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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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Department of Defense (DOD)

07818910 — Weapon integrated controller

US 07818910	Young
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Stuart H. Young (Burke, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosures are systems, apparatus and methods for communicating with a robot via a weapon. In one embodiment, the weapon comprises a barrel, a receiver assembly, a handgrip, and a first controller. The receiver assembly is coupled to an end of the barrel and to the handgrip. The first controller is integrated into the handgrip and inputs a first controller signal to a processing device. A transmitter receives a processing signal from the processing device according to the first controller signal. Preferably, the transmitter sends the processing signal to a robot, which responds accordingly to the received processing signal.
FILED	Wednesday, September 29, 2004
APPL NO	10/956592
ART UNIT	3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Firearms 042/71.10
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07818986 — Multiple autofrettage

US 07818986	Parker et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Anthony P. Parker (Ringmer, United Kingdom); Edward Troiano (Schenectady, New York); John H. Underwood (Salem, New York)
ABSTRACT	A manufacturing method includes a first step of performing swage autofrettage on an object; a second step of heat soaking the object; and a third step of performing hydraulic autofrettage on the object. The second and third steps may be repeated one or more times. A final step may be heat soaking the object. The object may be, for example, a pressure vessel or gun barrel.
FILED	Wednesday, May 21, 2008
APPL NO	12/124457
ART UNIT	3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Metal deforming 072/58
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07819011 — High-Q longitudinal block resonators with annexed platforms for mass sensing applications

US 07819011	Hao et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Zhili Hao (Marietta, Georgia); Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are sensing apparatus, such as mass sensors, comprising longitudinal block resonators having annexed platforms that offer the improved mass sensitivity at micron scale, high-Q in air, simplicity of fabrication, and improved reliability. Exemplary mass sensors comprise a central block separated from a substrate. Two annexed platforms are coupled to the central block by way of two separating beams that are separated from the substrate. One or more anchors are coupled to the central block by way of support beams that are separated from the substrate by insulating material. One or more transducers are provided for actuating and sensing vibration of the central block and the annexed platforms. The transducers may employ capacitive and piezoelectric drive and sense schemes.
FILED	Friday, June 09, 2006
APPL NO	11/450186
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/649
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07819031 — Parachute opening and shock emulator

US 07819031	Paskoff et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Glenn Paskoff (Lusby, Maryland); Edwin Sieveka (Valley Lee, Maryland); Curt Foianini (California, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A parachute opening shock emulator including a seat structure and a catching mechanism. The seat structure includes a seat for holding a manikin, the seat is movable such that the manikin can be pulled from the seat simulating the parachute opening shock phase of an ejection. The catching mechanism is for catching the manikin after it is pulled from the seat.
FILED	Thursday, March 27, 2008
APPL NO	12/056707
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/865.300
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07819062 — Safety and arming device for high-G munitions

US 07819062	Greywall
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Dennis S. Greywall (White House Station, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A representative embodiment of the invention provides a MEMS-based safety and arming (S&A) device having a shuttle movably connected to a frame by one or more bowed springs. The device has an electrical path adapted to electrically connect the frame and a contact pad. In the initial state, the electrical path has an electrical break. If the inertial force acting upon the shuttle (e.g., during launch) reaches or exceeds a first threshold value, then displacement of the shuttle with respect to the frame causes the electrical break to close. If the inertial force reaches or exceeds a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value, then a latching mechanism employed in the S&A device latches to keep the electrical break irreversibly closed thereafter.
FILED	Tuesday, July 17, 2007
APPL NO	11/778949
ART UNIT	3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Ammunition and explosives 12/247
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07819169 — Heat transferring cooling features for an airfoil

US 07819169	Pietraszkiewicz et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz (Southington, Connecticut); Christina Botnick (Stafford Springs, Connecticut); Todd Coons (Gilbert, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	A turbine blade airfoil assembly includes a cooling air passage. The cooling air passage includes a plurality of impingement openings that are isolated from at least one adjacent impingement opening. The cooling air passage is formed and cast within a turbine blade assembly through the use of a single core. The single core forms the features required to fabricate the various separate and isolated impingement openings. The isolation and combination of impingement openings provide for the augmentation of convection and film cooling and provide the flexibility to tailor airflow on an airfoil to optimize thermal performance of an airfoil.
FILED	Monday, May 14, 2007
APPL NO	11/748070
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Metal founding 164/132
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07819221 — Lightweight acoustic damping treatment

US 07819221	Lane et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven A. Lane (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert E. Richard (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven F. Griffin (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A flexible membrane is attached to an internal wall of the fairing of a flight vehicle. The membrane is inflated with gas to achieve a shape that couples with and thereby attenuates the first acoustic resonance occurring within the volume enclosed by the fairing. A sensor senses the varying ambient atmospheric pressure during flight. A pressure regulating system includes an inflation valve and pressure relief valve. Based on the sensed ambient atmospheric pressure, this system adjusts the membrane's gauge pressure throughout the flight trajectory to maintain the desired coupling gauge pressure. Acoustic blankets can also be attached to the internal walls of the fairing to abate resonances having frequencies greater than 500 Hz. Inflating the membrane with helium enhances the attenuation otherwise obtained. Multiple membranes can be individually tuned to respectively attenuate multiple acoustic resonances.
FILED	Tuesday, September 27, 2005
APPL NO	11/239440
ART UNIT	2832 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Acoustics 181/206
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07819375 — Modifications of mechanically adjustable support device

US 07819375	Johansen
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Dana R. Johansen (Alexandria, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A mechanical support device assembly having a base ring, a shear washer, an adjustable riser and a lenticular washer. The adjustable riser and the lenticular washer fit together in a concave-convex manner. The shear washer fits in the base ring, and the frustum on the upper surface of the adjustable riser is adjacent the concave surface and continuous with it. The shear washer and the frustum provide support to fastener running through the assembly.
FILED	Monday, March 24, 2008
APPL NO	12/076795
ART UNIT	3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
CURRENT CPC	Supports 248/677
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07819938 — Highly aromatic compounds and polymers as precursors to carbon nanotube and metal nanoparticle compositions in shaped solids

US 07819938	Keller et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Alexandria, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A method of making metal nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes is disclosed. A mixture of a transition metal compound and an aromatic polymer, a precursor of an aromatic polymer, or an aromatic monomer is heated to form a metal nanoparticle composition, optionally containing carbon nanotubes.
FILED	Wednesday, December 22, 2004
APPL NO	11/018678
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/252
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07820076 — Oleaginous corrosion and mildew-inhibiting composition

US 07820076	Arafat et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	El Sayed S. Arafat (Leonardtown, Maryland); Craig A. Matzdorf (California, Maryland); James A. Whitfield (Newport, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to an oleaginous mildew and corrosion-inhibiting composition, and the use of said composition to protect metal from corrosion and mildew. The composition comprises, in parts by weight, from about 20 to 60 parts of an oleaginous material such as a lubricating oil, 10 to 40 parts of organic solvent, 20 to 60 parts of corrosion-inhibitor consisting of a sulfonic acid-carboxylic acid metal complex or a mixture of said metal complex with a small but effective amount of an oil soluble alkyl phosphate, from 0.1 to 2.0 parts of an oil soluble antioxidant, from 0.0 to 5.0 parts of a water-displacing compound, an effective amount of a mildew-inhibiting compound, and from 0.0 to 1.0 part of a heterocyclic metal deactivator.
FILED	Tuesday, December 20, 2005
APPL NO	11/325283
ART UNIT	1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Compositions 252/395
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07820180 — Listeria-based and LLO-based vaccines

US 07820180	Singh et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Reshma Singh (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Yvonne Paterson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides methods of treating and vaccinating against an antigen-expressing tumor and inducing an immune response against a sub-dominant epitope of antigen, comprising a fusion of an LLO fragment to the antigen or a recombinant Listeria strain expressing the antigen. The present invention also provides recombinant peptides comprising a listeriolysin (LLO) protein fragment fused to a Her-2 protein or fragment thereof, recombinant Listeria strains expressing a Her-2 protein, vaccines and immunogenic compositions comprising same, and methods of inducing an anti-Her-2 immune response and treating and vaccinating against a Her-2-expressing tumor, comprising same.
FILED	Tuesday, September 13, 2005
APPL NO	11/223945
ART UNIT	1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/200.100
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07820285 — Rocket motor insulation

US 07820285	Pittman, Jr. et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles U. Pittman, Jr. (Starkville, Mississippi); Rusty L. Blanski (Lancaster, California); Joseph H. Koo (Austin, Texas); Patrick N. Ruth (Tehachapi, California); Shawn H. Phillips (Lancaster, California)
ABSTRACT	Provided is a solid rocket motor (SRM) insulation, wherein carbon nano fibers (CNF) are blended into a polyurethane matrix so as to disperse the CNF in the polymer. The so blended material is then extruded, injection molded or sprayed on or into the desired shape. Such SRM insulation has reduced ablation over prior art insulations, resulting in reduction in weight of the insulation needed in such rockets, permitting increase of payload therein.
FILED	Friday, February 10, 2006
APPL NO	11/357465
ART UNIT	1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/324
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07820323 — Metal borate synthesis process

US 07820323	Zhang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Shengshui Zhang (Olney, Maryland); Conrad Xu (North Potomac, Maryland); T. Richard Jow (Potomac, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The carboxyl borate represents a novel liquid that upon reaction with lithium halide produces a lithium ion electrochemical device electrolyte upon dissolution in an aprotic solvent mixture.
FILED	Thursday, September 07, 2006
APPL NO	11/518748
ART UNIT	1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/188
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07820347 — Conversion of salt halides to nitrate salts

US 07820347	Schneider et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Stefan Schneider (Palmdale, California); Tommy W. Hawkins (Lancaster, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods of preparing heterocyclic triazolium-based nitrate salts by a streamlined process are provided. Such salts offer energetic performance as well as pharmaceutical potential.
FILED	Thursday, January 31, 2008
APPL NO	12/075288
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/58.500
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07820395 — Orientia tsutsugamushi truncated recombinant outer membrane protein (R47) and (R56) vaccines diagnostics and therapeutics for scrub typhus

US 07820395	Ching et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc (HJF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Wei Mei Ching (Bethesda, Maryland); Hong Ge (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Chien-Chung Chao (Bethesda, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A scrub typhus diagnostic method and vaccine using a composition comprising truncated r47 protein and truncated r56 protein is disclosed. Vaccines composed of r56 protein variants are also disclosed. Methods of reducing HIV viral loads using r47 and r56 proteins and antibodies raised against r47 and r56 are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, October 23, 2007
APPL NO	11/876997
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
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07820412 — Method of error reduction in nucleic acid populations

US 07820412	Belshaw et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Peter Jeremy Belshaw (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael R. Sussman (Madison, Wisconsin); Franco Cerrina (Madison, Wisconsin); James Howard Kaysen (Madison, Wisconsin); Brock F. Binkowski (Sauk City, Wisconsin); Kathryn E. Richmond (Madison, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	A method is disclosed for the direct synthesis of double stranded DNA molecules of a variety of sizes and with any desired sequence. The DNA molecule to be synthesis is logically broken up into smaller overlapping DNA segments. A maskless microarray synthesizer is used to make a DNA microarray on a substrate in which each element or feature of the array is populated by DNA of a one of the overlapping DNA segments. The complement of each segment is also made in the microarray. The DNA segments are released from the substrate and held under conditions favoring hybridization of DNA, under which conditions the segments will hybridize to form duplexes. The duplexes are then separated using a DNA binding agent which binds to improperly formed DNA helixes to remove errors from the set of DNA molecules. The segments can then be hybridized to each other to assemble the larger target DNA sequence.
FILED	Monday, August 29, 2005
APPL NO	11/214201
ART UNIT	1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200
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07820428 — Portable light generation and detection system

US 07820428	Tysoe et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven Tysoe (Ballston Spa, New York); Eugene Barash (Niskayuna, New York); Thomas Stecher (Scotia, New York)
ABSTRACT	A field deployable optical assembly for use in testing a light-responsive sample is disclosed. The assembly includes a microfluidic device, a first optical package, and a second optical package. The first optical package includes a light emitting diode (LED), a first optical device, and a first light-path control, the first optical package configured to guide and focus light from the LED onto the sample. The microfluidic device includes a tethered control substance. In response to a substance within the sample being associated with, and attaching to, the tethered control, the sample emits light. The second optical package includes a photo sensor, a second optical device, and a second light-path control, the second optical package configured to guide and focus the light emitted from the sample onto the photo sensor.
FILED	Thursday, June 29, 2006
APPL NO	11/427504
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.200
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07820490 — Method for LTCC circuitry

US 07820490	Berry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Cynthia W. Berry (Pasadena, Maryland); Alex E. Bailey (Hampstead, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	An LTCC (low temperature cofired ceramic) structure which has conductors to which leads are to be bonded for connection to external circuitry. The conductors include additives to promote adhesion to the ceramic layer. The presence of these additives degrade bonding performance. For better bondability of the leads, a pure conductor metal layer, devoid of the additives is placed on the conductors in areas where leads are to be bonded. This pure conductor metal layer may be cofired with the stack of ceramic layers or may be post fired after stack firing.
FILED	Monday, June 12, 2006
APPL NO	11/450417
ART UNIT	2811 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/125
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07820521 — Conductive through via structure and process for electronic device carriers

US 07820521	Andry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Security Agency (NSA) Maryland Procurement Office (MPO)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); Chirag S. Patel (Peekskill, New York); Edmund J. Sprogis (Underhilll, Vermont); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ABSTRACT	Conductive through vias are formed in electronic devices and electronic device carrier, such as, a silicon chip carrier. An annulus cavity is etched into the silicon carrier from the top side of the carrier and the cavity is filled with insulating material to form an isolation collar around a silicon core region. An insulating layer with at least one wiring level, having a portion in contact with the silicon core region, is formed on the top side of the carrier. Silicon is removed from the back side of the carrier sufficient to expose the distal portion of the isolation collar. The core region is etched out to expose the portion of the wiring level in contact with the silicon core region to form an empty via. The via is filled with conductive material in contact with the exposed portion of the wiring level to form a conductive through via to the wiring level. A solder bump formed, for example, from low melt C4 solder, is formed on the conductive via exposed on the carrier back side. The process acts to make the conductive via fill step independent of the via isolation step.
FILED	Tuesday, December 16, 2008
APPL NO	12/335605
ART UNIT	2812 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/410
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07820541 — Process for forming low defect density heterojunctions

US 07820541	Sullivan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Teledyne Licensing, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Gerard J. Sullivan (Newbury Park, California); Amal Ikhlassi (Thousand Oaks, California); Joshua I. Bergman (Thousand Oaks, California); Berinder Brar (Newbury Park, California); Gabor Nagy (Thousand Oaks, California)
ABSTRACT	A method for forming a low defect density heterojunction between a first and a second compound, the first and second compounds each includes a group III element combined with a group V element in the periodic table, the method includes the steps of introducing in the deposition chamber the flux of the group III element for the first compound at substantially the same time while introducing in the deposition chamber a flux of the group V element for the second compound, stopping the flux of the group III element for the first compound after a first predetermined time period, stopping the flux of the group V element for the first compound after a second predetermined time period, and introducing in the deposition chamber a flux of the group III element the group V element for the second compound.
FILED	Thursday, September 14, 2006
APPL NO	11/521330
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/604
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07820872 — Wound dressings, apparatus, and methods for controlling severe, life-threatening bleeding

US 07820872	Gregory et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Providence Health System-Oregon (Portland, Oregon)
INVENTOR(S)	Kenton W Gregory (Portland, Oregon); Simon McCarthy (Portland, Oregon)
ABSTRACT	A chitosan biomaterial is frozen in aqueous solution to form a frozen chitosan structure from which water is removed by a prescribed freeze-drying process to form a sponge-like chitosan structure having a thickness and a density. The sponge-like chitosan structure is compressed by application of heat and pressure to reduce the thickness and increase the density of the sponge-like chitosan structure to form a densified chitosan structure. The densified chitosan structure is further preconditioned by heating the densified chitosan structure according to prescribed conditions to form a wound dressing. The wound dressing possesses an adhesion strength and resistance to dissolution in high blood flow bleeding situations.
FILED	Wednesday, October 31, 2007
APPL NO	11/981111
ART UNIT	3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
CURRENT CPC	Surgery: Splint, brace, or bandage 62/48
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07821079 — Preparation of thin film transistors (TFTs) or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags or other printable electronics using ink-jet printer and carbon nanotube inks

US 07821079	Cho et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Gyou-Jin Cho (Chonnam, South Korea); Min Hun Jung (Chonnam, South Korea); Jared L. Hudson (Hamilton, Virginia); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The invented ink-jet printing method for the construction of thin film transistors using all SWNTs on flexible plastic films is a new process. This method is more practical than all of existing printing methods in the construction TFT and RFID tags because SWNTs have superior properties of both electrical and mechanical over organic conducting oligomers and polymers which often used for TFT. Furthermore, this method can be applied on thin films such as paper and plastic films while silicon based techniques can not used on such flexible films. These are superior to the traditional conducting polymers used in printable devices since they need no dopant and they are more stable. They could be used in conjunction with conducting polymers, or as stand-alone inks.
FILED	Friday, November 24, 2006
APPL NO	12/094960
ART UNIT	2894 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/379
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07821097 — Lateral passive device having dual annular electrodes

US 07821097	Collins et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	David S. Collins (Williston, Vermont); Jeffrey B. Johnson (Essex Junction, Vermont); Xuefeng Liu (South Burlington, Vermont); Bradley A. Orner (Fairfax, Vermont); Robert M. Rassel (Colchester, Vermont); David C. Sheridan (Williston, Vermont)
ABSTRACT	A lateral passive device is disclosed including a dual annular electrode. The annular electrodes form an anode and a cathode. The annular electrodes allow anode and cathode series resistances to be optimized to the lowest values at a fixed device area. In addition, the parasitic capacitance to a bottom plate (substrate) is greatly reduced. In one embodiment, a device includes a first annular electrode surrounding a second annular electrode formed on a substrate, and the second annular electrode surrounds an insulator region. A related method is also disclosed.
FILED	Monday, June 05, 2006
APPL NO	11/422125
ART UNIT	2811 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/506
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07821269 — Method for determining the dielectric constant of particles

US 07821269	Petrovsky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Vladimir Petrovsky (Rolla, Missouri); Fatih Dogan (Rolla, Missouri)
ABSTRACT	A method of measuring the dielectric constant of a powder, including selecting a powder having an unknown first dielectric constant, selecting a liquid having a known second dielectric constant, and introducing a predetermined amount of powder into a predetermined volume of liquid to define a slurry characterized by a known volume fraction of powder. Next, the impedance spectra of the slurry is plotted over a predetermined frequency range, the measured dielectric constant data is read and the appropriate equivalent circuit for the slurry is determined. Appropriate equivalent circuit equations are applied to the measured dielectric constant data and the first dielectric constant is calculated from the appropriate equivalent circuit equations, known volume fraction of powder and measured dielectric constant data.
FILED	Saturday, June 07, 2008
APPL NO	12/135169
ART UNIT	2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/341
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07821360 — Multi-channel surface acoustic wave filter device with voltage controlled tunable frequency response

US 07821360	Yip et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S)	David Yip (La Mirada, California); Alvin Kong (Manhattan Beach, California); Thomas Jung (Rolling Hills Estates, California)
ABSTRACT	A multi-channel surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter includes a voltage controlled velocity tunable piezoelectric substrate, an input transducer fabricated on the substrate, and an output transducer fabricated on the substrate. The input transducer further includes multiple input sub-transducers that are electrically and physically connected in parallel. The output transducer further includes multiple output sub-transducers that are electrically and physically connected in parallel. Corresponding pairs of input sub-transducers and output sub-transducers form multiple parallel channels for SAW propagation. The input transducer produces a voltage controlled tunable COMB frequency response that is combined with a voltage controlled tunable COMB frequency response produced by the output transducer to produce a SAW filter voltage controlled tunable frequency response. Further embodiments include a multi-channel SAW resonator, a SAW filter device connecting two novel SAW filters in series, and a SAW filter device connecting two novel SAW resonators in series.
FILED	Thursday, August 28, 2008
APPL NO	12/199972
ART UNIT	2817 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Wave transmission lines and networks 333/193
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07821450 — System and method for transmitting GPS signals over a network

US 07821450	Ferguson
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael O. Ferguson (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A method involves digitizing an analog Global Positioning System (GPS) signal received directly from an antenna, storing the digitized analog GPS signal into data buffer storage units, and transmitting the data buffer storage units over a network. The GPS signal received directly from an antenna may be an unprocessed GPS signal. The method may include receiving and queuing the data buffer storage units, converting the digitized analog GPS signal from the data buffer storage units into an analog GPS signal, and transmitting the analog GPS signal to a GPS receiver. The data buffer storage units may be UDP packets and may be multicast over an IP network. The data buffer storage units may be ATM cells and may be transmitted over an ATM network. The analog GPS signal may be converted from electronic to photonic form, or vice versa, prior to storage in the data buffer storage units.
FILED	Wednesday, May 21, 2008
APPL NO	12/124383
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 342/357.220
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07821453 — Distributed iterative multimodal sensor fusion method for improved collaborative localization and navigation

US 07821453	Wu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Shunguang Wu (Robbinsville, New Jersey); Suin-Chuon Mau (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); James Kaba (Millstone, New Jersey); Tao Zhao (Sunnyvale, California)
ABSTRACT	A computer implemented method for fusing position and range measurements to determine the position of at least one node of a plurality of distributed nodes is disclosed. The method includes (a) measuring the position of at least one node; (b) computing an estimate of the position of the at least one node based on the measured position using a filter that takes account of past estimates of position; (c) receiving an estimate of position of at least a second node; (d) measuring inter-node range to the at least a second node; (e) combining the measured inter-node range with the estimate of position of at least a second node using a second filter that takes account of past estimates of position to generate a refined estimate of the position of the at least one node; and (f) when a change in the position of the at least one node is above a predetermined threshold value, setting the refined estimate of the position of the at least one node to the estimate of the position of the at least one node and repeating (c), (e), and (f).
FILED	Tuesday, December 16, 2008
APPL NO	12/335574
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 342/357.280
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07821636 — Method and apparatus for measuring a position of a particle in a flow

US 07821636	Jeys et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas H. Jeys (Lexington, Massachusetts); Antonio Sanchez-Rubio (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ronald H. Hoffeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jonathan Z. Lin (Winchester, Massachusetts); Nicholas M. F. Judson (Baltimore, Maryland); George S. Haldeman (Melrose, Massachusetts); Vincenzo Daneu (Woburn, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Aerosol and hydrosol particle detection systems without knowledge of a location and velocity of a particle passing through a volume of space, are less efficient than if knowledge of the particle location is known. An embodiment of a particle position detection system capable of determining an exact location of a particle in a fluid stream is discussed. The detection system may employ a patterned illuminating beam, such that once a particle passes through the patterned illuminating beam, a light scattering is produced. The light scattering defines a temporal profile that contains measurement information indicative of an exact particle location. However, knowledge of the exact particle location has several advantages. These advantages include correction of systematic particle measurement errors due to variability of the particle position within the sample volume, targeting of particles based on position, capture of particles based on position, reduced system energy consumption and reduced system complexity.
FILED	Friday, May 18, 2007
APPL NO	11/804593
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/342
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07821706 — Dual optical path periscope

US 07821706	Bellandi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	BAE Systems Land and Armaments, L.P. (Arlington, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Edward A. Bellandi (San Jose, California); Jeff Gamelsky (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	A direct vision periscope is disclosed having a second set of mirrors strategically positioned within a wide angle trapezoidal periscope. The main optical path has a vertical field of view of 24° above and below horizontal while the secondary optical path provides a field of view of 12° to 59° above horizontal to allow the occupants to see elevated areas. When used on military vehicles, multiple periscopes may be disposed about the operator's compartment to create a near panoramic view.
FILED	Tuesday, July 10, 2007
APPL NO	11/775522
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical: Systems and elements 359/402
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07821707 — Drive system useful in a night vision device

US 07821707	Neff
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware)
INVENTOR(S)	Todd Michael Neff (Salem, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A drive system for optical components particularly useful with night vision devices. The drive system uses a single motor to rotate a selected one of two components between its operative and inoperative positions while retaining the other component in its inoperative position.
FILED	Wednesday, October 24, 2007
APPL NO	11/923130
ART UNIT	2872 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical: Systems and elements 359/407
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07821944 — Optimal interconnect utilization in a data processing network

US 07821944	Felter et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Wesley Michael Felter (Austin, Texas); Orran Yaakov Krieger (Newton, Massachusetts); Ramakrishnan Rajamony (Austin, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A method for managing packet traffic in a data processing network includes collecting data indicative of the amount of packet traffic traversing each of the links in the network's interconnect. The collected data includes source and destination information indicative of the source and destination of corresponding packets. A heavily used links are then identified from the collected data. Packet data associated with the heavily used link is then analyzed to identify a packet source and packet destination combination that is a significant contributor to the packet traffic on the heavily used link. In response, a process associated with the identified packet source and packet destination combination is migrated, such as to another node of the network, to reduce the traffic on the heavily used link. In one embodiment, an agent installed on each interconnect switch collects the packet data for interconnect links connected to the switch.
FILED	Monday, March 31, 2008
APPL NO	12/059762
ART UNIT	2472 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/237
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07822073 — Packet flow side channel

US 07822073	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Xinyuan Wang (Clifton, Virginia); Shiping Chen (Dublin, California); Sushil Jajodia (Oakton, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A packet flow side channel encoder and decoder embeds and extracts a side channel communication in an overt communication data stream transmitted over a network. The encoder selects more than one group of related packets being transmitted on the network, relates a packet of one group to a packet of another group to form a pair of packets; and delays the timing of at least one packet from each pair of packets The decoder determines inter-packet delays that are the difference in timing between two packets in a pair of packets; determines at least one inter-packet delay difference between two or more determined inter-packet delays; and extracts a bit using the at least one interpacket delay difference.
FILED	Friday, November 03, 2006
APPL NO	11/556220
ART UNIT	2471 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/516
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07822100 — Phase mapping for QPSK/QBL-MSK waveform

US 07822100	Rasmussen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware)
INVENTOR(S)	Donald John Rasmussen (Fort Wayne, Indiana); Delbert Todd Mulholland (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	A method of pulse shaping a spread signal of serially formatted in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) waveforms, where each waveform includes a predetermined number of chips per symbol, includes (a) examining adjacent chips of the I and Q waveforms at a symbol boundary; and (b) determining that one of the I or Q waveforms, includes two adjacent first and second chips separated by a single chip period, where the first chip belongs to a previous symbol and the second chip belongs to a present symbol. If the chips are of the same value, the method extends a peak value between the first and second chips, and zeros the other waveform of the I or Q waveform during the extended duration. If the chips are of opposite values, then the method zeroes one of the chips and inserts a chip into the other waveform.
FILED	Wednesday, December 21, 2005
APPL NO	11/314762
ART UNIT	2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Pulse or digital communications 375/136
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07822126 — Interference cancellation system and method

US 07822126	Fanson
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Edgewater Computer Systems, Inc. (, Canada)
INVENTOR(S)	John Fanson (Ottawa, Canada)
ABSTRACT	An interference cancellation system and method for a communication system comprising a data bus carrying primary signals having an A component and a non-A component are provided. The interference cancellation system has an input port, an A data extraction block and an interference cancellation circuit. The input port receives a sampled primary signal from the data bus, via an analog-front end block having sampling means. The A data extraction block extracts A data from the sampled primary signal and outputs A decoded data. The interference cancellation circuit has an interference measurement block and a cancellation block. The interference measurement block receives the A decoded data and the sampled primary signal and produces an A interference signal. The cancellation block receives the sampled primary signal and the A interference signal and subtracts the A interference signal from the sampled primary signal, producing an output signal with the A component substantially attenuated.
FILED	Thursday, August 10, 2006
APPL NO	11/463860
ART UNIT	2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Pulse or digital communications 375/257
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07822198 — Parallel encryptor and decryptor

US 07822198	Borgen
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Gary S. Borgen (Camarillo, California)
ABSTRACT	An encryptor/decryptor which receives a continuous parallel data stream either in a single-ended TTL or a Low Voltage Differential Signaling format. The encryptor/decryptor selectively encrypts or decrypts the incoming data stream, using an LVDS encryptor/decryptor and then outputs the data stream in either a LVDS or TTL parallel format.
FILED	Tuesday, January 23, 2007
APPL NO	11/657308
ART UNIT	2491 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Cryptography 380/42
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07822314 — Segmented acoustic core photonic crystal fiber laser

US 07822314	Robin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Craig A. Robin (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas M. Shay (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Iyad A. Dajani (Alburquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a photonic crystal fiber is suppressed by doping the individual core segments such that the Brillouin frequency of each segment is sufficiently different from the neighboring segments that Brillouin scattered light from one core segment sees negligible gain from the other core segments, whereby higher power narrow-linewidth optical fiber amplifiers and lasers may be obtained. The optical properties of the guiding medium are preserved through the careful design of the core and the lattice structure.
FILED	Wednesday, July 02, 2008
APPL NO	12/166611
ART UNIT	2874 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical waveguides 385/142
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07822342 — Secure quantum optical communications system and method

US 07822342	Roberts et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark W. Roberts (San Diego, California); Markham E. Lasher (La Jolla, California)
ABSTRACT	An optical communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a source creates a multiplicity of photon pairs, with each photon pair comprising a first photon and a second photon. The first photon is sent to a transmitter, and either remains in the transmitter or is transmitted by the transmitter to a receiver. The second photon is sent to the receiver. Data is decoded by determining a polarization direction and a time of detection of any photon pairs detected at the receiver.
FILED	Tuesday, March 20, 2007
APPL NO	11/725718
ART UNIT	2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Optical communications 398/40
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07822458 — Distal bevel-tip needle control device and algorithm

US 07822458	Webster, III et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert J. Webster, III (Baltimore, Maryland); Allison M. Okamura (Ruxton, Maryland); Noah J. Cowan (Baltimore, Maryland); Gregory Chirikjian (Towson, Maryland); Kenneth Y. Goldberg (San Francisco, California); Ron Alterovitz (Berkeley, California)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed is a system for percutaneously steering a surgical needle. Needle steering is accomplished by taking advantage of a deflection force imparted on the bevel tip of the needle by the tissue medium as the needle is pushed through the tissue. By controlling the translation speed and rotation angle of the bevel, a flexible needle may be steered substantially without deflecting or distorting the tissue. The control inputs (translation speed and rotation angle) are computed based on a “bicycle” non-holonomic kinematic model that is a function of mechanical properties of the tissue medium. The system may be used with image-based feedback, which may provide for feedback-based refinement of the model as the needle propagates through the tissue.
FILED	Friday, May 19, 2006
APPL NO	11/436995
ART UNIT	3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/407
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07822466 — Robot for computed tomography interventions

US 07822466	Stoianovici et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Dan Stoianovici (Baltimore, Maryland); Dumitru Mazilu (Lutherville, Maryland); Louis R. Kavoussi (Lotherville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for CT guided instrument targeting including a radiolucent instrument driver; a robot and a control box. The robot includes a robotic module that positions the radiolucent driver about two directions coincident a predetermined point. The control device is connected to the robot and the radiolucent instrument driver. The control driver sends a robot control signal to the robot that causes the robotic module to place the radiolucent instrument driver in a desired orientation with respect to the predetermined point. After the radiolucent instrument driver is in the desired orientation, the control device sends a driver control signal to the radiolucent instrument driver that causes the radiolucent driver to insert a medical instrument or device through the predetermined point to a location proximate a target point in a patient.
FILED	Friday, April 25, 2003
APPL NO	10/423028
ART UNIT	3737 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/427
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07822522 — Adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat

US 07822522	Wereley et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Techno-Sciences, Inc. (corporation) (Calverton, Maryland); University of Maryland (Riverdale, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Norman Mark Wereley (Potomac, Maryland); Gregory John Hiemenz (Silver Spring, Maryland); Young-Tai Choi (Laurel, Maryland); Gang Wang (Bethesda, Maryland); Peter Che-Hung Chen (Clarksville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	An adaptive energy absorption system for a vehicle seat is disclosed, utilizing an adaptive energy absorber or variable profile energy absorber (VPEA) for mitigating occupant injury due to extreme vehicle movement (e.g., during a vehicle shock event), and/or for mitigating vibration experienced by an occupant of the vehicle seat during normal vehicle operating conditions. The adaptive energy absorption system achieves the aforementioned objectives for a wide range of occupant weights and load levels. Various configurations of dual-goal energy absorption apparatuses that enable both shock mitigation and vibration isolation are disclosed.
FILED	Friday, February 02, 2007
APPL NO	11/670773
ART UNIT	3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/45
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07822537 — Detection of faults in an injector arrangement

US 07822537	Perryman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Louisa J. Perryman (Rainham, United Kingdom); Martin A. P. Sykes (Rainham, United Kingdom); Daniel J. Hopley (Chislehurst, United Kingdom)
ABSTRACT	A method of detecting faults in an injector arrangement in an engine. The injector arrangement comprises at least one fuel injector having a piezoelectric actuator, and the method comprises: charging the piezoelectric actuator during a charge phase (t_C); attempting to recharge the piezoelectric actuator during a test phase (t_T) which commences after a time interval (Δt) following the end of the charge phase (t_C); sensing a current (I_S) that flows through the piezoelectric actuator during the test phase (t_T); and generating a short circuit fault signal if the sensed current (I_S) reaches a first predetermined threshold current (I_SC) which is indicative of a short circuit in the piezoelectric actuator.
FILED	Wednesday, November 28, 2007
APPL NO	11/998012
ART UNIT	3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/114
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07822585 — System and a method for numerical simulation of wave propagation in homogeneous media

US 07822585	Wandzura
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen Wandzura (Agoura Hills, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a method to construct stable, high-order explicit discretization for the wave equation based on the discretization of the evolution formula. The present invention provides independent computation of discretization in one, two, or more spaces for bulk propagation, near boundaries propagation, and discretization of a projection operator to enforce boundary conditions. More specifically, the method includes an act of discretizing propagation operators L_Δtby using an identity that is derived using central differencing in time. The method also includes an act of providing a high-order discretization of a boundary projection operator that enforces boundary conditions independent of the discretization of the propagation operators L_Δt. Additionally, the method includes an act of alternating an application of a discretization of an evolution formula having a spatial filtering operator L₀with a boundary projection operation for stepping forward in time to determine wave propagation in the media.
FILED	Wednesday, May 03, 2006
APPL NO	11/416642
ART UNIT	2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2
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07822750 — Method and system to compare data entities

US 07822750	Duchon et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Aptima, Inc (Woburn, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew Duchon (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kari Kelton (Washington, District of Columbia); Pacey Foster (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Kara Orvis (Melrose, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates in general to methods and systems for comparing and maximizing the appropriateness of a first set of one or more data objects to a set of second data objects. In one embodiment, the first set of data objects represent one or more tasks to be fulfilled by a set of capabilities represented by the second data objects. In one embodiment, this invention provides an effective and accurate method and system to compare and maximize the appropriateness between the requirements of a task and the second set's capabilities, while these capabilities and requirements are contained, even if only latently, in data objects such as written documents, electronic databases or other sources of data and information. In one embodiment, topic modeling techniques are utilized to compare the data objects.
FILED	Tuesday, January 15, 2008
APPL NO	12/014750
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/738
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07822782 — Application package to automatically identify some single stranded RNA viruses from characteristic residues of capsid protein or nucleotide sequences

US 07822782	Chakravarty et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Sugoto Chakravarty (Houston, Texas); Dianhui Zhu (Houston, Texas); George E. Fox (Manuel, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A system implemented on a computer is disclosed for automatically identifying strains of partial or complete capsid sequences of picorna and caliciviruses, two of the most highly diverse ssRNA virus families.
FILED	Friday, September 21, 2007
APPL NO	11/903564
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/802
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07822889 — Direct/indirect transmission of information using a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture

US 07822889	Arimilli et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ramakrishnan Rajamony (Austin, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A mechanism is provided for transmitting data in a data network. A first processor of the data network receives data to be transmitted to a second processor within the data network. A determination is made if the data has previously been routed through an indirect communication link from a source processor, the indirect communication link being a communication link that does not directly couple the source processor to a final destination processor which is to receive the data. A communication link is selected over which to transmit the data from the first processor to the second processor based on results of determining if the data has previously been routed through an indirect communication link. Finally, the data is transmitted from the first processor to the second processor using the selected communication link.
FILED	Monday, August 27, 2007
APPL NO	11/845209
ART UNIT	2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/38
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07822941 — Function-based virtual-to-physical address translation

US 07822941	Vick et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood City, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Christopher A. Vick (San Jose, California); Michael H. Paleczny (San Jose, California); Olaf Manczak (Hayward, California); Jay R. Freeman (Palo Alto, California); Phyllis E. Gustafson (Pleasanton, California)
ABSTRACT	A computer system employing memory virtualization may employ a function-based technique for virtual-to-physical address translation. A function-based translation technique may involve replacing a generic trap handler and one or more translation table look-ups with a function to compute a corresponding physical address from a given virtual address. The computer system may be configured to determine a translation function dependent on mappings in one or more translation tables. The computer system may be configured to reorganize a memory, to reorganize one or more translation tables, or to allocate different blocks of memory to an application prior to determining a translation function. Different applications or threads executing on the computer system may employ different translation functions. Different regions of memory may be accessed using different translation functions. Some virtual addresses may be translated using a function while others may be translated using one or more translation table look-ups.
FILED	Monday, June 05, 2006
APPL NO	11/446620
ART UNIT	2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/203
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07823123 — Semantic system for integrating software components

US 07823123	Sabbouh
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Marwan Sabbouh (Chelmsford, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for integrating databases and/or web services into a searchable ontological structure. The structure allows free-form searching of the combined system, discovering an execution path through the ontology to provide answers to queries that may require accessing multiple systems to resolve, without a need for knowledge of the available databases and services or of query syntax by the user. The same technologies that integrate databases and web services into a single ontological structure may also provide interoperability between the numerous information systems within modern enterprises. Context ontologies are constructed to capture ubiquitous enterprise concepts and their representations across the enterprise. By mapping information system data models to these context ontologies, information that originates in one part of the enterprise may be used across the enterprise in a highly automated fashion.
FILED	Friday, March 17, 2006
APPL NO	11/377459
ART UNIT	2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/106
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07823141 — Using a concurrent partial inspector loop with speculative parallelism

US 07823141	Gustafson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood City, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Phyllis E. Gustafson (Pleasanton, California); Michael H. Paleczny (San Jose, California); Christopher A. Vick (San Jose, California); Olaf Manczak (Hayward, California); Jay R. Freeman (Palo Alto, California); Yuguang Wu (Santa Clara, California)
ABSTRACT	A method for executing a loop in an application that includes executing iterations in a first segment of the loop by a base thread, logging memory transactions that occur during execution of iterations in the first segment by a co-inspector thread to obtain a co-inspector log, executing iterations in a second segment of the loop by a co-thread to obtain temporary results, logging memory transactions that occur during execution of iterations in the second segment to obtain a co-thread log, and comparing the co-inspector log and the co-thread log to determine whether a thread interdependency exists.
FILED	Friday, September 30, 2005
APPL NO	11/240963
ART UNIT	2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/160
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D0626118 — Bidirectional tilt antenna mount

US D626118	Schmitz
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	John J. Schmitz (Macomb, Michigan)
ABSTRACT
FILED	Friday, June 04, 2010
APPL NO	29/363100
ART UNIT	2914 — Design
CURRENT CPC	Recording, communication, or information retrieval equipment D14/238
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

07819824 — Method and a dual-array transducer probe for real time mechanical imaging of prostate

US 07819824	Sarvazyan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Artann Laboratories Inc. (Lambertville, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Armen P. Sarvazyan (Lambertville, New Jersey); Vladimir Egorov (Princeton, New Jersey); Suren Ayrapetyan (Lambertville, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a transrectal probe and method for real time mechanical imaging of a prostate. The probe is equipped with dual-array pressure sensors—one on the probe head and another on the shaft of the probe spaced away from the head with an angular and linear offset forming an S-shaped transition between the shaft and the head of the probe. The addition of the shaft pressure sensor array together with orientation tracking sensors allows precise calculation of the current head position throughout the examination of the prostate. Display means are used to guide the user in the proper manipulation of the probe in order to reduce the forces on surrounding tissues and organs and to minimize patient's discomfort.
FILED	Monday, June 06, 2005
APPL NO	11/146367
ART UNIT	3768 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/587
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07820143 — Water soluble tetrapyrollic photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

US 07820143	Pandey et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Ravindra K. Pandey (Williamsville, New York); Amy Gryshuk (Pleasanton, California); Lalit Goswami (Amherst, New York); William Potter (Grand Island, New York); Allan Oseroff (Buffalo, New York)
ABSTRACT	A tetrapyrollic photosensitizer compound having at least one pendant —CH₂CH₂CON(CH₂CON(CH₂COOH)₂)₂or —N(CH₂COOH)₂group or esters thereof said tetrapyrollic compound being a chlorin, bacteriochlorin, porphyrin, pyropheophorbide, purpurinimide, or bacteriopurpurinimide. Desirably the compound has the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, wherein R₁-R₈and R₁₀are various substituents and R₉is substituted or unsubstituted —CH₂CH₂CON(CH₂CON(CH₂COOH)₂)₂; or —N(CH₂COOH)₂. The invention also includes a method of treatment by photodynamic therapy by treatment with light after injecting the compound and a method of imaging by fluorescence after injection of the compound.
FILED	Thursday, February 19, 2009
APPL NO	12/378751
ART UNIT	1621 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.300
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07820167 — IL1-β: a new target for myeloma therapy

US 07820167	Donovan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S)	Kathleen A. Donovan (Rochester, Minnesota); John A. Lust (Rochester, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	Diagnostic methods for the detection of multiple myeloma (MM) and the identification of high-risk patients with multiple myeloma-related plasma proliferative disorders, such as MGUS or SMM, likely to progress to active MM are described. The diagnosis is based on the determination of concentrations of bioactive IL-1β produced by the bone marrow plasma cells of these patients. Also described are therapeutic methods for the treatment of MM and for the chemoprevention of the progression from disorders such as MGUS and SMM to active MM, involving the administration of inhibitors of IL-1β.
FILED	Wednesday, January 26, 2005
APPL NO	11/043209
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/145.100
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07820174 — T cell receptors and related materials and methods of use

US 07820174	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Qiong J. Wang (Reston, Virginia); Kenichi Hanada (Bethesda, Maryland); James C. Yang (Silver Spring, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides an isolated or purified T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for a cancer antigen, e.g., a renal cell carcinoma antigen, wherein the TCR recognizes the cancer antigen in a major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-independent manner. Also provided are related polypeptides, proteins, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, isolated host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions. The invention further provides a method of detecting the presence of cancer in a host and a method of treating or preventing cancer in a host using the inventive TCRs or related materials.
FILED	Friday, August 22, 2008
APPL NO	12/196833
ART UNIT	1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100
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07820180 — Listeria-based and LLO-based vaccines

US 07820180	Singh et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Reshma Singh (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Yvonne Paterson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides methods of treating and vaccinating against an antigen-expressing tumor and inducing an immune response against a sub-dominant epitope of antigen, comprising a fusion of an LLO fragment to the antigen or a recombinant Listeria strain expressing the antigen. The present invention also provides recombinant peptides comprising a listeriolysin (LLO) protein fragment fused to a Her-2 protein or fragment thereof, recombinant Listeria strains expressing a Her-2 protein, vaccines and immunogenic compositions comprising same, and methods of inducing an anti-Her-2 immune response and treating and vaccinating against a Her-2-expressing tumor, comprising same.
FILED	Tuesday, September 13, 2005
APPL NO	11/223945
ART UNIT	1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/200.100
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07820181 — Recovery of recombinant human parainfluenza virus type 2 (HPIV2) from cDNA and use of recombinant HPIV2 in immunogenic compositions and as vectors to elicit immune responses against PIV and other human pathogens

US 07820181	Skiadopoulos et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Mario H. Skiadopoulos (Potomac, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Peter L. Collins (Kensington, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Recombinant human parainfluenza virus type 2 (HPIV2) viruses and related immunogenic compositions and methods are provided. The recombinant HPIV2 viruses, including HPIV2 chimeric and chimeric vector viruses, provided according to the invention are infectious and attenuated in permissive mammalian subjects, including humans, and are useful in immunogenic compositions for eliciting an immune responses against one or more PIVs, against one or more non-PIV pathogens, or against a PIV and a non-PIV pathogen. Also provided are isolated polynucleotide molecules and vectors incorporating a recombinant HPIV2 genome or antigenome.
FILED	Thursday, September 18, 2003
APPL NO	10/667141
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/211.100
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07820182 — Production of attenuated, human-bovine chimeric respiratory syncytial viruses for use in immunogenic compositions

US 07820182	Buchholz et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Ursula Buchholz (Silver Spring, Maryland); Peter L. Collins (Silver Spring, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Christine D. Krempl (Wuerzburg, Germany)
ABSTRACT	Chimeric human-bovine respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are infectious and attenuated in humans and other mammals and useful in immunogenic compositions for eliciting an anti-RSV immune response. Also provided are isolated polynucleotide molecules and vectors incorporating a chimeric RSV genome or antigenome which includes a partial or complete human or bovine RSV “background” genome or antigenome combined or integrated with one or more heterologous gene(s) or genome segment(s) of a different RSV strain. Chimeric human-bovine RSV of the invention include a partial or complete “background” RSV genome or antigenome derived from or patterned after a human or bovine RSV strain or subgroup virus combined with one or more heterologous gene(s) or genome segment(s) of a different RSV strain or subgroup virus to form the human-bovine chimeric RSV genome or antigenome. In preferred aspects of the invention, chimeric RSV incorporate a partial or complete bovine RSV background genome or antigenome combined with one or more heterologous gene(s) or genome segment(s) from a human RSV. Genes of interest include any of the NS1, NS2, N, P, M, SH, M2(ORF1), M2(ORF2), L, F or G genes or a genome segment including a protein or portion thereof. A variety of additional mutations and nucleotide modifications are provided within the human-bovine chimeric RSV of the invention to yield desired phenotypic and structural effects.
FILED	Friday, November 07, 2003
APPL NO	10/704116
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/211.100
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07820385 — Method for retaining methylation pattern in globally amplified DNA

US 07820385	Rajeevan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Mangalathu S. Rajeevan (Lilburn, Georgia); Elizabeth R. Unger (Doraville, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A method for preserving information about cytosine methylation status in amplified nucleic acid molecules is disclosed. The method includes contacting a sample that contains nucleic acid molecules, such as nucleic acid molecules having or suspected of having methylated cytosines, with a modifying agent that converts the unmethylated cytosines to produce converted nucleic acid molecules. The converted nucleic acid molecule retains information about cytosine methylation. The method further involves contacting the sample with a DNA polymerase to amplify the converted nucleic acid molecules by multiple strand displacement amplification. The sample is not contacted with a nucleic acid ligase or an RNA polymerase. Also disclosed are methods for detecting cytosine methylation in a sample. Such methods include detecting the presence of the signature of cytosine methylation in a bisulfite treated DNA sample that has been amplified by multiple strand displacement.
FILED	Wednesday, March 21, 2007
APPL NO	11/689423
ART UNIT	1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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07820387 — Reactions on a solid surface

US 07820387	Neri et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Bruce P. Neri (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeff G. Hall (Madison, Wisconsin); Victor Lyamichev (Madison, Wisconsin); Lloyd M. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection and characterization of nucleic acid sequences and variations in nucleic acid sequences. The present invention relates to methods for forming a nucleic acid cleavage structure on a solid support and cleaving the nucleic acid cleavage structure in a site-specific manner. For example, in some embodiments, a 5′ nuclease activity from any of a variety of enzymes is used to cleave the target-dependent cleavage structure, thereby indicating the presence of specific nucleic acid sequences or specific variations thereof.
FILED	Sunday, October 28, 2007
APPL NO	11/926120
ART UNIT	1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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07820401 — Collagen VI and cancer

US 07820401	Scherer et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Philipp E. Scherer (Southlake, Texas); Puneeth Iyengar (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT	Methods of determining whether a cancer is progressing by measuring surface-bound collagen VIα3 are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying hyperplasia in a tissue by measuring surface-bound collagen VIα3. Additionally, methods of identifying carcinoma in a tissue by measuring surface-bound collagen VIα3 are provided. Further provided are methods of imaging carcinoma in a tissue by staining the tissue with a specific binding partner to collagen VIα3. Methods of treating a cancer by preventing binding of collagen VIα3 onto cells of the cancer are additionally provided.
FILED	Thursday, August 11, 2005
APPL NO	11/660181
ART UNIT	1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230
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07820411 — Escherichia coli-derived vaccine and therapy against botulism

US 07820411	Baldwin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael Baldwin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Marite Bradshaw (Madison, Wisconsin); William H. Tepp (Stoughton, Wisconsin); Eric A. Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin); Joseph T. Barbieri (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Christina L. Pier (Fitchburg, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	A method of producing botulinum toxin C-terminal receptor binding domain (HCR) is disclosed. The one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of (a) preparing E. coli transformed with an expression vector comprising DNA encoding HCR protein, (b) inducing expression of the HCR protein at a reduced temperature in a culture media, and (c) purifying the HCR protein via extraction, wherein the extraction comprises a clarification by centrifugation and a filtration, wherein the purified HCR protein is at least 10 mg/L of culture medium.
FILED	Friday, February 29, 2008
APPL NO	12/040542
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/71.300
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07820413 — Incrementally truncated nucleic acids and methods of making same

US 07820413	Benkovic et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen J. Benkovic (State College, Pennsylvania); Marc Ostermeier (Baltimore, Maryland); Stefan Lutz (State College, Pennsylvania); Andrew E. Nixon (Quincy, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A series of methods that utilize the incremental truncation of nucleic acids are described to create a plurality of modified nucleic acids and hybrid polypeptides. A plurality of substantially all possible single base-pair deletions of a given nucleic acid sequence is created. A method of making shuffled incremental truncated nucleic acids, which is independent of nucleic acid sequence homology, is also described. These methods can be used in protein engineering, protein folding, protein evolution, and the chemical synthesis of novel hybrid proteins and polypeptides.
FILED	Tuesday, February 19, 2008
APPL NO	12/033672
ART UNIT	1639 — 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 435/91.420
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07820437 — Constitutively open hERG (Kv11.1) mutant channels

US 07820437	January et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Craig T. January (Madison, Wisconsin); Christine Anne Klemens (Green Bay, Wisconsin); Brian Patrick Delisle (Lexington, Kentucky); Blake D. Anson (Belleville, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	We disclose a cell having double mutations of the hERG gene that lead to charge reversal amino acid substitutions at residues 466 and 534 of the wild type Kv11.1 channel protein. These double charge reversal mutations result in cells having constitutively open Kv11.1 channels. Such cells could be used in a method of testing development-stage drugs and other compounds for Kv11.1 channel block activity.
FILED	Friday, February 29, 2008
APPL NO	12/040408
ART UNIT	1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325
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07820441 — Production of viral vectors

US 07820441	Chamberlain et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeffrey S. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Dennis J. Hartigan-O'Connor (Lake Tahoe, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the production of viral vectors. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for faster, higher titer and higher purity production of viral vectors (e.g. adenoviral vectors). In some embodiments, the present invention provides gutted and helper viruses with identical or similar termini. In other embodiments, the present invention provides terminal protein linked adenoviral DNA. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides template extended adenoviral DNA.
FILED	Friday, September 21, 2001
APPL NO	10/381153
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 435/457
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07820632 — Methods for producing interfering RNA molecules in mammalian cells and therapeutic uses for such molecules

US 07820632	Rossi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	City Of Hope (Duarte, California)
INVENTOR(S)	John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Nan-Sook Lee (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods for producing interfering RNA molecules in mammalian cells are provided. Therapeutic uses for the expressed molecules, including inhibiting expression of HIV, are also provided.
FILED	Thursday, February 13, 2003
APPL NO	10/365643
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.A00
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07820634 — Composition and method for production of transformed cells

US 07820634	Badylak et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Clarian Health Partners, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen F. Badylak (W. Lafayette, Indiana); Jeffrey Bonadio (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sherry Voytik (Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	A composition useful for the production of transformed eukaryotic cells is described. The composition comprises submucosal tissue and a nucleic acid sequence. The nucleic acid sequence is typically recombinant DNA including gene(s) encoding for one or more biofunctional proteins. The submucosal tissue component of the present composition comprises the tunica submucosa of vertebrate intestine delaminated from the tunica muscularis and at least the luminal portion of the tunica mucosa. Injection or implantation of the composition into a host induces the formation of transformed cells capable of expressing gene(s) encoded by the nucleic acid sequence.
FILED	Wednesday, May 02, 2007
APPL NO	11/799724
ART UNIT	1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44
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07820642 — Nandrolone 17β-carbonates

US 07820642	Blye et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard P. Blye (Highland, Maryland); Hyun K. Kim (Bethesda, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I) wherein R is C₁-C₃₀alkyl, which may be optionally further substituted with one or more of C₅-C₈cycloalkyl groups, or a C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, which may be optionally substituted with one or more C₁-C₃₀alkyl groups, R′ is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R″ is a C₁-C₃₀alkyl or halo, and the bond between C14 and C15 can be a single bond or double bond. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of use thereof. These compounds can find use in treating a number of diseases or conditions such as hypogonadism, osteoporosis, and anemia, in providing hormonal therapy and contraception, as an anabolic agent, and in suppressing the release of hormones such as the luteinizing hormone.
FILED	Tuesday, January 24, 2006
APPL NO	11/815532
ART UNIT	1628 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/179
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07820644 — Substituted porphyrins

US 07820644	Crapo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Aelous Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Mission Viejo, California)
INVENTOR(S)	James D. Crapo (Englewood, Colorado); Brian J. Day (Englewood, Colorado); Michael P. Trova (Schenectady, New York); Polivina Jolicia F. Gauuan (Albany, New York); Douglas B. Kitchen (Schenectady, New York); Irwin Fridovich (Durham, North Carolina); Ines Batinic-Haberle (Durham, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates, in general, to a method of modulating physiological and pathological processes and, in particular, to a method of modulating cellular levels of oxidants and thereby processes in which such oxidants are a participant. The invention also relates to compounds and compositions suitable for use in such methods.
FILED	Friday, June 16, 2006
APPL NO	11/424662
ART UNIT	1624 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/185
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07820703 — Lysophosphatidic acid receptor selective antagonists

US 07820703	Lynch et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Kevin R. Lynch (Charlottesville, Virginia); Timothy L. Macdonald (Charlottesville, Virginia); Brian H. Heasley (Wake Forest, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to compositions comprising lysophosphatidic acid analogs and methods of using such analogs as agonist or antagonists of LPA receptor activity. In addition the invention is directed to LPA receptor agonists that vary in the degree of selectivity at individual LPA receptors (i.e. LPA1, LPA2 and LPA3). More particularly the present invention is directed to LPA analogs wherein the glycerol is replaced with ethanolamine and a variety of substitutions have been linked at the second carbon atom.
FILED	Friday, May 06, 2005
APPL NO	11/579658
ART UNIT	1628 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/367
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07820784 — Orally administered peptides synergize statin activity

US 07820784	Fogelman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The University of Alabama Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama)
INVENTOR(S)	Alan M. Fogelman (Beverly Hills, California); Gattadahalli M. Anantharamaiah (Birmingham, Alabama); Mohamad Navab (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides novel peptides that ameliorate one or more symptoms of atherosclerosis. The peptides comprise class A amphiphathic helices, are highly stable and readily administered via an oral route. The peptides are effective to stimulate the formation and cycling of pre-beta high density lipoprotein-like particles and/or to promote lipid transport and detoxification.
FILED	Monday, July 30, 2007
APPL NO	11/830675
ART UNIT	1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324
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07820787 — Multi-functional antibodies

US 07820787	Meares et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Claude F. Meares (Davis, California); Todd M. Corneillie (Davis, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides antibodies comprising an antigen recognition domain that specifically binds to a metal chelate: mutant antibodies comprising a reactive site not present in the wild-type of the antibody, wherein the reactive site is in a position proximate to or within the antigen recognition domain; and methods of using such antibodies to diagnose and treat disease.
FILED	Tuesday, July 22, 2003
APPL NO	10/625047
ART UNIT	1642 — 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
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07820791 — H⁺-gated ion channel

US 07820791	Jorgensen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah)
INVENTOR(S)	Erik M. Jorgensen (Salt Lake City, Utah); Asim A. Beg (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paola Nix (Salt Lake City, Utah)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to an isolated or recombinant Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger comprising an isolated or recombinant Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger, particularly to the PBO-4 Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger. Also disclosed is an isolated or recombinant protein component of an H⁺-gated channel which can be affected by extracellular Ca²⁺concentration. In particular, the invention relates to PBO-5 and/or PBO-8 and/or a H⁺-gated channel composed of PBO-5 and PBO-8. The invention relates to compounds isolated from a vertebrate organism, wherein said compounds comprise at least a part of a H⁺-gated channel or Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger. The invention also relates to a method for identifying a component of a H⁺-gated channel in a vertebrate organism.
FILED	Friday, August 08, 2008
APPL NO	12/189014
ART UNIT	1646 — 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
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07820793 — IFN-λ polypeptides and compositions

US 07820793	Kotenko et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Somerset, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Sergei Kotenko (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Grant Gallagher (East Brunswick, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A novel IFN-α/β independent ligand receptor system which upon engagement leads, among other things, to the establishment of an anti-viral state is disclosed. Further disclosed are three closely positioned genes on human chromosome 19 that encode distinct but highly homologous proteins, designated IFN-λ1, IFN-λ2, IFN-λ3, based, inter alia, in their ability to induce antiviral protection. Expression of these proteins is induced upon viral infection. A receptor complex utilized by all three IFN-λ proteins for signaling is also disclosed. The receptor complex is generally composed of two subunits, a novel receptor designated IFN-λR1 or CRF2-12, and a second subunit, IL-10R2 or CRF2-4, which is also a shared receptor component for the IL-10 and IL-22 receptor complexes. The gene encoding IFN-λR1 is generally widely expressed, including many different cell types and tissues. Expression of these proteins is induced by immune events, including, for example, upon viral infection. Apoptotosis may also be induced under effective conditions.
FILED	Monday, February 10, 2003
APPL NO	10/503866
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 530/351
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07820797 — Glycolipopeptide antibodies

US 07820797	Boons
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A glycolipopeptide comprising a carbohydrate component, a peptide component and a lipid component, for use as a therapeutic or prophylactic vaccine. Also provided are monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that recognize the glycolipopeptide of the invention, as well as uses thereof.
FILED	Thursday, July 03, 2008
APPL NO	12/217376
ART UNIT	1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.100
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07820805 — Sulfotransferase 2B1 pharmacogenetics

US 07820805	Thomae et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S)	Bianca A. Thomae (Chicago, Illinois); Eric D. Wieben (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard M. Weinshilboum (Rochester, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	Isolated sulfotransferase nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as are sulfotransferase allozymes. Methods for determining the sulfonator status of a subject also are described. In addition, methods for predicting the therapeutic efficacy of a compound in a subject are described, as are methods for estimating the dose of a compound to be administered to a subject.
FILED	Tuesday, September 25, 2007
APPL NO	11/861065
ART UNIT	1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 536/23.100
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07820839 — Taxoid-fatty acid conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions thereof

US 07820839	Ojima
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Iwao Ojima (Port Jefferson, New York)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to a second-generation-fatty acid conjugate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The second-generation-fatty acid conjugate are useful in the treatment of cancer in a human in need thereof.
FILED	Thursday, October 28, 2004
APPL NO	10/577573
ART UNIT	1625 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 549/511
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07820858 — Concise β²-amino acid synthesis via organocatalytic aminomethylation

US 07820858	Chi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Yonggui Chi (Berkeley, California); Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); William C. Pomerantz (Madison, Wisconsin); William S. Horne (Madison, Wisconsin); Li Guo (Madison, Wisconsin); Emily P. English (Madison, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a method for the synthesis of β²-amino acids. The method also provides methods yielding α-substituted β-amino aldehydes and β-substituted γ-amino alcohols. The present method according to this invention allows for increased yield and easier purification using minimal chromatography or crystallization. The methods described herein are based on an aldehyde aminomethylation which involves a Mannich reaction between an aldehyde and a formaldehyde-derived N,O-acetal (iminium precursor) and a catalyst, such as, for example, L-proline or a pyrrolidine. The invention allows for large scale, commercial preparation of β²-amino acids.
FILED	Monday, March 26, 2007
APPL NO	11/691249
ART UNIT	1621 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 562/553
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07821263 — Self-refocused spatial-spectral pulse

US 07821263	Balchandani et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Priti Balchandani (Menlo Park, California); Daniel Spielman (Menlo Park, California); John M. Pauly (Stanford, California)
ABSTRACT	A method for frequency selective and slice selective magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. A B₀field is applied. A self-refocused spatial-spectral (SPSP) RF pulse is applied. A readout of a portion of k-space for the excited slice is performed. A second self-refocused SPSP excitation RF pulse is applied, wherein the second self-refocused SPSP excitation has an 180° echo phase difference from the self-refocused SPSP excitation. A second readout of a portion of k-space for the excited slice was performed. A difference between the readout and the second readout was found. The previous steps were repeated until k-space has been filled for the excited slice. The previous steps were repeated for a plurality of slices.
FILED	Tuesday, June 10, 2008
APPL NO	12/136319
ART UNIT	2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307
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07822174 — Cryotomography x-ray microscopy state

US 07822174	Le Gros et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark Le Gros (Berkeley, California); Carolyn A. Larabell (Berkeley, California)
ABSTRACT	An x-ray microscope stage enables alignment of a sample about a rotation axis to enable three dimensional tomographic imaging of the sample using an x-ray microscope. A heat exchanger assembly provides cooled gas to a sample during x-ray microscopic imaging.
FILED	Thursday, April 20, 2006
APPL NO	11/911960
ART UNIT	2882 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/43
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07822249 — Systems and methods for high-throughput radiation biodosimetry

US 07822249	Garty et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Guy Garty (Dobbs Ferry, New York); David J. Brenner (New York, New York); Gerhard Randers-Pehrson (Ossining, New York); Y. Lawrence Yao (New York, New York); Nabil Simaan (New York, New York); Alessio Salerno (Montreal, Canada); Anubha Bhatla (Secaucus, New Jersey); Jian Zhang (New York, New York); Oleksandra V. Lyulko (New York, New York); Aparajita Dutta (Waltham, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Systems and methods for high-throughput radiation biodosimetry are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a high-throughput methods of analyzing a population for radiation exposure can include, in various possible sequences: marking a first capillary designed to retain a first sample from the population with a first identifier; transporting a plurality of samples to a biodosimetry system; inputting the samples into the biodosimetry system; centrifuging the plurality of samples including the first sample wherein each sample can be retained in a capillary and the first sample can be retained in the first capillary; transferring the plurality of capillaries including the first capillary from the centrifuge to a cutting device using a robotic device; cutting the first capillary; reading the first identifier; transferring at least one portion of the first sample from the first capillary to a well in an array, wherein the array can include one or more filters in a multi-well plate; correlating the first identifier to a location of the array that includes the at least one portion of the first sample; one or more cycles of biological processing, which can include addition of a reagent and/or incubation of a selected temperature such as, for example, 37° C., 4° C., room temperature, and the like; sealing the array; positioning the array adjacent to an imaging element; focusing the imaging element; capturing an image of the first sample in the array; and analyzing the image to determine whether the first sample indicates a level of radiation exposure exceeding a predetermined threshold.
FILED	Friday, August 24, 2007
APPL NO	11/895417
ART UNIT	2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems
CURRENT CPC	Image analysis 382/128
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07822457 — Compression paddle membrane and tensioning apparatus for compressing tissue for medical imaging purposes

US 07822457	Lokhandwalla et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Hiskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Murtuza Lokhandwalla (Clifton Park, New York); Ajay Kapur (Clifton Park, New York); Donald Joseph Buckley, Jr. (Schenectady, New York)
ABSTRACT	Apparatus for compressing tissue to be scanned for medical imaging is provided. The apparatus may comprise a compression membrane and a tensioning apparatus coupled to the membrane to apply a tensile force to the membrane to place the membrane in a taut condition during an imaging process. In one exemplary application that combines ultrasound scanning with X-ray mammography, the compressing apparatus enables accurate, reproducible ultrasound images reducing distortion and attenuation, which may otherwise be introduced as a consequence of such a combination of imaging processes.
FILED	Tuesday, November 25, 2003
APPL NO	10/723318
ART UNIT	3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/407
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07822458 — Distal bevel-tip needle control device and algorithm

US 07822458	Webster, III et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert J. Webster, III (Baltimore, Maryland); Allison M. Okamura (Ruxton, Maryland); Noah J. Cowan (Baltimore, Maryland); Gregory Chirikjian (Towson, Maryland); Kenneth Y. Goldberg (San Francisco, California); Ron Alterovitz (Berkeley, California)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed is a system for percutaneously steering a surgical needle. Needle steering is accomplished by taking advantage of a deflection force imparted on the bevel tip of the needle by the tissue medium as the needle is pushed through the tissue. By controlling the translation speed and rotation angle of the bevel, a flexible needle may be steered substantially without deflecting or distorting the tissue. The control inputs (translation speed and rotation angle) are computed based on a “bicycle” non-holonomic kinematic model that is a function of mechanical properties of the tissue medium. The system may be used with image-based feedback, which may provide for feedback-based refinement of the model as the needle propagates through the tissue.
FILED	Friday, May 19, 2006
APPL NO	11/436995
ART UNIT	3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/407
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07822466 — Robot for computed tomography interventions

US 07822466	Stoianovici et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Dan Stoianovici (Baltimore, Maryland); Dumitru Mazilu (Lutherville, Maryland); Louis R. Kavoussi (Lotherville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for CT guided instrument targeting including a radiolucent instrument driver; a robot and a control box. The robot includes a robotic module that positions the radiolucent driver about two directions coincident a predetermined point. The control device is connected to the robot and the radiolucent instrument driver. The control driver sends a robot control signal to the robot that causes the robotic module to place the radiolucent instrument driver in a desired orientation with respect to the predetermined point. After the radiolucent instrument driver is in the desired orientation, the control device sends a driver control signal to the radiolucent instrument driver that causes the radiolucent driver to insert a medical instrument or device through the predetermined point to a location proximate a target point in a patient.
FILED	Friday, April 25, 2003
APPL NO	10/423028
ART UNIT	3737 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/427
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07822474 — Methods for the prediction of arrhythmias and prevention of sudden cardiac death

US 07822474	Chen
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Peng-Sheng Chen (La Canada, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods and kits are provided for determining an increased likelihood of the occurrence of a cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure and other diseased conditions of the heart. The methods and kits comprise measuring serum NGF levels in a subject and detecting increases in NGF levels over baseline. The methods may further comprise initiating preventive therapy in response to a detected increase in serum NGF levels.
FILED	Wednesday, November 29, 2006
APPL NO	11/606636
ART UNIT	3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
CURRENT CPC	Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/22
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07822510 — Systems, methods, and products for graphically illustrating and controlling a droplet actuator

US 07822510	Paik et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Philip Y. Paik (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Ryan A. Sturmer (Durham, North Carolina); Gregory F. Smith (Durham, North Carolina); Keith R. Brafford (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Systems for controlling a droplet microactuator are provided. According to one embodiment, a system is provided and includes a controller, a droplet microactuator electronically coupled to the controller, and a display device displaying a user interface electronically coupled to the controller, wherein the system is programmed and configured to permit a user to effect a droplet manipulation by interacting with the user interface. According to another embodiment, a system is provided and includes a processor, a display device electronically coupled to the processor, and software loaded and/or stored in a storage device electronically coupled to the controller, a memory device electronically coupled to the controller, and/or the controller and programmed to display an interactive map of a droplet microactuator. According to yet another embodiment, a system is provided and includes a controller, a droplet microactuator electronically coupled to the controller, a display device displaying a user interface electronically coupled to the controller, and software for executing a protocol loaded and/or stored in a storage device electronically coupled to the controller, a memory device electronically coupled to the controller, and/or the controller.
FILED	Tuesday, August 14, 2007
APPL NO	11/838388
ART UNIT	2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/283
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07822556 — Expression data analysis systems and methods

US 07822556	Akilesh et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine)
INVENTOR(S)	Shreeram Akilesh (Bangor, Maine); Derry Roopenian (Salisbury Cove, Maine); Daniel J. Shaffer (Bar Harbor, Maine)
ABSTRACT	Methods and applications of Global Patter Recognition (GPR), including a system for analyzing the results of real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments employing micro-titer and/or microarray plates and robotic plate readers is described. The system employs a set of self-normalizing housekeeping primers or oligonucleotides on the plates/arrays and an algorithmic approach to normalizing expression data from all primers on the plate based on the reaction products of several of the self-normalizing gene primers oligonucleotides. Normalization is accomplished using simplex reactions involving these self-normalizing primers/oligonucleotides; the normalization parameters are then useable across all control and experimental reactions of the plate/array. A ranked list of genes whose amount of change is statistically significant can be determined. The accuracy of this list is enhanced by the data normalization aspect of the system. Other applications of GPR are also disclosed herein.
FILED	Wednesday, July 29, 2009
APPL NO	12/511493
ART UNIT	1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19
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RE041870 — Method for forming hollow fibers

US RE41870	Montoya
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MedArray, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Jean Patrick Montoya (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	A thin walled microtube is formed by providing a continuous elongated member having an outer surface. The member is at least partially formed of a water soluble material. A coating material is provided. The coating material may be a silicone compound that is curable such that the coating material cures into a substantial non-porous silicone. The outer surface of the elongated member is coated with a coating material so as to form a substantially uniform and continuous layer of coating material on the outer surface. The layer of coating material is cured so as to form a substantial uniform and continuous layer of substantially non-porous silicone on the outer surface. The elongated member is at least partially dissolved using water and purged from the silicone layer, such that an elongated tube of substantially non-porous silicone is formed.
FILED	Tuesday, July 05, 2005
APPL NO	11/175104
ART UNIT	1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/317
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Department of Energy (DOE)

07818993 — High-performance flexible hydrogen sensors

US 07818993	Sun et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UChicago Argonne, LLC (Argonne, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Yugang Sun (Naperville, Illinois); Hsien-Hau Wang (Downers Grove, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are decorated with metal nanoparticles to form high-performance flexible hydrogen sensors. The special process to form the high-performance flexible hydrogen sensors can combine a dry transfer printing technique and modification of SWNTs with palladium (Pd) nanoparticles to provide high-performance hydrogen sensors with excellent mechanical flexibility on plastic substrates. Two approaches can be used to decorate the SWNTs. One is physical deposition, such as electron beam evaporation (EBE) and the other is electrochemical deposition which can selectively grow palladium nanoparticles on the surface of the SWNTs, resulting in significantly decreasing the use of palladium. Preferably, the Pd nanoparticles are deposed on the SWNTs in a discontinuous arrangement so that the Pd nanoparticles are spaced away from each other to form individual discontinuous Pd nanoparticles rather a continuous Pd film. Advantageously, the SWNTs are arranged with substantial semiconducting pathways. Desirably, the high-performance flexible hydrogen sensors have an excellent response and recovery time, provide superior sensitivity for detecting hydrogen, and are bendable to conform to the contours of other structures.
FILED	Thursday, September 27, 2007
APPL NO	11/862341
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/23.200
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07819049 — Portable convertible blast effects shield

US 07819049	Pastrnak et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California)
INVENTOR(S)	John W. Pastrnak (Livermore, California); Rocky Hollaway (Modesto, California); Carl D. Henning (Livermore, California); Steve Deteresa (Livermore, California); Walter Grundler (Hayward, California); Lisle B. Hagler (Berkeley, California); Edwin Kokko (Dublin, California); Vernon A Switzer (Livermore, California)
ABSTRACT	A rapidly deployable portable convertible blast effects shield/ballistic shield includes a set two or more telescoping cylindrical rings operably connected to each other to convert between a telescopically-collapsed configuration for storage and transport, and a telescopically-extended upright configuration forming an expanded inner volume. In a first embodiment, the upright configuration provides blast effects shielding, such as against blast pressures, shrapnel, and/or fire balls. And in a second embodiment, the upright configuration provides ballistic shielding, such as against incoming weapons fire, shrapnel, etc. Each ring has a high-strength material construction, such as a composite fiber and matrix material, capable of substantially inhibiting blast effects and impinging projectiles from passing through the shield. And the set of rings are releasably securable to each other in the telescopically-extended upright configuration, such as by click locks.
FILED	Friday, March 30, 2007
APPL NO	11/731420
ART UNIT	3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Ordnance 089/36.90
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07819549 — High efficiency light source using solid-state emitter and down-conversion material

US 07819549	Narendran et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Nadarajah Narendran (Clifton Park, New York); Yimin Gu (Troy, New York); Jean Paul Freyssinier (Troy, New York)
ABSTRACT	A light emitting apparatus includes a source of light for emitting light; a down conversion material receiving the emitted light, and converting the emitted light into transmitted light and backward transmitted light; and an optic device configured to receive the backward transmitted light and transfer the backward transmitted light outside of the optic device. The source of light is a semiconductor light emitting diode, a laser diode (LD), or a resonant cavity light emitting diode (RCLED). The down conversion material includes one of phosphor or other material for absorbing light in one spectral region and emitting light in another spectral region. The optic device, or lens, includes light transmissive material.
FILED	Thursday, May 05, 2005
APPL NO	10/583105
ART UNIT	2875 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Illumination 362/228
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07819629 — Blade for a gas turbine

US 07819629	Liang
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	George Liang (Palm City, Florida)
ABSTRACT	A blade is provided for a gas turbine. The blade comprises a main body comprising a cooling fluid entrance channel; a cooling fluid collector in communication with the cooling fluid entrance channel; a plurality of side channels extending through an outer wall of the main body and communicating with the cooling fluid collector and a cooling fluid cavity; a cooling fluid exit channel communicating with the cooling fluid cavity; and a plurality of exit bores extending from the cooling fluid exit channel through the main body outer wall.
FILED	Thursday, February 15, 2007
APPL NO	11/707227
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00
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07819930 — Miscible, multi-component, diesel fuels and methods of bio-oil transformation

US 07819930	Adams et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas Adams (Athens, Georgia); Manuel Garcia (Québec, Canada); Dan Geller (Athens, Georgia); John W. Goodrum (Athens, Georgia); Joshua T. Pendergrass (Jefferson, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include methods of recovering bio-oil products, fuels, diesel fuels, and the like are disclosed.
FILED	Monday, May 14, 2007
APPL NO	11/803211
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Fuel and related compositions 044/605
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07819976 — Biomass treatment method

US 07819976	Friend et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE) at Golden, CO
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware); Alliance For Sustainable Energy LLC (Golden, Colorado)
INVENTOR(S)	Julie Friend (Claymont, Delaware); Richard T. Elander (Evergreen, Colorado); Melvin P. Tucker, III (Lakewood, Colorado); Robert C. Lyons (Arvada, Colorado)
ABSTRACT	A method for treating biomass was developed that uses an apparatus which moves a biomass and dilute aqueous ammonia mixture through reaction chambers without compaction. The apparatus moves the biomass using a non-compressing piston. The resulting treated biomass is saccharified to produce fermentable sugars.
FILED	Wednesday, August 22, 2007
APPL NO	11/843142
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates 127/1
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07820031 — Method and apparatus for converting and removing organosulfur and other oxidizable compounds from distillate fuels, and compositions obtained thereby

US 07820031	D'Alessandro et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Degussa Corporation (Parsippany, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert N. D'Alessandro (Spanish Fort, Alabama); John Tarabocchia (Parsippany, New Jersey); Jerald Andrew Jones (Frankfurt am Main, Germany); Steven E. Bonde (West Richard, Washington); Stefan Leininger (Langenselbold, Germany)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure is directed to a multi-stage system and a process utilizing said system with the design of reducing the sulfur-content in a liquid comprising hydrocarbons and organosulfur compounds. The process comprising at least one of the following states: (1) an oxidation stage; (2) an extraction state; (3) a raffinate washing stage; (4) a raffinate polishing stage; (5) a solvent recovery stage; (6) a solvent purification stage; and (7) a hydrocarbon recovery stage. The process for removing sulfur-containing hydrocarbons from gas oil, which comprises oxidizing gas oil comprising hydrocarbons and organosulfur compounds to obtain a product gas oil.
FILED	Wednesday, October 20, 2004
APPL NO	10/576768
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Mineral oils: Processes and products 28/7
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07820052 — Method of arsenic removal from water

US 07820052	Gadgil
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by University of California (UC BERKELEY) at Berkeley, CA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ashok Gadgil (El Cerrito, California)
ABSTRACT	A method for low-cost arsenic removal from drinking water using chemically prepared bottom ash pre-treated with ferrous sulfate and then sodium hydroxide. Deposits on the surface of particles of bottom ash form of activated iron adsorbent with a high affinity for arsenic. In laboratory tests, a miniscule 5 grams of pre-treated bottom ash was sufficient to remove the arsenic from 2 liters of 2400 ppb (parts per billion) arsenic-laden water to a level below 50 ppb (the present United States Environmental Protection Agency limit). By increasing the amount of pre-treated bottom ash, even lower levels of post-treatment arsenic are expected. It is further expected that this invention supplies a very low-cost solution to arsenic poisoning for large population segments.
FILED	Monday, May 18, 2009
APPL NO	12/467927
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Liquid purification or separation 210/688
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07820132 — Hot wire production of single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes

US 07820132	Dillon et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE) at Golden, CO
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado)
INVENTOR(S)	Anne C. Dillon (Boulder, Colorado); Archie H. Mahan (Golden, Colorado); Jeffrey L. Alleman (Lakewood, Colorado)
ABSTRACT	Apparatus (210) for producing a multi-wall carbon nanotube (213) may comprise a process chamber (216), a furnace (217) operatively associated with the process chamber (216), and at least one filament (218) positioned within the process chamber (216). At least one power supply (220) operatively associated with the at least one filament (218) heats the at least one filament (218) to a process temperature. A gaseous carbon precursor material (214) operatively associated with the process chamber (216) provides carbon for forming the multi-wall carbon nanotube (213). A metal catalyst material (224) operatively associated with the process (216) catalyzes the formation of the multi-wall carbon nanotube (213).
FILED	Thursday, March 13, 2003
APPL NO	10/548924
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300
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07820365 — Method to fabricate a tilted logpile photonic crystal

US 07820365	Williams et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	John D. Williams (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William C. Sweatt (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A method to fabricate a tilted logpile photonic crystal requires only two lithographic exposures and does not require mask repositioning between exposures. The mask and photoresist-coated substrate are spaced a fixed and constant distance apart using a spacer and the stack is clamped together. The stack is then tilted at a crystallographic symmetry angle (e.g., 45 degrees) relative to the X-ray beam and rotated about the surface normal until the mask is aligned with the X-ray beam. The stack is then rotated in plane by a small stitching angle and exposed to the X-ray beam to pattern the first half of the structure. The stack is then rotated by 180° about the normal and a second exposure patterns the remaining half of the structure. The method can use commercially available DXRL scanner technology and LIGA processes to fabricate large-area, high-quality tilted logpile photonic crystals.
FILED	Wednesday, July 18, 2007
APPL NO	11/779605
ART UNIT	1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/311
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07820587 — Porous anodic aluminum oxide membranes for nanofabrication

US 07820587	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Hsien-Hau Wang (Downers Grove, Illinois); Jianjiang Lu (Houston, Texas); Shufang Yu (Orefield, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A hydrogen detector with a porous layer of alumina. Pores with average pore diameters in the range of from about 10 to about 200 nanometers (nms) and average pore depths in the range of from about 10 to about 1000 nms have Pd nanoparticles in the pores forming a film. Electrodes on the Pd film measure changes in electrical resistance of the Pd film in the presence of hydrogen. Pd may be in the form of nanotubes. The alumina is anodized for various times to form the nanowalls or pores and vary the pore depths.
FILED	Tuesday, November 28, 2006
APPL NO	11/606310
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/325
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07820840 — Epoxidation catalyst and process

US 07820840	Linic et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Chemical and Transport Systems (CTS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Suljo Linic (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Phillip Christopher (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein is a catalytic method of converting alkenes to epoxides. This method generally includes reacting alkenes with oxygen in the presence of a specific silver catalyst under conditions suitable to produce a yield of the epoxides. The specific silver catalyst is a silver nanocrystal having a plurality of surface planes, a substantial portion of which is defined by Miller indices of (100). The reaction is performed by charging a suitable reactor with this silver catalyst and then feeding the reactants to the reactor under conditions to carry out the reaction. The reaction may be performed in batch, or as a continuous process that employs a recycle of any unreacted alkenes. The specific silver catalyst has unexpectedly high selectivity for epoxide products. Consequently, this general method (and its various embodiments) will result in extraordinarily high epoxide yields heretofore unattainable.
FILED	Tuesday, July 07, 2009
APPL NO	12/498942
ART UNIT	1625 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 549/534
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07820970 — Fabrication of thermal microphotonic sensors and sensor arrays

US 07820970	Shaw et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael J. Shaw (Tijeras, New Mexico); Michael R. Watts (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A thermal microphotonic sensor is fabricated on a silicon substrate by etching an opening and a trench into the substrate, and then filling in the opening and trench with silicon oxide which can be deposited or formed by thermally oxidizing a portion of the silicon substrate surrounding the opening and trench. The silicon oxide forms a support post for an optical resonator which is subsequently formed from a layer of silicon nitride, and also forms a base for an optical waveguide formed from the silicon nitride layer. Part of the silicon substrate can be selectively etched away to elevate the waveguide and resonator. The thermal microphotonic sensor, which is useful to detect infrared radiation via a change in the evanescent coupling of light between the waveguide and resonator, can be formed as a single device or as an array.
FILED	Thursday, June 25, 2009
APPL NO	12/491596
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/338.100
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07821000 — Method of doping organic semiconductors

US 07821000	Kloc et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey); The Trustees of Columbia University (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Christian Leo Kloc (Constance, Germany); Arthur Penn Ramirez (Summit, New Jersey); Woo-Young So (New Providence, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus has a crystalline organic semiconducting region that includes polyaromatic molecules. A source electrode and a drain electrode of a field-effect transistor are both in contact with the crystalline organic semiconducting region. A gate electrode of the field-effect transistor is located to affect the conductivity of the crystalline organic semiconducting region between the source and drain electrodes. A dielectric layer of a first dielectric that is substantially impermeable to oxygen is in contact with the crystalline organic semiconducting region. The crystalline organic semiconducting region is located between the dielectric layer and a substrate. The gate electrode is located on the dielectric layer. A portion of the crystalline organic semiconducting region is in contact with a second dielectric via an opening in the dielectric layer. A physical interface is located between the second dielectric and the first dielectric.
FILED	Friday, February 01, 2008
APPL NO	12/024484
ART UNIT	2826 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/40
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07821023 — Solid state lighting component

US 07821023	Yuan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas Yuan (Ventura, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Eric Tarsa (Goleta, California); Gerald Negley (Durham, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	An LED component comprising an array of LED chips mounted on a planar surface of a submount with the LED chips capable of emitting light in response to an electrical signal. The LED chips comprise respective groups emitting at different colors of light, with each of the groups interconnected in a series circuit. A lens is included over the LED chips. Other embodiments can comprise thermal spreading structures included integral to the submount and arranged to dissipate heat from the LED chips.
FILED	Friday, May 23, 2008
APPL NO	12/154691
ART UNIT	2892 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/98
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07822174 — Cryotomography x-ray microscopy state

US 07822174	Le Gros et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark Le Gros (Berkeley, California); Carolyn A. Larabell (Berkeley, California)
ABSTRACT	An x-ray microscope stage enables alignment of a sample about a rotation axis to enable three dimensional tomographic imaging of the sample using an x-ray microscope. A heat exchanger assembly provides cooled gas to a sample during x-ray microscopic imaging.
FILED	Thursday, April 20, 2006
APPL NO	11/911960
ART UNIT	2882 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/43
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07822701 — Lexicon generation methods, lexicon generation devices, and lexicon generation articles of manufacture

US 07822701	Carter et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) at Richland, WA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard J. Carter (Richland, Washington); Jonathon D. McCall (West Richland, Washington); Paul D. Whitney (Richland, Washington); Michelle L. Gregory (Richland, Washington); Alan E. Turner (Kennewick, Washington); Elizabeth G. Hetzler (Kennewick, Washington); Amanda M. White (Kennewick, Washington); Christian Posse (Seattle, Washington); Grant C. Nakamura (Kennewick, Washington)
ABSTRACT	Lexicon generation methods, computer implemented lexicon editing methods, lexicon generation devices, lexicon editors, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a lexicon generation method includes providing a seed vector indicative of occurrences of a plurality of seed terms within a plurality of text items, providing a plurality of content vectors indicative of occurrences of respective ones of a plurality of content terms within the text items, comparing individual ones of the content vectors with respect to the seed vector, and responsive to the comparing, selecting at least one of the content terms as a term of a lexicon usable in sentiment analysis of text.
FILED	Friday, June 30, 2006
APPL NO	11/479522
ART UNIT	2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/55
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

07819974 — Growth of textured gallium nitride thin films and nanowires on polycrystalline substrates

US 07819974	Sunkara et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Chemical and Transport Systems (CTS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky)
INVENTOR(S)	Mahendra Kumar Sunkara (Louisville, Kentucky); Hari Chandrasekaran (Louisville, Kentucky); Hongwei Li (Louisville, Kentucky)
ABSTRACT	A synthesis route to grow textured thin film of gallium nitride on amorphous quartz substrates and on single crystalline substrates such as c-sapphire and polycrystalline substrates such as pyrolytic boron nitride (PBN), alumina and quartz using the dissolution of atomic nitrogen rather than molecular nitrogen to allow for growth at subatmospheric pressure.
FILED	Tuesday, July 03, 2007
APPL NO	11/824934
ART UNIT	1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/92
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07819997 — Transparent composites and laminates and methods for making

US 07819997	Khanna
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri)
INVENTOR(S)	Sanjeev K. Khanna (Columbia, Missouri)
ABSTRACT	An exemplary method for making a transparent composite includes steps of combining a refractive index modifier with a precursor solution, combining glass with the precursor solution, and curing the precursor solution to create a transparent glass reinforced polymer composite. An exemplary transparent composite comprises a glass reinforced thermosetting polymer composite layer sandwiched between glass layers.
FILED	Friday, September 17, 2004
APPL NO	10/943335
ART UNIT	1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/99
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07820131 — Diamond uses/applications based on single-crystal CVD diamond produced at rapid growth rate

US 07820131	Hemley et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Geosciences (GEO) Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Russell J. Hemley (Washington, District of Columbia); Ho-Kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-Shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to new uses and applications for colorless, single-crystal diamonds produced at a rapid growth rate. The present invention is also directed to methods for producing single crystal diamonds of varying color at a rapid growth rate and new uses and applications for such single-crystal, colored diamonds.
FILED	Monday, September 14, 2009
APPL NO	12/558878
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/446
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07820596 — Thick film high temperature superconducting device supporting high critical currents and method for fabricating same

US 07820596	Chan
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Siu-Wai Chan (Demarest, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A thick film superconductor includes a substrate and a superconducting thick film formed on the substrate. The thick film is 1-20 microns thick with an average twin spacing to film thickness ratio of about 0.016, and is formed from an aqueous solution of YBC ions doped with a particulate rare earth oxide having a diameter of about 50-500 nm. The coated substrate is heat treated, preferably above 650 degrees C. and cooled at a rate less than 15 degrees C. per hour, resulting in a substantially fully oxygenated YBCO layer.
FILED	Tuesday, October 23, 2001
APPL NO	10/381342
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/320
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07820840 — Epoxidation catalyst and process

US 07820840	Linic et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Chemical and Transport Systems (CTS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Suljo Linic (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Phillip Christopher (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein is a catalytic method of converting alkenes to epoxides. This method generally includes reacting alkenes with oxygen in the presence of a specific silver catalyst under conditions suitable to produce a yield of the epoxides. The specific silver catalyst is a silver nanocrystal having a plurality of surface planes, a substantial portion of which is defined by Miller indices of (100). The reaction is performed by charging a suitable reactor with this silver catalyst and then feeding the reactants to the reactor under conditions to carry out the reaction. The reaction may be performed in batch, or as a continuous process that employs a recycle of any unreacted alkenes. The specific silver catalyst has unexpectedly high selectivity for epoxide products. Consequently, this general method (and its various embodiments) will result in extraordinarily high epoxide yields heretofore unattainable.
FILED	Tuesday, July 07, 2009
APPL NO	12/498942
ART UNIT	1625 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 549/534
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07820858 — Concise β²-amino acid synthesis via organocatalytic aminomethylation

US 07820858	Chi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Yonggui Chi (Berkeley, California); Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); William C. Pomerantz (Madison, Wisconsin); William S. Horne (Madison, Wisconsin); Li Guo (Madison, Wisconsin); Emily P. English (Madison, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a method for the synthesis of β²-amino acids. The method also provides methods yielding α-substituted β-amino aldehydes and β-substituted γ-amino alcohols. The present method according to this invention allows for increased yield and easier purification using minimal chromatography or crystallization. The methods described herein are based on an aldehyde aminomethylation which involves a Mannich reaction between an aldehyde and a formaldehyde-derived N,O-acetal (iminium precursor) and a catalyst, such as, for example, L-proline or a pyrrolidine. The invention allows for large scale, commercial preparation of β²-amino acids.
FILED	Monday, March 26, 2007
APPL NO	11/691249
ART UNIT	1621 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 562/553
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07821269 — Method for determining the dielectric constant of particles

US 07821269	Petrovsky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Vladimir Petrovsky (Rolla, Missouri); Fatih Dogan (Rolla, Missouri)
ABSTRACT	A method of measuring the dielectric constant of a powder, including selecting a powder having an unknown first dielectric constant, selecting a liquid having a known second dielectric constant, and introducing a predetermined amount of powder into a predetermined volume of liquid to define a slurry characterized by a known volume fraction of powder. Next, the impedance spectra of the slurry is plotted over a predetermined frequency range, the measured dielectric constant data is read and the appropriate equivalent circuit for the slurry is determined. Appropriate equivalent circuit equations are applied to the measured dielectric constant data and the first dielectric constant is calculated from the appropriate equivalent circuit equations, known volume fraction of powder and measured dielectric constant data.
FILED	Saturday, June 07, 2008
APPL NO	12/135169
ART UNIT	2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/341
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07822466 — Robot for computed tomography interventions

US 07822466	Stoianovici et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Dan Stoianovici (Baltimore, Maryland); Dumitru Mazilu (Lutherville, Maryland); Louis R. Kavoussi (Lotherville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for CT guided instrument targeting including a radiolucent instrument driver; a robot and a control box. The robot includes a robotic module that positions the radiolucent driver about two directions coincident a predetermined point. The control device is connected to the robot and the radiolucent instrument driver. The control driver sends a robot control signal to the robot that causes the robotic module to place the radiolucent instrument driver in a desired orientation with respect to the predetermined point. After the radiolucent instrument driver is in the desired orientation, the control device sends a driver control signal to the radiolucent instrument driver that causes the radiolucent driver to insert a medical instrument or device through the predetermined point to a location proximate a target point in a patient.
FILED	Friday, April 25, 2003
APPL NO	10/423028
ART UNIT	3737 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/427
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RE041877 — Multidirectional retroreflectors

US RE41877	Parker
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI)at Charlottesville, VA
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Associated Universities, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	David H. Parker (Earlysville, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Multidirectional retroreflectors and methods of reflecting light beams from multiple directions are provided. The multidirectional retroreflectors utilize a four-mirror retroreflector with a common virtual reflection point.
FILED	Wednesday, January 16, 2008
APPL NO	12/015352
ART UNIT	2873 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Optical: Systems and elements 359/529
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

07818871 — Disc resonator gyroscope fabrication process requiring no bonding alignment

US 07818871	Shcheglov
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Kirill V. Shcheglov (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of fabricating a resonant vibratory sensor, such as a disc resonator gyro. A silicon baseplate wafer for a disc resonator gyro is provided with one or more locating marks. The disc resonator gyro is fabricated by bonding a blank resonator wafer, such as an SOI wafer, to the fabricated baseplate, and fabricating the resonator structure according to a pattern based at least in part upon the location of the at least one locating mark of the fabricated baseplate. MEMS-based processing is used for the fabrication processing. In some embodiments, the locating mark is visualized using optical and/or infrared viewing methods. A disc resonator gyroscope manufactured according to these methods is described.
FILED	Wednesday, July 25, 2007
APPL NO	11/828263
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Metal working 029/592.100
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07818956 — Pulse detonation assembly and hybrid engine

US 07818956	Rasheed et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Airspace System (NAS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Adam Rasheed (Latham, New York); Anthony John Dean (Scotia, New York); Christian Lee Vandervort (Voorheesville, New York)
ABSTRACT	A pulse detonation (PD) assembly includes a number of PD chambers adapted to expel respective detonation product streams and a number of barriers disposed between respective pairs of PD chambers. The barriers define, at least in part, a number of sectors that contain at least one PD chamber. A hybrid engine includes a number of PD chambers and barriers. The hybrid engine further includes a turbine assembly having at least one turbine stage, being in flow communication with the PD chambers and being configured to be at least partially driven by the detonation product streams. A segmented hybrid engine includes a number of PD chambers and segments configured to receive and direct the detonation product streams from respective PD chambers. The segmented hybrid engine further includes a turbine assembly configured to be at least partially driven by the detonation product streams.
FILED	Friday, May 13, 2005
APPL NO	11/129686
ART UNIT	3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/39.760
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07819724 — Device to hold and guide a hand-held tool for grinding or cutting

US 07819724	Edmonds
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Larry Edmonds (La Crescenta, California)
ABSTRACT	A device for securing and guiding a hand-held tool.
FILED	Friday, May 02, 2008
APPL NO	12/114372
ART UNIT	3724 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Abrading 451/342
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07820971 — Photodetector with dark current reduction

US 07820971	Velicu et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	EPIR Technologies, Inc. (Bolingbrook, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Silviu Velicu (Darien, Illinois); Christoph Grein (Wheaton, Illinois); Sir B. Rafol (South Pasadena, California); Sivalingam Sivananthan (Naperville, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A detector of incident infrared radiation has a first region with a first spectral response, and a second region with a second, different spectral response. The second absorption region is stacked on the first and may be separated therefrom by a region in which the chemical composition of the compound semiconductor is graded. Separate contacts are provided to the first and second absorption regions and a further common contact is provided so as to permit the application of either a bias voltage or a skimming voltage across the respective pn junctions. The detector may be operated such that a preselected one of the absorption regions responds to incident infrared radiation of a predetermined waveband while the other absorption region acts as a skimmer of dark current, thereby enhancing the signal to noise ratio of the detector.
FILED	Wednesday, April 30, 2008
APPL NO	12/113046
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/338.400
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07822510 — Systems, methods, and products for graphically illustrating and controlling a droplet actuator

US 07822510	Paik et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Philip Y. Paik (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Ryan A. Sturmer (Durham, North Carolina); Gregory F. Smith (Durham, North Carolina); Keith R. Brafford (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Systems for controlling a droplet microactuator are provided. According to one embodiment, a system is provided and includes a controller, a droplet microactuator electronically coupled to the controller, and a display device displaying a user interface electronically coupled to the controller, wherein the system is programmed and configured to permit a user to effect a droplet manipulation by interacting with the user interface. According to another embodiment, a system is provided and includes a processor, a display device electronically coupled to the processor, and software loaded and/or stored in a storage device electronically coupled to the controller, a memory device electronically coupled to the controller, and/or the controller and programmed to display an interactive map of a droplet microactuator. According to yet another embodiment, a system is provided and includes a controller, a droplet microactuator electronically coupled to the controller, a display device displaying a user interface electronically coupled to the controller, and software for executing a protocol loaded and/or stored in a storage device electronically coupled to the controller, a memory device electronically coupled to the controller, and/or the controller.
FILED	Tuesday, August 14, 2007
APPL NO	11/838388
ART UNIT	2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/283
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07822782 — Application package to automatically identify some single stranded RNA viruses from characteristic residues of capsid protein or nucleotide sequences

US 07822782	Chakravarty et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Sugoto Chakravarty (Houston, Texas); Dianhui Zhu (Houston, Texas); George E. Fox (Manuel, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A system implemented on a computer is disclosed for automatically identifying strains of partial or complete capsid sequences of picorna and caliciviruses, two of the most highly diverse ssRNA virus families.
FILED	Friday, September 21, 2007
APPL NO	11/903564
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/802
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Department of Commerce (DOC)

07820130 — Functionalization of nanodiamond powder through fluorination and subsequent derivatization reactions

US 07820130	Khabashesku et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP) Non-Profit Organization (NPO) Robert A. Welch Foundation
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Valery N. Khabashesku (Houston, Texas); Yu Liu (Houston, Texas); John L. Margrave (Bellaire, Texas); Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative (Bellaire, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to functionalized nanoscale diamond powders, methods for making such powders, applications for using such powders, and articles of manufacture comprising such powders. Methods for making such functionalized nanodiamond powders generally comprise a fluorination of nanodiamond powder. In some embodiments, such methods comprise reacting fluorinated nanodiamond powder with a subsequent derivatization agent, such as a strong nucleophile.
FILED	Wednesday, November 24, 2004
APPL NO	10/996869
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/446
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07822863 — Personal domain controller

US 07822863	Balfanz et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Dirk Balfanz (Redwood City, California); Diana K. Smetters (Belmont, California); Glenn E. Durfee (San Francisco, California); Trevor F. Smith (Seattle, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A method of accessing a data resource identifies the data resource, the data resource accessible through a first device and associated with a resource locator, the first device configured to provide access to the data resource responsive to possession of a whitelisted credential. The method includes receiving a second-device credential from a second device by a personal domain controller, the personal domain controller and the first device within a first trusted relationship and provides, by the personal domain controller, the second-device credential to the first device for whitelisting subject to the first trusted relationship. The method uses, by the second device, the second-device credential to access the data resource responsive to the resource locator.
FILED	Friday, May 12, 2006
APPL NO	11/383144
ART UNIT	2457 — Computer Networks
CURRENT CPC	Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/229
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07823216 — Probe device for a metrology instrument and method of fabricating the same

US 07823216	Fan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Veeco Instruments Inc. (Plainview, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Wenjun Fan (Oxnard, California); Steven F. Nagle (Santa Barbara, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of producing a probe device for a metrology instrument such as an AFM includes providing a substrate having front and back surfaces and then forming an array of tip height structures on the first surface of the substrate, the structures having varying depths corresponding to selectable tip heights. The back surface of the substrate is etched until a thickness of the substrate substantially corresponds to a selected tip height, preferably by monitoring this etch visually and/or monitoring the etch rate. The tips are patterned from the front side of the wafer relative to fixed ends of the cantilevers, and then etched using an anisotropic etch. As a result, probe devices having sharp tips and short cantilevers exhibit fundamental resonant frequencies greater than 700 kHz or more.
FILED	Thursday, August 02, 2007
APPL NO	11/833104
ART UNIT	2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/60
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

07820227 — Biolithographical deposition and materials and devices formed therefrom

US 07820227	Payne et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland); University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Gregory F. Payne (Cockeysville, Maryland); Gary W. Rubloff (Clarksville, Maryland); Hyunmin Yi (Lexington, Massachusetts); Rohan Fernandes (Beltsville, Maryland); Li-Qun Wu (North Potomac, Maryland); Reza Ghodssi (Silver Spring, Maryland); William E. Bentley (Annapolis, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method for biolithographical deposition of molecules is provided. According to an embodiment of the method, a reactive layer (e.g., a polysaccharide mass) having a surface region coated with a biologically compatible resist is provided. A portion of the biologically compatible resist is selectively removed to expose an exposed portion of the reactive layer. Molecules, such as biomolecules and/or cellular species, are then conjugated to the exposed portion of the reactive layer. Also provided are materials and devices related to the method.
FILED	Friday, February 20, 2004
APPL NO	10/581905
ART UNIT	1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Coating processes 427/2.100
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07820882 — NAC from wheat for increasing grain protein content

US 07820882	Dubcovsky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Carmel-Haifa University Economic Corp. (Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel)
INVENTOR(S)	Jorge Dubcovsky (Davis, California); Tzion Fahima (Kiryat-Tivon, Israel); Cristobal Uauy (Davis, California); Assaf Distelfeld (Kiryat-Tivon, Israel)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides wheat NAC nucleic acids and proteins that modulate grain protein content and senescence in plants. Overexpression of a NAC coding sequence can accelerate senescence and increase grain protein content and inhibition of expression can delay senescence. The invention also provides methods of using the nucleic acids to produce transgenic plants with altered grain protein content or senescence.
FILED	Thursday, May 11, 2006
APPL NO	11/920387
ART UNIT	1638 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
CURRENT CPC	Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/298
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

National Security Agency (NSA)

07820521 — Conductive through via structure and process for electronic device carriers

US 07820521	Andry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Security Agency (NSA) Maryland Procurement Office (MPO)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); Chirag S. Patel (Peekskill, New York); Edmund J. Sprogis (Underhilll, Vermont); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York)
ABSTRACT	Conductive through vias are formed in electronic devices and electronic device carrier, such as, a silicon chip carrier. An annulus cavity is etched into the silicon carrier from the top side of the carrier and the cavity is filled with insulating material to form an isolation collar around a silicon core region. An insulating layer with at least one wiring level, having a portion in contact with the silicon core region, is formed on the top side of the carrier. Silicon is removed from the back side of the carrier sufficient to expose the distal portion of the isolation collar. The core region is etched out to expose the portion of the wiring level in contact with the silicon core region to form an empty via. The via is filled with conductive material in contact with the exposed portion of the wiring level to form a conductive through via to the wiring level. A solder bump formed, for example, from low melt C4 solder, is formed on the conductive via exposed on the carrier back side. The process acts to make the conductive via fill step independent of the via isolation step.
FILED	Tuesday, December 16, 2008
APPL NO	12/335605
ART UNIT	2812 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/410
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

07822604 — Method and apparatus for identifying conversing pairs over a two-way speech medium

US 07822604	Amini et al.
FUNDED BY	National Security Agency (NSA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Lisa Amini (Yorktown Heights, New York); Eric Bouillet (Englewood, New Jersey); Olivier Verscheure (Hopewell Junction, New York); Michail Vlachos (Tarrytown, New York)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for identifying a conversing pair of users of a two-way speech medium includes receiving a plurality of binary voice activity streams, where the plurality of voice activity streams includes a first voice activity stream associated with a first user, and pairing the first voice activity stream with a second voice activity stream associated with a second user, in accordance with a complementary similarity between the first voice activity stream and the second voice activity stream.
FILED	Tuesday, October 31, 2006
APPL NO	11/555199
ART UNIT	2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/233
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Small Business Administration (SBA)

07819824 — Method and a dual-array transducer probe for real time mechanical imaging of prostate

US 07819824	Sarvazyan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Artann Laboratories Inc. (Lambertville, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Armen P. Sarvazyan (Lambertville, New Jersey); Vladimir Egorov (Princeton, New Jersey); Suren Ayrapetyan (Lambertville, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to a transrectal probe and method for real time mechanical imaging of a prostate. The probe is equipped with dual-array pressure sensors—one on the probe head and another on the shaft of the probe spaced away from the head with an angular and linear offset forming an S-shaped transition between the shaft and the head of the probe. The addition of the shaft pressure sensor array together with orientation tracking sensors allows precise calculation of the current head position throughout the examination of the prostate. Display means are used to guide the user in the proper manipulation of the probe in order to reduce the forces on surrounding tissues and organs and to minimize patient's discomfort.
FILED	Monday, June 06, 2005
APPL NO	11/146367
ART UNIT	3768 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/587
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

RE041870 — Method for forming hollow fibers

US RE41870	Montoya
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MedArray, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	Jean Patrick Montoya (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	A thin walled microtube is formed by providing a continuous elongated member having an outer surface. The member is at least partially formed of a water soluble material. A coating material is provided. The coating material may be a silicone compound that is curable such that the coating material cures into a substantial non-porous silicone. The outer surface of the elongated member is coated with a coating material so as to form a substantially uniform and continuous layer of coating material on the outer surface. The layer of coating material is cured so as to form a substantial uniform and continuous layer of substantially non-porous silicone on the outer surface. The elongated member is at least partially dissolved using water and purged from the silicone layer, such that an elongated tube of substantially non-porous silicone is formed.
FILED	Tuesday, July 05, 2005
APPL NO	11/175104
ART UNIT	1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/317
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

07822782 — Application package to automatically identify some single stranded RNA viruses from characteristic residues of capsid protein or nucleotide sequences

US 07822782	Chakravarty et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Houston System (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Sugoto Chakravarty (Houston, Texas); Dianhui Zhu (Houston, Texas); George E. Fox (Manuel, Texas)
ABSTRACT	A system implemented on a computer is disclosed for automatically identifying strains of partial or complete capsid sequences of picorna and caliciviruses, two of the most highly diverse ssRNA virus families.
FILED	Friday, September 21, 2007
APPL NO	11/903564
ART UNIT	2162 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/802
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Department of Transportation (USDOT)

07818956 — Pulse detonation assembly and hybrid engine

US 07818956	Rasheed et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Airspace System (NAS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Adam Rasheed (Latham, New York); Anthony John Dean (Scotia, New York); Christian Lee Vandervort (Voorheesville, New York)
ABSTRACT	A pulse detonation (PD) assembly includes a number of PD chambers adapted to expel respective detonation product streams and a number of barriers disposed between respective pairs of PD chambers. The barriers define, at least in part, a number of sectors that contain at least one PD chamber. A hybrid engine includes a number of PD chambers and barriers. The hybrid engine further includes a turbine assembly having at least one turbine stage, being in flow communication with the PD chambers and being configured to be at least partially driven by the detonation product streams. A segmented hybrid engine includes a number of PD chambers and segments configured to receive and direct the detonation product streams from respective PD chambers. The segmented hybrid engine further includes a turbine assembly configured to be at least partially driven by the detonation product streams.
FILED	Friday, May 13, 2005
APPL NO	11/129686
ART UNIT	3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/39.760
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Non-Profit Organization (NPO)

07820130 — Functionalization of nanodiamond powder through fluorination and subsequent derivatization reactions

US 07820130	Khabashesku et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP) Non-Profit Organization (NPO) Robert A. Welch Foundation
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Valery N. Khabashesku (Houston, Texas); Yu Liu (Houston, Texas); John L. Margrave (Bellaire, Texas); Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative (Bellaire, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The present invention is directed to functionalized nanoscale diamond powders, methods for making such powders, applications for using such powders, and articles of manufacture comprising such powders. Methods for making such functionalized nanodiamond powders generally comprise a fluorination of nanodiamond powder. In some embodiments, such methods comprise reacting fluorinated nanodiamond powder with a subsequent derivatization agent, such as a strong nucleophile.
FILED	Wednesday, November 24, 2004
APPL NO	10/996869
ART UNIT	1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/446
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

United States Postal Service (USPS)

07819317 — Bulk proof of delivery

US 07819317	Bornitz
FUNDED BY	United States Postal Service (USPS)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Carrie A. Bornitz (Alexandria, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A method of providing a plurality of proof of mail piece delivery receipts in a single report. A digital memory stores delivery information related to a first mail piece delivery receipt and stores delivery information related to a second mail piece delivery receipt. A processor extracts the delivery information related to the first mail piece delivery receipt and the delivery information related to the second mail piece delivery receipt from the digital memory in accordance with an extraction condition. The processor compiles the extracted delivery information into a single report.
FILED	Wednesday, September 29, 2004
APPL NO	10/952174
ART UNIT	2876 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Registers 235/385
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

Government Rights Acknowledged

07820688 — Topical anesthetic/opioid formulations and uses thereof

US 07820688	Pasternak et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Gavril Pasternak (New York, New York); Yuri Kolesnikov (Tenafly, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	Many chemical and pharmaceutical compositions are known to produce antinociceptive effects that are helpful in relieving pain and inflammation. Both opioids and local anesthetics serve an important function in providing peripheral pain relief. Topical administration of pain-relieving drugs to the periphery offers important advantages over systemic or local, non-topical administration. The present invention provides topical pharmaceutical compositions, formulated with at least one local anesthetic and at least one opioid analgesic in a topical excipient. The present invention also provides methods for relieving pain in a subject through topical administration of the pharmaceutical composition in an amount and a duration sufficient to synergistically potentiate an antinociceptive response. Synergistic potentiation of analgesia through topical administration of a local anesthetic/opioid pharmaceutical composition provides a new and improved approach to peripheral pain management.
FILED	Tuesday, April 13, 2004
APPL NO	10/823365
ART UNIT	1627 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/282
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

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