumor treatment

US 07691380	Thorpe et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Philip E. Thorpe (Cape Elizabeth, Maine); Thomas S. Edgington (La Jolla, California)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are various compositions and methods for use in achieving specific blood coagulation. This is exemplified by the specific in vivo coagulation of tumor vasculature, causing tumor regression, through the site-specific delivery of a coagulant using a bispecific antibody.
FILED	Thursday, February 27, 2003
APPL NO	10/375716
ART UNIT	1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/155.100
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07691386 — Chimeric papillomavirus-like particles

US 07691386	Lowy et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Douglas R. Lowy (Bethesda, Maryland); John T. Schiller (Silver Spring, Maryland); Heather Greenstone (Silver Spring, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a papillomavirus-like particle, characterized as having conformational epitopes, comprising a papillomavirus L1 product and a papillomavirus L2 fusion product; and related synthetic DNA molecules, host cells, methods and vaccines.
FILED	Tuesday, December 09, 2008
APPL NO	12/331368
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100
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07691396 — Chimeric peptides comprising HER-2 B-cell epitopes and measles virus fusion protein T-cell epitopes

US 07691396	Kaumaya
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Pravin Kaumaya (Westerville, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	Compositions, methods, and vaccines that may stimulate the immune system and that may be used for treating malignancies associated with overexpression of the HER-2 protein are provided. Such compositions include epitopes of the HER-2 proteins.
FILED	Thursday, June 15, 2006
APPL NO	11/424526
ART UNIT	1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/277.100
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07691414 — Membrane scaffold proteins

US 07691414	Sligar et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen G. Sligar (Urbana, Illinois); Timothy H. Bayburt (Urbana, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Membrane proteins are difficult to express in recombinant form, purify, and characterize, at least in part due to their hydrophobic or partially hydrophobic properties. Membrane scaffold proteins (MSP) assemble with target membrane or other hydrophobic or partially hydrophobic proteins or membrane fragments to form soluble nanoscale particles which preserve their native structure and function; they are improved over liposomes and detergent micelles. In the presence of phospholipid, MSPs form nanoscopic phospholipid bilayer disks, with the MSP stabilizing the particle at the perimeter of the bilayer domain. The particle bilayer structure allows manipulation of incorporated proteins in solution or on solid supports, including for use with such surface-sensitive techniques as scanning probe microscopy or surface plasmon resonance. The nanoscale particles facilitate pharmaceutical and biological research, structure/function correlation, structure determination, bioseparation, and drug discovery.
FILED	Tuesday, November 02, 2004
APPL NO	10/979506
ART UNIT	1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/499
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07691415 — Method for preventing, or reducing the severity of, graft-versus-host disease using pluri-differentiated mesenchymal progenitor cells

US 07691415	Seshi
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Beerelli Seshi (Tampa, Florida)
ABSTRACT	There is provided an isolated pluri-differentiated human mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPCs), a method for isolating and purifying human mesenchymal progenitor cells from Dexter-type cultures, and characterization of and uses, particularly therapeutic uses for such cells. Specifically, there is provided isolated MPCs which can be used for diagnostic purposes, to enhance the engraftment of hematopoietic progenitor cells, enhance bone marrow transplantation, or aid in the treatment or prevention of graft versus host disease.
FILED	Tuesday, December 04, 2007
APPL NO	11/999055
ART UNIT	1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/577
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07691416 — Methods of treating vascular disease

US 07691416	Otterbein et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Leo E. Otterbein (Beverly, Massachusetts); Augustine M. Choi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Fritz H. Bach (Manchester, Massachusetts); Brian Zuckerbraun (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a method of treating patients suffering from, or at risk for, intimal hyperplasia and/or arteriosclerosis. The treatment includes administering a pharmaceutical composition that includes carbon monoxide to the patient.
FILED	Tuesday, March 18, 2008
APPL NO	12/050826
ART UNIT	1614 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/699
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07691564 — Heterotrimeric G-protein

US 07691564	Devreotes et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Peter N. Devreotes (Towson, Maryland); Chris Janetopoulos (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Receptor mediated activation of heterotrimeric G-proteins is visualized in living cells by monitoring fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between subunits of a G protein fused to cyan and yellow fluorescent proteins. The G-protein heterotrimer rapidly dissociates and reassociates upon addition and removal of cognate ligand. Energy transfer pairs of G-proteins enables direct in situ detection and have applications for drug screening and GPCR de-orphaning.
FILED	Tuesday, January 03, 2006
APPL NO	11/322648
ART UNIT	1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4
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07691567 — Methods and compositions relating to fortilin, an anti-apoptotic molecule, and modulators of fortilin

US 07691567	Fujise et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Ken Fujise (Houston, Texas); Edward T. H. Yeh (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The polypeptide Fortilin (also known as Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein, TCTP) specifically interacts with p53, a tumor suppressor involved in the induction of apoptosis and the normal growth regulation of a cell. Fortilin also specifically binds MCL1 (Myeloid Cell Leukemia 1). Fortilin has the ability to prevent apoptosis, which may be unregulated in hyperproliferative cells. The present invention is directed at compositions and methods involving a Fortilin modulator, which can induce apoptosis, for the prevention, treatment, or diagnosis of hyperproliferative diseases and conditions, including cancer and atherosclerosis. It is directed also at compositions and methods involving Fortilin, which can inhibit apoptosis, for the treatment of diseases and condition characterized by apoptosis, including certain vascular conditions.
FILED	Tuesday, October 30, 2001
APPL NO	10/021753
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	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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07691572 — Method and kit for detecting resistance to antiviral drugs

US 07691572	Heneine et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Walid M. Heneine (Atlanta, Georgia); Gerardo Garcia-Lerma (Decatur, Georgia); Shinji Yamamoto (Kumamoto, Japan); William M. Switzer (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Thomas M. Folks (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Assays and kits for the detection of phenotypic resistance of a retrovirus to reverse transcriptase inhibitor-drugs in a biological sample. The assays are based on the direct analysis of the susceptibility of retroviral reverse transcriptase to inhibition by a reverse transcriptase inhibitor drug. The enzymatic activity of the reverse transcriptase is determined by measuring the DNA product produced when an RNA template and a first complementary DNA primer from a suitable region of the encephalomyocarditis virus genome are incubated with a biological sample containing reverse transcriptase in the presence of the drug to which resistance is being determined. The DNA product is amplified and detection of the amplified DNA indicates resistance to the drug employed in the assay. Detection of relatively greater amounts of amplified DNA when certain drugs are used indicates the presence of multiple nucleoside analog resistant strains or mutations.
FILED	Wednesday, February 09, 2005
APPL NO	11/054023
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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07691579 — Methods and compositions for producing an enhanced immune response to a human papillomavirus immunogen

US 07691579	Qian et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jiahua Qian (Germantown, Maryland); Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland); Samir N. Khleif (Silver Spring, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to novel methods for producing an enhanced immune response to an immunogen in a subject via the co-administration of a CD40 agonist and a GM-CSF agent.
FILED	Tuesday, April 11, 2006
APPL NO	11/918557
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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07691582 — Methods of secretory vimentin detection and modulation

US 07691582	Markovitz et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	David M. Markovitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nirit Mor-Vaknin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Antonello Punturieri (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to methods for screening and modulating the bioavailability of extracellular secretory vimentin. In particular, the present invention provides inhibitors and activators of secretory vimentin including antibodies, small interfering RNAs, and antisense oligonucleotides. The present invention thus provides novel drug targets for enhanced anti-microbial response, and methods of using such modulators to beneficially alter the pathophysiologic effects of secretory vimentin.
FILED	Wednesday, September 24, 2003
APPL NO	10/670065
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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07691590 — Reducing myelin-mediated inhibition of axon regeneration

US 07691590	He et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Zhigang He (Boston, Massachusetts); Kevin C. Wang (Boston, Massachusetts); Vuk Koprivica (Boston, Massachusetts); Jieun A. Kim (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein (OMgp)-specific binding agents are used to reduce OMgp-mediated axon growth inhibition. Mixtures of axons and OMgp and mixtures of Nogo receptor (NgR) and OMgp are used in pharmaceutical screens to characterize agents as inhibiting binding of NgR to OMgp and promoting axon regeneration.
FILED	Tuesday, December 18, 2007
APPL NO	11/958632
ART UNIT	1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200
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07691592 — Modulators of odorant receptors

US 07691592	Matsunami et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Duke University (Durham, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Hiroaki Matsunami (Durham, North Carolina); Momoka Matsunami (Durham, North Carolina); Harumi Saito (Durham, North Carolina); Hanyi Zhuang (Durham, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to polypeptides capable of promoting odorant receptor cell surface localization and odorant receptor functional expression. The present invention further provides assays for the detection of ligands specific for various odorant receptors. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of screening for odorant receptor accessory protein polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states, as well as methods of screening for therapeutic agents, ligands, and modulators of such proteins.
FILED	Friday, June 08, 2007
APPL NO	11/811050
ART UNIT	1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210
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07691593 — Regulation of lung tissue by patched therapeutics and formulations and uses related thereto

US 07691593	Pepicelli et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Carmen Pepicelli (Lowell, Massachusetts); Paula Lewis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrew P. McMahon (Lexington, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present application relates to a method for modulating the growth state of an lung tissue, or a cell thereof, e.g., by ectopically contacting the tissue, in vitro or in vivo, with a hedgehog therapeutic, a ptc therapeutic, or an FGF-10 therapeutic in an amount effective to alter the rate (promote or inhibit) of proliferation of cells in the lung tissue, e.g., relative to the absence of administration of the hedgehog therapeutic or ptc therapeutic. The subject method can be used, for example, to modulate the growth state of epithelial and/or mesenchymal cells of a lung tissue, such as may be useful as part of a regimen for prevention of a disease state, or in the treatment of an existing disease state or other damage to the lung tissue.
FILED	Wednesday, December 03, 2003
APPL NO	10/727195
ART UNIT	1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230
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07691599 — Mammalian genes involved in viral infection and tumor suppression

US 07691599	Rubin
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Zirus, Inc. (Buford, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Donald H. Rubin (Nashville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides methods of identifying cellular genes used for viral, bacterial or parasitic growth. Also provided by the present invention are nucleic acids related to and methods of reducing or preventing viral, bacterial or parasitic infection.
FILED	Friday, May 02, 2003
APPL NO	10/513426
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 435/29
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07691607 — Expression system of NELL peptide

US 07691607	Ting et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Kang Ting (Beverly Hills, California); Shunichi Kuroda (Osaka, Japan); Ben Wu (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods of preparing a NELL peptide are disclosed.
FILED	Friday, November 17, 2006
APPL NO	11/601529
ART UNIT	1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100
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07691629 — Transplantation of human neural cells for treatment of neurodegenerative conditions

US 07691629	Johe et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Neuralstem, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Karl K. Johe (Potomac, Maryland); Thomas G. Hazel (North Potomac, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method of treating neurodegenerative conditions is provided. Neural stem cells may be implanted at and/or remote from a region of neuron degeneration. The methods can include isolating neural stem cells from regions where specific types of neurons corresponding to the neurons to be replaced are generated. The methods can include isolating neural stem cells secreting growth factors affecting the growth and/or regeneration of specific types of neuron. In this invention, we disclose a method of treating such disorders, including several neurodegenerative disorders arising from the lack of cells that produce particular neurotransmitters in neural circuitry by transplanting exogenously cultured and expanded neural progenitors which, upon transplantation into a neural tissue, differentiate into neurons capable of integrating and producing neurotransmitters in sufficient quantities and in a sufficient manner to overcome the symptoms associated with the neurodegeneration.
FILED	Thursday, November 17, 2005
APPL NO	11/281640
ART UNIT	1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/402
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07691632 — Kit for detecting the level of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor P16 gene expression

US 07691632	Beach et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	David H. Beach (Huntington Bay, New York); Douglas J. Demetrick (Northport, New York); Manuel Serrano (Mill Neck, New York); Gregory J. Hannon (Huntington, New York)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to the discovery in eukaryotic cells, particularly mammalian cells, of a family of cell-cycle regulatory proteins (“CCR-proteins”). As described herein, this family of proteins includes a polypeptide having an apparent molecular weight of 16 kDa, and a polypeptide having an apparent molecular weight of approximately 15 kDa, each of which can function as an inhibitor of cell-cycle progression, and therefore ultimately of cell growth. The present invention comprises antibodies directed to such CCR-proteins. The present invention is directed to a kit for detecting the level of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16 gene expression comprising antibodies directed to a p16 protein.
FILED	Wednesday, August 20, 2008
APPL NO	12/195135
ART UNIT	1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/810
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07691639 — Misfolded protein sensor method

US 07691639	Orser et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Adlyfe, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Cindy Orser (McLean, Virginia); Anne Grosset (La Croix-de-Rozon, Switzerland); Eugene A. Davidson (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	A catalytic conformational sensor method for detecting abnormal proteins and proteinaceous particles. The method is based on the interaction of a peptide fragment or probe with an abnormal proteinaceous particle. The interaction catalyzes transformation of the probe to a predominately beta sheet conformation and allows the probe to bind to the abnormal proteinaceous particle. This in turn, catalyzes propagation of a signal associated with the test sample-bound probe. As a result signals can be propagated even from samples containing very low concentrations of abnormal proteinaceous particles. The peptide probes can be designed to bind to a desired peptide sequence or can even be based on dendrimer structure to control further aggregate propagation.
FILED	Thursday, May 30, 2002
APPL NO	10/494906
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86
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07691640 — Biochemical marker for diagnosing a leukodystrophy

US 07691640	Vanderver et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Adeline Vanderver (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Yetrib Mathout (Silver Spring, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A biochemical marker for the diagnosis of a central nervous system leukodystrophic genetic disorder, e.g., Childhood Onset Ataxia and Central Nervous System Hypomyelination (CACH)/Vanishing White Matter Disease (VWM) has been discovered herein. Such a marker has been found in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of such patients. A two dimensional gel electrophoresis/mass spectrometry or image analysis of stained transferrin isoforms approach revealed that patients with CACH/VWM have a pronounced deficiency of the basic asialo form of the transferrin compared to the amounts of asialotransferrin normally present in CSF from healthy controls or other CNS disorders. The acidic sialotransferrin isoform is not reduced in these disorders. The transferrin isoform abnormality described in the CSF of patients with CACH/VWM is unique and may be used as a clinical diagnostic biomarker. The rapid (48 hr) and efficient diagnosis of this disorder described herein will have great clinical utility.
FILED	Friday, September 30, 2005
APPL NO	11/239256
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86
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07691814 — Osteogenic compositions comprising an amino acid sequence capable of being phosphorylated by CAMK2

US 07691814	Boden et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Emory University (, None)
INVENTOR(S)	Scott D. Boden (Atlanta, Georgia); Sreedhara Sangadala (Dallas, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Novel osteogenic compositions and methods are provided. In a broad aspect, the composition comprises either a first amino acid sequence which is capable of being phosphorylated by CAMK2; or a nucleic acid sequence encoding the first amino acid sequence; or a combination thereof. Optionally, the first amino acid sequence may further comprise a second amino acid sequence which is capable of binding the Smurf1 protein. Further, the composition may comprise a BMP protein and/or an agent capable of decreasing an amount or an activity of CAMK2. The compositions of the instant invention may be incorporated into an implant or delivered via a catheter.
FILED	Tuesday, December 05, 2006
APPL NO	11/633963
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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07691820 — Preparation of thioarabinofuranosyl compounds and use thereof

US 07691820	Secrist, III et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama)
INVENTOR(S)	John A. Secrist, III (Birmingham, Alabama); Kamal N. Tiwari (Birmingham, Alabama); John A. Montgomery (Birmingham, Alabama); William L Hinds, Jr., legal representative (Birmingham, Alabama)
ABSTRACT	Patients suffering from cancer are treated by being administered a compound represented by the following formula: wherein each R individually is H or an aliphatic or aromatic acyl group; A is selected from the group consisting of wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano and nitro. The above compounds also inhibit DNA replication in mammalian cells.
FILED	Thursday, August 24, 2006
APPL NO	11/509030
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 514/25
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07691833 — Compositions and methods for preventing sporadic neoplasia in colon

US 07691833	Baron
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire)
INVENTOR(S)	John A. Baron (Norwich, Vermont)
ABSTRACT	Compositions and methods for preventing sporadic neoplasia of the colon are provided. The compositions provided are based on administration of acetylsalicylic acid.
FILED	Monday, March 03, 2003
APPL NO	10/382172
ART UNIT	1627 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/165
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07691896 — Analogs of salinosporamide A

US 07691896	Myers et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Binyuan Sun (Boston, Massachusetts); Stona R Jackson (Seattle, Washington)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein are analogs of Salinosporamide A, having the Formula I as follows: Like Salinosporamide A, the compounds of the present invention will inhibit the proteasome, an intracellular enzyme complex that destroys proteins the cell no longer needs. Without the proteasome, proteins would build up and clog cellular machinery. Fast-growing cancer cells make especially heavy use of the proteasome, so thwarting its action is a compelling drug strategy.
FILED	Friday, February 08, 2008
APPL NO	12/028024
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/421
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07691905 — Inhibition of melanogenesis and melanoma metastasis with p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

US 07691905	Brooks et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	New York University (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Peter C. Brooks (Carmel, New York); Danielle Morais (Bedford Hills, New York); Dorothy Rodriguez (Pequannock, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to the inhibition of melanogenesis with para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and its use in treating melanotic cancer.
FILED	Tuesday, December 23, 2003
APPL NO	10/746206
ART UNIT	1614 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/557
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07691965 — Helical synthetic peptides that stimulate cellular cholesterol efflux

US 07691965	Bielicki et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	John K. Bielicki (Castro Valley, California); Pradeep Natarajan (Hacienda Heights, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides peptides comprising at least one amphipathic alpha helix and having an cholesterol mediating activity and a ABCA stabilization activity. The invention further provides methods of using such peptides.
FILED	Wednesday, December 15, 2004
APPL NO	11/014187
ART UNIT	1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324
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07691994 — Compositions and methods for the detection of human T cell receptor variable family gene expression

US 07691994	Brewer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Jamie L. Brewer (Clarksburg, West Virginia); Solveig G. Ericson (Morgantown, West Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Compositions and methods for the assessment of T cell receptor variable subunits. The present invention provides nucleotide sequences for the evaluation of the expression of TCRV families. These nucleotides sequences were obtained through a bioinformatic investigation of the nucleotide sequences for TCRVα and TCRVβ families. The nucleotide sequences of the present invention uniquely recognize each and every subfamily and allelic member of a particular TCRV family, while at the same time not recognizing the members of any other TCRV family. This unique expression recognition profile of the nucleotide sequences of the present invention provides great utility for the assessment of TCR families in a clinical setting, such as through polymerase chain reactions, gene chip technology, and direct electrophoretic measurement of DNA or RNA.
FILED	Wednesday, July 02, 2003
APPL NO	10/612121
ART UNIT	1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 536/24.330
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07691995 — In vivo production of small interfering RNAS that mediate gene silencing

US 07691995	Zamore et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Phillip D. Zamore (Northborough, Massachusetts); Juanita McLachlan (Worcester, Massachusetts); Gyorgy Hutvagner (Worcester, Massachusetts); Alla Grishok (Newton, Massachusetts); Craig C. Mello (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides engineered RNA precursors that when expressed in a cell are processed by the cell to produce targeted small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that selectively silence targeted genes (by cleaving specific mRNAs) using the cell's own RNA interference (RNAi) pathway. By introducing nucleic acid molecules that encode these engineered RNA precursors into cells in vivo with appropriate regulatory sequences, expression of the engineered RNA precursors can be selectively controlled both temporally and spatially, i.e., at particular times and/or in particular tissues, organs, or cells.
FILED	Friday, July 12, 2002
APPL NO	10/195034
ART UNIT	1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 536/24.500
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07692059 — Method for generating overexpression of alleles in genes of unknown function

US 07692059	Bier et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience (IBN)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ethan Bier (San Diego, California); Annabel Guichard (La Jolla, California); Shaila Srinivasan (Elmhurst, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Methods for generating and using novel overexpression activity alleles of a gene in any organism, especially Drosophilia, are provided. Such alleles may be utilized in screening assays, and used to generate dominant-negative forms of bacterial toxins.
FILED	Tuesday, March 20, 2007
APPL NO	11/726100
ART UNIT	1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/4
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07692141 — Polymer based electrospray nozzle for mass spectrometry

US 07692141	Tai et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); City of Hope (Duarte, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Xuan-Qi Wang (San Diego, California); Amish Desai (Altadena, California); Terry D. Lee (San Diego, California); Lawrence Licklider (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A MEMS device with an overhanging ‘polymer’ capillary provides vital and significant improvements in interfacing a MEMS electrospray nozzle to an MS inlet or other macroscopic instrumentation. The fabrication methodology associated therewith is easily expanded to include built-in micro particle filters and centimeter long serpentine micro channels provided on-chip and fabricated using a low temperature process.
FILED	Monday, November 19, 2007
APPL NO	11/942647
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/288
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07692423 — Self navigating cartesian trajectory

US 07692423	Cunningham et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles H. Cunningham (San Francisco, California); Michael Lustig (Stanford, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California)
ABSTRACT	A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. A magnetic resonance excitation is provided. A magnetic field is read out through k-space using winders, wherein some of the winders overlap for a length of the winders. Readout data from overlapping lengths of winders is used to estimate motion. The readout may use a two dimensional discrete Fourier transform acquisition.
FILED	Monday, October 08, 2007
APPL NO	11/868617
ART UNIT	2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307
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07692425 — Method and apparatus of multi-coil MR imaging with hybrid space calibration

US 07692425	Brau et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Anja C. S. Brau (Menlo Park, California); Philip James Beatty (Menlo Park, California); Stefan Skare (Palo Alto, California); Roland Bammer (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a system and method for parallel imaging that performs auto-calibrating reconstructions with a 2D (for 2D imaging) or 3D kernel (for 3D imaging) that exploits the computational efficiencies available when operating in certain data “domains” or “spaces”. The reconstruction process of multi-coil data is separated into a “training phase” and an “application phase” in which reconstruction weights are applied to acquired data to synthesize (replace) missing data. The choice of data space, i.e., k-space, hybrid space, or image space, in which each step occurs is independently optimized to reduce total reconstruction time for a given imaging application. As such, the invention retains the image quality benefits of using a 2D k-space kernel without the computational burden of applying a 2D k-space convolution kernel.
FILED	Friday, January 30, 2009
APPL NO	12/363346
ART UNIT	2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309
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07692783 — Methods and systems for simultaneous real-time monitoring of optical signals from multiple sources

US 07692783	Lundquist et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Pacific Biosciences of California (Menlo Park, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul Lundquist (San Jose, California); Denis Zaccarin (San Jose, California); Yves Lacroix (San Jose, California); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California); John Dixon (Moss Beach, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods and systems for real-time monitoring of optical signals from arrays of signal sources, and particularly optical signal sources that have spectrally different signal components. Systems include signal source arrays in optical communication with optical trains that direct excitation radiation to and emitted signals from such arrays and image the signals onto detector arrays, from which such signals may be subjected to additional processing.
FILED	Friday, July 07, 2006
APPL NO	11/483413
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/244
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Department of Energy (DOE)

07690260 — Method and system having ultrasonic sensor movable by translation device for ultrasonic profiling of weld samples

US 07690260	Panyard et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by University of California (UC BERKELEY) at Berkeley, CA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	James Panyard (Livonia, Michigan); Timothy Potter (Dearborn, Michigan); William Charron (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Deborah Hopkins (Berkeley, California); Frederic Reverdy (Paris, France)
ABSTRACT	A system for ultrasonic profiling of a weld sample includes a carriage movable in opposite first and second directions. An ultrasonic sensor is coupled to the carriage to move over the sample as the carriage moves. An encoder determines the position of the carriage to determine the position of the sensor. A spring is connected at one end of the carriage. Upon the carriage being moved in the first direction toward the spring such that the carriage and the sensor are at a beginning position and the spring is compressed the spring decompresses to push the carriage back along the second direction to move the carriage and the sensor from the beginning position to an ending position. The encoder triggers the sensor to take the ultrasonic measurements of the sample when the sensor is at predetermined positions while the sensor moves over the sample between the beginning and positions.
FILED	Tuesday, May 01, 2007
APPL NO	11/742852
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/634
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07690840 — Method and apparatus for measuring on-line failure of turbine thermal barrier coatings

US 07690840	Zombo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul J. Zombo (Cocoa, Florida); Dennis Lemieux (Casselberry, Florida); Evangelos Diatzikis (Oviedo, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A method of remotely monitoring the radiant energy (6) emitted from a turbine component such as a turbine blade (1) having a low-reflective surface coating (3) which may be undergoing potential degradation is used to determine whether erosion, spallation, delamination, or the like, of the coating (3) is occurring.
FILED	Monday, June 30, 2003
APPL NO	10/610214
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Thermal measuring and testing 374/121
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07690842 — Composite material including nanocrystals and methods of making

US 07690842	Bawendi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vikram C. Sundar (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT	Temperature-sensing compositions can include an inorganic material, such as a semiconductor nanocrystal. The nanocrystal can be a dependable and accurate indicator of temperature. The intensity of emission of the nanocrystal varies with temperature and can be highly sensitive to surface temperature. The nanocrystals can be processed with a binder to form a matrix, which can be varied by altering the chemical nature of the surface of the nanocrystal. A nanocrystal with a compatibilizing outer layer can be incorporated into a coating formulation and retain its temperature sensitive emissive properties.
FILED	Wednesday, December 12, 2007
APPL NO	11/955224
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Thermal measuring and testing 374/161
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07691270 — Method for removing impurities from an impurity-containing fluid stream

US 07691270	Ginosar et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) at Idaho Falls, ID
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel M. Ginosar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert V. Fox (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ABSTRACT	A method of removing at least one polar component from a fluid stream. The method comprises providing a fluid stream comprising at least one nonpolar component and at least one polar component. The fluid stream is contacted with a supercritical solvent to remove the at least one polar component. The at least one nonpolar component may be a fat or oil and the at least one polar component may be water, dirt, detergents, or mixtures thereof. The supercritical solvent may decrease solubility of the at least one polar component in the fluid stream. The supercritical solvent may function as a solvent or as a gas antisolvent. The supercritical solvent may dissolve the nonpolar components of the fluid stream, such as fats or oils, while the polar components may be substantially insoluble. Alternatively, the supercritical solvent may be used to increase the nonpolarity of the fluid stream.
FILED	Wednesday, July 13, 2005
APPL NO	11/181211
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Liquid purification or separation 210/634
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07691271 — Filamentous carbon particles for cleaning oil spills and method of production

US 07691271	Muradov
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Nazim Muradov (Melbourne, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A compact hydrogen generator is coupled to or integrated with a fuel cell for portable power applications. Hydrogen is produced via thermocatalytic decomposition (cracking, pyrolysis) of hydrocarbon fuels in oxidant-free environment. The apparatus can utilize a variety of hydrocarbon fuels, including natural gas, propane, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, crude oil (including sulfurous fuels). The hydrogen-rich gas produced is free of carbon oxides or other reactive impurities, so it could be directly fed to any type of a fuel cell. The catalysts for hydrogen production in the apparatus are carbon-based or metal-based materials and doped, if necessary, with a sulfur-capturing agent. Additionally disclosed are two novel processes for the production of two types of carbon filaments, and a novel filamentous carbon product. The hydrogen generator can be conveniently integrated with high temperature fuel cells to produce an efficient and self-contained source of electrical power.
FILED	Wednesday, May 30, 2007
APPL NO	11/807803
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Liquid purification or separation 210/691
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07691292 — Organic iridium compositions and their use in electronic devices

US 07691292	Chichak et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Kelly Scott Chichak (Clifton Park, New York); Kyle Erik Litz (Ballston Spa, New York); James Anthony Cella (Clifton Park, New York); Joseph John Shiang (Niskayuna, New York); Qing Ye (Schenectady, New York)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides compositions comprising at least one novel organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compositions of the present invention are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. The novel organic iridium compositions are useful in optoelectronic electronic devices such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In one aspect, the invention provides novel organic iridium compositions useful in the preparation of OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
FILED	Wednesday, August 16, 2006
APPL NO	11/504871
ART UNIT	1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Compositions 252/301.160
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07691488 — Diffusion barriers in modified air brazes

US 07691488	Weil et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Kenneth Scott Weil (Richland, Washington); John S. Hardy (Richland, Washington); Jin Yong Kim (Richland, Washington); Jung-Pyung Choi (Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A method for joining two ceramic parts, or a ceramic part and a metal part, and the joint formed thereby. The method provides two or more parts, a braze consisting of a mixture of copper oxide and silver, a diffusion barrier, and then heats the braze for a time and at a temperature sufficient to form the braze into a bond holding the two or more parts together. The diffusion barrier is an oxidizable metal that forms either a homogeneous component of the braze, a heterogeneous component of the braze, a separate layer bordering the braze, or combinations thereof. The oxidizable metal is selected from the group Al, Mg, Cr, Si, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Zr, Hf, Pt, Pd, Au, lanthanides, and combinations thereof.
FILED	Monday, June 11, 2007
APPL NO	11/811633
ART UNIT	1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/621
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07691494 — Electronic devices comprising organic iridium compositions

US 07691494	Chichak et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Kelly Scott Chichak (Clifton Park, New York); James Anthony Cella (Clifton Park, New York); Kyle Erik Litz (Ballston Spa, New York); Joseph John Shiang (Niskayuna, New York); Qing Ye (Schenectady, New York); Kevin Henry Janora (Schenectady, New York); Gautam Parthasarathy (Saratoga Springs, New York)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides electronic devices comprising novel organic iridium compositions which provide for enhanced device performance. The novel iridium compositions employed comprise at least one novel organic iridium compound which comprises at least one cyclometallated ligand and at least one ketopyrrole ligand. The organic iridium compositions employed are referred to as Type (1) organic iridium compositions and are constituted such that no ligand of the novel organic iridium compound has a number average molecular weight of 2,000 grams per mole or greater (as measured by gel permeation chromatography). Type (1) organic iridium compositions are referred to herein as comprising “organic iridium complexes”. In one aspect, the present invention provides optoelectronic devices, such as OLED devices and photovoltaic devices. In another aspect, the invention provides OLED devices exhibiting enhanced color properties and light output efficiencies.
FILED	Thursday, August 17, 2006
APPL NO	11/506002
ART UNIT	1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690
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07691627 — Nucleic acid sequences encoding D1 and D1/D2 domains of human coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR)

US 07691627	Freimuth
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) at Upton, NY
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul I. Freimuth (East Setauket, New York)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides recombinant human CAR (coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor) polypeptides which bind adenovirus. Specifically, polypeptides corresponding to adenovirus binding domain D1 and the entire extracellular domain of human CAR protein comprising D1 and D2 are provided. In another aspect, the invention provides nucleic acid sequences encoding these domains and expression vectors for producing the domains and bacterial cells containing such vectors. The invention also includes an isolated fusion protein comprised of the D1 polypeptide fused to a polypeptide which facilitates folding of D1 when expressed in bacteria. The functional D1 domain finds application in a therapeutic method for treating a patient infected with a CAR D1-binding virus, and also in a method for identifying an antiviral compound which interferes with viral attachment. The invention also provides a method for specifically targeting a cell for infection by a virus which binds to D1.
FILED	Tuesday, October 17, 2006
APPL NO	11/581689
ART UNIT	1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100
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07691637 — Method and apparatus for ion sequestration and a nanostructured metal phosphate

US 07691637	Mattigod et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) at Richland, WA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Shas V. Mattigod (Richland, Washington); Glen E. Fryxell (Kennewic, Washington); Xiaohong Li (Richland, Washington); Kent E. Parker (Kennewick, Washington); Dawn M. Wellman (West Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A nanostructured substance, a process for sequestration of ionic waste, and an ion-sequestration apparatus are disclosed in the specification. The nanostructured substance can comprise a Lewis acid transition metal bound to a phosphate, wherein the phosphate comprises a primary structural component of the substance and the Lewis acid transition metal is a reducing agent. The nanostructured substance has a Brunner-Emmet-Teller (BET) surface area greater than or equal to approximately 100 m²/g, and a distribution coefficient for an analyte, K_d, greater than or equal to approximately 5000 ml/g. The process can comprise contacting a fluid and a nanostructured metal phosphate. The apparatus can comprise a vessel and a nanostructured metal phosphate. The vessel defines a volume wherein a fluid contacts the nanostructured metal phosphate.
FILED	Monday, August 01, 2005
APPL NO	11/195394
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/73
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07691769 — Catalyst for reduction of nitrogen oxides

US 07691769	Ott
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Triad National Security, LLC (TRIAD) at Los Alamos, NM
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Kevin C. Ott (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst was prepared by slurry coating ZSM-5 zeolite onto a cordierite monolith, then subliming an iron salt onto the zeolite, calcining the monolith, and then dipping the monolith either into an aqueous solution of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate and then calcining, or by similar treatment with separate solutions of manganese nitrate and cerium nitrate. The supported catalyst containing iron, manganese, and cerium showed 80 percent conversion at 113 degrees Celsius of a feed gas containing nitrogen oxides having 4 parts NO to one part NO₂, about one equivalent ammonia, and excess oxygen; conversion improved to 94 percent at 147 degrees Celsius. N₂O was not detected (detection limit: 0.6 percent N₂O).
FILED	Monday, April 07, 2008
APPL NO	12/080958
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/74
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07691770 — Electrode structure and methods of making same

US 07691770	Ruud et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	James Anthony Ruud (Delmar, New York); Kenneth Walter Browall (Saratoga Springs, New York); Timothy Joseph Rehg (Huntington Beach, California); Stephane Renou (Clifton Park, New York); Todd-Michael Striker (Guilderland, New York)
ABSTRACT	A method of making an electrode structure is provided. The method includes disposing an electrocatalytic material on an electrode, applying heat to the electrocatalytic material to form a volatile oxide of the electrocatalytic material, and applying a voltage to the electrode to reduce the volatile oxide to provide a number of nano-sized electrocatalytic particles on or proximate to a triple phase boundary, where the number of nano-sized electrocatalytic particles is greater on or proximate to the triple phase boundary than in an area that is not on or proximate to the triple phase boundary, and where the triple phase boundary is disposed on the electrode.
FILED	Friday, September 02, 2005
APPL NO	11/218651
ART UNIT	1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/101
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07691775 — Reducible oxide based catalysts

US 07691775	Thompson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Levi T. Thompson (Northville, Michigan); Chang Hwan Kim (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Shyamal K. Bej (Bartlesville, Oklahoma)
ABSTRACT	A catalyst is disclosed herein. The catalyst includes a reducible oxide support and at least one noble metal fixed on the reducible oxide support. The noble metal(s) is loaded on the support at a substantially constant temperature and pH.
FILED	Friday, May 04, 2007
APPL NO	11/744510
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/304
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07691780 — Platinum- and platinum alloy-coated palladium and palladium alloy particles and uses thereof

US 07691780	Adzic et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) at Upton, NY
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Radoslav Adzic (East Setauket, New York); Junliang Zhang (Stony Brook, New York); Yibo Mo (Naperville, Illinois); Miomir Branko Vukmirovic (Port Jefferson Station, New York)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to particle and nanoparticle composites useful as oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts. The particle composites are composed of a palladium or palladium-alloy particle or nanoparticle substrate coated with an atomic submonolayer, monolayer, bilayer, or trilayer of zerovalent platinum atoms. The invention also relates to a catalyst and a fuel cell containing the particle or nanoparticle composites of the invention. The invention additionally includes methods for oxygen reduction and production of electrical energy by using the particle and nanoparticle composites of the invention.
FILED	Wednesday, December 22, 2004
APPL NO	11/019759
ART UNIT	1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/339
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07691965 — Helical synthetic peptides that stimulate cellular cholesterol efflux

US 07691965	Bielicki et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	John K. Bielicki (Castro Valley, California); Pradeep Natarajan (Hacienda Heights, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides peptides comprising at least one amphipathic alpha helix and having an cholesterol mediating activity and a ABCA stabilization activity. The invention further provides methods of using such peptides.
FILED	Wednesday, December 15, 2004
APPL NO	11/014187
ART UNIT	1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324
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07692058 — Mercury contamination extraction

US 07692058	Fuhrmann et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (BSA) at Upton, NY
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark Fuhrmann (Babylon, New York); John Heiser (Bayport, New York); Paul Kalb (Wading River, New York)
ABSTRACT	Mercury is removed from contaminated waste by firstly applying a sulfur reagent to the waste. Mercury in the waste is then permitted to migrate to the reagent and is stabilized in a mercury sulfide compound. The stable compound may then be removed from the waste which itself remains in situ following mercury removal therefrom.
FILED	Monday, December 27, 2004
APPL NO	11/021401
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment 588/412
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07692116 — Laser ablation for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes

US 07692116	Holloway et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) at Newport News, VA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Jefferson Science Associates (Newport News, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Brian C. Holloway (Williamsburg, Virginia); Peter C. Eklund (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania); Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin C. Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Michelle Shinn (Newport News, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Single walled carbon nanotubes are produced in a novel apparatus by the laser-induced ablation of moving carbon target. The laser used is of high average power and ultra-fast pulsing. According to various preferred embodiments, the laser produces an output above about 50 watts/cm²at a repetition rate above about 15 MHz and exhibits a pulse duration below about 10 picoseconds. The carbon, carbon/catalyst target and the laser beam are moved relative to one another and a focused flow of “side pumped”, preheated inert gas is introduced near the point of ablation to minimize or eliminate interference by the ablated plume by removal of the plume and introduction of new target area for incidence with the laser beam. When the target is moved relative to the laser beam, rotational or translational movement may be imparted thereto, but rotation of the target is preferred.
FILED	Wednesday, July 03, 2002
APPL NO	10/188525
ART UNIT	3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric heating 219/121.860
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07692155 — Three-dimensional, position-sensitive radiation detection

US 07692155	He et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Zhong He (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Feng Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein is a method of determining a characteristic of radiation detected by a radiation detector via a multiple-pixel event having a plurality of radiation interactions. The method includes determining a cathode-to-anode signal ratio for a selected interaction of the plurality of radiation interactions based on electron drift time data for the selected interaction, and determining the radiation characteristic for the multiple-pixel event based on both the cathode-to-anode signal ratio and the electron drift time data. In some embodiments, the method further includes determining a correction factor for the radiation characteristic based on an interaction depth of the plurality of radiation interactions, a lateral distance between the selected interaction and a further interaction of the plurality of radiation interactions, and the lateral positioning of the plurality of radiation interactions.
FILED	Tuesday, August 12, 2008
APPL NO	12/190385
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/370.10
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07692357 — Electrical machines and assemblies including a yokeless stator with modular lamination stacks

US 07692357	Qu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Ronghai Qu (Clifton Park, New York); Patrick Lee Jansen (Scotia, New York); Bharat Sampathkumar Bagepalli (Niskayuna, New York); Ralph James Carl, Jr. (Clifton Park, New York); Aniruddha Dattatraya Gadre (Rexford, New York); Fulton Jose Lopez (Clifton Park, New York)
ABSTRACT	An electrical machine includes a rotor with an inner rotor portion and an outer rotor portion, and a double-sided yokeless stator. The yokeless stator includes modular lamination stacks and is configured for radial magnetic flux flow. The double-sided yokeless stator is concentrically disposed between the inner rotor portion and the outer rotor portion of the electrical machine. Examples of particularly useful embodiments for the electrical machine include wind turbine generators, ship propulsion motors, switch reluctance machines and double-sided synchronous machines.
FILED	Thursday, December 16, 2004
APPL NO	11/014137
ART UNIT	2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical generator or motor structure 310/266
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07692789 — High resolution analysis of soil elements with laser-induced breakdown

US 07692789	Ebinger et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael H. Ebinger (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Ronny D. Harris (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	The invention is a system and method of detecting a concentration of an element in a soil sample wherein an opening or slot is formed in a container that supports a soil sample that was extracted from the ground whereupon at least a length of the soil sample is exposed via the opening. At each of a plurality of points along the exposed length thereof, the soil sample is ablated whereupon a plasma is formed that emits light characteristic of the elemental composition of the ablated soil sample. Each instance of emitted light is separated according to its wavelength and for at least one of the wavelengths a corresponding data value related to the intensity of the light is determined. As a function of each data value a concentration of an element at the corresponding point along the length of the soil core sample is determined.
FILED	Friday, April 13, 2007
APPL NO	11/734948
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318
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07692838 — Nanolaminate deformable mirrors

US 07692838	Papavasiliou et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Alexandros P. Papavasiliou (Oakland, California); Scot S. Olivier (Santa Cruz, California)
ABSTRACT	A deformable mirror formed out of two layers of a nanolaminate foil attached to a stiff substrate is introduced. Deformation is provided by an electrostatic force between two of the layers. The internal stiffness of the structure allows for high-spatial-frequency shapes. The nanolaminate foil of the present invention allows for a high-quality mirror surface. The device achieves high precision in the vertical direction by using foils with accurately controlled thicknesses, but does not require high precision in the lateral dimensions, allowing such mirrors to be fabricated using crude lithography techniques. Such techniques allow structures up to about the meter scale to be fabricated.
FILED	Friday, January 30, 2009
APPL NO	12/362758
ART UNIT	2873 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical: Systems and elements 359/221.200
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07693587 — Control of friction at the nanoscale

US 07693587	Barhen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Jacob Barhen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Yehuda Y. Braiman (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Vladimir Protopopescu (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Methods and apparatus are described for control of friction at the nanoscale. A method of controlling frictional dynamics of a plurality of particles using non-Lipschitzian control includes determining an attribute of the plurality of particles; calculating an attribute deviation by subtracting the attribute of the plurality of particles from a target attribute; calculating a non-Lipschitzian feedback control term by raising the attribute deviation to a fractionary power ξ=(2m+1)/(2n+1) where n=1, 2, 3 . . . and m=0, 1, 2, 3 . . . , with m strictly less than n and then multiplying by a control amplitude; and imposing the non-Lipschitzian feedback control term globally on each of the plurality of particles; imposing causes a subsequent magnitude of the attribute deviation to be reduced.
FILED	Tuesday, February 03, 2004
APPL NO	10/770857
ART UNIT	2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/45
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07693903 — Method for gathering and summarizing internet information

US 07693903	Potok et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas E. Potok (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Mark Thomas Elmore (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Joel Wesley Reed (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jim N. Treadwell (Louisville, Tennessee); Nagiza Faridovna Samatova (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	A computer method of gathering and summarizing large amounts of information comprises collecting information from a plurality of information sources (14, 51) according to respective maps (52) of the information sources (14), converting the collected information from a storage format to XML-language documents (26, 53) and storing the XML-language documents in a storage medium, searching for documents (55) according to a search query (13) having at least one term and identifying the documents (26) found in the search, and displaying the documents as nodes (33) of a tree structure (32) having links (34) and nodes (33) so as to indicate similarity of the documents to each other.
FILED	Wednesday, August 29, 2007
APPL NO	11/897205
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/737
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07694035 — DMA shared byte counters in a parallel computer

US 07694035	Chen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Pavlos Vranas (Danville, California)
ABSTRACT	A parallel computer system is constructed as a network of interconnected compute nodes. Each of the compute nodes includes at least one processor, a memory and a DMA engine. The DMA engine includes a processor interface for interfacing with the at least one processor, DMA logic, a memory interface for interfacing with the memory, a DMA network interface for interfacing with the network, injection and reception byte counters, injection and reception FIFO metadata, and status registers and control registers. The injection FIFOs maintain memory locations of the injection FIFO metadata memory locations including its current head and tail, and the reception FIFOs maintain the reception FIFO metadata memory locations including its current head and tail. The injection byte counters and reception byte counters may be shared between messages.
FILED	Tuesday, June 26, 2007
APPL NO	11/768781
ART UNIT	2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/22
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07694346 — Cantilevered probe detector with piezoelectric element

US 07694346	Adams et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on behalf of the University of Nevada (Reno, Nevada)
INVENTOR(S)	Jesse D. Adams (Reno, Nevada); Todd A. Sulchek (Oakland, California); Stuart C. Feigin (Reno, Nevada)
ABSTRACT	A disclosed chemical detection system for detecting a target material, such as an explosive material, can include a cantilevered probe, a probe heater coupled to the cantilevered probe, and a piezoelectric element disposed on the cantilevered probe. The piezoelectric element can be configured as a detector and/or an actuator. Detection can include, for example, detecting a movement of the cantilevered probe or a property of the cantilevered probe. The movement or a change in the property of the cantilevered probe can occur, for example, by adsorption of the target material, desorption of the target material, reaction of the target material and/or phase change of the target material. Examples of detectable movements and properties include temperature shifts, impedance shifts, and resonant frequency shifts of the cantilevered probe. The overall chemical detection system can be incorporated, for example, into a handheld explosive material detection system.
FILED	Friday, September 30, 2005
APPL NO	11/576443
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/7
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

07690842 — Composite material including nanocrystals and methods of making

US 07690842	Bawendi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vikram C. Sundar (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT	Temperature-sensing compositions can include an inorganic material, such as a semiconductor nanocrystal. The nanocrystal can be a dependable and accurate indicator of temperature. The intensity of emission of the nanocrystal varies with temperature and can be highly sensitive to surface temperature. The nanocrystals can be processed with a binder to form a matrix, which can be varied by altering the chemical nature of the surface of the nanocrystal. A nanocrystal with a compatibilizing outer layer can be incorporated into a coating formulation and retain its temperature sensitive emissive properties.
FILED	Wednesday, December 12, 2007
APPL NO	11/955224
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Thermal measuring and testing 374/161
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07691583 — High sensitivity mechanical resonant sensor

US 07691583	Craighead et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Bojan Ilic (Ithaca, New York); David Alan Czaplewski (Ithaca, New York); Robert H. Hall (Clarksville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for detecting mass based on a frequency differential of a resonating micromachined structure, such as a cantilever beam. A high aspect ratio cantilever beam is coated with an immobilized binding partner that couples to a predetermined cell or molecule. A first resonant frequency is determined for the cantilever having the immobilized binding partner. Upon exposure of the cantilever to a solution that binds with the binding partner, the mass of the cantilever beam increases. A second resonant frequency is determined and the differential resonant frequency provides the basis for detecting the target cell or molecule. The cantilever may be driven externally or by ambient noise. The frequency response of the beam can be determined optically using reflected light and two photodetectors or by interference using a single photodetector.
FILED	Tuesday, January 31, 2006
APPL NO	11/343488
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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07691616 — Cytochrome P450 oxygenases

US 07691616	Farinas et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Edgardo T. Farinas (Pasadena, California); Frances H. Arnold (Pasadena, California); Ulrich Schwaneberg (Ritterhude, Germany); Anton Glieder (Gleisdorf, Austria)
ABSTRACT	Nucleic acids encoding cytochrome P450 variants are provided. The cytochrome P450 variants of have a higher alkane-oxidation capability, alkene-oxidation capability, and/or a higher organic-solvent resistance than the corresponding wild-type or parent cytochrome P450 enzyme. A preferred wild-type cytochrome P450 is cytochrome P450 BM-3. Preferred cytochrome P450 variants include those having an improved capability to hydroxylate alkanes and epoxidate alkenes comprising less than 8 carbons, and have amino acid substitutions corresponding to V78A, H236Q, and E252G of cytochrome P450 BM-3. Preferred cytochrome P450 variants also include those having an improved hydroxylation activity in solutions comprising co-solvents such as DMSO and THF, and have amino acid substitutions corresponding to T235A, R471A, E494K, and S1024E of cytochrome P450 BM-3.
FILED	Monday, May 07, 2007
APPL NO	11/800970
ART UNIT	1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189
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07691642 — Spectrophotometric method and apparatus for the cross-matching of platelets

US 07691642	Garcia-Rubio et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Luis Humberto Garcia-Rubio (Temple Terrace, Florida); Robert Potter (Tampa, Florida); German Leparc (Tampa, Florida); Sharyn Orton (Frederick, Maryland); Yvette Mattley (Tampa, Florida); Christina Bacon (Tampa, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for characterizing the type of a blood sample and a variety of blood components are provided wherein a transmission spectrum of the sample is collected over a predetermined wavelength range. For blood typing, this spectrum is then compared with a set of control spectra collected from control blood samples having known blood types, from which the type of the blood sample can be determined. Further methods and apparatus are provided for determining the viability of and for cross matching a platelet unit Additional method and apparatus permit analysis of the sample for the presence of a contaminant, Particles can also be counted in the sample, even when present in low concentrations, including white blood cell.
FILED	Wednesday, November 23, 2005
APPL NO	11/164466
ART UNIT	1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/163
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07691909 — Aerosol gels

US 07691909	Sorensen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Chemical and Transport Systems (CTS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas)
INVENTOR(S)	Christopher M. Sorensen (Manhattan, Kansas); Amitabha Chakrabarti (Manhattan, Kansas); Rajan Dhaubhadel (Manhattan, Kansas); Corey Gerving (West Point, New York)
ABSTRACT	An improved process for the production of ultralow density, high specific surface area gel products is provided which comprises providing, in an enclosed chamber, a mixture made up of small particles of material suspended in gas; the particles are then caused to aggregate in the chamber to form ramified fractal aggregate gels. The particles should have a radius (a) of up to about 50 nm and the aerosol should have a volume fraction (f_v) of at least 10⁻⁴. In preferred practice, the mixture is created by a spark-induced explosion of a precursor material (e.g., a hydrocarbon) and oxygen within the chamber. New compositions of matter are disclosed having densities below 3.0 mg/cc.
FILED	Friday, March 23, 2007
APPL NO	11/690576
ART UNIT	1796 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/32
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07692059 — Method for generating overexpression of alleles in genes of unknown function

US 07692059	Bier et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience (IBN)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ethan Bier (San Diego, California); Annabel Guichard (La Jolla, California); Shaila Srinivasan (Elmhurst, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Methods for generating and using novel overexpression activity alleles of a gene in any organism, especially Drosophilia, are provided. Such alleles may be utilized in screening assays, and used to generate dominant-negative forms of bacterial toxins.
FILED	Tuesday, March 20, 2007
APPL NO	11/726100
ART UNIT	1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/4
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07692116 — Laser ablation for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes

US 07692116	Holloway et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) at Newport News, VA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Jefferson Science Associates (Newport News, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Brian C. Holloway (Williamsburg, Virginia); Peter C. Eklund (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania); Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin C. Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Michelle Shinn (Newport News, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Single walled carbon nanotubes are produced in a novel apparatus by the laser-induced ablation of moving carbon target. The laser used is of high average power and ultra-fast pulsing. According to various preferred embodiments, the laser produces an output above about 50 watts/cm²at a repetition rate above about 15 MHz and exhibits a pulse duration below about 10 picoseconds. The carbon, carbon/catalyst target and the laser beam are moved relative to one another and a focused flow of “side pumped”, preheated inert gas is introduced near the point of ablation to minimize or eliminate interference by the ablated plume by removal of the plume and introduction of new target area for incidence with the laser beam. When the target is moved relative to the laser beam, rotational or translational movement may be imparted thereto, but rotation of the target is preferred.
FILED	Wednesday, July 03, 2002
APPL NO	10/188525
ART UNIT	3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric heating 219/121.860
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07692147 — Real-time, continuous-wave terahertz imaging using a microbolometer focal-plane array

US 07692147	Hu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) at El Segundo, CA Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Alan W. Min Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present invention generally provides a terahertz (THz) imaging system that includes a source for generating radiation (e.g., a quantum cascade laser) having one or more frequencies in a range of about 0.1 THz to about 10 THz, and a two-dimensional detector array comprising a plurality of radiation detecting elements that are capable of detecting radiation in that frequency range. An optical system directs radiation from the source to an object to be imaged. The detector array detects at least a portion of the radiation transmitted through the object (or reflected by the object) so as to form a THz image of that object.
FILED	Monday, March 20, 2006
APPL NO	11/385039
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/336.100
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07692373 — Quantum dot white and colored light-emitting devices

US 07692373	Bawendi et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Lumileds Lighting U.S., LLC (San Jose, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Moungi E. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason Heine (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Klavs F. Jensen (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Jeffrey N. Miller (Los Altos Hills, California); Ronald L. Moon (Atherton, California)
ABSTRACT	A light-emitting device comprising a population of quantum dots (QDs) embedded in a host matrix and a primary light source which causes the QDs to emit secondary light and a method of making such a device. The size distribution of the QDs is chosen to allow light of a particular color to be emitted therefrom. The light emitted from the device may be of either a pure (monochromatic) color, or a mixed (polychromatic) color, and may consist solely of light emitted from the QDs themselves, or of a mixture of light emitted from the QDs and light emitted from the primary source. The QDs desirably are composed of an undoped semiconductor such as CdSe, and may optionally be overcoated to increase photoluminescence.
FILED	Friday, April 13, 2007
APPL NO	11/787152
ART UNIT	2879 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/503
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07692449 — Dynamic and differential CMOS logic with signal-independent power consumption to withstand differential power analysis

US 07692449	Verbauwhede et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ingrid M. Verbauwhede (Palo Alto, California); Kris J. V. Tiri (Genk, Belgium)
ABSTRACT	A dynamic and differential CMOS logic style is disclosed in which a gate uses a fixed amount of energy per evaluation event. The gate switches its output at every event and loads a constant capacitance. The logic style is a Dynamic and Differential Logic (DDL) style. The DDL style logic typically has one charging event per clock cycle and the charging event does not depend on the input signals. The differential feature masks the input value because a precharged output nodes is discharged during the evaluation phase. The dynamic feature breaks the input sequence: the discharged node is charged during the subsequent precharge phase.
FILED	Wednesday, August 13, 2008
APPL NO	12/191144
ART UNIT	2819 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/46
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07692952 — Nanoscale wire coding for stochastic assembly

US 07692952	DeHon
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	André DeHon (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods for obtaining codes to be implemented in coding nanoscale wires are described. The methods show how to code a reduced number of nanoscale wires through the use of rotation group codes. The methods further show how to generate different code permutations through random misalignment and how to promote uniform code probability selection.
FILED	Tuesday, August 24, 2004
APPL NO	10/925863
ART UNIT	2824 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Static information storage and retrieval 365/151
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07693052 — Method and apparatus for network congestion control using queue control and one-way delay measurements

US 07693052	Jin et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Cheng Jin (Pasadena, California); Steven H. Low (La Canada, California); David X. Wei (Pasadena, California); Bartek Wydrowski (Altadena, California); Ao Tang (Pasadena, California); Hyojeong Choe (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides a congestion control scheme that is a delay based scheme that includes a scalable queue size and one-way queueing delay measurement to reduce network congestion. Queue size is managed by queue control, a scalable utility function, dynamic alpha tuning, and/or randomized alpha tuning. One-way queueing delay is accomplished by measuring backward queueing delay management using various methods of estimating the receiver clock period. Embodiments include estimating the receiver clock period using single sample and multiple sample periods. The system includes a method for detecting route change.
FILED	Wednesday, August 17, 2005
APPL NO	11/206445
ART UNIT	2473 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/230
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07693181 — Systems and methods of sharing information between protocol layers

US 07693181	Ramachandran et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Umakishore Ramachandran (Lilburn, Georgia); Rajnish Kumar (Atlanta, Georgia); Charles Albert Reiss (Rehoboth, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	An exemplary device comprises a first and second protocol layer, and an information exchange service (IES) in communication with the first and the second protocol layers. The IES is configured to share control information between the protocol layers. A protocol layer is capable of adapting behavior based on the control information shared by the IES. An exemplary method is presented for communicating between publishing and subscribing layers in a protocol stack. The method comprises, in the publishing layer, specifying a selected attribute and an associated value to be shared with the subscribing layer. The method further comprises storing the specified attribute and associated value, and receiving a subscribe request from the requesting layer. The request specifies the published attribute. The method further comprises, in response to the request, providing the associated value to a subscribing layer, and in the subscribing layer, adapting behavior based on the shared control information.
FILED	Friday, June 29, 2007
APPL NO	11/771221
ART UNIT	2477 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/469
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07693233 — Parallel Tomlinson-Harashima precoders

US 07693233	Gu et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Leanics Corporation (Maple Grove, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S)	Yongru Gu (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Keshab K. Parhi (Maple Grove, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	A method to design parallel TH precoders and a circuit architecture to implement parallel TH precoders have been presented. The parallel design relies on the fact that a TH precoder can be viewed as an IIR filter with an input equal to the sum of the original input to the TH precoder and a compensation signal. The parallel design also relies on the fact that the compensation signal has finite levels. Therefore, precomputation techniques can be applied to calculate intermediate signal values for all possible values of the compensation signal.
FILED	Wednesday, July 13, 2005
APPL NO	11/181347
ART UNIT	2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Pulse or digital communications 375/296
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07693355 — Hybrid electro-optic polymer/sol-gel modulator

US 07693355	Peyghambarian et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S)	Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Robert A. Norwood (Tucson, Arizona); Yasufumi Enami (Tucson, Arizona); Christopher T. DeRose (Tucson, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	A hybrid EO polymer/sol-gel modulator in which the sol-gel core waveguide does not lie below the active EO polymer waveguide increases the higher electric field/optical field overlap factor Γ and reduces inter-electrode separation d thereby lowering the modulator's half-wave drive voltage Vπ, reducing insertion loss and improving extinction.
FILED	Wednesday, August 27, 2008
APPL NO	12/199765
ART UNIT	2874 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical waveguides 385/2
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07693666 — Method, system, and program product for controlling chemical reactions in a digital microfluidic system

US 07693666	Griffith et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Eric Griffith (Belgrade, Maine); Srinivas Akella (Clifton Park, New York)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides, in a first aspect, a method, system, and program product for controlling chemical reactions in a digital microfluidic system that include logically partitioning cells of a digital microfluidic system array into a plurality of virtual components wherein at least one of the virtual components is capable of handling droplets of reactants associated with distinct chemical reactions concurrently. In a second aspect, a respective next cell is determined for each of a plurality of chemical droplets in the digital microfluidic system array, which may include droplets of reactants associated with distinct chemical reactions. In another aspect, a method, system, and program product for controlling chemical reactions in a digital microfluidic system in accordance with the present invention induce a chemical droplet of the plurality of chemical droplets in the digital microfluidic system array to move to the respective next cell determined for the chemical droplet.
FILED	Thursday, July 07, 2005
APPL NO	11/176508
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/31
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07694253 — Automatically generating an input sequence for a circuit design using mutant-based verification

US 07694253	Campos et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jorge Campos (Sacramento, California); Hussain Al-Asaad (Sacramento, California)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that automatically generates an input sequence for a circuit design using mutant-based verification. During operation, the system receives a description of the circuit design. Next, the system determines a target value for a control signal in the description and a mutant value for the control signal. The system then determines if an input sequence exists for the circuit design that stimulates the control signal to the target value and causes the effects of the target value and the effects of the mutant value to reach an observation point in the circuit such that the effects of the target value and the effects of the mutant value differ at the observation point. If such an input sequence exists, the system then simulates operation of the circuit design using the input sequence. During simulation, the system generates two sets of signal outputs for the circuit design. The first set of signal outputs is affected by the target value for the control signal, while the second set of signal outputs is affected by the mutant value for the control signal.
FILED	Thursday, May 24, 2007
APPL NO	11/805902
ART UNIT	2825 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/5
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

07691267 — Multi-gas bioreactor and related methods

US 07691267	Smith et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Dynamac Corporation (Rockville, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel P. Smith (Thonotosassa, Florida); Tony Rector (Broad Brook, Connecticut); Jay L. Garland (Cocoa, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A bioreactor is for processing a fluid stream. The bioreactor may include a bioreaction chamber for receiving the fluid stream therethrough, a pair of spaced apart gas header assemblies within the bioreaction chamber for coupling to first and second gases, a first plurality of hollow fiber membranes (HFMs) extending between the pair of gas header assemblies for introducing the first gas into the fluid stream within the bioreaction chamber, and a second plurality of HFMs extending between the pair of gas header assemblies for introducing the second gas into the fluid stream within the bioreaction chamber.
FILED	Wednesday, February 27, 2008
APPL NO	12/038442
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Liquid purification or separation 210/601
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07691338 — Two stage catalytic combustor

US 07691338	Alvin et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Mary Anne Alvin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dennis Bachovchin (Delmont, Pennsylvania); Eugene E. Smeltzer (Export, Pennsylvania); Thomas E. Lippert (Murraysville, Pennsylvania); Gerald J. Bruck (Murraysville, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A catalytic combustor (14) includes a first catalytic stage (30), a second catalytic stage (40), and an oxidation completion stage (49). The first catalytic stage receives an oxidizer (e.g., 20) and a fuel (26) and discharges a partially oxidized fuel/oxidizer mixture (36). The second catalytic stage receives the partially oxidized fuel/oxidizer mixture and further oxidizes the mixture. The second catalytic stage may include a passageway (47) for conducting a bypass portion (46) of the mixture past a catalyst (e.g., 41) disposed therein. The second catalytic stage may have an outlet temperature elevated sufficiently to complete oxidation of the mixture without using a separate ignition source. The oxidation completion stage is disposed downstream of the second catalytic stage and may recombine the bypass portion with a catalyst exposed portion (48) of the mixture and complete oxidation of the mixture. The second catalytic stage may also include a reticulated foam support (50), a honeycomb support, a tube support or a plate support.
FILED	Wednesday, March 10, 2004
APPL NO	10/797455
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/168
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07691626 — Self-contained cell culture apparatus and method of use

US 07691626	McCabe et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Edward R. B. McCabe (Pacific Palisades, California); Urvashi Bhardwaj (Los Angeles, California); Zakir Rangwala (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Yao Hua Zhang (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	A self-contained cell culture apparatus and method of use in which a cell culture may be stored frozen for an extended period, then thawed, incubated and grown in a closed system without additional processing or added constituents. The apparatus and method readily lend themselves to automated handling and analysis by MEMS devices, and find particular application in micro gravity and/or high radiation environments. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims.
FILED	Monday, November 22, 2004
APPL NO	10/579952
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/307.100
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07691909 — Aerosol gels

US 07691909	Sorensen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Chemical and Transport Systems (CTS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas)
INVENTOR(S)	Christopher M. Sorensen (Manhattan, Kansas); Amitabha Chakrabarti (Manhattan, Kansas); Rajan Dhaubhadel (Manhattan, Kansas); Corey Gerving (West Point, New York)
ABSTRACT	An improved process for the production of ultralow density, high specific surface area gel products is provided which comprises providing, in an enclosed chamber, a mixture made up of small particles of material suspended in gas; the particles are then caused to aggregate in the chamber to form ramified fractal aggregate gels. The particles should have a radius (a) of up to about 50 nm and the aerosol should have a volume fraction (f_v) of at least 10⁻⁴. In preferred practice, the mixture is created by a spark-induced explosion of a precursor material (e.g., a hydrocarbon) and oxygen within the chamber. New compositions of matter are disclosed having densities below 3.0 mg/cc.
FILED	Friday, March 23, 2007
APPL NO	11/690576
ART UNIT	1796 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/32
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07691911 — Polyolefin-based aerogels

US 07691911	Lee et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Je Kyun Lee (Brookline, Massachusetts); Gerogle L. Gould (Mendon, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to cross-linked polyolefin aerogels in simple and fiber-reinforced composite form. Of particular interest are polybutadiene aerogels. Especially aerogels derived from polybutadienes functionalized with anhydrides, amines, hydroxyls, thiols, epoxies, isocyanates or combinations thereof.
FILED	Monday, November 28, 2005
APPL NO	11/287777
ART UNIT	1796 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/50
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07692116 — Laser ablation for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes

US 07692116	Holloway et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) at Newport News, VA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Jefferson Science Associates (Newport News, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Brian C. Holloway (Williamsburg, Virginia); Peter C. Eklund (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania); Michael W. Smith (Newport News, Virginia); Kevin C. Jordan (Newport News, Virginia); Michelle Shinn (Newport News, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Single walled carbon nanotubes are produced in a novel apparatus by the laser-induced ablation of moving carbon target. The laser used is of high average power and ultra-fast pulsing. According to various preferred embodiments, the laser produces an output above about 50 watts/cm²at a repetition rate above about 15 MHz and exhibits a pulse duration below about 10 picoseconds. The carbon, carbon/catalyst target and the laser beam are moved relative to one another and a focused flow of “side pumped”, preheated inert gas is introduced near the point of ablation to minimize or eliminate interference by the ablated plume by removal of the plume and introduction of new target area for incidence with the laser beam. When the target is moved relative to the laser beam, rotational or translational movement may be imparted thereto, but rotation of the target is preferred.
FILED	Wednesday, July 03, 2002
APPL NO	10/188525
ART UNIT	3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric heating 219/121.860
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07692147 — Real-time, continuous-wave terahertz imaging using a microbolometer focal-plane array

US 07692147	Hu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by The Aerospace Corporation (AEROSPACE) at El Segundo, CA Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Alan W. Min Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present invention generally provides a terahertz (THz) imaging system that includes a source for generating radiation (e.g., a quantum cascade laser) having one or more frequencies in a range of about 0.1 THz to about 10 THz, and a two-dimensional detector array comprising a plurality of radiation detecting elements that are capable of detecting radiation in that frequency range. An optical system directs radiation from the source to an object to be imaged. The detector array detects at least a portion of the radiation transmitted through the object (or reflected by the object) so as to form a THz image of that object.
FILED	Monday, March 20, 2006
APPL NO	11/385039
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/336.100
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07692411 — System for energy harvesting and/or generation, storage, and delivery

US 07692411	Trainor et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	TPL, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	John T. Trainor (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick Franz Fleig (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles D. E. Lakeman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jenniffer Leigh DeGreeff (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A device and method for harvesting, generating, storing, and delivering energy to a load, particularly for remote or inaccessible applications. The device preferably comprises one or more energy sources, at least one supercapacitor, at least one rechargeable battery, and a controller. The charging of the energy storage devices and the delivery of power to the load is preferably dynamically varied to maximize efficiency. A low power consumption charge pump circuit is preferably employed to collect power from low power energy sources while also enabling the delivery of higher voltage power to the load. The charging voltage is preferably programmable, enabling one device to be used for a wide range of specific applications.
FILED	Thursday, January 04, 2007
APPL NO	11/620017
ART UNIT	2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/166
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07693235 — Reduced complexity coding system using iterative decoding

US 07693235	Simon et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Marvin K. Simon (La Canada, California); Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California)
ABSTRACT	A concatenated coding scheme, using an outer coder, interleaver, and the inner coder inherent in an FQPSK signal to form a coded FQPSK signal. The inner coder is modified to enable interative decoding of the outer code.
FILED	Thursday, August 31, 2006
APPL NO	11/514288
ART UNIT	2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Pulse or digital communications 375/308
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)

07690330 — Aquaculture raceway with waste removal section

US 07690330	Miller
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	West Virginia University (, None)
INVENTOR(S)	Daniel J. Miller (Morgantown, West Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Waste removal from raceways for raising aquatic animals is improved by providing a waste removal section at the downstream end of the raceways whereby the waste removal section is separated from the rest of the raceway by a vertical or near vertical screen. The mesh size of the screen is sufficient for the waste to pass through but not allow the aquatic animals to pass through. The natural flow of water through the raceway carries the waste material downstream within the raceway. A perforated pipe in the bottom of the waste removal section provides the outlet for the waste removal. A waste control valve connected to the perforated pipe controls the flow of the waste out of the waste removal section. Optional freeze protection for the waste control valve is provided.
FILED	Thursday, January 24, 2008
APPL NO	12/011167
ART UNIT	3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Animal husbandry 119/228
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07691946 — Soy-based thermosensitive hydrogels for controlled release systems

US 07691946	Liu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Zengshe Liu (Peoria, Illinois); Sevim Z. Erhan (Peoria, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Biopolymeric hydrogel precursors are prepared by means of a ring-opening polymerization of epoxidized vegetable oils, followed by chemical hydrolysis. The recovered hydrogels having properties similar to Pluronic® type surfactants would have a plurality of end-use applications, including use as food additives and pharmaceutical ingredients. This invention provides the potential for an enhanced market for vegetable oils, and particularly for soybean oil.
FILED	Friday, September 30, 2005
APPL NO	11/240426
ART UNIT	1796 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/111.500
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07692041 — Method of oxidation using nitric acid

US 07692041	Kiely et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Montana (Missoula, Montana)
INVENTOR(S)	Donald E. Kiely (Missoula, Montana); Kirk R. Hash, Sr. (Drummond, Montana)
ABSTRACT	A controlled nitric acid process employing oxygen and nitric acid as co-oxidants is used to oxidize organic compounds subject to nitric acid oxidation, to their corresponding carboxylic acids. Oxidation of some carbohydrates by this process can produce one or more of their corresponding acid forms. The process is carried out at moderate temperatures, typically in the range of 20° C. to 45° C. in a closed reactor, with oxygen gas being introduced into the reaction chamber as needed in order to sustain the reaction. Computer controlled reactors allow for careful and reproducible control of reaction parameters. Nitric acid can be recovered by a distillation/evaporation process, or by diffusion dialysis, the aqueous solution made basic with inorganic hydroxide, and the residual inorganic nitrate removed using a filtration (nanofiltration) device. The method eliminates issues of thermal control of the oxidation, release of nitrogen into the atmosphere, and post-reaction difficulties in the removal of nitric acid and inorganic nitrates.
FILED	Monday, August 06, 2007
APPL NO	11/890760
ART UNIT	1621 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 562/540
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

PP020916 — Philodendron plant named ‘UFM1’

US PP20916	Henny et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Greenwood, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard Henny (Tavares, Florida); Jianjun Chen (Apopka, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A new Philodendron plant particularly distinguished by having very small, narrow green leaves, compact vines with short internodes and dense growth habit, and vines that produce lateral branches, is disclosed.
FILED	Thursday, December 04, 2008
APPL NO	12/315708
ART UNIT	1661 — Plants
CURRENT CPC	Plants PLT/381
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Small Business Administration (SBA)

07691731 — Deposition of crystalline layers on polymer substrates using nanoparticles and laser nanoforming

US 07691731	Bet et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Army (DOA) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Sachin M. Bet (Orlando, Florida); Aravinda Kar (Oviedo, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A method of forming crystalline semiconducting layers on low melting or low softening point substrates includes the steps of providing an aqueous solution medium including a plurality of semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed therein having a median size less than 10 nm, and applying the solution medium to at least one region of a substrate to be coated. The substrate has a melting or softening point of <200° C. The solution medium is evaporated and the at least one region is laser irradiated for fusing the nanoparticles followed by annealing to obtain a continuous film having a recrystallized microstructure. An article includes a polycrystalline semiconducting layer including a plurality of crystallites predominately in the size range of 2 to 50 μm, and a substrate having a melting or softening point of <200° C. supporting the semiconducting layer. An average grain size of the crystallites is less at an interface proximate to the semiconducting layer as compared to an average grain size further away from the interface.
FILED	Thursday, March 15, 2007
APPL NO	11/686572
ART UNIT	2812 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/479
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07693233 — Parallel Tomlinson-Harashima precoders

US 07693233	Gu et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Leanics Corporation (Maple Grove, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S)	Yongru Gu (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Keshab K. Parhi (Maple Grove, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	A method to design parallel TH precoders and a circuit architecture to implement parallel TH precoders have been presented. The parallel design relies on the fact that a TH precoder can be viewed as an IIR filter with an input equal to the sum of the original input to the TH precoder and a compensation signal. The parallel design also relies on the fact that the compensation signal has finite levels. Therefore, precomputation techniques can be applied to calculate intermediate signal values for all possible values of the compensation signal.
FILED	Wednesday, July 13, 2005
APPL NO	11/181347
ART UNIT	2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Pulse or digital communications 375/296
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Department of Justice (DOJ)

07693564 — System, apparatus and method for forensic facial approximation

US 07693564	Kelliher et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Justice (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Timothy Patrick Kelliher (Scotia, New York); Peter Henry Tu (Schenectady, New York); Wesley David Turner (Rexford, New York); Rebecca Erin Biewer Brown (Clifton Park, New York); Michael Alan Taister (Oakton, Virginia); Kevin William Peter Miller (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	A system, method and apparatus for performing a facial approximation is described. The system includes an acquisition subsystem and a facial approximation algorithm. The method includes the steps of acquiring models of known skulls and a model of a questioned skull, comparing the models of the known skulls with the model of the questioned skull, and removing variation in the facial structure of the questioned skull due to skeletal variation between the known skulls and the questioned skull. The apparatus includes a bony structure software component, a bony structure warping software component, and a soft tissue software component.
FILED	Friday, November 19, 2004
APPL NO	10/992433
ART UNIT	3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/407
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)

07690057 — Folding frame motorized prone cart

US 07690057	Malassigne et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Pascal Malassigne (White Fish Bay, Wisconsin); Jeffrey Harrow (Lutz, Florida); Robert Jensen (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); John Erdman (Sturtevant, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	A prone cart for carrying a patient has a frame, a pair of independently powered and suspended drive wheels located centrally off the frame and an articuable body support having relatively moveable tray, chest support, abdominal support and leg support sections connected end to end for carrying a patient prone between a lowered position where the patient lies in a horizontal orientation to a raised position where the patient's head and chest are elevated with respect to the patient's abdomen and legs. Linkage mechanisms move the sections between the raised and lowered positions. A pair of independently suspended drive wheels mounted centrally of the frame is controllable so that each may each rotate independently in clockwise or counterclockwise sense so that the cart may be maneuvered in confined spaces with a zero turning radius.
FILED	Thursday, June 05, 2008
APPL NO	12/134147
ART UNIT	3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
CURRENT CPC	Beds 05/86.100
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

07691342 — Process using compact embedded electron induced ozonation and activation of nanostructured titanium dioxide photocatalyst for photocatalytic oxidation

US 07691342	Sahle-Demessie et al.
FUNDED BY	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie (Cincinnati, Ohio); Pratim Biswas (Cincinnati, Ohio); Unnikrishnan R. Pillai (Cincinnati, Ohio); Chulhan Kim (Seoul, South Korea)
ABSTRACT	A reactor produces a surface corona for emitting UV light and for the production of ozone by passing air or oxygen through the surface corona. The emitted UV light activates a photocatalyst coated on a surface facing a surface with embedded electrodes which generate the surface corona. The photocatalyst is a thin film of nanoparticle TiO₂with primary particle size of 0.02 to 0.2 μm was deposited on a substrate by a flame aerosol method. The method combines ozonation and photocatalysis to provide effective and efficient oxidation of alcohols and hydrocarbons to value added products. The method can also be used for air and water cleaning.
FILED	Friday, April 28, 2006
APPL NO	11/412940
ART UNIT	1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/186.120
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

National Security Agency (NSA)

07694207 — Method of decoding signals having binary BCH codes

US 07694207	Kline et al.
FUNDED BY	National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jason Michael Kline (Odenton, Maryland); Donald W. Newhart (Elkridge, Maryland); Nicholas Paul Nirschl (Ellicott City, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method of correcting a communication signal with BCH product codes is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of receiving a codeword vector, establishing a generator polynomial, establishing a check polynomial, calculating a binary-matrix, and calculating the binary syndrome S=Hr^t. If an all zero vector results, no errors exist in the received vector. If errors exist, a tm x (N−k) binary matrix is created, the power basis expansion of (r(α¹), r(α³), r(α⁵), . . . r(α^2t−1)) is calculated, and the syndrome is solved. The speed of the method comes from using word-level XOR's to apply the check polynomial to the stream at all offsets. The utility of this approach is due in part to the fact that the conversion matrix involved can be created quickly using only items needed elsewhere in BCH decoders: a field table and the generator polynomial coefficients.
FILED	Monday, September 25, 2006
APPL NO	11/543282
ART UNIT	2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/782
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

United States Postal Service (USPS)

07693723 — Method and system for cross-carrier parcel tracking

US 07693723	Wade
FUNDED BY	United States Postal Service (USPS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	James P. Wade (North Potomac, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A system and method is provided that enables a carrier of a mailpiece, such as a national postal service, to track a mailpiece as it passes from the control of a first carrier to the control of another, second carrier. The tracking of the mailpiece continues until the mailpiece is delivered, by the second carrier, to its ultimate recipient. In this manner the first carrier, who had control of the mailpiece when first posted, can monitor the handling of the mailpiece and can calculate delivery times when the mailpiece was in the control of the second carrier. The method and system of the present invention will find particular application to a national postal service seeking to track delivery performance of internationally addressed express mail that is first domestically posted and then ultimately delivered in a foreign country by the postal service of the foreign country.
FILED	Monday, June 10, 2002
APPL NO	10/166491
ART UNIT	3687 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/1
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Government Rights Acknowledged

07691821 — Inhibition of SHIP to enhance stem cell harvest and transplantation

US 07691821	Desponts et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Caroline Desponts (Tampa, Florida); Joseph Wahle (Tampa, Florida); John Ninos (Tampa, Florida); William G. Kerr (Tampa, Florida)
ABSTRACT	The instant invention teaches the inhibition of SHIP expression, or function, for the increased efficacy of autologous stem cell transplants. In another embodiment, interference with SHIP function can be used to temporarily expand and mobilize the hematopoietic stem cell compartment to assist with leukapheresis, to promote hematopoietic recovery after myeloablation treatments, to deplete target stem cell clones (such a leukemic clones and other tumor stem cell types), and to deplete, or damage, the repopulating ability of the endogenous hematopoietic stem cell pool in order to allow transplanted hematopoietic stem cells to better home and engraft and to promote in vivo expansion and mobilization of other organ-specific stem cell populations (e.g., mesenchymal, mammary).
FILED	Friday, May 28, 2004
APPL NO	10/709801
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
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

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