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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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| US 07841152 | Young et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith A. Young (St. Peters, Missouri); Ryan L. Hanks (Bunker Hill, Illinois); Kevin G. Waymack (Hazelwood, Missouri); David P. Heck (St. Peters, Missouri); David R. Bolser (Florissant, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Machined structural members and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a structural member includes a web portion that extends in a first direction that includes a non-planar portion, and a first flange portion coupled to the web portion that extends in the first direction. A second flange portion is coupled to the web portion that also extends in the first direction. The first flange portion and the second flange portion are spaced apart in a second direction that is approximately perpendicular to the first direction. The web portion and the first and second flange portions are integrally formed as a unitary, monoblock component. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/165829 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/749.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841290 | Reitz 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) | Ronald P. Reitz (Nottingham, Maryland); Gus F. Plangetis (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In one general aspect, a shaftless external propulsion system as described herein provides a sleeve configured to be externally mounted over a hull of a marine vehicle. In addition, the shaftless propulsion system provides a rotor and a first stator mounted on the sleeve. The rotor includes a rotor hub that cooperates with a rotor bearing to enable the rotor to rotate about the sleeve, the rotor further comprising rotor blades attached to the rotor hub. The rotor and the first stator are disposed between a collar located at a first end of the sleeve and a collar hub located at an opposite end of the sleeve. |
| FILED | Monday, February 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/706680 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/337 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841562 | Peritt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Peritt (Clinton, Ohio); Dennis L. Carter (Hudson, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A load patch for attaching concentrated loads to a flexible inflated structure such as a high-altitude airship is stiff in the direction of the applied load so as to carry the load, and is attached to the inflated structure for a very short distance through T-tape so as to minimize strain concentration in the inflated structure due to the stretching of the inflated structure. Since the load patch must be attached for a long length transverse to the load to distribute the applied load, it is transversely compliant to minimize strain concentration in the inflated structure due to stretching of the inflated structure. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/182563 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841563 | Goossen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emray R. Goossen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jonathan Lee Fleming (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An air data system and method for a ducted fan air-vehicle is described. The air data system includes a plurality of air pressure sensors placed around a lip of an air duct of the ducted fan air-vehicle. The air data system calculates the speed and direction of airflow surrounding the ducted fan air-vehicle based on pressure data measured across the lip of the air duct. Additionally, the air data system may estimate forces generated by airflow surrounding the air-vehicle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/685532 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/175 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841898 | Titus |
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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) | Jeffrey L. Titus (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary electrical adapter that can be used with a triaxial cable having a center connector, a middle connector, and an outer connector as well as a method for using the same is provided. The adapter's center connector electrically couples with the cable's center conductor, the middle connector electrically couples with the cable's middle conductor, and the outer connector electrically couples with the cable's outer conductor. The adapter further includes a first single-conductor connector electrically coupled with the center connector of the triaxial connector where the first single-conductor connector can be configured to provide the center conductor of the cable at a predetermined potential. The adapter embodiment further includes a second single-conductor electrically coupled with the middle connector of the triaxial connector where the second single-conductor connector is configured to provide the middle conductor of the cable at the same potential as the center conductor of the cable. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/512474 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/580 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841989 | Kiefer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Invocon, Inc. (Conroe, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl F. Kiefer (Conroe, Texas); Kevin Champaigne (Conroe, Texas); Gulnara Ajupova (Conroe, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-lethal and non-destructive electromagnetic personnel interdiction control stun type weapon system and method utilizes beamed radio frequency energy in a frequency range and modulated to impose a Lorentz force on the vestibular system or sensory cells of a remote human subject sufficient to disrupt the mechanical transduction process and/or the chemical engine by which sound, position and other sensory input are converted to messages by nerve cells and processed by the brain to produce complete disorientation, confusion, and incapacitation sufficient to temporarily render the subject powerless to resist arrest or subjugation. Removal of the electromagnetic energy leaves the nerve cells and surrounding tissues with no damage and second order effects of severe motion sickness and psychological effects of helplessness remains until the subject's body chemistry returns to normal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/243687 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/559 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842144 | Stiles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen N. Stiles (Port Tobacco, Maryland); John Luense (Accokeek, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a novel process for the production of casting powder with high ntirocellulose content, and casting multiple-base rocket propellant including nitroglycerin formulated from such casting powder. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/809842 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842178 | Leddy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johna Leddy (Iowa City, Iowa); Angela Wolf (Coralville, Iowa); Drew Dunwoody (N. St. Paul, Minnesota); Wayne Gellett (Ballwin, Missouri); Murat Ünlü (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrically conducting electrode having a composite and a current collector in electrical contact with the composite, the composite can comprise at least about 10 weight percent electrically conductive particles, at least about 0.5 weight percent magnetic particles, and an optional polymeric binder, wherein composite is at least about 80 weight percent with respect to the combined weight of the electrically conductive particles, the magnetic particles and the binder. Electrochemical systems can effectively use these electrodes to improve system performance. |
| FILED | Monday, April 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/405268 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842198 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The new fluorocarbon-functionalized and/or heterocycle-modified polythiophenes, in particular, α,ω-diperfluorohexylsexithiophene DFH-6T can be straightforwardly prepared in high yield and purity. Introduction of such modifications to a thiophene core affords enhanced thermal stability and volatility, and increased electron affinity versus the unmodified compositions of the prior art. Evaporated films behave as n-type semiconductors, and can be used to fabricate thin film transistors with FET mobilities ˜0.01 cm2/Vs—some of the highest reported to date for n-type organic semiconductors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/113662 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
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| US 07842344 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Jung-Hyurk Lim (Kimpo, South Korea); David S. Ginger (Seattle, Washington); Jwa-Min Nam (Evanston, Illinois); Ki-Bum Lee (Northbrook, Illinois); Linette Demers (Evanston, Illinois); Albena Ivanisevic (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of direct-write lithographic printing of proteins and peptides onto surfaces. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for creating protein and peptide arrays and compositions derived therefrom. Nanoscopic tips can be used to deposit the peptide or protein onto the surface to produce a pattern. The pattern can be dots or lines having dot diameter and line width of less than 1,000 nm. The tips and the substrate surfaces can be adapted for the peptide and protein lithography. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/788414 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842388 | Wynne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Joseph Wynne (Midlothian, Virginia); Biao Duan (Richmond, Virginia); Steven Grunzinger (Tokyo, Japan); Umit Makal (Strongsville, Ohio); Pinar Kurt (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymers, and particularly conventional commodity bulk polymers, are modified to have a surface activity of interest using a surface modifying polymer that includes a moiety that favors migration to the surface of the bulk polymer together with a moiety provides the activity of interest (e.g., biocidal, wettability modifying (hydrophobic or hydrophilic), resistance to radiant energy, providing a functional group for functionalizing the surface, etc.). The surface modifying polymer is combined with the bulk polymer, and, due to the presence of the moiety that favors migration, concentrates primarily on the surface of the bulk polymer such that the moiety that provides the activity of interest is located primarily on the surface of the bulk polymeric article which is produced. Advantageously, only a minimal amount (such as, e.g., about 2 weight %) of polymeric surface modifier is needed. Being able to achieve desired properties (such as biocidal activity, wettability modification, etc.) without needing much polymeric surface modifier is highly advantageous. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/374421 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/411.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842468 | North |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing neuroendocrine cancers via detecting the presence of N-methyl D-asparate-associated (NMDA) glutamate receptors type 1 and/or type 2. Methods for preventing and treating neuroendocrine cancers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254320 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842479 | Bayles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth W. Bayles (Omaha, Nebraska); Toni G. Patton (Omaha, Nebraska); Kelly C. Rice (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of increasing cultured cell growth yields and/or protein production from bacterial cell cultures are provided. More particularly, mutant bacterial cells having an alteration in the expression or activity of the cidABC operon, a gene therein, or a homolog or a regulator thereof, and methods for reducing acetic acid/acetate production in cultures are provided, as are methods for increasing cultured cell growth yields and/or protein production employing such cells. Methods for enhancing bacterial cell death and methods for identifying agents that increase the susceptibility of bacteria to cell death are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/597013 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842491 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Richard B. Thompson (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Thompson (Baltimore, Maryland); Daniel Elbaum (Newton, Massachusetts); Vincent L. Feliccia (Arnold, Maryland); David Christianson (Media, Pennsylvania); Marcia W. Patchan (Columbia, Maryland); Zhengfang Ge (Rockville, Maryland); Badri P. Maliwal (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and kits for homogeneous fluorescence polarization (anisotropy) assays for detecting and quantifying metal ions in solution. Metal-dependent binding of a fluorescent ligand to an unlabeled macromolecule effects a measurable change in anisotropy as will the binding of metal ions to a fluorescent labeled macromolecule. Binding of the fluorescent ligand to the unlabeled macromolecule is metal dependent with the change in anisotropy being proportional to the concentration of bound metal ions. Conversely, if the fluorescent label is first conjugated to a macromolecule and the macromolecule is subsequently stripped of metal ion, it may then be used to signal binding of metal ions. The covalently bound fluorescent label exhibits changes in anisotropy proportional to the concentration of bound metal ions. Kits comprise a fluorescent molecule and a macromolecule. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982956 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842625 | Stockton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nano-Tex, Inc. (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William B. Stockton (San Francisco, California); William Ware, Jr. (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating fabrics to facilitate moisture transfer from one side of the fabric to the other, and fabrics made according to such methods. The fabrics generally have one side or surface of the fabric treated with a net hydrophobic composition, whereas the opposing surface of the fabric is not treated with the net hydrophobic composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/977234 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/82 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842637 | Ebron et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lumimove, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Von Howard M. Ebron (Springfield, Missouri); Yevgenia V. Ulyanova (Meridianville, Alabama); Shifeng Hou (Pine Brook, New Jersey); Sriram Viswanathan (Springfield, Missouri); Patrick J. Kinlen (Fenton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An electroactivated film and methods for its production are described, where the film includes a first electrode that is spaced apart from a second electrode, a water insoluble electrically conductive medium which is permeable to moisture and oxygen, which comprises a water insoluble polymer gel containing an ionic liquid, and which contacts both electrodes, an electrocatalyst which can be reversibly oxidized and reduced and which facilitates the production of a peroxide when an electrical potential is imposed across the electrodes, and optionally a peroxide-activating catalyst which converts the peroxide to an activated peroxide. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/215348 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842830 | Marder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth Marder (Atlanta, Georgia); Jian-Yang Cho (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Bernard Kippelen (Decatur, Georgia); Benoit Domercq (Atlanta, Georgia); Steve Barlow (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include transition-metal charge-transport materials, methods of forming transition-metal charge-transport materials, and methods of using the transition-metal charge-transport materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/629268 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/146 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842881 | Comfeld et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emcore Solar Power, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Comfeld (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Mark N. Stan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul R. Sharps (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate and a sequence of semiconductor layers disposed over the substrate. The sequence of semiconductor layers includes a semiconductor window layer. The solar cell also includes a semiconductor silicon-containing cap layer over the window layer. The cap layer is spatially separated from the window layer by a semiconductor barrier layer that either includes no silicon or has a silicon concentration that is significantly lower than the silicon concentration of the cap layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/550881 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/261 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842972 | Nichols et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Retro Reflective Optics, LLC (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirby B. Nichols (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Robert Actis (Burlington, Massachusetts); Dong Xu (Nashua, New Hampshire); Wendell M. T. Kong (Hollis, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A pseudomorphic-high-electron-mobility-transistor (PHEMT) includes a substrate, a low-temperature-grown (LTG) GaAs gate-insulator layer disposed on the substrate, and a gate electrode disposed on the gate-insulator layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/632670 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843026 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shih-Yuan Wang (Palo Alto, California); Alexandre Bratkovski (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite material with at least one of a negative effective permittivity and a negative effective permeability for incident radiation of at least one wavelength is described. The composite material comprises conductive structures that are substantially random with respect to at least one of size, shape, orientation, and location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/290685 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843268 | Benson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hittite Microwave Corporation (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Benson (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A distributed amplifier system has a predetermined output impedance and input impedance and includes an input transmission circuit; an output transmission circuit; at least two amplifiers connected between the input and output transmission circuits; an input termination on the input transmission circuit; and a feedback output termination on the output transmission circuit connected back to the input transmission circuit for reducing low frequency loss while maintaining the predetermined output impedance and input impedance. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/148203 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843284 | Ayazi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Gavin Kar-Fai Ho (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Reza Abdolvand (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are micromechanical resonator apparatus having features that permit multiple resonators on the same substrate to operate at different operating frequencies. Exemplary micromechanical resonator apparatus includes a support substrate and suspended micromechanical resonator apparatus having a resonance frequency. In one embodiment, the suspended micromechanical resonator apparatus comprises a device substrate that is suspended from and attached to the support substrate, a piezoelectric layer formed on the suspended device substrate, and a plurality of interdigitated upper electrodes formed on the piezoelectric layer. In another embodiment, the suspended micromechanical resonator apparatus comprises a device substrate that is suspended from and attached to the support substrate, a lower electrode formed on the suspended device substrate, a piezoelectric layer formed on the lower electrode, and a plurality of interdigitated upper electrodes formed on the piezoelectric layer. The substrate may comprise a silicon substrate, or a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, such as a diamond on silicon substrate. Additionally, lateral frequency-adjusting electrodes may be disposed adjacent to the resonator apparatus that are separated therefrom by a capacitive gap, and which are configured to receive a direct current voltage that adjusts the resonance frequency of the resonator apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/618368 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/186 |
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| US 07843392 | Munger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Archer David Munger (Mesa, Arizona); Kevin Duane House (Gilbert, Arizona); Russell Thomas Thompson (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual-frequency conformal multi-filiar helical antenna system (20) provides a low-profile, low drag antenna useable in flying equipment. This antenna system (20) securely holds within its shell (22) signal distribution circuitry (64), signal combining circuitry (68), and any other circuit components necessary for antenna system (20) to communicate with other stations or devices. Antenna system (20) has radiating conductors (24, 32) tuned to two different frequencies such that simultaneous transmission and reception of signals is possible in the same and opposite directions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/176117 |
| 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 |
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| US 07843398 | Horner |
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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) | Robert Horner (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The method comprising coupling a first antenna element to a second antenna element to for a tapered slot antenna pair; electrically coupling a first end cap to the first antenna element; electrically couples a second end cap to the second antenna element; and configuring the first and second end caps to provide induction-canceling, capacitive coupling when operating at frequencies below a theoretical cutoff frequency. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623830 |
| 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 343/767 |
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| US 07843642 | Shaoulov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vesselin Shaoulov (Orlando, Florida); Jannick Rolland (Chuluota, Florida); Yonggang Ha (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems and methods for providing illumination in a head mounted display. In one embodiment a method includes emitting light from a plurality of sources at a plurality of wavelengths and transmitting the light from the plurality of sources to a first device. The method further includes combining the light, utilizing the first device, from the plurality of sources into a combined light signal and creating telecentricity in the combined light signal. The method also includes receiving a telecentric light signal on a display surface. In one embodiment the system includes a light source, a hybrid reflective structure configured as a truncated pyramid and further configured to transmit light emitted by the light source and an optics device configured to create telecentricity in light that was transmitted through the hybrid reflective structure to a display surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/417874 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/634 |
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| US 07844006 | Stojanovic |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milica Stojanovic (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method for compensation of an OFDM signal propagating through Doppler-distorted, time-varying multipath channels. The method is based on low-complexity post-FFT signal processing. Minimum mean square error combining of signals is performed for signals received at spatially-distributed receiver elements using adaptive channel estimation and phase tracking. Doppler shifts are modeled as a consequence of motion-induced time compression and dilation. The Doppler rate is assumed constant over one OFDM block but can vary between OFDM blocks. Thus a non-constant Doppler shift is accommodated by the method. Non-uniform Doppler compensation across subchannels is based on adaptive estimation and prediction of the Doppler rate. A single adaptively estimated parameter is used to track the phases of all the carriers and channel estimates are updated on a block by block basis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/853106 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/260 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a first Fabry-Perot interferometry channel and a second Fabry-Perot interferometry channel serially and optically coupled to the first Fabry-Perot interferometry channel. One channel of the first and second Fabry-Perot interferometry channels has a greater tuning range than the other channel of the first and second Fabry-Perot interferometry channels. The Fabry-Perot interferometry channel having the lesser tuning range has a greater tuning precision than the Fabry-Perot interferometry channel having the greater tuning range. The system may be included in a MEMS-based system, such as a MEMS spectrometer. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/102698 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/24 |
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| US 07844162 | Nguyen 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) | Vinh Q Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermally stable chalcogenide glass, a process for making the same, and an optical fiber drawn therefrom are provided. A chalcogenide glass having the composition Ge(5−y)As(32−x)Se(59+x)Te(4+y) (0≦y≦1 and 0≦x≦2) is substantially free from crystallization when it is heated past the glass transition temperature Tg or drawn into optical fibers. A process for making the thermally stable chalcogenide glass includes purifying the components to remove oxides and scattering centers, batching the components in a preprocessed distillation ampoule, gettering oxygen impurities from the mixture, and heating the components to form a glass melt. An optical fiber formed from the chalcogenide glass is substantially free from crystallization and exhibits low signal loss in the near-infrared region, particularly at wavelengths of about 1.55 μm. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/491264 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844364 | McLurkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James McLurkin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Smith (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for operating, such as methods for dispersing and clustering, robotic devices (i.e., “robots”) employ adaptive behavior relative to neighboring robots and external (e.g., environmental) conditions. Each robot is capable of receiving, processing, and acting on one or more multi-device primitive commands that describe a task the robot will perform in response to other robots and the external conditions. The commands facilitate a distributed command and control structure, relieving a central apparatus or operator from the need to monitor the progress of each robot. This virtually eliminates the corresponding constraint on the maximum number of robots that can be deployed to perform a task (e.g., data collection, mapping, searching, dispersion, and retrieval). By increasing the number of robots, the efficiency in completing the task is also increased. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/130842 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844397 | Lund et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Lund (Otsego, Minnesota); Lawrence C. Vallot (Shoreview, Minnesota); Wayne A. Soehren (Wayzata, Minnesota); Mario Ignagni (Roseville, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A relative navigation system including a first unit responsive to the motion of a first position, a second unit responsive to the motion of a second position and a processing unit that generates a relative navigation solution as a function of first unit information and second unit information. The generated relative navigation solution is indicative of at least one of: a relative position vector of the second position relative to the first position, a relative velocity of the second position relative to the first position, and a relative attitude of the first unit at the first position relative to the second unit at the second position. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/341812 |
| 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 71/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844556 | Edelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald M. Edelman (La Jolla, California); Jeffrey L. Krichmar (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California); Douglas A. Nitz (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A brain-based device (BBD) having a physical mobile device NOMAD controlling and under control by a simulated nervous system. The simulated nervous system is based on an intricate anatomy and physiology of the hippocampus and its surrounding neuronal regions including the cortex. The BBD integrates spatial signals from numerous objects in time and provides flexible navigation solutions to aid in the exploration of unknown environments. As NOMAD navigates in its real world environment, the hippocampus of the simulated nervous system organizes multi-modal input information received from sensors on NOMAD over timescales and uses this organization for the development of spatial and episodic memories necessary for navigation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331133 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844634 | Hildrum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirsten Weale Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for community discovery in a network are disclosed. For example, a technique for discovering a community around a given entity in an interaction graph, wherein nodes in the graph represent entities and edges connecting nodes in the graph represent interactions between connected nodes, comprises the following steps/operations. Nodes in the interaction graph are partitioned into different sets of nodes based on interaction information associated with each node to minimize a number of interaction pairs that need to be considered. An objective function is minimized by moving entities between the different sets such that the community is discovered once a measure associated with the objective function is minimized. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/283383 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/798 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844687 | Gelvin et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Gelvin (Escondido, California); Lewis D. Girod (Los Angeles, California); William J. Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); William M. Merrill (Los Angeles, California); Fredric Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California); Anton I. Sipos (Los Angeles, California); Sandeep Vardhan (Walnut, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) nodes provide distributed network and Internet access to sensors, controls, and processors that are deeply embedded in equipment, facilities, and the environment. The WINS NG network is a new monitoring and control capability for applications in transportation, manufacturing, health care, environmental monitoring, and safety and security. The WINS NG nodes combine microsensor technology, low power distributed signal processing, low power computation, and low power, low cost wireless and/or wired networking capability in a compact system. The WINS NG networks provide sensing, local control, remote reconfigurability, and embedded intelligent systems in structures, materials, and environments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 04, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/684742 |
| ART UNIT | 2446 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844746 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Claude Basso (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jean L. Calvignac (Raleigh, North Carolina); Edward J. Seminaro (Milton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A heterogeneous processing element model is provided where I/O devices look and act like processors. In order to be treated like a processor, an I/O processing element, or other special purpose processing element, must follow some rules and have some characteristics of a processor, such as address translation, security, interrupt handling, and exception processing, for example. The heterogeneous processing element model abstracts an I/O device such that communication intended for the I/O device may be packetized and sent over a network. Thus, a virtualization platform may packetize communication intended for a remotely located I/O device and transmit the packetized communication over a distance, rather than having to make a call to a library, call a device driver, pin memory, and so forth. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024695 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844778 | Shen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Shen (Hopewell Junction, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Robert W. Wisniewski (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for replacing cached data is disclosed. The method in one aspect associates an importance value to each block of data in the cache. When a new entry needs to be stored in the cache, a cache block for replacing is selected based on the importance values associated with cache blocks. In another aspect, the importance values are set according to the hardware and/or software's knowledge of the memory access patterns. The method in one aspect may also include varying the importance value over time over different processing requirements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/484824 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844807 | Levitan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Levitan (Austin, Texas); Lixin Zhang (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In at least one embodiment, a processor includes at least one execution unit and instruction sequencing logic that fetches instructions for execution by the execution unit. The instruction sequencing logic includes branch logic that outputs predicted branch target addresses for use as instruction fetch addresses. The branch logic includes a branch target address cache (BTAC) having at least one direct entry providing storage for a direct branch target address prediction associating a first instruction fetch address with a branch target address to be used as a second instruction fetch address immediately after the first instruction fetch address and at least one indirect entry providing storage for an indirect branch target address prediction associating a third instruction fetch address with a branch target address to be used as a fourth instruction fetch address subsequent to both the third instruction fetch address and an intervening fifth instruction fetch address. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024197 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844869 | Bushard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis Bernard Bushard (Rochester, Minnesota); Todd Alan Christensen (Rochester, Minnesota); Jesse Daniel Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and circuit implement testing of a circuit path including a memory array and logic including Logic Built in Self Test (LBIST) diagnostics, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. Testing of the circuit path includes initializing the memory array in the circuit path with an initialization pattern, switching to Logic Built in Self Test (LBIST) mode and providing a read only mode for the memory array, and running Logic Built in Self Test (LBIST) testing of the circuit path. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/015254 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844997 | Tucker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Tucker (Clearwater, Florida); Brian R. Bernier (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to prevent unauthorized access to a protected device includes a test access port operable to mate with a test access connector, a security key port operable to mate with a security key and a security device in electrical communication with the test access port and the security key port. The protected device is in electrical communication with the test access port when the security device is enabled based on the security key. The test equipment is authorized for access to the protected device when the security device is enabled. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/330790 |
| ART UNIT | 2437 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin He (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Zhongming Liu (St. Paul, Minnesota); Chenguang Liu (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Generating a three-dimensional representation of cardiac electrical activity within a subject's heart includes collecting, from a catheter having a distal portion that includes sensors that sense electrical activity and which catheter distal portion is positioned within a cardiac chamber of a subject, data for electrical activity sensed by the catheter distal portion while positioned within the chamber of the heart. The method also includes executing an imaging algorithm on the collected electrical activity data to generate a three-dimensional representation of cardiac electrical activity within a volume of the subject including all or a portion of the subject's heart. The method further includes displaying the imaged three-dimensional cardiac electrical activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/747161 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842006 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guiren Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama); Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Feng (Cincinnati, Ohio); Peter Storm (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an ultrasonic thrombectomy catheter that produces physical forces (shear rates) strong enough to emulsify obstructions such as thrombi and emboli without causing damage to arterial walls. This is accomplished by properly arranging piezoelectric transducers within a catheter and a tubular catheter head separated by a gap to generate acoustic streaming that simultaneously emulsifies the obstruction and sweeps resulting debris into a catheter lumen for removal. The open gap may be formed by supporting struts that connect the catheter to the catheter head. The design of the catheter tip allows the fabrication of catheters capable of removing partial or complete blockages from arteries and other vessels having diameters as small as 2 mm. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/561303 |
| ART UNIT | 3767 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842244 | Sklar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bruce S. Edwards (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Frederick W. Kuckuck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention, provides a flow cytometry apparatus for the detection of particles from a plurality of samples comprising: means for moving a plurality of samples comprising particles from a plurality of respective source wells into a fluid flow stream; means for introducing a separation gas between each of the plurality of samples in the fluid flow stream; and means for selectively analyzing each of the plurality of samples for the particles. The present invention also provides a flow cytometry method employing such an apparatus. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/151252 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842278 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Natural Pharmacia International, Inc. (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Y-W Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Xiao-Shen Ji (Acton, Massachusetts); James A. Raleigh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features a class of 2-nitroimidazole compounds with a secondary basic nitrogen atom and a linker bearing one or more therapeutic agents, cytotoxic agents, detectable labels, or chelating groups. In particular, the invention provides 2-nitroimidazole compounds containing a cluster of boron atoms for use in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The 2-nitroimidazole compounds can be used to treat hypoxic conditions, including, e.g., cancer, inflammation, and ischemia. The weakly basic 2-nitroimidazole compounds target to hypoxic tissue and provide increased tissue concentration overall. |
| FILED | Friday, October 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/588634 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842289 | Dubensky, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aduro BioTech (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr. (Piedmont, California); Daniel A. Portnoy (Albany, California); William S. Luckett, Jr. (Richmond, California); David N. Cook (Lafayette, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides recombinant nucleic acid molecules, expression cassettes, and vectors useful for expression of polypeptides, including heterologous polypeptides, such as antigens, in bacteria. Some of the recombinant nucleic acid molecules, expression cassettes and vectors comprise codon-optimized sequences encoding the polypeptides and/or signal peptides. Some of the recombinant nucleic acid molecules, expression cassettes, and expression vectors comprise sequences encoding non-Listerial and/or non-secA1 signal peptides for secretion of the polypeptides. The invention also provides bacteria comprising the nucleic acid molecules, expression cassettes, and expression vectors, as well as compositions such as vaccines comprising the bacteria. Methods of making and using the bacteria, recombinant nucleic acid molecules, and expression cassettes are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/021441 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
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| US 07842298 | Meng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiang-Jin Meng (Blacksburg, Virginia); Gholamreza Haqshenas (Tehran, Iran); Fang-Fang Huang (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a novel isolated avian hepatitis E virus having a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 or its complementary strand. The invention further concerns immunogenic compositions comprising this new virus or recombinant products such as the nucleic acid and vaccines that protect an avian or mammalian species from viral infection or hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome caused by the hepatitis E virus. Also included in the scope of the invention is a method for propagating, inactivating or attenuating a hepatitis E virus comprising inoculating an embryonated chicken egg with a live, pathogenic hepatitis E virus and recovering the virus or serially passing the pathogenic virus through additional embryonated chicken eggs until the virus is rendered inactivated or attenuated. Further, this invention concerns diagnostic reagents for detecting an avian hepatitis E viral infection or diagnosing hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome in an avian or mammalian species comprising an antibody raised or produced against the immunogenic compositions and antigens such as ORF2 proteins expressed in a baculovirus vector, E. coli, etc. The invention additionally encompasses methods for detecting avian HEV nucleic acid sequences using nucleic acid hybridization probes or oligonucleotide primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR). |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/507576 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/204.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842299 | Lewinsohn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon); Deborah Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing an immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are disclosed herein. In several examples, the immune response is a protective immune response. In additional embodiments, methods are disclosed for preventing an infection with Mtb, or treating an infection with Mtb. Pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of tuberculosis are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/282865 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/248.100 |
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| US 07842461 | Chiorazzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Chiorazzi (Tenafly, New Jersey); Rajendra N. Damle (Lynbrook, New York); Tarun Wasil (St. John's, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention discloses a method for determining the prognosis and probable clinical course of a subject diagnosed with B-CLL. Specifically, the invention involves comparing CD38 expression in a biological sample from the subject containing B-CLL cells to a baseline level of CD38 expression, wherein an elevated level of CD38 expression in relation to the baseline level of CD38 expression may indicate poor prognosis or aggressive course of disease in the subject. Also disclosed is a method for determining whether the Ig V genes of the B-CLL cells of a B-CLL patient are mutated, comprising comparing CD38 expression in a biological sample from the subject containing B-CLL cells to a baseline level of CD38 expression, wherein a lower level of CD38 expression in relation to the baseline level indicates IG V gene mutation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/796405 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. North (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing neuroendocrine cancers via detecting the presence of N-methyl D-asparate-associated (NMDA) glutamate receptors type 1 and/or type 2. Methods for preventing and treating neuroendocrine cancers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254320 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07842469 | Gambhir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portola Valley, California); Abhijit De (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) systems, methods of detecting a protein-protein interaction, noninvasive methods for detecting the interaction of a first protein with a second protein within a living animal, methods to determine the efficacy of a test compound administered to modulate the interaction of a first protein with a second protein in a living animal, BRET vectors, kits relating to each of the above, transgenic cell or progeny thereof and/or animals relating to each of the above, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365984 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Michael Conn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | This application relates to methods of identifying pharmacoperone agents that can restore function to a misfolded protein, such as a misfolded protein that causes disease. Also disclosed are methods of using such pharmacoperone agents to treat a disease or disorder that results from the misfolded protein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/050662 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842479 | Bayles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth W. Bayles (Omaha, Nebraska); Toni G. Patton (Omaha, Nebraska); Kelly C. Rice (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of increasing cultured cell growth yields and/or protein production from bacterial cell cultures are provided. More particularly, mutant bacterial cells having an alteration in the expression or activity of the cidABC operon, a gene therein, or a homolog or a regulator thereof, and methods for reducing acetic acid/acetate production in cultures are provided, as are methods for increasing cultured cell growth yields and/or protein production employing such cells. Methods for enhancing bacterial cell death and methods for identifying agents that increase the susceptibility of bacteria to cell death are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/597013 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Esteban Celis (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an immunogenic or antigenic polypeptide containing a translocation domain, a peptide epitope, at least one biologically active agent, and cleavage sites. These polypeptides are useful for activating T cell responses. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/478179 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842492 | Myette et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Myette (Waltham, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is related, in part, to sulfatase enzymes and methods of their use. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/006794 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
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| US 07842499 | Murphy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Platypus Technologies, LLC (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Barbara Israel (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin); Nicholas Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of molecular diagnostics. In particular, the present invention provided improved substrates and methods of using liquid crystals and other biophotonically based assays for quantitating the amount of an analyte in a sample. The present invention also provides materials and methods for detecting non-specific binding of an analyte to a substrate by using a liquid crystal or other biophotonically based assay formats. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890740 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/288.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842513 | Colgin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AspenBio Pharma, Inc. (Castle Rock, Colorado); University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Colgin (Castle Rock, Colorado); Diane Newman (Castle Rock, Colorado); Cathy Landmann (Highlands Ranch, Colorado); Jay W. Roth (Golden, Colorado); Roger Hurst (Castle Rock, Colorado); Thomas R. Hansen (Fort Collins, Colorado); Kathleen Jeanette Austin (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods and compositions for testing for pregnancy and non-pregnancy in ungulates and non-hoofed ruminates. The tests provided by this invention are useful during a time that coincides with the estrus cycle during which breeding occurs or the first estrus cycle after breeding of a non-pregnant animal. The tests provided by this invention are useful in estrus and ovulation synchronization programs, with pregnancy testing useful at a time allowing for resynchronization of non-pregnant animals within the first estrus cycle. The tests provided by this invention assay for the presence, absence, or level of a selected IFN-τ-induced protein in a sample from a female animal. The tests of this invention are useful for testing cells, blood, plasma, serum, cells, milk, nasal secretions, ocular secretions, vaginal secretions, urine, and saliva samples. The tests provided by this invention are immunoassays. Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies useful in such tests, as well as methods of making such antibodies and hybridoma cell lines, are provided. Devices for performing such tests, methods of using such devices, and methods of making such devices are provided. Kits containing such devices are also provided. This invention provides a method for determining readiness for breeding. This invention provides a method for resynchronizing breeding with breeding cycle times of one estrus cycle or shorter. This invention also provides a method for breeding by forcing estrus and artificial insemination by appointment. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/428244 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842517 | Hseih-Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda Hseih-Wilson (San Marino, California); Nelly Khidekel (Pasadena, California); Hwan-Ching Tai (Pasadena, California); Sabine Arndt (Dortmund, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for the rapid and sensitive detection of post-translationally modified proteins, and particularly of those with post-translational glycosylations. The methods can be used to detect O-GlcNAc posttranslational modifications on proteins on which such modifications were undetectable using other techniques. In one embodiment, the method exploits the ability of an engineered mutant of β-1,4-galactosyltransferase to selectively transfer an unnatural ketone functionality onto O-GlcNAc glycosylated proteins. Once transferred, the ketone moiety serves as a versatile handle for the attachment of biotin, thereby enabling detection of the modified protein. The approach permits the rapid visualization of proteins that are at the limits of detection using traditional methods. Further, the preferred embodiments can be used for detection of certain disease states, such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/763834 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842671 | Turkson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Turkson (Tampa, Florida); Richard Jove (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guildford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns compositions and methods for blocking cancer cell growth or proliferation and/or inducing cancer cell death. Compositions of the present invention are peptidomimetics that inhibit STAT function. Peptidomimetics of the invention include compounds of the formula RY*L (where Y* represents phosphotyrosine), with the R group at the Y-1 position. Peptidomimetics of the invention disrupt Stat3 activation and function. Peptidomimetics of the invention significantly inhibit tumor cell growth and induce tumor cell death. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/986237 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842673 | Brink 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) | Peter R. Brink (Setauket, New York); Michael R Rosen (New York, New York); Richard B Robinson (Cresskill, New Jersey); Ira S. Cohen (Stony Brook, New York); Arthur Grollman (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of delivering an oligonucleotide or a plasmid expressing an oligonucleotide into a target cell comprises introducing an oligonucleotide into a donor cell, particularly a stem cell, and contacting the target cell with the donor cell under conditions permitting the donor cell to form a gap junction with the target cell, whereby the oligonucleotide or a product of the oligonucleotide is delivered into the target cell from the donor cell. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/583369 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842729 | Protopopova 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); Sequella, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marina Nikolaevna Protopopova (Silver Springs, Maryland); Richard Edward Lee (Cordova, Tennessee); Richard Allan Slayden (Ft. Collins, Colorado); Clifton E. Barry, III (Washington, District of Columbia); Elena Bogatcheva (Bethesda, Maryland); Leo Einck (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating disease caused by infectious agents, particularly tuberculosis. In particular, methods and compositions comprising substituted ethylene diamines for the treatment of infectious diseases are provided. In one embodiment, these methods and compositions are used for the treatment of mycobacterial infections, including, but not limited to, tuberculosis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145499 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/648 |
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| US 07842758 | Therien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Therien (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kimihiro Susumu (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns compounds, oligomers, and polymers that contain: (I), (II), (III), or (IV) groups; where “-” indicates points of attachment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/160265 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/349 |
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| US 07842780 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Rina Nazarov (Pine Meadow, Connecticut); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Lorenz Meinel (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides processes for producing porous silk fibroin scaffold material. The porous silk fibroin scaffold can be used for tissue engineering. The porosity of the silk fibroin scaffolds described herein can be adjusted as to mimic the gradient of densities found in natural tissue. Accordingly, methods for engineering of 3-dimensional tissue, e.g. bone and cartilage, using the silk fibroin scaffold material are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/541182 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
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| US 07842786 | Zuker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); United States of America, NIH (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S Zuker (San Diego, California); Nicholas J. P. Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Jayaram Chandrashekar (San Diego, California); Mark A Hoon (Kensington, Maryland); Yifeng Zhang (La Jolla, California); Gregory A Nelson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet or amino acid taste receptors comprising T1R3 and T1R1, two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet and amino acid taste receptors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/121576 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07842798 | Buchholz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ursula Buchholz (Silver Spring, Maryland); Peter L. Collins (Silver Spring, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Christine D. Krempl (Merzhausen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric human-bovine respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are infectious and attenuated in humans and other mammals and useful in vaccine formulations for eliciting an anti-RSV immune response. Also provided are isolated polynucleotide molecules and vectors incorporating a chimeric RSV genome or antigenome which includes a partial or complete human or bovine RSV “background” genome or antigenome combined or integrated with one or more heterologous gene(s) or genome segment(s) of a different RSV strain. In preferred aspects of the invention, chimeric RSV incorporate a partial or complete bovine RSV background genome or antigenome combined with one or more heterologous gene(s) or genome segment(s) from a human RSV. A variety of additional mutations and nucleotide modifications are provided within the human-bovine chimeric RSV of the invention to yield desired phenotypic and structural effects. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/203620 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844319 | Susil et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Susil (Baltimore, Maryland); Gwyneth Susil (Baltimore, Maryland); Ergin Atalar (Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey); Albert C. Lardo (Baldin, Maryland); Henry R. Halperin (Baltimore, Maryland); Ronald D. Berger (Baltimore, Maryland); Hugh Calkins (Baltimore, Maryland); Paul Bottomley (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein is disclosed a probe, including a first electrode disposed at least partially on the probe surface, a second electrode disposed at least partially on the probe surface, a first conductor electrically coupled to the first electrode, a second conductor electrically coupled to the second electrode, and a reactive element electrically coupling the first conductor and the second conductor. |
| FILED | Monday, April 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/123534 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin He (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Zhongming Liu (St. Paul, Minnesota); Chenguang Liu (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Generating a three-dimensional representation of cardiac electrical activity within a subject's heart includes collecting, from a catheter having a distal portion that includes sensors that sense electrical activity and which catheter distal portion is positioned within a cardiac chamber of a subject, data for electrical activity sensed by the catheter distal portion while positioned within the chamber of the heart. The method also includes executing an imaging algorithm on the collected electrical activity data to generate a three-dimensional representation of cardiac electrical activity within a volume of the subject including all or a portion of the subject's heart. The method further includes displaying the imaged three-dimensional cardiac electrical activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/747161 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/508 |
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| US 07842198 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Antonio Facchetti (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The new fluorocarbon-functionalized and/or heterocycle-modified polythiophenes, in particular, α,ω-diperfluorohexylsexithiophene DFH-6T can be straightforwardly prepared in high yield and purity. Introduction of such modifications to a thiophene core affords enhanced thermal stability and volatility, and increased electron affinity versus the unmodified compositions of the prior art. Evaporated films behave as n-type semiconductors, and can be used to fabricate thin film transistors with FET mobilities ˜0.01 cm2/Vs—some of the highest reported to date for n-type organic semiconductors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/113662 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
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| US 07842344 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Jung-Hyurk Lim (Kimpo, South Korea); David S. Ginger (Seattle, Washington); Jwa-Min Nam (Evanston, Illinois); Ki-Bum Lee (Northbrook, Illinois); Linette Demers (Evanston, Illinois); Albena Ivanisevic (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of direct-write lithographic printing of proteins and peptides onto surfaces. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for creating protein and peptide arrays and compositions derived therefrom. Nanoscopic tips can be used to deposit the peptide or protein onto the surface to produce a pattern. The pattern can be dots or lines having dot diameter and line width of less than 1,000 nm. The tips and the substrate surfaces can be adapted for the peptide and protein lithography. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/788414 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/258 |
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| US 07842352 | Gemici et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zekeriyya Gemici (Istanbul, Turkey); Michael F. Rubner (Westford, Massachusetts); Robert E. Cohen (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface can be treated to deposit a superhydrophilic coating on a surface that can be antireflective and antifogging. The coating can remain antireflective and antifogging for extended periods. The coating can include oppositely charge inorganic nanoparticles, and can be substantially free of an organic polymer. The coating can be made mechanically robust by a hydrothermal calcination. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/463500 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/470 |
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| US 07842388 | Wynne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Joseph Wynne (Midlothian, Virginia); Biao Duan (Richmond, Virginia); Steven Grunzinger (Tokyo, Japan); Umit Makal (Strongsville, Ohio); Pinar Kurt (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymers, and particularly conventional commodity bulk polymers, are modified to have a surface activity of interest using a surface modifying polymer that includes a moiety that favors migration to the surface of the bulk polymer together with a moiety provides the activity of interest (e.g., biocidal, wettability modifying (hydrophobic or hydrophilic), resistance to radiant energy, providing a functional group for functionalizing the surface, etc.). The surface modifying polymer is combined with the bulk polymer, and, due to the presence of the moiety that favors migration, concentrates primarily on the surface of the bulk polymer such that the moiety that provides the activity of interest is located primarily on the surface of the bulk polymeric article which is produced. Advantageously, only a minimal amount (such as, e.g., about 2 weight %) of polymeric surface modifier is needed. Being able to achieve desired properties (such as biocidal activity, wettability modification, etc.) without needing much polymeric surface modifier is highly advantageous. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/374421 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/411.100 |
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| US 07842485 | Gill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan T. Gill (Denver, Colorado); Michael D. Lynch (Westminster, Colorado); Tanya Warnecke (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and compositions for microorganisms having increased alcohol tolerance. In certain embodiments, methods for using such microorganisms, and methods for identifying gene or genetic regions responsible for increased alcohol tolerance are contemplated. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/686864 |
| 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 435/161 |
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| US 07842491 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Richard B. Thompson (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Thompson (Baltimore, Maryland); Daniel Elbaum (Newton, Massachusetts); Vincent L. Feliccia (Arnold, Maryland); David Christianson (Media, Pennsylvania); Marcia W. Patchan (Columbia, Maryland); Zhengfang Ge (Rockville, Maryland); Badri P. Maliwal (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and kits for homogeneous fluorescence polarization (anisotropy) assays for detecting and quantifying metal ions in solution. Metal-dependent binding of a fluorescent ligand to an unlabeled macromolecule effects a measurable change in anisotropy as will the binding of metal ions to a fluorescent labeled macromolecule. Binding of the fluorescent ligand to the unlabeled macromolecule is metal dependent with the change in anisotropy being proportional to the concentration of bound metal ions. Conversely, if the fluorescent label is first conjugated to a macromolecule and the macromolecule is subsequently stripped of metal ion, it may then be used to signal binding of metal ions. The covalently bound fluorescent label exhibits changes in anisotropy proportional to the concentration of bound metal ions. Kits comprise a fluorescent molecule and a macromolecule. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982956 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/232 |
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| US 07842517 | Hseih-Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda Hseih-Wilson (San Marino, California); Nelly Khidekel (Pasadena, California); Hwan-Ching Tai (Pasadena, California); Sabine Arndt (Dortmund, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for the rapid and sensitive detection of post-translationally modified proteins, and particularly of those with post-translational glycosylations. The methods can be used to detect O-GlcNAc posttranslational modifications on proteins on which such modifications were undetectable using other techniques. In one embodiment, the method exploits the ability of an engineered mutant of β-1,4-galactosyltransferase to selectively transfer an unnatural ketone functionality onto O-GlcNAc glycosylated proteins. Once transferred, the ketone moiety serves as a versatile handle for the attachment of biotin, thereby enabling detection of the modified protein. The approach permits the rapid visualization of proteins that are at the limits of detection using traditional methods. Further, the preferred embodiments can be used for detection of certain disease states, such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/763834 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842758 | Therien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Therien (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kimihiro Susumu (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention concerns compounds, oligomers, and polymers that contain: (I), (II), (III), or (IV) groups; where “-” indicates points of attachment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/160265 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842780 | Kaplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Rina Nazarov (Pine Meadow, Connecticut); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Lorenz Meinel (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides processes for producing porous silk fibroin scaffold material. The porous silk fibroin scaffold can be used for tissue engineering. The porosity of the silk fibroin scaffolds described herein can be adjusted as to mimic the gradient of densities found in natural tissue. Accordingly, methods for engineering of 3-dimensional tissue, e.g. bone and cartilage, using the silk fibroin scaffold material are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/541182 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842793 | Rothemund |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul W. K. Rothemund (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to methods and composition for generating nanoscale devices, systems, and enzyme factories based upon a nucleic acid nanostructure the can be designed to have a predetermined structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/452699 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842830 | Marder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth Marder (Atlanta, Georgia); Jian-Yang Cho (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Bernard Kippelen (Decatur, Georgia); Benoit Domercq (Atlanta, Georgia); Steve Barlow (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include transition-metal charge-transport materials, methods of forming transition-metal charge-transport materials, and methods of using the transition-metal charge-transport materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/629268 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/146 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843283 | Reichenbach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Reichenbach (Ithaca, New York); Keith Aubin (Coventry, Rhode Island); Maxim Zalalutdinov (Silver Springs, Maryland); Jeevak M. Parpia (Ithaca, New York); Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of micromechanical oscillators have different resonant frequencies based on their geometries. In one embodiment, a micromechanical oscillator has a resonant frequency defined by an effective spring constant that is modified by application of heat. In one embodiment, the oscillator is disc of material supported by a pillar of much smaller diameter than the disc. The periphery of the disc is heated to modify the resonant frequency (or equivalently the spring constant or stiffness) of the disc. Continuous control of the output phase and frequency may be achieved when the oscillator becomes synchronized with an imposed sinusoidal force of close frequency. The oscillator frequency can be detuned to produce an easily controlled phase differential between the injected signal and the oscillator feedback. A phased array radar may be produced using independent phase controllable oscillators. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/598097 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843378 | Venkatachalam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam (Fort Collins, Colorado); Gang Xu (Houston, Texas); Yanting Wang (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for estimating atmospheric conditions are disclosed according to embodiments of the invention. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving reflective atmospheric data and solving a flow equation for motion coefficients using the reflective atmospheric data. Future atmospheric conditions can be estimated using the motion coefficients and the reflective atmospheric data. In another embodiment of the invention, the flow equation is solved in the frequency domain. Various linear regression tools may be used to solve for the coefficients. In another embodiment of the system, a radar system is disclosed that predicts future atmospheric conditions by solving the spectral flow equation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/074511 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/26.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843908 | Rojas-Cessa et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto Rojas-Cessa (Brooklyn, New York); Chuan-Bi Lin (Kearny, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A configuration scheme for IQC switches that hierarchizes the matching process reduces configuration complexity by performing routing first and port matching afterwards in a three-stage Clos-network switch. This scheme applies the reduction concept of Clos networks to the matching process. This, in turn, results in a feasible size of schedulers for up to Exabit-capacity switches, an independent configuration of the middle stage modules from port matches, a reduction of the matching communication overhead between different stages, and a release of the switching function to the last-stage modules in a three-stage switch. The switching performance of the proposed approach using weight-based and weightless selection schemes is high under uniform and non-uniform traffic. The number of stages of a Clos-network switch can be reduced to two. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/134824 |
| ART UNIT | 2465 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/386 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844006 | Stojanovic |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milica Stojanovic (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a method for compensation of an OFDM signal propagating through Doppler-distorted, time-varying multipath channels. The method is based on low-complexity post-FFT signal processing. Minimum mean square error combining of signals is performed for signals received at spatially-distributed receiver elements using adaptive channel estimation and phase tracking. Doppler shifts are modeled as a consequence of motion-induced time compression and dilation. The Doppler rate is assumed constant over one OFDM block but can vary between OFDM blocks. Thus a non-constant Doppler shift is accommodated by the method. Non-uniform Doppler compensation across subchannels is based on adaptive estimation and prediction of the Doppler rate. A single adaptively estimated parameter is used to track the phases of all the carriers and channel estimates are updated on a block by block basis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/853106 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844079 | Hassebrook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (UKRF) (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence G. Hassebrook (Lexington, Kentucky); Daniel L. Lau (Lexington, Kentucky); Chun Guan (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique, associated system and program code, for retrieving depth information about at least one surface of an object, such as an anatomical feature. Core features include: projecting a composite image comprising a plurality of modulated structured light patterns, at the anatomical feature; capturing an image reflected from the surface; and recovering pattern information from the reflected image, for each of the modulated structured light patterns. Pattern information is preferably recovered for each modulated structured light pattern used to create the composite, by performing a demodulation of the reflected image. Reconstruction of the surface can be accomplished by using depth information from the recovered patterns to produce a depth map/mapping thereof. Each signal waveform used for the modulation of a respective structured light pattern, is distinct from each of the other signal waveforms used for the modulation of other structured light patterns of a composite image; these signal waveforms may be selected from suitable types in any combination of distinct signal waveforms, provided the waveforms used are uncorrelated with respect to each other. The depth map/mapping to be utilized in a host of applications, for example: displaying a 3-D view of the object; virtual reality user-interaction interface with a computerized device; face—or other animal feature or inanimate object—recognition and comparison techniques for security or identification purposes; and 3-D video teleconferencing/telecollaboration. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/283818 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott M. Martin (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved gas turbine combustor (20) including a basket (26) and a multiplicity of micro openings (29) arrayed across an inlet wall (27) for passage of a fuel/air mixture for ignition within the combustor. The openings preferably have a diameter on the order of the quenching diameter; i.e. the port diameter for which the flame is self-extinguishing, which is a function of the fuel mixture, temperature and pressure. The basket may have a curved rectangular shape that approximates the shape of the curved rectangular shape of the intake manifolds of the turbine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/497114 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/752 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841226 | Wingo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Wingo (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kirsten J. McCabe (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Timothy K. Haarmann (Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an apparatus for the detection of volatile and semi-volatile chemicals using the olfactory abilities of honey bees that are trained to respond to the presence of a specific chemical in a sample of gas with the proboscis extension reflex (PER). In particular, the geometry and arrangement of the parts of the apparatus are such that the amount of surface area in contact with the sample of gas prior to its introduction to the bees is minimized to improve the detection of particular volatile and semi-volatile that have a tendency to “stick” to contacting surfaces, especially certain chemicals associated with explosives and narcotics. According to another aspect of the present invention, a pre-concentrating means is incorporated with the device to effectively increase the concentration of “sticky” chemicals presented to the insects. |
| FILED | Friday, February 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/039770 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/31.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841401 | Kuhlman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myron Ira Kuhlman (Houston, Texas); Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); Ralph Sterman Baker (Fitchburg, Massachusetts); Goren Heron (Keene, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Methods for treating a subsurface treatment area in a formation may include introducing a fluid into the formation from a plurality of wells offset from a treatment area of an in situ heat treatment process to inhibit outward migration of formation fluid from the in situ heat treatment process. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/975678 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841408 | Vinegar |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating a tar sands formation is disclosed. The method includes providing a drive fluid to a first hydrocarbon containing layer of the formation to mobilize at least some hydrocarbons in the first layer. At least some of the mobilized hydrocarbons are allowed to flow into a second hydrocarbon containing layer of the formation. Heat is provided to the second layer from one or more heaters located in the second layer. At least some hydrocarbons are produced from the second layer of the formation. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/106026 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/272.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07841425 | Mansure et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur James Mansure (Alburquerque, New Mexico); Rosalvina Ramona Guimerans (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for forming a wellbore includes a drill tubular. A drill bit is coupled to the drill tubular. One or more cutting structures are coupled to the drill tubular above the drill bit. The cutting structures remove at least a portion of formation that extends into the wellbore formed by the drill bit. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/106115 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842126 | Dilmore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Dilmore (Irwin, Pennsylvania); Douglas Allen (Salem, Massachusetts); Yee Soong (Monroeville, Pennsylvania); Sheila Hedges (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Two methods are provide for the separation of carbon dioxide from the flue gases. The first method utilizes a phase-separating moiety dissolved in an aqueous solution of a basic moiety to capture carbon dioxide. The second method utilizes a phase-separating moiety as a suspended solid in an aqueous solution of a basic moiety to capture carbon dioxide. The first method takes advantage of the surface-independent nature of the CO2 absorption reactions in a homogeneous aqueous system. The second method also provides permanent sequestration of the carbon dioxide. Both methods incorporate the kinetic rate enhancements of amine-based scrubbing while eliminating the need to heat the entire amine solution (80% water) in order to regenerate and release CO2. Both methods also take advantage of the low-regeneration temperatures of CO2-bearing mineral systems such as Na2CO3/NaHCO3 and K2CO3/KHCO3. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/241430 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/195 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842596 | Rohatgi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajeet Rohatgi (Marietta, Georgia); Vichai Meemongkolkiat (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin silicon solar cell having a back dielectric passivation and rear contact with local back surface field is described. Specifically, the solar cell may be fabricated from a crystalline silicon wafer having a thickness from 50 to 500 micrometers. A barrier layer and a dielectric layer are applied at least to the back surface of the silicon wafer to protect the silicon wafer from deformation when the rear contact is formed. At least one opening is made to the dielectric layer. An aluminum contact that provides a back surface field is formed in the opening and on the dielectric layer. The aluminum contact may be applied by screen printing an aluminum paste having from one to 12 atomic percent silicon and then applying a heat treatment at 750 degrees Celsius. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/116100 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/610 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842634 | Weissman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Umicore AG and Co. KG (Hanau, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey G. Weissman (W. Henrietta, New York); Ming-Cheng Wu (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A useful partial oxidation catalyst element includes a catalyst component, a support component, and a substrate. The catalyst component is formed by combining a catalytically active metal with a first support material to form a mixture and calcining the mixture. The support component is formed by calcining a second support material, not containing the active metal. The first and second support materials include particles having an average particle diameter of less than 20 microns. A catalyst material is formed by combining the catalyst component and the support component, wherein the catalyst material contains less than 20% of the catalyst component by weight. The catalyst material is applied to a substrate configured for gas flow therethrough, thereby formulating the partial oxidation catalyst element. The partial oxidation catalyst element is especially useful for fuel reforming and fuel cell applications. |
| FILED | Monday, September 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/518776 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843565 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Wu (San Gabriel, California); Andrei Deev (Pasadena, California); Steve L. Palm (Escondido, California); Yongchun Tang (Walnut, California); William A. Goddard (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequency modulated spectroscopy system, including a photo-detector, a band-pass filter to filter the output of the photo-detector, and a rectifier to demodulate. The band-pass filter has a relatively high Q factor. With the high Q factor band-pass filter and rectifier, a reference sinusoid is not required for demodulation, resulting in phase-insensitive spectroscopy. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/807538 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/416 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844081 | McMakin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas L. McMakin (Richland, Washington); Mike O. Kennedy (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of imaging systems and methods of using such systems. In one exemplary embodiment, one or more direct images of the body of a clothed subject are received, and a motion signature is determined from the one or more images. In this embodiment, the one or more images show movement of the body of the subject over time, and the motion signature is associated with the movement of the subject's body. In certain implementations, the subject can be identified based at least in part on the motion signature. Imaging systems for performing any of the disclosed methods are also disclosed herein. Furthermore, the disclosed imaging, rendering, and analysis methods can be implemented, at least in part, as one or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform the respective methods. |
| FILED | Monday, May 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/435003 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07841771 | Perotti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose M. Perotti (Merritt Island, Florida); Carlos T. Mata (Titusville, Florida); Josephine B. Santiago (Orlando, Florida); Peter Vokrot (Orlando, Florida); Carlos E. Zavala (Orlando, Florida); Bradley M. Burns (Titusville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Self-Validating Thermocouple (SVT) Systems capable of detecting sensor probe open circuits, short circuits, and unnoticeable faults such as a probe debonding and probe degradation are useful in the measurement of temperatures. SVT Systems provide such capabilities by incorporating a heating or excitation element into the measuring junction of the thermocouple. By heating the measuring junction and observing the decay time for the detected DC voltage signal, it is possible to indicate whether the thermocouple is bonded or debonded. A change in the thermal transfer function of the thermocouple system causes a change in the rise and decay times of the thermocouple output. Incorporation of the excitation element does not interfere with normal thermocouple operation, thus further allowing traditional validation procedures as well. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/777711 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842639 | Quinn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacqueline W. Quinn (Titusville, Florida); Christian A. Clausen (Chuluota, Florida); Cherie L. Geiger (Geneva, Florida); Brian S. Aitken (Satellite Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogenation catalyst including a base material coated with a catalytic metal is made using mechanical milling techniques. The hydrogenation catalysts are used as an excellent catalyst for the dehalogenation of contaminated compounds and the remediation of other industrial compounds. Preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst is a bimetallic particle including zero-valent metal particles coated with a catalytic material. The mechanical milling technique is simpler and cheaper than previously used methods for producing hydrogenation catalysts. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/749767 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843650 | Roberts |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William T. Roberts (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An afocal monolithic optical element formed of a shallow cylinder of optical material (glass, polymer, etc.) with fast aspheric surfaces, nominally confocal paraboloids, configured on the front and back surfaces. The front surface is substantially planar, and this lends itself to deposition of multi-layer stacks of thin dielectric and metal films to create a filter for rejecting out-of-band light. However, an aspheric section (for example, a paraboloid) can either be ground into a small area of this surface (for a Cassegrain-type telescope) or attached to the planar surface (for a Gregorian-type telescope). This aspheric section of the surface is then silvered to create the telescope's secondary mirror. The rear surface of the cylinder is figured into a steep, convex asphere (again, a paraboloid in the examples), and also made reflective to form the telescope's primary mirror. A small section of the rear surface (approximately the size of the secondary obscuration, depending on the required field of the telescope) is ground flat to provide an unpowered surface through which the collimated light beam can exit the optical element. This portion of the rear surface is made to transmit the light concentrated by the reflective surfaces, and can support the deposition of a spectral filter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/490422 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/744 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844079 | Hassebrook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (UKRF) (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence G. Hassebrook (Lexington, Kentucky); Daniel L. Lau (Lexington, Kentucky); Chun Guan (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique, associated system and program code, for retrieving depth information about at least one surface of an object, such as an anatomical feature. Core features include: projecting a composite image comprising a plurality of modulated structured light patterns, at the anatomical feature; capturing an image reflected from the surface; and recovering pattern information from the reflected image, for each of the modulated structured light patterns. Pattern information is preferably recovered for each modulated structured light pattern used to create the composite, by performing a demodulation of the reflected image. Reconstruction of the surface can be accomplished by using depth information from the recovered patterns to produce a depth map/mapping thereof. Each signal waveform used for the modulation of a respective structured light pattern, is distinct from each of the other signal waveforms used for the modulation of other structured light patterns of a composite image; these signal waveforms may be selected from suitable types in any combination of distinct signal waveforms, provided the waveforms used are uncorrelated with respect to each other. The depth map/mapping to be utilized in a host of applications, for example: displaying a 3-D view of the object; virtual reality user-interaction interface with a computerized device; face—or other animal feature or inanimate object—recognition and comparison techniques for security or identification purposes; and 3-D video teleconferencing/telecollaboration. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/283818 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Invocon, Inc. (Conroe, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl F. Kiefer (Conroe, Texas); Kevin Champaigne (Conroe, Texas); Gulnara Ajupova (Conroe, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-lethal and non-destructive electromagnetic personnel interdiction control stun type weapon system and method utilizes beamed radio frequency energy in a frequency range and modulated to impose a Lorentz force on the vestibular system or sensory cells of a remote human subject sufficient to disrupt the mechanical transduction process and/or the chemical engine by which sound, position and other sensory input are converted to messages by nerve cells and processed by the brain to produce complete disorientation, confusion, and incapacitation sufficient to temporarily render the subject powerless to resist arrest or subjugation. Removal of the electromagnetic energy leaves the nerve cells and surrounding tissues with no damage and second order effects of severe motion sickness and psychological effects of helplessness remains until the subject's body chemistry returns to normal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/243687 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/559 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842006 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guiren Wang (Huntsville, Alabama); Shivshankar Sundaram (Madison, Alabama); Kapil Pant (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Feng (Cincinnati, Ohio); Peter Storm (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an ultrasonic thrombectomy catheter that produces physical forces (shear rates) strong enough to emulsify obstructions such as thrombi and emboli without causing damage to arterial walls. This is accomplished by properly arranging piezoelectric transducers within a catheter and a tubular catheter head separated by a gap to generate acoustic streaming that simultaneously emulsifies the obstruction and sweeps resulting debris into a catheter lumen for removal. The open gap may be formed by supporting struts that connect the catheter to the catheter head. The design of the catheter tip allows the fabrication of catheters capable of removing partial or complete blockages from arteries and other vessels having diameters as small as 2 mm. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/561303 |
| ART UNIT | 3767 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07842289 | Dubensky, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aduro BioTech (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr. (Piedmont, California); Daniel A. Portnoy (Albany, California); William S. Luckett, Jr. (Richmond, California); David N. Cook (Lafayette, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides recombinant nucleic acid molecules, expression cassettes, and vectors useful for expression of polypeptides, including heterologous polypeptides, such as antigens, in bacteria. Some of the recombinant nucleic acid molecules, expression cassettes and vectors comprise codon-optimized sequences encoding the polypeptides and/or signal peptides. Some of the recombinant nucleic acid molecules, expression cassettes, and expression vectors comprise sequences encoding non-Listerial and/or non-secA1 signal peptides for secretion of the polypeptides. The invention also provides bacteria comprising the nucleic acid molecules, expression cassettes, and expression vectors, as well as compositions such as vaccines comprising the bacteria. Methods of making and using the bacteria, recombinant nucleic acid molecules, and expression cassettes are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/021441 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07842850 | Singh |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram J. Singh (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing hybrids between domestic and wild soybean that are fertile and can be further bred with other soybean plants are provided, thus allowing transfer of desirable traits and genes from the wild soybean into the domestic soybean. This invention also provides novel media for producing callus and multiple somatic embryos, as well as novel media for producing multiple shoots from the embryos. The hybrid plants are made fertile by colchicine treatment to double their chromosome number so that they can be backcrossed into domestic soybean. These methods and media allow the production of elite soybean lines containing traits or genes from wild soybean as well as a minimum amount of additional wild soybean DNA. Backcrosses containing only one wild soybean chromosome can be produced, as well as sets of such backcrossed lines that each contain one chromosome from the wild ancestor, but collectively all the wild chromosomes from the hybrid ancestor. Plants and plant progeny and plant tissue (tissue including seeds) of plants produced by the foregoing methods are also provided. The methods do not require genetic modification, and thus this invention allows production of domestic soybean plants that are not genetically-modified organisms (non-GMO) but that express desirable traits derived from wild soybean. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/417369 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/268 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP21540 | Knight et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia R. Knight (Biloxi, Mississippi); Wayne J. McLaurin (Poplarville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct variety of Lagerstroemia crapemyrtle plant named ‘Chocolate Mocha’, characterized by its combination of deep dark brown/red-purple leaf color and brilliant bubble gum pink flower color. ‘Chocolate Mocha’ is also distinguished by its resistance to leaf scorch, upright non-spreading growth, and medium growth size. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/455315 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07843929 | Scott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. Scott (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin); Gregory Hubbard (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin); Dennis C. Abts (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for routing in a high-radix network. A packet is received and examined to determine if the packet can be routed adaptively. If the packet can be routed adaptively, the packet is routed adaptively, wherein routing adaptively includes selecting a column, computing a column mask, routing the packet to the column; and selecting an output port as a function of the column mask. If the packet can be routed deterministically, routing deterministically, wherein routing deterministically includes accessing a routing table to obtain an output port and routing the packet to the output port from the routing table. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/107016 |
| ART UNIT | 2465 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/392 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844634 | Hildrum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirsten Weale Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for community discovery in a network are disclosed. For example, a technique for discovering a community around a given entity in an interaction graph, wherein nodes in the graph represent entities and edges connecting nodes in the graph represent interactions between connected nodes, comprises the following steps/operations. Nodes in the interaction graph are partitioned into different sets of nodes based on interaction information associated with each node to minimize a number of interaction pairs that need to be considered. An objective function is minimized by moving entities between the different sets such that the community is discovered once a measure associated with the objective function is minimized. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/283383 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/798 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07842299 | Lewinsohn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon); Deborah Lewinsohn (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for producing an immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are disclosed herein. In several examples, the immune response is a protective immune response. In additional embodiments, methods are disclosed for preventing an infection with Mtb, or treating an infection with Mtb. Pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of tuberculosis are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/282865 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/248.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07841267 | Sanford |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. Sanford (Bel Alton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An arrangement for recoilless launch including a non-gaseous reaction mass having a weight in a range of about 25% to about 75% of a weight of a projectile. For the same projectile energy, less propellant is required than a rocket, which minimizes backblast and reduces before-launch weight. The recoilless launching is adapted to shoulder-launched projectiles in a confined space. The reaction mass may be particles associated with a propellant so as to be released concurrently as the propellant turns into gas and accelerated by and with the propellant gas in a nozzle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587326 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07843641 | Miener et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven John Miener (Florissant, Missouri); Kevin Lee Brown (Saint Peters, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for inspecting transparent materials. An optical inspection apparatus comprises a prism, a mirror, and a light source. The prism has a first end, a first side, and a second side. The first side is opposite the second side, the first end is located between the first side and the second side, the first end has an angled surface, and the prism is capable of bending light. The first side is around parallel to the second side. The mirror is on the angled surface. The mirror is capable of redirecting light entering the prism on the first side along a directed line of sight to the second side along a line of sight to a viewer. The light source is attached to another surface on the first end. The light source is capable of transmitting light through the prism along the directed line of sight. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/851172 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/629 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07844133 | Spence et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clay Douglas Spence (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Craig Langdale Fancourt (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An iterative approach to vector median filtering wherein the resulting median vector need not be a member of the original data set. The iterative vector median filtering allows for fast convergence for complex computations and an output which is approximate to the mean, particularly for small data sets. In addition, a method and system for registering and matching 2.5 normal maps is provided. Registration of two maps is performed by optimally aligning their normals through 2-D warping in the image plane in conjunction with a 3-D rotation of the normals. Once aligned, the average dot-product serves as a matching metric for automatic target recognition (ATR). |
| FILED | Friday, October 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/604876 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/294 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
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APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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