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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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| US 07814753 | Farah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge I. Farah (Glastonbury, Connecticut); William G. Hoop (Tavares, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust duct assembly includes a cooling liner spaced apart from an exhaust duct case that articulate for use in a short take off vertical landing (STOVL) type of aircraft. The cooling liner assembly is attached to the exhaust duct case through a foldable attachment hanger system. The foldable attachment hanger system provides a low profile (foldable up/down) for a limited access installation envelope typical of a three bearing swivel duct (3BSD) which rotates about three bearing planes to permit transition between a cruise configuration and a hover configuration. In this way, each cooling liner segment may be formed as a complete cylindrical member requiring joints only between the swivelable duct sections. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/492412 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/796 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07814845 | Brookes |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zebrex Environmental Systems (Mississauga, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Brookes (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for gasifying biomass waste has two each of primary chambers, fume transfer vents, mixing chambers which accept fumes from the primary chamber, afterburner chambers in fluid communication with the mixing chambers, and an exhaust duct. Each secondary burner produces an initial heating flame within a vertical portion of the respective afterburner chamber, and secondary chambers are in fluid communication with the afterburner chambers. Heated gases from the afterburner chambers cause heating of the secondary chambers. A portion of each primary chamber has a heat conductive floor superimposed over the respective secondary chamber, and the partition between the primary chambers is heat conductive, so that conductive and convective heating of the primary chambers occurs. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/763916 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Furnaces 110/229 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07814928 | 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 | A microfluidic assembly comprising a replaceable microfluidic circuit and a thermal unit, the microfluidic circuit adapted to contact the thermal unit by contact between one or more membranes in the microfluidic circuit and the at least one temperature controlling element in the thermal unit to achieve temperature control of a substance or substances inside one or more fluidic compartments in the microfluidic circuit. A related method to control temperature and/or physical state of a substance in the fluidic compartments and related testing systems are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/869718 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815146 | Hawkins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary F. Hawkins (Torrance, California); John W. Murdock (Palos Verdes Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fixed sized bell rocket nozzle is lined with a layer of combustible material that is ignited during launch ignition and burns to outgas into the rocket exhaust for spatially variably confining the exhaust and perfecting an effective variably sized altitude compensating exhaust nozzle that maximizes lift during the launch of a spacecraft into orbit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/942238 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/63 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815255 | Kiel 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) | Thomas J. Kiel (Bernardsville, New Jersey); Louis John Gaston (Sarver, New Jersey); Frank C. Dlubak (Freeport, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A seat for a combat vehicle includes a generally rectangular rigid base including front and rear ribs disposed on opposite, longer sides of the base, the base including a pair of slot openings disposed adjacent opposite, shorter sides of the base; a generally rectangular inner cushion disposed on a top surface of the base; a generally U-shaped outer cushion disposed on a top surface of the inner cushion and along outer surfaces of the front and rear ribs; a cover disposed over the outer cushion; and a pair of support assemblies for supporting the seat in the vehicle. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/175661 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Chairs and seats 297/216.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815759 | Fallis 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) | Stephen Fallis (Ridgecrest, California); Jennifer A. Irvin (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrostatic charge reduction system including a composition having at least one energetic particle component with or without a non-conducting binder, and conducting polymer or electrically neutral polymer deposited on the energetic component in its oxidized form. The oxidation of the polymer occurs during or after the polymer deposition process. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914780 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815839 | Vontell, Sr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Vontell, Sr. (Manchester, Connecticut); Carl Brian Klinetob (Manchester, Connecticut); Christopher John Feeney (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A mandrel comprising a rigid inner core and an elastomeric outer layer that at least partially surrounds the rigid inner core, wherein the elastomeric outer layer is adapted to expand during a molding process to seal a cavity to prevent incursion of material injected during the molding process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/782867 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/328.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815970 | Schlesser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raoul Schlesser (Cary, North Carolina); Ramón R. Collazo (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zlatko Sitar (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of preparing Group III-nitride films of controlled polarity and substrates coated with such controlled polarity films. In particular, the invention provides substrate preparation steps that optimize the substrate surface for facilitating growth of a Group III-polar film, an N-polar film, or a selectively patterned film with both a Group III-polar portion and an N-polar portion in precise positioning. The methods of the invention are particularly suited for use in CVD methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/382806 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816140 | Lau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kin-Hing William Lau (Redlands, California); David J. Baylink (Loma Linda, California); Susan L. Hall (San Bernardino, California); Shin-Tai Chen (Colton, California); Subburaman Mohan (Redlands, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing bone growth and/or enhancing wound healing, for example, fracture repair. The disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids useful for promoting bone growth. For example, the disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids that encode a fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) analog. The disclosure also provides vectors and cells incorporating these nucleic acids, as well as FGF-2 analogs encode by them. The disclosure also provides a mouse system of bone marrow transplantation and methods for producing as well as methods for using the system. Methods for inducing division and/or inducing differentiation of a hematopoietic stem cell are also provided, as are methods for enhancing bone growth and/or wound repair (for example, fracture repair). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/452873 |
| 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 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816220 | Mazur et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); Mengyan Shen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of processing a substrate, e.g., a semiconductor substrate, by irradiating a surface of the substrate (or at least a portion of the surface) with a first set of polarized short laser pulses while exposing the surface to a fluid to generate a plurality of structures on the surface, e.g., within a top layer of the surface. Subsequently, the structured surface can be irradiated with another set of polarized short laser pulses having a different polarization than that of the initial set while exposing the structured surface to a fluid, e.g., the same fluid initially utilized to form the structured surface or a different fluid. In many embodiments, the second set of polarized laser pulses cause the surface structures formed by the first set to break up into smaller-sized structures, e.g., nano-sized features such as nano-sized rods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038209 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/308 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816480 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Gang Lu (Skokie, Illinois); Hakan Usta (Evanston, Illinois); Joseph Letizia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present teachings provide silole-based polymers that can be used as p-type semiconductors. More specifically, the present teachings provide polymers that include a repeating unit of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5R6, Z, x, and x′ are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of preparing these polymers, and relate to various compositions, composites, and devices that incorporate these polymers. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563680 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816635 | Fink |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence E. Fink (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A stowable wing structure incorporates a wing having a span equal to a fuselage length and movable from a stowed position longitudinally aligned with the fuselage to a deployed position perpendicular to the fuselage. A pivot offset laterally from a centerline of the fuselage and aft from a symmetry point on the centerline with a corresponding offset forward toward the leading edge from a chord centerpoint on the wing allows rotation of the wing from the stowed position to the deployed position with the rotation resulting in an aft position of the chord center point relative to the fuselage symmetry point. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/934083 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816650 | Garman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Garman (Long Beach, California); Nahum Gat (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An external optical relay assembly to allow an infrared camera with a fixed aperture to be used with a variety of fore optics, including refractive compound lenses, reflective telescopes, and reflective/refractive lenses, by providing an external, cooled aperture, that can be adjusted to provide effective f-number matching to the fore optic, allowing any f-number fore optic to be used with the infrared camera. This allows users of large families of similar telescopes, for example, to use their inventory of infrared Ritchie-Chrétien telescopes with a single infrared camera, regardless of f-numbers. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/192069 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/352 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816655 | Hess et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | KLA-Tencor Technologies Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harald F. Hess (La Jolla, California); Marian Mankos (Palo Alto, California); David L. Adler (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment disclosed relates to a reflective electron patterning device. The device includes a pattern on a surface. There is an electron reflective portion of the pattern and an electron non-reflective portion of the pattern. Another embodiment disclosed relates to a method of reflecting a pattern of electrons. An electron beam is generated to be incident upon a surface. The pattern is formed on the surface. The incident electrons are reflected from a reflective portion of the pattern are prevented from being reflected from a non-reflective portion of the pattern. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/851041 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816665 | Gorman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher B. Gorman (Cary, North Carolina); Richard Lloyd Carroll (Cary, North Carolina); Grace Credo (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A negative differential resistance (NDR) device, and methods of making and using the NDR device. The NDR device includes a substrate comprising a conductor material or a semi-conductor material and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) that includes a first electroactive moiety and a spacer moiety disposed on the substrate that defines a barrier between the electroactive moiety and the substrate, wherein the NDR device exhibits negative differential resistance in the presence of a varying applied voltage. Also provided are NDR in multilayers in which the peak to valley ratio of the NDR response can be controlled by the number of layers; modulation of NDR using binding groups to one of the electrical contacts or to the electroactive moiety itself; and NDR devices that display multiple peaks in the current-voltage curve that contain electroactive moieties that have multiple low potential electrochemical oxidations and/or reductions. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/502872 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816764 | Marchand et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugues Marchand (Goleta, California); Brendan Jude Moran (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of controlling stress in GaN films deposited on silicon and silicon carbide substrates and the films produced therefrom are disclosed. A typical method comprises providing a substrate and depositing a graded gallium nitride layer on the substrate having a varying composition of a substantially continuous grade from an initial composition to a final composition formed from a supply of at least one precursor in a growth chamber without any interruption in the supply. A typical semiconductor film comprises a substrate and a graded gallium nitride layer deposited on the substrate having a varying composition of a substantially continuous grade from an initial composition to a final composition formed from a supply of at least one precursor in a growth chamber without any interruption in the supply. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/471134 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816793 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for facilitating proximity communication between semiconductor chips. The system includes a base chip and a bridge chip, each of which includes an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside, and a back face opposite the active face. The active face of the bridge chip is bonded to the active face of the base chip. Then, an identified portion of the active face of the bridge chip is thinned via etching and is removed by planarizing the back face of the bridge chip, thereby creating an opening in the bridge chip that exposes a portion of the active face of the base chip. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/391137 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/777 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816995 | Allen 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) | Jeffery C. Allen (San Diego, California); John W. Rockway (San Diego, California); Diana Arceo (San Diego, California); Jeffery Young (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a first circulator, a second circulator connected to the first circulator and a load, a third circulator connected to the second circulator, and a filter connected between the first and third circulators. The filter modifies the phase and amplitude of a first signal from the first circulator to produce a modified first signal. The modified first signal amplitude may be equal to the amplitude of a second signal from the second circulator. The phase of the modified first signal is about 180 degrees out of phase with the second signal phase. The third circulator circulates the modified first signal towards the second circulator. The first signal comprises a coupled signal from the first circulator. The second signal comprises a signal reflected from the load and a coupled signal from the second circulator. The filter may be a passive network having lumped, distributed, and resistive elements. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/399316 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817010 | Nyffenegger |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johannes Friederich Nyffenegger (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A temperature probe assembly is provided. The temperature probe assembly may comprise a housing formed of a first thermally conductive material and having an inner diameter defined by an inner bore, an insert formed of a second thermally conductive material disposed in the inner bore and having an outer diameter that is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the housing at a first temperature and a temperature sensor mounted within the insert. The second thermally conductive material has a thermal coefficient of expansion that is greater than the first thermally conductive material, such that the insert is insertable into the inner bore at the first temperature and is tightly locked in the inner bore at a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694058 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical resistors 338/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817079 | Funk |
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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) | Clarence John Funk (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses are described that enable the automatic collection of maritime vessel location information within a global or regional framework by using a minimum network of vessels outfitted with non-intrusive AIS data collection systems. The network of vessels may comprise standard ships operating within their normal commercial or private tasks. By utilizing these non-specially tasked vessels and augmenting the received AIS reports with onboard radar/navigation information, accurate global or regional tracking information can be generated at a centralized location without incurring large costs. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/105129 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817099 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuang-Yuh Wu (Plano, Texas); Ronald J. Richardson (McKinney, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment of the invention, a radome cover for an RF sensor has been provided. The radome cover comprises a ceramic core and at least two layers. The ceramic core is sandwiched between the at least two layers and the at least two layers are impedance matched to the ceramic core. The radome cover provides ballistic protection for the RF sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/297999 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/872 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817100 | Navarro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julio A. Navarro (Kent, Washington); Richard N. Bostwick (North Bend, Washington); Andrew G. Laquer (Tustin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A ballistic resistant antenna for use with a ballistic resistant communications system having a first plate fabricated from a ballistic material. The first plate has at least one opening configured to allow transmission of electromagnetic energy at a predetermined range of electromagnetic wavelengths. The antenna also has at least one plug having a geometry that is capable of insertion into the at least one opening. The at least one plug is made up of a material that is substantially transparent to the predetermined range of electromagnetic wavelengths. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/564515 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/872 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817191 | Prusia |
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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) | Ronald Norman Prusia (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for use in transmitting data that is supplied with a high jitter input clock in a serial data stream over a single fiber cable. Video data from a camera is stored in memory using the high jitter clock. A stable clock is used to transmit the data from memory. To account for drift between the input clock and the stable clock idle words are added to or deleted from the transmitted data. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/821473 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/231.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817284 | Ward |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Ward (Dedham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Interference in a rotation rate detector signal of an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope from a bias phase modulator signal may be reduced or substantially avoided by transmitting one or more off-frequency signals having a frequency other than the eigenfrequency of the gyroscope towards a bias phase modulator, generating the bias phase modulator signal having a frequency substantially equal to the eigenfrequency of the gyroscope, and driving the bias phase modulator with the bias phase modulator signal. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163621 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/460 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817688 | Uberna et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Inc. (Louisville, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Radoslaw J. Uberna (Boulder, Colorado); Bruce G. Tiemann (Longmont, Colorado); Andrew T. Bratcher (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A controller, such as a programmable logic controller, may manipulate a phase and/or polarization module to alter and/or control the phase and polarization of input beams. Utilizing active phase and polarization control can enable the combination of any arbitrary number of input beams into a single, combined beam. Utilizing active phase and polarization control can also enable the combination of input beams having arbitrary power levels. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/358205 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817697 | Scheps |
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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) | Richard Scheps (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a laser output signal includes the steps of: generating an optical pump signal that is a sequence optical pulses each having a duration of about nτf, where τf represents a flourescence lifetime of a laser dye and 3≦n≦25; directing the optical pump signal into an optical resonant cavity having a laser dye gain element that contains the laser dye for transforming the optical pump signal into an excited optical signal; resonating the excited optical signal in the optical resonant cavity; and emitting a portion of the excited optical signal from the optical resonant cavity. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631219 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817698 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenyu Li (Pasadena, California); Demetri Psaltis (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Zhaoyu Zhang (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a microfluidic dye laser including a pump light source configured to provide light having a pump light wavelength. The microfluidic dye laser also includes an elastomer substantially optically transparent at the pump light wavelength and at a microfluidic dye laser wavelength. A microfluidic channel configured to accept a fluidic dye is defined in the elastomer. An optical grating is formed in a single mode 3D waveguide in the microfluidic channel in order to provide a single mode microfluidic dye laser light as output in response to illumination with light from the pump light source. In another aspect, the invention features a method of tuning a wavelength of a microfluidic dye laser light by mechanically deforming the elastomeric laser chip to change the grating period in the optical cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/836578 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817699 | Rawlins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Terry Rawlins (Reading, Massachusetts); David B. Oaks (Reading, Massachusetts); Seonkyung Lee (Boston, Massachusetts); Steven J. Davis (Londonderry, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser device includes an optical resonator, a microwave driven discharge device, and a source for a second gas. The microwave driven discharge device is disposed relative to the optical resonator. The microwave driven discharge device operates at a discharge power and gas flow rate to produce a selected amount of energetic singlet oxygen metastables flowing in the direction of the optical resonator. The second source for the second gas is disposed between the optical resonator and the microwave driven discharge device. The second gas reacts with the selected amount of energetic singlet oxygen metastables to form an excited species in an amount sufficient to support lasing of the excited species in the optical resonator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/018162 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817884 | DeMeritt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corning Incorporated (Corning, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery Alan DeMeritt (Painted Post, New York); Stuart Gray (Corning, New York); Daniel Warren Hawtof (Corning, New York); Luis Alberto Zenteno (Painted Post, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The strain-managed optical waveguide assemblies of the present invention utilize a large-mode-area (LMA) optical fiber that is annealed in a first bending such that the fiber in that configuration has substantially no axial strain. A fiber support member is then used to support the annealed LMA optical fiber in a second bending configuration that forms within the LMA optical fiber an axial strain profile that reduces stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) as compared to the first bending configuration, and that also preferably causes the LMA optical fiber to operate in a single mode. The LMA optical fiber may have a double-clad configuration and include a doped core that serves as a gain medium. The strain-managed optical waveguide assembly can then be used to constitute a fiber amplifier that mitigates the SBS penalty associated with high-power fiber-based optical systems. The strain-managed waveguide assembly can also provide for thermal management in high-power applications, and can be used to control SBS by controlling the temperature profile along the length of the LMA optical fiber in a manner that mitigates SBS. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/980072 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818193 | McWhite |
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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) | James David McWhite (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Stowage requirements are estimated either in early stage design of a ship or in evaluation of an existing ship. Initialization data includes definition of one or more stowage aid types, definition of one or more storeroom types, description of stowage requirements associated with one or more different ship types, and enumeration of “compartment utilization factors” corresponding to each defined stowage aid type (e.g., in the form of one or more data matrices, each matrix corresponding to a stowage aid type). Once the data setup is completed, the number of storerooms needed to hold a given or estimated volume of stowage is determined. Space layout rules and the corresponding “compartment utilization factors” are applied to each selected stowage aid type, thereby determining the number of stowage aids required (and the associated stowage aid weights) as to each stowage aid type, and/or the total storage area required as to each storeroom type. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826790 |
| ART UNIT | 3624 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818497 | Gower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Gower (LaGrangeville, New York); Warren E. Maule (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory system is provided that enhances the memory bandwidth available through a memory module. The memory system includes a memory controller and a memory module coupled to the memory controller. In the memory system, the memory controller is coupled to the memory module via at least two independent memory channels. In the memory system, the at least two independent memory channels are coupled to one or more memory hub devices of the memory module. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/848322 |
| 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 |
| US 07818539 | Rixner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Rixner (Spring, Texas); John D. Owens (Emeryville, California); Ujval J. Kapasi (Santa Clara, California); William J. Dally (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A processor implements conditional vector operations in which, for example, an input vector containing multiple operands to be used in conditional operations is divided into two or more output vectors based on a condition vector. Each output vector can then be processed at full processor efficiency without cycles wasted due to branch latency. Data to be processed are divided into two groups based on whether or not they satisfy a given condition by e.g., steering each to one of the two index vectors. Once the data have been segregated in this way, subsequent processing can be performed without conditional operations, processor cycles wasted due to branch latency, incorrect speculation or execution of unnecessary instructions due to predication. Other examples of conditional operations include combining one or more input vectors into a single output vector based on a condition vector, conditional vector switching, conditional vector combining, and conditional vector load balancing. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/511157 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818552 | Jungwirth |
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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) | Patrick W. Jungwirth (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A VLIW processor is provided with an architecture which includes fetching and executing circuitry which when combined with operation, compare, branch (OCB) instructions realizes no processing branch penalties. The OCB instructions are provided with two direct branch fields or with two indirect branch fields. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/960932 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818569 | Devadas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas Devadas (Lexington, Massachusetts); Blaise Gassend (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital value is generated in an integrated circuit such that the generated value substantially depends on circuit parameters that vary among like devices. The generated digital value is then used, for example, to access protected information in the device or to perform a cryptographic function in the integrated circuit. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/421582 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818725 | Agarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anant Agarwal (Weston, Massachusetts); Patrick Robert Griffin (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An the integrated circuit comprises a plurality of processor cores interconnected by an interconnection network. A method for generating instructions to be executed in the integrated circuit comprises accepting a plurality of programs, at least some of the programs including one or more communication operations to communicate with other programs; mapping each program to one or more of the processor cores; determining correspondence among communication operations in the programs; and mapping communication for corresponding communication operations to resources associated with the interconnection network. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/414473 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818797 | Fan 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) | Wei Fan (New York, New York); Wenke Lee (Atlanta, Georgia); Matthew Miller (New York, New York); Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting an intrusion in the operation of a computer system based on a plurality of events. A rule set is determined for a training set of data comprising a set of features having associated costs. For each of a plurality of events, the set of features is computed and a class is predicted for the features with a rule of the rule set. For each event predicted as an intrusion, a response cost and a damage cost are determined, wherein the damage cost is determined based on such factors as the technique of the intrusion, the criticality of the component of the computer system subject to the intrusion, and a measure of progress of the intrusion. If the damage cost is greater than or equal to the response cost, a response to the event. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/269718 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818804 | Marceau |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carla Marceau (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is described for dynamically generating an application-specific, system-level privilege profile that describes the aggregate exercise of system-level privileges by a plurality of software application instances. In particular, the system includes a plurality of client computing devices for capturing empirical information relating to the exercise of privileges by the plurality of software application instances executing on top of a plurality of instances of a platforms residing within the plurality of client devices. The plurality of client devices each uploads the empirical information to an EPP server, which is also included within the system. The empirical privilege profiler system dynamically generates the profile based the empirical information. In this way, the system may facilitate adherence to the Principle of Least Privilege by revealing system-level privilege use by an application, monitoring of system-level privilege use, and detection of system intrusions. |
| FILED | Monday, July 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/496252 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); Clarian Health Partners, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Badylak (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An intestinal submucosa tissue graft construct for use in repairing diseased or damaged tissues is provided. The graft construct comprises vertebrate intestinal submucosa tissue, added endothelial cells, and at least one additional preselected, exogenous population of cells which enhances initiation of the formation of vessel-like structures in the graft. The preselected population of cells can be a population of non-keratinized or keratinized epithelial cells or a population of mesodermally derived cells selected from the group consisting of fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, skeletal muscle cells, cardiac muscle cells, multi-potential progenitor cells, pericytes, osteogenic cells, and any other suitable cell type, preferably selected based on the tissue to be repaired. Methods for enhancing the vascularization in vivo of these intestinal submucosa tissue graft constructs and for preparing these graft constructs are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/428350 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815871 | Pamula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Y. Paik (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a droplet microactuator system. According to one embodiment, the droplet microactuator system includes: (a) a droplet microactuator configured to conduct droplet operations; (b) a magnetic field source arranged to immobilize magnetically responsive beads in a droplet during droplet operations; (c) a sensor configured in a sensing relationship with the droplet microactuator, such that the sensor is capable of sensing a signal from and/or a property of one or more droplets on the droplet microactuator; and (d) one or more processors electronically coupled to the droplet microactuator and programmed to control electrowetting-mediated droplet operations on the droplet actuator and process electronic signals from the sensor. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639664 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815905 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alon M. Chen (Rehovot, Israel); Kuo-Fen Lee (Del Mar, California); Chien Li (Charlottesville, Virginia); Wylie W. Vale (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In some aspects, the invention relates to methods for increasing insulin-sensitivity and/or decreasing insulin secretion in an individual by reducing or inhibiting corticotropin releasing factor 2 (CRFR2) signaling. CRFR2 antagonists may block agonism by one or more CRFR2 agonist, for example Ucn 2 or Ucn 3. Methods according to the invention may be use to treat a variety of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome and obesity. |
| FILED | Monday, January 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/668047 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 07815908 | Sheppard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Sheppard (Oakland, California); Amha Atakilit (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating and preventing disease associated with αvβ5 integrin by blocking binding to αvβ5 integrin. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/505366 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/143.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815911 | Straley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan C. Straley (Lexington, Kentucky); Brian S. Murphy (Lexington, Kentucky); Stanislav Forman (Santa Ana, California); Christine R. Wulff (Columbia, South Carolina); Robert D. Perry (Lancaster, Kentucky); Tanya Myers-Morales (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating a Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis) infection are provided. Compositions and methods of for inducing an immune response in a subject are provided. Composition can include a YadC polypeptide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870315 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815918 | Gigliotti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Gigliotti (Pittsford, New York); Terry W. Wright (West Henrietta, New York); Constantine G. Haidaris (Rochester, New York); Patricia J. Simpsonhaidaris (Rochester, New York); Jesse Wells (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A number of immunologically active agents are described, including an isolated protein or polypeptide that includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, immunogenic conjugates containing either the protein or polypeptide, a full-length Pneumocystis kexin, or a full length Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA), antibodies recognizing the protein or polypeptide or the immunogenic conjugates (particularly the epitope of SEQ ID NO: 1), and nucleic acid molecules that encode the protein or polypeptide, as well as DNA constructs, expression vectors, and host cells that contain the nucleic acid molecules. Disclosed uses of the antibodies, immunogenic conjugates, and DNA constructs include inducing passive or active immunity to treat or prevent pathogen infections, particularly by a Pneumocystis organism, in a patient. |
| FILED | Friday, December 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/584871 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/274.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815919 | Kita et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hirohito Kita (Rochester, Minnesota); Jens Ponikau (Amherst, New York); Christopher B. Lawrence (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This document relates to methods and materials involved in fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation. For example, isolated nucleic acids encoding fungal polypeptides, fungal polypeptides, methods for assessing fungus-induced inflammation, methods for assessing eosinophil degranulation, and methods for identifying inhibitors of fungus-induced inflammation and/or eosinophil degranulation are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/629638 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/274.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815963 | Schwartz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schwartz (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael J. Avaltroni (Staten Island, New York); Kim S. Midwood (Princeton, New Jersey); Jean E. Schwarzbauer (Princeton, New Jersey); Ellen Gawalt (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osteoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/115067 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816082 | Han et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona); The Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haiyong Han (Chandler, Arizona); Robert J Gillies (Tucson, Arizona); David L Morse (Tucson, Arizona); Victor J Hruby (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods that identify cells as pancreatic cancer cells based on assessing the expression of combinations of target molecules expressed preferentially on pancreatic cancer cells are disclosed. Combinations were initially discovered by microarray analysis and selected based upon tumor specificity, relative lack of cross-reactivity with normal tissues, and applicability as targets of multispecific ligands. The claimed methods encompass measuring the expression of three or more specific target molecules in combination and correlating positive expression of the combination with an identification of the cell as a pancreatic cancer cell. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/041350 |
| 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 07816086 | Bakaletz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nationwide Children's Hospital, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio); The Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lauren O. Bakaletz (Hilliard, Ohio); Robert S. Munson, Jr. (Hilliard, Ohio); David W. Dyer (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides and uses thereof. The invention also relates to NTHi genes which are upregulated during or in response to NTHi infection of the middle ear and/or the nasopharynx. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/646424 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 07816087 | Pastan 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) | Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Tapan K. Bera (Germantown, Maryland); Curt Wolfgang (Germantown, Maryland); Byungkook Lee (Potomac, Maryland); James Vincent (Takoma Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A new polypeptide is disclosed that is specifically detected in the cells of the prostate, termed Novel Gene Expressed in Prostate (NGEP). Polynucleotides encoding NGEP are also disclosed, as are vectors including these polynucleotides. Host cells transformed with these polynucleotides are also disclosed. Antibodies are disclosed that specfically bind NGEP. Methods are disclosed for using an NGEP polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds NGEP, or a polynucleotide encoding NGEP. Assays are disclosed for the detection prostate cancer. Pharamaceutical compositions including an NGEP polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds NGEP, or a polynucleotide encoding NGEP are also disclosed. These pharmaceutical compositions are of use in the treatment of prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/495663 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 07816088 | Jamieson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Catriona Helen M. Jamieson (La Jolla, California); Laurie Ailles (Palo Alto, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated populations of leukemic stem cells are provided. The cells are useful for experimental evaluation, and as a source of lineage and cell specific products, and as targets for the discovery of factors or molecules that can affect them. Detection of leukemic stem cells is useful in predicting disease progression, relapse, and development of drug resistance. Proliferation of LSC may be inhibited through interfering with activation of the bcatenin pathway. Methods are provided for the clinical staging of pre-leukemia and leukemias by differential analysis of hematologic samples for the distribution of one or more hematopoietic stem or progenitor cell subsets. |
| FILED | Monday, December 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/579540 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 07816089 | Iavarone et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Iavarone (New York, New York); Anna Lasorella (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for determining whether a subject has a pediatric neoplasm. The present invention further provides a method for assessing the efficacy of therapy to treat a pediatric neoplasm in a subject who has undergone or is undergoing treatment for a pediatric neoplasm. In addition, the present invention provides a method for assessing the prognosis of a subject who has a pediatric neoplasm. Finally, the present invention provides a method for treating a pediatric neoplasm in a subject in need of treatment thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/101164 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 07816095 | Kiernan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Urban A. Kiernan (Gilbert, Arizona); Dobrin Nedelkov (Tempe, Arizona); Randall W. Nelson (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Presented herein are novel blood plasma/serum biomarkers related to cardiovascular disease. These newly identified biomarkers create the basis for multiple (single) assays using traditional bioassay technologies and when used in combination yield exceptional clinical sensitivity and specificity in the determination of myocardial infarction (MI). A multiplexed, mass spectrometric immunoassay (MSIA) able to simultaneously assay for the new/novel biomarkers as well other MI markers is also presented. Means and methods for evaluating data generated using multiple biomarkers in order to validate findings and further the use of the multiplexed MI assay in clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic uses is also included. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/367982 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
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| US 07816117 | Beckwith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows Of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Beckwith (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel Ritz (Lucerne, Switzerland); Melinda Faulkner (Brookline, Massachusetts); Stephanie Gon (Marseilles, France); George Georgiou (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides composition and methods for producing proteins of interest which comprise at least one disulfide bond, include proteins which in their mature form do not contain disulfide bonds, but whose precursor molecule contained at least one disulfide bond. The methods employ a host cell modified to more efficiently produce properly folded disulfide bond containing proteins. The host cells generally contain a mutation in one or more reductase genes, and can be further genetically modified to increase their growth rate, and are further optionally modified to increase the expression of a catalyst of disulfide bond formation. Host cells, methods for u sing such to produce proteins of interest, proteins of interest produced by these methods are within the scope of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/411988 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.100 |
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| US 07816121 | Pollack et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Y. Paik (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A droplet actuation system is provided including a droplet actuation device including a substrate that includes electrodes for conducting droplet operations; temperature control means for heating and/or cooling a region of the droplet actuation device and arranged such that a droplet can be transported on the electrodes to a region for heating; and a means for effecting a magnetic field in proximity to one or more of the electrodes sufficient to immobilize magnetically responsive beads in a droplet on the substrate during droplet operations. The system further includes a processor for controlling the electrodes and temperature control means, wherein the processor is programmed, and electrodes and magnetic field are arranged, to cause the electrodes to split a droplet including the magnetically responsive beads yielding a first daughter droplet which includes the magnetically responsive beads and a second daughter droplet without a substantial amount of the magnetically responsive beads. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639990 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/286.500 |
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| US 07816140 | Lau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kin-Hing William Lau (Redlands, California); David J. Baylink (Loma Linda, California); Susan L. Hall (San Bernardino, California); Shin-Tai Chen (Colton, California); Subburaman Mohan (Redlands, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing bone growth and/or enhancing wound healing, for example, fracture repair. The disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids useful for promoting bone growth. For example, the disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids that encode a fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) analog. The disclosure also provides vectors and cells incorporating these nucleic acids, as well as FGF-2 analogs encode by them. The disclosure also provides a mouse system of bone marrow transplantation and methods for producing as well as methods for using the system. Methods for inducing division and/or inducing differentiation of a hematopoietic stem cell are also provided, as are methods for enhancing bone growth and/or wound repair (for example, fracture repair). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/452873 |
| 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 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816322 | Fallon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University Research Foundation (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin R. Fallon (Brooklyn, Connecticut); Mark A. Bowe (Damascus, Maryland); Beth McKechnie (Franklin, Massachusetts); Michael Rafii (San Diego, California); Alison Amenta (Pawtucket, Rhode Island); Mary Lynn Mercado (Robbinsville, New Jersey); Hiroki Hagiwara (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for treating, preventing, and diagnosing diseases or conditions associated with an abnormal level or activity of biglycan; disorders associated with an unstable cytoplasmic membrane, due, e.g., to an unstable dystrophin associated protein complex (DAPC); disorders associated with abnormal synapses or neuromuscular junctions, including those resulting from an abnormal MuSK activation or acetylcholine receptor (AChR) aggregation. Examples of diseases include muscular dystrophies, such as Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, Becker's Muscular Dystrophy, neuromuscular disorders and neurological disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/072008 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816335 | Wight et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas N. Wight (Seattle, Washington); Mervyn Merrilees (Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | Therapeutic agents and methods useful to modulate the activity of V3. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/270253 |
| 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 07816352 | Carson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Carson (La Jolla, California); Howard B. Cottam (Escondido, California); Sylvie Barchéchath (Geneva, Switzerland); Mary Patricia Corr (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds that act as selective agents to protect against unintentional cell death or tissue damage and can relieve side effects of cancer treatment such as, for example, oral mucositis, hair loss, diarrhea due to damage to the gastrointestinal epithelium, and myelosuppression. In addition, these compounds can be used to prevent premature cell death when the cell death is caused by signals from damaged cells, for example, signals generated as the result of a traumatic incident or an ischemic episode. |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/885463 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/235.200 |
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| US 07816384 | Werner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Werner (New York, New York); David Pitt (Bronx, New York); Elimor Brand-Schieber (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating a demyelinating condition in a subject in need of treatment are provided. In some aspects the methods encompass administering to the subject an amount of a Ca2+-channel blocker effective to treat the demyelinating condition. In other aspects, the methods encompass administering to the subject an amount of a glutamate inhibitor effective to treat the demyelinating condition. In additional aspects, the methods encompass administering to the subject a Ca2+-channel blocker in combination with a glutamate inhibitor, in amounts effective to treat the demyelinating condition. In still other aspects, the methods encompass administering to the subject a Ca2+-channel blocker in combination with a hypertensive agent, in amounts effective to treat the demyelinating condition. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions having a Ca2+-channel blocker, a glutamate inhibitor, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. Additionally, pharmaceutical compositions having a Ca2+-channel blocker, a hypertensive agent, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/290423 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/356 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816461 | Wang et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Shanfeng Wang (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael J. Yaszemski (Rochester, Minnesota); Lichun Lu (Rochester, Minnesota); Bradford L. Currier (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Poly(propylene fumarate) is copolymerized with poly(caprolactone) diol to produce a block copolymer of poly(propylene fumarate) and poly(caprolactone). The biocompatible and bioresorbable block copolymer of poly(propylene fumarate) and poly(caprolactone) is useful in the fabrication of injectable and in-situ hardening scaffolds for tissue and/or skeletal reconstruction. The block copolymer can be crosslinked by redox or photo-initiation, with or without an additional crosslinker. Thus, the copolymer is both self-crosslinkable (without the use of any crosslinkers) and photocrosslinkable (in the presence of photons such as UV light). |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/718962 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816490 | Hogan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immune Disease Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick G. Hogan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anjana Rao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jose Aramburu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated peptide fragments of the conserved regulatory domain of NFAT protein capable of inhibiting protein-protein interaction between calcineurin and NFAT, or a biologically active analog thereof are described. Isolated polynucleotides and gene therapy vectors encoding such peptide fragments are also described. In addition, methods for treating immune-related diseases or conditions and methods for high throughput screening of candidate agents are described. Pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/260049 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/330 |
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| US 07816494 | Patti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Patti (Cumming, Georgia); Timothy J. Foster (Templeogue, Ireland); Elizabet Joseffson (Gothenburg, Sweden); Deidre Ni Eidhin (The Coombe, Ireland); Magnus A. O. Hook (Houston, Texas); Samuel E. Perkins (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated extracellular matrix-binding protein, designated as SdrC and its corresponding amino acid and nucleic acid sequences and motifs are described. The proteins, peptides, fragments thereof or antigenic portions thereof are useful for the prevention, inhibition, treatment and diagnosis of S. aureus infection and as scientific research tools. Further, antibodies or antibody fragments to the proteins, peptides, fragments thereof or antigenic portions thereof are also useful for the prevention, inhibition, treatment and diagnosis of S. aureus infection. In particular, the proteins or antibodies thereof may be administered to wounds or used to coat biomaterials to act as blocking agents to prevent or inhibit the binding of S. aureus to wounds or biomaterials. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/546268 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 07816497 | Ambati |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jayakrishna Ambati (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Activated C3 (C3a) and its receptor (C3aR) and activated C5 (C5a) and its receptor (C5aR) have been shown to induce vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in vitro and in vivo. Compositions and methods for inhibiting C3a, C3aR, C5a and C5aR for the treatment and/or prevention of neovascular disease are provided. Also provided are Novel therapeutic targets and diagnostic markers for choroidal neovascularization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/199374 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
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| US 07816499 | Richon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victoria M. Richon (Rye, New York); Xianbo Zhou (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Richard A. Rifkind (New York, New York); Paul A. Marks (Washington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features, inter alia, purified antibodies that selectively bind an isolated or recombinant histone deacetylase polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, which comprises a histone deacetylase catalytic domain at amino acids 635 to 953 of SEQ ID NO: 2, purified antibodies that selectively bind a biologically active fragment of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, which fragment exhibits histone deacetylase activity, transcription repression activity, and the ability to deacetylate cellular substrates, purified antibodies that selectively bind an isolated or recombinant histone deacetylase polypeptide encoded by a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, purified antibodies that selectively bind an isolated or recombinant histone deacetylase polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2 lacking a nuclear localization signal, and purified antibodies that selectively bind an isolated or recombinant histone deacetylase polypeptide having at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 and which exhibits histone deacetylase activity, transcription repression activity, and the ability to deacetylate cellular substrates. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/809899 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816500 | Sackstein |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modifying glycans (e.g., glycans expressed on the surface of live cells or cell particles) are provided herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/423478 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.700 |
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| US 07816521 | Denny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auckland Uniservices Limited (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Alexander Denny (Auckland, New Zealand); Michael Patrick Hay (Auckland, New Zealand); Kevin Owen Hicks (Auckland, New Zealand); Frederik Pruijn (Auckland, New Zealand); William Robert Wilson (Waiuku, New Zealand); Karin Pchalek (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The compound 3-ethyl-6-[3-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy]-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-dioxide and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. A method of treating cancer in a subject is also described in which 3-ethyl-6-[3-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy]-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-dioxide or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is administered to tumor cells in a hypoxic environment. Also described is a method of radiosensitising in a subject tumor cells of solid tumors in hypoxic conditions by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition containing 3-ethyl-6-[3-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy]-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-dioxide or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof in an amount sufficient to produce radiosensitivity in the tumor cells, and subjecting the tumor cells to radiation. A pharmaceutical composition is additionally provided containing a therapeutically effective amount of 3-ethyl-6-[3-(4-morpholinyl)propoxy]-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-dioxide or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, adjuvant, carrier, buffer or stabiliser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/590796 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816538 | Harran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick G. Harran (Dallas, Texas); Xiaodong Wang (Dallas, Texas); Jef K. De Brabander (Dallas, Texas); Lin Li (Dallas, Texas); Ranny Mathew Thomas (Waltham, Massachusetts); Hidetaka Suzuki (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Caspase activity and apoptosis are promoted using active, dimeric Smac peptide mimetics of the general formula M1-L-M2, wherein moieties M1 and M2 are monomeric Smac mimetics and L is a covalent linker. Target cancerous or inflammatory cells are contacted with an effective amount of an active, dimeric Smac mimetic, and a resultant increase in apoptosis of the target cells is detected. The contacting step may be effected by administering to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of The compoundic mimetic, wherein the individual may be subject to concurrent or antecedent radiation or chemotherapy for treatment of a neoproliferative pathology. |
| FILED | Friday, July 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/509190 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/237 |
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| US 07816646 | Willoughby et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chem-Space Associates, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ross C. Willoughby (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Edward W. Sheehan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Craig M. Whitehouse (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Atmospheric pressure, intermediate pressure and vacuum laser desorption ionization methods and ion sources are configured to increase ionization efficiency and the efficiency of transmitting ions to a mass to charge analyzer or ion mobility analyzer. An electric field is applied in the region of a sample target to accumulate ions generated from a local ion source on a solid or liquid phase sample prior to applying a laser desorption pulse. The electric field is changed just prior to or during the desorption laser pulse to promote the desorption of charged species and improve the ionization efficiency of desorbed sample species. After a delay, the electric field may be further changed to optimize focusing and transmission of ions into a mass spectrometer or ion mobility analyzer. Charged species may also be added to the region of the laser desorbed sample plume to promote ion-molecule reactions between the added ions and desorbed neutral sample species, increasing desorbed sample ionization efficiency and/or creating desired product ion species. The cycling of electric field changes is repeated in a timed sequence with one or more desorption laser pulse occurring per electric field change cycle. Embodiments of the invention comprise atmospheric pressure, intermediate pressure and vacuum pressure laser desorption ionization source methods and devices for increasing the analytical flexibility and improving the sensitivity of mass spectrometric analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/123669 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816918 | Bottomley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Bottomley (Columbia, Maryland); Ananda Kumar (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Featured is a device for NMR or MRI signals from excited nuclei as well as related apparatus, systems and methods. The device includes a strip array antenna including one or more conductor and N reactive tuning components, where N is an integer ≧1 at least one of the N reactive components is electrically coupled to each of the one or more conductors as well as to ground/virtual ground. The apparent electrical length of the conductors is tuned with the reactive tuning components so it is equal to be about nλ/4, where n is an integer ≧1 and λ is the wavelength of the signal to be detected. The length of the strip also is such as to be substantially in the approximate range of 1.3 times the depth of interest. The strip conductors are also combined with loop coils to form quadrature detectors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/807108 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817824 | Liang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clever Sys, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiqing Liang (Vienna, Virginia); Vikrant Kobla (Ashburn, Virginia); Xuesheng Bai (Ashburn, Virginia); Yi Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland); Linda S Crnic (Denver, Colorado); Stan L. Wilks, legal representative (Denver, Colorado); Wayne Wolf (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for finding the position and shape of an animal using video. The invention includes a system with a video camera coupled to a computer in which the computer is configured to automatically provide animal segmentation and identification, animal motion tracking (for moving animals), animal feature points and segments identification, and behavior identification. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention may use background subtraction for animal identification and tracking, and a combination of decision tree classification and rule-based classification for feature points and segments and behavior identification. Thus, the present invention is capable of automatically monitoring a video image to identify, track and classify the actions of various animals and the animal's movements within the image. The image may be provided in real time or from storage. The invention is particularly useful for monitoring and classifying animal behavior for testing drugs and genetic mutations, but may be used in any of a number of other surveillance applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365149 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/110 |
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| US 07817838 | DiBella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward V. R. DiBella (Salt Lake City, Utah); Ganesh Sharma Adluru Venkata Raja (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided which perform reconstruction of an image from undersampled, multi-image k-space data. A first undersampled image dataset and a second undersampled image dataset defined in a first dimension are received. The first undersampled image dataset and the second undersampled image dataset define a multi-image dimension. An ordering for a plurality of pixels of the first dimension in the multi-image dimension is defined. The first undersampled image dataset and the second undersampled image dataset in the multi-image dimension are sorted based on the defined ordering. A first constraint is defined in the first dimension using the unsorted first and second undersampled image datasets. A second constraint is defined in the multi-image dimension using the sorted first and second undersampled image datasets. An image is reconstructed using the applied first constraint and the applied second constraint while preserving fidelity to the first undersampled image dataset and the second undersampled image dataset. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/753380 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
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| US 07817855 | Yuille et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Blindsight Corporation (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Yuille (Los Angeles, California); Xiangrong Chen (Sunnyvale, California); Stellan Lagerstrom (Burlingame, California); Daniel Terry (New York, New York); Mark Nitzberg (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for detecting text in real-world images comprises calculating a cascade of classifiers, the cascade comprising a plurality of stages, each stage including one or more weak classifiers, the plurality of stages organized to start out with classifiers that are most useful for ruling out non-text regions, and removing regions classified as non-text regions from the cascade prior to completion of the cascade, to further speed up processing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/516147 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/176 |
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| US 07818055 | Gilmour, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gilmour, Jr. (Ithaca, New York); Jeffrey J. Fox (Ithaca, New York); Mark Riccio (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to evaluating the effect of physiological conditions on the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation, identifying strategies for treatment or prevention of ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, and evaluating a subject for induction of ventricular fibrillation from a condition of ventricular tachycardia. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/588395 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/5 |
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| US 07818064 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Jay Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Ione Fine (Del Mar, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California); Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a method of automatically adjusting an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual patient. The perceptual response to electrical neural stimulation varies from patient to patient and the response to electrical neural stimulation varies from patient to patient and the relationship between current and perceived brightness is often non-linear. It is necessary to determine this relationship to fit the prosthesis settings for each patient. It is advantageous to map the perceptual responses to stimuli. The method of mapping of the present invention is to provide a plurality of stimuli that vary in current, voltage, pulse duration, frequency, or some other dimension; measuring and recording the response to those stimuli; deriving a formula or equation describing the map from the individual points; storing the formula; and using that formula to map future stimulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/924334 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818154 | Palmer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Palmer (Durham, North Carolina); Nirmala Ramanujam (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject matter described herein includes a method for modeling fluorescence in turbid media and methods and systems for using the model to determine intrinsic fluorescence of turbid media. According to one aspect, a method for modeling fluorescence of a turbid medium and for using the model to determine intrinsic fluorescence in the turbid medium is provided. The method includes illuminating a turbid medium of interest with an electromagnetic radiation source using a probe of a particular geometry and detecting measured fluorescence for the turbid medium using the probe. At least one set of Monte Carlo simulations is run to determine an escape energy probability map and an absorbed energy density map for the turbid medium. An indication of the intrinsic fluorescence of the turbid medium is determined using the escape probability density map and the absorbed energy density map in a manner that accounts for the geometry of the probe. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/725141 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07815850 | Baker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian Baker (Etna, New Hampshire); Markus Wolfgang Wittmann (Quechee, Vermont); James Anthony Hanna (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Biphasic alloys, formed through a spinodal decomposition process, are disclosed. The alloys have improved strength and hardness, over single phase alloys, due to coherency strain between the phases. They are prepared from readily available transition metals, and they can be used to make large, high-strength parts, for example, of types that cannot be made by extrusion, forging or cold working techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/517036 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys or metallic compositions 420/581 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816141 | Bose |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arijit Bose (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A modified freeze direct imaging of a viscous surfactant mesophase method. A chamber is provided having controlled temperature and solvent partial pressure. The chamber has two copper planchettes at the top and bottom thereof. A sample is placed in the chamber on a grid and is squeezed between the planchettes into a thin film. The thin film is placed in a liquid to vitrify the sample. The sample is removed from the planchettes to fracture the sample. The sample is then placed on a cold stage; and imaged. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/338566 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816220 | Mazur et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts); Mengyan Shen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of processing a substrate, e.g., a semiconductor substrate, by irradiating a surface of the substrate (or at least a portion of the surface) with a first set of polarized short laser pulses while exposing the surface to a fluid to generate a plurality of structures on the surface, e.g., within a top layer of the surface. Subsequently, the structured surface can be irradiated with another set of polarized short laser pulses having a different polarization than that of the initial set while exposing the structured surface to a fluid, e.g., the same fluid initially utilized to form the structured surface or a different fluid. In many embodiments, the second set of polarized laser pulses cause the surface structures formed by the first set to break up into smaller-sized structures, e.g., nano-sized features such as nano-sized rods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038209 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/308 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816480 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Gang Lu (Skokie, Illinois); Hakan Usta (Evanston, Illinois); Joseph Letizia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present teachings provide silole-based polymers that can be used as p-type semiconductors. More specifically, the present teachings provide polymers that include a repeating unit of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5R6, Z, x, and x′ are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of preparing these polymers, and relate to various compositions, composites, and devices that incorporate these polymers. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563680 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816536 | Davies et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huw M. L. Davies (East Amherst, New York); James Manning (Tonawanda, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are 4-substituted and 7-substituted indoles, benzofurans, benzothiophenes, benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles, and benzothiazoles. Also disclosed are methods for making 4-substituted and 7-substituted indoles, benzofurans, benzothiophenes, benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles, and benzothiazoles, including those having the formulae. The methods include contacting a 4-substituted-6,7-dihydro indole, benzofuran, benzothiophene, benzimidazole, benzoxazole, or benzothiazole compound or a 7-substituted-4,5-dihydro indole, benzofuran, benzothiophene, benzimidazole, benzoxazole, or benzothiazole compound with a vinyldiazo compound in the presence of a dirhodium catalyst. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/450541 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816855 | Cho et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Samsung LED Co., Ltd. (, South Korea); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jae-hee Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea); Jong-kyu Kim (Troy, New York); Cheol-soo Sone (Anyang-si, South Korea); E. Fred Schubert (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A LED device is provided having a diffuse reflective surface which includes an LED chip emitting light, a reflector cup having the LED chip arranged at a bottom surface thereof and having an angled surface which diffusely reflects the light emitted by the LED chip, and a light conversion material provided in the reflector cup for converting the light emitted by the LED chip into visible light rays. The light-conversion material is spatially separated from the LED chip by a length equal or greater than the maximum length of the LED chip. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/318557 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817282 | Bowlan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela Bowlan (Atlanta, Georgia); Pablo Gabolde (Atlanta, Georgia); Rick Trebino (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are an apparatus and methods for determining electric field characteristics of pulses. In one example, a method is provided in which an unknown pulse is propagated through a first optical fiber. A reference pulse is propagated through a second optical fiber. The unknown pulse and the reference pulse are directed out of the first and second optical fibers into a spectrometer. The unknown pulse and the reference pulse propagate along a pair of crossing trajectories through the spectrometer to form an interferogram. The electric field of the unknown pulse is determined by processing this interferogram. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/750135 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817283 | Gabolde et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pablo Gabolde (Atlanta, Georgia); Rick Trebino (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Various systems and methods for analysis of optical pulses are provided. In one embodiment, an optical system is provided having an optical axis. The optical system includes a two-dimensional diffraction grating positioned along the optical axis, and a spectral filter positioned along the optical axis after the two-dimensional diffraction grating. The spectral filter is angularly offset about a vertical transverse angle associated with the optical system. The diffraction grating is angularly offset about the optical axis relative to the spectral filter, and an optical capture device positioned after the spectral filter. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/750142 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817722 | Chang 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) | Shih-Fu Chang (New York, New York); Horace J. Meng (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided for editing and parsing compressed digital information. The compressed digital information may include visual information which is edited and parsed in the compressed domain. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a method for detecting moving objects in a compressed digital bitstream which represents a sequence of fields or frames of video information for one or more captured scenes of video. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/728345 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817893 | Sturgis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Associated Universites, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Silversun Sturgis (Socorro, New Mexico); Nathan Joseph Gomes (Kent, United Kingdom); Pengbo Shen (Kent, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber wrap and a method of rotating the fiber wrap without twisting a data cable are disclosed. The fiber wrap includes a sun gear, a sun cylinder coupled to the sun gear, a planetary gear in contact with the sun gear, a planetary cylinder coupled to the planetary gear, an outer housing in contact with the planetary gear, and a data cable coupled to the sun cylinder, the planetary cylinder, and the outer housing. The maximum bend radius of the data cable is determined by the equation: wherein λ is optical wavelength and wherein Cs is the stress-optics coefficient, c is the speed of light, R1 is the bend radius at the end of the wrap motion, R2 is the bend radius at the start of the wrap motion, r is the radii of the sun cylinder and the planetary cylinder, and |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925449 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818065 | Llinas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodolfo R. Llinas (New York, New York); Ian W. Hunter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Bryan P. Ruddy (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to conducting polymer nanowires and their use in a brain-machine interface which is secure, robust and minimally invasive. In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, a vascular-based brain-machine interface comprising conducting polymer nanowires is disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/396340 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818149 | Friedman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eby G. Friedman (Rochester, New York); Guoqing Chen (Folsom, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system for simulating performance of transmission lines, such as on-chip interconnects. The simulation uses direct extraction of poles, in contrast to conventional methods using poles obtained by a truncated transfer function. Using the directly extracted poles, far end response characteristic(s) can be determined to thereby aid in design of circuits using transmission lines. The far end response characteristic(s) that may be determined based on the directly extracted poles include, but are not necessarily limited to, frequency dependent effects, step response, ramp response, delay, 50% delay, rise time, 10% to 90% rise time, overshoot and normalized overshoot. A CAE tool designer and/or CAE tool user may decide how many pole pairs to directly extract to achieve a desired balance between computation resources required and resulting precision in the determination of far end response characteristic(s). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/856932 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818816 | Reppert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University Research Foundation (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason B. Reppert (Central, South Carolina); Jay B. Gaillard (Yadkinville, North Carolina); Bevan C. Elliott (Greenville, South Carolina); Doyl E. Dickel (Central, South Carolina); M. Pinar Mengüc (Lexington, Kentucky); Apparao M. Rao (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and devices for patterning micro- and/or nano-sized pattern elements on a substrate using field emitted electrons from an element. Disclosed methods and devices can also be utilized to form nano- and micron-sized depressions in a substrate according to a more economical process than as has been utilized in the past. Methods include single-step methods by which structures can be simultaneously created and located at desired locations on a substrate. Methods include the application of a bias voltage between a probe tip and a substrate held at a relatively close gap distance. The applied voltage can promote current flow between the probe and the substrate via field emissions. During a voltage pulse, and within predetermined energy levels and tip-to-surface gap distances, three dimensional formations can be developed on the substrate surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/243402 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bhushan L. Sopori (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Various exemplary methods (800, 900, 1000, 1100) are directed to determining wafer thickness and/or wafer surface characteristics. An exemplary method (900) includes measuring reflectance of a wafer and comparing the measured reflectance to a calculated reflectance or a reflectance stored in a database. Another exemplary method (800) includes positioning a wafer on a reflecting support to extend a reflectance range. An exemplary device (200) has an input (210), analysis modules (222-228) and optionally a database (230). Various exemplary reflectometer chambers (1300, 1400) include radiation sources positioned at a first altitudinal angle (1308, 1408) and at a second altitudinal angle (1312, 1412). An exemplary method includes selecting radiation sources positioned at various altitudinal angles. An exemplary element (1650, 1850) includes a first aperture (1654, 1854) and a second aperture (1658, 1858) that can transmit reflected radiation to a fiber and an imager, respectfully. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/535291 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815973 | Geohegan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Geohegan (Knoxville, Tennessee); Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Alex A. Puretzky (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xudong Fan (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, systems and methods are described for condensed phase conversion and growth of nanorods and other materials. A method includes providing a condensed phase matrix material; and activating the condensed phase matrix material to produce a plurality of nanorods by condensed phase conversion and growth from the condensed phase matrix material instead of from vapor. The compositions are very strong. The compositions and methods provide advantages because they allow (1) formation rates of nanostructures necessary for reasonable production rates, and (2) the near net shaped production of component structures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/037725 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/372.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816044 | Dentinger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Dentinger (Sunol, California); Jeffrey A. W. Crowell (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is described for storing and generating hydrogen and, in particular, a system for storing and generating hydrogen for use in an H2/O2 fuel cell. The hydrogen storage system uses beta particles from a beta particle emitting material to degrade an organic polymer material to release substantially pure hydrogen. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, beta particles from 63Ni are used to release hydrogen from linear polyethylene. |
| FILED | Monday, March 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/719448 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/416 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816055 | Jacobson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig Jacobson (Moraga, California); Lutgard C. DeJonghe (Lafayette, California); Chun Lu (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel electrochemical cell which may be a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is disclosed where the cathodes (144, 140) may be exposed to the air and open to the ambient atmosphere without further housing. Current collector (145) extends through a first cathode on one side of a unit and over the unit through the cathode on the other side of the unit and is in electrical contact via lead (146) with housing unit (122 and 124). Electrical insulator (170) prevents electrical contact between two units. Fuel inlet manifold (134) allows fuel to communicate with internal space (138) between the anodes (154 and 156). Electrically insulating members (164 and 166) prevent the current collector from being in electrical contact with the anode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/598982 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816482 | Hibbs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Hibbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cy H. Fujimoto (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirsten Norman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael A. Hickner (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An epoxy-crosslinked sulfonated poly(phenylene) copolymer composition used as proton exchange membranes, methods of making the same, and their use as proton exchange membranes (PEM) in hydrogen fuel cells, direct methanol fuel cell, in electrode casting solutions and electrodes, and in sulfur dioxide electrolyzers. These improved membranes are tougher, have higher temperature capability, and lower SO2 crossover rates. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/411451 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816645 | Kelly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan T. Kelly (West Richland, Washington); Keqi Tang (Richland, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrospray ionization emitter arrays, as well as methods for forming electrosprays, are described. The arrays are characterized by a radial configuration of three or more nano-electrospray ionization emitters without an extractor electrode. The methods are characterized by distributing fluid flow of the liquid sample among three or more nano-electrospray ionization emitters, forming an electrospray at outlets of the emitters without utilizing an extractor electrode, and directing the electrosprays into an entrance to a mass spectrometry device. Each of the nano-electrospray ionization emitters can have a discrete channel for fluid flow. The nano-electrospray ionization emitters are circularly arranged such that each is shielded substantially equally from an electrospray-inducing electric field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/046207 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817275 | Cloutier |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvain G. Cloutier (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanning optical microscope, including: a light source to generate a beam of probe light; collimation optics to substantially collimate the probe beam; a probe-result beamsplitter; a long working-distance, infinity-corrected objective; scanning means to scan a beam spot of the focused probe beam on or within a sample; relay optics; and a detector. The collimation optics are disposed in the probe beam. The probe-result beamsplitter is arranged in the optical paths of the probe beam and the resultant light from the sample. The beamsplitter reflects the probe beam into the objective and transmits resultant light. The long working-distance, infinity-corrected objective is also arranged in the optical paths of the probe beam and the resultant light. It focuses the reflected probe beam onto the sample, and collects and substantially collimates the resultant light. The relay optics are arranged to relay the transmitted resultant light from the beamsplitter to the detector. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/044370 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818047 | Tumer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nova R and D, Inc. (Riverside, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tumay O Tumer (Riverside, California); Martin Clajus (Los Angeles, California); Gerard Visser (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A readout electronics scheme is under development for high resolution, compact PET (positron emission tomography) imagers based on LSO (lutetium ortho-oxysilicate, Lu2SiO5) scintillator and avalanche photodiode (APD) arrays. The key is to obtain sufficient timing and energy resolution at a low power level, less than about 30 mW per channel, including all required functions. To this end, a simple leading edge level crossing discriminator is used, in combination with a transimpedance preamplifier. The APD used has a gain of order 1,000, and an output noise current of several pA/√Hz, allowing bipolar technology to be used instead of CMOS, for increased speed and power efficiency. A prototype of the preamplifier and discriminator has been constructed, achieving timing resolution of 1.5 ns FWHM, 2.7 ns full width at one tenth maximum, relative to an LSO/PMT detector, and an energy resolution of 13.6% FWHM at 511 keV, while operating at a power level of 22 mW per channel. Work is in progress towards integration of this preamplifier and discriminator with appropriate coincidence logic and amplitude measurement circuits in an ASIC suitable for a high resolution compact PET instrument. The detector system and/or ASIC can also be used for many other applications for medical to industrial imaging. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/291251 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/436 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818514 | 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); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alan G. Gara (Mount Kisco, New York); Mark E. Giampapa (Irvington, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Dirk Hoenicke (Ossining, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Brewster, New York); Burkhard D. Steinmacher-Burow (Mount Kisco, New York); Todd E. Takken (Mount Kisco, New York); Pavlos M. Vranas (Bedford Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A low latency memory system access is provided in association with a weakly-ordered multiprocessor system. Bach processor in the multiprocessor shares resources, and each shared resource has an associated lock within a locking device that provides support for synchronization between the multiple processors in the multiprocessor and the orderly sharing of the resources. A processor only has permission to access a resource when it owns the lock associated with that resource, and an attempt by a processor to own a lock requires only a single load operation, rather than a traditional atomic load followed by store, such that the processor only performs a read operation and the hardware locking device performs a subsequent write operation rather than the processor. A simple prefetching for non-contiguous data structures is also disclosed. A memory line is redefined so that in addition to the normal physical memory data, every line includes a pointer that is large enough to point to any other line in the memory, wherein the pointers to determine which memory line to prefetch rather than some other predictive algorithm. This enables hardware to effectively prefetch memory access patterns that are non-contiguous, but repetitive. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/196796 |
| ART UNIT | 2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07814786 | Woodard |
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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) | Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless sensing system monitors the level, temperature, magnetic permeability and electrical dielectric constant of a non-gaseous material in a container. An open-circuit electrical conductor is shaped to form a two-dimensional geometric pattern that can store and transfer electrical and magnetic energy. The conductor resonates in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field to generate a harmonic response. The conductor is mounted in an environmentally-sealed housing. A magnetic field response recorder wirelessly transmits the time-varying magnetic field to power the conductor, and wirelessly detects the harmonic response that is an indication of at least one of level of the material in the container, temperature of the material in the container, magnetic permeability of the material in the container, and dielectric constant of the material in the container. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/015626 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815149 | Howard 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) | Nathan Howard (League City, Texas); Hai D. Nguyen (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism uses a magnetic field to dock a satellite to a host vehicle. A docking component of the mechanism residing on the host vehicle has a magnet that is used to induce a coupled magnetic field with a docking component of the mechanism residing on the satellite. An alignment guide axially aligns the docking component of the satellite with the docking component of the host device dependent on the coupled magnetic field. Rotational alignment guides are used to rotationally align the docking component of the satellite with the docking component of the host device. A ball-lock mechanism is used to mechanically secure the docking component of the host vehicle and the docking component of the satellite. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/388345 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/172.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815578 | Cohen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Cohen (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ramakrishna Mukkamala (Lansing, Michigan); Derin A. Sherman (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and apparatus for determining a dynamical property of the systemic or pulmonary arterial tree using long time scale information, i.e., information obtained from measurements over time scales greater than a single cardiac cycle. In one aspect, the invention provides a method and apparatus for monitoring cardiac output (CO) from a single blood pressure signal measurement obtained at any site in the systemic or pulmonary arterial tree or from any related measurement including, for example, fingertip photoplethysmography. According to the method the time constant of the arterial tree, defined to be the product of the total peripheral resistance (TPR) and the nearly constant arterial compliance, is determined by analyzing the long time scale variations (greater than a single cardiac cycle) in any of these blood pressure signals. Then, according to Ohm's law, a value proportional to CO may be determined from the ratio of the blood pressure signal to the estimated time constant. The proportional CO values derived from this method may be calibrated to absolute CO, if desired, with a single, absolute measure of CO (e.g., thermodilution). The present invention may be applied to invasive radial arterial blood pressure or pulmonary arterial blood pressure signals which are routinely measured in intensive care units and surgical suites or to noninvasively measured peripheral arterial blood pressure signals or related noninvasively measured signals in order to facilitate the clinical monitoring of CO as well as TPR. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/667956 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/526 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815871 | Pamula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Allen E. Eckhardt (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Y. Paik (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a droplet microactuator system. According to one embodiment, the droplet microactuator system includes: (a) a droplet microactuator configured to conduct droplet operations; (b) a magnetic field source arranged to immobilize magnetically responsive beads in a droplet during droplet operations; (c) a sensor configured in a sensing relationship with the droplet microactuator, such that the sensor is capable of sensing a signal from and/or a property of one or more droplets on the droplet microactuator; and (d) one or more processors electronically coupled to the droplet microactuator and programmed to control electrowetting-mediated droplet operations on the droplet actuator and process electronic signals from the sensor. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/639664 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816480 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois); Gang Lu (Skokie, Illinois); Hakan Usta (Evanston, Illinois); Joseph Letizia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present teachings provide silole-based polymers that can be used as p-type semiconductors. More specifically, the present teachings provide polymers that include a repeating unit of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5R6, Z, x, and x′ are as defined herein. The present teachings also provide methods of preparing these polymers, and relate to various compositions, composites, and devices that incorporate these polymers. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563680 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816491 | Trent 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) | Jonathan D. Trent (Watsonville, California); R. Andrew McMillan (San Francisco, California); Hiromi Kagawa (Sunnyvale, California); Chad D. Paavola (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The following application relates to nanotemplates, nanostructures, nanoarrays and nanodevices formed from wild-type and mutated chaperonin polypeptides, methods of producing such compositions, methods of using such compositions and particular chaperonin polypeptides that can be utilized in producing such compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/494853 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817078 | Bunch |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Bunch (Snohomish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the supplemental weather display system presents supplemental weather information on a display in a craft. An exemplary embodiment receives the supplemental weather information from a remote source, determines a location of the supplemental weather information relative to the craft, receives weather information from an on-board radar system, and integrates the supplemental weather information with the weather information received from the on-board radar system. |
| FILED | Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/040784 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/26.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817087 | Cohen 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) | Ian R. Cohen (Eldersburg, Maryland); Gregory J. Boegner, Jr. (White Hall, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system to passively navigate an orbiting moving body towards an orbiting target using reflected GPS signals. A pair of antennas is employed to receive both direct signals from a plurality of GPS satellites and a second antenna to receive GPS signals reflected off an orbiting target. The direct and reflected signals are processed and compared to determine the relative distance and position of the orbiting moving body relative to the orbiting target. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/116518 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/357.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07815850 | Baker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian Baker (Etna, New Hampshire); Markus Wolfgang Wittmann (Quechee, Vermont); James Anthony Hanna (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Biphasic alloys, formed through a spinodal decomposition process, are disclosed. The alloys have improved strength and hardness, over single phase alloys, due to coherency strain between the phases. They are prepared from readily available transition metals, and they can be used to make large, high-strength parts, for example, of types that cannot be made by extrusion, forging or cold working techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/517036 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys or metallic compositions 420/581 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816469 | Toth |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Edward John Toth (Burlington, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure is generally directed to a batch process of producing semi-conductive polymer nanodispersions in which a composition comprising a liquid and a polymer is at least partially dissolved in the liquid, resulting in dissolved polymer molecules in the composition, wherein the dissolution occurs in a dissolution vessel. The solubility of the dissolved polymer molecules in the composition is then increased to increase the concentration of dissolved polymer in the composition to a range from about 0.1% to about 30% based on a total weight of the polymer and the liquid, wherein increasing the solubility of the dissolved polymer in the composition occurs in a dissolution vessel. The dissolved polymer in the composition is then diluted with a diluent, wherein the dissolution of the dissolved polymer in the composition occurs by addition of the composition to the diluent in a precipitation vessel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/609651 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07816676 | Fourst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Franklin Fourst (Glenville, New York); William Francis Nealon (Gloversville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Hermetically sealed packages having organic electronic devices are presented. A number of sealing mechanisms are provided to hermetically seal the package to protect the organic electronic device from environmental elements. A metal alloy sealant layer is employed proximate to the organic electronic device. Alternatively, a metal alloy sealant layer in combination with primer layer may also be implemented. Further, superstrates and edge wraps may be provided to completely surround the organic electronic device. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062364 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818665 | Russin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Russin (Austin, Texas); Larry D. Barto (Austin, Texas); David A. Richardson (Austin, Texas); Donald Craig Likes (Austin, Texas); Russell C. Brown (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes transforming, based on a first transform, a first markup language document associated with a first version of a schema to generate a second markup language document associated with a second version of the schema. The second markup language document is representative of a third markup language document associated with the second version of the schema and the first transform represents a transform from the first version of the schema to the second version of the schema. The method further includes comparing the second markup language document to the third markup language document to identify whether at least one discrepancy exists between the second markup language document and the third markup language document. The method additionally includes determining a suitability of the first transform based on the comparison of the second markup language document to the third markup language document. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/472732 |
| ART UNIT | 2178 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07818760 | Seigler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Allen Seigler (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas William Clinton (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mark William Covington (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christophe Daniel Mihalcea (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A data writing system includes an array of cells for storing data and a write transducer that moves over a selected cell in the array of cells. The write transducer includes a writer producing a write magnetic field that intersects the selected cell. The write transducer also includes a plasmon resonator that is adjacent the writer. The plasmon resonator is shaped to receive lower power density radiation and to provide plasmon radiation at a higher power density to an optical spot intersecting with the selected cell. The plasmon radiation heats the selected cell above a write temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/354947 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic optical information storage or retrieval 720/658 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07814848 | Pote 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) | Daniel H. Pote (Booneville, Arkansas); Stephen M. Haller (Magazine, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Biodegradable solid soil amendment material such as poultry litter may be disposed of in soil using an apparatus which includes a soil cutter for cutting a trench and a dispenser for transporting the material and simultaneously grinding or shearing the material and distributing it to the trenches in the soil. The receptacle includes a plurality of troughs across its bottom surface, each having an outlet at one end thereof, and corresponding screw augers therein for distributing and transporting the material to the outlets. As the material is transported toward each of the outlets by the augers it is crushed or ground to a small size. This apparatus allows the material to be dispensed through the multiple outlets at a substantially steady, uniform rate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/494490 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Planting 111/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07814706 | Gamache |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Florida, Department of Transportation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis A. Gamache (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A safety system for use with a boom gate. The boom gate includes a boom and a boom operator for moving the boom between a down position and an up position. The safety system also has a boom deflection detector for detecting deflection of the boom, such as deflection caused by collision of the boom with a vehicle. A control system is provided for actuating the boom operator to move the boom to the up position whenever deflection is detected. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/544700 |
| ART UNIT | 3634 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Movable or removable closures 049/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07816140 | Lau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kin-Hing William Lau (Redlands, California); David J. Baylink (Loma Linda, California); Susan L. Hall (San Bernardino, California); Shin-Tai Chen (Colton, California); Subburaman Mohan (Redlands, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing bone growth and/or enhancing wound healing, for example, fracture repair. The disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids useful for promoting bone growth. For example, the disclosure provides recombinant nucleic acids that encode a fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) analog. The disclosure also provides vectors and cells incorporating these nucleic acids, as well as FGF-2 analogs encode by them. The disclosure also provides a mouse system of bone marrow transplantation and methods for producing as well as methods for using the system. Methods for inducing division and/or inducing differentiation of a hematopoietic stem cell are also provided, as are methods for enhancing bone growth and/or wound repair (for example, fracture repair). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/452873 |
| 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 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07818168 | Cusmariu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adolf Cusmariu (Eldersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of measuring the degree of enhancement made to a voice signal by receiving the voice signal, identifying formant regions in the voice signal, computing stationarity for each identified formant region, enhancing the voice signal, identifying formant regions in the enhanced voice signal that correspond to those identified in the received voice signal, computing stationarity for each formant region identified in the enhanced voice signal, comparing corresponding stationarity results for the received and enhanced voice signals, and calculating at least one user-definable statistic of the comparison results as the degree of enhancement made to the received voice signal. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645264 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07816650 | Garman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Garman (Long Beach, California); Nahum Gat (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An external optical relay assembly to allow an infrared camera with a fixed aperture to be used with a variety of fore optics, including refractive compound lenses, reflective telescopes, and reflective/refractive lenses, by providing an external, cooled aperture, that can be adjusted to provide effective f-number matching to the fore optic, allowing any f-number fore optic to be used with the infrared camera. This allows users of large families of similar telescopes, for example, to use their inventory of infrared Ritchie-Chrétien telescopes with a single infrared camera, regardless of f-numbers. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/192069 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/352 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07814706 | Gamache |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Florida, Department of Transportation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis A. Gamache (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A safety system for use with a boom gate. The boom gate includes a boom and a boom operator for moving the boom between a down position and an up position. The safety system also has a boom deflection detector for detecting deflection of the boom, such as deflection caused by collision of the boom with a vehicle. A control system is provided for actuating the boom operator to move the boom to the up position whenever deflection is detected. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/544700 |
| ART UNIT | 3634 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Movable or removable closures 049/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07818266 | Pento et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louie F. Pento (Staten Island, New York); Daniel S. Stirewalt (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for creating and processing an electronic customs declaration manifest. These methods and systems include creating a image of the customs declaration form, converting the image of the customs declaration form into an electronic customs manifest, and transferring the electronic customs manifest to a database. In addition, a image is may also be forwarded electronically to a remote encoding center, where the customs declaration form data is manually converted into an electronic file for storing in a database. Customs services of both the originating and destination countries review the declared information stored in the database. When the international mailpiece arrives at the border, domestic customs service may find a matching unique identifiers on the international mailpieces and customs declaration forms stored in the database. The service provider may load an international mailpiece into an airplane, if a domestic customs service allow the international mailpiece having a matching unique identifier to leave the originating country. A service provider may return an international mailpiece to the domestic customs service if an international mailpiece is not allowed to leave the originating country. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/953357 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07814822 | Brennan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon UTD Inc. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mike Brennan (Bristow, Virginia); Brett Goldstein (Potomac, Maryland); Luis Giraldo (Fairfax, Virginia); Rob Wallace (Woodbridge, Virginia); John Ryan (Fairfax, Virginia); Ed Dezelick (Germantown, Maryland); Mike Millspaugh (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A breaching apparatus includes an impactor element and a self-contained energy source. The self-contained energy source enables the impactor element to impact a first surface of a structure. The impactor element is configured to transmit a localized shock wave through the structure upon impact. The self-contained energy source is capable of accelerating the impactor element to a velocity sufficient to induce spalling at a second surface of the structure. Multiple breaching apparatuses can be supported by a frame to facilitate simultaneous or successive breaching of the structure. The breaching apparatus can be used in a method to breach a concrete structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/000879 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07815916 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy T. Chang (Houston, Texas); Robert C. Gallo (Bethesda, Maryland); Flossie Wong-Staal (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The determination of the nucleotide sequence of HTLV-III DNA; identification, isolation and expression of HTLV-III sequences which encode immunoreactive polypeptides by recombinant DNA methods and production of viral RNA are disclosed. Such polypeptides can be employed in immunoassays to detect HTLV-III. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/464316 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07817924 | Gervais et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Mitre Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Richard Gervais (Norwood, Massachusetts); Jeffrey Roland Minch (Nashua, New Hampshire); Daniel Jacob Townsend (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a fixed delay optical communication system, rate adjustable differential phase shift key (DPSK) techniques eliminate the need for multiple comparing modules, each corresponding to a different data rate. Setting alternative data rates at integer multiples of the fundamental data rate of the optical communication system allows the system to process the respective integer number of symbols per period of the system, wherein the period of the system is the inverse of the fundamental data rate. Pulse carving techniques may be used to set the duty cycle of clock levels associated with a clock signal. The clock levels may be combined with respective symbols to provide optical symbols having a duty cycle less than 100%. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/388203 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/188 |
| 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, October 19, 2010.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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