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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 07, 2010
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| US 07846091 | Fulghum |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Newton Laboratories, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Fulghum (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for imaging tissue autofluorescence through a video endoscope is described, comprising a light source capable of providing both ultraviolet light capable of inducing tissue autofluorescence and visible light which induces little or no autofluorescence, an optical system to deliver both wavelength bands to the tissue with the same apparent spatial and angular intensity distribution, a means for digitally acquiring the resulting, visible fluorescence and visible reflectance images using a single imaging detector at the distal tip of the endoscope and a means for digitally processing said images to generate a final, false-color image for display which indicates regions of tissue dysplasia. This system can either be added on to an existing video endoscope or integrated into its structure. The combined system can be electronically switched between normal white light imaging and fluorescence imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/092033 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/160 |
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| US 07846285 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dao Min Zhou (Saugus, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain non-sighted individuals. The hermetically sealed electronics package is directly bonded to the flex circuit or electrode by electroplating a biocompatible material, such as platinum or gold, effectively forming a plated rivet-shaped connection, which bonds the flex circuit to the electronics package. The resulting electronic device is biocompatible and is suitable for long-term implantation in living tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/924722 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/150 |
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| US 07846412 | Nie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuming Nie (Atlanta, Georgia); Xiaohu Gao (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanostructures, methods of preparing nanostructures, methods of detecting targets in subjects, and methods of treating diseases in subjects, are disclosed. An embodiment, among others, of the nanostructure includes a quantum dot and a hydrophobic protection structure. The hydrophobic protection structure includes a capping ligand and an amphiphilic copolymer, where the hydrophobic protection structure encapsulates the quantum dot. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/988923 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/414 |
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| US 07846426 | Metzger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Metzger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dewayne Townsend (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Soichiro Yasuda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daniel E. Michele (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating and preventing heart disease. In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising poloxamers (e.g., poloxamer 188—P188) and methods of using the same for treating and preventing heart disease (e.g., in subjects with muscular dystrophy) and for treating cells and tissue damage caused by ischemia and cell death (e.g., for treating dystrophin-deficient cells (e.g., myocytes)). |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/885304 |
| 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 424/78.380 |
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| US 07846445 | Schellenberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amunix Operating, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Chia-wei Wang (Santa Clara, California); Michael D. Scholle (Mountain View, California); Mikhail Popkov (San Diego, California); Nathaniel C. Gordon (Campbell, California); Andreas Crameri (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of using unstructured recombinant polymers (URPs) and proteins containing one or more of the URPs. The present invention also provides microproteins, toxins and other related proteinaceous entities, as well as genetic packages displaying these entities, and the uses thereof. The present invention also provides recombinant polypeptides including vectors encoding the subject proteinaceous entities, as well as host cells comprising the vectors. The subject compositions have a variety of utilities including a range of pharmaceutical applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715296 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/180.100 |
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| US 07846446 | Cannon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin J. Cannon (Little Rock, Arkansas); Kristina L. Bondurant (Little Rock, Arkansas); Timothy J. O'Brien (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention involves peptides of from about 7 to about 50 amino acid residues in length that have epitopes that bind to more than one HLA class II protein and stimulate CD4+ T cells for treatment of cancer from one of three serine proteases overexpressed in ovarian cancer and other cancers—stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme, matriptase, and hepsin. Since the peptides bind to more than one HLA class II protein variant, they can be used to treat cancer in most patients of a population having a variety of HLA class II alleles. The peptides can be loaded onto autologous dendritic cells of a cancer patient and infused into the patient to activate a CD4+ and CD8+ T cell response that recognizes tumor cells expressing the peptide antigen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/986352 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
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| US 07846450 | Figdor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl Gustav Figdor (Hertogenbosch, Netherlands); Gosse Jan Adema (Groesbeek, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is concerned with cancer treatment and diagnosis, especially with melanoma associated peptide analogues with improved immunogenicity, epitopes thereof, vaccines against melanoma, tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes recognizing the antigen and diagnostics for the detection of melanoma and for the monitoring of vaccination. The peptides according to the invention can be exploited to elicit native epitope-reactive Cm. Usage of the peptides with improved immunogenicity may contribute to the development of CTL-epitope based vaccines in viral disease and cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/337834 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
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| US 07846454 | Yanagi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Masayuki Yanagi (Rockville, Maryland); Jens Bukh (Bethesda, Maryland); Suzanne U. Emerson (Rockville, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Boyds, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses nucleic acid sequences which encode infectious hepatitis C viruses and the use of these sequences, and polypeptides encoded by all or part of these sequences, in the development of vaccines and diagnostics for HCV and in the development of screening assays for the identification of antiviral agents for HCV. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/784809 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
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| US 07846455 | Collins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter L. Collins (Rockville, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen S. Whitehead (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and vaccine compositions thereof are produced by introducing one or more heterologous gene(s) or gene segment(s) from one RSV subgroup or strain into a recipient RSV backround of a different subgroup or strain. The resulting chimeric RSV virus or subviral particle is infectious and attenuated, preferably by introduction of selected mutations specifying attenuated phenotypes into a chimeric genome or antigenome to yield, for example, temperature sensitive (ts) and/or cold adapted (ca) vaccine strains. Alternatively, chimeric RSV and vaccine compositions thereof incorporate other mutations specifying desired structural and/or phenotypic characteristics in an infectious chimeric RSV. Such chimeric RSV incorporate desired mutations specified by insertion, deletion, substitution or rearrangement of one or more selected nucleotide sequence(s), gene(s), or gene segment(s) in a chimeric RSV clone. This provides a method for development of novel vaccines against diverse RSV strains by using a common attenuated backbone as a vector to express protective antigens of heterologous strains. The immune system of an individual is stimulated to induce protection against natural RSV infection, preferably in a multivalent manner to achieve protection against multiple RSV strains and/or subgroups. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/722000 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/211.100 |
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| US 07846655 | Scholl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Scholl (Athens, Ohio); Joseph D. Jollick (Athens, Ohio); Laura Gillim-Ross (Rockville, Maryland); Jill Taylor (Albany, New York); David E. Wentworth (Guilderland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for detecting the presence of SARS-coronavirus, for screening anti-SARS coronavirus agents and vaccines, and for reducing infection with plus-strand RNA viruses such as SARS-coronavirus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/578146 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
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| US 07846659 | Cronin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maureen T. Cronin (Los Altos, California); Charles G Miyada (San Jose, California); Earl A. Hubbell (Los Angeles, California); Mark Chee (Palo Alto, California); Stephen P. A. Fodor (Palo Alto, California); Xiaohua C. Huang (Mountain View, California); Robert J. Lipshutz (Palo Alto, California); Peter E. Lobban (Mountain View, California); MacDonald S. Morris (Felton, California); Edward L. Sheldon (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides arrays of immobilized probes, and methods employing the arrays, for detecting mutations in the biotransformation genes, such as cytochromes P450. For example, one such array comprises four probe sets. A first probe set comprises a plurality of probes, each probe comprising a segment of at least three nucleotides exactly complementary to a subsequence of a reference sequence from a biotransformation gene, the segment including at least one interrogation position complementary to a corresponding nucleotide in the reference sequence. Second, third and fourth probe sets each comprise a corresponding probe for each probe in the first probe set. The probes in the second, third and fourth probe sets are identical to a sequence comprising the corresponding probe from the first probe set or a subsequence of at least three nucleotides thereof that includes the at least one interrogation position, except that the at least one interrogation position is occupied by a different nucleotide in each of the four corresponding probes from the four probe sets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/401482 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07846664 | Insel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Insel (La Jolla, California); Lingzhi Zhang (San Diego, California); Fiona Murray (San Diego, California); Joan R. Kanter (Imperial Beach, California); Thomas Kipps (Rancho Sante Fe, California); Laura Rassenti (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides diagnostic methods and kits for diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by determining expression levels of isoforms of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) associated with CLL particularly, PDE7B and/or PDE3B, and a ratio of mRNA expression of PDE7B to PDE3B. The present invention provides that CLL lymphocytes uniformly expressed high levels of PDE7B and low levels of PDE3B relative to those of normal lymphocytes. A method of treatment and a pharmaceutical composition for CLL comprising one or more therapeutic agents capable of modulating expression or activity levels of isoforms of PDEs associated with CLL, and/or reversing the ratio of PDE7B/PDE3B mRNA expression levels are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/096628 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07846677 | Kalpana |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ganjam V. Kalpana (Yonkers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides comprising an Rpt1 domain of an INI1/hSNF5 which inhibit HIV-1 production in a human cell, and vectors encoding those peptides are provided. Also provided are methods of inhibiting HIV-1 production in a cell, or spread of the HIV-1 to another cell, by treating the cells with the above peptides or vectors. Other methods of inhibiting HIV-1 production in a cell, or spread of the HIV-1 to another cell, by inhibiting production of INI1/hSNF5 are provided. Additionally, methods of determining whether a test compound inhibits HIV-1 virion production in a mammalian cell, or spread of the HIV-1 to another cell, are provided. Those methods comprise determining whether the test compound inhibits the production of INI1/hSNF5 or disrupts the interaction of HIV-1 integrase with INI1/hSNF5. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/002984 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07846681 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Ning Ke (San Diego, California); Adam Godzik (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel human member of the Bcl-2 family Bcl-B has been identified, which is closest in amino-acid sequence homology to the Boo (Diva) protein. The Bcl-B protein is widely expressed in adult human tissues. The Bcl-B protein modulates apoptosis. Bcl-B also binds Bcl-2. BCl-XL, and Bax but not Bak. Bcl-B displays a unique pattern of selectivity for binding and regulating the function of other members of the Bcl-2 family. Accordingly, provided herein is a method for identifying a molecule that binds to the Bcl-B polypeptide, by contacting the Bcl-B polypeptide with a test molecule and determining whether the test molecule binds to the polypeptide. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/426479 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07846683 | Vatner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Vatner (New York, New York); Christopher Depre (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for identifying an agent. for modulating cell growth or survival. The method involves the identification of an agent which modulates the net ratio of nuclear-localized versus cytosolic-localized H11 kinase or mutant H11 kinase in a cell. A method for diagnosing a cancer associated with H11 kinase or Akt activation in a subject is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/575887 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/15 |
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| US 07846688 | Gill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Gill (Boulder, Colorado); Michael Lynch (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for the construction of a series of stable vectors for genomic library construction useful in Gram negative species. In certain embodiments, the vectors contain the pBBR1 replicon, capable of to stable replication in a broad range of Gram negative species. In various embodiments, the plasmid vectors may also contain bidirectional, rho-independent transcriptional terminators flanking the multiple cloning site, which allows for greater insert stability, and thus, greater genomic representation. Each vector may vary in its selection marker region, mobilization function, and promoter used to express insert sequences. These vectors are of use in the screening of highly representational genomic libraries in a broad variety of Gram negative species. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/505147 |
| 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 435/69.100 |
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| US 07846710 | Benkovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Benkovic (State College, Pennsylvania); Charles P. Scott (State College, Pennsylvania); Ernesto V. Abel-Santos (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of producing cyclic peptides and splicing intermediates of peptides in a looped conformation are disclosed. The methods utilize the trans-splicing ability of split inteins to catalyze cyclization of peptides from a precursor peptide having a target peptide interposed between two portions of a split intein. The interaction of the two portions of the split intein creates a catalytically-active intein and also forces the target peptide into a loop configuration that stabilizes the ester isomer of the amino acid at the junction between one of the intein portions and the target peptide. A heteroatom from the other intein portion then reacts with the ester to form a cyclic ester intermediate. The active intein catalyzes the formation of an aminosuccinimide that liberates a cyclized form of the target peptide, which spontaneously rearranges to form the thermodynamically favored backbone cyclic peptide product. Also disclosed are nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, methods for making cyclic peptides, methods of making libraries, and methods of screening peptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/670112 |
| 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 07846744 | Ravetch et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey V. Ravetch (New York, New York); Robert M Anthony (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A mammalian C-type lectin receptor type is identified which is shown to bind IgG antibodies or Fc fragments, thus inducing IVIG-related reversal of inflammation associated with various immune disorders. The identification of a DC-SIGN receptor type which interacts with IgG to promote a biological response reducing inflammation associated with immune disorders provides for methods of screening and selecting compounds which may be useful in treating various immune disorders by acting to modulate a DC-SIGN(+) cell to signal a second effector macrophage, causing an increase in expression of the FcγRIIB receptor and in turn inhibiting a cellular-mediated inflammatory response. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/428402 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501 |
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| US 07846746 | Nollau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Nollau (Hamburg, Germany); Bruce J. Mayer (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | We have discovered a new method to analyze and characterize complex cell signaling networks. The method is based on specific binding of protein-protein interaction modules to a single type of protein or a mixture of proteins. The method utilizes a number of different protein-protein interaction domains as probes or sensors for the signaling state of the system under investigation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/474465 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
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| US 07846891 | Ellis-Behnke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rutledge Ellis-Behnke (Canton, Massachusetts); Gerald Schneider (Somerville, Massachusetts); Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing regeneration and/or repair of neural tissue. One method include providing a nanoscale structured material at the site of injury, wherein the nanoscale structured material provides an environment that is permissive for regeneration of neural tissue and allows axon growth from a location on one side of a site of injury or barrier to a location on the other side of the site of injury or barrier. A second method includes introducing a composition comprising self-assembling peptides into the subject at the site of injury, wherein the peptides are amphiphilic peptides that comprise substantially equal proportions of hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acids and are complementary and structurally compatible. A variety of compositions comprising a nanoscale structured material or precursor thereof, and an additional substance such as a regeneration promoting factor, are also provided. In certain embodiments of the invention the nanoscale structured material or precursor thereof comprises self-assembling peptides. The invention further provides compositions and methods for repair of an intervertebral disc, including nucleus pulpusos repair. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/968790 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07846892 | Manucharyan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Primex Clinical Laboratories, Inc. (Van Nuys, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Manucharyan (Coyoacan, Mexico); Gohar Gevorgyan (Coyoacan, Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions of use for treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). In certain embodiments, the methods concern preparation of phage-display single chain antibody libraries and screening against amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein or peptide. Anti-Aβ antibodies are selected and sequenced. In certain embodiments, synthetic Aβ binding peptides are designed and prepared, using portions of the anti-Aβ antibody sequences. The antibodies and peptides are of use for treatment of AF or for treatment of individuals at risk of developing AD. Compositions comprising anti-Aβ antibodies or Aβ binding peptides are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/773349 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07846909 | Longley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | B. Jack Longley (Madison, Wisconsin); Bing Yang (Madison, Wisconsin); Jianqiang Wu (Madison, Wisconsin); Yongsheng Ma (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for inhibiting tumor cell formation or tumor cell growth, and method for inducing apoptosis in sperms, the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an antagonist that inhibits the binding of MAGE protein to KAP-1, thereby inhibiting MAGE gene function. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and method for screening a substance that inhibits MAGE protein binding to KAP-1. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/956177 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07846910 | Ahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Seoul, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang-Mee Ahn (Kyunggi-do, South Korea); So Young Seo (Seoul, South Korea); San Sook Chae (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment for β-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation in brain comprising GCP-II (Glutamate carboxypeptidase-II) as an active ingredient, a composition for screening method of the same. GCP-II of the present invention not only degrades Aβ monomer and oligomer but also degrades soluble Aβ and insoluble Aβ, particularly aggregated Aβ, so that it can prevent the accumulation of Aβ in brain or reduce the accumulation, making it an excellent candidate for the therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/064426 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07846920 | Turos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Turos (Wesley Chapel, Florida); Praveen Ramaraju (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to heterosubstituted N-thiolated beta-lactams, compositions comprising these compounds, methods for their production, and methods of use as antibiotics to inhibit the growth of bacteria. In one embodiment, the compounds have the structure shown in formula (A) or formula (B) or formula (C): wherein the R groups are as defined in the specification. The antibacterial agents of the invention can be administered to a human or animal to treat or inhibit bacterial infection, such as that of Staphylococcus species, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/852100 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/210.150 |
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| US 07846962 | Halperin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | José A. Halperin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Amarnath Natarajan (Texas City, Texas); Huseyin Aktas (Newton, Massachusetts); Yun-Hua Fan (San Antonio, Texas); Han Chen (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for inhibiting translation using 3-(5-tert-Butyl-2-Hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are provided. Compositions, methods and kits for treating (1) cellular proliferative disorders, (2) non-proliferative, degenerative disorders, (3) viral infections, and/or (4) disorders associated with viral infections, using 3-(5-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/368588 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/418 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847066 | Lowery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bellbrook Labs, LLC (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lowery (Belleville, Wisconsin); Karen Kleman-Leyer (Madison, Wisconsin); Matt Staeben (Belleville, Wisconsin); Thane Westermeyer (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for detecting, quantifying and high throughput screening of donor-products and the catalytic activities generating the donor-products in group-transfer reactions. The invention further provides immunoassays, antibodies and kits that may be used to practice the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/029932 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
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| US 07847069 | She et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medical College of Georgia Research Institute (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin-Xiong She (Martinez, Georgia); Cong-Yi Wang (Martinez, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies selectively directed against SUM04 polypeptides are provided. The antibodies are useful research tools and further in the diagnosis and treatment of Type 1 diabetes. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/671464 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847078 | Stratakis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine A. Stratakis (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides previously uncharacterized variants of PDE11A that are correlated with a newly discovered form of Cushing Syndrome that presents at a young age. The invention also provides methods useful to research, screen for, treat, or prevent diagnose the disease using the PDE11A variants, as well as other methods relating thereto. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/161866 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847084 | Norris |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Norris (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to DNA sequences encoding Vmp-like polypeptides of pathogenic Borrelia, the use of the DNA sequences in recombinant vectors to express polypeptides, the encoded amino acid sequences, application of the DNA and amino acid sequences to the production of polypeptides as antigens for immunoprophylaxis, immunotherapy, and immunodiagnosis. Also disclosed are the use of the nucleic acid sequences as probes or primers for the detection of organisms causing Lyme disease, relapsing fever, or related disorders, and kits designed to facilitate methods of using the described polypeptides, DNA segments and antibodies. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/539956 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
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| US 07847114 | Takacs |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Takacs (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing a heteroleptic, multiple metal-containing metallocyclic catalyst, particularly suited for asymmetric catalysis, comprising combining a plurality of plural functional group-containing, monodentate ligands of complementary chirality, said plural functional groups being tethered to each other by tethers in the presence of a scaffold-structural metal Ms or derivative thereof, wherein at least one functional group on each ligand combines to ligate Ms to form a bidentate, Ms centered ligand scaffold containing the remaining functional groups and combining said bidentate ligand scaffold with a catalytic metal Mc or derivative thereof whereby the remaining functional groups combine to ligate Mc, thereby forming said catalyst. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/316358 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847119 | Ojima |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iwao Ojima (Port Jefferson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having the formula Y-A-Z, wherein: A is a phenyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted; Y and Z are substituents at adjacent positions on ring A; Y represents: Z represents: and wherein the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/856317 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847122 | Miller |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Merck HDAC Research, LLC (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Miller (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of selectively inducing terminal differentiation, cell growth arrest and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, and/or inhibiting histone deacetylase (HDAC) by administration of pharmaceutical compositions comprising potent HDAC inhibitors. The oral bioavailability of the active compounds in the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention is surprisingly high. Moreover, the pharmaceutical compositions unexpectedly give rise to high, therapeutically effective blood levels of the active compounds over an extended period of time. The present invention further provides a safe, daily dosing regimen of these pharmaceutical compositions, which is easy to follow, and which results in a therapeutically effective amount of the HDAC inhibitors in vivo. The present invention also provides a novel Form I polymorph of SAHA, characterized by a unique X-ray diffraction pattern and Differential Scanning Calorimetry profile, as well a unique crystalline structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/077415 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/161 |
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| US 07847146 | Botas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan Botas (Houston, Texas); Diego Rincon-Limas (Galveston, Texas); Pedro Fernandez-Funez (Galveston, Texas); Ismael Al-Ramahi (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a double transgenic fly that expresses both Tau protein and the human Aβ42 peptide of human amyloid-β precursor protein (APP). The double transgenic flies of the present invention display a synergistic altered phenotype as compared to the altered phenotype displayed by transgenic flies expressing either Tau or human Aβ42 alone, and thus provide for an improved model for neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention further discloses methods for identifying for therapeutic compounds to treat neurodegenerative disorders using the double transgenic flies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/852950 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847245 | Gross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Platomics, Inc. (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Gross (Chesterfield, Missouri); Gang Sun (Madison, Wisconsin); Xianlin Han (Clayton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A shotgun metabolomics approach using MALDI-tandem mass spectrometry was developed for the rapid analysis of cellular metabolites. Through the use of neutral organic solvents to inactivate endogenous enzyme activities (i.e., methanol/chloroform/H2O extraction), multiplexed extraction conditions and combinatorial alterations in matrix stereoelectronic composition and analyte interactions, multiple suites of metabolites were directly ionized and quantitated directly from biologic extracts without the need for prior chromatographic separation. Through combinatorial alterations in 9-aminoacridine charge, aromaticity and stacking, a set of multiplexed conditions was developed that allowed identification of many hundreds of peaks corresponding to metabolites from mouse heart extracts. Identification of metabolite peaks was based on mass accuracy and isomeric species were assigned based on diagnostic fragment ions present during tandem mass spectrometry for many of the identified metabolite peaks. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/174493 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847547 | Markley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Markley (Madison, Wisconsin); Ian A. Lewis (Madison, Wisconsin); William M. Westler (Madison, Wisconsin); Qiu Cui (Madison, Wisconsin); Gabriel Cornilescu (Madison, Wisconsin); Marco Tonelli (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining a concentration level of a compound in a mixture is provided. A plurality of compounds are identified in the mixture based on intensity peaks identified from NMR data generated from the mixture. A compound is selected from the identified plurality of compounds for a concentration determination. A concentration equation associated with the selected compound is determined. A first peak associated with the selected compound is selected from the NMR data. The selected first peak does not overlap with a peak associated with another compound of the identified plurality of compounds. An intensity value associated with the selected first peak is determined. A concentration of the selected compound in the mixture is calculated using the determined concentration equation and the determined intensity value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/022465 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847941 | Carpenter, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Carpenter, II (Pagosa Springs, Colorado); Richard Rubenstein (Staten Island, New York); Martin Piltch (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Perry Gray (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for analyzing a sample for the presence of an analyte in a sample. The system includes a sample holder for containing the sample; an excitation source, such as a laser, and at least one linear array radially disposed about the sample holder. Radiation from the excitation source is directed to the sample, and the radiation induces fluorescent light in the sample. Each linear array includes a plurality of fused silica optical fibers that receive the fluorescent light and transmits a fluorescent light signal from the first end to an optical end port of the linear array. An end port assembly having a photo-detector is optically coupled to the optical end port. The photo-detector detects the fluorescent light signal and converts the fluorescent light signal into an electrical signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/634546 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE41990 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Dongfang Meng (Westfield, New Jersey); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (San Diego, California); Erik J. Sorensen (Princeton, New Jersey); Aaron Balog (Lambertville, New Jersey); Kenneth A. Savin (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/649750 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keegan M. Martin (Stafford Springs, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | In one example, a gas turbine engine includes an exhaust nozzle. The exhaust nozzle includes a flap supported relative to a static structure by a strut. The flap includes a backbone providing a slot. A slider interconnects a strut end to the backbone. In one example, the slider includes a body that is slidingly received within the slot. A boss extends from the body and provides a first feature. The strut end includes a second feature that cooperates with the first feature to prevent relative rotation between the slider and a portion of the strut end. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/688401 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07845264 | Van Dyke-Restifo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Van Dyke-Restifo (Voorheesville, New York); Lisa J. Madigan (Melrose, New York); Douglas F. Olcott (Germantown, Maryland); Dominick Scalise (Herkimer, New York); Ralph P. Mischitelli (Albany, New York); Robert J. Mysliwiec (East Greenbush, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A primer feed mechanism mounted on a carrier of an artillery piece includes a body assembly for mounting the primer feed mechanism on the carrier, the body assembly having guide rails and a follower plate; a tray assembly that is movable on the guide rails of the body assembly, the tray assembly including a housing and an injector arm assembly; an actuator drive link connected to the carrier; a quick release link connected to the actuator drive link; and a drive link assembly connected to the quick release link and to the injector arm assembly; wherein one end of the injector arm assembly includes a push pin that reciprocates in the housing to inject a primer and another end of the injector arm assembly includes a follower that travels in the follower plate of the body assembly. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/743909 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/27.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Keck Technologies, LLC (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Bradly Keck (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A ship and associated methods of formation with vessels having connectable hulls. In an example embodiment, a method of operating a ship includes providing a plurality of vessels over water, each comprising at least two spaced-apart hull sections defining a cavity when the vessel is afloat. Each hull section on each vessel is configurable as a portion of a coupling mechanism with fore and aft portions of each hull section reduced in width relative to intermediate hull section portions. Pairs of hull section fore portions may be lapped with and connected to pairs of hull section aft portions on different vessels to form complete coupling mechanisms which connect vessels to one another. Accordingly, the plurality of vessels can form a single assembly and power can be transferred between vessels to move the vessels through water in a tandem arrangement. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/060736 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/67.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846266 | Dibiase |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | KLA-Tencor Technologies Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tony Dibiase (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Cleaning and reclaiming nano-imprint templates using environment friendly methods and systems is disclosed. A template may be cleaned by a combination of exposure to activated gaseous species followed by rinsing with oxygenated or hydrogenated DI water and exposure to reactive plasma to remove organic contaminant. Contaminant may be removed by forming a coating film of a water soluble polymer on the template and then peeling off the coating film. Organic residue from the film may be removed using oxygenated plasma. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/356879 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning and liquid contact with solids 134/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846332 | Back et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mainstream Engineering Corporation (Rockledge, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dwight D. Back (Pembroke Pines, Florida); Lawrence R. Grzyll (Merritt Island, Florida); Deborah Stewart, legal representative (Merritt Island, Florida); Robert P. Scaringe (Rockledge, Florida); R. Paul Roth (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and components for heating and hydrating foods and beverages using an exothermic and pressure generating chemical reaction are described. The exothermic reaction can be initiated by water, spark, electrical impulse, squib, friction, or shock to heat non-potable water and force the water through a membrane filter, thereby producing heated, potable water. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/767672 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/261 |
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| US 07846506 | Bhattacharya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rabi S. Bhattacharya (Beavercreek, Ohio); Nelson H. Forster (Bellbrook, Ohio); Hitesh Trivedi (Fairborn, Ohio); Lewis Rosado (Centerville, Ohio); Amarendra K. Rai (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for applying a tribological coating to a carbon composite substrate. The method includes providing the carbon composite substrate, depositing a layer of carbon on the substrate, applying a layer of aluminum on the layer of carbon, annealing the substrate at a temperature greater than a melting temperature of aluminum, and applying a layer of silver. A layer of mixed aluminum and silver may be substituted for the layer of silver. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973987 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/404 |
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| US 07846675 | Ching 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) | Wei-Mei Ching (Bethesda, Maryland); Daryl J. Kelly (Newark, Ohio); Gregory A. Dasch (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant, refolded non-fusion polypeptide expressed from a truncated r56 gene of the causative agent of scrub typhus, Orientia tsutsugamushi for the Karp, Kato and Gilliam strains has been produced. The invention is useful for detecting prior exposure to scrub typhus, screening for and/or identification of at least one infectious strain-similarity (i.e. a Karp-like, Kato-like or Gilliam-like strain) based on its strength of reaction toward a truncated protein and as a component in vaccine formulation sand production of immune globulins for passive prophylaxis and immunity in subjects. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/965004 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 07846681 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Ning Ke (San Diego, California); Adam Godzik (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel human member of the Bcl-2 family Bcl-B has been identified, which is closest in amino-acid sequence homology to the Boo (Diva) protein. The Bcl-B protein is widely expressed in adult human tissues. The Bcl-B protein modulates apoptosis. Bcl-B also binds Bcl-2. BCl-XL, and Bax but not Bak. Bcl-B displays a unique pattern of selectivity for binding and regulating the function of other members of the Bcl-2 family. Accordingly, provided herein is a method for identifying a molecule that binds to the Bcl-B polypeptide, by contacting the Bcl-B polypeptide with a test molecule and determining whether the test molecule binds to the polypeptide. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/426479 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846738 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jiali Li (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Derek Stein (Delft, Netherlands); Marc H. Gershow (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods for evaluating the conformation of a polymer, for example, for determining the conformational distribution of a plurality of polymers and to detect binding or denaturation events. The methods employ a nanopore which the polymer, e.g., a nucleic acid, traverses. As the polymer traverses the nanopore, measurements of transport properties of the nanopore yield data on the conformation of the polymer. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/918959 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847114 | Takacs |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Takacs (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing a heteroleptic, multiple metal-containing metallocyclic catalyst, particularly suited for asymmetric catalysis, comprising combining a plurality of plural functional group-containing, monodentate ligands of complementary chirality, said plural functional groups being tethered to each other by tethers in the presence of a scaffold-structural metal Ms or derivative thereof, wherein at least one functional group on each ligand combines to ligate Ms to form a bidentate, Ms centered ligand scaffold containing the remaining functional groups and combining said bidentate ligand scaffold with a catalytic metal Mc or derivative thereof whereby the remaining functional groups combine to ligate Mc, thereby forming said catalyst. |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/316358 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847234 | Meyers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Everett Meyers (Columbia, Maryland); Keith Scott Deacon (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A preferred embodiment comprises a method and system for (a) detecting objects or targets which may or may not be nonreflective to electromagnetic radiation, and/or (b) generating an image of a subject or area, comprising generating an entangled photon pair beam; splitting the entangled photon pair beam into first and second parts; the first parts being directed in a first direction towards a first location, and the second parts being received into a measuring device; measuring the physical characteristics of the conjugate second parts to determine whether or not the first parts have encountered the presence or absence of an object at the first location in combination with the time that the first part takes to enter the first location. The method and system incorporate a photon beam in a reference path that never directly interacts with the object yet is determinative of presence or absence of an object at the first location. The splitting of the entangled photon pair beam occurs prior to the first parts being absorbed by said object, and the measuring of the characteristics of the conjugates occurs subsequent to the splitting of the entangled photon beam. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/343384 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847244 | Venter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andre Venter (West Lafayette, Indiana); Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An improvement to Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI), the process of creating ions directly from sample surfaces for mass spectrometric (MS) analysis by impinging a liquid spray onto the surface. The improvement is brought about by enclosing the spray and sample surface and MS-inlet capillary in a pressure tight enclosure. The invention includes methods of sampling a larger or smaller area of surface by impacting and collecting droplets from such an area. The invention allows DESI to be performed without need for careful control of the geometry of the sprayer and MS-inlet capillary positions and angles relative to the sample surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/005593 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847597 | Chan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yat C. Chan (Cerritos, California); James C. Camparo (Redondo Beach, California); Walter A. Johnson (San Jose, California); Christine Humphries, legal representative (San Jose, California); Albert M. Young (Whittier, California); Sarunas K. Karuza (Rolling Hills Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequency change detector splits a frequency standard signal into two undelayed frequency signals, one of which is delayed by a predetermined amount. The delayed signal is then mixed with the undelayed frequency signal into a mixed signal that is further filtered and amplified for providing an output signal indicating frequency changes of the frequency standard signal. The mixed frequency signal indicates frequency changes of the original frequency standard signal without reference to another frequency standard. This frequency change detector is well suited for use on satellites as an early warning detection of changes in on-board atomic frequency standards. |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/456287 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847723 | Dark 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) | James Dark (Camarillo, California); James Buscemi (Camarillo, California); Scott Burkholder (Moorpark, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to the field of computer software particularly to an improved method of providing aircrew decision aids for use in determining the optimum placement of an Electronic Attack (EA) aircraft. The core of the invention is a software program that will dynamically provide the EA flight crew situational awareness regarding a threat emitter's coverage relative to the position of the EA aircraft and to the position of any number of protected entities (PE). The software program generates information to provide visual cues representing a Jam Acceptability Region (JAR) contour, a Jam Assessment Strobe (JAS) and text for display on a number of flexibly configurable display formats posted on display units. The JAR and JAS graphics and text will aid the EA aircrew in rapidly assessing the effectiveness of a given jamming approach. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/417301 |
| 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 342/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | Christian L. Houlberg (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer software program which plots radar video data on a display screen for viewing by a user in a format that emulates a real display. The radar video data the program plots on the display screen is either recorded radar video data generated by a missile radar video seeker or telemetered radar video data generated by the radar video seeker. The display screen display multiple radar scans of video data in the form of a graph or plot on the display screen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/410629 |
| 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 342/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847725 | Houlberg |
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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) | Christian L. Houlberg (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer software program which plots radar video data on a display screen for viewing by a user in a format that emulates a real display. The radar video data the program plots on the display screen is either recorded radar video data generated by a missile radar video seeker or telemetered radar video data generated by the radar video seeker. The display screen display multiple radar scans of video data in the form of a graph or plot on the display screen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469516 |
| 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 342/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847736 | Channabasappa |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cobham Defense Electronic Systems (Bolton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eswarappa Channabasappa (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna formed on a dielectric substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, a first meander antenna element disposed on the first surface of the substrate and a second meander antenna element disposed on the second surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/466997 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847747 | Apostolos |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Intergration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Apostolos (Lyndborough, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An orientation-independent antenna that presents a circular polarization characteristic to incoming waves such that these waves are detected regardless or polarization and angle of arrival is provided with shorts across elements thereof that provide for crossed vertical loops and a horizontal loop to lower the VSWR at the lower frequencies of the antenna. The antenna includes crossed vertical loops and a horizontal loop, with the loops being phased to provide the circular polarization characteristic. In one embodiment, the antenna includes a number of elements on the faces of a cube, or the elements are positioned on the surface of a sphere. In another embodiment, the antenna is given both a right hand circular polarization characteristic and a left hand circular polarization characteristic in two different channels to provide for double the data throughput. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/152415 |
| 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 343/742 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847941 | Carpenter, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Carpenter, II (Pagosa Springs, Colorado); Richard Rubenstein (Staten Island, New York); Martin Piltch (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Perry Gray (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for analyzing a sample for the presence of an analyte in a sample. The system includes a sample holder for containing the sample; an excitation source, such as a laser, and at least one linear array radially disposed about the sample holder. Radiation from the excitation source is directed to the sample, and the radiation induces fluorescent light in the sample. Each linear array includes a plurality of fused silica optical fibers that receive the fluorescent light and transmits a fluorescent light signal from the first end to an optical end port of the linear array. An end port assembly having a photo-detector is optically coupled to the optical end port. The photo-detector detects the fluorescent light signal and converts the fluorescent light signal into an electrical signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/634546 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848024 | Videen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gorden Videen (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical beamsplitter comprises an optically-transparent material and a partially-reflective layer therein. The optically-transparent material has a cylindrically shaped exterior surface which provides advantages. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/022325 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/629 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848026 | Chowdhury et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aref Chowdhury (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Philip Moss Platzman (Short Hills, New Jersey); Lorraine S. Platzman, legal representative (Short Hills, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a medium that is a metamaterial over a frequency range. The medium includes a stack of layers or slabs. A mechanical, electrical, or magnetic property of the layers or slabs of the stack varies monotonically between neighboring ones of the layers or slabs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229866 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/652 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848220 | Johnson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Andrew Johnson (Newark Valley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system samples data of a digital pulse. The system includes a processor, an integrator, and a converter. The processor computes a discrete Fourier transform of frequency data of the digital pulse. The discrete Fourier transform includes a first output. The integrator integrates the first output to produce phase data. The phase data includes a second output. The converter applies an inverse discrete Fourier transform to the second output to produce a continuous signal that may be sampled at a predetermined time instant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/092153 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848222 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pingshan Wang (Central, South Carolina); Edwin C. Kan (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for transmitting signals along an interconnect in a VLSI system comprising receivers is disclosed. The VLSI based systems operate in the high Giga hertz range. The signals are transmitted along the interconnect as a localized wave packet i.e. as a pulse. The interconnect may be either electrically linear or nonlinear in nature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/411228 |
| ART UNIT | 2464 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848566 | Schneiderman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Schneiderman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining a classifier to discriminate between two classes—object or non-object. The classifier may be used by an object detection program to detect presence of a 3D object in a 2D image (e.g., a photograph or an X-ray image). The overall classifier is constructed of a sequence of classifiers (or “sub-classifiers”), where each such classifier is based on a ratio of two graphical probability models (e.g., Bayesian networks). A discrete-valued variable representation at each node in a Bayesian network by a two-stage process of tree-structured vector quantization is discussed. The overall classifier may be part of an object detector program that is trained to automatically detect many different types of 3D objects (e.g., human faces, airplanes, cars, etc.). Computationally efficient statistical methods to evaluate overall classifiers are disclosed. The Bayesian network-based classifier may also be used to determine if two observations (e.g., two images) belong to the same category. For example, in case of face recognition, the classifier may determine whether two photographs are of the same person. A method to provide lighting correction or adjustment to compensate for differences in various lighting conditions of input images is disclosed as well. As per the rules governing abstracts, the content of this abstract should not be used to construe the claims in this application. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/971868 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848599 | Cunningham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Ivan Shubin (San Diego, California); Guoliang Li (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of an optical device, an array of optical devices, and a technique for fabricating the optical device or the array are described. This optical device is implemented on a substrate (such as silicon), and includes a thermally tunable optical waveguide that has good thermal isolation from its surroundings. In particular, a portion of a semiconductor in the optical device, which includes the optical waveguide, is free standing above a gap between the semiconductor layer and the substrate. By reducing the thermal coupling between the optical waveguide and the external environment, the optical device can be thermally tuned with significantly less power consumption. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/415858 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848603 | Waks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edo Waks (Washington, District of Columbia); Jelena Vuckovic (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A normally opaque waveguide interacting with a drop-filter cavity can be switched to a transparent state when the drop filter is also coupled to a dipole. This dipole induced transparency may be obtained even when the vacuum Rabi frequency of the dipole is much less than the cavity decay rate. The condition for transparency is a large Purcell factor. Dipole induced transparency can be used in quantum repeaters for long distance quantum communication. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/590728 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848655 | Etemad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey); University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shahab Etemad (Warren, New Jersey); Peter Delfyett (Geneva, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to advances in the field of reconfigurable optical networks. In particular, the present invention provides improvements in the technology of light sources for use in optical networks. The optical network according to the present invention includes a single light source that can be used to emit all of the bands and channels needed for transmission. In particular, the single light source in the optical network of the present invention is a mode-locked laser. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/928897 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848915 | Gao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuqing Gao (Mount Kisco, New York); Liang Gu (Yorktown, New York); Hong-Kwang Kuo (Pleasantville, New York); Bowen Zhou (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A concept-based back translation system includes a target language semantic parser module, a source language semantic parser module, a bi-directional machine translation module, a relevancy judging module, and a back translation display module. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/501121 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07849126 | Gonzalez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Property Systems, LLC (Weston, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan Guillermo Gonzalez (Weston, Florida); Jeronimo Castrillon (Aachen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The Present invention provides a system and method for fast computing the Cholesky factorization of a positive definite matrix. In order to reduce the computation time of matrix factorizations, the present invention uses three atomic components, namely MA atoms, M atoms, and an S atom. The three kinds of components are arranged in a configuration that returns the Cholesky factorization of the input matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/682799 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07849156 | Alpern et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bowen L. Alpern (Peekskill, New York); Glenn Ammons (Albany, New York); Vasanth Bala (Rye, New York); Todd W. Mummert (Danbury, Connecticut); Darrell Christopher Reimer (Tarrytown, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method, computer program product and a server unit of a virtual execution environment having at least one client. The server unit includes a network interface for conducting bidirectional communications with the at least one client and a control unit configured to determine, for individual ones of positions in a virtualized execution of an application, those components that are required at each position; to establish a pseudo-distance between the positions in the virtualized execution of the application; and to identify components that are candidates for prefetching as those components required at one or more positions that are proximate to a current position. The pseudo-distance between positions is indicative of an urgency of prefetching candidate components for regulating an amount of resources devoted to the prefetching of components. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/757477 |
| ART UNIT | 2452 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07849311 | Donlin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Silicon Graphics International (Fremont, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Donlin (Deephaven, Minnesota); Michael Raymond (Eagan, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a system that switches between non-secure and secure modes by making processes, applications and data for the non-active mode unavailable to the active mode. That is, non-secure processes, applications and data are not accessible when in the secure mode and visa versa. This is accomplished by creating dual hash tables where one table is used for secure processes and one for non-secure processes. A hash table pointer is changed to point to the table corresponding to the mode. The path-name look-up function that traverses the path name tree to obtain a device or file pointer is also restricted to allow traversal to only secure devices and file pointers when in the secure mode and only to non-secure devices and files in the non-secure mode. The process thread run queue is modified to include a state flag for each process that indicates whether the process is a secure or non-secure process. A process scheduler traverses the queue and only allocates time to processes that have a state flag that matches the current mode. Running processes are marked to be idled and are flagged as unrunnable, depending on the security mode, when the process reaches an intercept point. The switch operation validates the switch process and pauses the system for a period of time to allow all running processes to reach an intercept point and be marked as unrunnable. After all the processes are idled, the hash table pointer is changed, the look-up control is changed to allow traversal of the corresponding security mode branch of the file name path tree, and the scheduler is switched to allow only threads that have a flag that corresponds to the security mode to run. The switch process is then put to sleep and a master process, either secure or non-secure, depending on the mode, is then awakened. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/079409 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07849315 | Hardy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Hardy (Scottsdale, Arizona); Francis G. Sydnor (Scottsdale, Arizona); William K. Oh (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for managing operability of an on-chip debug capability (24) in a product (26) configured to execute software (30) includes storing (74, 76) a debug public key (40) and an operational public key (44) in product memory (54). The software (30) with either a debug signature (82) or an operational signature (88) is saved (84) in the memory (56). When enablement indication is received, the debug signature (82) is validated (102) using the debug public key (40). The debug capability (24) is enabled upon validation of the signature (82) and the software (30) is allowed to execute. When disablement indication is received, the operational signature (88) is verified (112) using the operational public key (44). The on-chip debug capability (24) is disabled upon verification of the signature (88) and the software (30) is allowed to execute. |
| FILED | Monday, May 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/438998 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE41990 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Dongfang Meng (Westfield, New Jersey); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (San Diego, California); Erik J. Sorensen (Princeton, New Jersey); Aaron Balog (Lambertville, New Jersey); Kenneth A. Savin (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/649750 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Liang Hu (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An process for efficiently deacidizing a gaseous mixture is described. The process utilizes a self-concentrating absorbent that absorbs an acid gas at reduced overall energy costs for the deacidizing operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/430998 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846489 | Chang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and though the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present system and method are useful for chemical deposition, particularly continuous deposition of thin films. Disclosed systems typically comprise a micromixer and a microchannel applicator. A deposition material or materials is applied to a substrate, such as an oxidized silicon substrate, a flexible substrate useful for forming flexible devices, such as flexible transistors, and combinations of different substrates. Uniform and highly oriented surface morphologies of films deposited using disclosed embodiments are clearly improved compared to films deposited by a conventional batch process. The process can be used to tailor the composition and morphology of the material deposited on a substrate. The present process can be used at low temperatures as a post-deposition, high-temperature annealing step is obviated. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/490966 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846642 | Ofir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuval Ofir (Amherst, Massachusetts); Vincent Martin Rotello (Amherst, Massachusetts); Mark Thomas Tuominen (Shutesbury, Massachusetts); Qijun Xiao (Amherst, Massachusetts); Bappaditya Samanta (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method for generating a three-dimensional structure on a surface. The method comprises forming a layer comprising a plurality of nanoparticles on a surface; and exposing a portion of the layer to incident radiation having a defined pattern at a dosage effective to aggregate the nanoparticles in the exposed portion of the layer into a three-dimensional structure, wherein the three-dimensional structure has a shape defined by the pattern of the radiation and a height defined by the dosage of the incident radiation and a thickness of the nanoparticle layer. Alternatively, the method comprises forming a layer comprising a plurality of nanoparticles on a surface of a three-dimensional template; and exposing at least a portion of the layer to incident radiation at a dosage effective to aggregate the nanoparticles in the exposed portion of the layer into a three-dimensional structure that corresponds to the three-dimensional template. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/193437 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/311 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Gill (Boulder, Colorado); Michael Lynch (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for the construction of a series of stable vectors for genomic library construction useful in Gram negative species. In certain embodiments, the vectors contain the pBBR1 replicon, capable of to stable replication in a broad range of Gram negative species. In various embodiments, the plasmid vectors may also contain bidirectional, rho-independent transcriptional terminators flanking the multiple cloning site, which allows for greater insert stability, and thus, greater genomic representation. Each vector may vary in its selection marker region, mobilization function, and promoter used to express insert sequences. These vectors are of use in the screening of highly representational genomic libraries in a broad variety of Gram negative species. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/505147 |
| 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 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846738 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jiali Li (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Derek Stein (Delft, Netherlands); Marc H. Gershow (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods for evaluating the conformation of a polymer, for example, for determining the conformational distribution of a plurality of polymers and to detect binding or denaturation events. The methods employ a nanopore which the polymer, e.g., a nucleic acid, traverses. As the polymer traverses the nanopore, measurements of transport properties of the nanopore yield data on the conformation of the polymer. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/918959 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846747 | Dordick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Dordick (Schenectady, New York); Douglas S. Clark (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for conducting high-throughput interactions between test compositions and analytes, comprising one or more test compositions, and a plurality of independent micromatrices, wherein each said micromatrix encapsulates at least one said test composition; and said micromatrices are made of a material that is permeable to an analyte. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/598306 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846822 | Seebauer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edmund G. Seebauer (Urbana, Illinois); Richard D. Braatz (Urbana, Illinois); Michael Yoo Lim Jung (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Rudiyanto Gunawan (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for fabricating semiconductor structures and devices, particularly ultra-shallow doped semiconductor structures exhibiting low electrical resistance. Methods of the present invention use modification of the composition of semiconductor surfaces to allow fabrication of a doped semiconductor structure having a selected dopant concentration depth profile, which provides useful junctions and other device components in microelectronic and nanoelectronic devices, such as transistors in high density integrated circuits. Surface modification in the present invention also allows for control of the concentration and depth profile of defects, such as interstitials and vacancies, in undersaturated semiconductor materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/192339 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | X. Peter Zhang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of electron-deficient olefins. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/205373 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for micromanipulation of objects of any shape. The method and system creates various forms of holographic optical traps for a variety of commercial purposes. Some alternate forms of traps include a dark form of optical traps, optical vortices with different helical winding numbers and optical traps with variable phase profiles imprinted thereon. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/936033 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph L. Hollis (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile robot having a height-to-width ratio approximating a normal adult human balances and maneuvers atop a single, spherical wheel. Dynamic balancing techniques incorporating fiber-optic gyroscopes and micro-electromechanical accelerometers measure a number of parameters which, along with data from motor shaft encoders, enable a computer to calculate the forces needed to be applied to the spherical wheel to maintain the robot upright as it maneuvers or remains in place. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973685 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/568.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847656 | Ayazi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Reza Abdolvand (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are exemplary monolithic acoustically coupled thin film piezoelectric-on-substrate filters that operate in a wide frequency range. The monolithic thin-film-piezoelectric acoustic filters includes a resonant structure that is released from and supported by a substrate that comprises a thin-film piezoelectric layer disposed between a lower electrode and a plurality of electrically isolated upper electrodes. Second order narrowband filters are realized by utilizing coupled resonance modes of a single microstructure. Narrow-bandwidth filters are disclosed that are suitable for channel-select applications in IF and RF bands. Filter Q values of 800 at 250 MHz, 470 at 360 MHz, and 400 at 3.5 GHz for small footprint second-order filters are disclosed. The measured power handling of these devices is high due to the use of high energy density structural material, showing a 0.2 dB compression point of >15 dBm at 360 MHz. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/881100 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847669 | Ayazi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Mina Raieszadeh (Atlanta, Georgia); Paul A. Kohl (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an integrated tunable inductor having mutual micromachined inductances fabricated in close proximity to a tunable inductor that is switched in and out by micromechanical ohmic switches to change the inductance of the integrated tunable inductor. To achieve a large tuning range and high quality factor, silver is preferably used as the structural material to co-fabricate the inductors and micromachined switches, and silicon is selectively removed from the backside of the substrate. Using this method, exemplary tuning of 47% at 6 GHz is achievable for a 1.1 nH silver inductor fabricated on a low-loss polymer membrane. The effect of the quality factor on the tuning characteristic of the integrated inductor is evaluated by comparing the measured result of substantially identical inductors fabricated on various substrates. To maintain the quality factor of the silver inductor, the device may be encapsulated using a low-cost wafer-level polymer packaging technique. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/999527 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Inductor devices 336/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847719 | Nguyen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ha T. Nguyen (San Jose, California); Minh N. Do (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Signal processors, signal processing methods, and digital filter configuration methods are discussed. In one arrangement, a signal processor includes a common node; a plurality of channels, each channel of the plurality comprising an analog filter, a sampler, and a digital filter and each channel of the plurality being configured to generate an intermediate digital signal using an analog signal presented at the common node; and processing circuitry configured form a digital signal representing the analog signal from the intermediate digital signals. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/482711 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
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| US 07848222 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pingshan Wang (Central, South Carolina); Edwin C. Kan (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for transmitting signals along an interconnect in a VLSI system comprising receivers is disclosed. The VLSI based systems operate in the high Giga hertz range. The signals are transmitted along the interconnect as a localized wave packet i.e. as a pulse. The interconnect may be either electrically linear or nonlinear in nature. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/411228 |
| ART UNIT | 2464 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/212 |
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| US 07848484 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectramet, LLC (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); R. Lynn Conley (Antioch, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a metal sorting device including an X-ray tube, a dual energy detector array, a microprocessor, and an air ejector array. The device senses the presence of samples in the x-ray sensing region and initiates identifying and sorting the samples. After identifying and classifying the category of a sample, at a specific time, the device activates an array of air ejectors located at specific positions in order to place the sample in the proper collection bin. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/493578 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848719 | Krishnaswamy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harish Krishnaswamy (Los Angeles, California); Hossein Hashemi (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Variable phase ring oscillators are described that provide a linear phase progression between adjacent elements in an antenna array by providing a symmetric ring configuration of tuned amplifiers and a single phase shifter. The ring topology is coupled to a single PLL that allows for direct modulation and demodulation of arbitrary waveforms without using RF up/down converting mixers. The PLL distributes the transmit waveforms to all antenna elements in the transmit mode and combines the received waveforms in the receive mode without any complicated power distribution network. Ultra-wideband architectures and methods are described that utilize a first reference signal source, a VPRO, and a second reference signal source. Related methods are controlling an array and beam steering are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131805 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848838 | Gershenfeld et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts); Patrik Kunzler (Birmensdorf, Switzerland); George Alex Popescu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital assembler for creating three-dimensional objects from digital materials made out of discrete components comprises an assembly head, error correction mechanism, parts feeder, and a controller. The assembly head comprises several blades, each with a different function, that move in a linear direction as a unit, assembling the object line-by-line. One blade adds digital materials, another performs error recognition, another performs error removal, and another fills in new digital material where previously removed. In a method for building a structure out of digital materials, a new line is fed to the assembly head and added to the structure. Simultaneously, the new line is pressed down, the last line is checked for errors, the line before last is removed if errors were found during the last cycle, and the line second before last is replaced if it was removed during the previous cycle. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/768176 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07849139 | Wolfson et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ouri Wolfson (Chicago, Illinois); Bo Xu (Lisle, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Information is stored in a plurality of mobile peers. The peers communicate in a peer to peer fashion, using a short-range wireless network. Occasionally, a peer initiates a search for information in the peer to peer network by issuing a query. Queries and pieces of information, called reports, are transmitted among peers that are within a transmission range. For each search additional peers are utilized, wherein these additional peers search and relay information on behalf of the originator of the search. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114150 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE41990 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Dongfang Meng (Westfield, New Jersey); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (San Diego, California); Erik J. Sorensen (Princeton, New Jersey); Aaron Balog (Lambertville, New Jersey); Kenneth A. Savin (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/649750 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); Scott Vinh Nguyen (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for an in situ heat treatment process that utilizes a circulation system to heat one or more treatment areas are described herein. The circulation system may use a heated liquid heat transfer fluid that passes through piping in the formation to transfer heat to the formation. In some embodiments, the piping may be positioned in at least two of the wellbores. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/975690 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846317 | Meltzer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Meltzer (Oakland, California); Christopher P. Steffani (Livermore, California); Ray A. Gonfiotti (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of processing a printed wiring board. Initial processing steps are implemented on the printed wiring board. Copper is plated on the printed wiring board from a bath containing nickel and copper. Nickel is plated on the printed wiring board from a bath containing nickel and copper and final processing steps are implemented on the printed wiring board. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/373350 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846378 | Cooley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Cooley (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ching-Fong Chen (Los Alamos, New Mexico); David Alexander (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Ceramic nanopowder was sealed inside a metal container under a vacuum. The sealed evacuated container was forced through a severe deformation channel at an elevated temperature below the melting point of the ceramic nanopowder. The result was a dense nanocrystalline ceramic structure inside the metal container. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/322292 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/604 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846410 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin L. Davis (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John C. Gordon (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of producing ammonia borane, comprising providing polyborazylene; digesting the polyborazylene with a dithiol-containing agent to produce a boro-sulfide compound and a byproduct; converting the byproduct to the boro-sulfide product of step (b) by reaction with a first alkyl-tin hydride; and, converting the boro-sulfide compound produced in steps (b) and (c) to ammonia borane by reaction with a second alkyl-tin hydride. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/319953 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846556 | Erdemir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Erdemir (Naperville, Illinois); Kursat Kazmanli (Bostanci-Istanbul, Turkey); Osman Levent Eryilmaz (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Mustafa Urgen (Besiktas-Instanbul, Turkey); Oyelayo O. Ajayi (Oswego, Illinois); George R. Fenske (Downers Grove, Illinois); Izhak Etsion (Haifa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions relating to the preparation of structurally and compositionally modulated composite surfaces that can potentially reduce friction and increase resistance to wear and scuffing in rolling, rotating and sliding bearing applications. Preparation of nano-to-micro size pores, holes, or dimples on a given solid surface and filling them with soft or hard coatings at desired thickness to achieve such properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/823382 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/687 |
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| US 07846585 | Thackeray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); John T. Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to electrodes for non-aqueous lithium cells and batteries. More specifically, the invention relates to silver manganese vanadium oxide positive electrodes for such cells and batteries. The silver manganese vanadium oxide electrodes may contain substituents or dopants to improve the electrochemical properties of the electrodes, cells and batteries. The silver manganese vanadium oxide electrodes optionally contain silver powder and/or silver foil to assist in current collection at the electrodes and to improve the power capability of the cells or batteries. The invention also includes a method for preparing the electrodes by decomposition of a permanganate salt, such as AgMnO4, KMnO4, NaMnO4 or LiMnO4 in the presence of a compound or compounds containing silver and/or vanadium. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/215083 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/219 |
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| US 07846684 | Ackerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Ackerman (Richland, Washington); Jun Liu (West Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A protein system is described in which a protein is bound within a matrix material that has pores that are sized to achieve excellent properties such as: activity, protein density, and stability. In a preferred embodiment, the pore sizes range from 50 to 400 Å. One protein that has demonstrated surprisingly good results in this system is OPH. This protein is known to degrade organophosphorus compounds such as are found in chemical weapons and pesticides. Novel methods of forming the protein system and methods of making OPH are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/791138 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846712 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Min Zhang (Lakewood, Colorado); Arjun Singh (Lakewood, Colorado); Eric Knoshaug (Golden, Colorado); Mary Ann Franden (Centennial, Colorado); Eric Jarvis (Boulder, Colorado); Pirkko Suominen (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An L-arabinose utilizing yeast strain is provided for the production of ethanol by introducing and expressing bacterial araA, araB and araD genes. L-arabinose transporters are also introduced into the yeast to enhance the uptake of arabinose. The yeast carries additional genomic mutations enabling it to consume L-arabinose, even as the only carbon source, and to produce ethanol. Methods of producing ethanol include utilizing these modified yeast strains. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/912493 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/254.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846738 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jiali Li (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Derek Stein (Delft, Netherlands); Marc H. Gershow (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods for evaluating the conformation of a polymer, for example, for determining the conformational distribution of a plurality of polymers and to detect binding or denaturation events. The methods employ a nanopore which the polymer, e.g., a nucleic acid, traverses. As the polymer traverses the nanopore, measurements of transport properties of the nanopore yield data on the conformation of the polymer. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/918959 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846888 | Demmer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ricky L. Demmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Dean R. Peterman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Julia L. Tripp (Pocatello, Idaho); David C. Cooper (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Karen E. Wright (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for decontaminating surfaces are disclosed. More specifically, compositions and methods for decontamination using a composition capable of generating a long lasting foam are disclosed. Compositions may include a surfactant and gelatin and have a pH of less than about 6. Such compositions may further include affinity-shifting chemicals. Methods may include decontaminating a contaminated surface with a composition or a foam that may include a surfactant and gelatin and have a pH of less than about 6. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/349815 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions 510/110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846980 | Pivovar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan S. Pivovar (Los Alamos, New Mexico); David L. Thorn (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Anion-conducing polymers and membranes with enhanced stability to aqueous alkali include a polymer backbone with attached sulfonium, phosphazenium, phosphazene, and guanidinium residues. Compositions also with enhanced stability to aqueous alkali include a support embedded with sulfonium, phosphazenium, and guanidinium salts. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/549021 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847099 | Agapie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodor Agapie (Berkeley, California); Suzanne Rose Golisz (Pasadena, California); Daniel Tofan (Pasadena, California); John E. Bercaw (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-metallocene organometallic complex comprising a tridentate ligand and a metal bonded to a tridentate ligand, wherein two substituted aryl groups in the tridentate ligand are connected to a cyclic group at the ortho position via semi-rigid ring-ring linkages, and selected so to provide the resulting non-metallocene organometallic complex with a CS geometry, a C1 geometry, a C2 geometry or a C2v geometry. Method for performing olefin polymerization with a non-metallocene organometallic complex as a catalyst, related catalytic systems, tridentate ligand and method for providing a non-metallocene organometallic complex. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/859089 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847151 | Preuss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory P. Copenhaver (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the identification and cloning of functional plant centromeres in Arabidopsis. This will permit construction of stably inherited plant artificial chromosomes (PLACs) which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. In addition, information on the structure and function of these regions will prove valuable in isolating additional centromeric and centromere related genetic elements and polypeptides from other species. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331942 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847265 | Reber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward L. Reber (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kenneth W. Rohde (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Larry G. Blackwood (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting at least one explosive in a vehicle using a neutron generator and a plurality of NaI detectors. Spectra read from the detectors is calibrated by performing Gaussian peak fitting to define peak regions, locating a Na peak and an annihilation peak doublet, assigning a predetermined energy level to one peak in the doublet, and predicting a hydrogen peak location based on a location of at least one peak of the doublet. The spectra are gain shifted to a common calibration, summed for respective groups of NaI detectors, and nitrogen detection analysis performed on the summed spectra for each group. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/841857 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847580 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Zhou (Los Angeles, California); Bin Lu (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Michael P. Nowak (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin); Steven A. Dimino (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting incipient mechanical motor faults by way of current noise cancellation is disclosed. The system includes a controller configured to detect indicia of incipient mechanical motor faults. The controller further includes a processor programmed to receive a baseline set of current data from an operating motor and define a noise component in the baseline set of current data. The processor is also programmed to acquire at least on additional set of real-time operating current data from the motor during operation, redefine the noise component present in each additional set of real-time operating current data, and remove the noise component from the operating current data in real-time to isolate any fault components present in the operating current data. The processor is then programmed to generate a fault index for the operating current data based on any isolated fault components. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/350287 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847941 | Carpenter, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Carpenter, II (Pagosa Springs, Colorado); Richard Rubenstein (Staten Island, New York); Martin Piltch (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Perry Gray (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for analyzing a sample for the presence of an analyte in a sample. The system includes a sample holder for containing the sample; an excitation source, such as a laser, and at least one linear array radially disposed about the sample holder. Radiation from the excitation source is directed to the sample, and the radiation induces fluorescent light in the sample. Each linear array includes a plurality of fused silica optical fibers that receive the fluorescent light and transmits a fluorescent light signal from the first end to an optical end port of the linear array. An end port assembly having a photo-detector is optically coupled to the optical end port. The photo-detector detects the fluorescent light signal and converts the fluorescent light signal into an electrical signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/634546 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07845215 | Cantrell 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) | John H. Cantrell (Williamsburg, Virginia); Sean A. Cantrell (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanning probe microscope and methodology called resonant difference-frequency atomic force ultrasonic microscopy (RDF-AFUM), employs an ultrasonic wave launched from the bottom of a sample while the cantilever of an atomic force microscope, driven at a frequency differing from the ultrasonic frequency by one of the contact resonance frequencies of the cantilever, engages the sample top surface. The nonlinear mixing of the oscillating cantilever and the ultrasonic wave in the region defined by the cantilever tip-sample surface interaction force generates difference-frequency oscillations at the cantilever contact resonance. The resonance-enhanced difference-frequency signals are used to create images of nanoscale near-surface and subsurface features. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/844571 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847064 | Beachy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger N. Beachy (St. Louis, Missouri); Maria Isabel Ordiz Luis (St. Louis, Missouri); Shunhong Dai (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel chimeric plant promoter sequences are provided, together with plant gene expression cassettes comprising such sequences. In certain preferred embodiments, the chimeric plant promoters comprise the BoxII cis element and/or derivatives thereof. In addition, novel transcription factors are provided, together with nucleic acid sequences encoding such transcription factors and plant gene expression cassettes comprising such nucleic acid sequences. In certain preferred embodiments, the novel transcription factors comprise the acidic domain, or fragments thereof, of the RF2a transcription factor. Methods for using the chimeric plant promoter sequences and novel transcription factors in regulating the expression of at least one gene of interest are provided, together with transgenic plants comprising such chimeric plant promoter sequences and novel transcription factors. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/347750 |
| 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: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847273 | Nguyen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ELORET Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cattien V. Nguyen (San Jose, California); Bryan P. Ribaya (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron gun, an electron source for an electron gun, an extractor for an electron gun, and a respective method for producing the electron gun, the electron source and the extractor are disclosed. Embodiments provide an electron source utilizing a carbon nanotube (CNT) bonded to a substrate for increased stability, reliability, and durability. An extractor with an aperture in a conductive material is used to extract electrons from the electron source, where the aperture may substantially align with the CNT of the electron source when the extractor and electron source are mated to form the electron gun. The electron source and extractor may have alignment features for aligning the electron source and the extractor, thereby bringing the aperture and CNT into substantial alignment when assembled. The alignment features may provide and maintain this alignment during operation to improve the field emission characteristics and overall system stability of the electron gun. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/811674 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/493.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848381 | Barnes 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) | Norman P. Barnes (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian M. Walsh (Poquoson, Virginia); Donald J. Reichle (Seaford, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable laser includes dispersion optics for separating generated laser pulses into first and second wavelength pulses directed along first and second optical paths. First and second reflective mirrors are disposed in the first and second optical paths, respectively. The laser's output mirror is partially reflective and partially transmissive with respect to the first wavelength and the second wavelength in accordance with provided criteria. A first resonator length is defined between the output mirror and the first mirror, while a second resonator length is defined between the output mirror and the second mirror. The second resonator length is a function of the first resonator length. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/366722 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848606 | LaPointe 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) | Michael R. LaPointe (Harvest, Alabama); Dennis S. Tucker (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for eliminating crystals in non-oxide optical fiber preforms as well as optical fibers drawn therefrom. The optical-fiber-drawing axis of the preform is aligned with the force of gravity. A magnetic field is applied to the preform as it is heated to at least a melting temperature thereof. The magnetic field is applied in a direction that is parallel to the preform's optical-fiber-drawing axis. The preform is then cooled to a temperature that is less than a glass transition temperature of the preform while the preform is maintained in the magnetic field. When the processed preform is to have an optical fiber drawn therefrom, the preform's optical-fiber-drawing axis is again aligned with the force of gravity and a magnetic field is again applied along the axis as the optical fiber is drawn from the preform. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/047805 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07849139 | Wolfson et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ouri Wolfson (Chicago, Illinois); Bo Xu (Lisle, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Information is stored in a plurality of mobile peers. The peers communicate in a peer to peer fashion, using a short-range wireless network. Occasionally, a peer initiates a search for information in the peer to peer network by issuing a query. Queries and pieces of information, called reports, are transmitted among peers that are within a transmission range. For each search additional peers are utilized, wherein these additional peers search and relay information on behalf of the originator of the search. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114150 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D628609 | Linn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan); NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (Houston, Texas); Oceaneering Space Systems (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Martin Linn (White Lake, Michigan); Chris A. Ihrke (Hartland, Michigan); Robert O. Ambrose (Houston, Texas); Joshua S Mehling (League City, Texas); Myron A Diftler (Houston, Texas); Adam H Parsons (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Nicolaus A Radford (League City, Texas); Lyndon Bridgwater (Houston, Texas); Heather Bibby (Houston, Texas) |
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| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 29/359105 |
| ART UNIT | 2915 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines not elsewhere specified D15/199 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07846407 | Hu |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Liang Hu (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An process for efficiently deacidizing a gaseous mixture is described. The process utilizes a self-concentrating absorbent that absorbs an acid gas at reduced overall energy costs for the deacidizing operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/430998 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846445 | Schellenberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amunix Operating, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volker Schellenberger (Palo Alto, California); Willem P. Stemmer (Los Gatos, California); Chia-wei Wang (Santa Clara, California); Michael D. Scholle (Mountain View, California); Mikhail Popkov (San Diego, California); Nathaniel C. Gordon (Campbell, California); Andreas Crameri (Los Altos Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of using unstructured recombinant polymers (URPs) and proteins containing one or more of the URPs. The present invention also provides microproteins, toxins and other related proteinaceous entities, as well as genetic packages displaying these entities, and the uses thereof. The present invention also provides recombinant polypeptides including vectors encoding the subject proteinaceous entities, as well as host cells comprising the vectors. The subject compositions have a variety of utilities including a range of pharmaceutical applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715296 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/180.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848484 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectramet, LLC (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); R. Lynn Conley (Antioch, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a metal sorting device including an X-ray tube, a dual energy detector array, a microprocessor, and an air ejector array. The device senses the presence of samples in the x-ray sensing region and initiates identifying and sorting the samples. After identifying and classifying the category of a sample, at a specific time, the device activates an array of air ejectors located at specific positions in order to place the sample in the proper collection bin. |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/493578 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07849126 | Gonzalez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Property Systems, LLC (Weston, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan Guillermo Gonzalez (Weston, Florida); Jeronimo Castrillon (Aachen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The Present invention provides a system and method for fast computing the Cholesky factorization of a positive definite matrix. In order to reduce the computation time of matrix factorizations, the present invention uses three atomic components, namely MA atoms, M atoms, and an S atom. The three kinds of components are arranged in a configuration that returns the Cholesky factorization of the input matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/682799 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07845931 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Y. Xu (Round Rock, Texas); Edward Brian Fletcher (Austin, Texas); Pankaj B. Lad (DeSoto, Texas); Michael P. C. Watts (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method of solidifying a polymerizable liquid to form a film on a substrate that features minimizing inhibition of the polymerization process by oxygen contained in the atmosphere surrounding the polymerizable liquid. To that end, the polymerizable liquid includes, inter alia, an initiator that consumes oxygen that interacts with the polymerizable liquid and generates additional free radicals to facilitate the polymerizable process. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/858687 |
| ART UNIT | 1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847052 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuning Li (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer of the following formula wherein Ar is aryl or heteroaryl; X represents CH2, sulfur, oxygen, selenium, NR′, or SiR″2 wherein R′ and R″ are each a suitable hydrocarbon; m represents the number of X substituents; and n represents the number of the repeating units. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/399065 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07847397 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Yuning Li (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S Ong (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus composed of: (a) a substrate; and (b) a deposited composition comprising a liquid and a plurality of metal nanoparticles with a covalently bonded stabilizer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/954698 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/734 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07848961 | Estes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacquelyn Estes (Warrenton, Virginia); Wayne H. Orbke (Germantown, Tennessee); Maria C. Penn (Alexandria, Virginia); Phillip A. Pensabene (Huntingtown, Maryland); Christine R. L. Ray (Washington, District of Columbia); Julie F. Rios (Washington, District of Columbia); Jacquelyn M. Robinson (Washington, District of Columbia); Kerry J. Troxel (Bowie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems consistent with the present invention facilitate in sending a package (112) to a customer at a physical address via a shipper (106) while preserving customer privacy. In accordance with an embodiment, an order is received from the customer (102). The order may include a unique identifier corresponding to the customer. A package (110) is sent to the shipper (106) in fulfillment of the order, the package including the unique identifier. Then, the customer's physical address is derived from the unique identifier and the package is delivered (112) from the shipper to the customer's physical address. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/007222 |
| ART UNIT | 3625 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07849015 | Opiela et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Opiela (Rockville, Maryland); Ronald E. Garey (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is an electronic postal money order system and method comprising the purchase and fulfillment of a money order, having the steps of inputting, through a computer, money order identifying data, comprising at least the amount of the money order and addressee data and inputting payment authorization data through a payment authorization terminal. The system also transmits the money order identifying data and payment authorization data to a central server, authenticates the payment authorization data and, upon such authentication, prints a money order corresponding to the inputted money order identifying data and mails the money order to the addressee. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/945734 |
| ART UNIT | 3685 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Classified Government Agency
| US 07847653 | Meharry |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Meharry (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide bandwidth microwave balun utilizes frequency band splitting and two conventional baluns operating in a high frequency band and a low frequency band, which when combined offer a full bandwidth output, thus to offer wide bandwidth impedance matching and second-harmonic rejection. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454456 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07847151 | Preuss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory P. Copenhaver (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the identification and cloning of functional plant centromeres in Arabidopsis. This will permit construction of stably inherited plant artificial chromosomes (PLACs) which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. In addition, information on the structure and function of these regions will prove valuable in isolating additional centromeric and centromere related genetic elements and polypeptides from other species. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/331942 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07849315 | Hardy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Hardy (Scottsdale, Arizona); Francis G. Sydnor (Scottsdale, Arizona); William K. Oh (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for managing operability of an on-chip debug capability (24) in a product (26) configured to execute software (30) includes storing (74, 76) a debug public key (40) and an operational public key (44) in product memory (54). The software (30) with either a debug signature (82) or an operational signature (88) is saved (84) in the memory (56). When enablement indication is received, the debug signature (82) is validated (102) using the debug public key (40). The debug capability (24) is enabled upon validation of the signature (82) and the software (30) is allowed to execute. When disablement indication is received, the operational signature (88) is verified (112) using the operational public key (44). The on-chip debug capability (24) is disabled upon verification of the signature (88) and the software (30) is allowed to execute. |
| FILED | Monday, May 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/438998 |
| ART UNIT | 2432 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07847041 | Zhang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | X. Peter Zhang (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of electron-deficient olefins. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/205373 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07846489 | Chang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and though the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chih-hung Chang (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present system and method are useful for chemical deposition, particularly continuous deposition of thin films. Disclosed systems typically comprise a micromixer and a microchannel applicator. A deposition material or materials is applied to a substrate, such as an oxidized silicon substrate, a flexible substrate useful for forming flexible devices, such as flexible transistors, and combinations of different substrates. Uniform and highly oriented surface morphologies of films deposited using disclosed embodiments are clearly improved compared to films deposited by a conventional batch process. The process can be used to tailor the composition and morphology of the material deposited on a substrate. The present process can be used at low temperatures as a post-deposition, high-temperature annealing step is obviated. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/490966 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07846447 | Horn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Dag Horn (Little Rock, Arkansas); Sandra Marchese Johnson (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The pharmaceutical composition is useful for treating epithelial tumors in a subject and contains at least two antigens and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, where each of the antigens induces or is capable of inducing a cutaneous delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response in the subject. This composition is particularly useful in treating epithelial tumors, such as warts or verrucae, that are induced by or related to papillomavirus. Antigens useful in the present pharmaceutical composition are anergy panel antigens, such as killed mumps virus, candida extract, trichophyton extract or comparable antigenic extracts. An additional pharmaceutical composition, also useful for treating epithelial tumors, contains at least one antigen that induces or is capable of inducing a cutaneous DTH response in a subject, at least one cytokine or colony stimulating factor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Kits containing these pharmaceutical compositions are useful for this immunotherapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/077508 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07846469 | Barbato et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy F. Barbato (State College, Pennsylvania); Alexander MacDonald (North Caldwell, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed for reversibly inhibiting sperm receptor activity in animals. Nicarbazin, its derivatives and modifications which retain pharmacological activity are shown to inhibit activity of zona pellucida proteins and concomitant synthesis and/or assembly of the sperm receptor on the oocyte surface necessary for fertilization. Nicarbazin is easily administered, for example by simple addition to feed of an animal and is and non-toxic to the animals, providing a safe and efficient means for controlling populations of mammals and avian species. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/833472 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/439 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07848904 | Hintz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Hintz (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multidimensional sensor data analyzer that includes: discretizing values in multidimensional sensor data at index locations in value surfaces that reside in a multidimensional value space; deriving surface components resulting from the intersection of a geometric beam shape function that describing the sensor beam with the value surfaces; determining minimum-maximum index location limits for the surface components; determining surface component index points by identifying the index locations that are located within the minimum-maximum index location limits for the surface components; and generating a beam value by performing a beam function using the values at the surface component index points. |
| FILED | Monday, March 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/715011 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, December 07, 2010.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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ART UNIT
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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