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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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| US 07788900 | Dulligan et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Dulligan (Lancaster, California); James Lake (Punta Gorda, Florida); Paul Adkison (California City, California); Greg Spanjers (Sandia Park, New Mexico); David White (Rosamond, California); Hieu Nguyen (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Motor designs that enable the control of ignition, combustion burn rate, extinguishment, and reignition of solid propellants by precise application of electrical power are provided. Design of such motors, including choice of electrode materials, the form of electric power, and exemplary facial-extent electrode and axial-extent electrode configurations are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/342718 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07788949 | Huston 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) | Alan L. Huston (Aldie, Virginia); Brian I. Justus (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a closed-cell silica foam glass is provided which can include diffusing a substance into a porous glass substrate to form an impregnated substrate, sealing the impregnated glass substrate and heating to a first temperature, wherein the pressure is greater than one atmosphere, heating the container to a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is higher than first temperature, removing the solid glass, non-porous substrate, and heating the solid glass, non-porous substrate to a third temperature to soften the solid glass, non-porous substrate and thereby expand the solid glass, non-porous substrate. A closed-cell silica foam product is provided which can have a closed-cell structure and high temperature insulating property. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/798976 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Glass manufacturing 065/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789062 | Cooke |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Peter Cooke (Gillingham, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | An injection nozzle for a compression ignition internal combustion engine, the injection nozzle comprising: a nozzle body provided with a bore, within which a unitary valve needle is movable along a primary valve needle axis, the valve needle being engageable with a valve seating defined by the bore to control fuel delivery through first and second outlets, and including a first valve region, a second valve region and a first seat region defined by a transition between the first and second valve regions that seats against the valve seating when the nozzle is in a non-injecting state, wherein the valve needle comprises a third valve region, a relieved region defined by a transition between said second and third valve regions, the relieved region defining a first exit volume between the valve needle and the bore adjacent to the first outlet when the valve needle is lifted from the valve seating into an injecting state, and a fourth valve region having at least a part in closer proximity to the bore than said relieved region, said second outlet being disposed downstream of the fourth valve region. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/315834 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/299 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789125 | Mayer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Mayer (Manchester, Connecticut); Charles D. Stoner (Rocky Hill, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An extended impingement cooling structure to cool outside an air supply plenum comprises an inner wall; an impingement sheet; a series of supports to maintain the inner wall in spaced relation to the impingement sheet, and a baffle supported between the inner wall and the impingement sheet. The baffle has a collector plenum area that receives impingement cooling air from the air supply plenum and a channel in fluid communication with the collector plenum and extending outside the air supply plenum with openings to allow impingement cooling air to pass therethrough and having a series of lands extending into the channel wherein the lands are located in proximity to impingement cooling air outlets in the inner wall. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/744350 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789258 | Anderson |
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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) | Steven E. Anderson (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable checkpoint system is disclosed that incorporates a configurable freight container to facilitate transport and conversion for operation. The container is disposable into closed and open configurations. The closed configuration enables the container to be transported. The open configuration enables a vehicle to drive therethrough. In the closed configuration, the container forms a quadrilateral set of walls connectable in a rectangular box. A hinge joins two adjacent walls along a pivotable edge and pivots between perpendicular and coplanar positions corresponding respectively to the closed and open configurations. A joint reversibly connects two walls opposite the adjacent walls along a separable edge, disconnecting from a lock position to an unlock position that correspond respectively to the closed and open configurations. The hinge's perpendicular position disposes the two adjacent walls to be mutually perpendicular at the pivotable edge and forms the rectangular box. The hinge's coplanar position disposes the two adjacent walls to form substantially coplanar platforms to each other on which the vehicle can drive. The joint's latch position disposes the two opposite walls to be mutually perpendicular at the separable edge. The joint's unlock position disposes the opposite walls to form substantially parallel barriers to each other that define an inspection zone. The barriers and platforms include sensors for measuring characteristics of the vehicle. The checkpoint includes a communications system accessible to a database having information on vehicle identification, vehicle sensory characteristics, personal identification and facial-recognition photographs for comparison with the vehicle and its occupants. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/801769 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789560 | Moyers |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device 10 for aligning a patient for delivering a plurality of radiation beams comprising a patient support surface 12, a coarse alignment subsystem 14 connected to the patient support surface, and a fine alignment subsystem connected to the patient support surface 16. A method of aligning a patient for delivering a plurality of radiation beams from a plurality of device positions comprising compensating for flexion of a radiation beam delivery device within a gantry during movement of the radiation beam delivery device from a first device position to a second device position by using a set of predetermined data describing the flexion behavior of the radiation beam delivery device so that the target tissue within the patient is placed at the beamline center for the radiation beam delivery device at the second device position. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/033843 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789620 | Vontell, Sr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Henry Vontell, Sr. (Manchester, Connecticut); George Alan Salisbury (East Hampton, Connecticut); Charles R. Watson, Jr. (Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A heater assembly for deicing and/or anti-icing a component includes a metallic heating element adjacent to a densely woven fabric layer impregnated with a resin that is capable of withstanding temperatures of up to 550° F. (288° C.). |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825174 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789983 | Newman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk E. Newman (Yorktown, Virginia); Steven L. Jones (Toano, Virginia); Lester B. Leonard, III (Williamsburg, Virginia); Mark D. Lowell (Gloucester, Virginia); Daren T. Knutson (Seaford, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for making blast explosive molding powder. According to an aspect of the invention, energetic solids and a metal powder are suspended in a bulk phase fluid. Lacquer is added to an energetic solids and metal powder suspension to achieve a super-saturated solution. Final granulation of the super-saturated solution is optimized to form a fluidized metallized energetic molding powder. The fluidized metallized energetic molding powder is distilled to remove an organic solvent component of the lacquer, which is reclaimed through distillation. The bulk phase fluid is decanted to recover a wet metallized energetic molding powder. The bulk phase fluid is reclaimed through distillation. The wet metallized energetic molding powder is dried to form a dry metallized energetic molding powder. This method is especially useful in making insensitive enhanced blast explosive molding powders with high metal powder content. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/108141 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790066 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Wang (Houston, Texas); Daniel Brandl (Houston, Texas); Fei Le (Houston, Texas); Peter Nordlander (Houston, Texas); Nancy J. Halas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new hybrid nanoparticle, i.e., a nanorice particle, which combines the intense local fields of nanorods with the highly tunable plasmon resonances of nanoshells, is described herein. This geometry possesses far greater structural tunability than previous nanoparticle geometries, along with much larger local field enhancements and far greater sensitivity as a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) nanosensor than presently known dielectric-conductive material nanostructures. In an embodiment, a nanoparticle comprises a prolate spheroid-shaped core having a first aspect ratio. The nanoparticle also comprises at least one conductive shell surrounding said prolate spheroid-shaped core. The nanoparticle has a surface plasmon resonance sensitivity of at least 600 nm RIU−1. Methods of making the disclosed nanorice particles are also described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281103 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/514 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790084 | Wapner 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) | Phillip G. Wapner (Palmdale, California); Wesley P. Hoffman (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for fabricating fluid separation devices with precisely-sized, shaped microscopic capillaries that can separate one immiscible fluid from another on the basis of different separation characteristics. In particular, the method comprises the steps of fabricating a first set of capillaries having a first separation characteristic and a second set of capillaries having a second separation characteristic, incorporating one end of all of the capillaries into an inlet face, incorporating the second end of the first set of capillaries into a first outlet face, and incorporating the second end of the second set of capillaries into a second outlet face. Preferably, the first set of capillaries is hydrophillic and the second set of capillaries is hydrophobic. |
| FILED | Monday, April 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/416514 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/271.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790135 | Lennhoff |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lennhoff (North Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the production of nanostructures, e.g., single wall carbon nanotubes (“SWNT”) and/or multi-wall carbon nanotubes (“MWNT”), from solutions containing a polymer, such as polyacrylonitrile (PAN). In particular, the invention is directed to the production of nanostructures, for example, SWNT and/or MWNT, from mixtures, e.g., solutions, containing polyacrylonitrile, polyaniline emeraldine base (PANi) or a salt thereof, an iron salt, e.g., iron chloride, and a solvent. In one embodiment, a mixture containing polyacrylonitrile, polyaniline emeraldine base or a salt thereof, an iron salt, e.g., iron chloride, and a solvent is formed and the mixture is electrospun to form nanofibers. In another embodiment, the electrospun nanofibers are then oxidized, e.g., heated in air, and subsequently pyrolyzed to form carbon nanostructures. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/884796 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790162 | North et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Woomera Therapeutics, Inc. (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire); Brendan P. Keegan (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Lyn Oligino (South Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses antibodies, antigen binding fragments, peptides and peptidomimetics immunoreactive with provasopressin and compositions thereof, methods of phenotyping tissue samples, methods of treating cancer, and kits for phenotyping test biopsy samples and bodily fluids for breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, and atypical ductal hyperplasia. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/521091 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/133.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790181 | Platteborze 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) | Peter L. Platteborze (Bel Air, Maryland); Michael D. Parker (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Live attenuated Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) vaccines that outperform the PE-6 vaccine in mice aerosol challenged with >1,000×LD50. Candidates include four furin-cleavage deletion mutants and one E3 deletion mutant. Each vaccine provided protection in birds against antigenically distinct North and South American strains of EEE. The PE-6 vaccine does not provide protection against South American EEEs. Animals inoculated with each of the vaccines of the invention developed neutralizing antibodies to EEE. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/853952 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790182 | Hooper 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) | Jay W. Hooper (New Market, Maryland); Genoveffa Franchini (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described here entails a protein vaccine against poxviruses which contains at least two purified recombinant monkeypox virus proteins or peptides. The proteins or peptides are encoded by the open reading frames of the monkeypox ortholog genes M1R, A35R, A29L B6R, and orthologs of these proteins or peptides having 90% identity. The invention also entails a vaccine protocol against poxvirus whereby a vaccine is vaccinated with a first vaccine made up of a nucleic acid vaccine of three or more poxvirus virus genes, and subsequently vaccinated with at least one other booster vaccine made up of two or more poxvirus virus proteins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523867 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/232.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790186 | Yadava 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) | Anjali Yadava (Rockville, Maryland); Christian F. Ockenhouse (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described in this application is a synthetic P. vivax circumsporozoite protein useful as a diagnostic reagent, for antibody production, and as a vaccine protective against infection with any strain of P. vivax. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/334161 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/268.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790230 | Mastro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A Mastro (Alexandria, Virginia); Jaime A. Freitas (Burke, Virginia); Charles R. Eddy, Jr. (Columbia, Maryland); Jihyun Kim (Incheon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of deposition by: depositing a metal halide on a substrate; providing a vapor that forms a material by way of chemical vapor deposition; heating the metal halide to a temperature at or above the melting point of the metal halide and at or below the melting point of the material; and contacting the metal halide with the vapor to cause growth on the substrate of a solid solution of the metal halide in the material. The metal is a rare earth metal or a transition metal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/022178 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.390 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790242 | Sumanasekera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gamini Sumanasekera (Louisville, Kentucky); Anton N. Sidorov (Louisville, Kentucky); P. John Ouseph (Louisville, Kentucky); Mehdi M. Yazdanpanah (Louisville, Kentucky); Robert W. Cohn (Louisville, Kentucky); Romaneh Jalilian (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for electrostatic deposition of graphene on a substrate comprises the steps of securing a graphite sample to a first electrode; electrically connecting the first electrode to a positive terminal of a power source; electrically connecting a second electrode to a ground terminal of the power source; placing the substrate over the second electrode; and using the power source to apply a voltage, such that graphene is removed from the graphite sample and deposited on the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/248096 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790243 | Radhakrishnan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gouri Radhakrishnan (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Paul M. Adams (Redondo Beach, California); Franklin D. Ross (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes imparting energy to a target in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at room temperature to provide a substrate facing the target with a carbonaceous coating that includes nested carbon structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/458579 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/496 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790317 | Poeppelmeier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier (Evanston, Illinois); Heather K. Izumi (Chicago, Illinois); Erin M. Sorensen (Chicago, Illinois); John T. Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal oxide-fluoride material including silver, vanadium, oxygen and fluorine, such as Ag4V2O6F2, is made and useful as a cathode for a battery. The material is made by subjecting silver oxide, vanadium oxide, and aqueous solution of HF to superambient temperature in a pressure vessel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/211135 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/219 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790384 | Ross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodora Ross (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ikuko Mizukami (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to, HIP1 cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods of using HIP1 in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma and brain cancers. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715767 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 07790443 | Wikswo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Wikswo (Brentwood, Tennessee); Franz J. Baudenbacher (Franklin, Tennessee); Frederick R. Haselton (Nashville, Tennessee); William H. Hofmeister (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles P. Lin (Brentwood, Tennessee); Lisa J. McCawley (Nashville, Tennessee); Mark A. Stremler (Franklin, Tennessee); Alissa Weaver (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioreactor with substance injection capability. In one embodiment, the bioreactor includes a first substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface and edges. The bioreactor further includes a second substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a cavity with a bottom surface, where the bottom surface is located therebetween the first surface and the second surface. The first surface of the first substrate is received by the second surface of the second substrate to cover the cavity so as to form a chamber for receiving cells and a liquid medium. A port is formed in the second substrate between the bottom surface and the first surface of the second substrate. As formed, the port is in fluid communication with the chamber to allow a stream of substance to be introduced into the chamber. The stream of substance is controlled so as to provide a gradient, or a concentration gradient of the substance, to the chamber. The stream of substance includes a substance affecting the growth of cells such as chemokine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/525648 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/289.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790452 | Sagripanti 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) | Jose-Luis Sagripanti (Bel Air, Maryland); Monica Carrera (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides safe, non-infectious chimeras that include the nucleic acid signature of most bacterial and viral biological threat agents. These chimeras mimic properties of threat agents and are useful as simulants to develop, evaluate, test, and train on nucleic acid-based biodetectors and diagnostic products of interest in biodefense, without the need for accessing or producing virulent agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/177527 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790467 | Massick |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Sciences Incorporated (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Michael Massick (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for quantifying ketone or alydehyde concentrations of gas. The invention includes passing a gas sample through a reactor and an optical cell and determining a concentration of a gaseous reaction product. Using the concentration of the gaseous reaction product and a predetermined reaction conversion efficiency, a ketone or aldehyde concentration is calculated. This invention can be used for diabetes screening, diabetes maintenance, identification and quantification of ketosis, explosives detection and formaldehyde detection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/849750 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/130 |
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| US 07790658 | Sawyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundaction, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Gregory Sawyer (Gainesville, Florida); David L. Burris (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A PTFE-based composite material includes a PTFE major phase filled with a metal oxide minor phase. The major phase is intermixed with the metal oxide minor phase, wherein the minor phase includes a plurality of irregularly shaped metal oxide nanoparticles. The irregularly shaped nanoparticles provide substantial reductions in steady state wear rate over otherwise similar nanocomposites. The metal oxide can comprise aluminum oxide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/443384 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/106 |
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| US 07790697 | Wyatt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colby Wyatt (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Constance F. Brinckerhoff (New London, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the specific inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1) using agents which inhibit the synthesis or expression of MMP-1. Such agents are useful for suppressing invasion or metastasis of a tumor cell and in the treatment, prevention and management of cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/352214 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790831 | Tan 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) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); David H. Wang (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jong-Beom Baek (Chungbuk, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention there are provided hyperbranched benzobisazole polymers having repeating units of the formulas: and hyperbranched bibenzazole polymers having repeating units of the formulas: wherein Q is —S— or —NH—; the terminal groups X and Y are COOH and respectively, with their total number (X+Y) equals n+1, where n=degree of polymerization. The ratio X:Y can be controlled by varying the stoichiometric ratio of trimesic acid (A3 monomer) and 2,5-diamino-1,4-dimercaptobenzene dihydrochloride (B2 monomer) from 1:1 to 1.1.35. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/472214 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790837 | McGrath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. McGrath (Blacksburg, Virginia); Michael Hickner (Blacksburg, Virginia); Feng Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Yu-Seung Kim (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Sulfonated polymers are made by the direct polymerization of a sulfonated monomer to form the sulfonated polymers. The types of sulfonated polymers may include polysulfones or polyimides. The sulfonated polymers can be formed into membranes that may be used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells or as ion exchange membranes. The membranes formed from the sulfonated polymers exhibit improved properties over that of Nafion®. A heteropoly acid may be added to the sulfonated polymer to form a nanocomposite membrane in which the heteropoly acid is highly dispersed. The addition of a heteropoly acid to the sulfonated polymer increases the thermal stability of the membrane, enhances the conductivity above 100° C., and reduces the water uptake of the membrane. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/035087 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/391 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790841 | Yandek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Yandek (Boron, California); Darrell Marchant (Lancaster, California); Joseph M. Mabry (Lancaster, California); Mark B. Gruber (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Mark A. Lamontia (Landenberg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for enhancing the crystallization rates of engineering thermoplastics through the use and incorporation of particulate additives with dimensions on the order of 10-1000 nm is described. The presence of nanoparticles at concentrations of, e.g., less than 10 weight percent of the composition, reduces the viscosity of the thermoplastics as compared to the respective homopolymer, thereby increasing polymer chain transport and diffusion to the crystallizing growth front. The prescription of this technology has been shown to reduce crystallization half times of some engineering thermoplastics by as much as 40 percent at optimal crystallization temperatures, an effect that is magnified as the temperature is reduced towards the glassy state of the amorphous phase. Nano-modified engineering thermoplastics with rapid crystallization kinetics and relatively low viscosities can be utilized in component fabrication processes that require rapid processing times, e.g., for the sake of cost efficiency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/079089 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/480 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791028 | Baltz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TauTheta Instruments LLC (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan T. Baltz (Boulder, Colorado); J. D. Sheldon Danielson (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for system identification operate by computing phase and amplitude using linear filters. By digitally processing the linearly filtered signals or data, the phase and amplitude based on measurements of the input and output of a system, are determined. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/598349 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/358.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791183 | Reid, Jr. |
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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) | James R. Reid, Jr. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A universal micro-electro mechanical (MEM) device package is provided as having a relatively thin silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer having a top surface and a bottom surface. At least on MEM device maybe disposed on the top surface of the SOI wafer. A support member may be disposed on predetermined portions of the top surface of the SOI wafer to substantially surround the MEM device. A cap layer may be positioned over and in contact relationship with the support member. In this arrangement, the support member cooperates with the cap layer and predetermined portions of the top surface of the SOI wafer to form a hermetically sealed chamber surrounding the MEM device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152123 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/678 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791355 | Esher 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) | Justin Esher (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Nicholas Gamroth (Chicago, Illinois); James Dean (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts); John S. Derov (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated computer controlled electrical materials characterization system in which a material sample is subjected to focused near field polarization controlled microwave electrical energy radiation. Response of the material sample to either of reflected or transmitted/refracted microwave radiation is determined by a microwave energy sensor disposable in a range of physical locations with respect to the sample. Automated and unattended operation of the characterization system by way of disclosed computer software is provided. Computer positioned, lens equipped, microwave antenna horn elements provide source and reception functions for the sample received and discharged microwave radiation. Output signal polarization response from the sample examination is especially considered. The disclosed system is especially suited to characterization of “negative index” electrical materials and has utility with a variety of other materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/998980 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/637 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791430 | Keefe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Andrew Keefe (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Roger Hilsen Koch (Amawalk, New York); Frank P. Milliken, Jr. (Tarrytown, New York); James R. Rozen (Peekskill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A low pass filter having a coaxial structure of an inner conductor, an outer conductor and a metal powder composite interposed between the inner and outer conductor. Embodiments include a 50Ω characteristic impedance. The metal powder can be bronze, copper or other metals, mixed in an epoxy carrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/173289 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/99.S00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791432 | Piazza et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gianluca Piazza (Lodi, Italy); Philip J. Stephanou (Berkeley, California); Albert P. Pisano (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A contour mode micromechanical piezoelectric resonator. The resonator has a bottom electrode; a top electrode; and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The piezoelectric resonator has a planar surface with a cantilevered periphery, dimensioned to undergo in-plane lateral displacement at the periphery. The resonator also includes means for applying an alternating electric field across the thickness of the piezoelectric resonator. The electric field is configured to cause the resonator to have a contour mode in-plane lateral displacement that is substantially in the plane of the planar surface of the resonator, wherein the fundamental frequency for the displacement of the piezoelectric resonator is set in part lithographically by the planar dimension of the bottom electrode, the top electrode or the piezoelectric layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/444913 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791616 | Ioup 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) | Elias Z K Ioup (New Orleans, Louisiana); John T Sample (Diamondhead, Mississippi); Hillary C Mesick (Long Beach, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for efficiently converting an image from a first map projection to a second map projection image. The method includes precomputing coordinates in the first map projection for a subset of the total number of pixels in an empty second map projection image and subsequently, finding the first map projection coordinates of each of the remaining pixels by linear interpolation using the precomputed first map projection coordinates of the nearest surrounding precomputed pixels. A color is assigned to the second map projection image pixel with bilinear interpolation using color values of surrounding first map projection pixels. If the first map projection has fiducials, only the area within the fiducials is considered. An embodiment converts a USGS DOQ in UTM format into Geodetic coordinates. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673363 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/606 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791797 | Lau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth H. Lau (La Crescenta, California); Ronald L. Williams (Fall Brook, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A filter or lens for a star tracking telescope includes a clear center portion and an attenuating peripheral portion where the peripheral portion attenuation of off-axis images is nonidentical through any radial line extending from a center of the filter or lens to a circumference edge of the filter or lens for passing on-axis images with high signal to noise ratios and for attenuating off-axis images for attenuating but not completely blocking the off-axis images, which telescope with such a filter or lens is well suited for improved star tracking systems, and well suited for reducing off-axis glare in handheld optical apparatus such as binoculars, telescopes, cameras, and eyeglasses. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/541190 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/399 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792056 | Sullivan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sullivan (Rancho Santa Margarita, California); David A. Naumann (Signal Hill, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for dynamic path failover in a network with two or more redundant and interconnected bridges, is described. A first bridge operates as a root bridge and each node includes two ports where each port is coupled to a respective one of the bridges. The method includes defining a bridge identifier at a node which presents the node as a capable bridge to the two or more fully compliant, RSTP enabled MAC bridges, forwarding a BPDU message from the node that defines the node as an inferior alternate path to the root bridge, facilitating the dynamic sensing of the absence of communication between the root bridge and the node, receiving a topology change message at the node from the second redundant bridge, and sending an agreement message from the node to the second redundant bridge such that the node automatically begins receiving messages from the second redundant bridge. |
| FILED | Friday, October 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/868080 |
| ART UNIT | 2475 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792218 | Durtschi |
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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) | Roger Dean Durtschi (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital radio frequency memory (DFRM) which converts an incoming analog radio frequency signal to a fourteen bit digital signal allowing for digital signal processing and then retransmitted as an analog RF signal. The DFRM provides a time delay for RF signals by storing the signal. The DFRM also changes the signal frequency in the range of plus or minus 100,000 KHz which places a doppler on the signal. The signal phase is changed in a range of 0 to 359 degrees by the DFRM. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/782313 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792321 | Palmadesso et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Palmadesso (Manassas, Virginia); Nielson W. Schulenburg (Herndon, Virginia); Daniel R. Stoffel (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for anomaly resistant detection and identification of an object signature in hypersensor data includes processing hypersensor data using a multi-dimensional matched filter to distinguish spectra that produce anomaly-generated false alarms from target spectrum, and suppressing the spectra that produce anomaly-generated false alarms. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901542 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792393 | Hochberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Hochberg (Seattle, Washington); Tom Baehr-Jones (Seattle, Washington); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector device, comprises an optical input, a nanoscale silicon waveguide and an electrical output. The waveguide is a high-contrast waveguide, with a refractive index contrast with the outside environment of more that 10%. The optical mode distribution across the waveguide has a peak intensity in correspondence of surface states of the nanoscale silicon waveguide. A related method is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110153 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792395 | Lagakos 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) | Nicholas Lagakos (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joseph A Bucaro (Herndon, Virginia); Jacek Jarzynski (Bethesda, Maryland); Barbara Jarzynski, legal representative (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber optic sensor for detecting acceleration or displacement includes a fiber optic probe with a multimode transmitting optical fiber, a multimode receiving optical fiber and a edge reflector spaced apart from the fiber probe. The reflector moves in a transverse direction substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the fiber optic probe, so the amount of light received by the receiving fiber indicates a relative acceleration or a relative displacement of the reflective surface with respect to the fiber probe in the transverse direction of motion of the edge of the reflector. The reflector can be mounted on a cantilever beam. The sensor can have one transmitting fiber, two receiving fiber, and a reflector with two edges, each edge partially covering one of the receiving fibers. A triaxial sensor system has at least two two-fiber sensors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/246761 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792649 | Cranford, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hayden C. Cranford, Jr. (Cary, North Carolina); Fadi H. Gebara (Austin, Texas); Jeremy D. Schaub (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and circuit for constructing a synchronous signal diagram from asynchronous sampled data provides a low cost and production-integrable technique for providing a signal diagram. The data signal is edge-detected and asynchronously sampled (or alternatively a clock signal is latched). The data signal or a second signal is compared to a settable threshold voltage and sampled. The edge and comparison data are folded according to a swept timebase to find a minimum jitter period. The crossing of the signal diagram edges is determined from a peak of a histogram of the folded edge data. A histogram of ratios of the sample values versus displacement from the position of the crossing location is generated for each threshold voltage. The technique is repeated over a range of settable threshold voltages. Then, the ratio counts are differentiated across the histograms with respect to threshold voltage, from which a signal diagram is populated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/055317 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792770 | Phoha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Louisiana Tech Research Foundation; a Division of Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc. (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vir V. Phoha (Ruston, Louisiana); Kiran S. Balagani (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a computer implemented technique for id entifying anomalous data in a data set. The method uses cascaded k-Means clustering and the ID3 decision tree learning methods to characterize a training data set having data points with known characterization. The k-Means clustering method first partitions the training instances into k clusters using Euclidean distance similarity. On each training cluster, representing a density region of normal or anomaly instances, the invention builds an ID3 decision tree. The decision tree on each cluster refines the decision boundaries by learning the sub-groups within the cluster. A test data point is then subjected to the clustering and decision trees constructed form the training instances. To obtain a final decision on classification, the decisions of the k-Means and ID3 methods are combined using rules: (1) the Nearest-neighbor rule, and (2) the Nearest-consensus rule. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/072252 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07793149 | Mall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Mall (Round Rock, Texas); Bruce Mealey (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, computer program product, and data processing system for providing optional failure recovery features in operating system kernel code are disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, a segment of mainline code may designate a recovery routine for that segment by calling a kernel service provided for that purpose. The kernel service allocates a “footprint” region on the recovery stack for storing state information arising from the execution of the recovery-enabled code. In the event of an exception, a recovery manager routine uses information from the recovery stack to recover from the exception. Recovery may be disabled altogether for performance purposes by way of boot-time patching to disable the use of the recovery stack and to allow state information to be written to a static “scratchpad” area, which unlike the recovery stack, is allowed to be overwritten, its contents being ignored. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/676536 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07793158 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ramakrishnan Rajamony (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for providing reliability of communication. A first processor determines a current state of links coupled to ports of a first processor of the data processing system. Each port of the first processor comprises a plurality of links to a corresponding port on a second processor of the data processing system. The current state of the links indicates a level of error associated with each link. The first processor determines, for each link, if a level of error associated with the link exceeds a threshold. For each link whose level of error exceeds the threshold, the first processor tags the link with an error identifier in a switch associated with the ports of the first processor. The first processor reduces a level of usage for transmitting data on ports associated with links tagged with the error identifier. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/845212 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07793265 | Alpern et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bowen L. Alpern (Peekskill, New York); Glenn Ammons (Albany, New York); Vasanth Bala (Rye, New York); Johannes C. Laffra (Raleigh, North Carolina); Todd W. Mummert (Danbury, Connecticut); Darrell Christopher Reimer (Tarrytown, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method, apparatus and a computer program of a virtual execution environment. In one aspect thereof a data processor includes a disk-based storage system and a virtual machine monitor configured to execute a program in a virtual container. The virtual machine monitor is responsive, prior to execution of the application, to record a set of files accessed during a phase change in the disk-based storage system in a manner predetermined to minimize the time needed to retrieve the set of files. The virtual machine monitor is further responsive, at the occurrence of the phase change, or prior to the occurrence of a phase change if the files are prefetched, to retrieve the files from the disk-based storage system. In a further aspect thereof there is provided a server of the virtual execution environment that includes a unit, responsive to receiving notification from the at least one virtual machine monitor of an occurrence of contemporaneous file accesses not associated with a known phase change of a virtual container, for evaluating the occurrence as a candidate phase change and, responsive to the evaluation indicating a presence of a previously unknown phase change, for adding a list of the files accessed to a phase change template for use by the same or a different virtual machine monitor during another instance of execution of the application. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/757511 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07793266 | Alpern et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bowen L. Alpern (Peekskill, New York); Glenn Ammons (Albany, New York); Vasanth Bala (Rye, New York); Johannes C. Laffra (Raleigh, North Carolina); Todd W. Mummert (Danbury, Connecticut); Darrell Christopher Reimer (Tarrytown, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method, apparatus and a computer program of a virtual execution environment. In one aspect thereof a data processor includes a read-only storage medium and a virtual machine monitor configured to execute a program in a virtual container. Prior to execution of the application a set of application components accessed during a phase change are recorded in the read-only storage medium in a manner predetermined to minimize the time needed to retrieve the set of components. At the occurrence of the phase change, or prior to the occurrence of a phase change if the files are prefetched, the virtual machine monitor retrieves the components from the read-only storage medium. In a further aspect thereof there is provided a packager of an application to be executed in a virtualization environment by a virtual machine monitor. The packager is responsive to receiving notification from a virtual machine monitor of an occurrence of contemporaneous file accesses, not associated with a known phase change of a virtual container, to evaluate the occurrence as a candidate phase change, and responsive to the evaluation indicating a presence of a previously unknown phase change, for recording the files accessed on a new read-only storage medium in the order accessed for use by the same or a different virtual machine monitor during another instance of execution of the application. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/757517 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE41642 | Libatique et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Nathaniel C. Libatique (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ravinder Jain (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Continuously tunable and precisely wavelength-switchable fiber lasers combine fiber Bragg gratings and the transmissive filtering properties of high finesse fiber Fabry-Perot filters. This laser arrangement adapts to multiple wavelength ranges based on the selections of fiber Bragg grating and gain medium and their arrangement to create a wavelength-modulatable and simultaneously rapidly wavelength-switchable narrow linewidth all-fiber laser design. This laser arrangement further results in narrow-linewidth outputs with fast switching speeds between the selected wavelengths. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/140517 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Michael Merfeld (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Csilla Haburcakova (Belmont, Massachusetts); Michael Saginaw (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assessing vestibular system function includes stimulating the inner ear with an audible range signal; collecting data representative of audible range ocular motion; and on the basis of the data, evaluating vestibular system function. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756830 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/559 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789879 | Palanker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel V. Palanker (Sunnyvale, California); Alexander B. Vankov (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for cutting a material including conducting and non-conducting materials such as biological tissue, cellulose or plastic while the material is submerged in a conductive liquid medium. The apparatus has a cutting electrode with an elongate cutting portion having an aspect ratio (length to width) of 1 or more and a return electrode. The two electrodes are immersed in the conductive medium and a voltage is applied between them to heat the medium, thus producing a vapor cavity around the elongate cutting portion and ionizing a gas inside the vapor cavity to produce a plasma. The voltage applied between the electrodes is modulated in pulses having a modulation format selected to minimize the size of the vapor cavity, its rate of formation and heat diffusion into the material while the latter is cut with an edge of the elongate cutting portion. The modulation format includes pulses ranging in duration from 10 μs to 10 ms, as well as minipulses and micropulses, as necessary. The apparatus and method of invention allow the user to perform efficient thermal ablation and electrosurgical procedures in particular at power levels as low as 10 mW with minimal thermal and cavitation damage. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/726782 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/42 |
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| US 07790118 | Maltezos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Maltezos (Fort Salonga, New York); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In a fluidic device with a storage compartment communication is allowed between the storage compartment and other portions of the device. The communication is controlled through a valve arrangement and a membrane covering the compartment. The valve arrangement can be provided through a sealing clamp with clamp fingers. The clamp fingers control communication between the storage compartment and remaining portions of the fluidic device. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/874213 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790150 | Papisov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail I. Papisov (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alexander Yurkovetskiy (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to conjugate comprising a carrier substituted with one or more occurrences of a moiety having the structure (I): wherein each occurrence of M is independently a modifier having a molecular weight ≦10 kDa; denotes direct of indirect attachment of M to linker LM; and each occurrence of LM is independently an optionally substituted succinamide-containing linker, whereby the modifier M is directly or indirectly attached to the succinamide linker through an amide bond, and the carrier is linked directly or indirectly to each occurrence of the succinamide linker through an ester bond. In another aspect, the invention provides compositions comprising the conjugates, methods for their preparation, and methods of use thereof in the treatment of various disorder, including, but not limited to cancer. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/570466 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790154 | Samulski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapell Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Jude Samulski (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Douglas M. McCarty (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides duplexed parvovirus vector genomes that are capable under appropriate conditions of forming a double-stranded molecule by intrastrand base-pairing. Also provided are duplexed parvovirus particles comprising the vector genome. Further disclosed are templates and methods for producing the duplexed vector genomes and duplexed parvovirus particles of the invention. Methods of administering these reagents to a cell or subject are also described. Preferably, the parvovirus capsid is an AAV capsid. It is further preferred that the vector genome comprises AAV terminal repeat sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/655520 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790155 | Christakos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvia Christakos (Mendham, New Jersey); Yan Liu (Bloomfield, New Jersey); Teresita Bellido (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel compositions containing a calbindin-D28k therapeutic element, which is involved in the regulation of apoptosis, and may be administered for the prevention of an abnormal apoptosis response in cells. In particular the compositions and methods of the present invention may be used for the prevention or induction of apoptosis in such cells types as osteoblasts and osteocytes. Specifically, the compositions and methods of the present invention are useful for the prevention of diseases associated with glucocorticoid induced cell death. Specifically, the compositions and methods of the present invention may be useful in the prevention of glucocorticoid induced cell death in osteoblasts and the treatment of such conditions as glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis. |
| FILED | Friday, July 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/177790 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790158 | Albani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salvatore Albani (Encinitas, California); Alberto Martini (Piacenza, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention provides for methods of immunotherapy using a combination of epitope-specific and cytokine or anticytokine immunotherapy. The method provides for modulation of pathogenic immune responses and includes the identification of molecules comprising specific epitopes involved in a particular disease state of interest, administration of the epitope-specific molecule in conjunction with the cytokine or anticytokine, and downstream modification of the administration of the cytokine/anticytokine relative to the administration of the epitope-specific molecule. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/490949 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790162 | North et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Woomera Therapeutics, Inc. (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire); Brendan P. Keegan (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Lyn Oligino (South Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses antibodies, antigen binding fragments, peptides and peptidomimetics immunoreactive with provasopressin and compositions thereof, methods of phenotyping tissue samples, methods of treating cancer, and kits for phenotyping test biopsy samples and bodily fluids for breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, and atypical ductal hyperplasia. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/521091 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/133.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790184 | Kranz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Kranz (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for identifying a compound that inhibits cytochrome c synthesis. This invention further provides a method for the high throughput screening of compounds that inhibit cytochrome c synthesis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/831273 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790204 | Dewhirst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Dewhirst (Durham, North Carolina); Jonathan S. Stamler (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Timothy J. McMahon (Durham, North Carolina); Pierre Sonveaux (Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods for increasing perfusion in hypoxic regions of tissues in subjects. Also provided are methods for treating diseases and/or disorders associated with hypoxia in subjects, methods for increasing sensitivity of tumors to radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments, methods for delaying tumor growth in subjects, and methods for inhibiting tumor blood vessel growth in subjects. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed methods involve administering to subjects in need thereof a first composition selected from the group consisting of a nitrosylated hemoglobin and an agent that induces nitrosylation of endogenous hemoglobin in the subject and a second composition comprising a hyperoxic gas. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed methods also include treating a tumor with radiation therapy, chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, immunotherapy, or combinations thereof. Also provided are inhalable gases that can be employed in the presently disclosed methods. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/006842 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790364 | Kopito et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ron R. Kopito (Stanford, California); Wei Zhang (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Assays are provided for the screening and classification of biologically active agents that alter the conformation of conformationally defective proteins. The methods of the invention find use in the identification and classification of agents with chaperone activity, particularly the identification and classification of small molecule chemical and pharmacological chaperones. The agents thus identified find use altering the conformation of otherwise conformationally defective proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, January 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/698513 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790370 | Abreu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria T. Abreu (New York, New York); Kent D. Taylor (Ventura, California); Jerome I. Rotter (Los Angeles, California); Huiying Yang (Cerritos, California); Stephan R. Targan (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of diagnosing or predicting susceptibility to a clinical subtype of Crohn's disease characterized by fibrostenosing disease by determining the presence or absence in an individual of a fibrostenosis-predisposing allele linked to a NOD2/CARD15 locus, where the presence of the fibrostenosis-predisposing allele is diagnostic of or predictive of susceptibility to the clinical subtype of Crohn's disease characterized by fibrostenosing disease. In a method of the invention, the clinical subtype of Crohn's disease can be, for example, characterized by fibrostenosing disease independent of small bowel involvement. The invention also provides a method of optimizing therapy in an individual by determining the presence or absence in the individual of a fibrostenosis-predisposing allele linked to a NOD2/CARD15 locus, diagnosing individuals in which the fibrostenosis-predisposing allele is present as having a fibrostenosing subtype of Crohn's disease, and treating the individual having a fibrostenosing subtype of Crohn's disease based on the diagnosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/526256 |
| 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 07790377 | Henrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent C. Henrich (Greensboro, North Carolina); Cary Alan Weinberger (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and systems for screening for compounds that act to modulate insect growth. Bioassays including cell culture and/or transgenic insects engineered with various components of the ecdysoid receptor (EcR) and/or the farsenoid-X receptor (RXR) systems to identify compounds that act as insecticides and/or hormone receptor activators are described. Also described are compounds, and compositions, identified as being putative insecticides based upon their ability to activate EcR and/or FXR mediated transcription. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/929090 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790384 | Ross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodora Ross (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ikuko Mizukami (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to, HIP1 cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods of using HIP1 in the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma and brain cancers. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715767 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 07790390 | Vance et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery M. Vance (Coral Gables, Florida); Pascal J. Goldschmidt (Miami, Florida); Simon G. Gregory (Durham, North Carolina); William E. Kraus (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Elizabeth R. Hauser (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of identifying a subject having an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, comprising: a) correlating the presence of one or more genetic markers in chromosome 3q13.31 with an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease; and b) detecting the one or more genetic markers of step (a) in the subject, thereby identifying the subject as having an increased or decreased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Also provided are methods of identifying subjects with cardiovascular disease as having a good or poor prognosis, as well as methods of identifying effective treatment regimens for cardiovascular disease, based on correlation with genetic markers in chromosome 3q13.31. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/031528 |
| 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 07790396 | Ramsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Suregene, LLC (Jeffersontown, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy L. Ramsey (Shelbyville, Kentucky); Mark D. Brennan (Jeffersonville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions relate to genetic markers of psychotic disorders, e.g., schizophrenia (SZ), are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for determinations of a SULT4A1-1 haplotype are described. Furthermore, the invention provides methods and compositions involving treatment of psychotic disorders using the haplotype status. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/646723 |
| 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 07790403 | O'Connor 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) | John O'Connor (New Rochelle, New York); Steven Birken (Dumont, New Jersey); Galina Kovalevskaya (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by determining the amount of an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of hCG in a sample. The present invention further provides a method for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated molecular isoforms of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in a sample. The present invention also provides a diagnostic kit for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated hCG in a sample. The present invention additionally provides an antibody which specifically binds to an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of human chorionic gonadotropin. Finally, the present invention provides methods for detecting trophoblast or non-trophoblast malignancy in a sample. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/975936 |
| 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 07790404 | Lipton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart A. Lipton (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Dongxian Zhang (San Diego, California); Jon E. Chatterton (San Diego, California); Kevin A Sevarino (Cheshire, Connecticut); Marc Awobuluyi (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated N-methyl-D-aspartate type 3B (NR3B) polypeptides, functional fragments and peptides, encoding nucleic acid molecules and polynucleotides, and specific antibodies. Also provided are excitatory glycine receptors, containing either NR3B or NR3A polypeptides. Further provided are methods for detecting excitatory glycine receptor ligands, agonists and antagonists. The invention also provides related diagnostic and therapeutic methods. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/222772 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — 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 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nevada Cancer Institute (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yupo Ma (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses nucleic acids, proteins, and antibodies for SALL4 (including isoforms SALL4A, SALL4B, and SALL4C), a zinc finger transcriptional factor. Further, methods are disclosed which demonstrate that constitutive expression of SALL4 increases leukemogenic potential in cells of model animal systems. Moreover, constitutive expression of select isoforms (e.g., SALL4B) in transgenic mice demonstrate that these animals develop myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)-like signs and symptoms, including subsequent acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which is transplantable. The disclosure also provides methods for identifying and purifying embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, cancer stem cells, including leukemia stem cells, methods for identifying substances which bind to and/or modulate SALL4, methods for diagnosing MDS in a subject, and methods of treating a subject presenting MDS. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/606619 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790431 | Frost |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Frost (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel enzymes and novel enzymatic pathways for the pyruvate-based synthesis of shikimate or at least one intermediate thereto or derivative thereof, nucleic acids encoding the enzymes, cells transformed therewith, and kits containing said enzymes, cells, or nucleic acid. A KDPGal aldolase is used to perform condensation of pyruvate with D-erythrose 4-phosphate to form 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP); a 3-dehydroquinate synthase is used to convert the DAHP to 3-dehydroquinate (DHQ); DHQ dehydratase can then convert DHQ to the key shikimate intermediate, 3-dehydroshikimate. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/572976 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790453 | Caplice |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Noel M. Caplice (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Purified populations of smooth muscle progenitor cells are provided as well as methods of making and using the cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/461709 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790463 | Mor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gil G. Mor (Cheshire, Connecticut); Donna Neale (New Haven, Connecticut); Roberto Romero (Grosse Pointe, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions related to biomarker profiles for each trimester of pregnancy. The present invention also provides methods for identifying patients at risk of developing a complication of pregnancy, such as preeclampsia. In further embodiments, the present invention relates to methods for the diagnosis of patients with preeclampsia. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/346694 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790473 | Barchi, Jr. 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 J. Barchi, Jr. (Frederick, Maryland); Sergei A. Svarovsky (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel biofunctionalized quantum dots include a mercaptoalkanoic acid linked to the surface of a nanocrystalline core and a bio-functional group linked to the surface. Biofunctionalized quantum dots are made by a novel synthesis method. Biofunctionalized quantum dots can be used in imaging or therapy applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/578405 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/532 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790493 | Wise et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kensall D. Wise (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mayurachat Ning Gulari (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ying Yao (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating a device having a microstructure. The method includes forming a connector on a semiconductor substrate, coating the connector with a polymer layer, and immersing the semiconductor substrate and the coated connector in an etchant solution to form the microstructure from the semiconductor substrate and to release the coated connector and the microstructure from the semiconductor substrate such that the microstructure remains coupled to a further element of the device via the coated connector. In some cases, the microstructure is defined by forming an etch stop in the semiconductor substrate, and the microstructure and the semiconductor substrate are coated with a polymer layer, which may then be selectively patterned. The microstructure may then be released from the semiconductor substrate in accordance with the etch stop. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440983 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790669 | Reid et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurorepair, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Steven Reid (Berkeley, California); James H. Fallon (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features methods and compositions for treating a patient who has a neurological deficit. The method can be carried out, for example, by contacting (in vivo or in culture) a neural progenitor cell of the patient's central nervous system (CNS) with a polypeptide that binds the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor and directing progeny of the proliferating progenitor cells to migrate en masse to a region of the CNS in which they will reside and function in a manner sufficient to reduce the neurological deficit. The method may include a further step in which the progeny of the neural precursor cells are contacted with a compound that stimulates differentiation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/129028 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790673 | Levy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Efrat Levy (Orangeburg, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating amyloidoses by administering an effective amount of a cystatin C composition. A method of preventing and inhibiting Aβ oligomerization by administering an effective amount of a cystatin C composition. A composition for inhibiting Aβ oligomerization including an effective amount of a cystatin C composition. A method of diagnosing disease by assaying for a biomarker comprising a cystatin C complex. A biomarker for disease including a cystatin C complex. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/451516 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07790693 | Czech et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Czech (Westborough, Massachusetts); Aimee Powelka (Framingham, Massachusetts); Adilson L. Guilherme (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Xiaoqing Tang (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modulating glucose transport are provided herein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/292549 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
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| US 07790697 | Wyatt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colby Wyatt (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Constance F. Brinckerhoff (New London, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the specific inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1) using agents which inhibit the synthesis or expression of MMP-1. Such agents are useful for suppressing invasion or metastasis of a tumor cell and in the treatment, prevention and management of cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/352214 |
| 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 07790703 | Hostetler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Y. Hostetler (Del Mar, California); James R. Beadle (San Diego, California); Ganesh D. Kini (Bristow, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to phosphonate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use for treating a variety of medical disorders, e.g., osteoporosis and other disorders of bone metabolism, cancer, viral infections, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715604 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/110 |
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| US 07790709 | Berman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Toronto, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judd M. Berman (Toronto, Canada); Peter Sampson (Toronto, Canada); Heinz W. Pauls (Toronto, Canada); Jailall Ramnauth (Toronto, Canada); David Douglas Manning (Duanesburg, New York); Matthew D. Surman (Albany, New York); Dejian Xie (Glenmount, New York); Helene Y. Decornez (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In part, the present invention is directed to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein A is a bicyclic heteroaryl ring or a tricyclic ring and R2 is an heterocyclic residue; L is a bond, or L is alkyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/537747 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/213.10 |
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| US 07790735 | Jacobson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A Jacobson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Victor E Marquez (Montgomery Village, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel nucleoside and nucleotide derivatives that are useful agonist or antagonists of P1 and P2 receptors. For example, the present invention provides a compound of formula A-M, wherein A is modified adenine or uracil and M is a constrained cycloalkyl group. The adenine or uracil is bonded to the constrained cycloalkyl group. The compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment or prevention of various diseases including airway diseases (through A2B, A3, P2Y2 receptors), cancer (through A3, P2 receptors), cardiac arrhythmias (through A1 receptors), cardiac ischemia (through A1, A3 receptors), epilepsy (through A1, P2X receptors), and Huntington's Disease (through A2A receptors). |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/500860 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/269 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790762 | Day et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian J. Day (Englewood, Colorado); Remy Kachadourian (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for therapy of cystic fibrosis and other conditions such as cancer are provided. The methods comprise one or more agents capable of increasing thiol-containing compound transport via a transporter system (i.e. ABC transporters such as MDR-1 or MRP-2) in cells. Other embodiments include the use of agents to modulate transport of thiol-containing compounds within the cell. Therapeutic methods involve the administration of such agents to a patient afflicted with cystic fibrosis, cancer and/or another condition responsive to stimulation of thiol-containing compound transport. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/280959 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/396 |
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| US 07790764 | Boyd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R Boyd (Mobile, Alabama); Kirk R Gustafson (Frederick, Maryland); Charles L Cantrell (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a compound of formula (II). The present invention further provides a composition comprising at least one compound of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, alone or in combination with at least one additional active agent. The present invention further provides a method of treating a condition treatable by the inhibition of vacuolar-type (H+)-ATPase and a method of treating cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/435189 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/449 |
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| US 07790847 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiangyun Wang (La Jolla, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that can incorporate the unnatural amino acid phenylselenocysteine into proteins produced in eubacterial host cells such as E. coli. The invention provides, for example but not limited to, novel orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides encoding the novel synthetase molecules, methods for identifying and making the novel synthetases, methods for producing proteins containing the unnatural amino acid phenylselenocysteine and translation systems. The invention further provides methods for producing modified proteins (e.g., lipidated proteins) through targeted modification of the phenylselenocysteine residue in a protein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/724039 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07790850 | Kobilka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California); Daniel Rosenbaum (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments provide a method for crystallizing a GPCR. The method may employ a fusion protein comprising: a) a first portion of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), where the first portion comprises the TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4 and TM5 regions of the GPCR; b) a stable, folded protein insertion; and c) a second portion of the GPCR, where the second portion comprises the TM6 and TM7 regions of the GPCR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/288097 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790854 | Sacktor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of State of University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Charlton Sacktor (Yonkers, New York); John Fonda Crary (New York, New York); Alejandro Ivan Hernandez (Queens, New York); Suzanne Mirra (Brooklyn, New York); Charles Shao (Forest Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention establishes a link between altered aPKC function and nervous system disorders and cancers, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and neuroblastoma. Methods of using aPKC in diagnosis, drug screening and gene therapy in nervous system disorders and cancers are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/533595 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
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| US 07790860 | Thorpe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip E. Thorpe (Dallas, Texas); Sophia Ran (Dallas, Texas); Rolf A. Brekken (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is the surprising discovery that aminophospholipids, such as phosphatidyserine and phosphatidylethanolamine, are specific, accessible and stable markers of the luminal surface of tumor blood vessels. The present invention thus provides aminophospholipid-targeted diagnostic and therapeutic constructs for use in tumor intervention. Antibody-therapeutic agent conjugates and constructs that bind to aminophospholipids are particularly provided, as are methods of specifically delivering therapeutic agents, including toxins and coagulants, to the stably-expressed aminophospholipids of tumor blood vessels, thereby inducing thrombosis, necrosis and tumor regression. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/371458 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790861 | Stearns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Stearns (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Youji Hu (Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania); Min Wang (Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel nucleic acids encoding a mammalian PCADM-1 gene, and proteins encoded thereby, whose expression is increased in certain diseases, disorders, or conditions, including, but not limited to, prostate cancer. The invention further relates to methods of detecting and treating prostate cancer, comprising modulating or detecting PCADM-1 expression and/or production and activity of PCADM-1 polypeptide. Further, the invention relates to novel assays for the identification of DNA-binding proteins and the double-stranded oligonucleotide sequences that specifically bind with them. Finally, the invention relates to DNAZYMs or DNA enzymes which specifically bind PCADM-1 mRNA to inhibit PCADM-1 gene expression and thereby destroy tumor cells and tumor tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/140602 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790896 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young-Tae Chang (New York, New York); Qian Li (New York, New York); Gustavo Rosania (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to fluorescent compounds and methods of making said compounds that selectively bind to cellular RNA. The fluorescent compounds of the present invention are useful for live cell imaging applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/680731 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/178 |
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| US 07791338 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seung Jean Kim (Palo Alto, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California); Michael Lustig (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. A scanning path is specified. Gradient amplitude is determined as a function of arc-length along the scanning path in k-space. A time optimal gradient waveform for scanning the scanning path is calculated from the gradient amplitude. The scanning path is scanned using the time optimal gradient waveform. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/852198 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792884 | Schlachta-Fairchild et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | iTelehealth, Inc. (Frederick, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loretta Schlachta-Fairchild (Frederick, Maryland); Victoria Elfrink (Groveport, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The system provides for a web-based user-interactive interface for providing focused tailored searches from various available databases. The interface permits a user to select search terms of interest, and to choose a database from various available databases. The system then provides the user with customized resources as the search result. Selectable terms are presented to the user through the interface using non-technical language. The system optionally enables registered users to receive monthly updates on their preferred search terms and may also provide users with a list of resources available from various databases. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440800 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/999.1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hy D. Tran (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andre A. Claudet (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew D. Oliver (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A mesoscale calibration artifact, also called a hybrid artifact, suitable for hybrid dimensional measurement and the method for make the artifact. The hybrid artifact has structural characteristics that make it suitable for dimensional measurement in both vision-based systems and touch-probe-based systems. The hybrid artifact employs the intersection of bulk-micromachined planes to fabricate edges that are sharp to the nanometer level and intersecting planes with crystal-lattice-defined angles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/866177 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07788907 | Koehler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik Koehler (Birmingham, Michigan); Dean Tomazic (Orion Township, Michigan); Phillip Adomeit (Eynatten, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for treating exhaust gasses from an engine includes directing a spray of reductant into exhaust gasses against a flow of exhaust gasses to a spray target. A selective catalytic reduction catalyst may be positioned downstream of the reductant injector and downstream of the spray target. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/760116 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07788980 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evan J. Reed (Pine Island, Minnesota); Michael R. Armstrong (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Strain waves of THz frequencies can coherently generate radiation when they propagate past an interface between materials with different piezoelectric coefficients. Such radiation is of detectable amplitude and contains sufficient information to determine the time-dependence of the strain wave with unprecedented subpicosecond, nearly atomic time and space resolution. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/999219 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/649 |
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| US 07789164 | Looney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, California); Los Alamos National Security (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Dean Looney (Houston, Texas); Robert Steven Lestz (Missouri City, Texas); Kirk Hollis (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Craig Taylor (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Scott Kinkead (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Marcus Wigand (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface (oil) shale formations, wherein such methods rely on fracturing and/or rubblizing portions of said formations so as to enhance their fluid permeability, and wherein such methods further rely on chemically modifying the shale-bound kerogen so as to render it mobile. The present invention is also directed at systems for implementing at least some of the foregoing methods. Additionally, the present invention is also directed to methods of fracturing and/or rubblizing subsurface shale formations and to methods of chemically modifying kerogen in situ so as to render it mobile. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/361473 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789246 | Murphy |
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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) | Gloria A. Murphy (French Camp, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biological sample collector is adapted to a collect several biological samples in a plurality of filter wells. A biological sample collector may comprise a manifold plate for mounting a filter plate thereon, the filter plate having a plurality of filter wells therein; a hollow slider for engaging and positioning a tube that slides therethrough; and a slide case within which the hollow slider travels to allow the tube to be aligned with a selected filter well of the plurality of filter wells, wherein when the tube is aligned with the selected filter well, the tube is pushed through the hollow slider and into the selected filter well to sealingly engage the selected filter well and to allow the tube to deposit a biological sample onto a filter in the bottom of the selected filter well. The biological sample collector may be portable. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/706062 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789981 | Busse et al. |
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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) | James R. Busse (South Fork, Colorado); Robert C. Dye (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Timothy J. Foley (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kelvin T. Higa (Ridgecrest, California); Betty S. Jorgensen (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); Victor E. Sanders (White Rock, New Mexico); Steven F. Son (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to substantially desensitize a metastable intermolecular composite material to electrostatic discharge and friction comprising mixing the composite material with an organic diluent and removing enough organic diluent from the mixture to form a mixture with a substantially putty-like consistency, as well as a concomitant method of recovering the metastable intermolecular composite material. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/845259 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/87 |
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| US 07790013 | McClaine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Safe Hydrogen, LLC (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew W. McClaine (Lexington, Massachusetts); Kenneth Brown (Reading, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Among other things, hydrogen is released from water at a first location using energy from a first energy source; the released hydrogen is stored in a metal hydride slurry; and the metal hydride slurry is transported to a second location remote from the first location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/392149 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/637 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790051 | Carroll |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malcolm S. Carroll (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for isolating single atoms of an atomic species of interest by locating the atoms within silicon nanocrystals. This can be done by implanting, on the average, a single atom of the atomic species of interest into each nanocrystal, and then measuring an electrical charge distribution on the nanocrystals with scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM) or electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) to identify and select those nanocrystals having exactly one atom of the atomic species of interest therein. The nanocrystals with the single atom of the atomic species of interest therein can be sorted and moved using an atomic force microscope (AFM) tip. The method is useful for forming nanoscale electronic and optical devices including quantum computers and single-photon light sources. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/931155 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/87 |
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| US 07790133 | Faheem et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois); Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syed A. Faheem (Huntley, Illinois); Gregory J. Lewis (Santa Cruz, California); J.W. Adriaan Sachtler (Des Plaines, Illinois); John J. Low (Schaumburg, Illinois); David A. Lesch (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Paul M. Dosek (Joliet, Illinois); Christopher M. Wolverton (Evanston, Illinois); Donald J. Siegel (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Andrea C. Sudik (Canton, Michigan); Jun Yang (Canton, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A reversible hydrogen storage composition having an empirical formula of: Li(x+z)NxMgyBzHw where 0.4≦x≦0.8; 0.2≦y≦0.6; 0<z≦0.4, x+y+z=1 and “w” varies from 0 to 2x+2y+4z. This composition shows greater low temperature reversible hydrogen storage compared to binary systems such as MgH2—LiNH2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/748656 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790134 | Rai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dhanpat Rai (Yachats, Oregon); Robert C. Moore (Edgewood, New Mexico); Mark D. Tucker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of purifying isosaccharinate by mixing sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide with calcium isosaccharinate, removing the precipitated calcium carbonate and adjusting the pH to between approximately 4.5 to 5.0 thereby removing excess carbonate and hydroxide to provide an acidic solution containing isosaccharinate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/047351 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/430 |
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| US 07790285 | Zhamu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a nano-scaled graphene platelet (NGP) having a thickness no greater than 100 nm and a length-to-width ratio no less than 3 (preferably greater than 10). The NGP with a high length-to-width ratio can be prepared by using a method comprising (a) intercalating a carbon fiber or graphite fiber with an intercalate to form an intercalated fiber; (b) exfoliating the intercalated fiber to obtain an exfoliated fiber comprising graphene sheets or flakes; and (c) separating the graphene sheets or flakes to obtain nano-scaled graphene platelets. The invention also provides a nanocomposite material comprising an NGP with a high length-to-width ratio. Such a nanocomposite can become electrically conductive with a small weight fraction of NGPs. Conductive composites are particularly useful for shielding of sensitive electronic equipment against electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI), and for electrostatic charge dissipation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/002278 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
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| US 07790298 | Hassan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Azad M. Hassan (Los Angeles, California); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic electronic devices comprising a phthalimide compound. The phthalimide compounds disclosed herein are electron transporters with large HOMO-LUMO gaps, high triplet energies, large reduction potentials, and/or thermal and chemical stability. As such, these phthalimide compounds are suitable for use in any of various organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs and solar cells. In an OLED, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as a host in the emissive layer, as a hole blocking material, or as an electron transport material. In a solar cell, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as an exciton blocking material. Various examples of phthalimide compounds which may be suitable for use in the present invention are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/783817 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
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| US 07790308 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois); Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An activated electrode for a non-aqueous electrochemical cell is disclosed with a precursor thereof a lithium metal oxide with the formula x{zLi2MnO3.(1−z)LiM′O2}.(1−x)LiMn2−yMyO4 for 0<x<1; 0≦y≦0.5; and 0<z<1, comprised of layered zLi2MnO3.(1−z)LiM′O2 and spinel LiMn2−yMyO4 components, physically mixed or blended with one another or separated from one another in a compartmentalized electrode, in which M is one or more metal ions, and in which M′ is selected from one or more first-row transition metal ions, The electrode is activated by removing lithium and lithia, from the precursor. A cell and battery are also disclosed incorporating the disclosed positive electrode. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/590392 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790574 | Rohatgi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajeet Rohatgi (Atlanta, Georgia); Dong Seop Kim (Atlanta, Georgia); Kenta Nakayashiki (Smyrna, Georgia); Brian Rounsaville (Stockbridge, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are various embodiments that include a process, an arrangement, and an apparatus for boron diffusion in a wafer. In one representative embodiment, a process is provided in which a boric oxide solution is applied to a surface of the wafer. Thereafter, the wafer is subjected to a fast heat ramp-up associated with a first heating cycle that results in a release of an amount of boron for diffusion into the wafer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/301527 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/460 |
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| US 07790847 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiangyun Wang (La Jolla, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that can incorporate the unnatural amino acid phenylselenocysteine into proteins produced in eubacterial host cells such as E. coli. The invention provides, for example but not limited to, novel orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides encoding the novel synthetase molecules, methods for identifying and making the novel synthetases, methods for producing proteins containing the unnatural amino acid phenylselenocysteine and translation systems. The invention further provides methods for producing modified proteins (e.g., lipidated proteins) through targeted modification of the phenylselenocysteine residue in a protein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/724039 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07790978 | Dziendziel et al. |
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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) | Randolph J. Dziendziel (Middle Grove, New York); Paul F. Baldasaro (Clifton Park, New York); David M. DePoy (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the field of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) direct energy conversion. In particular, TPV systems use filters to minimize parasitic absorption of below bandgap energy. This invention constitutes a novel combination of front surface filters to increase TPV conversion efficiency by reflecting useless below bandgap energy while transmitting a very high percentage of the useful above bandgap energy. In particular, a frequency selective surface is used in combination with an interference filter. The frequency selective surface provides high transmission of above bandgap energy and high reflection of long wavelength below bandgap energy. The interference filter maintains high transmission of above bandgap energy and provides high reflection of short wavelength below bandgap energy and a sharp transition from high transmission to high reflection. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548843 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/253 |
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| US 07791201 | Auciello et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orlando Auciello (Bolingbrook, Illinois); John Carlisle (Plainfield, Illinois); Jennifer Gerbi (Champaign, Illinois); James Birrell (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A device including a layered heterostructure with an oxygen-containing material, with a carbon layer and an amorphous oxygen diffusion barrier protecting the carbon layer from etching by oxygen. One or more of a metal, a carbide or an oxide may be in contact with the amorphous oxygen diffusion barrier that has the lowest free energy of oxide formation in the device. Various devices are disclosed as are varieties of carbon allotropes. Methods of protecting carbon, such as diamond from the oxygen etching in processes such as device manufacture are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/607581 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/759 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Bellan (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a ground loop locator. A readout on the ground loop locator indicates the presence of a ground loop when a ground loop exists in conductors linked by a current transformer of an exciter portion and a Rogowski coil of a detector portion. Also described are how to make and use the ground loop locator and methods of use for the ground loop locator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/069776 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/529 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791480 | Skorpik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Skorpik (Kennewick, Washington); Stephen R. Gosselin (Richland, Washington); Joe C. Harris (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system comprises a valve; a plurality of RFID sensor assemblies coupled to the valve to monitor a plurality of parameters associated with the valve; a control tag configured to wirelessly communicate with the respective tags that are coupled to the valve, the control tag being further configured to communicate with an RF reader; and an RF reader configured to selectively communicate with the control tag, the reader including an RF receiver. Other systems and methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/811499 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/572.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791734 | Olivier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scot S. Olivier (Livermore, California); John S. Werner (Davis, California); Robert J. Zawadzki (Sacramento, California); Sophie P. Laut (Pasedena, California); Steven M. Jones (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention permits retinal images to be acquired at high speed and with unprecedented resolution in three dimensions (4×4×6 μm). The instrument achieves high lateral resolution by using adaptive optics to correct optical aberrations of the human eye in real time. High axial resolution and high speed are made possible by the use of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography. Using this system, we have demonstrated the ability to image microscopic blood vessels and the cone photoreceptor mosaic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/417074 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/479 |
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| US 07791781 | Goddard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynford L. Goddard (Hayward, California); Tiziana C. Bond (Livermore, California); Jeffrey S. Kallman (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new reconfigurable cascadable all-optical on-chip device is presented. The gate operates by combining the Vernier effect with a novel effect, the gain-index lever, to help shift the dominant lasing mode from a mode where the laser light is output at one facet to a mode where it is output at the other facet. Since the laser remains above threshold, the speed of the gate for logic operations as well as for reprogramming the function of the gate is primarily limited to the small signal optical modulation speed of the laser, which can be on the order of up to about tens of GHz. The gate can be rapidly and repeatedly reprogrammed to perform any of the basic digital logic operations by using an appropriate analog optical or electrical signal at the gate selection port. Other all-optical functionality includes wavelength conversion, signal duplication, threshold switching, analog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion, signal routing, and environment sensing. Since each gate can perform different operations, the functionality of such a cascaded circuit grows exponentially. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805115 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/108 |
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| US 07791791 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Applied Technologies, Incorporated (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Jiang (Sharon, Massachusetts); Yingyin Kevin Zou (Lexington, Massachusetts); Kewen Kevin Li (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a rare-earth ions doped, especially erbium and ytterbium doped transparent electro-optic gain ceramic material consisting lead, zirconium, titanium and lanthanum. The electro-optic gain ceramic material either has a linear electro-optic coefficient or a quadratic electro-optic coefficient, which is greater than about 0.3×10−16 m2/V2 for the latter, a propagation loss of less than about 0.3 dB/mm, and an optical gain of great than 1.5 dB/mm at a wavelength of about 1550 nm while optically pumped by a 1.4 watts diode laser at a wavelength of 970 nm at 20° C. The present invention also provides electro-optic devices including a rare-earth ions doped, especially erbium and ytterbium doped, transparent electro-optic gain ceramic material consisting lead, zirconium, titanium and lanthanum. The present invention also provides lossless optical devices and amplifiers with an operating wavelength in the range of 1450 nm to 1700 nm while optically pumped at a wavelength in the range of 880 nm to 1020 nm. The materials and devices of the present invention are useful in light intensity, phase and polarization control at a wavelength of about 1550 nm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825995 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
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| US 07792644 | Kotter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale K. Kotter (Shelley, Idaho); David T. Rohrbaugh (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequency selective surface (FSS) and associated methods for modeling, analyzing and designing the FSS are disclosed. The FSS includes a pattern of conductive material formed on a substrate to form an array of resonance elements. At least one aspect of the frequency selective surface is determined by defining a frequency range including multiple frequency values, determining a frequency dependent permittivity across the frequency range for the substrate, determining a frequency dependent conductivity across the frequency range for the conductive material, and analyzing the frequency selective surface using a method of moments analysis at each of the multiple frequency values for an incident electromagnetic energy impinging on the frequency selective surface. The frequency dependent permittivity and the frequency dependent conductivity are included in the method of moments analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/939358 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07793038 | Blumrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthias A. Blumrich (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Irvington, New York); Dirk Hoenicke (Seebruck-Seeon, Germany); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heights, New York); Valentina Salapura (Chappaqua, New York); Krishnan Sugavanam (Mahopac, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A programmable memory system and method for enabling one or more processor devices access to shared memory in a computing environment, the shared memory including one or more memory storage structures having addressable locations for storing data. The system comprises: one or more first logic devices associated with a respective one or more processor devices, each first logic device for receiving physical memory address signals and programmable for generating a respective memory storage structure select signal upon receipt of pre-determined address bit values at selected physical memory address bit locations; and, a second logic device responsive to each of the respective select signal for generating an address signal used for selecting a memory storage structure for processor access. The system thus enables each processor device of a computing environment memory storage access distributed across the one or more memory storage structures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768805 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong-Cai Zhou (Oxford, Ohio); Shengqian Ma (Oxford, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Temperature-adjustable pore size molecular sieves comprise a plurality of metal clusters bound with a plurality of amphiphilic ligands, each ligand comprising a functionalized hydrophobic moiety and a functionalized hydrophilic moiety, and wherein the metal clusters and amphiphilic ligand hydrophilic moieties form a metal cluster layer, the metal cluster layer forming at least one hydrophilic pore. On each side of the metal cluster layer, a plurality of associated amphiphilic ligand hydrophobic moieties cooperate with the metal cluster layer to form a tri-layer and a plurality of tri-layers are held in proximity with each other to form at least one hydrophobic chamber. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025167 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/116 |
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| US 07790010 | Bentley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland); University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Bentley (Annapolis, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Rockville, Maryland); Gregory F. Payne (Cockeysville, Maryland); Gary W. Rubloff (Clarksville, Maryland); Li-Qun Wu (North Potomac, Maryland); Hyunmin Yi (Ellicott City, Maryland); Wolfgang Losert (Bethesda, Maryland); Douglas S. English (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for electrochemically depositing a polymer with spatial selectivity. A substrate having a substrate surface is contacted with an aqueous solution containing a selectively insolubilizable polysaccharide, such as chitosan, which is subjected to electrochemically treatment to deposit, with spatial selectivity, the selectively insolubilizable polysaccharide on a patterned electrically conductive portion of the substrate surface. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/155116 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/118 |
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| US 07790066 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Wang (Houston, Texas); Daniel Brandl (Houston, Texas); Fei Le (Houston, Texas); Peter Nordlander (Houston, Texas); Nancy J. Halas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new hybrid nanoparticle, i.e., a nanorice particle, which combines the intense local fields of nanorods with the highly tunable plasmon resonances of nanoshells, is described herein. This geometry possesses far greater structural tunability than previous nanoparticle geometries, along with much larger local field enhancements and far greater sensitivity as a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) nanosensor than presently known dielectric-conductive material nanostructures. In an embodiment, a nanoparticle comprises a prolate spheroid-shaped core having a first aspect ratio. The nanoparticle also comprises at least one conductive shell surrounding said prolate spheroid-shaped core. The nanoparticle has a surface plasmon resonance sensitivity of at least 600 nm RIU−1. Methods of making the disclosed nanorice particles are also described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281103 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/514 |
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| US 07790068 | Raymo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francisco M. Raymo (Coral Gable, Florida); Massimiliano Tomasulo (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | We have designed a molecular switch based on the photoinduced opening and thermal closing of a [1,3]oxazine ring. A substituted [1,3]oxazine compound described as having a general (i.e., unsubstituted) structure with fused indoline and benzooxazine fragments such that they share a common bond in the [1,3]oxazine compound: (i) the bond connecting positions 1 and 2 of the indoline fragment and (ii) the bond connecting positions 2 and 3 of the benzooxazine fragment. Irradiation by light of suitable wavelength and intensity of this photochromic compound induces cleavage of a [C—O] bond of the [1,3]oxazine ring to form a phenolate chromophore. The photogenerated (e.g., colored) isomer may revert thermally to the starting (e.g., colorless) oxazine. Alternatively, the switch may be between isomers of the compound that absorb at different wavelengths. Reversible coloration of silica or polymeric materials and switching optical signals may involve many cycles of interconversion between different colored states. A colorless/colored state may be maintained by constant irradiation or chemical trapping. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/708132 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/582 |
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| US 07790226 | Tai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Matthieu Liger (Pasadena, California); Theodore Harder (Los Angeles, California); Satoshi Konishi (Shiga, Japan); Scott Miserendino (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making carbon thin films comprises depositing a catalyst on a substrate, depositing a hydrocarbon in contact with the catalyst and pyrolyzing the hydrocarbon. A method of controlling a carbon thin film density comprises etching a cavity into a substrate, depositing a hydrocarbon into the cavity, and pyrolyzing the hydrocarbon while in the cavity to form a carbon thin film. Controlling a carbon thin film density is achieved by changing the volume of the cavity. Methods of making carbon containing patterned structures are also provided. Carbon thin films and carbon containing patterned structures can be used in NEMS, MEMS, liquid chromatography, and sensor devices. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040116 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/228 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790314 | McGrath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. McGrath (Blacksburg, Virginia); Michael Hickner (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell is described. The materials for the membrane electrode assembly are formed from sulfonated polymers. A polymer dispersion ink containing the sulfonated polymer and a mixture of solvents is used to form the electrodes on the exchange membrane. The dispersion ink allows for the electrodes to be formed directly on the exchange membrane without significantly dissolving the exchange membrane. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/479102 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/209 |
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| US 07790317 | Poeppelmeier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier (Evanston, Illinois); Heather K. Izumi (Chicago, Illinois); Erin M. Sorensen (Chicago, Illinois); John T. Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Metal oxide-fluoride material including silver, vanadium, oxygen and fluorine, such as Ag4V2O6F2, is made and useful as a cathode for a battery. The material is made by subjecting silver oxide, vanadium oxide, and aqueous solution of HF to superambient temperature in a pressure vessel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/211135 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/219 |
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| US 07790416 | San et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ka-Yiu San (Houston, Texas); George N. Bennett (Houston, Texas); Ailen Sanchez (South San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a mutant strain of bacteria, which either lacks or contains mutant genes for several key metabolic enzymes, and which produces high amounts of succinic acid under anaerobic conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/697295 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/71.200 |
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| US 07790493 | Wise et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kensall D. Wise (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mayurachat Ning Gulari (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ying Yao (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of fabricating a device having a microstructure. The method includes forming a connector on a semiconductor substrate, coating the connector with a polymer layer, and immersing the semiconductor substrate and the coated connector in an etchant solution to form the microstructure from the semiconductor substrate and to release the coated connector and the microstructure from the semiconductor substrate such that the microstructure remains coupled to a further element of the device via the coated connector. In some cases, the microstructure is defined by forming an etch stop in the semiconductor substrate, and the microstructure and the semiconductor substrate are coated with a polymer layer, which may then be selectively patterned. The microstructure may then be released from the semiconductor substrate in accordance with the etch stop. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440983 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790658 | Sawyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundaction, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Gregory Sawyer (Gainesville, Florida); David L. Burris (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A PTFE-based composite material includes a PTFE major phase filled with a metal oxide minor phase. The major phase is intermixed with the metal oxide minor phase, wherein the minor phase includes a plurality of irregularly shaped metal oxide nanoparticles. The irregularly shaped nanoparticles provide substantial reductions in steady state wear rate over otherwise similar nanocomposites. The metal oxide can comprise aluminum oxide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/443384 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790830 | Edmiston |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wootech, Ltd. (Wooster, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Edmiston (Wooster, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of making a swellable sol-gel composition that involves the use of a bridged silane precursor. The resulting sol-gel includes residual silanols, which are derivatized with a reagent having at least one silanol-reactive group and at least one alkyl group; and the sol-gel is then dried. Sol-gels of the invention are demonstrated to swell up to about 8-10 times their original volume in the presence of a non-polar sorbate. The sol-gel compositions can be used in a sorbate-activated actuator or in a detector for non-polar sorbates. The sol-gel compositions can further be used to take up non-polar sorbates for purposes of chemical remediation, extraction from aqueous systems or vapor, and chemical sensing. |
| FILED | Monday, October 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/537944 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790837 | McGrath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. McGrath (Blacksburg, Virginia); Michael Hickner (Blacksburg, Virginia); Feng Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia); Yu-Seung Kim (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Sulfonated polymers are made by the direct polymerization of a sulfonated monomer to form the sulfonated polymers. The types of sulfonated polymers may include polysulfones or polyimides. The sulfonated polymers can be formed into membranes that may be used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells or as ion exchange membranes. The membranes formed from the sulfonated polymers exhibit improved properties over that of Nafion®. A heteropoly acid may be added to the sulfonated polymer to form a nanocomposite membrane in which the heteropoly acid is highly dispersed. The addition of a heteropoly acid to the sulfonated polymer increases the thermal stability of the membrane, enhances the conductivity above 100° C., and reduces the water uptake of the membrane. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/035087 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/391 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790843 | Firestein-Miller |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Firestein-Miller (Hillsborough, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are novel materials and screening methods for diagnosing and monitoring cognitive disorders, as well as for identifying compounds for treating such disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/008873 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790869 | Ju 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) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Zengmin Li (New York, New York); John Robert Edwards (New York, New York); Yasuhiro Itagaki (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/810509 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790896 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young-Tae Chang (New York, New York); Qian Li (New York, New York); Gustavo Rosania (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to fluorescent compounds and methods of making said compounds that selectively bind to cellular RNA. The fluorescent compounds of the present invention are useful for live cell imaging applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/680731 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791019 | Beauchamp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse L. Beauchamp (La Canada Flintridge, California); Evan L. Neidholdt (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact, low power ambient pressure pyroelectric ionization source. The source can be constructed using a z-cut lithium niobate or lithium tantalate crystal with an attached resistive heater mounted in front of the atmospheric pressure inlet of an ion trap mass spectrometer. Positive and negative ion formation alternately results from thermally cycling the crystal over a narrow temperature range. Ionization of molecules such as 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol or benzoic acid results in the observation of the singly deprotonated species and their clusters in the negative ion mass spectrum. Ionization of molecules such as triethylamine or triphenylamine with the source results in observation of the corresponding singly protonated species of each in the positive ion mass spectrum. The pyroelectric crystals are thermally cycled by as little as 30 K from ambient temperature. Ion formation is largely unaffected by contamination of the crystal faces. This ion source is robust. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/972754 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791791 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Applied Technologies, Incorporated (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Jiang (Sharon, Massachusetts); Yingyin Kevin Zou (Lexington, Massachusetts); Kewen Kevin Li (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a rare-earth ions doped, especially erbium and ytterbium doped transparent electro-optic gain ceramic material consisting lead, zirconium, titanium and lanthanum. The electro-optic gain ceramic material either has a linear electro-optic coefficient or a quadratic electro-optic coefficient, which is greater than about 0.3×10−16 m2/V2 for the latter, a propagation loss of less than about 0.3 dB/mm, and an optical gain of great than 1.5 dB/mm at a wavelength of about 1550 nm while optically pumped by a 1.4 watts diode laser at a wavelength of 970 nm at 20° C. The present invention also provides electro-optic devices including a rare-earth ions doped, especially erbium and ytterbium doped, transparent electro-optic gain ceramic material consisting lead, zirconium, titanium and lanthanum. The present invention also provides lossless optical devices and amplifiers with an operating wavelength in the range of 1450 nm to 1700 nm while optically pumped at a wavelength in the range of 880 nm to 1020 nm. The materials and devices of the present invention are useful in light intensity, phase and polarization control at a wavelength of about 1550 nm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825995 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07792118 — Switch module memory structure and per-destination queue flow control for use in a switch
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polytechnic University (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hung-Hsiang Jonathan Chao (Holmdel, New Jersey); Jinsoo Park (Leonia, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | To use the memory space more effectively, cell memory can be shared by an input link and all output links. To prevent one flow from occupying the entire memory space, a threshold may be provided for the queue. The queue threshold may accommodate the RTT delay of the link. Queue length information about a downstream switch module may be sent to an upstream switch module via cell headers in every credit update period per link. Cell and/or credit loss may be recovered from. Increasing the credit update period reduces the cell header bandwidth but doesn't degrade performance significantly. Sending a credit per link simplifies implementation and eliminates interference between other links. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/776575 |
| ART UNIT | 2619 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/395.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792570 | DiMarzio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. DiMarzio (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Luis A. Nieva (Lima, Peru) |
| ABSTRACT | A microscopy apparatus includes a heating source to provide a pulse of heating energy focused on a target to heat a localized region of the target, such as human tissue, to generate motion. A measuring source provides a measuring light beam focused on the target. A coherent confocal microscopy assembly focuses the measuring light beam on the target and returns a reflected signal from the target. A detection assembly receives the reflected signal from the target and detects a Doppler shift of the reflected signal. A scanning assembly scans pulses from the heating source over the target and scans the measuring light beam from the measuring source over the target to build up an image of a plane of the target. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/101111 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792645 | Noel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Noel (San Diego, California); Joseph M. Jez (Kirkwood, Missouri); Marianne E. Bowman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides crystalline flavonoid or flavanone isomerases, isolated non-native isomerase having the structural coordinates of said crystalline isomerase, and nucleic acids encoding such non-native isomerase. Also disclosed are methods of predicting the activity and/or substrate specificity of a putative isomerase, methods of identifying potential isomerase substrates, and methods of identifying potential isomerase inhibitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/344051 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07793245 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lizheng Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin); Yuhen Hu (Middleton, Wisconsin); Chun-ping Chen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Statistical timing analysis methods for circuits having latches and feedback loops are described wherein the circuit yield, and/or the critical cycle mean (the largest cycle mean among all loops in the circuit), may be iteratively calculated with high speed and accuracy, thereby allowing their ready usage in the analysis and validation of proposed circuit designs. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/966265 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07789371 | Gianchandani et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yogesh B. Gianchandani (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gregory Francis Nellis (Madison, Wisconsin); Sanford A. Klein (Madison, Wisconsin); John Moon Park (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Allan Thomas Evans (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ryan Taylor (Madison, Wisconsin); Tyler R. Brosten (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectric microvalve employs a valve element formed of hermetically sealed and opposed plates flexed together by a cross axis piezoelectric element. Large flow modulation with small piezoelectric actuator displacement is obtained by perimeter augmentation of the valve seat which dramatically increases the change in valve flow area for small deflections. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756342 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/129.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790066 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Wang (Houston, Texas); Daniel Brandl (Houston, Texas); Fei Le (Houston, Texas); Peter Nordlander (Houston, Texas); Nancy J. Halas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new hybrid nanoparticle, i.e., a nanorice particle, which combines the intense local fields of nanorods with the highly tunable plasmon resonances of nanoshells, is described herein. This geometry possesses far greater structural tunability than previous nanoparticle geometries, along with much larger local field enhancements and far greater sensitivity as a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) nanosensor than presently known dielectric-conductive material nanostructures. In an embodiment, a nanoparticle comprises a prolate spheroid-shaped core having a first aspect ratio. The nanoparticle also comprises at least one conductive shell surrounding said prolate spheroid-shaped core. The nanoparticle has a surface plasmon resonance sensitivity of at least 600 nm RIU−1. Methods of making the disclosed nanorice particles are also described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281103 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/514 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790128 | Parrish |
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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) | Clyde F. Parrish (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitric oxide in a gaseous stream is converted to nitrogen dioxide using oxidizing species generated through the use of concentrated hydrogen peroxide fed as a monopropellant into a catalyzed thruster assembly. The hydrogen peroxide is preferably stored at stable concentration levels, i.e., approximately 50%-70% by volume, and may be increased in concentration in a continuous process preceding decomposition in the thruster assembly. The exhaust of the thruster assembly, rich in hydroxyl and/or hydroperoxy radicals, may be fed into a stream containing oxidizable components, such as nitric oxide, to facilitate their oxidation. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/641581 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790225 | Calle 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) | Luz M. Calle (Merritt Island, Florida); Wenyan Li (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Coatings and methods are provided. An embodiment of the coating includes microcapsules that contain at least one of a corrosion inhibitor, a film-forming compound, and an indicator. The microcapsules are dispersed in a coating vehicle. A shell of each microcapsule breaks down in the presence of an alkaline condition, resulting from corrosion. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239445 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790226 | Tai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Matthieu Liger (Pasadena, California); Theodore Harder (Los Angeles, California); Satoshi Konishi (Shiga, Japan); Scott Miserendino (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making carbon thin films comprises depositing a catalyst on a substrate, depositing a hydrocarbon in contact with the catalyst and pyrolyzing the hydrocarbon. A method of controlling a carbon thin film density comprises etching a cavity into a substrate, depositing a hydrocarbon into the cavity, and pyrolyzing the hydrocarbon while in the cavity to form a carbon thin film. Controlling a carbon thin film density is achieved by changing the volume of the cavity. Methods of making carbon containing patterned structures are also provided. Carbon thin films and carbon containing patterned structures can be used in NEMS, MEMS, liquid chromatography, and sensor devices. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040116 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/228 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790242 | Sumanasekera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gamini Sumanasekera (Louisville, Kentucky); Anton N. Sidorov (Louisville, Kentucky); P. John Ouseph (Louisville, Kentucky); Mehdi M. Yazdanpanah (Louisville, Kentucky); Robert W. Cohn (Louisville, Kentucky); Romaneh Jalilian (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for electrostatic deposition of graphene on a substrate comprises the steps of securing a graphite sample to a first electrode; electrically connecting the first electrode to a positive terminal of a power source; electrically connecting a second electrode to a ground terminal of the power source; placing the substrate over the second electrode; and using the power source to apply a voltage, such that graphene is removed from the graphite sample and deposited on the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/248096 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790787 | Williams 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) | Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Melbourne, Florida); James E. Fesmire (Titusville, Florida); Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); LaNetra M. Clayton (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides new composite materials containing aerogels blended with thermoplastic polymer materials at a weight ratio of aerogel to thermoplastic polymer of less than 20:100. The composite materials have improved thermal insulation ability. The composite materials also have better flexibility and less brittleness at low temperatures than the parent thermoplastic polymer materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/740357 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791249 | Hines et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jacqueline H. Hines (Annapolis, Maryland); Leland P. Solie (Chetek, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate on which is formed a transducer that generates acoustic waves on the surface of the substrate from electrical waves received by the transducer. The waves are carried along an acoustic track to either a second transducer or a reflector. The transducers or transducer and reflector are formed of subsections that are constructed to operate at mutually different frequencies. The subsections of at least one of the transducers or transducer and reflector are out of alignment with respect to one another relative to the transverse of the propagation direction. The out of aligned subsections provide not only a frequency component but also a time to the signal output signal. Frequency response characteristics are improved. An alternative embodiment provides that the transducers and/or reflectors are continuously tapered instead of having discrete frequency subsections. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768428 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/313.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791552 | Romanofsky |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R Romanofsky (Hinckley, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a cellular reflectarray antenna arranged in an m by n matrix of radiating elements for communication with a satellite includes steps of determining a delay φm,n for each of said m by n matrix of elements of said cellular reflectarray antenna using sub-steps of: determining the longitude and latitude of operation, determining elevation and azimuth angles of the reflectarray with respect to the satellite and converting theta0 (θ0) and phi0 (φ0), determining Δβm,n, the pointing vector correction, for a given inter-element spacing and wavelength, determining Δφm,n, the spherical wave front correction factor, for a given radius from the central element and/or from measured data from the feed horn; and, determining a delay φm,n for each of said m by n matrix of elements as a function of Δβm,n and Δφm,n.. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/871237 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/754 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792015 | Malekpour |
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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) | Mahyar R. Malekpour (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapid Byzantine self-stabilizing clock synchronization protocol that self-stabilizes from any state, tolerates bursts of transient failures, and deterministically converges within a linear convergence time with respect to the self-stabilization period. Upon self-stabilization, all good clocks proceed synchronously. The Byzantine self-stabilizing clock synchronization protocol does not rely on any assumptions about the initial state of the clocks. Furthermore, there is neither a central clock nor an externally generated pulse system. The protocol converges deterministically, is scalable, and self-stabilizes in a short amount of time. The convergence time is linear with respect to the self-stabilization period. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/187458 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792392 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Chen (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Michael P. Buric (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Philip R. Swinehart (Columbus, Ohio); Mokhtar S. Maklad (Westerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas sensor includes an in-fiber resonant wavelength device provided in a fiber core at a first location. The fiber propagates a sensing light and a power light. A layer of a material is attached to the fiber at the first location. The material is able to absorb the gas at a temperature dependent gas absorption rate. The power light is used to heat the material and increases the gas absorption rate, thereby increasing sensor performance, especially at low temperatures. Further, a method is described of flash heating the gas sensor to absorb more of the gas, allowing the sensor to cool, thereby locking in the gas content of the sensor material, and taking the difference between the starting and ending resonant wavelengths as an indication of the concentration of the gas in the ambient atmosphere. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/957746 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792563 | Cohen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Cohen (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Maya Barley (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for guiding ablative therapy of abnormal biological electrical excitation. The excitation from the previous excitatory wave is significant at the beginning of the next excitation. In particular, it is designed for treatment of fast cardiac arrhythmias. Electrical signals are acquired from recording electrodes, and an inverse dipole method is used to identify the site of origin of an arrhythmia. The location of the tip of an ablation catheter is similarly localized from signals acquired from the recording electrodes while electrical pacing energy is delivered to the tip of the catheter close to or in contact with the cardiac tissue. The catheter tip is then guided to the site of origin of the arrhythmia, and ablative radio frequency energy is delivered to its tip to ablate the site. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/376994 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07793147 | 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 method for optimizing the use of digital computing resources to achieve reliability and availability of the computing resources is disclosed. The method comprises providing one or more processors with a recovery mechanism, the one or more processors executing one or more applications. A determination is made whether the one or more processors needs to be reconfigured. A rapid recovery is employed to reconfigure the one or more processors when needed. A computing system that provides reconfigurable and recoverable computing resources is also disclosed. The system comprises one or more processors with a recovery mechanism, with the one or more processors configured to execute a first application, and an additional processor configured to execute a second application different than the first application. The additional processor is reconfigurable with rapid recovery such that the additional processor can execute the first application when one of the one more processors fails. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/458301 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07788847 | Holt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory A. Holt (Brownfield, Texas); Edward Lee (Manteno, Illinois); Watt A. Ellis, III (Centre, Alabama); Thomas C. Wedegaertner (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Value-added compositions such as mulches, insulation, and animal bedding may be produced from cotton waste. These compositions are formed from mixtures of at least two cellulosic, biofiber components, wherein one or both of the components are fiberized. The compositions of this invention include mixtures of: a. a first cellulosic component of cotton byproducts, and b. a second cellulosic component which is visible to the naked eye, and which includes hay, grass, kenaf, straw, plant residue remaining following the harvest of crops such as cereal grains, rice, soybeans, and grass seed, wood, sawdust, wood pulp, paper, or mixtures of any of the above, wherein one or both of the first or second cellulosic component are fiberized and the fibers of the fiberized component are intermixed with and entangled about the other component in a 3-dimensional matrix. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316525 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant husbandry 047/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07789268 | Golde et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William T. Golde (Cutchouge, New York); Peter Gollobin (Matinecock, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for dispensing sterile lancets one at a time from a clip holding a plurality of lancets is described. The assembly is configured to dispense the lancets easily and conveniently under laboratory conditions where the lancet user is gloved and must manipulate the dispenser using only one hand while holding the animal being bled in the other. The assembly and its components are made of polycarbonate and rubber and are therefore capable of being sterilized by steam autoclaving methods or by other means of sterilization. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/097199 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Article dispensing 221/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790377 | Henrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent C. Henrich (Greensboro, North Carolina); Cary Alan Weinberger (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and systems for screening for compounds that act to modulate insect growth. Bioassays including cell culture and/or transgenic insects engineered with various components of the ecdysoid receptor (EcR) and/or the farsenoid-X receptor (RXR) systems to identify compounds that act as insecticides and/or hormone receptor activators are described. Also described are compounds, and compositions, identified as being putative insecticides based upon their ability to activate EcR and/or FXR mediated transcription. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/929090 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790651 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Shang-Yi Lin (Ames, Iowa); Jennifer A. Nieweg (Ames, Iowa); John G. Verkade (Ames, Iowa); Chinta Reddy Venkat Reddy (Ames, Iowa); Carla Kern (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A recyclable esterification or transesterification catalyst and methods for making and using the same are provided herein. The catalyst can be used to prepare biodiesel or methyl soyate from various feedstocks, including vegetable oils and animal fats. The catalyst can both esterify free fatty acids and transesterify mono-, di-, and triglycerides. The catalyst can also be combined with a metal oxide, and optionally calcined, prior to carrying out a catalytic reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/506417 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07790231 | McCutcheon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy McCutcheon (Rolla, Missouri); James E. Lamb, III (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved apparatus (20) and method are provided for effective, high speed contact planarization of coated curable substrates such as microelectronic devices to achieve very high degrees of planarization. The apparatus (20) includes a planarizing unit (28) preferably having an optical flat flexible sheet (88) and a backup optical flat body (82), and a curing assembly (30). In operation, a substrate (78) having a planarizable coating (76) is placed within a vacuum chamber (26) beneath sheet (88) and body (82). A pressure differential is created across sheet (88) so as to deflect the sheet into contact with a central region C of the coating (76), whereupon the coating (76) is brought into full planarizing contact with sheet (88) and body (82) by means of a support (114) and vacuum chuck (120); at this point the coating (76) is cured using assembly (30). After curing, a pressure differential is established across sheet (88) for sequentially separating the sheet from the peripheral portion P of the coating, and then full separation of the sheet (88) and coating (76). |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/887530 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/355 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790498 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A process including: (a) providing a gelable composition comprising a gelable semiconductor polymer and a liquid, wherein the polymer is at a low concentration in the liquid; (b) gelling the gelable composition to result in a gelled composition; (c) breaking the gelled composition to result in a flowable, broken gelled composition, wherein the viscosity of the flowable, broken gelled composition is at least about 10 times greater than the viscosity of the liquid; and (d) liquid depositing the flowable, broken gelled composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/406619 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791045 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Keith Thompson (Riverdale, Maryland); Charles W. Clark (Wheaton, Maryland); Michael A. Coplan (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for detecting slow neutrons by monitoring Lyman alpha radiation produced by the 3He(n,tp) nuclear reaction induced by neutrons incident on a gas cell containing 3He or a mixture of 3He and other atoms and/or molecules. Such a method and/or apparatus includes the use of, for example, liquid 3He and 4He mixtures as a scintillation counter for the sensitive detection of neutrons using Lyman alpha radiation produced by the 3He(n,tp) reaction. The radiation can be detected with high efficiency with an appropriate photo-detector, or alternatively, it can be converted to radiation at longer wavelength by absorption in scintillation materials, with the radiation channeled to a photodetector. Because of the simplicity of the system and the fact that the radiation production mechanisms can be measured and/or calculated independently, the method and/or apparatus also has the potential for service as a calculable absolute detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/181711 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/473.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792402 | Peng |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chubing Peng (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprises an optical waveguide, a grating for coupling light into the waveguide, and an optical element for splitting a light beam into a plurality of beams that strike the grating at different angles of incidence. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/197336 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07790285 | Zhamu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a nano-scaled graphene platelet (NGP) having a thickness no greater than 100 nm and a length-to-width ratio no less than 3 (preferably greater than 10). The NGP with a high length-to-width ratio can be prepared by using a method comprising (a) intercalating a carbon fiber or graphite fiber with an intercalate to form an intercalated fiber; (b) exfoliating the intercalated fiber to obtain an exfoliated fiber comprising graphene sheets or flakes; and (c) separating the graphene sheets or flakes to obtain nano-scaled graphene platelets. The invention also provides a nanocomposite material comprising an NGP with a high length-to-width ratio. Such a nanocomposite can become electrically conductive with a small weight fraction of NGPs. Conductive composites are particularly useful for shielding of sensitive electronic equipment against electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI), and for electrostatic charge dissipation. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/002278 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790396 | Ramsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Suregene, LLC (Jeffersontown, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy L. Ramsey (Shelbyville, Kentucky); Mark D. Brennan (Jeffersonville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions relate to genetic markers of psychotic disorders, e.g., schizophrenia (SZ), are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for determinations of a SULT4A1-1 haplotype are described. Furthermore, the invention provides methods and compositions involving treatment of psychotic disorders using the haplotype status. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/646723 |
| 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 07791028 | Baltz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TauTheta Instruments LLC (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan T. Baltz (Boulder, Colorado); J. D. Sheldon Danielson (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for system identification operate by computing phase and amplitude using linear filters. By digitally processing the linearly filtered signals or data, the phase and amplitude based on measurements of the input and output of a system, are determined. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/598349 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/358.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792392 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Chen (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Michael P. Buric (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Philip R. Swinehart (Columbus, Ohio); Mokhtar S. Maklad (Westerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas sensor includes an in-fiber resonant wavelength device provided in a fiber core at a first location. The fiber propagates a sensing light and a power light. A layer of a material is attached to the fiber at the first location. The material is able to absorb the gas at a temperature dependent gas absorption rate. The power light is used to heat the material and increases the gas absorption rate, thereby increasing sensor performance, especially at low temperatures. Further, a method is described of flash heating the gas sensor to absorb more of the gas, allowing the sensor to cool, thereby locking in the gas content of the sensor material, and taking the difference between the starting and ending resonant wavelengths as an indication of the concentration of the gas in the ambient atmosphere. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/957746 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07792185 | Bulzacchelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Francis Bulzacchelli (Yonkers, New York); Matthew J. Park (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are disclosed for calibrating summing amplifiers based on current integration. For example, apparatus for calibrating output voltage levels of a current-integrating summing amplifier includes the following components. A duplicate integrator circuit is provided, wherein the duplicate integrator circuit replicates an integrator circuit of the current-integrating summing amplifier. A comparing circuit, coupled to the duplicate integrator circuit, is provided for comparing at least one output voltage level generated by the duplicate integrator circuit with a reference voltage level. A feedback loop circuit, coupled to the comparing circuit and the duplicate integrator circuit, is provided for adjusting at least one bias signal of the duplicate integrator circuit so that the output voltage level generated by the duplicate integrator circuit matches the reference voltage level, wherein the bias signal is applied to the integrator circuit of the current-integrating summing amplifier thereby calibrating output signal components due to multiple input signals of the current-integrating summing amplifier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/672309 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792187 | Bulzacchelli |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Bulzacchelli (Yonkers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A decision feedback equalizer (DFE) and method include summer circuits to add a dynamic feedback signal representing a dynamic feedback tap to a received input and to speculate on a speculative tap. Data slicers are configured to receive outputs of the summer circuits and sample the outputs of the summer circuits. First multiplexers are included, each of which is configured to receive a first input from a corresponding data slicer. Second multiplexers are included, each of which is configured to receive an output of a plurality of the first multiplexers. The second multiplexers have an output fed back to a second input of the first multiplexers, and the second multiplexer output is employed to provide a select signal for a second multiplexer on a different section of the DFE and to drive the dynamic feedback signal to a summer circuit on a same section of the DFE. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/848477 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07792404 | Streltsov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corning Incorporated (Corning, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov (Corning, New York); James Scott Sutherland (Corning, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for manufacturing an optical assembly comprises providing a first substrate having a first surface, providing a second substrate having a second surface facing the first surface, and forming a patterned microbump on at least a select one of the first surface and the second surface. The method further comprises applying an adhesive to the at least select one of the first surface and the second surface in a region proximate the patterned microbump, and attaching the first substrate to the second substrate by placing the first surface and the second surface in close proximity to one another such that the adhesive contacts both the first surface and the second surface, and wherein the adhesive is held within a preselected area by the patterned microbump. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/985908 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07790690 | Thulé |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter M. Thulé (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A glucose sensitive regulator of insulin transcription includes a glucose response element (GIRE) of a liver-pyruvate (L-PK) gent promoter, and an insulin-sensitive element of an insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) basal promoter. The transcriptional activity of the regulator is stimulated by glucose and inhibited by insulin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/972916 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
| US 07792716 | Gooding et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia); Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie C. Gooding (Duluth, Georgia); Theresa M. Deggendorf (Coon Rapids, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Identifying automated clearing house (“ACH”) transaction items processed by an ACH operator comprises processing ACH items for acceptance by the ACH operator. Each ACH item relates to an ACH transaction type. Each ACH item is associated with a corresponding ACH transaction type to which it is related. Each ACH item also is associated with parties involved in the transaction detailed in the ACH item. A request for information regarding a specified ACH transaction type is received from a requesting party. ACH items associated with the specified ACH transaction type and the requesting party are identified in response to receiving the request. Information regarding the identified ACH items is presented to the requesting customer. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/955576 |
| ART UNIT | 3691 — Business Methods - Finance/Banking/ Insurance |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07792333 | Aradhye et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hrishikesh B. Aradhye (Mountain View, California); Martin A. Fischler (Sunnyvale, California); Robert C. Bolles (Mountain View, California); Gregory K. Myers (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for person identification. In one embodiment, a method for identifying an individual includes obtaining at least one image of the individual, where the image depicts at least a portion of the individual's hair, comparing the visual characteristics of the individual's hair to the visual characteristics of imaged hair in one or more stored images, and identifying the individual based on the comparison. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/253901 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07790066 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Wang (Houston, Texas); Daniel Brandl (Houston, Texas); Fei Le (Houston, Texas); Peter Nordlander (Houston, Texas); Nancy J. Halas (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new hybrid nanoparticle, i.e., a nanorice particle, which combines the intense local fields of nanorods with the highly tunable plasmon resonances of nanoshells, is described herein. This geometry possesses far greater structural tunability than previous nanoparticle geometries, along with much larger local field enhancements and far greater sensitivity as a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) nanosensor than presently known dielectric-conductive material nanostructures. In an embodiment, a nanoparticle comprises a prolate spheroid-shaped core having a first aspect ratio. The nanoparticle also comprises at least one conductive shell surrounding said prolate spheroid-shaped core. The nanoparticle has a surface plasmon resonance sensitivity of at least 600 nm RIU−1. Methods of making the disclosed nanorice particles are also described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281103 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/514 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07793271 | Raffo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Raffo (Tigard, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A bi-directional software development process simulation model is described. The model simulates the stages of a software development process, using equations relating to defect injection and detection and parameters describing detection and injection rates. With forward development process simulation, predictions can be made for process outcomes. By simulating in the reverse direction, defect detection requirements can be found for each stage of the model to achieve a desired performance result. Outcome-based control levels are utilized with the model to better detect whether a process is out of control. By going between the forward and reverse simulation directions, control of the process can be fine-tuned as defect detection data is obtained during process execution. In addition to quality as measured by defects, other metrics can be simulated, including cost, time, and features; similarly other product development scenarios, such as hardware or systems engineering can also be modeled and simulated. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/155325 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07789982 | Gefken et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Gefken (Mountain View, California); Gary R. Greenfield (San Jose, California); Robert J. Bell (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible dilute explosive device is provided that includes an explosive material, such as pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), combined with a non-reactive matrix material, such as light-weight polymer beads, and the combination is held in flexible packaging. The flexible packaging includes fabric, antistatic, evacuated and plastic housings. The flexible dilute explosive device can be applied to any contoured shape in the field. It has a total density that is typically between 5 to 10% greater than its explosive density and can be reliably detonated at lower explosive densities. By using different packaging methods, the flexible dilute explosive device can be made to have a fixed explosive density, or a field tailored explosive density using a variable volume housing. It can have a reduced explosive density by adding inert foam blocks to the combination, having an overall volumetric explosive density reduced to 2.5 lb/ft3 (0.04 g/cm3). |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/701966 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790151 | Raina et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok K. Raina (New Orleans, Louisiana); Maureen S. Wright (New Orleans, Louisiana); Alan R. Lax (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | Alates of the Formosan subterranean termite (FST), Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, collected after swarming in 2002 died within 48 hrs, and the cadavers were visibly infected with a fungus. Fungi were picked from the cadavers, transferred to media and ultimately isolated to purity. A single fungal isolate, C4-B, taxonomically identified as Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff), was found to cause rapid mortality of FST alates. This is the first report of a biological control agent for termite alates. Strain C4-B was more lethal to both alates and workers when compared to M. anisopliae strain ESC1, marketed as the termite biocontrol agent BioBlast®. 100% of FST alates exposed to C4-B spores (106 spores/μl) were killed in 3 days. Field studies where C4-B spores were dispersed on grassy lawns resulted in 100% mortality of alates by day 5. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/389609 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07790252 | Nematollahi |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Khosrow Nematollahi (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer device having a plurality of primary layers for protecting an object includes a first primary layer formed from a first ceramic material. A second primary layer is positioned over the first primary layer, the second primary layer being formed from a first plastic material. A third primary layer is positioned over the second primary layer, the third primary layer being formed from metal. A fourth primary layer is positioned over the third primary layer, the fourth primary layer being formed from a second plastic material. A fifth primary layer is positioned over the fourth layer, the fifth primary layer being formed from a second ceramic material. A sixth primary layer is positioned over the fifth primary layer. The sixth primary layer includes a plurality of sub-layers, with each sub-layer being formed as a plurality of secondary layers, and with each secondary layer being a composite polymer-fabric. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/970551 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/34.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07791554 | Buxton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Attorney General (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carey Gwynne Buxton (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Brian David Sharp (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The tulip antenna has two orthogonally intersecting conductive plates. Each intersecting plate has two ends, and one of these ends is smoothly tapered. The intersecting plates intersect such that the tapered end of both plates together form a tapered side when the intersecting plates intersect. An inner conductor of a coaxial cable is connected to the two intersecting plates at the tapered side of the intersecting plates. The inner conductor and the surrounding insulator pass through a tuning stub and then through a metallic ground plate. The tuning stub is connected to the ground plate. An aperture in the ground plate is sized such that the insulator can pass through it, just as the insulator can pass through the tuning stub. The tuning stub increases the upper frequency limit over which the antenna operates. The outer conductor of the coaxial cable is attached to the ground plate. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220584 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/797 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, September 07, 2010.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
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