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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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| US 07832093 | Jakli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antal I. Jakli (Kent, Ohio); John Ernest Harden, Jr. (Streetsboro, Ohio); Samuel Sprunt (Hudson, Ohio); James T. Gleeson (Kent, Ohio); Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided methods for creating energy conversion devices based on the giant flexoelectric effect in non-calamitic liquid crystals. By preparing a substance comprising at least one type of non-calamitic liquid crystal molecules and stabilizing the substance to form a mechanically flexible material, flexible conductive electrodes may be applied to the material to create an electro-mechanical energy conversion device which relies on the giant flexoelectric effect to produce electrical and/or mechanical energy that is usable in such applications as, for example, power sources, energy dissipation, sensors/transducers, and actuators. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/761027 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/831 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07832094 | Hougham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gareth G. Hougham (Ossining, New York); Brian S. Beaman (Cary, North Carolina); Evan G. Colgan (Chestnut Ridge, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Stefano S. Oggioni (Besana in Brianza, Italy); Enrique Vargas (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operatively combining a plurality of components to form a land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are arranged about the surface of the at least one hemi-toroidal interposer and extend radically inwardly and downwardly from an uppermost end thereof into electrical contact with at least one component located on an opposite side of the electrically insulating carrier plane. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/047694 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/832 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07832095 | Hougham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gareth G. Hougham (Ossining, New York); Brian S. Beaman (Cary, North Carolina); Evan G. Colgan (Chestnut Ridge, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Stefano S. Oggioni (Besana in Brianza (Milan), Italy); Enrique Vargas (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal configuration in transverse cross-section and is constituted of a dielectric elastomeric material. A plurality of electrically-conductive elements are arranged about the surface of the at least one hemi-toroidal interposer and extend radically inwardly and downwardly from an uppermost end thereof into electrical contact with at least one component located on an opposite side of the electrically insulating carrier plane. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/127432 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/832 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07832281 | Mian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronic Machines Corporation (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); Ryk E. Spoor (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solution for monitoring a property of an object and/or an area using a Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)-based monitoring device is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, the MEMS-based monitoring device includes a MEMS-based sensing device for obtaining data based on a property of the object and/or area and a power generation device that generates power from an ambient condition of the monitoring device. In this manner, the monitoring device can operate independent of any outside power sources or other devices. Further, the monitoring device can include a transmitter that transmits a signal based on the property. The monitoring device can be used to monitor a moving component of a machine, and can be integrated with a health monitoring system of the machine using one or more relay devices. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/171313 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/802 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07832335 | Rastegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omnitek Partners LLC (Bayshore, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Richard T. Murray (Brentwood, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An inertial igniter for use with a thermal battery for producing power upon acceleration is provided. The inertial igniter including: a base; at least one member disposed on the base, the at least one member having a hole; a mass movable towards the base, the mass having a concave portion; a locking ball disposed in the hole in the at least one member and having a portion thereof disposed in the concave portion for preventing relative movement of the mass with the base when an acceleration time profile is below a predetermined threshold; and a biasing spring including a portion for preventing the locking ball from leaving the concave portion when the acceleration time profile is below the predetermined threshold and for allowing the locking ball to leave the concave portion when the acceleration time profile is below the predetermined threshold to unlock the mass and permit movement of the mass relative to the base. |
| FILED | Sunday, September 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/234698 |
| 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 12/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07832385 | Kapinski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation (Cheswick, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Patrick Kapinski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David Jonathan Hall (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dennis Pavlik (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas Andrew Lemak (McKeesport, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for improving the current pulse from multiple pairs of pulsed alternators used for driving large loads such as an electromagnetic launcher (i.e., “rail gun”) load. Conventional current pulse ripples are reduced by interleaving pulses from multiple pairs of contra-rotating pulsed alternators. Current pulses supplied by different pairs of pulsed alternators are timed so that they are interspersed between one another to provide more pulses for a given launch time. The interleaved current pulses increase the frequency and reduce the magnitude of the ripple on the average load current. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/954880 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical guns and projectors 124/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07832990 | Bootle |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey Bootle (Maidstone, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for determining the angular position of a pump shaft relative to a pump body. The method comprises: providing the pump shaft with a first locating feature; providing the pump shaft with a second locating feature; providing a measurement device provided with a measurement member; engaging the measurement member with the first locating feature and determining a first distance between the first locating feature and a reference feature provided on the measurement device; engaging the measurement member with the second locating feature and determining a second distance between the second locating feature and a reference feature provided on the measurement device; and determining the difference between the first and second distances to provide an indication of the angular position of the pump shaft relative to the pump body. The invention also provides apparatus suitable for performing the above method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/501384 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/63 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07832998 | Beauregard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald V. Beauregard (Jamestown, Rhode Island); Nick R. Schott (Westford, Massachusetts); Stephen A. Orroth (Windham, New Hampshire); Dwayne R. Cote (Nashua, New Hampshire); Danielle L. Froio (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An extrusion apparatus is taught that employs a die adapter that is partially submerged in a heat transfer bath on a horizontal plane such that there is no air gap between the die extrusion aperture and the heat transfer bath. A porous dam is positioned between the die and the heat transfer bath. A heat insulating plate is positioned between the porous dam and the die to prevent the heat transfer medium from flowing onto the die. The heat insulating plate also prevents excessive cooling of the die tip thereby allowing the necessary precise thermal control over the extrudate skin formation to prevent melt fracture and form a low density extrudate with a smooth solid skin and inner foamed core. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/586278 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833257 | Walsh, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph I. Walsh, Jr. (Evanston, Illinois); E. Duco Jansen (Nashville, Tennessee); Agnella Izzo (Evanston, Illinois); Claus-Peter Richter (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A cochlear implant placed in a cochlea of a living subject for stimulating the auditory system of the living subject, where the auditory system comprises auditory neurons. In one embodiment, the cochlear implant includes a plurality of light sources, {Li}, placeable distal to the cochlea, each light source, L1, being operable independently and adapted for generating an optical energy, Ei, wherein i=1, . . . , N, and N is the number of the light sources, and delivering means placeable in the cochlea and optically coupled to the plurality of light sources, {Li}, such that in operation, the optical energies {Ei} generated by the plurality of light sources {Li} are delivered to target sites, {Gi}, of auditory neurons, respectively, wherein the target sites G1 and GN of auditory neurons are substantially proximate to the apical end and the basal end of the cochlea, respectively. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/274061 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833316 | Tatarchuck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Tatarchuck (Auburn, Alabama); Hongyun Yang (Auburn, Alabama); Priyanka Dhage (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are sorbent compositions that include a silicon dioxide porous support impregnated with a mixture comprising zinc oxide and copper material. The sorbent compositions may be utilized in systems and methods for removing sulfur compounds from gaseous streams. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/112707 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/135 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833366 | Forohar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farhad Forohar (La Plata, Maryland); Magdy Bichay (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to methods of making carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to the interaction of single wall carbon nanotubes with hydrazoic acid to introduce energetic azide groups into the nanotubes to form activated carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/998982 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833400 | Andelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biosource, Inc. (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc D. Andelman (Worcester, Massachusetts); Gregory S. Walker (Grafton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Flow-through capacitors are provided with one or more charge barrier layers. Ions trapped in the pore volume of flow-through capacitors cause inefficiencies as these ions are expelled during the charge cycle into the purification path. A charge barrier layer holds these pore volume ions to one side of a desired flow stream, thereby increasing the efficiency with which the flow-through capacitor purifies or concentrates ions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/007566 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/630 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833627 | Ferrando |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Ferrando (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical inventive practice, a first metallic material is poured into a mold including a bottom inside surface having regularly arrayed rises (truncated spherical convexities). The molten first metallic material cools and solidifies to include a surface correspondingly having regularly arrayed dents (truncated spherical concavities). The resultant “inner casting” is removed from and repositioned in the mold so that the inner casting's dent-laden surface faces upward. Ceramic spheres are placed in the dents. A second metallic material (having a higher melting point than the first metallic material) is poured into the mold with the inner casting and spheres in place. The molten second metallic material cools and solidifies as an “outer casting” surrounding the inner casting and the spheres. The resultant integral armor structure includes the inner casting, the outer casting, and the spheres, each sphere embedded partially in the inner casting and partially in the outer casting. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/082192 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/416 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833643 | Angell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Austen Angell (Mesa, Arizona); Xiao-Guang Sun (Tempe, Arizona); Jean-Philippe Belieres (Chandler, Arizona); Dominic Francis Gervasio (Fountain Hills, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutral protic salt electrolyte and a protic-salt imbibed polymer electrolyte membrane exhibiting high ionic conductivity and thermal stability at temperatures greater than 100° C. without requiring additional humidification systems or hydrating water is disclosed. The protic salt is the neutral product of acids and bases for which the proton transfer energy lies in the range from 0.5 to 1.5 eV. A polymer electrolyte membrane having the general formula: wherein A is a repeating unit in the main chain, B is a crosslinker chain, C is an end group, YZ is a neutralized couple at chain end, IL is an ionic liquid, and NP is a nanoparticle which absorbs the protic liquid yielding membranes that combine high mechanical strength with high conductivity. The present polymer electrolyte membrane is useful in high temperature fuel cells for automotive, industrial, and mobile communication applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/535467 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833660 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengshui Zhang (Olney, Maryland); Conrad Xu (North Potomac, Maryland); T. Richard Jow (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition is provided as a salt having the formula MBF3X where M is an alkali metal cation and X is the halide fluoride, bromide or iodide. A lithium salt has several characteristics making the composition well suited for inclusion within a lithium-ion battery. A process for forming an alkali metal trifluorohaloborate salt includes the preparation of a boron trifluoride etherate in an organic solvent. An alkali metal halide salt where the halide is chloride, bromide or iodide is suspended in the solution and reacted with boron trifluoride etherate to form an alkali metal trifluorohaloborate. The alkali metal trifluorohaloborate so produced is collected as a solid from the solution. The process is simple and yields alkali metal trifluorohaloborate of sufficient purity to be used directly in battery applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/518747 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833692 | Weimer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brewer Science Inc. (Rolla, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc W. Weimer (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel, poison-blocking compositions and methods of using those compositions to form poison-blocking layers are provided. The compositions comprise a typical composition used in microlithographic processes, but with a poison-blocking additive included in that composition. The preferred additive is a compound comprising one or more blocked isocyanates. Upon heating to certain temperatures, the blocking group is released from the isocyanate, leaving behind a moiety that is highly reactive with the poisonous amines generated by typical dielectric layers. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/043623 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/270.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833802 | Henry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent D. Henry (Laramie, Wyoming); John Stanley Lovell (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a system and method for detecting substances, such as explosives and/or drugs, using, in part, short bursts of energy light from a relatively low energy strobe. Embodiments include coupling the strobe with a detector for use in a portable hand-held unit, or a unit capable of being carried as a backpack. Embodiments further include placement of one or more stroboscopic desorption units and detectors in luggage conveyors systems, carry-on X-ray machines, and check-in counter locations. |
| FILED | Friday, March 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/384172 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833805 | Cuppoletti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Cuppoletti (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Functional biological synthetic composite (BSC) membranes comprising phospholipids, biological membrane proteins and porous supports or membranes are provided. Lipid bilayers are formed on porous polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) and poly (I-lactic acid) (PLLA) membranes and in laser-drilled pores in a multi-well plastic plate as measured by increased resistance or decreased currents. BSC's comprising functional reconstituted Kv1.5 K channel and/or H/K ATPase transport proteins are also provided c inhibitor), methods of manufacture, and high throughput screening assays employing the inventive membranes are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/454569 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834367 | Parikh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Primit Parikh (Goleta, California); Sten Heikman (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a diode begins by depositing an AlxGa1−xN nucleation layer on a SiC substrate, then depositing an n+ GaN buffer layer, an n− GaN layer, an AlxGa1−xN barrier layer, and an SiO2 dielectric layer. A portion of the dielectric layer is removed and a Schottky metal deposited in the void. The dielectric layer is affixed to the support layer with a metal bonding layer using an Au-Sn utectic wafer bonding process, the substrate is removed using reactive ion etching to expose the n+ layer, selected portions of the n+, n−, and barrier layers are removed to form a mesa diode structure on the dielectric layer over the Schottky metal,; and an ohmic contact is deposited on the n+ layer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/655696 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834490 | Clark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur E. Clark (Adelphi, Maryland); Marilyn Wun-Fogle (Potomac, Maryland); James B. Restorff (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are bimetallic strips that incorporate magnetostrictive materials to enhance and provide sensing, actuating and energy harvesting functions. The bimetallic strips include a positive magnetostrictive Fe-based alloy layer and a flexible layer. The flexible layer may be a negative magnetostrictive layer or a permanent magnet layer. One or more permanent magnet materials may also be used in the arrangement. The bimetallic strips are inexpensive and easily manufactured, and have characteristics that enhance sensing and actuator applications, and enables energy harvesting. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/006756 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834545 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daihua Zhang (Palo Alto, California); Koungmin Ryu (Los Angeles, California); Xiaolei Liu (Los Angeles, California); Evgueni Polikarpov (Los Angeles, California); James Ly (Los Angeles, California); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Chongwu Zhou (Rowland Heights, California); Cody Schlenker (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode for use in an organic optoelectronic device is provided. The electrode includes a thin film of single-wall carbon nanotubes. The film may be deposited on a substrate of the device by using an elastomeric stamp. The film may be enhanced by spin-coating a smoothing layer on the film and/or doping the film to enhance conductivity. Electrodes according to the present invention may have conductivities, transparencies, and other features comparable to other materials typically used as electrodes in optoelectronic devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/779638 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834875 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (Stamford, Connecticut); Anton V. Riabov (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assembling stream processing graphs in a stream processing system, includes: performing, in an offline manner, translating a plurality of processing element and data source descriptions into a planning language and performing reasoning on the plurality of processing element and data source descriptions during the translation; and performing, in an online manner, receiving a processing request that specifies a desired processing outcome; translating the processing request into a planning goal; and assembling a plurality of stream processing graphs, each of the processing graphs including a plurality of the translated and reasoned processing elements or data sources that satisfy the desired processing outcome. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695487 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834884 | Ingber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Sui Huang (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel Eichler (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for displaying large amounts of information. The method includes the steps of forming a spatial layout of tiles each corresponding to a representative reference element; mapping observed elements onto the spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements; assigning a respective value to each respective tile of the spatial layout of the representative elements; and displaying an image of the spatial layout of tiles of representative elements. Each tile includes atomic attributes of representative elements. The invention also relates to an apparatus for displaying large amounts of information. The apparatus includes a tiler forming a spatial layout of tiles, each corresponding to a representative reference element; a comparator mapping observed elements onto said spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements; an assigner assigning a respective value to each respective tile of said spatial layout of representative reference elements; and a display displaying an image of the spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/379000 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/581 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835068 | Brooks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher D. Brooks (Kenmore, Washington); Fabio Di Teodoro (Everett, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus includes a photonic-crystal fiber or rod (PCF or PCR) optical device having a beam-expanding endcap formed, e.g., by collapsing or otherwise sealing holes of the PCF or PCR. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and of mode hopping (i.e., promiscuity) due to limited control of energy levels and fluctuations. The problems of multiple-modes and mode hopping result from the use of large-diameter waveguides, and are addressed by the invention. This is especially true in lasers using large amounts of energy (i.e., lasers in the one-megawatt or more range). |
| FILED | Saturday, May 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/420750 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835168 | Prosandeev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Alaska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey A. Prosandeev (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Inna V. Ponomareva (Tampa, Florida); Igor A. Kornev (Ill-de-France, France); Laurent M. Bellaiche (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A device having a dipolar ring surrounding an interior region that is disposed asymmetrically on the ring. The dipolar ring generates a toroidal moment switchable between at least two stable states by a homogeneous field applied to the dipolar ring in the plane of the ring. The ring may be made of ferroelectric or magnetic material. In the former case, the homogeneous field is an electric field and in the latter case, the homogeneous field is a magnetic field. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316858 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835212 | Kuang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jente B. Kuang (Austin, Texas); Hung Cai Ngo (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and arrangements to configure power management systems for integrated circuits are provided herein. A group of IC components that are functionally distinct or have mutually exclusive and/or quasi-mutually exclusive, (ME/QME) operating patterns (i.e. alternate or partially overlapping duty cycles) can be powered with a single power cell. An integrated circuit design tool can identified components in an integrated circuit design that have the ME/QME operating patterns. These cells can be collocated in close proximity to each other and power management system components can be placed in this area such that a multiple signal processing cells can share a single power line and a single power cell. Such a configuration can greatly reduce the size of a power management system for an integrated circuit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/099913 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835463 | Durtschi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Dean Durtschi (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital radio frequency memory (DFRM) which converts an incoming analog radio frequency signal to a fourteen bit digital signal allowing for digital signal processing and then retransmitted as an analog RF signal. The DFRM provides a time delay for RF signals by storing the signal. The DFRM also changes the signal frequency in the range of plus or minus 100,000 KHz which places a doppler on the signal. The signal phase is changed in a range of 0 to 359 degrees by the DFRM. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/801768 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835581 | Mathan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Santosh Mathan (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Patricia M. Ververs (Ellicott City, Maryland); Michael C. Dorneich (St. Paul, Minnesota); James C. Carciofini (Centerville, Minnesota); Stephen D. Whitlow (Saint Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of efficiently and effectively triaging an image that may include one or more target entities. The image is divided into a plurality of individual image chips, and each image chip is successively displayed to a user for a presentation time period. Data are collected from the user at least while each image chip is being displayed. For each image chip, a probability that the image chip at least includes a target entity is assigned, based at least in part on the collected data. The image is then displayed with the assigned probabilities overlaid thereon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/513723 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835597 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois); Jing Ma (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Guoyang Xu (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | New electro-optic (EO) phase modulator devices and geometries, as can be constructed using a transparent conductive component. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/888503 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835608 | Minelly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Minelly (Mill Creek, Washington); Jason D. Henrie (Snohomish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for distributed absorption of pump light over a length of delivery fiber that is, for example in some embodiments, fusion spliced to an end of a multiply clad gain fiber that has significant unused pump light at the end of the gain fiber. In some embodiments, this includes coupling a fiber amplifier to a passive-core delivery fiber that includes a distributed pump dump. In some embodiments, at an output end of the amplifying fiber there is still a significant amount of pump power. If all this pump power is dumped in one small place (e.g., at a splice between the amplifying fiber and a passive delivery fiber) a hot spot will result, leading to unreliable devices that fail (have catastrophic changes in operating performance). The present invention provides a distributed pump dump built into a delivery fiber that is passive to the signal in its core. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/688854 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835649 | Epps et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garry Epps (Sunnyvale, California); Earl T. Cohen (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Asynchronous optical data is aligned with synchronous convergence points in an optical packet switching system. The convergence points can be any place where data enters an optical packet switching element, buffer stage, switch fabric, etc. The arrival time for data approaching the convergence point is compared with a reference signal associated with the upcoming convergence point. The comparison is used to identify the amount of time-shift required to align the approaching data with the reference signal. Control information is derived according to the comparison and used to control an optical data aligner that synchronizes the data with the convergence point. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/361770 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835787 | Sajda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Sajda (New York, New York); Lucas Cristobal Parra (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An EEG cap (8) having 64 or 128 electrodes (10) is placed on the head of the subject (11) who is viewing CRT monitor (14). The signals on each channel are amplified by amplifier (17) and sent to an analog-to-digital converter (20). PC (23) captures and records the amplified signals and the signals are processed by signal processing PC (26) performing linear signal processing. The resulting signal is sent back to a feedback/display PC (29) having monitor (14). |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/966290 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835852 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Williams (London, United Kingdom); Evrin Erdem (Hove, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A detector for detecting the operational status of one or more fuel pumps in a fuel system of a vehicle, the system comprising an accumulator volume for storing high pressure fuel, one or more injectors arranged in fluid communication with the accumulator volume and one or more high pressure fuel pumps arranged in fluid communication with the accumulator volume so as to supply high pressure fuel thereto, the operation of the one or more fuel pumps being controlled by a filling pulse signal from a control means, the detector comprising inputs for receiving data representing at least one current system parameter; processing means arranged to compare the at least one current system parameter against one or more predetermined system parameters in order to identify the operational status of the one or more fuel pumps. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/810410 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835867 | Richman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Richman (Bedford, Massachusetts); George Succi (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for determining the bearing from a three-axis geophone to a seismic source, such as a person or other man-made seismic source. In one embodiment, the techniques are implemented as a method that includes receiving outputs from a three-axis geophone (x axis, y axis and z axis outputs), computing a magnitude signal based on the x and y axis outputs, determining locations of each local peak in the magnitude signal, computing a bearing estimate for each peak, and computing a median of the bearing estimates. The resulting median bearing is an estimate of the bearing from the geophone to a target seismic source. In one such case, computing the magnitude signal based on the x and y axis outputs is performed in response to detecting the target seismic source in the phase-shifted z axis output. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/211564 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835931 | Bayne |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Meta Command Systems, Inc. (Mequon, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay S. Bayne (Mequon, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for command and control of an enterprise. An enterprise operating system is disclosed including five frameworks: an enterprise bridge framework, an enterprise controller framework, a performance measurement framework, a control processing framework, and an enterprise operating system services framework. A system is disclosed to receive a plurality of messages, filter and sort the messages, generate courses of action based on the messages, validate and resource the courses of action (create plans of record), execute the plans of record, and monitor the performance of executing plans of record. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/149965 |
| ART UNIT | 3624 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona); National University of Ireland, Galway (Galway, Ireland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harrison H. Barrett (Tucson, Arizona); Julia A. Sakamoto (Tucson, Arizona); Alexander V. Goncharov (Galway, Ireland) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging apparatus for simultaneously determining optical parameters of the eye comprising: a light source for illuminating at least a portion of the eye pupil; an illumination optical system for directing light rays emitted from the light source into the eye; a light receiving optical system for guiding the light rays reflected from the eye to a detector unit, wherein the detector unit detects an image intensity distribution from the light rays reflected from the eye; and an arithmetic unit for determining optical characteristics of the eye by parameter estimation is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/139602 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey B. Kaplan (Monsey, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences for soluble, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase or active fragments or variants thereof which promote detachment of bacterial cells from a biofilm are provided. An isolated mutant bacteria which forms biofilm colonies which tightly adhere to surface but which are unable to release cells into the medium or spread over the surface is also provided. In additions, methods are described for modulating detachment of bacterial cells from biofilm by mutating soluble, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase or altering its expression or activity are also provided. Also provided are compositions, methods and devices for preventing, inhibiting and treating bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/938617 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833524 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A. Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin); Marite Bradshaw (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael Baldwin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Joseph T. Barbieri (New Berlin, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a preparation of botulinum toxin light chain type A or E, wherein the preparation is both catalytically active and soluble. Preferably, the preparation consists essentially of amino acid residues 1 through 425 of the botulinum toxin light chain type A. A method of screening inhibitors is also provided, wherein the method comprises exposing a test inhibitor to the preparation of botulinum toxin light chain type A and evaluating the biological activity of the preparation. In another embodiment, a method of providing a catalytically active, soluble preparation of botulinum toxin light chain, type A is provided, wherein the method comprises obtaining an expression vector comprising a DNA sequence encoding amino acid residues 1-425 and expressing a polypeptide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/273157 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.670 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833534 | Goto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infectious Disease Research Institute (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yasuyuki Goto (Seattle, Washington); Steven G. Reed (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods are provided for diagnosing, preventing, treating and detecting leishmaniasis infection and stimulating immune responses in patients are disclosed. The compounds disclosed are include polypeptides and fusion proteins that contain at least one immunogenic portion of one or more Leishmania antigens, or a variant thereof. Additionally, methods of screening a screening library for tandem repeat proteins that have immunogenic properties are disclosed. Vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions comprising polynucleotides, polypeptides, fusion proteins and variants thereof that may be used for the prevention and therapy of leishmaniasis, as well as for the detection of Leishmaniasis infection are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733440 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833712 | Reeves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland); National Cancer Center Research Institute (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Harper Reeves (Silver Spring, Maryland); Yoshinori Murakami (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for detecting a cell proliferative disorder associated with TSLC1 by contacting a proliferating cell of a subject suspected of having the disorder with a reagent that detects TSLC1 and detecting the level of TSLC1 in the proliferating cell. TSLC1 is a single gene whose expression is reduced or absent in A549 and some other NSCLC, hepatocellular carcinoma and pancreatic cancer cell lines. It has further been discovered that TSLC1 expression or suppression is perfectly correlated with promoter methylation state. Restoration of TSLC1 expression to normal or higher levels is sufficient by itself to suppress tumor formation. The invention further provides methods of treating such disorders by contacting cells of a patient suffering from the disorder with a therapeutically effective amount of a reagent that modulates TSLC1 level in the proliferating cells. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523790 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833725 | Halperin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Halperin (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention involves assays, diagnostics, kits, and assay components for mass spectrometry and other methods to determine levels of glycated CD59 in subjects. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/794635 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833727 | Ma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Ma (San Diego, California); Tony Hunter (Del Mar, California); Suzanne C. Wolff (Carlsbad, California); Andrew Dillin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The Smek (Suppressor of mek null) gene is described and characterized. Smek acts in the stress response pathway of animals by binding to and enhancing the transcription of FOXO, thereby providing the link between the stress response pathway and the insulin/IGF-1 pathway. Given the link between both the stress response pathway and the insulin/IGF-1 pathway and longevity, Smek1 represents an essential target for modulation of life span and the stress response. Methods of increasing life span and stress tolerance by modulation of Smek activity are disclosed, as are screening methods for identifying compounds that modulate Smek activity. In addition, recombinant animals expressing the Smek gene that have a longer life span and enhanced stress tolerance, and methods of using the Smek gene to modulate both longevity and stress tolerance, are described. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/927311 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07833729 | El Shami et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Heathcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Said El Shami (Camarillo, California); Surendra Nath Menon (Culver City, California); Cynthia K. French (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a polynucleotide encoding Repro-EN-1.0 and IB1, polypeptides associated with endometriosis. Auto-antibodies against Repro-EN-1.0 and IB1 have been found in subjects diagnosed with endometriosis. This invention also provides methods of using this polynucleotide and polypeptide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/586527 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833732 | Hamid |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rabb Hamid (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We disclose a new and useful biomarker for acute kidney injury (i.e., AKI), renal ischemia reperfusion injury (i.e., IRI), ischemic acute kidney injury, and/or ischemic acute tubular necrosis (i.e., ATN). The biomarker is GRO-alpha (i.e., CXCL1, chemokine C-X-C ligand 1, GRO1, GROa, MGSA, MGSA alpha, MGSA-a, NAP-3, SCYB1). We detected the biomarker using a QUANTIKINE® human GRO-alpha immunoassay (Cat. No. DGR00, R & D Systems, Minneapolis, Minn.). In addition, we disclose a method of treating lung damage. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/995961 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
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| US 07833754 | Felber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara Felber (Rockville, Maryland); George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland); Margherita Rosati (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for nucleic acids improved for the expression of interleukin-12 (IL-12) in mammalian cells. The invention further provides for methods of expressing IL-12 in mammalian cells by transfecting the cell with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an improved IL-12 sequence. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/160422 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833784 | Barbas, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos F. Barbas, III (La Jolla, California); Birgit Dreier (Regensdorf, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides that contain zinc finger-nucleotide binding regions that bind to nucleotide sequences of the formula TNN are provided. Compositions containing a plurality of polypeptides, isolated heptapeptides possessing specific binding activity, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides and methods of regulating gene expression with such polypeptides, compositions and polynucleotides are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/564141 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833795 | Fitzgerald |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garret A. Fitzgerald (Wayne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention is drawn to methods and compositions useful for the assessment of cardiovascular risk in a mammal. The methods utilize biomarkers including prostanoid metabolites and isoprostanes as sensitive and stable markers of cardiovascular risk. The methods are particularly useful in a mammal that is contemplating undergoing coxib therapy, is undergoing coxib therapy, is undergoing antioxidant therapy, has ceased coxib therapy or has never undergone coxib therapy. The invention also includes kits useful for the assessment of cardiovascular risk in a mammal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/210378 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833799 | Dratz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward A. Dratz (Bozeman, Montana); Paul A. Grieco (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the labeling and identification of proteins. The invention provides for highly soluble zwitterionic dye molecules where the dyes and associated side groups are non-titratable and maintain their net zwitterionic character over a broad pH range, for example, between pH 3 and 12. These dye molecules find utility in a variety of applications, including use in the field of proteomics. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/767404 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833976 | Lode et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); EMD Lexigen Research Center Corp. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Holger N. Lode (Berlin, Germany); Ralph A. Reisfeld (La Jolla, California); David A. Cheresh (Encinitas, California); Stephen D. Gillies (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for treating tumors and tumor metastases in a mammal comprising administering, to a mammal in need of treatment, a therapeutic amount of an antagonist sufficient to inhibit angiogenesis in combination with a therapeutic amount of anti-tumor immunotherapeutic agent, such as a anti-tumor antigen antibody/cytokine fusion protein having a cytokine and a recombinant immunoglobulin polypeptide chain sufficient to elicit a cytokine-specific biological response. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/148629 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/9 |
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| US 07833978 | Chaikof et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliot L. Chaikof (Atlanta, Georgia); Chrystelle S. Cazalis (Pessac, France); Carolyn A. Haller (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The transmembrane human protein thrombomodulin (TM), as a critical regulator of the protein C pathway, represents the major anticoagulant mechanism that is operative in both normal and injured blood vessels under physiologic conditions in vivo. Compositions and methods are disclosed relating to thrombomodulin derivatives and conjugates, including methods for site-specific pegylation and compositions of a truncated thrombomodulin derivative. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/598149 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833980 | Mercola et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Mercola (Del Mar, California); Ruchika Gupta (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The finding that Dickkopf1 (Dkk1) is a dual function protein demonstrates a mechanism for the coordination of cell migration and antagonism of Wnt/β-catenin signaling during developmental and pathological processes. The profile of Dkk proteins expressed by human breast cancers correlates with indicators of outcome: Dkk1 associates with markers of poor prognosis whereas expression of single function Dkk2 or Dkk3 (which inhibit Wnt/β-catenin signaling and promote migration, respectively) correlates with phenotypes reflective of good prognosis. Therefore, the pro-migratory activities of Dkk1 and 3 identified here offer new insights into breast cancer progression and a potential avenue for therapeutic intervention. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/333133 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833982 | Carney |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orthologic Corp. (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrell H. Carney (Dickinson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of promoting healing of a chronic dermal skin ulcer, such as a diabetic ulcer, on a subject. The method comprises the step of contacting the chronic dermal skin ulcer with an effective amount of an agonist of the non-proteolytically activated thrombin receptor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/154660 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833984 | Mochly-Rosen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | PKC V5 isozyme-specific peptides are described. The sequences and compositions comprising the sequences are useful for treating disease states associated with the PKC isozyme from which they are respectively derived. Methods of treatment, pharmaceutical formulations and methods of identifying compounds that mimic the activity of the peptides are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/879414 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834005 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Starks Associates, Inc. (Buffalo, New York); Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri); Spirogen, Ltd. (London, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S. Liu (Chevy Chase, Maryland); B. Rao Vishnuvajjala (Rockville, Maryland); Kenneth M. Snader (Vero Beach, Florida); David E. Thurston (Hampshire, United Kingdom); Philip W. Howard (St. Albans, United Kingdom); Luke Y. Hsiao (San Diego, California); Gregory Turner (Independence, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds of Formula I wherein X, Y, R1-R7, T1, T2, Z, and p are as described herein; a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula I and a carrier; a method of inhibiting growth of a cell, which method comprises administering in an amount effective to inhibit growth a compound of Formula I; a method of treating cancer in a mammal, which method comprises administering in an amount effective to treat cancer a compound of Formula I; a method of treating a viral, parasitic, or bacterial infection of a cell, which method comprises administering in an amount effective to treat a viral, parasitic, or bacterial infection a compound of Formula I; and a method of preparing a compound of Formula I as described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/370856 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834050 | Pirrung |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Pirrung (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of Formula I are described along with pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods of treating disorders such as diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases with such compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/692552 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saint Louis University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dechun Li (Fenton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to compositions and methods which utilization nuclear receptors for regulating adipogenesis in cells. Specifically, the invention is directed to compositions which regulate transcription factor PPARγ. and enhance or inhibit the transcription of genes responsible for directing cell differentiation towards a pathway of adipogenesis. More specifically, disclosed herein is a novel polypeptide coactivator of PPARγ, and fragments thereof, which possess coactivator or corepressor activity. Also related are nucleotide sequences which express these polypeptides. Also disclosed is an interfering RNA that may be used to inhibit adipogenesis. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870736 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834148 | Gambhir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portola Valley, California); Ramasamy Paulmurugan (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include phosphorylation sensing systems, methods of detecting phosphorylation, noninvasive methods for detecting the interaction of a first protein with a second protein within a living animal, fusion proteins including the phosphorylation sensing system, vectors including the phosphorylation sensing system, kits including the phosphorylation sensing system, transgenic cells including the phosphorylation sensing system, and the like are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805425 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834150 | Julius et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Julius (San Francisco, California); David D. McKemy (Livermore, California); Werner M. Neuhausser (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to regulation of cold sensation and pain. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding a member of the transient regulatory protein family, CMR1, which is involved in modulation of the perception of cold sensations and pain. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and using agents that modulate cold responses and pain responses stimulated by cold via modulation of CMR1 and CMR1-related signal transduction. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/032287 |
| 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 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834151 | Patti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Patti (Cumming, Georgia); Timothy J. Foster (Dublin, Ireland); Elisabet Josefsson (Goteborg, Sweden); Deidre Ni Eidhin (Dublin, Ireland); Magnus A. O. Hook (Houston, Texas); Samuel E. Perkins (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated extracellular matrix-binding protein, designated as SdrD and its corresponding amino acid and nucleic acid sequences and motifs are described. The proteins, peptides, fragments thereof or antigenic portions thereof are useful for the prevention, inhibition, treatment and diagnosis of S. aureus infection and as scientific research tools. Further, antibodies or antibody fragments to the proteins, peptides, fragments thereof or antigenic portions thereof are also useful for the prevention, inhibition, treatment and diagnosis of S. aureus infection. In particular, the proteins or antibodies thereof may be administered to wounds or used to coat biomaterials to act as blocking agents to prevent or inhibit the binding of S. aureus to wounds or biomaterials. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/546289 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07834153 | Musselmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt Musselmann (Tampa, Florida); John R. Hassell (Tampa, Florida); Brad Kane (Lakeland, Florida); Bridgette Alexandrou (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method of stimulating collagen synthesis and proteoglycan (lumican and keratocan) accumulation. Collagenase isolated keratocytes were cultured with or without insulin with or without ascorbate. Insulin stimulates the synthesis of collagen but does not affect the accumulation of lumican and keratocan. Insulin plus ascorbate, however, stimulates the synthesis of collagen and increased the accumulation of these proteoglycans. The accumulation of PGDS, a KSPG that does not interact with collagen, is not affected by ascorbate. Only the collagen made in the presence of ascorbate was pepsin resistant. EDB overrode the effects of ascorbate on pepsin resistance and proteoglycan accumulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/758080 |
| 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 530/356 |
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| US 07834159 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); Zhiwen Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for making glycoproteins, both in vitro and in vivo, are provided. One method involves incorporating an unnatural amino acid into a protein and attaching one or more saccharide moieties to the unnatural amino acid. Another method involves incorporating an unnatural amino acid that includes a saccharide moiety into a protein. Proteins made by both methods can be further modified with additional sugars. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/580203 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/395 |
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| US 07834331 | Ben-Yakar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adela Ben-Yakar (Austin, Texas); Daniel Eversole (Austin, Texas); Xun Guo (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel femtosecond laser nano-ablation technique called Plasmonic Laser Nano-Ablation (PLN). The technique takes advantage of surface-enhanced plasmonic scattering of ultrashort laser pulses by nanoparticles to vaporize sub-cellular structures in attoliter volumes. The use of nanoparticles may overcome problems associated with current FLMS techniques and does not rely on heating for nanodisruption. In PLN, the particle acts as a “nano-lens,” restricting laser light to the near-field of the particle, and only photodisrupting structures that are nanometers away. This eliminates the need for a tightly focused beam, while still achieving nanoscale ablation resolution. Moreover, the enhanced scattering around the particles reduces the amount of required laser fluence. A method is provided comprising positioning a nanoparticle in proximity to a surface of a material; irradiating the nanoparticle with a laser tuned close to the nanoparticle's plasmonic frequency; and allowing a near-field effect from the irradiated nanoparticle to photodamage the material. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/184628 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.100 |
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| US 07834884 | Ingber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Sui Huang (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel Eichler (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for displaying large amounts of information. The method includes the steps of forming a spatial layout of tiles each corresponding to a representative reference element; mapping observed elements onto the spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements; assigning a respective value to each respective tile of the spatial layout of the representative elements; and displaying an image of the spatial layout of tiles of representative elements. Each tile includes atomic attributes of representative elements. The invention also relates to an apparatus for displaying large amounts of information. The apparatus includes a tiler forming a spatial layout of tiles, each corresponding to a representative reference element; a comparator mapping observed elements onto said spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements; an assigner assigning a respective value to each respective tile of said spatial layout of representative reference elements; and a display displaying an image of the spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/379000 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/581 |
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| US 07835013 | Jones et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. Jones (Bozeman, Montana); Darryl J. Bornhop (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are improved optical detection systems and methods comprising interferometric detection systems, methods for determining a characteristic property of a fluid, methods for calculating a shift between at least two signals, computer program products encoded in a computer readable medium, and computational systems. Also disclosed are label-free, free-solution, and/or real-time measurements of characteristic properties and/or chemical events using the disclosed techniques. Also disclosed are various biosensor applications of the disclosed techniques. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/122175 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/517 |
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| US 07835493 | Keall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Keall (Stanford, California); Yelin Suh (Palo Alto, California); Elisabeth Weiss (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A deliverable four dimensional (4D) intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning method is disclosed, for delivery using a linear accelerator with a dynamic multi-leaf collimator (DMLC). A 4D computed tomography (CT) scan is used for segmenting tumor anatomy on a reference phase of periodic motion of the tumor. Deformable registration of the 4D CT data is used to generate corresponding anatomical structures on other phases. Preferably, the collimator for each beam position is aligned using the gross tumor volume (GTV) centroid motion corresponding to the periodic motion of the tumor, as determined from the two dimensional (2D) projection of a given beam position. A deliverable IMRT plan is created on the 4D CT image set in which the MLC leaf positions and beam on/off status can vary as a function of respiratory phase by solving a four dimensional optimization problem. The mechanical constraints of the MLC leaves are included in the optimization. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/187222 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
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| US 07835783 | Aletras |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony H. Aletras (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Image contributions produced by an untagged specimen magnetization component in magnetic resonance imaging are controlled by applying one or more radiofrequency (RF) pulses that invert at least a portion of the untagged specimen magnetization. In an example, a specimen is tagged with a spatially modulated magnetization that is used to produce an image signal that includes a contribution associated with the tagged magnetization and an untagged magnetization. The untagged magnetization is substantially along an axial direction defined by an applied axial magnetic field. The untagged magnetization increases in magnitude because of so-called T1 relaxation. A contribution to the image signal increases for a predetermined time or to a predetermined magnitude, and a 180-degree pulse is applied to invert at least a portion of the untagged magnetization. The untagged magnetization is then antiparallel with respect to the applied axial magnetic field. Additional inversion recovery causes the untagged magnetization to increase from a negative value to zero and then becomes positive. As a result, signal contributions associated with the untagged magnetization are reduced. Additional 180-degree pulses can be applied whenever the untagged magnetization becomes larger than a predetermined value so that image contrast can be maintained. When the tagged magnetization decreases to a predetermined level, an initial specimen magnetization is reestablished for subsequent imaging. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/421535 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/413 |
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| US 07835786 | Palmer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Palmer (Durham, North Carolina); Nirmala Ramanujam (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing a probe geometry for spectroscopic measurement in a turbid medium are provided. A probe geometry comprising one emitting entity and at least on collecting entity is selected. A simulation is performed to generate optical parameter values measured by the probe geometry. The measured optical parameter values are input to an inversion algorithm to produce corresponding optical properties as output. The produced optical properties are compared with known optical properties known and a degree of matching between the produced optical properties and the known optical properties is determined. The simulation and inversion steps are repeated for a plurality of additional probe geometries, each differing in at least one property. An optimization algorithm is applied at each iteration to select an optimal probe geometry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/493020 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/477 |
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| US 07835794 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain non-sighted individuals. The hermetically sealed electronics package is directly bonded to the flex circuit or electrode by applying conductive adhesive between electrical contacts and non-conductive underfill around the contacts. The resulting electronic device is biocompatible and is suitable for long-term implantation in living tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/928515 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/36 |
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| US 07835872 | Bruschweiler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Bruschweiler (Tallahassee, Florida); Fengli Zhang (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for the deconvolution of the NMR spectrum of a mixture into individual components and spin systems by combining covariance total correlation spectroscopy (TOCSY) spectra with covariance NMR. The method may include obtaining a 2D TOCSY spectra of a chemical mixture and then performing a series of analytical steps to identify the individual components of the mixture. |
| FILED | Monday, February 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/032903 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/22 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Wyoming Research Corporation (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Jin (Laramie, Wyoming); Alan E. Bland (Laramie, Wyoming); Herbert S. Price (Green River, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for enhanced in-situ or perhaps even ex-situ biogenic methane production from hydrocarbon-bearing formations (1) including coal seam, oil shale, coal, coal derivates and the like are presented in embodiments such as but not limited to: increasing and perhaps even selection of microbial populations (2), amending CBM water and other microbe-containing media, diminishing sulfate reduction competition, enhancing organic matter concentrations and generation of biogenic methane (10), universally treating hydrocarbon-bearing formations, and introducing amendments (3) to hydrocarbon-bearing formations. |
| FILED | Monday, August 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/990417 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/246 |
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| US 07832484 | Nguyen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Vinh Nguyen (Houston, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A heating system for a subsurface formation includes a conduit located in an opening in the subsurface formation. An insulated conductor is located in the conduit. A material is in the conduit between a portion of the insulated conductor and a portion of the conduit. The material may be a salt. The material is a fluid at operating temperature of the heating system. Heat transfers from the insulated conductor to the fluid, from the fluid to the conduit, and from the conduit to the subsurface formation. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/106042 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/302 |
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| US 07832737 | Chou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeong-Shyung Chou (Richland, Washington); Kerry D. Meinhardt (Kennewick, Washington); Jeffry W. Stevenson (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-layer seals are provided that find advantageous use for reducing leakage of gases between adjacent components of electrochemical devices. Multi-layer seals of the invention include a gasket body defining first and second opposing surfaces and a compliant interlayer positioned adjacent each of the first and second surfaces. Also provided are methods for making and using the multi-layer seals, and electrochemical devices including said seals. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/224881 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Seal for a joint or juncture 277/652 |
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| US 07833320 | Diebold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Community Power Corporation (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Diebold (Lakewood, Colorado); Arthur Lilley (Finleyville, Pennsylvania); Kingsbury Browne, III (Golden, Colorado); Robb Ray Walt (Aurora, Colorado); Dustin Duncan (Littleton, Colorado); Michael Walker (Longmont, Colorado); John Steele (Aurora, Colorado); Michael Fields (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for removing fine particulate matter from a fluid stream without interrupting the overall process or flow. The flowing fluid inflates and expands the flexible filter, and particulate is deposited on the filter media while clean fluid is permitted to pass through the filter. This filter is cleaned when the fluid flow is stopped, the filter collapses, and a force is applied to distort the flexible filter media to dislodge the built-up filter cake. The dislodged filter cake falls to a location that allows undisrupted flow of the fluid after flow is restored. The shed particulate is removed to a bin for periodic collection. A plurality of filter cells can operate independently or in concert, in parallel, or in series to permit cleaning the filters without shutting off the overall fluid flow. The self-cleaning filter is low cost, has low power consumption, and exhibits low differential pressures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/427221 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833357 | Fox et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert V. Fox (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Recep Avci (Bozeman, Montana); Gary S. Groenewold (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of removing contaminant matter from porous materials include applying a polymer material to a contaminated surface, irradiating the contaminated surface to cause redistribution of contaminant matter, and removing at least a portion of the polymer material from the surface. Systems for decontaminating a contaminated structure comprising porous material include a radiation device configured to emit electromagnetic radiation toward a surface of a structure, and at least one spray device configured to apply a capture material onto the surface of the structure. Polymer materials that can be used in such methods and systems include polyphosphazine-based polymer materials having polyphosphazine backbone segments and side chain groups that include selected functional groups. The selected functional groups may include iminos, oximes, carboxylates, sulfonates, β-diketones, phosphine sulfides, phosphates, phosphites, phosphonates, phosphinates, phosphine oxides, monothio phosphinic acids, and dithio phosphinic acids. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/704393 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning and liquid contact with solids 134/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833666 | Angell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Austen Angell (Mesa, Arizona); Xiao-Guang Sun (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrolytic solvents and applications of such solvents including electric current-producing devices. For example, a solvent can include a sulfone compound of R1—SO2—R2, with R1 being an alkyl group and R2 a partially oxygenated alkyl group, to exhibit high chemical and thermal stability and high oxidation resistance. For another example, a battery can include, between an anode and a cathode, an electrolyte which includes ionic electrolyte salts and a non-aqueous electrolyte solvent which includes a non-symmetrical, non-cyclic sulfone. The sulfone has a formula of R1—SO2—R2, wherein R1 is a linear or branched alkyl or partially or fully fluorinated linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, and R2 is a linear or branched or partially or fully fluorinated linear or branched oxygen containing alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms. The electrolyte can include an electrolyte co-solvent and an electrolyte additive for protective layer formation. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/780416 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833674 | Mukerjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhasish Mukerjee (Pittsford, New York); Karl J. Haltiner, Jr. (Fairport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a solid oxide fuel cell stack from a plurality of individual solid oxide fuel cells, wherein the anodes of the solid oxide fuel cells are infiltrated by one or more materials for making the anodes less sensitive to sulfur poisoning and/or less subject to carbon degradation and/or for improving the electrochemical performance of the stack, the method comprising the steps of oxidizing the anodes of the individual solid oxide fuel cells before forming a stack, building a solid oxide fuel cell stack with all of the anodes in an oxidized state, reducing all of the anodes, and then infiltrating all of the anodes with at least one of the materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564324 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833922 | Bakas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Bakas (Ammon, Idaho); Thomas M. Lillo (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Henry S. Chu (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming aluminum oxynitride (AlON) materials include sintering green bodies comprising aluminum orthophosphate or another sacrificial material therein. Such green bodies may comprise aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen in addition to the aluminum orthophosphate. For example, the green bodies may include a mixture of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, and aluminum orthophosphate or another sacrificial material. Additional methods of forming aluminum oxynitride (AlON) materials include sintering a green body including a sacrificial material therein, using the sacrificial material to form pores in the green body during sintering, and infiltrating the pores formed in the green body with a liquid infiltrant during sintering. Bodies are formed using such methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/350316 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/96.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833994 | Abbas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (Decatur, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Abbas (Champaign, Illinois); Kyle E. Beery (Decatur, Illinois); Thomas P. Binder (Decatur, Illinois); Anne M. Rammelsberg (Decatur, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a process for extracting sterols from a high solids, thermochemically hydrolyzed corn fiber using ethanol as the extractant. The process includes obtaining a corn fiber slurry having a moisture content from about 20 weight percent to about 50 weight percent solids (high solids content), thermochemically processing the corn fiber slurry having high solids content of 20 to 50% to produce a hydrolyzed corn fiber slurry, dewatering the hydrolyzed corn fiber slurry to achieve a residual corn fiber having a moisture content from about 30 to 80 weight percent solids, washing the residual corn fiber, dewatering the washed, hydrolyzed corn fiber slurry to achieve a residual corn fiber having a moisture content from about 30 to 80 weight percent solids, and extracting the residual corn fiber with ethanol and separating at least one sterol. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/084933 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834139 | Matsui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York); National University Corporation of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Tokyo, Japan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiroshi Matsui (Glen Rock, New Jersey); Tadashi Matsunaga (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic nanotube includes bacterial magnetic nanocrystals contacted onto a nanotube which absorbs the nanocrystals. The nanocrystals are contacted on at least one surface of the nanotube. A method of fabricating a magnetic nanotube includes synthesizing the bacterial magnetic nanocrystals, which have an outer layer of proteins. A nanotube provided is capable of absorbing the nanocrystals and contacting the nanotube with the nanocrystals. The nanotube is preferably a peptide bolaamphiphile. A nanotube solution and a nanocrystal solution including a buffer and a concentration of nanocrystals are mixed. The concentration of nanocrystals is optimized, resulting in a nanocrystal to nanotube ratio for which bacterial magnetic nanocrystals are immobilized on at least one surface of the nanotubes. The ratio controls whether the nanocrystals bind only to the interior or to the exterior surfaces of the nanotubes. Uses include cell manipulation and separation, biological assay, enzyme recovery, and biosensors. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/593514 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834159 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); Zhiwen Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for making glycoproteins, both in vitro and in vivo, are provided. One method involves incorporating an unnatural amino acid into a protein and attaching one or more saccharide moieties to the unnatural amino acid. Another method involves incorporating an unnatural amino acid that includes a saccharide moiety into a protein. Proteins made by both methods can be further modified with additional sugars. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/580203 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834224 | Casey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles P. Casey (Madison, Wisconsin); Hairong Guan (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are iron ligand catalysts for selective hydrogenation of aldehydes, ketones and imines. A catalyst such as dicarbonyl iron hydride hydroxycyclopentadiene) complex uses the OH on the five member ring and hydrogen linked to the iron to facilitate hydrogenation reactions, particularly in the presence of hydrogen gas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/942774 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/885 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834263 | DeSteese et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. DeSteese (Kennewick, Washington); Larry C. Olsen (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing electrical energy to an electrical device wherein the electrical energy is originally generated from temperature differences in an environment having a first and a second temperature region. A thermoelectric device having a first side and a second side wherein the first side is in communication with a means for transmitting ambient thermal energy collected or rejected in the first temperature region and the second side is in communication with the second temperature region thereby producing a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric device and in turn generating an electrical current. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/727062 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834264 | Majumdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Ali Shakouri (Santa Cruz, California); Timothy D. Sands (Moraga, California); Peidong Yang (Berkeley, California); Samuel S. Mao (Berkeley, California); Richard E. Russo (Walnut Creek, California); Henning Feick (Kensington, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Hannes Kind (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); Michael Huang (Los Angeles, California); Haoquan Yan (Albany, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as “nanowires”, include single-crystalline homostructures as well as heterostructures of at least two single-crystalline materials having different chemical compositions. Because single-crystalline materials are used to form the heterostructure, the resultant heterostructure will be single-crystalline as well. The nanowire heterostructures are generally based on a semiconducting wire wherein the doping and composition are controlled in either the longitudinal or radial directions, or in both directions, to yield a wire that comprises different materials. Examples of resulting nanowire heterostructures include a longitudinal heterostructure nanowire (LOHN) and a coaxial heterostructure nanowire (COHN). |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645236 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834319 | Muenchausen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ross Edward Muenchausen (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Edward Allen Mckigney (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert David Gilbertson (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved nanophosphor composite comprises surface modified nanophosphor particles in a solid matrix. The nanophosphor particle surface is modified with an organic ligand, or by covalently bonding a polymeric or polymeric precursor material. The surface modified nanophosphor particle is essentially charge neutral, thereby preventing agglomeration of the nanophosphor particles during formation of the composite material. The improved nanophosphor composite may be used in any conventional scintillator application, including in a radiation detector. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/923934 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/361.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834513 | Post |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sub-module consists of a set of two outer sets of stationary fan-blade-shaped sectors. These outer sectors include conductive material and are maintained at ground potential in several examples. Located midway between them is a set of stationary sector plates with each plate being electrically insulated from the others. An example provides that the inner sector plates are connected together alternately, forming two groups of parallel-connected condensers that are then separately connected, through high charging circuit resistances, to a source of DC potential with respect to ground, with an additional connecting lead being provided for each group to connect their output as an AC output to a load. These same leads can he used, when connected to a driver circuit, to produce motor action. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/932329 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834546 | Krummacher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH (Regensburg, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Claus Krummacher (Regensburg, Germany); Homer Antoniadis (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus such as a light source has a multi element light extraction and luminescence conversion layer disposed over a transparent layer of the light source and on the exterior of said light source. The multi-element light extraction and luminescence conversion layer includes a plurality of light extraction elements and a plurality of luminescence conversion elements. The light extraction elements diffuses the light from the light source while luminescence conversion elements absorbs a first spectrum of light from said light source and emits a second spectrum of light. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/947458 |
| ART UNIT | 2889 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834754 | Kulesz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Kulesz (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Ronald W. Lee (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting the occurrence of anomalies includes a plurality of spaced apart nodes, with each node having adjacent nodes, each of the nodes having one or more sensors associated with the node and capable of detecting anomalies, and each of the nodes having a controller connected to the sensors associated with the node. The system also includes communication links between adjacent nodes, whereby the nodes form a network. At least one software agent is capable of changing the operation of at least one of the controllers in response to the detection of an anomaly by a sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/204748 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834802 | Keller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Keller (Richland, Washington); Thomas E. Hall (Kennewick, Washington); Douglas L. McMakin (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems, methods, devices, and apparatus to determine if a clothed individual is carrying a suspicious, concealed object. This determination includes establishing data corresponding to an image of the individual through interrogation with electromagnetic radiation in the 200 MHz to 1 THz range. In one form, image data corresponding to intensity of reflected radiation and differential depth of the reflecting surface is received and processed to detect the suspicious, concealed object. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/111023 |
| 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 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835000 | Graves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven W. Graves (San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico); Robert C. Habbersett (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for analyzing a particle in a sample stream of a flow cytometer or the like. The system has a light source, such as a laser pointer module, for generating a low powered light beam and a fluidics apparatus which is configured to transport particles in the sample stream at substantially low velocity through the light beam for interrogation. Detectors, such as photomultiplier tubes, are configured to detect optical signals generated in response to the light beam impinging the particles. Signal conditioning circuitry is connected to each of the detectors to condition each detector output into electronic signals for processing and is designed to have a limited frequency response to filter high frequency noise from the detector output signals. |
| FILED | Friday, November 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/593312 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835168 | Prosandeev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Alaska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey A. Prosandeev (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Inna V. Ponomareva (Tampa, Florida); Igor A. Kornev (Ill-de-France, France); Laurent M. Bellaiche (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A device having a dipolar ring surrounding an interior region that is disposed asymmetrically on the ring. The dipolar ring generates a toroidal moment switchable between at least two stable states by a homogeneous field applied to the dipolar ring in the plane of the ring. The ring may be made of ferroelectric or magnetic material. In the former case, the homogeneous field is an electric field and in the latter case, the homogeneous field is a magnetic field. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316858 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835284 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Jens Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Roy Glenn Musselman (Rochester, Minnesota); Amanda Peters (Rochester, Minnesota); Kurt Walter Pinnow (Rochester, Minnesota); Brent Allen Swartz (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin); Brian Paul Wallenfelt (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A massively parallel computer system contains an inter-nodal communications network of node-to-node links. An automated routing strategy routes packets through one or more intermediate nodes of the network to reach a destination. Some packets are constrained to be routed through respective designated transporter nodes, the automated routing strategy determining a path from a respective source node to a respective transporter node, and from a respective transporter node to a respective destination node. Preferably, the source node chooses a routing policy from among multiple possible choices, and that policy is followed by all intermediate nodes. The use of transporter nodes allows greater flexibility in routing. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/539300 |
| ART UNIT | 2477 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07836143 | Blocksome et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Message communications of particular message types between compute nodes using DMA shadow buffers includes: receiving a buffer identifier specifying an application buffer having a message of a particular type for transmission to a target compute node through a network; selecting one of a plurality of shadow buffers for a DMA engine on the compute node for storing the message, each shadow buffer corresponding to a slot of an injection FIFO buffer maintained by the DMA engine; storing the message in the selected shadow buffer; creating a data descriptor for the message stored in the selected shadow buffer; injecting the data descriptor into the slot of the injection FIFO buffer corresponding to the selected shadow buffer; selecting the data descriptor from the injection FIFO buffer; and transmitting the message specified by the selected data descriptor through the data communications network to the target compute node. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/739948 |
| ART UNIT | 2452 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antal I. Jakli (Kent, Ohio); John Ernest Harden, Jr. (Streetsboro, Ohio); Samuel Sprunt (Hudson, Ohio); James T. Gleeson (Kent, Ohio); Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided methods for creating energy conversion devices based on the giant flexoelectric effect in non-calamitic liquid crystals. By preparing a substance comprising at least one type of non-calamitic liquid crystal molecules and stabilizing the substance to form a mechanically flexible material, flexible conductive electrodes may be applied to the material to create an electro-mechanical energy conversion device which relies on the giant flexoelectric effect to produce electrical and/or mechanical energy that is usable in such applications as, for example, power sources, energy dissipation, sensors/transducers, and actuators. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/761027 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/831 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07832207 | McBride et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SustainX, Inc. (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy O. McBride (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Benjamin R. Bollinger (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and systems for the storage and recovery of energy using open-air hydraulic-pneumatic accumulator and intensifier arrangements that combine at least one accumulator and at least one intensifier in communication with a high-pressure gas storage reservoir on a gas-side of the circuits and a combination fluid motor/pump, coupled to a combination electric generator/motor on the fluid side of the circuits. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421057 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833504 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanislaus S. Wong (Stony Brook, New York); Tirandai Hemraj-Benny (Richmond Hill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides adducts comprising a carbon nanotube with covalently attached silane moieties, and methods of making such adducts. Examples of silane moieties include trimethoxysilane; hexaphenyldisilane; silylphosphine; 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyltrisiloxane; polydimethylsiloxane, poly(N-bromobenzene-1,3-disulfonamide); N,N,N′,N′-tetrabromobenzene-1,3-disulfonamide; hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS); chlorotrimethylsilane (TMCS); trichloromethylsilane (TCMS); an alkyl(alkylamino)silane; a tri(alkoxy)silane; tert-butyldimethylsilane; monochloroaminosilane; dichloroaminosilane; trichloroaminosilane; and dimethylaminosilane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229905 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833708 | Enzelberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Markus M. Enzelberger (Planegg, Germany); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); Jian Liu (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California); Chiem Ma (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides microfluidic devices and methods using the same in various types of thermal cycling reactions. Certaom devices include a rotary microfluidic channel and a plurality of temperature regions at different locations along the rotary microfluidic channel at which temperature is regulated. Solution can be repeatedly passed through the temperature regions such that the solution is exposed to different temperatures. Other microfluidic devices include an array of reaction chambers formed by intersecting vertical and horizontal flow channels, with the ability to regulate temperature at the reaction chambers. The microfluidic devices can be used to conduct a number of different analyses, including various primer extension reactions and nucleic acid amplification reactions. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/133805 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833750 | Pawlowski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Pawlowski (Malmo, Sweden); John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Adam Godzik (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides caspase recruitment domain (CARD)-containing polypeptides and functional fragments thereof, encoding nucleic acid molecules, and specific antibodies. Also provided are screening methods for identifying CARD-associated polypeptides (CAPs), and for identifying agents that alter the association of a CARD-containing polypeptide with itself or with a CAP. Further provided are methods of altering a biochemical process modulated by a CARD-containing polypeptide, and methods of diagnosing a pathology characterized by an increased or decreased level of a CARD-containing polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/961569 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833799 | Dratz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward A. Dratz (Bozeman, Montana); Paul A. Grieco (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the labeling and identification of proteins. The invention provides for highly soluble zwitterionic dye molecules where the dyes and associated side groups are non-titratable and maintain their net zwitterionic character over a broad pH range, for example, between pH 3 and 12. These dye molecules find utility in a variety of applications, including use in the field of proteomics. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/767404 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833904 | Tang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinyao Tang (New York, New York); Samuel J. Wind (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for fabricating nanoscale electrodes separated by a nanogap, wherein the gap size may be controlled with high precision using a self-aligning aluminum oxide mask, such that the gap width depends upon the thickness of the aluminum oxide mask. The invention also provides methods for using the nanoscale electrodes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/454638 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/669 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834106 | McCullough et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. McCullough (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania); Elena E. Sheina (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mihaela C. Iovu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophenes) and other polythiophenes can be prepared by living polymerization which have good solubility, processability and environmental stability. The polymerization method can afford regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophenes) in high yields. Kinetic study of polymerization revealed the living character of this process. The molecular weight of poly(3-alkylthiophenes) is a function of the molar ratio of the monomer to nickel initiator, and conducting polymers with relatively narrow molecular weight distribution (PDI<1.5) are now readily available. Sequential monomer addition resulted in new block copolymers containing different poly(3-alkylthiophene) segments, which further confirms the “livingness” of this system. Other synthetic methods can be used as well to conduct living polymerization. Blends and electronic devices can be prepared. |
| FILED | Monday, October 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250517 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/535 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834149 | Pawlowski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krzysztof Pawlowski (Malmo, Sweden); John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Adam Godzik (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides caspase recruitment domain (CARD)-containing polypeptides and functional fragments thereof, encoding nucleic acid molecules, and specific antibodies. Also provided are screening methods for identifying CARD-associated polypeptides (CAPs), and for identifying agents that alter the association of a CARD-containing polypeptide with itself or with a CAP. Further provided are methods of altering a biochemical process modulated by a CARD-containing polypeptide, and methods of diagnosing a pathology characterized by an increased or decreased level of a CARD-containing polypeptide. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/876595 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834264 | Majumdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Ali Shakouri (Santa Cruz, California); Timothy D. Sands (Moraga, California); Peidong Yang (Berkeley, California); Samuel S. Mao (Berkeley, California); Richard E. Russo (Walnut Creek, California); Henning Feick (Kensington, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Hannes Kind (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); Michael Huang (Los Angeles, California); Haoquan Yan (Albany, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as “nanowires”, include single-crystalline homostructures as well as heterostructures of at least two single-crystalline materials having different chemical compositions. Because single-crystalline materials are used to form the heterostructure, the resultant heterostructure will be single-crystalline as well. The nanowire heterostructures are generally based on a semiconducting wire wherein the doping and composition are controlled in either the longitudinal or radial directions, or in both directions, to yield a wire that comprises different materials. Examples of resulting nanowire heterostructures include a longitudinal heterostructure nanowire (LOHN) and a coaxial heterostructure nanowire (COHN). |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645236 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834331 | Ben-Yakar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adela Ben-Yakar (Austin, Texas); Daniel Eversole (Austin, Texas); Xun Guo (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel femtosecond laser nano-ablation technique called Plasmonic Laser Nano-Ablation (PLN). The technique takes advantage of surface-enhanced plasmonic scattering of ultrashort laser pulses by nanoparticles to vaporize sub-cellular structures in attoliter volumes. The use of nanoparticles may overcome problems associated with current FLMS techniques and does not rely on heating for nanodisruption. In PLN, the particle acts as a “nano-lens,” restricting laser light to the near-field of the particle, and only photodisrupting structures that are nanometers away. This eliminates the need for a tightly focused beam, while still achieving nanoscale ablation resolution. Moreover, the enhanced scattering around the particles reduces the amount of required laser fluence. A method is provided comprising positioning a nanoparticle in proximity to a surface of a material; irradiating the nanoparticle with a laser tuned close to the nanoparticle's plasmonic frequency; and allowing a near-field effect from the irradiated nanoparticle to photodamage the material. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/184628 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835051 | Roichman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yohai Roichman (New York, New York); Ilias Cholis (Brooklyn, New York); David G. Grier (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for manipulating object using a three dimensional optical trap configuration. By use of selected hologram on optical strap can be configured as a preselected three dimensional configuration for a variety of complex uses. The system can include various optical train components, such as partially transmissive mirrors and Keplerian telescope components to provide advantageously three dimensional optical traps. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/974716 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835168 | Prosandeev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Alaska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey A. Prosandeev (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Inna V. Ponomareva (Tampa, Florida); Igor A. Kornev (Ill-de-France, France); Laurent M. Bellaiche (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A device having a dipolar ring surrounding an interior region that is disposed asymmetrically on the ring. The dipolar ring generates a toroidal moment switchable between at least two stable states by a homogeneous field applied to the dipolar ring in the plane of the ring. The ring may be made of ferroelectric or magnetic material. In the former case, the homogeneous field is an electric field and in the latter case, the homogeneous field is a magnetic field. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316858 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835597 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Seng-Tiong Ho (Wheeling, Illinois); Jing Ma (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Guoyang Xu (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | New electro-optic (EO) phase modulator devices and geometries, as can be constructed using a transparent conductive component. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/888503 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835870 | Nair et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sankar Nair (Atlanta, Georgia); Soumendu Bhattacharya (Atlanta, Georgia); Vishwanath Natarajan (Atlanta, Georgia); Abhijit Chatterjee (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating the length of elongated elements in a sample. The disclosed systems and methods may include using a direct current stimulus to determine a direct current base length region corresponding to at least a portion of the sample. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include using an alternating current stimulus to determine that the direct current base length region corresponds to a first set of elongated elements and a second set of elongated elements. The first set of elongated elements may have a first base length and the second set of elongated elements may have a second base length. The elongated elements may comprise, for example, chain molecules, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA), or proteins. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include measuring an ion current through a nanopore, the ion current produced by the alternating current stimulus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/264452 |
| 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 72/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07836303 | Levy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry M. Levy (Seattle, Washington); Steven Gribble (Seattle, Washington); Jacob Gorm Hansen (Copenhagen, Denmark); Richard S. Cox (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Web browsing system using a browser operating system (BOS), which provides a trusted software layer on which Web browsers execute. The BOS runs the client-side component of each Web application (e.g., on-line banking, and Web mail) in its own virtual machine, which provides strong isolation between Web services and the user's local resources. Web publishers can thus limit the scope of their Web applications by specifying the URLs and other resources that their browsers are allowed to access, which limits the harm that can be caused by a compromised browser. Web applications are treated as first-class objects that users explicitly install and manage, giving them explicit knowledge about and control over downloaded content and code. An initial embodiment implemented using Linux and the Xen virtual machine monitor has been shown to prevent or contain about 87% of the vulnerabilities that have been identified in a conventional web browser environment. |
| FILED | Friday, December 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/298859 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07834530 | Manohara et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish M. Manohara (Arcadia, California); Michael J. Bronikowski (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High-current density field emission sources using arrays of nanofeatures bundles and methods of manufacturing such field emission sources are provided. Variable field emission performance is provided with the variance in the bundle diameter and the inter-bundle spacing, and optimal geometries for the lithographically patterned arrays were determined. Arrays of 1-μm and 2-μm diameter multi-walled carbon nanotube bundles spaced 5 μm apart (edge-to-edge spacing) were identified as the most optimum combination, routinely producing 1.5 to 1.8 A/cm2 at low electric fields of approximately 4 V/μm, rising to >6 A/cm2 at 20 V/μm over a ˜100-μm-diameter area. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137725 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834808 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dane Thompson (Atlanta, Georgia); Guoan Wang (Atlanta, Georgia); Nickolas D. Kingsley (Atlanta, Georgia); Ioannis Papapolymerou (Decatur, Georgia); Emmanouil M. Tentzeris (Atlanta, Georgia); Ramanan Bairavasubramanian (Atlanta, Georgia); Gerald DeJean (Atlanta, Georgia); RongLin Li (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Multilayer electronic component systems and methods of manufacture are provided. In this regard, an exemplary system comprises a first layer of liquid crystal polymer (LCP), first electronic components supported by the first layer, and a second layer of LCP. The first layer is attached to the second layer by thermal bonds. Additionally, at least a portion of the first electronic components are located between the first layer and the second layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/993890 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834884 | Ingber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Sui Huang (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel Eichler (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for displaying large amounts of information. The method includes the steps of forming a spatial layout of tiles each corresponding to a representative reference element; mapping observed elements onto the spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements; assigning a respective value to each respective tile of the spatial layout of the representative elements; and displaying an image of the spatial layout of tiles of representative elements. Each tile includes atomic attributes of representative elements. The invention also relates to an apparatus for displaying large amounts of information. The apparatus includes a tiler forming a spatial layout of tiles, each corresponding to a representative reference element; a comparator mapping observed elements onto said spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements; an assigner assigning a respective value to each respective tile of said spatial layout of representative reference elements; and a display displaying an image of the spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/379000 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/581 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835820 | Peters, II |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Peters, II (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described for mapping dense sensory data to a Sensory Ego Sphere (SES). Methods are also described for finding and ranking areas of interest in the images that form a complete visual scene on an SES. Further, attentional processing of image data is best done by performing attentional processing on individual full-size images from the image sequence, mapping each attentional location to the nearest node, and then summing attentional locations at each node. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/546867 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07833828 | Fitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Director, The National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Fitz (Baltimore, Maryland); Harris Turk (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of creating a patterned device by selecting a substrate; forming a first step on the substrate; depositing a sacrificial layer along the first step and the substrate; depositing a second step on a portion of the sacrificial layer; depositing a second layer on each of a portion of the substrate, sacrificial layer and second step that shares a common resistance to removal by a same agent as the substrate, the first step and the second step; removing a portion of the sacrificial layer so that a gap is created between the second layer and the first step, wherein a portion of the sacrificial layer remains such that the second layer remains; and processing the substrate beneath the gap created between the second layer and the first step. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152116 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834875 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (Stamford, Connecticut); Anton V. Riabov (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assembling stream processing graphs in a stream processing system, includes: performing, in an offline manner, translating a plurality of processing element and data source descriptions into a planning language and performing reasoning on the plurality of processing element and data source descriptions during the translation; and performing, in an online manner, receiving a processing request that specifies a desired processing outcome; translating the processing request into a planning goal; and assembling a plurality of stream processing graphs, each of the processing graphs including a plurality of the translated and reasoned processing elements or data sources that satisfy the desired processing outcome. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695487 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07836353 | Knickerbocker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Gerard McVicker (Stormville, New York); Sri M. Sri-Jayantha (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for reducing an impact of hot spot pulsing of a semiconductor device including: first generating means for generating a plurality of local op-codes; a sequencer for augmenting customer op-codes with the plurality of local op-codes; selecting means for selecting one or more of the randomly arriving customer op-codes awaiting execution; monitoring means for tracking which of the one or more randomly arriving customer op-codes have been selected; separating means for separating the plurality of local op-codes from the one or more customer op-codes; storing means for storing one or more data related to the processing of the plurality of local op-codes and the customer op-codes; and second generating means for generating an output for a customer corresponding to that customer op-code while gainfully employing an output generated by local op-codes for system health monitoring purpose. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/745172 |
| ART UNIT | 2113 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D627216 | Fulginiti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Fulginiti (Waldorf, Maryland) |
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| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 29/315757 |
| ART UNIT | 2915 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools and hardware D8/499 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07832335 | Rastegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Omnitek Partners LLC (Bayshore, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, New York); Richard T. Murray (Brentwood, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An inertial igniter for use with a thermal battery for producing power upon acceleration is provided. The inertial igniter including: a base; at least one member disposed on the base, the at least one member having a hole; a mass movable towards the base, the mass having a concave portion; a locking ball disposed in the hole in the at least one member and having a portion thereof disposed in the concave portion for preventing relative movement of the mass with the base when an acceleration time profile is below a predetermined threshold; and a biasing spring including a portion for preventing the locking ball from leaving the concave portion when the acceleration time profile is below the predetermined threshold and for allowing the locking ball to leave the concave portion when the acceleration time profile is below the predetermined threshold to unlock the mass and permit movement of the mass relative to the base. |
| FILED | Sunday, September 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/234698 |
| 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 12/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833320 | Diebold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Community Power Corporation (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Diebold (Lakewood, Colorado); Arthur Lilley (Finleyville, Pennsylvania); Kingsbury Browne, III (Golden, Colorado); Robb Ray Walt (Aurora, Colorado); Dustin Duncan (Littleton, Colorado); Michael Walker (Longmont, Colorado); John Steele (Aurora, Colorado); Michael Fields (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for removing fine particulate matter from a fluid stream without interrupting the overall process or flow. The flowing fluid inflates and expands the flexible filter, and particulate is deposited on the filter media while clean fluid is permitted to pass through the filter. This filter is cleaned when the fluid flow is stopped, the filter collapses, and a force is applied to distort the flexible filter media to dislodge the built-up filter cake. The dislodged filter cake falls to a location that allows undisrupted flow of the fluid after flow is restored. The shed particulate is removed to a bin for periodic collection. A plurality of filter cells can operate independently or in concert, in parallel, or in series to permit cleaning the filters without shutting off the overall fluid flow. The self-cleaning filter is low cost, has low power consumption, and exhibits low differential pressures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/427221 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833729 | El Shami et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Heathcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Said El Shami (Camarillo, California); Surendra Nath Menon (Culver City, California); Cynthia K. French (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a polynucleotide encoding Repro-EN-1.0 and IB1, polypeptides associated with endometriosis. Auto-antibodies against Repro-EN-1.0 and IB1 have been found in subjects diagnosed with endometriosis. This invention also provides methods of using this polynucleotide and polypeptide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/586527 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833791 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Osel, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chia-Hwa Chang (Mountain View, California); David A. Simpson (Redwood City, California); Theresa Li-Yun Chang (Los Gatos, California); Qiang Xu (Cupertino, California); John A. Lewicki (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to Lactobacillus species recombinantly altered to express a biologically active protein. The invention also related to methods of providing the bacteria to the vagina. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/938044 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07833533 | Grubman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin J. Grubman (Southold, New York); Marla J. Koster (Cutchogue, New York); Mauro Moraes (Old Saybrook, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Previously, we showed that type I interferon (alpha/beta interferon [IFN-α/β]) can inhibit foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) replication in cell culture, and swine inoculated with 109 PFU of human adenovirus type 5 expressing porcine IFN-α (Ad5-pIFN-α) were protected when challenged 1 day later. In this study, we found that type II pIFN (pIFN-γ) also has antiviral activity against FMDV in cell culture and that, in combination with pIFN-α, it has a synergistic antiviral effect. We also observed that while each IFN alone induced a number of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), the combination resulted in a synergistic induction of some ISGs. To extend these studies to susceptible animals, we inoculated groups of swine with a control Ad5, 108 PFU of Ad5-pIFN-α, low- or high-dose Ad5-pIFN-γ, or a combination of Ad5-pIFN-α and low- or high-dose Ad5-pIFN-γ and challenged all groups with FMDV 1 day later. The control group and the groups inoculated with either Ad5-pIFN-α or a low dose of Ad5-pIFN-γ developed clinical disease and viremia. However, the group that received the combination of both Ad5-IFNs with the low dose of Ad5-pIFN-γ was completely protected from challenge and had no viremia. Similarly the groups inoculated with the combination of Ad5s with the higher dose of Ad5-pIFN-γ or with only high-dose Ad5-pIFN-γ were protected. The protected animals did not develop antibodies against viral nonstructural (NS) proteins, while all infected animals were NS protein seropositive. No antiviral activity or significant levels of IFNs were detected in the protected groups, but there was an induction of some ISGs. The results indicate that the combination of type I and II IFNs act synergistically to inhibit FMDV replication in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/109020 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/216.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07833748 | Peters et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reuben J. Peters (Ames, Iowa); Meimei Xu (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the isolation, purification, sequencing, and functional characterization of the class I diterpene synthase sequence OsKSL11. Transcriptional control of OsKSL11 provides a means of regulating production of stemodene. Further, since OsKSL11 is highly homologous to OsKSL8, identification of the sequence of OsKSL11 will facilitate identification of underlying enzymatic determinants that affect product outcomes with these enzymes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/866525 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835891 | Kumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tarun Kumar (Ossining, New York); Gyana Ranjan Parija (Briarcliff Manor, New York); Haifeng Xi (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method for determining an alternative representation of an optimization model reduces model input through compact representation of model parameters. Model generation is performed at varying levels of complexity (approximation) depending on pre-defined, business approved thresholds. The computer receives a set of functions representing a set of events where each function includes sets of first and second axis coordinate values. Each of the functions are transformed to a compacted function which includes a set of pieces including an anchor point, break points, and slopes. Successive pieces having the same slope value are removed. Alternate optimization models are generated based on the set of pieces representing a compacted function and on a predetermined accuracy value. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/047705 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07833927 | Allen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Tait Allen (Norristown, Pennsylvania); Brian Leslie Goodall (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Lester Howard McIntosh, III (Green Lane, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalyst structures comprising a single palladium metal center and a substituted tri-arylphosphine ligand. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the catalyst structures to facilitate polymerization reactions and Heck coupling reactions. |
| FILED | Monday, July 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/457969 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834199 | Ong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beng S Ong (Singapore, Singapore); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A small molecular thiophene compound consisting of: at least one divalent linkage; and a plurality of thiophene units, each thiophene unit being represented by structure (A) wherein each thiophene unit is bonded at either or both of the second ring position and the fifth ring position, wherein m is 0, 1, or 2, wherein each thiophene unit is the same or different from each other in terms of substituent number, substituent identity, and substituent position, wherein each R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of: (a) a hydrocarbon group, (b) a heteroatom containing group, and (c) a halogen, wherein there is at least one thiophene unit where R1 is present at the third ring position or the fourth ring position, or at both the third ring position and the fourth ring position, wherein for any two adjacent thiophene units as represented by structure (A1): there is excluded the simultaneous presence of the same or different R1 at the 3-position of one thiophene unit and at the 3′-position of the other thiophene unit, and wherein the number of the thiophene units is at least 6. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/930389 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834510 | Winn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | American Superconductor Corporation (Devens, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter M. Winn (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A support module is provided for use in a rotor assembly of a rotating machine. The support module is disposed on the rotor body, supports high temperature superconductor rotor windings within the rotor assembly, and thermally decouples the cold portions of the rotor assembly, including windings and support tube, from the ambient temperature rotor body and drive shaft. The support module includes a frame disposed on the rotor body, a support block connected to the rotor winding and suspended within the frame, and thermally non-conductive straps extending from each of a pair of opposed sides of the support block to the frame, the straps suspending the support block within the frame. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575762 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/261.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07835578 | Cheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Darren Butler (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for transforming Video-To-Text is disclosed that automatically generates text descriptions of the content of a video. The present invention first segments an input video sequence according to predefined semantic classes using a Mixture-of-Experts blob segmentation algorithm. The resulting segmentation is coerced into a semantic concept graph and based on domain knowledge and a semantic concept hierarchy. Then, the initial semantic concept graph is summarized and pruned. Finally, according to the summarized semantic concept graph and its changes over time, text and/or speech descriptions are automatically generated using one of the three description schemes: key-frame, key-object and key-change descriptions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695755 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07835581 | Mathan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Santosh Mathan (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Patricia M. Ververs (Ellicott City, Maryland); Michael C. Dorneich (St. Paul, Minnesota); James C. Carciofini (Centerville, Minnesota); Stephen D. Whitlow (Saint Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of efficiently and effectively triaging an image that may include one or more target entities. The image is divided into a plurality of individual image chips, and each image chip is successively displayed to a user for a presentation time period. Data are collected from the user at least while each image chip is being displayed. For each image chip, a probability that the image chip at least includes a target entity is assigned, based at least in part on the collected data. The image is then displayed with the assigned probabilities overlaid thereon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/513723 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07835827 | Peed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Mitre Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doyle T. Peed (Roxboro, North Carolina); Peter M. Moertl (Silver Spring, Maryland); David A. Domino (Riva, Maryland); James D. Nickum (Bristow, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and computer-program products for communicating auditory alerts about runway hazards to aircraft. A conflict on at least one arrival runway is identified using information received from an existing conflict detection system. An auditory alert associated with the conflict is generated and then modulated onto a carrier frequency. The carrier frequency may be a 75 MHz marker beacon carrier frequency, and further, the carrier frequency may be slightly offset from the 75 MHz marker beacon carrier frequency. The modulated alert is transmitted to an aircraft approaching the arrival runway through a directional antenna, which receives the transmitted auditory alert through a marker beacon receiver without requiring additional flight deck equipment. The transmitted alert does not interfere with transmissions from both an outer marker beacon associated with the arrival runway and marker beacons associated with adjacent runways due to transmitted power levels and antenna directivity. Also, with the transmitted carrier frequency shifted slightly from the marker beacon carrier frequency, the transmitted alert would not interfere with the inner or outer marker on the arrival runway. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/812220 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
General Services Administration (GSA)
| US 07836090 | Perrizo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William K. Perrizo (Fargo, North Dakota); Taufik Fuadi Abidin (Piscataway, New Jersey); Amal Shehan Perera (Knoxville, Tennessee); Masum Serazi (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for performing and accelerating cluster analysis of large data sets is presented. The data set is formatted into binary bit Sequential (bSQ) format and then structured into a Peano Count tree (P-tree) format which represents a lossless tree representation of the original data. A P-tree algebra is defined and used to formulate a vertical set inner product (VSIP) technique that can be used to efficiently and scalably measure the mean value and total variation of a set about a fixed point in the large dataset. The set can be any projected subspace of any vector space, including oblique sub spaces. The VSIPs are used to determine the closeness of a point to a set of points in the large dataset making the VSIPs very useful in classification, clustering and outlier detection. One advantage is that the number of centroids (k) need not be pre-specified but are effectively determined. The high quality of the centroids makes them useful in partitioning clustering methods such as the k-means and the k-medoids clustering. The present invention also identifies the outliers. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/791004 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/797 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07833428 | Christenson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Packer Engineering, Inc. (Naperville, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Christenson (Kokomo, Indiana); Peter J. Schubert (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes and apparatuses for producing a porous material, such as nano-porous silicon (npSi) media suitable for storage and retrieval of elemental hydrogen. Processes of this invention generally entail applying a magnetic field to a substrate that contains charge carriers and is in contact with an etchant, and then etching the substrate with the etchant while relative movement occurs between the substrate and the magnetic field. During etching, the charge carriers move relative to the substrate and the magnetic field, and porosity forms at surfaces of the substrate contacting the etchant. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/764319 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07834147 | Qi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Childrens Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoyang Qi (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating subjects with disorders characterized by hyper-proliferating cells such as tumors and cancers are provided. The compositions comprise agents that are combinations of saposin C (or prosaposin-related polypeptides) and dioleoylphosphatidylserine (or inner leaflet components). This anti-tumor agent is administered in the methods of the invention according to a dosing regimen. Administering an agent of the invention results in a positive therapeutic response in a subject with a tumor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801517 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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