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| US 07727162 | Peterka |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Peterka (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for rotation test stimulus and analysis methods overcome many of the limitations of traditional clinical tests of peripheral vestibular function. An embodiment includes a rotational stimuli applied to the rotational motion for testing that includes two separate components, a bias component and a probe component. The bias component for rotational motion is designed to temporarily turn off vestibular responses in one ear while the responsiveness in the opposite ear is simultaneously evaluated using the probe component of the stimulus. Responses from application of these stimuli are analyzed by isolating and separating the bias response from the probe response. The bias and probe component responses are parameterized by applying curve fits of mathematical functions to the isolated bias and probe component responses. These parameters characterize the patient's vestibular function. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/974165 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/559 |
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| US 07727178 | Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ekos Corporation (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard R. Wilson (Seattle, Washington); Robert L. Wilcox (Bothell, Washington); Curtis Genstler (Snohomoish, Washington); Tim Abrahamson (Seattle, Washington); Wm. Gerrit Barrere (Lake Forest Park, Washington); Amy Cohen (Seattle, Washington); George Keilman (Seattle, Washington); Leonard R. Oliver (Seattle, Washington); Natalya Peskin (Redmond, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A catheter for delivering ultrasonic energy and therapeutic compounds to a treatment site within a patient's vasculature comprises a tubular body. The tubular body has a proximal region and a distal region opposite the proximal region. The catheter further comprises a plurality of fluid delivery lumens formed into the tubular body. The catheter further comprises an inner core configured for insertion into the tubular body. The inner core comprises an elongate electrical conductor having a plurality of flattened regions, each flattened region having a first flat side and a second flat side opposite the first flat side. The inner core further comprises a plurality of ultrasound radiating members mounted in pairs to the flattened regions of the elongate electrical conductor. A first ultrasound radiating member is mounted to the first flat side of the elongate electrical conductor, and a second ultrasound radiating member is mounted to the second flat side of the elongate electrical conductor. The catheter further comprises control electronics configured to apply a driving signal to at least two, but fewer than all, of the ultrasound radiating members. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/643471 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/22 |
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| US 07727441 | Yost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Yost (Lexington, South Carolina); C. Michael Gore (West Columbia, South Carolina); Louis Terracio (New York, New York); Richard L. Goodwin (Columbia, South Carolina); Edie C. Goldsmith (Lexington, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A tubular tissue scaffold is described which comprises a tube having a wall, wherein the wall includes biopolymer fibrils that are aligned in a helical pattern around the longitudinal axis of the tube where the pitch of the helical pattern changes with the radial position in the tube wall. The scaffold is capable of directing the morphological pattern of attached and growing cells to form a helical pattern around the tube walls. Additionally, an apparatus for producing such a tubular tissue scaffold is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a biopolymer gel dispersion feed pump that is operably connected to a tube-forming device having an exit port, where the tube-forming device is capable of producing a tube from the gel dispersion while providing an angular shear force across the wall of the tube, and a liquid bath located to receive the tubular tissue scaffold from the tube-forming device. A method for producing the tubular tissue scaffolds is also disclosed. Also, artificial tissue comprising living cells attached to a tubular tissue scaffold as described herein is disclosed. Methods for using the artificial tissue are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/072167 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/209.100 |
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| US 07727525 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); Tove Olafsen (Sherman Oaks, California); Andrew A. Raubitschek (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides anti-CD20 antibody fragments for use as in vivo imaging probes and as therapeutic moieties for the diagnosis and treatment of NHL. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/741253 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/133.100 |
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| US 07727532 | Thomas, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Thomas, Jr. (Somerville, Massachusetts); Donna M. Ambrosino (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Robert Mandell (Collins, Iowa); Susan Sloan (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Gregory J. Babcock (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Charles Rupprecht (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to rabies virus, antigen binding portions thereof, and methods of making and using such antibodies and antigen binding portions thereof for treating rabies virus in a subject, are provided herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890317 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/159.100 |
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| US 07727559 | McGinnis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. McGinnis (Edmond, Oklahoma); Junping Chen (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Lily Wong (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Steve Sezate (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Sudipta Seal (Oviedo, Florida); Swanand Patil (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions useful for neuronal protection in retinal cells in vitro and the protection of mammalian cells from reactive oxygen species in vivo are provided. Ultrafine nano-size cerium oxide particles, less than 10 nanometers in diameter, have been provided to decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS) in retina tissue that generates large amounts of ROS. These reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in light-induced retina degeneration and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Cerium oxide nanoparticles have been used to promote the lifespan of retinal neurons and protect the neurons from apoptosis induced by hydrogen peroxide in vitro and in vivo. The neuronal protection in retinal cells is achieved by decreasing generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Thus, cerium oxide particles are used to promote the longevity of retinal neurons in vitro and mammalian cells in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/412665 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/617 |
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| US 07727575 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Chunmei Li (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method for forming an inorganic coating on a protein template. The method comprises contacting the template with an anionic polymer interface followed by an inorganic material for a sufficient period of time to allow mineralization of the inorganic material thus forming an inorganic coating on the template. Preferably, the coating is aligned. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/289039 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.100 |
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| US 07727717 | Vance et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery M Vance (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Stephan Zuchner (Durham, North Carolina); Margaret A. Pericak-Vance (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for screening a subject for risk of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A or for diagnosing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease or a predisposition for developing Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a subject, by detecting the presence or absence of a mutation in the mitofusin gene in a biological sample collected from the subject. Methods are also described for detecting the presence of a genetic polymorphism associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A in a sample of patient nucleic acid, by amplifying a mitofusin gene sequence in the patient nucleic acid to produce an amplification product; and identifying the presence of a Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A associated polymorphism in the amplification product. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/987174 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07727719 | Fink et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Fink (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Shirley Rainier (Sylvania, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for research, diagnostic, drug screening, and therapeutic applications related to paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis and related conditions. In particular, the present invention provides mutations in the myofibrillogenesis regulator 1 (MR-1) gene associated with such conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/167838 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07727721 | Pierce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Niles A. Pierce (Pasadena, California); Robert Dirks (Pasadena, California); Scott E. Fraser (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of fluorescently labeled nucleic acid probes to identify and image analytes in a biological sample. In the preferred embodiments, a probe is provided that comprises a target region able to specifically bind an analyte of interest and an initiator region that is able to initiate polymerization of nucleic acid monomers. After contacting a sample with the probe, labeled monomers are provided that form a tethered polymer. Triggered probes and self-quenching monomers can be used to provide active background suppression. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/371346 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07727723 | Pollack et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Dwayne J. Allen (Durham, North Carolina); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina); Peter Griffin (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a droplet microactuator and to systems, apparatuses and methods employing the droplet microactuator for executing various protocols using droplets. The invention includes a droplet microactuator or droplet microactuator system having one or more input reservoirs loaded with reagents for conducting sequencing protocols, such as the reagents for conducting a pyrosequencing protocol. The invention also includes a droplet microactuator or droplet microactuator system, having one or more input reservoirs loaded with a sample for conducting a pyrosequencing protocol. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639710 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07727724 | Lenz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heinz-Josef Lenz (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining whether a patient in need thereof will respond to chemotherapy by screening a suitable sample isolated from the patient for a pre-selected polymorphism present in the VGSC gene. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/681670 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07727729 | Zuker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Zuker (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention identifies nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of a sensory cell specific G-protein alpha subunit that are specifically expressed in sensory cells, e.g., taste cells, antibodies to such G-protein alpha subunits, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and subunits, and methods of screening for modulators of a sensory cell specific G-protein alpha subunit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094036 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07727732 | Artavanis-Tsakonas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonas (Hamden, Connecticut); Huilin Qi (Branford, Connecticut); Matthew D. Rand (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for detecting or measuring Notch activation by observing or measuring the appearance of Notch on the cell surface or by observing or measuring Notch cleavage products that are indicative of Notch activation. The present invention is also directed to methods for detecting a molecule that modulates Notch activation by observing or measuring a change in the amount of Notch expressed on the cell surface or a change in the amount or pattern of Notch cleavage products. The present invention is also directed to a substantially purified activated heterodimeric form of Notch and components thereof and pharmaceutical compositions and kits thereof. The present invention is based, at least in part, on the discovery that Notch in its active form, i.e., the form that mediates signal transduction and that binds Notch ligands such as Delta, is a heterodimer of an about 180 kDa subunit (NEC) and an about 110 kDa subunit (NTM), which are tethered together through a reducing agent-sensitive linkage, in particular, a non-covalent, metal ion-dependent linkage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/781059 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
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| US 07727736 | Lentz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry Lentz (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Dougald M. Monroe, III (Carrboro, North Carolina); Rinku Majumder (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); JinMing Huang (Winston Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a soluble phospholipid reagent and assays of clotting activity using the same. The methods of the invention can be used to carry out any clotting assay or other assay of clotting activity that traditionally relies on platelet membranes or synthetic membrane preparation by substituting therefor the soluble phospholipids of the invention. Assay compositions and kits comprising the soluble phospholipids of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/572521 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/13 |
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| US 07727738 | Burkart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Burkart (San Diego, California); Kristine Clarke (San Diego, California); Andrew L Mercer (La Jolla, California); James J. LaClair (San Diego, California); Jordan Meier (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods to generate analogs of coenzyme A in vitro and in vivo are disclosed. The methods comprise reacting pantetheine or a derivative thereof with a reporter to form labeled pantetheine or a derivative thereof, phosphorylating the labeled pantetheine or derivative thereof to form phosphopantetheine or a derivative thereof, adenylating the labeled phosphopantetheine or derivative thereof to form a labeled dephosphoCoenzyme A or derivative thereof, and phosphorylating the 3′-hydrozyl of the labeled dephosphoCoenzume A or derivative thereof to form a labeled coenzyme A analog or derivative thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/485247 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
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| US 07727765 | Organiscak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Organiscak (Eighty Four, Pennsylvania); Michael Schmitz (Defiance, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are disclosed for leak testing the ventilation system of an environmental enclosure using a gas that is naturally present in ambient air, such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, or carbon dioxide, as a tracer gas. In one embodiment, a gas filter capable of filtering all of the tracer gas from the air flowing through the filter is installed in the ventilation system. Testing is performed by operating the ventilation system to cause outside air to flow through the filter and into the enclosure so as to establish positive pressurization inside the enclosure. A gas monitor placed inside the enclosure is used to detect for the presence of leaks in the ventilation system by monitoring the concentration of the tracer gas inside the enclosure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/532483 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/3 |
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| US 07727768 | Bell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan G. Bell (Palo Alto, California); Richard H. Bruce (Los Altos, California); Scott A. Elrod (La Honda, California); Eric Peeters (Fremont, California); Francisco E. Torres (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting chemical reactions uses a nanocalorimeter having a substrate including thermal isolation capability residing on the substrate, thermal equilibration regions residing within the thermal isolation capability, and thermal measurement capability residing within each of the thermal equilibration regions. The thermal measurement device is connected to detection electronics. The method includes depositing drops of potentially reactive chemical solutions within the thermal equilibration region. These potentially reactive solution drops are merged through the use of drop merging electrodes residing within the thermal isolation region. The thermal change occurring within the merged solution drops is then measured with the detection electronics. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/149632 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/147 |
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| US 07727967 | Charlier, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry A. Charlier, Jr. (Boise, Idaho); Nikolay Gerasimchuk (Springfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of matter for treating cancer patients are used to prevent or limit cardiotoxicity during or after treatment with anthracycline drugs, and to prevent or lower resistance to anthracycline drugs, both of which are believed to be caused by the human enzyme carbonyl reductase. Preferred embodiments comprise a pharmaceutical composition comprising compounds having halogenated (or pseudo-halogenated) aryl groups, preferably halogenated (or pseudo-halogenated) arylcyanooximes or phenylcyanooximes and derivatives or analogs thereof, including those comprising —CL or —F, or other substituents on an aryl/phenyl ring. The preferred composition of arylcyanooxime(s) may be administered in a pharmaceutical composition also comprising at least one anthracycline compound, or may be administered separately from the at least one anthracycline compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/776536 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/34 |
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| US 07727995 | Wright |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George E. Wright (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Composition and methods are disclosed that include a synergistic combination of an inhibitor of Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase, and an antiherpes substance. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/767019 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/263.370 |
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| US 07728007 | Horwitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome P. Horwitz (Farmington Hills, Michigan); Thomas H. Corbett (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan); Eduardo Palomino (Royal Oak, Michigan); Lisa Polin (Oak Park, Michigan); Stuart T. Hazeldine (Taylor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds of the formula: wherein X, Y, and Z are as defined in the specification. The compounds are effective anti-tumor agents. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the above formula or a salt thereof, intermediates useful for preparing a compound of the above formula, and therapeutic methods comprising administering a compound of the above formula or a salt thereof to a mammal in need thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/260296 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/312 |
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| US 07728038 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Liu (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ping Men (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods of treatment using an iron chelator, an antioxidant, estrogen, and/or combinations thereof, optionally, linked to a nanoparticle, to treat a subject in need thereof. The compositions and methods may be used to restore or protect the normal functions of osteoblast and osteoclast by depleting iron and inhibiting oxidative damage. The compositions and methods may also be used to increase the bone formation rate in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/197959 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/566 |
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| US 07728106 | Wang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lai-Xi Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a synthetic glycopeptide, by addition of a synthetic oligosaccharide oxazoline to a GlcNAc-containing peptide precursor in the presence of an enzyme selected from among Endo-A and Endo-M. In a specific implementation, the method is utilized to synthesize a trivalent V3-domain glycopeptide including three V3-domain glycopeptides on a scaffold, wherein the three V3-domain glycopeptides are arranged to mimic the V3 domain presentation in trimeric gp120. Such trivalent V3-domain glycopeptides can be utilized in a vaccine for the treatment or prevention of HIV-1 infection. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/479701 |
| 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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| US 07728115 | Arepally et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC. UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gowthami M. Arepally (Durham, North Carolina); Walter Kisiel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Keiko Kamei (Kumamoto, Japan); Shintaro Kamei (Kumamoto, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions, kits and methods comprising a monoclonal antibody which shares key functional properties with the polyclonal antibodies which participate in the pathogenesis of heparin induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis (HIT/HITT) in a mammal. The monoclonal antibody of the invention preferentially binds with a PF4/heparin complex relative to the binding of the antibody with PF4 or heparin alone. The monoclonal antibody of the invention also binds specifically with PF4 in a complex with other glycosaminoglycans besides heparin, and also activates platelets. The monoclonal antibody of the invention is useful in methods for diagnosing and treating HIT/HITT in a mammal. A humanized version of the monoclonal antibody of the invention is also included, along with a process for humanizing the monoclonal antibody of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/195095 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.700 |
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| US 07728123 | Vickery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. L. Vickery (Birminham, Alabama); Angelo DePaola (Coden, Alabama); George M. Blackstone (Theodore, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an internal control nucleic acid molecule including at least one forward primer binding site, at least one reverse primer binding site, and at least one amplifiable region, wherein the forward primer binding site, the reverse primer binding site, and the amplifiable region are all randomly generated. The invention also provides a kit that includes at least one internal control nucleic acid molecule of the invention, at least one forward primer, configured to be complementary to the forward primer binding site of the internal control nucleic acid molecule, and at least one reverse primer, configured to be complementary to the reverse primer binding site of the internal control nucleic acid molecule. The invention also provides methods of using the internal control nucleic acid molecules and kits of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/280474 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.320 |
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| US 07728153 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Smith (La Jolla, California); Fumiko Axelrod (La Jolla, California); Steven J. Kridel (La Jolla, California); Daniel Romo (College Station, Texas); Vikram Purohit (College Station, Texas); Gil Ma (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features methods of treating a cancer in a subject by administering an effective amount of a beta-lactone to the subject. The invention also features methods of inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject by administering an effective amount of an inhibitor of fatty acid synthase to the subject. These methods can be used to treat a variety of cancers and other diseases and conditions. The invention also features methods of identifying beta-lactones and other compounds that can be used in the methods of the invention for the treatment of tumors, inhibition of angiogenesis, and the treatment of diseases and conditions that involve pathological angiogenesis. The invention also features methods of synthesizing beta-lactones and features novel beta-lactone compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/378961 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728157 | Kinney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohr Pharmaceutical Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Kinney (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Xuehai Zhang (East Norriton, Pennsylvania); Ronald Michalak (Congers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient method for the synthesis of aminosterol compounds such as squalamine and compound 1436 is described. A method of the invention provides for regioselective sulfonation of a fused ring system. The fused ring system base can be, for example, a steroid ring base. The aminosterol compounds are effective as, among others, antibiotics, antiangiogenic agents and NHE3 inhibitors. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/083961 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 552/521 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728189 | Croce |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Transgenic animals containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding TCL1 operably linked to transcriptional control sequences directing expression to B cells are described. Such transgenic animals provide a useful animal model system for human B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/080907 |
| 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 8/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728589 | Sasisekharan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Instituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche G. Ronzoni (Milan, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts); Ganesh Venkataraman (Bedford, Massachusetts); Rahul Raman (Arlington, Massachusetts); Benito Casu (Milan, Italy); Giangiacomo Torri (Milan, Italy); Marco Guerrini (Varese, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for analyzing polysaccharides. In particular, compositional and sequence information about the polysaccharides are derived. Some methods use NMR in conjunction with another experimental method, such as, capillary electrophoretic techniques for the analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/144995 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728986 | Lasker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York); The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Lasker (New York, New York); Andreas H. Hielscher (Brooklyn, New York); James Masciotti (Yonkers, New York); Christoph H. Schmitz (Brooklyn, New York); Matthew Schoenecker (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for digital detection of an analog tomographic signal are described. The methods include receiving an amplitude-modulated analog signal containing tomographic information, the analog signal having a modulation frequency, fλi; and converting the analog signal into a digital signal at a sampling frequency, fs, to produce a number of samples, K. The digital signal is multiplied by an in-phase reference signal to obtain an in-phase signal component, the in-phase reference signal having the frequency, fλi; and the digital signal is multiplied by a quadrature reference signal to obtain a quadrature signal component, the quadrature reference signal having the frequency, fλi. The in-phase signal component and the quadrature signal component are passed through the K-point averaging filter. A signal amplitude is computed based on the filtered in-phase signal component and the filtered quadrature signal component, the signal amplitude being representative of the tomographic information. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/257825 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/497 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729739 | Acar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Burak Acar (Istanbul, Turkey); Ender Konukoglu (Istanbul, Turkey); Christopher F. Beaulieu (Los Altos, California); Sandy A. Napel (Menlo Park, California); David S. Paik (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting and identifying structures of interest such as colonic polyps or similar structures like lung nodules in volumetric (medical) images data is provided. The method includes obtaining a heat diffusion field (HDF) by applying a heat diffusion scheme to a volume of interest that includes structures. The obtained heat diffusion field is then used for identifying a structure of interest from the structures in the volume of interest using a geometrical analysis of the heat diffusion field. The heat diffusion scheme is, at least partly, governed by non-linear diffusion parameters. The identification includes two parts: (i) the computation of a spherical symmetry parameter, and (ii) the performance of a local analysis of the volume of interest and computation of a triangulization parameter. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/000515 |
| 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 |
| US 07729749 | Roessler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake J. Roessler (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael D. Morris (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Karen A. Dehring (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for evaluating a connective tissue condition of a patient (e.g., a disease, a risk of developing a disease, a risk of developing a fracture, etc.). For example, an indicator associated with the connective tissue condition may be generated. First, tissue at a first location of the body of the patient is irradiated using a light source. The tissue may be irradiated in vivo through the skin or via an incision, for example. Alternatively, a biopsy of the tissue may be irradiated. Then, spectral content information for light scattered, reflected, or transmitted by the irradiated tissue is determined. The spectral content information may be used, at least in part, to generate an indicator associated with a condition of connective tissue at a second location of the body of the patient, the second location remote from the first location. The indicator may, for example, assist a physician in diagnosing or ruling out the connective tissue condition. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/217755 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729750 | Tromberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce J. Tromberg (Irvine, California); Anthony J. Durkin (Costa Mesa, California); David Cuccia (Newport Beach, California); Frederic Bevilacqua (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | An improvement in a method for quantitative modulated imaging to perform depth sectioned reflectance or transmission imaging in a turbid medium, such as human or animal tissue is directed to the steps of encoding periodic pattern of illumination preferably with a fluorescent excitation wavelength when exposing a turbid medium to the periodic pattern to provide depth-resolved discrimination of structures within the turbid medium; and reconstructing a non-contact three dimensional image of the structure within a turbid medium. As a result, wide field imaging, separation of the average background optical properties from the heterogeneity components from a single image, separation of superficial features from deep features based on selection of spatial frequency of illumination, or qualitative and quantitative structure, function and composition information is extracted from spatially encoded data. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/336065 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729863 | Ostrander et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elaine Ostrander (Seattle, Washington); Leonid Kruglyak (Seattle, Washington); Heidi G Parker (Seattle, Washington); Lisa V Kim (Sammamish, Washington); Matthew Stephens (Seattle, Washington); Tiffany B Malek (Seattle, Washington); Nathan B Sutter (Seattle, Washington); Scott Carlson (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention provides methods for determining the contributions of canid populations to a canid genome. The methods comprise the steps of: (a) obtaining the identity of one or both alleles in a test canid genome for each of a set of markers; and (b) determining the contributions of canid populations to the test canid genome by comparing the alleles in the test canid genome to a database comprising canid population profiles, wherein each canid population profile comprises genotype information for the set of markers in the canid populations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/536369 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Anthony Heinrichs (Brielle, New Jersey); Donald Edmund Fabula (Hazlet, New Jersey); Eric Robert Boyd (Ramsey, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Shipping and storage systems convertible between containers and racks are provided. Collapsible shipping and storage systems are provided, which include pallets with novel locking mechanisms. An embodiment includes a first pallet having an interface fitting and a locking component, a second pallet having a second interface fitting and a second locking component, and structural support members positionable between the pallets for supporting one of the pallets in spaced relation over the other pallet. The structural support members may include frame members and walls interchangeable with one another. The frame members may be combined with the pallets to establish a rack system having an open storage area. The walls also may be combined with the pallets to establish a storage container having a compartment. |
| FILED | Monday, March 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/387084 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports: Racks 211/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07726497 | Updegrove et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darryl Updegrove (Panama City, Florida); Garrett W. Leavitt (Panama City Beach, Florida); James Ellington Sovel (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A slewing crane is assembled and installed at the end of a shipping and stowage container having block-shaped corner fittings. Left and right rotatable mounts engage top corner fittings on the container, and a cross piece section engages the rotatable mounts. A boom section has upper and lower hinges rotatably mounting it on the cross piece section via the hinges' axially aligned pins to extend outwardly from the cross piece section. A hoist on the boom section lifts and moves loads, and first and second displacement mechanisms connected to the boom section linearly displace the hoist and angularly displace the hoist and boom section in a slewing motion around the axis of the axially aligned pins. An element connected between the cross piece section and a corner fitting is tensioned by a turnbuckle to securely engage both rotatable mounts and hold the slewing crane on the container. |
| FILED | Monday, March 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/380881 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Traversing hoists 212/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07726748 | Zumberge |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jon T. Zumberge (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimating a force exerted by a first body onto a second body including the steps of providing a motor having at least one detectable motor signal, wherein the motor is adapted to advance the first body into engagement with the second body, determining a first value for the motor signal prior to the first body engaging the second body, determining a second value for the motor signal after the first body engages the second body, and generating a force value based upon a comparison of the second value to the first value. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/235392 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems 33/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07726875 | Yuhas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Industrial Measurement Systems, Inc. (Aurora, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Yuhas (Glen Ellyn, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for monitoring a condition of a material are disclosed. In particular, the example apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture emit a first acoustic signal into a wall of the tubular member having a first temperature value and obtain a first propagation time associated with the first acoustic signal. In addition, a second acoustic signal is emitted into the wall having a second temperature value and a second propagation time associated with the second ultrasonic acoustic signal is obtained. The second temperature value is determined based on the first temperature value and the first and second propagation times. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/251209 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727340 | Chung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee); Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gilyong Y. Chung (Tampa, Florida); Chin-Che Tin (Auburn, Alabama); John R. Williams (Opelika, Alabama); Kyle McDonald (Nashville, Tennessee); Massimiliano De Ventra (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert A. Weller (Brentwood, Tennessee); Socrates T. Pantelides (Franklin, Tennessee); Leonard C. Feldman (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device. A layer of silicon dioxide is formed on a silicon carbide substrate and nitrogen is incorporated at the silicon dioxide/silicon carbide interface. In one embodiment, nitrogen is incorporated by annealing the semiconductor device in nitric oxide or nitrous oxide. In another embodiment, nitrogen is incorporated by annealing the semiconductor device in ammonia. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/811396 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/33.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727347 | Newman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk E. Newman (Yorktown, Virginia); Virgil Riffe (Gloucester, Virginia); Steven L. Jones (Toano, Virginia); Mark D. Lowell (Gloucester, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A pressable explosive composition is provided. The composition includes at least 40 weight percent of substantially uncoated fuel particles, a nitramine mechanically blended with the substantially uncoated fuel particles, and a binder coating the nitramine. The binder constitutes about 1 to about 6 weight percent of the pressable explosive composition. Also provided are a pressed thermobaric explosive, weapons containing the pressed thermobaric explosive, and methods for making the composition and thermobaric explosive. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/340815 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727571 | Cholli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok L. Cholli (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Vijayendra Kumar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Javant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Virinder Singh Parmar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Lynne Ann Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Antioxidant polymers of the present invention comprise repeat units that include one or both of Structural Formulas (I) and (II): wherein: R is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, acyl or aryl group; Ring A is substituted with at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Ring B is substituted with at least one —H and at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Rings A and B are each optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of —OH, —NH, —SH, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group; n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; and p is an integer equal to or greater than 0. The invention also includes methods of using and preparing these polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/711211 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/541 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727630 | Kodas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Quint H. Powell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel J. Skamser (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Clive D. Chandler (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Nickel powder batches and methods for producing nickel powder batches. The powder batches include particles having a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The present invention is also directed to devices incorporating the nickel metal powders. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/134006 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727643 | Rachford |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederic J Rachford (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite having a stack of a repeating pattern of layers of: a layer of a nonconductive magnetic material, a first layer of a dielectric material; a layer of a semiconducting material; and a second layer of the dielectric material. The composite has a magnetic resonance frequency and a magnetic anti-resonance frequency and a plasma frequency at higher frequencies than the magnetic resonance frequency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/279460 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/693.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727771 | Chiou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pei Yu Chiou (Los Angeles, California); Ming C. Wu (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is related to methods and apparatus that manipulate droplets in a microfluidic environment. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention manipulate droplets by controlling the electro-wetting characteristics of a surface with light, thereby inducing a gradient in the surface tension of a droplet. The gradient in the surface tension propels the droplet by capillary force. A variety of operations, such as transporting, joining, cutting, and creating can be performed. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention obviate the need to create a relatively large and complex control electrode array. A plurality of photoconductive cells or a layer of a photoconductive material selectively couples an electrode carrying an electrical bias to otherwise floating conductive cells in response to a beam of light. The electrical bias applied to the conductive cell generates a localized electric field, which can change the contact angle of the droplet, thereby permitting the droplet to be propelled. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/209587 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727795 | Stan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Encore Solar Power, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Stan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Arthur Cornfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Vance Ley (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell, including providing first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a grading interlayer over the second subcell, the grading interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; and forming a third solar subcell over the grading interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mis-matched with respect to the second subcell, wherein at least one of the bases of a solar subcell has an exponentially doped profile. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/187454 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/82 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727804 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Stephen Smith (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for assembling microstructures onto a substrate through fluid transport. The microstructures being shaped blocks self-align into recessed regions located on a substrate such that the microstructure becomes integral with the substrate. The improved method includes a step of transferring the shaped blocks into a fluid to create a slurry. Such slurry is then dispensed evenly or circulated over the top surface of a substrate having recessed regions thereon. The microstructure via the shape and fluid tumbles onto the surface of the substrate, self-aligns, and engages into a recessed region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/810937 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727808 | Kapusta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher James Kapusta (Delanson, New York); Joseph Alfred Iannotti (Glenville, New York); Kevin Matthew Durocher (Waterford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming an ultra thin die electronic package includes disposing a first polymer film on a first substrate, applying a first adhesive layer to the first polymer film, disposing at least one die on the first adhesive layer, disposing a second polymer film on at least one additional substrate, applying a second adhesive layer to the second polymer film on at least one additional substrate, applying a second adhesive layer to the second polymer film, and attaching the first substrate and the at least one additional substrate via the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer such that the at least one die is interspersed between. The method also includes forming multiple vias on a top and/or bottom side of the first and the additional substrate(s), wherein the multiple vias are directly connected to the die, and forming an electrical interconnection between the first substrate, the at least one additional substrate and a die pad of the at least one die. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/138553 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727874 | Hanser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kyma Technologies, Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew David Hanser (Raleigh, North Carolina); Edward Alfred Preble (Raleigh, North Carolina); Lianghong Liu (Raleigh, North Carolina); Terry Lee Clites (Raleigh, North Carolina); Keith Richard Evans (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-polar or semi-polar (Al, Ga, In)N substrates are fabricated by re-growth of (Al, Ga, In)N crystal on (Al, Ga, In)N seed crystals, wherein the size of the seed crystal expands or is increased in the lateral and vertical directions, resulting in larger sizes of non-polar and semi-polar substrates useful for optoelectronic and microelectronic devices. One or more non-polar or semi-polar substrates may be sliced from the re-grown crystal. The lateral growth rate may be greater than the vertical growth rate. The seed crystal may be a non-polar seed crystal. The seed crystal may have crystalline edges of equivalent crystallographic orientation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/283533 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/604 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727904 | Das et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mrinal K. Das (Durham, North Carolina); Brett Hull (Raleigh, North Carolina); Sumi Krishnaswami (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming an oxide layer on silicon carbide include thermally growing an oxide layer on a layer of silicon carbide, and annealing the oxide layer in an environment containing NO at a temperature greater than 1175° C. The oxide layer may be annealed in NO in a silicon carbide tube that may be coated with silicon carbide. To form the oxide layer, a preliminary oxide layer may be thermally grown on a silicon carbide layer in dry O2, and the preliminary oxide layer may be re-oxidized in wet O2. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/486752 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728265 | Deeds et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Deeds (Port Tobacco, Maryland); David Herman (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS type flow actuated out-of-plane flap apparatus includes a substrate defining a plane; a duct attached to the substrate, the duct and the substrate defining a fluid flow channel; and a rotatable flap having a flow receiving portion and an extension portion. The flow receiving portion being disposed in the fluid flow channel where, in an actuated position of the flap, a fluid flow against the flow receiving portion causes rotation of the flap and movement of the extension portion out of the plane of the substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/729088 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728356 | Suh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Soo Suh (Santa Barbara, California); Umesh K. Mishra (Montecito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An enhancement mode High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) comprising a p-type nitride layer between the gate and a channel of the HEMT, for reducing an electron population under the gate. The HEMT may also comprise an Aluminum Nitride (AlN) layer between an AlGaN layer and buffer layer of the HEMT to reduce an on resistance of a channel. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131704 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728576 | Jones et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith W. Jones (Monument, Colorado); Christophe Pierre (Dexter, Michigan); Steven L. Ceccio (Scio Township, Michigan); John Judge (Severna Park, Maryland); Steve Fuchs (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The traveling wave excitation system phase shifter chassis method and device of the invention is compact, inexpensive, and versatile when compared to customary methods for generating traveling wave excitation signals that would require using an equivalent number of commercial function generators. The method and device of the invention produces up to 56 simultaneous sine waves that are phase shifted with respect to one another. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/751491 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/76.770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728764 | Lok et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuchoi F. Lok (Framingham, Massachusetts); Kaichiang Chang (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | According to a particular embodiment, a method for evaluating different antenna designs includes receiving different sets of antenna patterns representative of the different antenna designs from a corresponding number of data sources. The different sets of antenna patterns are applied to a characterizer component for generating a sidelobe banking (SLB) characteristic map for each set of antenna patterns received. A SLB effectiveness chart is generated from the SLB characteristic map. A best antenna weighting set is selected based on which auxiliary antenna pattern exhibits the best performance. The best of antenna weighting factors are used for designating the antenna design having superior SLB performance characteristics. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/975478 |
| 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 342/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728772 | Mortazawi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir Mortazawi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lora S. Schulwitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a front-end device for a phased array system. The front-end device includes an array of horn antennas, a first set of transmission lines coupled to the horn antenna array for a first polarization, a second set of transmission lines coupled to the horn antenna array for a second polarization orthogonal to the first polarization, and a plurality of L-shaped excitation elements. Each L-shaped excitation element of the plurality of L-shaped excitation elements couples a transmission line from each of the first and second sets of transmission lines to a respective horn antenna of the horn antenna array. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/449925 |
| 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 342/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728784 | Mohamadi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tialinx, Inc. (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Mohamadi (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, an integrated phase shifter includes: a plurality of stages, wherein each stage comprises: a transistor amplifier configured to amplify a voltage signal received at an input node into an amplified voltage signal at an output node according to a gain, wherein the transistor amplifier is configured such that the gain is proportional to a bias signal; an integrated inductor loading the output node, wherein the gain of the transistor amplifier is also proportional to an inductance of the integrated inductor; and a varactor diode loading the output node, wherein the varactor diode has a variable capacitance responsive to a control voltage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/535928 |
| 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 343/853 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas George (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for recovering degraded images captured through atmospheric turbulence, or other atmospheric inhomogeneities, such as snow, rain, smoke, fog, or underwater fluctuations, is provided having an imager for capturing through such turbulence both a degraded image of a scene having at least one object, and an image of a point source associated with the object. The imager converts the degraded image into first image data signals representing the degraded image, and converts the image of the point source into second image data signals representing a point spread function. A computer of the system receives the first and second image data signals and produces third image data signals representing a recovered image of the object of the degraded image in accordance with the first and second image data signals. In another embodiment, the imager captures a degraded image through atmospheric turbulence of a scene having a known reference object and an unknown object, and converts the degraded image into first image data signals. After receiving the first image data signals, the computer identifies in the first image data signals such image data signals representing the reference object. The computer produces image data signals representing a recovered image of the degraded image in accordance with the first image data signals, the image data signals representing the reference in the first image data signals, and image data signals representing an undegraded image of the reference. The computer may output the image data signals representing a recovered image to an output device to display or print the recovered image. |
| FILED | Monday, August 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/501207 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Facsimile and static presentation processing 358/1.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729302 | Sandbote |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sam B. Sandbote (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a technique to select an input port. A database stores records of input ports for a plurality of communication channels. Each of the records includes a timestamp and a ready status. The timestamp indicates a most recent service time. A selector selects one of the input ports based on the timestamp and the ready status. A listener updates the records. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/859150 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/319 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729574 | Moriarty |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel T Moriarty (Hollis, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a device and method to create a light beam having substantially uniform far-field intensity. Light from a laser source is directed to at least one multimode optical fiber configured produce an intensity profile approximated by a Bessel function. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/328916 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729616 | Etemad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey); University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahab Etemad (Warren, New Jersey); Paul Toliver (Tinton Falls, New Jersey); Janet Lehr Jackel (Holmdel, New Jersey); Ronald Charles Menendez (Chatham, New Jersey); Stefano Galli (Morristown, New Jersey); Thomas Clyde Banwell (Madison, New Jersey); Peter Delfyett (Geneva, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and system for transmitting and receiving optical code division multiple access data over an optical network. The apparatus comprises a spectral phase decoder for decoding the encoded optical signal to produce a decoded signal, a time gate for temporally extracting a user signal from the decoded signal, and a demodulator that is operable to extract user data from the user signal. The system preferably comprises a source for generating a sequence of optical pulses, each optical pulse comprising a plurality of spectral lines uniformly spaced in frequency so as to define a frequency bin, a data modulator associated with a subscriber and operable to modulate the sequence of pulses using subscriber data to produce a modulated data signals and a Hadamard encoder associated with the data modulator and operable to spectrally encode the modulated data signal to produce an encoded data signal. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/062090 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729893 | Jeong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheoljoo Jeong (Cupertino, California); Steven M. Nowick (Leonia, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, media, and means for forming asynchronous logic networks are provided. In some embodiments, methods for forming an asynchronous logic network are provided. The methods include: receiving a logic network including vertices and signals, wherein the vertices include vertices with multiple output signals; determining a set of signals of the signals included in the logic network to be covered; selecting at least one vertex in the logic network to cover each signal in the set of signals; replacing the at least one selected vertex with a robust vertex; and replacing at least one non-selected vertex with a relaxed vertex. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301359 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730364 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shu-Ping Chang (Shrub Oak, New York); Xiaohui Gu (Chappaqua, New York); Spyridon Papadimitriou (White Plains, New York); Philip Shi-lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for using continuous failure predictions for proactive failure management in distributed cluster systems includes a sampling subsystem configured to continuously monitor and collect operation states of different system components. An analysis subsystem is configured to build classification models to perform on-line failure predictions. A failure prevention subsystem is configured to take preventive actions on failing components based on failure warnings generated by the analysis subsystem. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/696795 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730457 | Fink et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Fink (Yorktown Heights, New York); David P. Grove (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for associating a phase with an activation of a computer program that supports garbage collection include: a plurality of stacks, each stack including at least one stack frame that includes an activation count; and a processor with logic for performing steps of: zeroing the activation count whenever the program creates a new stack frame and after garbage collection is performed; determining whether an interval has transpired during program execution; examining each stack frame's content and incrementing the activation count for each frame of the stacks once the interval has transpired; detecting the phase whose activation count is non-zero and associating the phase with the activation; and ensuring that when the phase ends, an action is immediately performed. Detecting phases in a running computer program, creates an activation count associated with each stack frame. The activation count is zeroed whenever a new frame is created in a stack and incremented for each frame encountered during periodic intervals. A phase is detected with an activation whose activation count is non-zero. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/104987 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730470 | Sharapov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilya A. Sharapov (Palo Alto, California); Andrew J. Over (Canberra, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for binary code instrumentation to reduce effective memory latency comprises a processor and memory coupled to the processor. The memory comprises program instructions executable by the processor to implement a code analyzer configured to analyze an instruction stream of compiled code executable at an execution engine to identify, for a given memory reference instruction in the stream that references data at a memory address calculated during an execution of the instruction stream, an earliest point in time during the execution at which sufficient data is available at the execution engine to calculate the memory address. The code analyzer generates an indication of whether the given memory reference instruction is suitable for a prefetch operation based on a difference in time between the earliest point in time and a time at which the given memory reference instruction is executed during the execution. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/362979 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuri Michael Shkel (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Ho Young Lee (Madison, Wisconsin); Yiyan Peng (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method directed to a solid-state capacitance sensor for measuring a strain force on a dielectric including at least one pair of electrostriction sensors each sensor having at least two electrodes and each having a central axis. The central axes are disposed in a common plane and are oriented substantially mutually perpendicularly to one another. Preferably, at least two pairs of sensors, forming a rosette, are provided to facilitate multi-component analysis of a sample having dielectric properties under stress/strain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/108380 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/780 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07726206 | Terrafranca, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California); Medisens Wireless, Inc. (Mission Viejo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Jr. (Laguna Niguel, California); Majid Sarrafzadeh (Anaheim Hills, California); Eric Collins (Mission Viejo, California); Foad Dabiri (Los Angeles, California); Hyduke Noshadi (Northridge, California); Tammara Massey (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a system that continuously monitors pressure and force on the foot, analyzes and visualizes the pressure and force exerted on said foot in real-time. The invention measures pressure and force applied to a plurality of sensors placed in various points of an orthotic, shoe, shoe lining, insert, sock or sock type device. If the sensors detect pressure or force, the sensors send a signal to a microcomputer processor located in the shoe that subsequently analyzes and sends the data wireless to either a handheld electronic device, a personal computer, an electronic data capture system or a software program. The handheld electronic device or the personal computer then displays the data to an operator of the device or computer instantaneously; while the data capture system or program forwards the information to a handheld device and/or personal computer. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/934017 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727300 | Hirt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Hirt (Seneca, South Carolina); Scott M. Husson (Greenville, South Carolina); Keisha B. Walters (Starkville, Mississippi); Chun Zhang (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are polymeric constructs that can advantageously be utilized in a wide variety of fluid contact devices. The constructs include two or more polymeric materials, at least one of which includes reactive functionality so as to preferentially interact with an analyte of interest. The polymeric constructs include the reactive materials in discrete areas of the devices, so as to provide the reactive functionality in a patterned array across a fluid contacting surface of the device. The reactive functionality can be provided in a macro-, a micro-, or a nano-patterned array, depending upon the specific parameters of the formation process. The devices can be utilized in separation protocols as well as other applications involving controlled fluid flow across a reactive surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/585664 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/524 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727539 | Laurencin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cato T. Laurencin (Earlysville, Virginia); Archel M. A. Ambrosio (San Diego, California); Janmeet S. Sahota (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioresorbable composite of a non-crystalline calcium phosphate ceramic synthesized within an encapsulating microspheres of bioresorbable polymeric material for use in bone repair and replacement is provided. Also provides are methods for producing these composites as well as porous, 3-dimensional scaffold produced by sintering together microspheres of this bioresorbable composite. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/469617 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727559 | McGinnis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. McGinnis (Edmond, Oklahoma); Junping Chen (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Lily Wong (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Steve Sezate (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Sudipta Seal (Oviedo, Florida); Swanand Patil (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions useful for neuronal protection in retinal cells in vitro and the protection of mammalian cells from reactive oxygen species in vivo are provided. Ultrafine nano-size cerium oxide particles, less than 10 nanometers in diameter, have been provided to decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS) in retina tissue that generates large amounts of ROS. These reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in light-induced retina degeneration and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Cerium oxide nanoparticles have been used to promote the lifespan of retinal neurons and protect the neurons from apoptosis induced by hydrogen peroxide in vitro and in vivo. The neuronal protection in retinal cells is achieved by decreasing generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Thus, cerium oxide particles are used to promote the longevity of retinal neurons in vitro and mammalian cells in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/412665 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/617 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727571 | Cholli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok L. Cholli (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Vijayendra Kumar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Javant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Virinder Singh Parmar (Lowell, Massachusetts); Lynne Ann Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ferdinando F. Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Antioxidant polymers of the present invention comprise repeat units that include one or both of Structural Formulas (I) and (II): wherein: R is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, acyl or aryl group; Ring A is substituted with at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Ring B is substituted with at least one —H and at least one tert-butyl group or substituted or unsubstituted n-alkoxycarbonyl group; Rings A and B are each optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of —OH, —NH, —SH, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group; n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; and p is an integer equal to or greater than 0. The invention also includes methods of using and preparing these polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/711211 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/541 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727738 | Burkart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Burkart (San Diego, California); Kristine Clarke (San Diego, California); Andrew L Mercer (La Jolla, California); James J. LaClair (San Diego, California); Jordan Meier (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods to generate analogs of coenzyme A in vitro and in vivo are disclosed. The methods comprise reacting pantetheine or a derivative thereof with a reporter to form labeled pantetheine or a derivative thereof, phosphorylating the labeled pantetheine or derivative thereof to form phosphopantetheine or a derivative thereof, adenylating the labeled phosphopantetheine or derivative thereof to form a labeled dephosphoCoenzyme A or derivative thereof, and phosphorylating the 3′-hydrozyl of the labeled dephosphoCoenzume A or derivative thereof to form a labeled coenzyme A analog or derivative thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/485247 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727969 | Farokhzad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omid C. Farokhzad (Boston, Massachusetts); Sang Yong Jon (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a conjugate that includes a nucleic acid ligand bound to a controlled release polymer system, a pharmaceutical composition that contains the conjugate, and methods of treatment using the conjugate. The controlled release polymer system includes an agent such as a therapeutic, diagnostic, prognostic, or prophylactic agent. The nucleic acid ligand that is bound to the controlled release polymer system, binds selectively to a target, such as a cell surface antigen, and thereby delivers the controlled release polymer system to the target. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/456978 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728218 | Snyder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of th University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Jeffrey Snyder (Altadena, California); Franck Gascoin (Buron Saint-Contest, France); Shawna Brown (Sacramento, California); Susan Kauzlarich (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed herein relates to thermoelectrically-active p-type Zintl phase materials as well as devices utilizing such compounds. Such thermoelectric materials and devices may be used to convert thermal energy into electrical energy, or use electrical energy to produce heat or refrigeration. Embodiments of the invention relate to p-type thermoelectric materials related to the compound Yb14MnSb11. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/470998 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728253 | Hopwood |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Hopwood (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method employing a microplasma to electrically charge nano- or micro-particles in a gas phase and, subsequently, trap the charged particles within the microplasma using the microplasma's built-in electric fields are disclosed. Confinement of the particles allows their density to be increased over time such that very low concentrations of particles can be detected, e.g., by methods such as laser scattering and/or detection of the plasma-induced charge on the particles. Preferably, charge detection methods are employed when nano-particles are to be trapped and detected. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/478348 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.460 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728701 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liwei Lin (Castro Valley, California); Firas Sammoura (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An actively tunable waveguide-based iris filter having a first part including a first portion of a deformable iris filter cavity having an inlet and an outlet; a second part operatively coupled with the first part and including a second portion of the deformable iris filter cavity having a deformable membrane operatively coupled with the first portion of a deformable iris filter cavity; the first portion and the second portion together forming the deformable iris filter cavity of the tunable waveguide-based iris filter; and means for moving the deformable membrane, whereby movement of the deformable membrane changes the geometry of the deformable iris filter cavity for causing a change in the frequency of a signal being filtered by the filter. The tunable filter is fabricated using a MEMS-based process including a plastic micro embossing process and a gold electroplating process. Prototype filters were fabricated and measured with bandwidth of 4.05 GHz centered at 94.79 GHz with a minimum insertion loss of 2.37 dB and return loss better than 15 dB. A total of 2.59 GHz center frequency shift was achieved when membranes deflected from −50 μm to +150 μm. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/452114 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728760 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wen-Chau Lee (Boulder, Colorado); Jong-Dao Jou (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a representation of a kinematic structure of an atmospheric vortex is provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of signals from a Doppler radar. The signals are reflected at a plurality of pulse volumes. The method also comprises measuring a plurality of Doppler velocities based on the received signals. A plurality of scaled Doppler velocities are calculated representing the plurality of measured Doppler velocities, the radial distance between the Doppler radar and the pulse volume where the Doppler velocity is measured, and the distance between the radar and a first estimated atmospheric vortex center. The method also comprises generating a representation of the kinematic structure of the atmospheric vortex using the plurality of scaled Doppler wind velocity values. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507902 |
| 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 342/26.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728765 | Gray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grant Gray (Marble Canyon, Arizona); John Hubbert (Fort Collins, Colorado); Gregory Meymaris (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for clutter filtering staggered pulse repetition time data signals is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving a plurality of staggered pulse repetition time data signals. The data signals may comprise one or more desired signals and one or more clutter signals. The method further comprises separating the staggered pulse repetition time data signals into a first separated data sequence and a second separated data sequence. The first and second separated data sequences comprise equally spaced data samples. The method also comprises the step of filtering the one or more clutter signals from the first and second separated data sequences. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/436945 |
| 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 342/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729403 | Rocca et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge J. Rocca (Fort Collins, Colorado); Henry C. Kapteyn (Boulder, Colorado); Margaret M. Mumane (Boulder, Colorado); David Gaudiosi (Orlando, Florida); Michael E. Grisham (Fort Collins, Colorado); Tenio V. Popmintchev (Boulder, Colorado); Brendan A. Reagan (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A pre-ionized medium created by a capillary discharge results in more efficient use of laser energy in high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from ions. It extends the cutoff photon energy, and reduces the distortion of the laser pulse as it propagates down the waveguide. The observed enhancements result from a combination of reduced ionization energy loss and reduced ionization-induced defocusing of the driving laser as well as waveguiding of the driving laser pulse. The discharge plasma also provides a means to spectrally tune the harmonics by tailoring the initial level of ionization of the medium. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/804888 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729526 | George et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashvin K. George (Champaign, Illinois); Yoram Bresler (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Pixel images f are created from projections (q1 . . . qp) by backprojecting (100) selected projections to produce intermediate images (I1, m), and performing digital image coordinate transformations (102) and/or resampling (FIG. 31, 186, 192, 196) on selected intermediate images. The digital image coordinate transformations (102) are chosen to account for view angles of the constituent projections of the intermediate images and for their Fourier characteristics, so that the intermediate images may be accurately represented by sparse samples. The resulting intermediate images are aggregated into subsets (104), and this process is repeated in a recursive manner until sufficient projections and intermediate images have been processed and aggregated to form the pixel image f. Digital image coordinate transformation can include rotation (FIG. 18, 102), shearing ( |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/570020 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729542 | Wobbrock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacob O. Wobbrock (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Brad A. Myers (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A new unistroke text entry method for handheld or wearable devices is designed to provide high accuracy and stability of motion. The user makes characters by traversing the edges and diagonals of a geometric pattern, e.g. a square, imposed over the usual text input area. Gesture recognition is accomplished not through pattern recognition but through the sequence of corners that are hit. This means that the full stroke path is unimportant and the recognition is highly deterministic, enabling better accuracy than other gestural alphabets. This input technique works well using a template with a square hole placed over a touch-sensitive surface, such as on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and with a square boundary surrounding a joystick, which might be used on a cell-phone or game controller. Another feature of the input technique is that capital letters are made by ending the stroke in a particular corner, rather than through a mode change as in other gestural input techniques. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/811761 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729893 | Jeong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheoljoo Jeong (Cupertino, California); Steven M. Nowick (Leonia, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, media, and means for forming asynchronous logic networks are provided. In some embodiments, methods for forming an asynchronous logic network are provided. The methods include: receiving a logic network including vertices and signals, wherein the vertices include vertices with multiple output signals; determining a set of signals of the signals included in the logic network to be covered; selecting at least one vertex in the logic network to cover each signal in the set of signals; replacing the at least one selected vertex with a robust vertex; and replacing at least one non-selected vertex with a relaxed vertex. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/301359 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730037 | Jajodia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia); Huiping Guo (Monterey Park, California); Yingjiu Li (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a fragile watermarking scheme for detecting and localizing malicious alterations made to a database relation with categorical attributes without introducing distortions to cover data. A watermark for a tuple group may be inserted by selectively switching the position of tuples in tuple pairs using a tuple hash associated with each tuple in the tuple pair; and a corresponding bit in a watermark derived from the tuple group using a embedding key, a primary key and hash functions. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250460 |
| ART UNIT | 2158 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/687 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730263 | Burtscher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Burtscher (Ithaca, New York); Ilya Ganusov (Ivanovo, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | A prefetching technique referred to as future execution (FE) dynamically creates a prefetching thread for each active thread in a processor by simply sending a copy of all committed, register-writing instructions in a primary thread to an otherwise idle processor. On the way to the second processor, a value predictor replaces each predictable instruction with a load immediate instruction, where the immediate is the predicted result that the instruction is likely to produce during its nth next dynamic execution. Executing this modified instruction stream (i.e., the prefetching thread) in another processor allows computation of the future results of the instructions that are not directly predictable. This causes the issuance of prefetches into the shared memory hierarchy, thereby reducing the primary thread's memory access time and speeding up the primary thread's execution. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/335829 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730347 | Yang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing K. Yang (Saunderstown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A storage architecture is disclosed for maintaining data in the event of data storage failure. The storage architecture includes a plurality of disks in a redundant disk array, a time-recovery disk, and an encoder system. Each of the plurality of disks in the redundant disk array includes a parity output bit that provides an indication of the parity of the data in each respective disk. The time-recovery disk is in communication with at least one of the redundant disk arrays. The encoder system is coupled to the parity output bit of the at least one of the disks and is coupled to the time-recovery disk for providing encoding data regarding whether a block of data in the at least one disk has been changed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/749901 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald P. Manginell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick R. Lewis (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to chemical analysis (e.g. by gas chromatography), and in particular to a compact chemical preconcentrator formed on a substrate with a heatable sorptive membrane that can be used to accumulate and concentrate one or more chemical species of interest over time and then rapidly release the concentrated chemical species upon demand for chemical analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/699904 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/146 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727363 | Jacobson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen C. Jacobson (Bloomington, Indiana); J. Michael Ramsey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated device employing a bridging membrane and methods for electrokinetic transport of a liquid phase biological or chemical material using the same are described. The bridging membrane is deployed in or adjacent to a microchannel and permits either electric current flow or the transport of gas species, while inhibiting the bulk flow of material. The use of bridging membranes in accordance with this invention is applicable to electrokinetically inducing fluid flow to confine a selected material in a region of a microchannel that is not influenced by an electric field. Other structures for inducing fluid flow in accordance with this invention include nanochannel bridging membranes and alternating current fluid pumping devices. Applications of the bridging membranes according to this invention include the separation of species from a sample material, valving of fluids in a microchannel network, mixing of different materials in a microchannel, and the pumping of fluids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049543 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/229.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727504 | Kittrell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Yuhuang Wang (Houston, Texas); Myung Jong Kim (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Irene Morin Marek, legal representative (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to fibers of epitaxially grown single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and methods of making same. Such methods generally comprise the steps of: (a) providing a spun SWNT fiber; (b) cutting the fiber substantially perpendicular to the fiber axis to yield a cut fiber; (c) etching the cut fiber at its end with a plasma to yield an etched cut fiber; (d) depositing metal catalyst on the etched cut fiber end to form a continuous SWNT fiber precursor; and (e) introducing feedstock gases under SWNT growth conditions to grow the continuous SWNT fiber precursor into a continuous SWNT fiber. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/291449 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727754 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California); Jian Yao (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl5, and the corresponding BGL5 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL5, recombinant BGL5 proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/900519 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727755 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kastli D. Schaller (Ammon, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | An enzyme isolated from an extremophilic microbe, and a method for utilizing same is described, and wherein the enzyme displays optimum enzymatic activity at a temperature of greater than about 80° C., and a pH of less than about 2, and further may be useful in methodology including pretreatment of a biomass so as to facilitate the production of an end product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/266063 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727932 | Baker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick S. Baker (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing activated carbon fibers (ACFs) includes the steps of providing a natural carbonaceous precursor fiber material, blending the carbonaceous precursor material with a chemical activation agent to form chemical agent-impregnated precursor fibers, spinning the chemical agent-impregnated precursor material into fibers, and thermally treating the chemical agent-impregnated precursor fibers. The carbonaceous precursor material is both carbonized and activated to form ACFs in a single step. The method produces ACFs exclusive of a step to isolate an intermediate carbon fiber. |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/311184 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/425 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727934 | Foltyn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Foltyn (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Paul N. Arendt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Haiyan Wang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Liliana Stan (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Articles are provided including a base substrate having a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material with a rock-salt-like structure layer thereon, and, a layer of epitaxial titanium nitride upon the layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure. Such articles can further include thin films of high temperature superconductive oxides such as YBCO upon the layer of epitaxial titanium nitride or upon a intermediate buffer layer upon the layer of epitaxial titanium nitride. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/021171 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728156 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianli Hu (Kennewick, Washington); Johnathan E. Holladay (Kennewick, Washington); Xinjie Zhang (Burlington, Massachusetts); Yong Wang (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a method of treating a solid acid catalyst. After exposing the catalyst to a mixture containing a sugar alcohol, the catalyst is washed with an organic solvent and is then exposed to a second reaction mixture. The invention includes a process for production of anhydrosugar alcohol. A solid acid catalyst is provided to convert sugar alcohol in a first sample to an anhydrosugar alcohol. The catalyst is then washed with an organic solvent and is subsequently utilized to expose a second sample. The invention includes a method for selective production of an anhydrosugar. A solid acid catalyst is provided within a reactor and anhydrosugar alcohol is formed by flowing a starting sugar alcohol into the reactor. The acid catalyst is then exposed to an organic solvent which allows a greater amount of additional anhydrosugar to be produced than would occur without exposing the acid catalyst to the organic solvent. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/342146 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/464 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728248 | Wild |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald L. Wild (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for producing a precision clockplate with rotational bearing surfaces (e.g. pivot pins). The methods comprise providing an electrically conductive blank, conventionally machining oversize features comprising bearing surfaces into the blank, optionally machining of a relief on non-bearing surfaces, providing wire accesses adjacent to bearing surfaces, threading the wire of an electrical discharge machine through the accesses and finishing the bearing surfaces by wire electrical discharge machining. The methods have been shown to produce bearing surfaces of comparable dimension and tolerances as those produced by micro-machining methods such as LIGA, at reduced cost and complexity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/764260 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/69.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728287 | Felton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James S. Felton (Danville, California); Kuang Jen J. Wu (Cupertino, California); Mark G. Knize (Tracy, California); Kristen S. Kulp (Livermore, California); Joe W. Gray (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of analyzing biological material by exposing the biological material to a recognition element, that is coupled to a mass tag element, directing an ion beam of a mass spectrometer to the biological material, interrogating at least one region of interest area from the biological material and producing data, and distributing the data in plots. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/713519 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728310 | Fitzsimmons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan M. Fitzsimmons (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert W. Atcher (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a generator apparatus for separating a daughter gallium-68 radioisotope substantially free of impurities from a parent gernanium-68 radioisotope, including a first resin-containing column containing parent gernanium-68 radioisotope and daughter gallium-68 radioisotope, a source of first eluent connected to said first resin-containing column for separating daughter gallium-68 radioisotope from the first resin-containing column, said first eluent including citrate whereby the separated gallium is in the form of gallium citrate, a mixing space connected to said first resin-containing column for admixing a source of hydrochloric acid with said separated gallium citrate whereby gallium citrate is converted to gallium tetrachloride, a second resin-containing column for retention of gallium-68 tetrachloride, and, a source of second eluent connected to said second resin-containing column for eluting the daughter gallium-68 radioisotope from said second resin-containing column. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/151865 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/432.PD0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729403 | Rocca et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge J. Rocca (Fort Collins, Colorado); Henry C. Kapteyn (Boulder, Colorado); Margaret M. Mumane (Boulder, Colorado); David Gaudiosi (Orlando, Florida); Michael E. Grisham (Fort Collins, Colorado); Tenio V. Popmintchev (Boulder, Colorado); Brendan A. Reagan (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A pre-ionized medium created by a capillary discharge results in more efficient use of laser energy in high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from ions. It extends the cutoff photon energy, and reduces the distortion of the laser pulse as it propagates down the waveguide. The observed enhancements result from a combination of reduced ionization energy loss and reduced ionization-induced defocusing of the driving laser as well as waveguiding of the driving laser pulse. The discharge plasma also provides a means to spectrally tune the harmonics by tailoring the initial level of ionization of the medium. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/804888 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729740 | Kraus, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Kraus, Jr. (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michelle A. Espy (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Andrei Matlachov (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Petr Volegov (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus measures electromagnetic signals from a weak signal source. A plurality of primary sensors is placed in functional proximity to the weak signal source with an electromagnetic field isolation surface arranged adjacent the primary sensors and between the weak signal source and sources of ambient noise. A plurality of reference sensors is placed adjacent the electromagnetic field isolation surface and arranged between the electromagnetic isolation surface and sources of ambient noise. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/096142 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/409 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07726115 | Murrow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt David Murrow (West Chester, Ohio); Rollin George Giffin (Cincinnati, Ohio); Oladapo Fakunle (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An axial flow positive displacement compressor has an inlet axially spaced apart and upstream from an outlet. Inner and outer bodies have offset inner and outer axes extend from the inlet to the outlet through first and second sections of a compressor assembly in serial downstream flow relationship. At least one of the bodies is rotatable about its axis. The inner and outer bodies have intermeshed inner and outer helical blades wound about the inner and outer axes respectively. The inner and outer helical blades extend radially outwardly and inwardly respectively. The helical blades have first and second twist slopes in the first and second sections respectively. The first twist slopes are less than the second twist slopes. An engine including the compressor has in downstream serial flow relationship from the compressor a combustor and a high pressure turbine drivingly connected to the compressor by a high pressure shaft. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/345760 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727152 | Qin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yixian Qin (Port Jefferson Station, New York); Clinton Rubin (Port Jefferson, New York); Wei Lin (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention comprises a system and method for determining at least one material property of a material sample (such as a bone sample) at at least one point. The system includes a transmitting ultrasonic transducer and a receiving ultrasonic transducer, both transducers being confocal transducers. The transducers are configured to receive the material sample therebetween such that the confocal point of the transducers are located at the at least one point in the material sample. A processor initiates an ultrasonic signal from the transmitting transducers that is transmitted trough the at least one point of the material sample when positioned between the transducers. The ultrasonic signal is received by the receiving transducing and the processor in turn receives a signal reflecting one or more measures of the received ultrasonic signal. The processor determines at least one ultrasonic parameter for the at least one point of the material sample based upon the transmitted and received ultrasonic signals. The processor further determines the at least one material property at the point of the sample based upon the at least one ultrasonic parameter. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/522452 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/449 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728218 | Snyder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of th University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Jeffrey Snyder (Altadena, California); Franck Gascoin (Buron Saint-Contest, France); Shawna Brown (Sacramento, California); Susan Kauzlarich (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed herein relates to thermoelectrically-active p-type Zintl phase materials as well as devices utilizing such compounds. Such thermoelectric materials and devices may be used to convert thermal energy into electrical energy, or use electrical energy to produce heat or refrigeration. Embodiments of the invention relate to p-type thermoelectric materials related to the compound Yb14MnSb11. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/470998 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729047 | Savchenkov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anatoliy A. Savchenkov (Glendale, California); Dmitry V. Strekalov (Arcadia, California); Lute Maleki (Pasadena, California); Andrey B. Matsko (Pasadena, California); Vladimir S. Iltchenko (Arcadia, California); Jan M. Martin (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of shifting and fixing an optical frequency of an optical resonator to a desired optical frequency, and an optical resonator made by such a method are provided. The method includes providing an optical resonator having a surface and a refractive index, and obtaining a coating composition having a predetermined concentration of a substance and having a refractive index that is substantially similar to the refractive index of the optical resonator. The coating composition inherently possesses a thickness when it is applied as a coating. The method further includes determining a coating ratio for the surface of the optical resonator and applying the coating composition onto a portion of the surface of the optical resonator based upon the determined coating ratio. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/855380 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/346 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729816 | Josselson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Josselson (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes an angular rate sensor disposed in a vehicle for providing angular rates of the vehicle, and an instrument disposed in the vehicle for providing line-of-sight control with respect to a line-of-sight reference. The instrument includes an integrator which is configured to integrate the angular rates of the vehicle to form non-compensated attitudes. Also included is a compensator coupled across the integrator, in a feed-forward loop, for receiving the angular rates of the vehicle and outputting compensated angular rates of the vehicle. A summer combines the non-compensated attitudes and the compensated angular rates of the to vehicle to form estimated vehicle attitudes for controlling the instrument with respect to the line-of-sight reference. The compensator is configured to provide error compensation to the instrument free-of any feedback loop that uses an error signal. The compensator may include a transfer function providing a fixed gain to the received angular rates of the vehicle. The compensator may, alternatively, include a is transfer function providing a variable gain as a function of frequency to operate on the received angular rates of the vehicle. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/337889 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — 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 71/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730307 | Viggiano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensis Corporation (East Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc J Viggiano (Manlius, New York); Edward M Valovage (Memphis, New York); Kenneth B Samuelson (Fayetteville, New York); Dana L Hall (Skaneateles, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A secure system for authenticating the identity of ADS-B systems, including: an authenticator, including a unique id generator and a transmitter transmitting the unique id to one or more ADS-B transmitters; one or more ADS-B transmitters, including a receiver receiving the unique id, one or more secure processing stages merging the unique id with the ADS-B transmitter's identification, data and secret key and generating a secure code identification and a transmitter transmitting a response containing the secure code and ADSB transmitter's data to the authenticator; the authenticator including means for independently determining each ADS-B transmitter's secret key, a receiver receiving each ADS-B transmitter's response, one or more secure processing stages merging the unique id, ADS-B transmitter's identification and data and generating a secure code, and comparison processing comparing the authenticator-generated secure code and the ADS-B transmitter-generated secure code and providing an authentication signal based on the comparison result. |
| FILED | Friday, April 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/401017 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730547 | Barrera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Satish Nagarajaiah (Sugar Land, Texas); Prasad Dharap (Houston, Texas); Li Zhiling (Houston, Texas); Jong Dae Kim (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward devices comprising carbon nanotubes that are capable of detecting displacement, impact, stress, and/or strain in materials, methods of making such devices, methods for sensing/detecting/monitoring displacement, impact, stress, and/or strain via carbon nanotubes, and various applications for such methods and devices. The devices and methods of the present invention all rely on mechanically-induced electronic perturbations within the carbon nanotubes to detect and quantify such stress/strain. Such detection and quantification can rely on techniques which include, but are not limited to, electrical conductivity/conductance and/or resistivity/resistance detection/measurements, thermal conductivity detection/measurements, electroluminescence detection/measurements, photoluminescence detection/measurements, and combinations thereof. All such techniques rely on an understanding of how such properties change in response to mechanical stress and/or strain. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/542697 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07729991 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Booz-Allen and Hamilton Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Rodriguez (Columbia, Maryland); Thomas K. Vander Vlis (Pasedena, Maryland); Peter J. Butziger (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are described for completing and submitting an electronic voter registration form and an electronic ballot over a network. In accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a blank registration form is transmitted, upon request at a first computer, via a transaction mediator, to the first computer. Registration information is transmitted from the first computer, via a transaction mediator, to a computer database that resides on a transaction repository server, all of which are networked together, to establish a registered voter. Upon request by a registered voter at a second computer, a blank electronic ballot is transmitted from the computer database that resides on the transaction repository server, via a transaction mediator, to the second computer. A voted electronic ballot is transmitted from the second computer, via the transaction mediator, to the computer database that resides on the transaction repository server. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/811823 |
| ART UNIT | 3621 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730364 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shu-Ping Chang (Shrub Oak, New York); Xiaohui Gu (Chappaqua, New York); Spyridon Papadimitriou (White Plains, New York); Philip Shi-lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for using continuous failure predictions for proactive failure management in distributed cluster systems includes a sampling subsystem configured to continuously monitor and collect operation states of different system components. An analysis subsystem is configured to build classification models to perform on-line failure predictions. A failure prevention subsystem is configured to take preventive actions on failing components based on failure warnings generated by the analysis subsystem. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/696795 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07730463 | Eichenberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre E. Eichenberger (Chappaqua, New York); Kai-Ting Amy Wang (North York, Canada); Peng Wu (Mount Kisco, New York); Peng Zhao (East York, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method, system and computer program product for automatically generating SIMD code. The method begins by analyzing data to be accessed by a targeted loop including at least one statement, where each statement has at least one memory reference, to determine if memory accesses are safe. If memory accesses are safe, the targeted loop is simdized. If not safe, it is determined if a scheme can be applied in which safety need not be guaranteed. If such a scheme can be applied, the targeted loop is simdized according to the scheme. If such a scheme cannot be applied, it is determined if padding is appropriate. If padding is appropriate, the data is padded and the targeted loop is simdized. If padding is not appropriate, non-simdized code is generated based on the targeted loop for handling boundary conditions, the targeted loop is simdized and combined with the non-simdized code. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/358372 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
General Services Administration (GSA)
| US 07726604 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Smith (Bruceton Mills, West Virginia); Roy S. Nutter, Jr. (Morgantown, West Virginia); Gregory J. Thompson (Morgantown, West Virginia); Zenovy S. Wowczuk (Morgantown, West Virginia); Gerald M. Angle, II (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A roll-on/roll-off, aircraft-borne sensor pod deployment system having an operator station and a sensor pallet system and method of using same. The operator station has a base platform, a shelter box mounted on the base platform for accommodating a human operator, and a computer installed inside the shelter box. The sensor pallet system has a base platform, a linear system mounted on the base platform, a rotational system mounted on the linear system, a mechanical arm attached to the rotational system, a sensor pod attached to the mechanical arm, and an electrical control system that provides power to the deployment system and controls movements of the sensor pallet system. In operation, the sensor pod can be retracted into a compact, stowing position, or extended out an opening in the aircraft for an unobstructed field of view. The deployment system optionally includes an apparatus and method for sealing the aircraft opening. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/098100 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/118.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07726605 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Smith (Bruceton Mills, West Virginia); Roy S. Nutter, Jr. (Morgantown, West Virginia); Gregory J. Thompson (Morgantown, West Virginia); Zenovy S. Wowczuk (Morgantown, West Virginia); Gerald M. Angle, II (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A roll-on/roll-off, aircraft-borne sensor pod deployment system having an operator station and a sensor pallet system and method of using same. The operator station has a base platform, a shelter box mounted on the base platform for accommodating a human operator, and a computer installed inside the shelter box. The sensor pallet system has a base platform, a linear system mounted on the base platform, a rotational system mounted on the linear system, a mechanical arm attached to the rotational system, a sensor pod attached to the mechanical arm, and an electrical control system that provides power to the deployment system and controls movements of the sensor pallet system. In operation, the sensor pod can be retracted into a compact, stowing position, or extended out an opening in the aircraft for an unobstructed field of view. The deployment system optionally includes an apparatus and method for sealing the aircraft opening. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870176 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/118.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07729799 | Brandt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Brandt (Gainesville, Virginia); Jay David Fadely (Palmetto, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for processing mailpiece information in a mail processing device using sorter application software. In one embodiment, a mail processing device uses the sorter application software to communicate with an identification code server. In this embodiment, different types of mail processing devices can use the common sorter application software to communicate with the same or different identification code servers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/208768 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729957 | Sadler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Sadler (Dunkirk, Maryland); Larry Goodman (Waldorf, Maryland); Robert Galaher (Annapolis, Maryland); Dana Nacke (Germantown, Maryland); William Gallagher (Gambrois, Maryland); Paul Bakshi (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Scott Lamoreux (Raleigh, North Carolina); Hughes Pierce (Falls Church, Virginia); Robert Dvonch (Manassas, Virginia); Dana Foster (Nobleville, Indiana); EvaMarie Lizzol (Ashburn, Virginia); Lynn Hunsicker (Lorton, Virginia); Jim Hess (Pembroke, Florida); John Sexton (Reston, Virginia); Himesh Patel (Centreville, Virginia); Robert Kooken (Boyds, Maryland); John Blalock (Fort Washington, Maryland); Diane Smith (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Albert J. Johnson (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for providing attribute verification (330) consistent with the invention includes obtaining the attributes (320) of the item prior to placing the item in a delivery system (350), verifying correctness of the attributes (320), and transmitting an indication of the correctness of the attributes to a delivery system operator over a communications system (340). |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/333841 |
| 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 75/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07727514 | Laszlo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation (Peoria, Illinois); United States of America Department of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Laszlo (Peoria, Illinois); David L. Compton (Peoria, Illinois); Louis J. DeFilippi (Palatine, Illinois); Steven Grall (Lemont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical composition comprising a linker agent and a compound comprising at least one UV-absorbing chromophore, wherein the linker agent is characterized by the general formula: wherein X1 and X2 are the same or different, and at least one of X1 or X2 is a functional group that bonds with the compound comprising at least one UV-absorbing chromophore, and b+f≧2, Y comprises an O, N, or S that is substituted or unsubstituted, each a, b, c, e and f is ≧0 and a+b+c+e+f≧2, d is 0 or 1, n1 and n2 represent the number of hydrogen atoms required to complete the undesignated valencies, and m ranges from 1 to about 100 and each individual m unit may be the same or different. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/425094 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07727140 | Selikowitz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart M. Selikowitz (Etna, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An incontinence device for attachment to the inferior ischio-pubic rami in the anterior perineal triangle of a user. The device may include a generally semi-flexible bi-parabolic membrane configured to deflect from an engaged position in which the device exerts pressure upon the user's urethra, or a similar anatomical part. The membrane may deflect to a disengaged position with a first force applied by the user, and be configured to deflect back to the engaged position from the disengaged position upon a further second force applied by the user. Additionally, the device may include bolster connected to the membrane. The bolster may exert pressure upon the user's urethra, or similar anatomical part, when the membrane is in the engaged position and relieve pressure when the membrane is in the disengaged position. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/156630 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07730547 | Barrera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Satish Nagarajaiah (Sugar Land, Texas); Prasad Dharap (Houston, Texas); Li Zhiling (Houston, Texas); Jong Dae Kim (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward devices comprising carbon nanotubes that are capable of detecting displacement, impact, stress, and/or strain in materials, methods of making such devices, methods for sensing/detecting/monitoring displacement, impact, stress, and/or strain via carbon nanotubes, and various applications for such methods and devices. The devices and methods of the present invention all rely on mechanically-induced electronic perturbations within the carbon nanotubes to detect and quantify such stress/strain. Such detection and quantification can rely on techniques which include, but are not limited to, electrical conductivity/conductance and/or resistivity/resistance detection/measurements, thermal conductivity detection/measurements, electroluminescence detection/measurements, photoluminescence detection/measurements, and combinations thereof. All such techniques rely on an understanding of how such properties change in response to mechanical stress and/or strain. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/542697 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07727995 | Wright |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George E. Wright (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Composition and methods are disclosed that include a synergistic combination of an inhibitor of Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase, and an antiherpes substance. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/767019 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/263.370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07726175 | Porter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for Northern Arizona University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy L. Porter (Flagstaff, Arizona); Michael P. Eastman (McAllen, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for sensing chemical and/or biological analytes includes a deflectable arm of a microcantilever at least partially embedded within a sensing element. A gaseous or liquid medium which may include the analyte being detected is introduced to the sensing element. The sensing element undergoes volumetric expansion or contraction in the presence of the analyte sought to be detected, typically by adsorbing the analyte. The volumetric change of the sensing element causes the deflectable arm to deflect. The deflectable arm includes at least one measurable physical property which changes when the arm deflects. Detecting means are provided to measure the change in the physical property to determine the presence and amount of analyte present. An array of microcantilevers in which each microcantilever is dedicated to detecting a particular analyte which may be included in the medium, is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/137231 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07726243 | Richards et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Edina, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin W. Richards (Mantua, Utah); Kendall Dye (Ogden, Utah); Robert G. Jones (Ogden, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A parachute flare igniter assembly includes a novel safety for arresting the motion of a slider when subjected to external forces, but allows slider motion when subjected to intended cable actuation forces. The igniter safety includes a housing, a slider, a cable and a sleeve. The slider, connected to the cable, is slidably received within the housing. The cable moves the slider by applying a cable force conventionally obtained by actuation of a parachute associated with the flare and connected to an end of the cable opposite an end connected to the slider. The sleeve is connected to the cable and is disposed between the housing and the slider, so that the sleeve will arrest the slider with respect to the housing when the cable force is not present. A flare and a method of providing a safety in an igniter assembly is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/559867 |
| 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 12/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07727512 | Lanza et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis, Missouri); The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Lanza (St. Louis, Missouri); Samuel A. Wickline (St. Louis, Missouri); Phillip S. Athey (Lake Jackson, Texas); Gyongyi Gulyas (Lake Jackson, Texas); Garry E. Kiefer (Lake Jackson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds useful for associating with nanoparticle or microparticle emulsions to obtain magnetic resonance images permit control of the relaxivity of the signal and readily associate with the particulate components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/869685 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.361 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728291 | Bello |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EIC Laboratories, Inc. (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Job M. Bello (Swansea, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Viscous oil residues are located based on fluorescence polarization. Methods and apparatus in accordance with the invention may be integrated with autonomous and remotely operated undersea vehicles to map the location of oil spills. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/321433 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728295 | Miles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Miles (Princeton, New Jersey); Arthur Dogariu (Hamilton, New Jersey); Alexander Goltsov (Troitsk, Russian Federation); Mikhail N. Shneider (Princeton, New Jersey); Zhili Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for remotely monitoring properties of gases and plasmas, and surface and sub-surface properties of materials, is disclosed. A laser beam is focused at a desired region within a gas, plasma, or material (e.g., solid or liquid) to be analyzed, generating an ionized sample region or a localized, enhanced free carrier region. A beam of microwave radiation is directed toward the ionized sample region or the free carrier region, and the microwave radiation is scattered. The scattered microwave radiation is received by a microwave receiver, and is processed by a microwave detection system to determine properties of the gas, plasma, or material, including surface and sub-surface properties. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/020452 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07728833 | Verma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivek Verma (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Rakesh Kumar (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Stephen Charles Hsu (Sunnyvale, California); Harpreet Sawhney (West Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for automatically generating a three-dimensional computer model from a “point cloud” of a scene produced by a laser radar (LIDAR) system. Given a point cloud of an indoor or outdoor scene, the method extracts certain structures from the imaged scene, i.e., ceiling, floor, furniture, rooftops, ground, and the like, and models these structures with planes and/or prismatic structures to achieve a three-dimensional computer model of the scene. The method may then add photographic and/or synthetic texturing to the model to achieve a realistic model. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/206665 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07729285 | Yoon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-June C. J. Yoon (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An “on-demand” approach for a routing protocol for a wireless network that achieves balanced energy consumption among all participating nodes in the network. Synchronization messages transmitted by nodes associated with an upstream node include local node information (LNI) that a node can use to repair or bypass a lost upstream node in a real or virtual (temporary) manner depending upon the local node's battery level. Only if a repair process fails will a global re-organization (Re-Org) be initiated. The LNI also allows for nodes having lower power availability (battery level) not to transmit the LNI so that unaffiliated node(s) can select an upstream node having more power availability thereby extending network life. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/085655 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, June 01, 2010.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
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