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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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| US 07761981 | Rosenthal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Rosenthal (Pacifica, California); Qibing Pei (Fremont, California); Neville A. Bonwit (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical energy; and includes a rolled electroactive polymer and at least two electrodes to provide the mechanical/electrical energy conversion. Prestrain is typically applied to the polymer. In one embodiment, a rolled electroactive polymer device employs a mechanism, such as a spring, that provides a force to prestrain the polymer. Since prestrain improves mechanical/electrical energy conversion for many electroactive polymers, the mechanism thus improves performance of the rolled electroactive polymer device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695976 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/825 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762076 | Shi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jason Lawrence (East Hartford, Connecticut); David J. Bombara (New Hartford, Connecticut); David C. Jarmon (Kensington, Connecticut); Michael T. Weber (Windsor Locks, Connecticut); Richard S. Tuthill (Bolton, Connecticut); Jeffrey D. Melman (Simsbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor assembly includes a metal section having an axial slot that receives a ceramic section. A clamp is received about the axial slot to secure the metal section and ceramic section together. Tabs on the metal section, a gasket between the metal section and the ceramic section, and springs within the clamp deform an amount that is greater than a thermal expansion difference between the metal section and the ceramic section to maintain a clamping force of the clamp. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/254876 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/753 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762122 | Advani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh G. Advani (Newark, Delaware); Fuping Zhou (Clinton, New Jersey); Justin Beech Alms (Newark, Delaware); Charlotte C. Corlay (Issy les Moulineaux, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting leakage from a preform used in a VARTM process includes providing a mold and bagging film suitable for use in the VARTM process; heating air; distributing hot air along an interface between an the bagging film and a surface of the mold; determining a temperature distribution along the interface; and using the temperature distribution to locate one or more leaks in the bagging film. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/742243 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/49.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762190 | Laib 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) | Gerald Laib (Olney, Maryland); Daniel Jean (Odenton, Maryland); David Olson (Chesapeake Beach, Maryland); Michael Beggans (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS mechanical initiator having a striker arm extending from a striker body. The tip of the striker arm is adjacent to, but does not touch, the side of a microdetonator. A cocking and release mechanism moves the striker body such that the striker arm pulls away from the side of the microdetonator against the action of a set of springs connected to the striker body. Thereafter the cocking and release mechanism releases the striker body such that the tip of the striker arm swipes the side of the microdetonator causing initiation thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894630 |
| 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 12/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762191 | Rastegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omnitek Partners, LLC (Bayshore, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Carlos M. Pereira (Tannersville, Pennsylvania); Richard Dratler (Montville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for differentiating a non-firing event of a munition from a firing event. The method including: providing the munition with a power supply having a piezoelectric material for generating power from a vibration induced by the munition; monitoring an output from the power supply; calculating an impact pulse from the output; and determining whether the munition is to be fired based on the calculation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/654090 |
| 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 12/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762192 | Rastegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omnitek Partners LLC (Bayshore, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Carlos M. Pereira (Tannersville, Pennsylvania); Richard Dratler (Montville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for validating a firing of a munition and duration of firing of the munition. The method including: providing the munition with a power supply having a piezoelectric material for generating power from a vibration induced by the munition; monitoring an output from the power supply; calculating an impact pulse from the output; and determining one or more of whether the munition has been fired and the duration of firing based on the calculation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/654101 |
| 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 12/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762195 | Friedlander, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerojet - General Corporation (Gainesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Friedlander, III (Centreville, Virginia); Robert E. Black, III (Centreville, Virginia); Julia Venarchick (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas generating propulsion system includes an igniter containing an igniter propellant and an auto igniter. A rocket motor is coupled to the igniter and has a housing containing a main propellant, a rocket motor throat and a nozzle. A release port extends through a portion of the rocket motor. This gas release port has a variable diameter through bore in fluid communication with the main propellant. In this way, the through bore has a variable area that forms an unobstructed open area with a cross-section effective to discharge gas generated by the main propellant such that a pressure increase within the housing remains below a safety value for the housing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/148027 |
| 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 12/380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762362 | Cutkosky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Cutkosky (Palo Alto, California); Sangbae Kim (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bio-inspired device is provided designed to scale smooth vertical surfaces using anisotropic frictional materials. The device draws its inspiration from geckos and other climbing lizards and employs similar compliance and force control strategies to climb (or hang onto) smooth vertical surfaces including glass, tile and plastic panels. Foremost among the design features embodied in the device are multiple levels of compliance, at length scales ranging from centimeters to micrometers, to allow the device to conform to surfaces and maintain large real areas of contact so that adhesive forces can support it. Structures within the feet ensure even stress distributions over each toe and facilitate engagement and disengagement of the adhesive materials. A force control strategy works in conjunction with the anisotropic adhesive materials to obtain sufficient levels of friction and adhesion for climbing with low attachment and detachment forces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/732867 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/8.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762374 | Turner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Turner (Chandler, Arizona); Yogendra Y. Sheoran (Scottsdale, Arizona); Bruce D. Bouldin (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust muffler is provided for a turbine engine with at least first and second exhaust outlets. The exhaust muffler includes a first arm configured to be coupled to the first exhaust outlet of the turbine engine. The first arm includes an outer surface, and an inner surface that defines a first exhaust cavity. The first arm further includes a plurality of perforations extending between the inner and outer surfaces. The exhaust muffler further includes a second arm coupled to the first arm and configured to be coupled to the second exhaust outlet of the turbine engine. The second arm includes an outer surface, and an inner surface that defines a second exhaust cavity. The second arm also includes a plurality of perforations extending between the inner and outer surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/603424 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Acoustics 181/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762501 | Agnihotri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Hurst, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok Agnihotri (Southlake, Texas); Helmuth Koelzer (Hurst, Texas); John Schillings (Fort Worth, Texas); Robert Fortenbaugh (Pantego, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for optimizing rotor flapping utilizes the collective stick position and true airspeed to determine a commanded longitudinal stick position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/215317 |
| 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 244/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762785 | Leahy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin P. Leahy (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Richard Joseph Simkulak (Meriden, Connecticut); Wonsub Kim (Orange, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A main rotor blade assembly having a blade skin bonded to a main spar and a tip spar. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/953440 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763017 | Lin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles P. Lin (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of scanning a laser beam across a set of cells includes during a first interval, scanning a laser beam across a set of cells; and during a second interval, deflecting the laser beam away from the set of cells. The first interval is selected to cause microcavitation in at least a portion of the cells from the set of cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/428018 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763125 | Shiflet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Shiflet (Charlottesville, Virginia); S. Joseph Poon (Charlottesville, Virginia); Xiaofeng Gu (Wuxi, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel non-ferromagnetic amorphous steel alloys represented by the general formula: Fe—Mn-(Q)-B-M, wherein Q represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cr, Co, Mo, C and Si. Typically the atomic percentage of the Q constituent is 10 or less. An aspect is to utilize these amorphous steels as coatings, rather than strictly bulk structural applications. In this fashion any structural metal alloy can be coated by various technologies by these alloys for protection from the environment. The resultant structures can utilize surface and bulk properties of the amorphous alloy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/313595 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763155 | Malone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip G. Malone (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Charles A. Weiss, Jr. (Clinton, Mississippi); Orange S. Marshall (Champaign, Illinois); Michael K. McInerney (Champaign, Illinois); Vincent F. Hock, Jr. (Mahomet, Illinois); Charles P. Marsh (Urbana, Illinois); Sean W. Morefield (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An Electro-Osmotic Pulse (EOP) system is used to dewater structure, both natural and manmade. Preferably, the system employs durable, dimensionally stable anodes affixed to structure in a configuration designed to maximize electrical contact with the structure and minimize electrode gas generation. The anodes and cathodes are attached to a DC power supply that provides a voltage potential between them. DC power is cycled until the structure has been sufficiently treated. Select embodiments employ perforated metal pipes as cathodes for the purpose of transport and drainage of fluids. In select embodiments of the present invention, the cathodes are connected to variable resistors designed to reduce opportunity for corrosion of buried metal objects in the vicinity of the EOP system. Select embodiments employ a pre-specified pulse train of DC voltage pulses to migrate water from under a crawl space while moving available cations in the soil. Select embodiments also protect large structures such as concrete dams. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141509 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/515 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763343 | Thieme |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | American Superconductor Corporation (Devens, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cornelis Leo Hans Thieme (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconductor for mitigating the effects of local current disruptions in a superconducting filament. The superconductor comprises superconducting filaments covered by a medium in electrical communication with the filaments. The covering medium has anisotropic conductivity, the conductivity in a direction substantially aligned with the filaments being selected to stabilize the superconductor near the critical temperature, and the conductivity of the covering in a direction substantially perpendicular to the filaments being selected to permit controlled current sharing between the filaments, especially when a filament is compromised, while simultaneously limiting alternating current (ac) losses. In various embodiments, the covering comprises a wire mesh having longitudinal wires made of a first material having a first conductivity, and transverse wires made of a second material having a second conductivity, different from the first conductivity. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/394917 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/195.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763356 | Berczik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas M. Berczik (Manchester, Connecticut); David A. Litton (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Melvin Freling (West Hartford, Connecticut); Kevin W. Schlichting (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A coated article includes an article having at least one surface and composed of a molybdenum based refractory metal alloy base substrate, a niobium based refractory metal alloy base substrate or a silicon base substrate. A bond coat layer is disposed upon the surface. The bond coat layer includes a molybdenum disilicide base compound and at least one of the following: silicon nitride, silicon carbide or tantalum oxide. A process for coating the article includes the steps of applying upon the article's surface the aforementioned bond coat layer. A functionally graded material layer is applied upon the bond coat layer. The functionally graded material layer comprising molybdenum disilicide, mullite and at least one of the following: silicon nitride, silicon carbide or tantalum oxide. A thermal barrier coating layer is then applied upon the functionally graded material layer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/375553 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763588 | van Praag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California); Mars, Incorporated (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henriette van Praag (San Diego, California); Fred H. Gage (La Jolla, California); John Hammerstone (Easton, Pennsylvania); Mark Allen Kelm (East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for improving cognitive performance in a physically active subject. The invention further provides a method of enhancing neurogenesis in a physically active subject. In one embodiment, the method encompasses administering to the subject an effective amount of one or more flavonoids. In a further embodiment, the method encompasses administering to the subject an effective amount of one or more antioxidants. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/866049 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763665 | Stucky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galen D. Stucky (Goleta, California); Bradley F. Chmelka (Golem, California); Dongyuan Zhao (Shanghai, China PRC); Nick Melosh (Tucson, Arizona); Qisheng Huo (East Amherst, New York); Jianglin Feng (Charlottesville, Virginia); Peidong Yang (Santa Barbara, California); David Pine (Santa Barbara, California); David Margolese (Montecito, California); Wayne Lukens, Jr. (Summerland, California); Glenn H. Fredrickson (Santa Barbara, California); Patrick Schmidt-Winkel (Ruschlikon, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesoscopically ordered, hydrothermally stable metal oxide-block copolymer composite or mesoporous materials are described herein that are formed by using amphiphilic block polymers which act as structure directing agents for the metal oxide in a self-assembling system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/634744 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763687 | Ober et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher K. Ober (Ithaca, New York); Sitaraman Krishnan (Ithaca, New York); Qin Lin (Ithaca, New York); Edward Kramer (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides polymers, methods of preparing polymers, and compositions that include polymers, wherein said polymers include a plurality of two-carbon repeating units in a polymer chain, wherein one or more of the two-carbon repeating units of the polymer chain have tertiary amine or pyridine-containing substituents; and at least about 10% of the nitrogen atoms of the tertiary amine or pyridine-containing substituents are quaternized with alkyl groups or with an alkyl group that contains one or more ethylene glycol groups. The alkyl or ethoxylated alkyl groups can also be at least partially fluorinated. The polymers can be used to provide antimicrobial surfaces and antifouling coatings. |
| FILED | Monday, August 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/507361 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763880 | Williams |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Stanley Williams (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-terminal electrically actuated switch comprises a source electrode, a drain electrode, and an active region physically connected to both electrodes. The active region comprises at least one primary active region comprising at least one material that can be doped or undoped to change its electrical conductivity, and a secondary active region comprising at least one material for providing a source/sink of ionic species that act as dopants for the primary active region(s). A gate electrode is physically connected to the source/sink region. Methods of operating the switch are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/706119 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764005 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baomin Xu (San Jose, California); Meng H. Lean (Santa Clara, California); Scott Jong Ho Limb (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for transporting particles includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced electrically conductive electrodes carried by the substrate. Further included is a carrier medium adapted for the retention and migration of particles disposed therein, wherein the carrier medium is in operational contact with the electrodes, and a vibration generator is positioned in relation to the substrate to impart vibrations into the carrier medium. In an alternative embodiment, the vibration generator is configured to generate an acoustic traveling wave, which includes a vibration component and a motivation component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/501898 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/313.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764185 | Manz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul C. Manz (Matawan, New Jersey); Fernando J. Maymi (West Point, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, device, and computer program product is provided for the centralized or distributed warning of existing or developing significant events and/or threats to users of the device within their locale, while reporting the location of all users of the system to existing command and control systems. A pager-like user warning and positioning device, worn by or carried by the individual user, or mounted in a vehicle or vessel, having a geographical positioning means therein, periodically transmits the geographical location of the individual user, vehicle or vessel, and listens for warning/notification event messages transmitted by a network bridge or central station. When an event/threat warning is received by the device, the device alerts the user via indicia relative to the event/situation, including audible spoken warnings and instructions on how to react, and may retransmit the event/threat warning to other nodes in the network. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/489808 |
| ART UNIT | 2475 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764217 | Yannone |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Yannone (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Kalman gain is used to calculate range accuracy for a passive angle-of-arrival determining systems, most notably for short-baseline interferometry, in which Kalman gain after arriving at a minimum proceeds to within a predetermined fraction or percent of zero gain, at which time the range estimate accuracy is known. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/919192 |
| 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 342/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764220 | Samaniego |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Samaniego (Prosper, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a synthetic aperture radar includes an image former coupled to a pair of antennas that are oriented at differing elevational angles relative to one another. The antennas are configured in a land-based vehicle that moves horizontally relative to a target having one or more internal features. The image former receives signals from the antennas that are indicative of electro-magnetic radiation reflected from a target and generates images according to the signals. The image former then generates a final image by filtering the amplitude component of the imagery from a first antenna against the amplitude component of the imagery from a second antenna. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/428280 |
| 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 342/25.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764229 | Smoot et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brad Smoot (Scandia Park, New Mexico); Erik Erben (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for communication with an autonomous air vehicle are provided. The system comprises a steerable antenna array including a plurality of directional antenna elements each selectable to receive a video signal from the air vehicle. An antenna control unit is operatively coupled to the antenna elements and includes a magnetometer for determining an orientation for each of the antenna elements. A ground control station is in operative communication with the antenna array and comprises a ground data terminal in operative communication with the antenna control unit, and an operator control unit in operative communication with the data terminal and the antenna control unit. The operator control unit is configured to obtain positions of the air vehicle and the ground control station from the data terminal. The operator control unit is further configured to determine which of the antenna elements to select by utilizing the positions of the air vehicle and the ground control station, and the orientation of one of the antenna elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/132474 |
| 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 342/359 |
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| US 07764243 | Gierow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GATR Technologies (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Gierow (Madison, Alabama); William R. Clayton (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for positioning and controlling a spherical, inflatable antenna includes a driven rotating table disposed in the horizontal plane which supports and drives a horizontal arm member to which is hingedly connected first and second upright support members at either end. The upright support members include journal bearings attachable to the surface of an inflatable antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/893064 |
| 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 343/766 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764454 | Roshchin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor V. Roshchin (San Diego, California); Oleg Petracic (Oberhausen, Germany); Rafael Morales (Asturias, Spain); Zhi-Pan Li (La Jolla, California); Xavier Batlle (Barcelona, Spain); Ivan K. Schuller (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic materials and methods for using ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic coupling and exchange bias for binary and multistate magnetic memory device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/632335 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/59 |
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| US 07764635 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wai Chen (Parsippany, New Jersey); Latha Kant (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Christopher Sadler (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for improved self-healing in a mobile ad-hoc wireless network in which network communication functions are divided into a plurality of functional layers. The system utilizes cross-layer self-healing techniques. Network data from at least one of the functional layers is stored, for example in a storage unit of the network node. The stored network data is then used to modify the functioning of at least one of the other layers. In one embodiment, a management module manages the storage and use of the network data. In particular embodiments, the stored network data relates to successful transmission rates and/or clear channel rates, and this stored data is used to adjust the transmission power of the network node. In another embodiment, the stored data may be used to generate a table of interchangeable network nodes, which may then be used to reroute a data packet to a network node other than an originally specified destination node. In yet another embodiment, the stored data may be used to generate a list of recent neighbor nodes, which data may be used to reroute data packets to intermediate network nodes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/114846 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/310.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764720 | Bronder 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) | Timothy J. Bronder (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Iyad A. Dajani (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clint M. Zeringue (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas M. Shay (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to increase the output power of narrow-linewidth rare earth-doped fiber amplifiers by suppressing simulated Brillouin scattering. The fiber amplifier is seeded with two or more lasers having frequencies and input powers that are sufficiently different. The seed signal with the highest emission cross section (e.g., signal 2) initially experiences the greatest gain. If signal 2 is also given sufficiently greater input power than signal 1, it will be amplified to its maximum value before the seed signals have reached the midpoint of the gain fiber. Beyond that point, the signal having the lower emission and absorption cross sections (signal 1) and significantly lower input power will continue to experience gain by power transfer from both signal 2 and the pump light, attaining a power output well beyond what the maximum output would have been had the amplifier been illuminated with a single frequency beam. This technique effectively reduces the Stokes light of signal 1, whereby higher power narrow-linewidth optical fiber amplifiers may be realized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/198308 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764840 | Gendron 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) | Marlin L Gendron (Pass Christian, Mississippi); Geary J. Layne (Superior, Colorado); Maura C Lohrenz (Pearl River, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method, system, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for identifying a boundary of a cluster in a bitmap, the bitmap having at least one initially set bit, for applying an expansion shape to each of the initially set bits in the bitmap and identifying vertex bits on the boundary of the cluster formed by at least one expansion shape. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/420679 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765029 | Fleischer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason G. Fleischer (Del Mar, California); Botond Szatmary (Del Mar, California); Donald B. Hutson (San Diego, California); Douglas A. Moore (San Diego, California); James A. Snook (San Diego, California); Gerald M. Edelman (La Jolla, California); Jeffrey L. Krichmar (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A brain-based device (BBD) for moving in a real-world environment has sensors that provide data about the environment, actuators to move the BBD, and a hybrid controller which includes a neural controller having a simulated nervous system being a model of selected areas of the human brain and a non-neural controller based on a computational algorithmic network. The neural controller and non-neural controller interact with one another to control movement of the BBD. |
| FILED | Monday, September 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/530685 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765062 | Ariyur et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kartik B Ariyur (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Kingsley O. C. Fregene (Andover, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for autonomous tracking of a mobile target such as a ground vehicle by an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The method and system utilize an approach that tracks a mobile ground target by using a ground vehicle model with an ummanned aerial vehicle model, with velocity and acceleration constraints. These real-world constraints ensure that the method is applicable to a general class of unmanned aerial vehicles and ground targets. One or more sensors are employed on the unmanned aerial vehicle, with the sensors having at least one field-of-view sensing cone over the ground. A position and path of the mobile target are monitored through input from the sensors on the unmanned aerial vehicle. The method and system detect and estimate the position and path of the mobile target when the target is inside the field-of-view sensing cone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/380141 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — 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 71/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D620403 | Blankenship et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina Blankenship (Huntsville, Alabama); John Michael Bush (Huntsville, Alabama) |
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| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 29/344025 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Transportation D12/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew L. Mellor (Augusta, Georgia); David H. Munn (Augusta, Georgia); Jeffrey Roberts Lee (Martinez, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based on the discovery antigen-presenting cells (APCs) may be generated to have predetermined levels of expression of the intracellular enzyme, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Because expression of high levels of IDO is correlated with a reduced ability to stimulate T cell responses and an enhanced ability to induce immunologic tolerance, APCs having high levels of IDO may be used to increase tolerance in the immune system, as for example in transplant therapy or treatment of autoimmune disorders. Also disclosed are kits for assessing the relative risk of tumor progression in a subject. For example, disclosed are kits for assessing the relative risk of tumor progression in a subject and having reagents for detection of the enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) in a sample of tissue from a tumor or tumor draining lymph node from a subject, wherein the reagents are packaged in at least one individual container. The kits may include reagents for detection of cell surface or immunohistochemical markers associated with high IDO expression by APCs such as DO, CD123, CD11c or CCR6. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/474144 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/153.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763258 | Doms et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Doms (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Joseph Rucker (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Trevor L. Hoffman (Irvine, California); Paul Bates (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); James Hoxie (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Michael Endres (Painesville, Ohio); John Balliet (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Dennis Kolson (Secane, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Enveloped virus vectors are described which comprise a cellular virus receptor protein and which are capable of fusing with a cell which comprises a viral envelope protein to which the cellular virus receptor protein is cognate. Enveloped virus vectors comprising a plurality of cellular virus receptor proteins are also described. Methods for making the enveloped virus vectors are described, as are methods of using the enveloped virus vectors. The invention further relates to a lipoparticle comprising a membrane spanning protein, and the lipoparticle can be attached to a sensor surface. The invention relates to methods of producing and using the lipoparticle to, inter alia, assess protein binding interactions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/032311 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763268 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weiliam Chen (Mount Sinai, New York); Lihui Weng (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features dual network hydrogels that possess the structural, mechanical, and biological properties required of load bearing three-dimensional support structures. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/355577 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763283 | Batchelor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Accord Biomaterials, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melissa M. Batchelor (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bong Kyun Oh (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark E. Meyerhoff (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Biocompatible materials that have the ability to release nitric oxide (NO) in situ at the surface-blood interface when in contact with blood. The materials which may be polymers (e.g., polyurethane, poly(vinyl chloride), silicone rubbers), metals, such as stainless steel, carbon, and the like are provided with biocatalysts or biomimetic catalysts on their surface that have nitrite, nitrate, and/or nitrosothiol-reducing capability. Illustratively, the catalysts are adsorbed or immobilized at the surface of the material. The catalysts can act on endogenous nitrite, nitrate, or nitrosothiols within the blood creating a local increase in the NO levels at the surface of the material. An illustrative enzymatic biocatalyst is mammalian xanthine oxidase. In another illustrative embodiment, a biomimetic catalyst is a copper (Cu(II)-ligand complex, e.g. dibenzo[e,k]-2,3,8,9-tetraphenyl-1,4,7,10-tetraaza-cyclododeca-1,3,7,9-tetraene. In some cases, lipophilic salts of nitrite/nitrate (e.g., tridodecylmethylammonium nitrite (TDMA+ NO2−/NO3−)) or certain salts of nitrosothiols can be doped within a polymer material, or an underlying polymeric film, to create a reservoir of nitrite or nitrosothiol that continuously leaks into the immobilized catalytic layer. Adequate levels of endogenous reducing equivalents are present within blood to provide catalytically-generated surface levels of NO that are above the threshold reportedly required to prevent platelet adhesion or activation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523328 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/630 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763426 | Haake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Haake (Culver City, California); Bernard M. Churchill (Pacific Palisades, California); Joseph C. Liao (Los Altos, California); Marc A. Suchard (Los Angeles, California); Yang Li (Northridge, California); Mitra Mastali (Marina Del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are probes and methods for detecting pathogens and antibiotic resistance of a specimen. The method comprises contacting the specimen with a growth medium; and lysing the specimen to release nucleic acid molecules from the specimen. The lysate of the specimen is contacted with a capture probe immobilized on a substrate, wherein the capture probe comprises an oligonucleotide that specifically hybridizes with a first target nucleic acid sequence region of ribosomal RNA. The lysate is in contact with a detector probe that comprises a detectably labeled oligonucleotide that specifically hybridizes with a second target nucleic acid sequence region of ribosomal RNA. The presence or absence of labeled oligonucleotide complexed with the substrate is determined. Detection of labeled oligonucleotide complexed with the substrate is indicative of the presence of pathogen. Performing the method in the presence and absence of an antibiotic permits detection of antibiotic resistance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/743071 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763437 | Caron et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc G. Caron (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Martin Beaulieu (Durham, North Carolina); Raul R. Gainetdinov (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Tatiana D. Sotnikova (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sébastien Marion (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of screening a candidate compound for βArrestin mediated anti-G protein coupled receptor signaling activity is comprises: (a) contacting said candidate compound to a βArrestin signaling complex or a constituent thereof, under conditions in which a signaling complex is formed; and then (b) detecting the presence or absence of disruption of said signaling complex, disruption of said complex indicating said compound has βArrestin mediated anti-G protein coupled receptor signaling activity. Compositions and kits for carrying out the method are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482277 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763446 | Pomerantz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel L. Pomerantz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Phillip A. Sharp (Newton, Massachusetts); Carl O. Pabo (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric proteins containing composite DNA-binding regions are disclosed together with DNA constructs encoding them, compositions containing them and applications in which they are useful. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331943 |
| 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 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763451 | Shiloach 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) | Joseph Shiloach (Rockville, Maryland); Stephen H. Leppla (Bethesda, Maryland); Delia M. Ramirez (Bethesda, Maryland); Rachel Schneerson (Bethesda, Maryland); John B. Robbins (Chevy Chase, Maryland); S. Dana Hsu (Bethesda, Maryland); Mary Jo Rosovitz (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to improved methods of producing and recovering B. anthracis protective antigen (PA), especially modified PA which is protease resistant, and to methods of using of these PAs or nucleic acids encoding these PAs for eliciting an immunogenic response in humans, including responses which provide protection against, or reduce the severity of, B. anthracis bacterial infections and which are useful to prevent and/or treat illnesses caused by B. anthracis, such as inhalation anthrax, cutaneous anthrax and gastrointestinal anthrax. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/290712 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/243 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763453 | Clemmens et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micronics, Inc. (Redmond, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Clemmens (Redmond, Washington); C. Frederick Battrell (Redmond, Washington); John Gerdes (Columbine Valley, Colorado); Denise Maxine Hoekstra (Monroe, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of bellows pumps configured for efficient mixing at a microfluidic scale. By moving a fluid sample and particles in suspension through an aperture between the paired bellows pump mixing chambers, molecular collisions leading to binding between the particles and ligands in the sample are enhanced. Such devices provide an alternative for mixing that does not use a vent and can be used with a variety of particles in suspension such as magnetic beads to capture or purify useful cells and molecules. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/562611 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/286.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763462 | Kawamura et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); N.V. Organon (Oss, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kazuhiro Kawamura (Akita, Japan); Aaron J. W. Hsueh (Stanford, California); Sabine M. Mulders (Oss, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for enhancing the survival and promoting the maturation of mammalian oocytes, zygotes and preimplantation embryos. BDNF or BDNF agonists may be administered to an individual, or to cells in vitro, to enhance cellular maturation, embryo growth and fertilization. Accordingly, compositions comprising BDNF are herein presented for use in promoting in vivo oocyte maturation as well as for use as a component in culture media for promoting preimplantation maturation of zygotes and embryos, for instance, for use with in vitro fertilization procedures and for the production of stem cells. Additionally, compounds that interfere with the binding of BDNF to its receptor may be administered to an individual to prevent oocyte maturation, thereby acting as a contraceptive. The BNDF receptor, TrkB, and BDNF also find use in the screening and design of agonists and antagonists for use in the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/762606 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
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| US 07763466 | Keller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon M. Keller (New York, New York); Valerie Kouskoff (Manchester, United Kingdom); Atsushi Kubo (Nara, Japan); Hans Joerg Fehling (Ulm, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides cell populations that are enriched for mesendoderm and mesoderm, and cell populations that are enriched for endoderm. The cell populations of the invention are useful for generating cells for cell replacement therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/514759 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
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| US 07763471 | Pamula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of using protein crystallization droplet actuators are provided. Protein sample droplets and reagent droplets are dispensed, transported, and merged to yield an array of crystallization conditions by electrowetting droplet operations in a gap comprising oil filler fluid. The oil filler fluid is doped with a surfactant that enhances droplet operations using the protein sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/839762 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763472 | Doctor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan Doctor (St. Louis, Missouri); Benjamin M. Gaston (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of detecting an S-nitrosothiol in a sample which includes treating the sample with a transition metal such as copper (I) and cysteine in the presence of a substance capable of blocking interactions between iron-containing compounds and NO and detecting the generated NO. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/630010 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763580 | Noble et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy A. Noble (Salt Lake City, Utah); Wayne A. Border (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is methods and compositions for reducing and preventing the excess accumulation of extracellular matrix in a tissue and/or organ or at a wound site using a combination of agents that inhibit TGFβ, or using agents that inhibit TGFβ in combination with agents that degrade excess accumulated extracellular matrix, or at least one agent that degrades excess accumulated extracellular matrix. The compositions and methods of the invention are used to treat conditions such as fibrotic diseases and scarring that result from excess accumulation of extracellular matrix, impairing tissue or organ function or skin appearance in a subject. |
| FILED | Monday, September 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/952361 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763585 | Turkson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Turkson (Tampa, Florida); Richard Jove (Tampa, Florida); Jay W. Palmer (Sun City Center, Florida); Heidi Kay (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Hua Yu (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns methods for inhibition of STAT biological functions using platinum complexes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/701907 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07763586 | Kawakami 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) | Yutaka Kawakami (Kanagawa, Japan); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding a melanoma antigen recognized by T lymphocytes, designated MART-1. This invention further relates to bioassays using the nucleic acid sequence, protein or antibodies of this invention to diagnose, assess or prognoses a mammal afflicted with melanoma or metastata melanoma. This invention also provides immunogenic peptides derived from the MART-1 melanoma antigen and a second melanoma antigen designated gp100. This invention further provides immunogenic peptides derived from the MART-1 melanoma antigen or gp100 antigen which have been modified to enhance their immunogenicity. The proteins and peptides provided can serve as an immunogen or vaccine to prevent or treat melanoma. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/932826 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763592 | Kerr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. Kerr (Tampa, Florida); Caroline Desponts (Temple Terrace, Florida); Lia Elena Perez (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns a method for increasing megakaryocyte and megakaryocyte progenitor numbers in vitro or in vivo by suppressing SH2-containing inositol-5-phosphatase (SHIP) function in megakaryocytes or megakaryocyte progenitors expressing the SHIP gene. SHIP function can be suppressed by administering an interfering RNA, or other SHIP inhibitor, to the megakaryocytes or megakaryocyte progenitors in vitro or in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/451004 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07763603 | Tyeryar et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly R. Tyeryar (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Ashiwel S. Undie (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein methods of screening for potential antidepressant compounds effective to increase production of cellular CDP-diacylglycerol and synthesis of inositol phospholipid in depression-related areas of the brain. Also, provided are methods of diagnosing and treating depressive or mood disorders in a subject by administering these screened antidepressant compounds. Further provided is a method of determining the therapeutic efficacy of an antidepressant drug regimen by comparing the ratio of CDP-diacylglycerol/inositol phosphate after treatment to a basal ratio in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/891210 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/217 |
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| US 07763620 | Hamilton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew D. Hamilton (Guilford, Connecticut); Said Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Hairuo Peng (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to piperazinone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing those compounds and methods of treating tumors and cancer, among other disease states and conditions in mammalian patients, especially including humans. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/484560 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/255.20 |
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| US 07763626 | DeLeo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joyce A. DeLeo (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for inhibiting opioid tolerance and opioid withdrawal-induced hyperalgesia are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129790 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/263.320 |
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| US 07763714 | Chau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Chau (Hershey, Pennsylvania); Tatiana Gladysheva (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to covalent modification of proteins through their conjugation with other proteins. More particularly, the invention relates to the modulation of such conjugation involving the protein NEDD8. The invention provides compositions and methods for detecting and/or modulating the activation and/or conjugation of NEDD8, as well as compositions and methods for discovering molecules which are useful in detecting and/or modulating the activation and/or conjugation of NEDD8. The present invention arises from the purification and charactization of novel NEDD8 activating and conjugating enzymes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/638979 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763719 | Kashmiri 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) | Syed V S. Kashmiri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Eduardo A. Padlan (Kensington, Maryland); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed towards mouse-human chimeric variants of CC49 monoclonal antibodies with minimal murine content. A first aspect of the invention provides CDR variants of humanized monoclonal antibody (HuCC49) in which less than all six (three heavy chain and three light chain) Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) of CC49 are present. A second aspect of the invention provides SDR variants of humanized monoclonal antibody (HuCC49) in which only Specificity Determining Regions (SDRs) of at least one CDR from CC49 are present. The invention is also directed towards biotechnological methods of making the variants and therapeutic methods of using the variants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/776437 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.530 |
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| US 07763722 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lung-Ji Chang (Gainesville, Florida); Jin He (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Gene expression is inhibited in a cell by introducing into the cell a lentiviral vector encoding a siRNA specific for the gene. Lentiviral vectors encoding siRNA specific for a cancer-associated gene inhibited expression of the gene and caused cell death after being introduced into cancer cells. Viral replication in HIV-infected cells was inhibited after introducing a lentiviral vector encoding siRNA specific for HIV genes in into the cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/542461 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
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| US 07763735 | Myers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason D. Brubaker (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The recent development of a modular synthesis of tetracycline analogs through a chiral enone intermediate has allowed for the efficient synthesis of novel tetracycline analogs never prepared before. The present invention provides a more efficient route for preparing the enone intermediate. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870772 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763736 | Sharpless et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, California); Valery Fokin (Oceanside, California); Vsevold V. Rostovtsev (Wilmington, Delaware); Luke Green (Basel, Switzerland); Fahmi Himo (Solna, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A copper catalyzed click chemistry ligation process is employed to bind azides and terminal acetylenes to provide 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole triazoles. The process comprises contacting an organic azide and a terminal alkyne with a source of reactive Cu(I) ion for a time sufficient to form by cycloaddition a 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole. The source of reactive Cu(I) ion can be, for example, a Cu(I) salt or copper metal. The process is preferably carried out in a solvent, such as an aqueous alcohol. Optionally, the process can be performed in a solvent that comprises a ligand for Cu(I) and an amine. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152031 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763741 | Nakanishi 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) | Koji Nakanishi (New York, New York); Stanislav Jaracz (Trinec I, Czech Republic); Shahid Malik (Edmonlón, Canada); Hideki Ishii (New York, New York); Sergei V. Dzyuba (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides a method for separating a terpene trilactone from Ginkgo biloba plant material or from an extract of Ginkgo biloba comprising a mixture of terpene trilactones, the process comprising the steps of: a) subjecting the Ginkgo biloba plant material or the extract to column chromatography with an appropriate solvent system to produce at least a first fraction containing the terpene trilactone bilobalide, a second fraction eluted after the first fraction containing the terpene trilactones GA and GB, and a third fraction eluted after the second fraction containing at least a preponderance of the terpene trilactones GC and GJ; and b) alkylating the terpene trilactone GB of the second fraction so as to produce a first mixture including terpene trilactone GA and alkylated terpene trilactone GB; or alkylating the terpene trilactone GC of the third fraction so as produce a second mixture including terpene trilactone GJ and alkylated terpene trilactone GC, so as to thereby isolate a terpene trilactone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/579162 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763873 | Flynn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Thomas Flynn (Iowa City, Iowa); Thomas R. Mackie (Verona, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion radiation therapy machine provides a steerable beam for treating a tumor within the patient where the exposure spot of the beam is controlled in width and/or length to effect a flexible trade-off between treatment speed, accuracy, and uniformity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/439466 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/505.100 |
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| US 07764361 | Kelso et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Kelso (Wilmette, Illinois); Abhishek Mathur (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a system and method related to an epifluorescence microscope based optical system equipped with a tunable filter to localize microspheres in bead-based assays based on a back-scattered light (also known as reflected light) image. A common optical path for reflected and emitted luminescence in conjunction with a tunable filter negates the requirement of an additional sensor employed in existing technologies for localizing microspheres based on light scatter measurements. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/829631 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/73 |
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| US 07764433 | Kam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zvi Kam (Tel Aviv, Israel); David A. Agard (Burlingame, California); Peter Kner (San Mateo, California); John W. Sedat (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for correcting optical aberrations in optical devices, such as wide-field microscopes, optical tweezers and optical media devices, such as DVD drives. The system uses adaptive optics to correct optical aberrations, such as spherical and space-variant aberrations. Spherical aberrations can be corrected using one adaptive optical elements and space-variant aberrations can be corrected using numerous adaptive optical elements in tandem. The adaptive optical elements may be of several types, such as a liquid lenses, deformable membrane mirrors or various liquid crystal phase and amplitude modulators. Adaptive optics can also be used to simultaneously shift the focus of the optical device and correct optical aberrations. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/419070 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/637 |
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| US 07764814 | Fayad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahi A. Fayad (Larchmont, New York); Daniel D. Samber (New York, New York); Venkatesh Mani (Parsippany, New Jersey); John T. Fallon (Rowayton, Connecticut); Vitalii Itskovich (Brooklyn, New York); Chara Itskovich, legal representative (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A multicontrast-weighted acquisition of three images is performed with an MRI system. Each image is normalized and then mapped to a separate color channel. A composite color image is formed by combining all the color channels, and this image is displayed or analyzed to identify different tissue types therein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/562745 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765009 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In order to generate the smallest phosphenes possible, it is advantageous to selectively stimulate smaller cells. By hyperpolarizing the somas of the large cells selectively with sub-threshold anodic ‘pre-pulse’ stimuli (making them more difficult to stimulate) and then selectively depolarize the smaller cells one can selectively stimulate smaller cells. Alternatively, one can hyperpolarize the dendrites of the cells with larger dendritic fields by applying sub-threshold anodic currents on surrounding electrodes and then depolarizing the smaller cells in the center. Further, one can manipulate the phases of an individual biphasic wave to affect selective stimulation resulting in more focal responses. It is possible to increase resolution with the ‘pre-pulse’ described above. One can also effect resolution by modifying the pulse order of the cathodic and anodic phases. Further, one can isolate the effect of the phases by separating them in time (long inter-phase interval) or by making one of the phases long and low amplitude—always keeping equal total charge for the two phases. As an example, one can preferentially stimulate smaller ganglion cells by providing a longer sub-threshold anodic pulse balanced with a shorter supra-threshold cathodic pulse. Preferentially stimulating the smaller ganglion cells will allow stimulation of different brightness levels while maintaining high spatial resolution. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/924313 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | APS Technology, Inc. (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Turner (Durham, Connecticut); Carl A. Perry (Middletown, Connecticut); Mark E. Wassell (Kingwood, Texas); Jason R. Barbely (Middletown, Connecticut); Daniel E. Burgess (Middletown, Connecticut); Martin E. Cobern (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A preferred embodiment of a system for rotating and guiding a drill bit in an underground bore includes a drilling motor and a drive shaft coupled to drilling motor so that drill bit can be rotated by the drilling motor. The system further includes a guidance module having an actuating arm movable between an extended position wherein the actuating arm can contact a surface of the bore and thereby exert a force on the housing of the guidance module, and a retracted position. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/125747 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07762447 — Multiple pass and multiple layer friction stir welding and material enhancement processes
| US 07762447 | Feng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhili Feng (Knoxville, Tennessee); Stan A. David (Knoxville, Tennessee); David Alan Frederick (Harriman, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for friction stir welding, typically for comparatively thick plate materials using multiple passes and multiple layers of a friction stir welding tool. In some embodiments a first portion of a fabrication preform and a second portion of the fabrication preform are placed adjacent to each other to form a joint, and there may be a groove adjacent the joint. The joint is welded and then, where a groove exists, a filler may be disposed in the groove, and the seams between the filler and the first and second portions of the fabrication preform may be friction stir welded. In some embodiments two portions of a fabrication preform are abutted to form a joint, where the joint may, for example, be a lap joint, a bevel joint or a butt joint. In some embodiments a plurality of passes of a friction stir welding tool may be used, with some passes welding from one side of a fabrication preform and other passes welding from the other side of the fabrication preform. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/051972 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/112.100 |
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| US 07762521 | Brun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klaus Brun (Helotes, Texas); Ryan S. Gernentz (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for fine-tuning the motion of suction or discharge valves associated with cylinders of a reciprocating gas compressor, such as the large compressors used for natural gas transmission. The valve's primary driving force is conventional, but the valve also uses an electromagnetic coil to sense position of the plate (or other plugging element) and to provide an opposing force prior to impact. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/752700 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/64 |
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| US 07762720 | Zhu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yizheng Zhu (Durham, North Carolina); Anbo Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of coupling a silica fiber and a sapphire fiber includes providing a silica fiber having a doped core and a cladding layer, with the doped core having a prescribed diameter, providing a sapphire fiber having a diameter less than the doped core, placing an end of the sapphire fiber in close proximity to an end of the silica fiber, applying a heat source to the end of silica fiber and introducing the end of sapphire fiber into the heated doped core of the silica fiber to produce a coupling between the silica and sapphire fibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835835 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/131 |
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| US 07762768 | Shi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Shi (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Kevin E. Green (Broad Brook, Connecticut); Daniel A. Mosher (Glastonbury, Connecticut); John E. Holowczak (South Windsor, Connecticut); Gregory E. Reinhardt (South Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for mounting a ceramic turbine vane ring onto a turbine support casing comprises a first metal clamping ring and a second metal clamping ring. The first metal clamping ring is configured to engage with a first side of a tab member of the ceramic turbine vane ring. The second metal clamping ring is configured to engage with a second side of the tab member such that the tab member is disposed between the first and second metal clamping rings. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/598450 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/209.300 |
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| US 07762774 | Liang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Liang (Palm City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooling arrangement (11) for a highly tapered gas turbine blade (10). The cooling arrangement (11) includes a pair of parallel triple-pass serpentine cooling circuits (80,82) formed in an inner radial portion (50) of the blade, and a respective pair of single radial channel cooling circuits (84,86) formed in an outer radial portion (52) of the blade (10), with each single radial channel receiving the cooling fluid discharged from a respective one of the triple-pass serpentine cooling circuit. The cooling arrangement advantageously provides a higher degree of cooling to the most highly stressed radially inner portion of the blade, while providing a lower degree of cooling to the less highly stressed radially outer portion of the blade. The cooling arrangement can be implemented with known casting techniques, thereby facilitating its use on highly tapered, highly twisted Row 4 industrial gas turbine blades that could not be cooled with prior art cooling arrangements. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639961 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
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| US 07762940 | Henderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglass L. Henderson (Madison, Wisconsin); Liyong Lin (Madison, Wisconsin); Bruce R. Thomadsen (Madison, Wisconsin); Wendy C. Crone (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Radioactive sources for implanting in tissue to treat tumors and to provide a directional dose to allow improved dose placement, particularly at the interface between healthy and diseased tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/130967 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/8 |
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| US 07763009 | Weiss |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan D. Weiss (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A tri-functional cannula combines the functions of tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) solution delivery, illumination and venous pressure measurement. The cannula utilizes a tapered hollow-core optical fiber having an inlet for tPA solution, an attached fiber optic splitter configured to receive illumination light from an optical source such and a LED. A window in the cannula transmits the light to and from a central retinal vein. The return light is coupled to an optical detector to measure the pressure within the vein and determine whether an occlusion has been removed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/034142 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/507 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763095 | Buonassisi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Buonassisi (San Diego, California); Matthias Heuer (Berkeley, California); Andrei A. Istratov (Albany, California); Matthew D. Pickett (Berkeley, California); Mathew A. Marcus (Berkeley, California); Eicke R. Weber (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the internal gettering of impurities in semiconductors by metal alloy clusters. In particular, intermetallic clusters are formed within silicon, such clusters containing two or more transition metal species. Such clusters have melting temperatures below that of the host material and are shown to be particularly effective in gettering impurities within the silicon and collecting them into isolated, less harmful locations. Novel compositions for some of the metal alloy clusters are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/447223 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763186 | Burrell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); T. Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anoop Agrawal (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Substantially pure ionic liquids and ionic liquid precursors were prepared. The substantially pure ionic liquid precursors were used to prepare substantially pure ionic liquids. |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/644793 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763353 | Geohegan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Geohegan (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ilya N. Ivanov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alexander A. Puretzky (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are described for fabrication of high thermal conductivity arrays of carbon nanotubes and their composites. A composition includes a vertically aligned nanotube array including a plurality of nanotubes characterized by a property across substantially all of the vertically aligned nanotube array. A method includes depositing a vertically aligned nanotube array that includes a plurality of nanotubes; and controlling a deposition rate of the vertically aligned nanotubes array as a function of an in situ monitored property of the plurality of nanotubes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/150776 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763702 | Allcock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry R. Allcock (State College, Pennsylvania); Michael A. Hofmann (Brookhaven, Pennsylvania); Catherine M. Ambler (State College, Pennsylvania); Maher E. Andrew (Little Britian, Canada); Richard M. Wood (State College, Pennsylvania); Daniel T. Welna (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to sulfonimide bearing phenolic compounds and the use of those compounds to produce polyphosphazenes functionalized by one or more of those compounds alone, or in combination with cosubstituents. The invention also relates to blends of sulfonimide functionalized phosphazene polymers with other polymers, membranes formed of the functionalized polymers, and the use of those membranes in devices such as fuel cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/783880 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/399 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764454 | Roshchin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor V. Roshchin (San Diego, California); Oleg Petracic (Oberhausen, Germany); Rafael Morales (Asturias, Spain); Zhi-Pan Li (La Jolla, California); Xavier Batlle (Barcelona, Spain); Ivan K. Schuller (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic materials and methods for using ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic coupling and exchange bias for binary and multistate magnetic memory device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/632335 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765337 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Irvington, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Sameer Kumar (White Plains, New York); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota); Burkhard D. Steinmacher-Burow (Esslingen, Germany); Pavlos Vranas (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compute nodes, and computer program products are provided for direct memory access (‘DMA’) transfer completion notification. Embodiments include determining, by an origin DMA engine on an origin compute node, whether a data descriptor for an application message to be sent to a target compute node is currently in an injection first-in-first-out (‘FIFO’) buffer in dependence upon a sequence number previously associated with the data descriptor, the total number of descriptors currently in the injection FIFO buffer, and the current sequence number for the newest data descriptor stored in the injection FIFO buffer; and notifying a processor core on the origin DMA engine that the message has been sent if the data descriptor for the message is not currently in the injection FIFO buffer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/758167 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07762719 | Fon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung-Wah Fon (Pasadena, California); Michael L. Roukes (Pasadena, California); Wonhee Lee (Pasadena, California); Hongxing Tang (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microcalorimeters having low addendum heat capacities and attojoule/Kscale resolutions are provided. These microcalorimeters make use of very small calorimeter bodies composed of materials with very low heat capacities. Also provided are polymer-based microcalorimeters with thermally isolated reagent chambers. These microcalorimeters use a multi-layered polymer membrane structure to provide improved thermal isolation of a reagent chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/578675 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763446 | Pomerantz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel L. Pomerantz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Phillip A. Sharp (Newton, Massachusetts); Carl O. Pabo (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric proteins containing composite DNA-binding regions are disclosed together with DNA constructs encoding them, compositions containing them and applications in which they are useful. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331943 |
| 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 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763456 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Li (Shoreline, Washington); Hai Wang (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymeric chip having at least one three-dimensional porous scaffold, a microfluidic channel inlet to the porous scaffold, and a microfluidic channel outlet from the porous scaffold. In one embodiment, the polymeric chip has two three-dimensional porous scaffolds: one scaffold comprises liver cells and the other scaffold comprises cancer cells. The chip can be used as a multi-organ tissue model system. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/864698 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/288.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763665 | Stucky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galen D. Stucky (Goleta, California); Bradley F. Chmelka (Golem, California); Dongyuan Zhao (Shanghai, China PRC); Nick Melosh (Tucson, Arizona); Qisheng Huo (East Amherst, New York); Jianglin Feng (Charlottesville, Virginia); Peidong Yang (Santa Barbara, California); David Pine (Santa Barbara, California); David Margolese (Montecito, California); Wayne Lukens, Jr. (Summerland, California); Glenn H. Fredrickson (Santa Barbara, California); Patrick Schmidt-Winkel (Ruschlikon, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesoscopically ordered, hydrothermally stable metal oxide-block copolymer composite or mesoporous materials are described herein that are formed by using amphiphilic block polymers which act as structure directing agents for the metal oxide in a self-assembling system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/634744 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763735 | Myers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Myers (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason D. Brubaker (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary medicine has led to resistance among many organisms previously susceptible to tetracycline antibiotics. The recent development of a modular synthesis of tetracycline analogs through a chiral enone intermediate has allowed for the efficient synthesis of novel tetracycline analogs never prepared before. The present invention provides a more efficient route for preparing the enone intermediate. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870772 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763736 | Sharpless et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, California); Valery Fokin (Oceanside, California); Vsevold V. Rostovtsev (Wilmington, Delaware); Luke Green (Basel, Switzerland); Fahmi Himo (Solna, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A copper catalyzed click chemistry ligation process is employed to bind azides and terminal acetylenes to provide 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole triazoles. The process comprises contacting an organic azide and a terminal alkyne with a source of reactive Cu(I) ion for a time sufficient to form by cycloaddition a 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole. The source of reactive Cu(I) ion can be, for example, a Cu(I) salt or copper metal. The process is preferably carried out in a solvent, such as an aqueous alcohol. Optionally, the process can be performed in a solvent that comprises a ligand for Cu(I) and an amine. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152031 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763772 | Bressan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray A Bressan (West Lafayette, Indiana); Paul M Hasegawa (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nucleotide sequences and a corresponding amino acid sequence of auxin overproduction mutants. Also provided are methods to improve plant growth, development, differentiation, increased tolerance to drought and delayed senescence as well as plants with drought tolerance and delayed senescence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/985312 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763773 | Gallie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Des Moines, Iowa); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel R. Gallie (Riverside, California); Robert Meeley (Des Moines, Iowa); Todd Young (Palm Springs, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The enzymes of the ACC synthase family are used in producing ethylene. Nucleotide and polypeptide sequences of ACC synthases are provided along with knockout plant cells having inhibition in expression and/or activity in an ACC synthase and knockout plants displaying a staygreen phenotype, a male sterility phenotype, or an inhibition in ethylene production. Methods for modulating staygreen potential in plants, methods for modulating sterility in plants, and methods for inhibiting ethylene production in plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/698310 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763820 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectramet, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); R. Lynn Conley (Nashville, Tennessee); Richard E. Hill (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert H. Parrish (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A piece of material that includes low-Z elements is classified based on photonic emissions detected from the piece of material. Both XRF spectroscopy and OES techniques, for example, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and spark discharge spectroscopy, may be used to classify the piece of material. A stream of pieces of material are moved along a conveying system into a stimulation and detection area. Each piece of material, in turn, is stimulated with a first and second stimulus, of a same or different type, causing the piece of material to emit emissions, for example, photons, which may include at least one of x-ray photons (i.e., x-rays) and optical emissions. These emissions then are detected by one or more detectors of a same or different type. The piece of materials is then classified, for example, using a combination of hardware, software and/or firmware, based on the detected emissions, and then sorted. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/986830 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/576 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765013 | Blick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Blick (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Untethered micro or nanoscale probes may be dispersed within tissue to be individually addressed through external electromagnetic radiation to create local electrical currents used for direct stimulation, alteration of cellular potentials, or the release or modification of contained or attached chemical compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/757487 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765034 | Gardner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Matthew Gardner (Blacksburg, Virginia); Zhian Zhong (Louisville, Kentucky); Yilu Liu (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting and locating a disturbance event within a power grid includes a series of frequency disturbance recorders (FDRs) taking measurements in the power grid at dispersed points of the power grid, an information management system, configured to receive data from the series of FDRs and analyze the received data and a communications network interconnecting the series of FDRs and the information management system. The information management system is configured to examine orders and patterns of receipt of frequency changes at the FDRs in the data caused by the disturbance event and to triangulate a location of the disturbance event based on the orders and patterns of receipt of the frequency changes. Example methods of detection and location of disturbance events are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/363049 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765342 | Whalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Whalley (Tallahassee, Florida); Gary Tyson (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention may provide for architectural and compiler approaches to optimizing processors by packing instructions into instruction register files. The approaches may include providing at least one instruction register file, identifying a plurality of frequently-used instructions, and storing at least a portion of the identified frequently-used instructions in the instruction register file. The approaches may further include specifying a first identifier for identifying each of instructions stored within the instruction register file, and retrieving at least one packed instruction from an instruction cache, wherein each packed instruction includes at least one first identifier. The packed instructions may be tightly packed or loosely packed in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. Packed instructions may also be executed alongside traditional non-packed instructions. Further, the use of packed instructions and instruction register files may provide a level of indirection that enhances the security of the embodying software. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/470881 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765364 | Rajwar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi Rajwar (Madison, Wisconsin); James R. Goodman (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates avoiding locks by speculatively executing critical sections of code. During operation, the system allows a process to speculatively execute a critical section of code within a program without first acquiring a lock associated with the critical section. If the process subsequently completes the critical section without encountering an interfering data access from another process, the system commits changes made during the speculative execution, and resumes normal non-speculative execution of the program past the critical section. Otherwise, if an interfering data access from another process is encountered during execution of the critical section, the system discards changes made during the speculative execution, and attempts to re-execute the critical section. |
| FILED | Monday, October 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/539731 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07762118 | Buchanan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy K. Buchanan (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonic transducer apparatus and process for determining the optimal transducer position for flow measurement along a conduit outer surface. The apparatus includes a transmitting transducer for transmitting an ultrasonic signal, said transducer affixed to a conduit outer surface; a guide rail attached to a receiving transducer for guiding movement of a receiving transducer along the conduit outer surface, wherein the receiving transducer receives an ultrasonic signal from the transmitting transducer and sends a signal to a data acquisition system; and a motor for moving the receiving transducer along the guide rail, wherein the motor is controlled by a controller. The method includes affixing a transmitting transducer to an outer surface of a conduit; moving a receiving transducer on the conduit outer surface, wherein the receiving transducer is moved along a guide rail by a motor; transmitting an ultrasonic signal from the transmitting transducer that is received by the receiving transducer; communicating the signal received by the receiving transducer to a data acquisition and control system; and repeating the moving, transmitting, and communicating along a length of the conduit. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800424 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762155 | Vranish |
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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) | John M. Vranish (Crofton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A partial gear bearing including an upper half, comprising peak partial teeth, and a lower, or bottom, half, comprising valley partial teeth. The upper half also has an integrated roller section between each of the peak partial teeth with a radius equal to the gear pitch radius of the radially outwardly extending peak partial teeth. Conversely, the lower half has an integrated roller section between each of the valley half teeth with a radius also equal to the gear pitch radius of the peak partial teeth. The valley partial teeth extend radially inwardly from its roller section. The peak and valley partial teeth are exactly out of phase with each other, as are the roller sections of the upper and lower halves. Essentially, the end roller bearing of the typical gear bearing has been integrated into the normal gear tooth pattern. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/444808 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07762523 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Smith (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A valve includes a generally elongate pintle; a spacer having a rounded surface that bears against the pintle; a bulbous tip fixed to the spacer; and a hollow, generally cylindrical collar fixed to the pintle, the collar enclosing the spacer and the tip and including an opening through which a portion of the tip extends, the opening in the collar and interior of the collar being of a size such that the tip floats therein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/861038 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/129.190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763325 | Paxson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Paxson (Parma Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for thermal spraying a metal coating on a substrate is accomplished with a modified pulsejet and optionally an ejector to assist in preventing oxidation. Metal such as Aluminum or Magnesium may be used. A pulsejet is first initiated by applying fuel, air, and a spark. Metal is inserted continuously in a high volume of metal into a combustion chamber of the pulsejet. The combustion is thereafter controlled resonantly at high frequency and the metal is heated to a molten state. The metal is then transported from the combustion chamber into a tail pipe of said pulsejet and is expelled therefrom at high velocity and deposited on a target substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/864607 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/449 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763995 | Joshi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prakash B. Joshi (Andover, Massachusetts); Brian K. Decker (Andover, Massachusetts); John C. Magill (Andover, Massachusetts); Michael F. Hinds (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromechanical connection includes a first conductor disposed in a first non-conductive array and a second conductor disposed in a second non-conductive array capable of mating with the first non-conductive array. The second conductor is capable of mating with the first conductor when the first non-conductive array and the second non-conductive array are mated. A processor associated with the first non-conductive array determines if an electrical connection is formed between the first conductor and the second conductor. The processor can assign a function to the electrical connection. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/053263 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764384 | Zhao |
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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) | Feng Zhao (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A swept frequency laser ranging system having sub-micron accuracy that employs multiple common-path heterodyne interferometers, one coupled to a calibrated delay-line for use as an absolute reference for the ranging system. An exemplary embodiment uses two laser heterodyne interferometers to create two laser beams at two different frequencies to measure distance and motions of target(s). Heterodyne fringes generated from reflections off a reference fiducial XR and measurement (or target) fiducial XM are reflected back and are then detected by photodiodes. The measured phase changes ΔφR and Δφm resulting from the laser frequency swept gives target position. The reference delay-line is the only absolute reference needed in the metrology system and this provides an ultra-stable reference and simple/economical system. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/924766 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/486 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764385 | Dey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas William Dey (Springwater, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for aligning a segmented mirror includes a source of radiation directed along a first axis to the segmented mirror and a beamsplitter removably inserted along the first axis for redirecting radiation from the first axis to a second axis, substantially perpendicular to the first axis. An imaging array is positioned along the second axis for imaging the redirected radiation, and a knife-edge configured for cutting the redirected radiation is serially positioned to occlude and not occlude the redirected radiation, effectively providing a variable radiation pattern detected by the imaging array for aligning the segmented mirror. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894437 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07765171 — System and method of self-properties for an autonomous and automatic computer environment
| US 07765171 | Hinchey 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) | Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland); Roy Sterritt (Newtownabbey, Ireland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments self health/urgency data and environment health/urgency data may be transmitted externally from an autonomic element. Other embodiments may include transmitting the self health/urgency data and environment health/urgency data together on a regular basis similar to the lub-dub of a heartbeat. Yet other embodiments may include a method for managing a system based on the functioning state and operating status of the system, wherein the method may include processing received signals from the system indicative of the functioning state and the operating status to obtain an analysis of the condition of the system, generating one or more stay alive signals based on the functioning status and the operating state of the system, transmitting the stay-alive signal, transmitting self health/urgency data, and transmitting environment health/urgency data. Still other embodiments may include an autonomic element that includes a self monitor, a self adjuster, an environment monitor, and an autonomic manager. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/426853 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765427 | Stange et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent Stange (Phoenix, Arizona); Richard Hess (Glendale, Arizona); Gerald B Kelley (Glendale, Arizona); Randy Rogers (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A monitoring system and methods are provided for a distributed and recoverable digital control system. The monitoring system generally comprises two independent monitoring planes within the control system. The first monitoring plane is internal to the computing units in the control system, and the second monitoring plane is external to the computing units. The internal first monitoring plane includes two in-line monitors. The first internal monitor is a self-checking, lock-step-processing monitor with integrated rapid recovery capability. The second internal monitor includes one or more reasonableness monitors, which compare actual effector position with commanded effector position. The external second monitor plane includes two monitors. The first external monitor includes a pre-recovery computing monitor, and the second external monitor includes a post recovery computing monitor. Various methods for implementing the monitoring functions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/381637 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765430 | Lupia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Lupia (Oldsmar, Florida); Jeremy Ramos (Tampa, Florida); John R. Samson, Jr. (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic computing device including at least one processing unit that implements a specific fault signal upon experiencing an associated fault, a control unit that generates a specific recovery signal upon receiving the fault signal from the at least one processing unit, and at least one input memory unit. The recovery signal initiates specific recovery processes in the at least one processing unit. The input memory buffers input data signals input to the at least one processing unit that experienced the fault during the recovery period. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/459561 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07763428 | Harris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Delbert Linn Harris (Ames, Iowa); Matthew M. Erdman (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a polypeptide of a protective antigenic determinant (PAD polypeptide) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and nucleic acids encoding a PAD polypeptide. The PAD polypeptide and nucleic acids encoding a PAD polypeptide are useful in the development of antibodies directed to PAD, vaccines effective in providing protection against PRRSV infection, and diagnostic assays detecting the presence of PAD antibodies generated by a PAD-specific vaccine. The invention also discloses methods of generating antibodies to PAD, for vaccinating a pig to provide protection from PRRSV infections, a method of preparing the vaccine, a method of treating PRRSV infections in a pig, and a method of detecting antibodies to PAD of PRRSV. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/345259 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763432 | Roberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Michael Roberts (Columbia, Missouri); Jonathan Andrew Green (Columbia, Missouri); Sancai Xie (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) are structurally related to the pepsins, thought to be restricted to the hoofed (ungulate) mammals and characterized by being expressed specifically in the outer epithelial cell layer (chorion/trophectoderm) of the placenta. By cloning expressed genes from ovine and bovine placental cDNA libraries, the inventors estimate that cattle, sheep, and most probably all ruminant Artiodactyla, possess possibly 100 or more PAG genes, many of which are placentally expressed. The PAGs are highly diverse in sequence, with regions of hypervariability confined largely to surface-exposed loops. Selected PAG that are products of the invasive binucleate cells, expressed highly in early pregnancy at the time of trophoblast invasion and expressed weakly, if at all, in late gestation are useful in the early diagnosis of pregnancy. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to immunoassays for detecting these PAGs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/552454 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763773 | Gallie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Des Moines, Iowa); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel R. Gallie (Riverside, California); Robert Meeley (Des Moines, Iowa); Todd Young (Palm Springs, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The enzymes of the ACC synthase family are used in producing ethylene. Nucleotide and polypeptide sequences of ACC synthases are provided along with knockout plant cells having inhibition in expression and/or activity in an ACC synthase and knockout plants displaying a staygreen phenotype, a male sterility phenotype, or an inhibition in ethylene production. Methods for modulating staygreen potential in plants, methods for modulating sterility in plants, and methods for inhibiting ethylene production in plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/698310 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07763820 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectramet, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); R. Lynn Conley (Nashville, Tennessee); Richard E. Hill (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert H. Parrish (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A piece of material that includes low-Z elements is classified based on photonic emissions detected from the piece of material. Both XRF spectroscopy and OES techniques, for example, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and spark discharge spectroscopy, may be used to classify the piece of material. A stream of pieces of material are moved along a conveying system into a stimulation and detection area. Each piece of material, in turn, is stimulated with a first and second stimulus, of a same or different type, causing the piece of material to emit emissions, for example, photons, which may include at least one of x-ray photons (i.e., x-rays) and optical emissions. These emissions then are detected by one or more detectors of a same or different type. The piece of materials is then classified, for example, using a combination of hardware, software and/or firmware, based on the detected emissions, and then sorted. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/986830 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/576 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07764854 | Fini |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | OFS Fitel LLC (Norcross, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Fini (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical fiber that exhibits reduced mode distortions as the fiber is bent is formed by properly defining its refractive index profile during fabrication. The as-fabricated profile is defined as a “pre-distorted” profile that takes into account the gradient introduced by bending the fiber. A parabolic index profile is one exemplary bend-resistant profile that exhibits a quadratic form. A raised-cone index is another profile that may be used as the “as-fabricated” profile. In any properly configured form, factors such as bend loss and mode distortion are significantly reduced, since the profile undergoes a shift of essentially constant gradient as a bend is introduced. The resultant effective area of the inventive fiber is substantially improved over state-of-the-art fiber that is subjected to bending during installation. The as-fabricated profile may be incorporated into various types of fibers (birefringent, photonic bandgap, etc.), and is particularly well-suited for use in a fiber amplifier arrangement. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/319121 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07765319 | Gorman et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Sean P. Gorman (Arlington, Virginia); Rajendra G. I. Kulkarni (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Laurie Schintler (Fairfax, Virginia); Roger R. Stough (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for analyzing the structure of logical networks. Embodiments of the invention include ranking critical nodes according to regional hierarchies, distance hierarchies, global hierarchies, and relay hierarchies. Embodiments of the present invention are capable of testing the effectiveness of such hierarchies. In addition, critical nodes may be used to define critical regions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/902416 |
| ART UNIT | 2457 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07763426 | Haake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Haake (Culver City, California); Bernard M. Churchill (Pacific Palisades, California); Joseph C. Liao (Los Altos, California); Marc A. Suchard (Los Angeles, California); Yang Li (Northridge, California); Mitra Mastali (Marina Del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are probes and methods for detecting pathogens and antibiotic resistance of a specimen. The method comprises contacting the specimen with a growth medium; and lysing the specimen to release nucleic acid molecules from the specimen. The lysate of the specimen is contacted with a capture probe immobilized on a substrate, wherein the capture probe comprises an oligonucleotide that specifically hybridizes with a first target nucleic acid sequence region of ribosomal RNA. The lysate is in contact with a detector probe that comprises a detectably labeled oligonucleotide that specifically hybridizes with a second target nucleic acid sequence region of ribosomal RNA. The presence or absence of labeled oligonucleotide complexed with the substrate is determined. Detection of labeled oligonucleotide complexed with the substrate is indicative of the presence of pathogen. Performing the method in the presence and absence of an antibiotic permits detection of antibiotic resistance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/743071 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07765024 | 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 | Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/896148 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07763230 | Hepp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotech Innovations, LLC (Oberlin, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aloysius F. Hepp (Bay Village, Ohio); Jerry D. Harris (Nampa, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a simple method for the synthesis of fullerenes using a mixture of liquid metallorganic precursors and liquid organic hydrocarbon solvents wherein the mixture is injected in the form of droplets into a multiple heated zone reactor tube in which the droplets are thermally decomposed and fullerenes are formed. The process is useful for the formation of all types of fullerenes, and in particular yields multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) with low defect density and controllable wt % of metal impurity atoms. In particular, a method is disclosed that produces as-grown MWNTs with less than 5 wt % metal impurity atoms. Large classes of metallorganic precursors suitable for use in the process are also identified. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/595343 |
| 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 07763260 | Virgin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert W. Virgin (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed herein relates to a newly discovered murine norovirus, and compositions and methods related thereto. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/255293 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/216.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763589 | Sallberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matti Sallberg (Stockholm, Sweden); David R. Milich (Ramona, California); William T. L. Lee (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of treating intracellular infections comprising the step of administering a vector construct which directs the expression of at least one immunogenic portion of an antigen derived from an intracellular pathogen, and also administering to the warm-blooded animal a protein which comprises the immunogenic portion of the antigen, such that an immune response is generated. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/466035 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07763791 | Feng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bao Feng (Dunlap, Illinois); Andrew McGilvray (East Peoria, Illinois); Bo Shi (Peoria Heights, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoelectric film is disclosed. The thermoelectric film includes a substrate that is substantially electrically non-conductive and flexible and a thermoelectric material that is deposited on at least one surface of the substrate. The thermoelectric film also includes multiple cracks oriented in a predetermined direction. |
| FILED | Friday, December 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/647137 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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