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Patent Details for Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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| US 07886577 | Zeng |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangqun Zeng (Rochester, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionic liquid bound on an exposed surface of a device such as for detecting organic chemicals, preferably a gas sensor is described. The gas sensor can operate at high temperatures with a fast linear response which is also reversible. At high temperatures, the frequency change (Δf) versus concentration (C) curve mirrors the Henry's gas law, such that the concentration of a gas sample in liquid solvent is proportional to the concentration or partial pressure of the sample in gas phase. A single gas sensor, or an array of sensors, can be used for the detection and quantitative analysis of gas vapors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/725637 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/24.60 |
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| US 07886618 | Macomber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | OrthoCare Innovations LLC (Mountlake Terrace, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben Gilbert Macomber (Shoreline, Washington); David Alan Boone (Seattle, Washington); James Christian Beck (Missoula, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A computerized prosthesis alignment system includes a transducer that can measure socket reactions in the anterior/posterior plane and the right/left planes, while canceling or reducing the transverse forces on the measurements of these socket reactions. In addition, the transducer is also capable of determining the axial load or weight experienced by the prosthesis. The computerized prosthesis alignment system is in communication with a host computer. The moment data from the transducer is interpreted by the user via a computer interface. The host computer includes memory for storing one or more applications. These applications receive data from the transducer, interpret the data with discrete algebraic or fuzzy logic algorithms, and display the output numerically and graphically. Applications may also interpret the data to provide analyses to the user for aligning the prosthesis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/853707 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.44 |
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| US 07887681 | Zhou |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dao Min Zhou (Saugus, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode surface coating and method for manufacturing the electrode surface coating comprising a conductive substrate; a surface coating of platinum having a rough configuration and an increase in the surface area of 5 times to 500 times of the corresponding surface area resulting from the basic geometric shape of the electrode. A method for electroplating an electrode surface with platinum coating having a rough surface, comprising electroplating the surface of a conductive substrate at a rate such that the metal particles form on the conductive substrate faster than necessary to form shiny platinum and slower than necessary to form platinum black. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/259822 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/292 |
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| US 07887753 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California); Marc A. Unger (South San Francisco, California); Hou-Pu Chou (Sunnyvale, California); Todd A. Thorsen (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides microfluidic devices and methods for using the same. In particular, microfluidic devices of the present invention are useful in conducting a variety of assays and high throughput screening. Microfluidic devices of the present invention include elastomeric components and comprise a main flow channel; a plurality of branch flow channels; a plurality of control channels; and a plurality of valves. Preferably, each of the valves comprises one of the control channels and an elastomeric segment that is deflectable into or retractable from the main or branch flow channel upon which the valve operates in response to an actuation force applied to the control channel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/127720 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
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| US 07887784 | Gerdes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Montana (Missoula, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Gerdes (Coos Bay, Oregon); David B. Bolstad (Vernon, Connecticut); Michael R. Braden (Missoula, Montana); August W. Barany (Missoula, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | Racemic mixtures and enantiomerically pure forms of novel 1-[(2′-substituted)-piperazin-1′-yl]-isoquinolines are norepinephrine (NE) transporter (NET) inhibitor compounds. Compounds of the invention are considered therapeutic agents for central nervous system (CNS) diseases and disorders, without limitation, including neurodegeneration, anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorders, drug dependency, and post traumatic stress disorder. Examples of the chemical syntheses of the compounds of the invention are provided. The isoquinoline compounds of the invention competitively bind at NET at nanomolar concentrations. The isoquinoline agents of the invention bind selectively to NET over other competitive transporter targets and receptor binding sites, including those of serotonin and dopamine, amongst others. The chemical syntheses of the invention are suitable for labeling with radionuclide atoms. Radiolabeled forms of the novel 1-[(2′-substituted)-piperazin-1′-yl]-isoquinoline compounds are positron emission tomography and single photon emission tomography imaging tracers. Methods of in vivo imaging with the tracers within various subjects and tissues therein, including regions of the brain, are provided. Imaging methods with the tracers in combination other NET inhibitor agents are provided. The imaging methods within subjects allow quantitative detection of NET, determinations of NET distributions, and measures of tracer interactions at NET in the presence or absence of non-radioactive NET agents. The tracer imaging methods are suitable to locate, diagnose, identify, evaluate, detect or quantitate NET, or abnormalities of NET, or NE abnormalities; that are associated with various CNS diseases and disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/077898 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.810 |
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| US 07887792 | Chancellor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Johnny Huard (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides muscle-derived cells, preferably myoblasts and muscle-derived stem cells, genetically engineered to contain and express one or more heterologous genes or functional segments of such genes, for delivery of the encoded gene products at or near sites of musculoskeletal, bone, ligament, meniscus, cartilage or genitourinary disease, injury, defect, or dysfunction. Ex vivo myoblast mediated gene delivery of human inducible nitric oxide synthase, and the resulting production of nitric oxide at and around the site of injury, are particularly provided by the invention as a treatment for lower genitourinary tract dysfunctions. Ex vivo gene transfer for the musculoskeletal system includes genes encoding acidic fibroblast growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, platelet derived growth factor, transforming growth factor-β, transforming growth factor-α, nerve growth factor and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IRAP), bone morphogenetic protein (BMPs), cartilage derived morphogenetic protein (CDMPs), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and sonic hedgehog proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040900 |
| 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 424/93.100 |
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| US 07887808 | Pellicer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angel Pellicer (New York, New York); Peter Leonardi (East Haven, Connecticut); Giorgio Inghirami (Mt. Vernon, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Naturally-occurring variants of human Rgr oncogene protein, in particular, abnormally truncated variants found in T cell malignancies, as well as the human Rgr protein are encompassed by the present invention. Also included are antibodies thereto and nucleic acid molecules encoding human Rgr protein and naturally-occurring variants thereof. The present invention further provides methods for diagnosing and treating T cell malignancies associated with abnormally truncated transcripts of human rgr oncogene and/or abnormal truncation of human Rgr protein. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/109809 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/155.100 |
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| US 07887809 | Garen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Garen (New Haven, Connecticut); Zhiwei Hu (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunoconjugates for treating diseases associated with neovascularization such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, the exudative form of macular degeneration, and atherosclerosis are described. The immunoconjugates typically consist of the Fc region of a human IgG1 immunoglobulin including the hinge, or other effector domain or domains that can elicit, when administered to a patient, a cytolytic immune response or cytotoxic effect against a targeted cell. The effector domain is conjugated to a targeting domain which comprises a factor VII mutant that binds with high affinity and specificity to tissue factor but does not initiate blood clotting such as factor VII having a substitution of alanine for lysine-341 or of alanine for serine-344. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925007 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/182.100 |
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| US 07887812 | Nakhasi 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) | Hira L. Nakhasi (Potomac, Maryland); Angamuthu Selvapandiyan (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Alain Debrabant (Silver Spring, Maryland); Robert C. Duncan (Hyattsville, Maryland); Poonam Salotra (New Delhi, India); Gannavaram Sreenivas (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Targeted disruption of the centrin gene leads to attenuation of growth in Leishmania. Preferred embodiments of the invention provide attenuated strains of Leishmania useful for the preparation of immunogenic preparations including vaccines against a disease caused by infection with a virulent Leishmania strain and as tools for the generation of immunological and diagnostic reagents. Other preferred embodiments provide related immunogenic compositions, methods of generating an immune response, methods for producing a vaccine, and methods of forming attenuated strains of Leishmania. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/364682 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/200.100 |
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| US 07887815 | Dattwyler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biopeptides Corporation (East Setauket, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Dattwyler (East Setauket, New York); Maria Gomes-Solecki (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, e.g., to an isolated peptide consisting of the sequence MKKDDQIAAAIALRGMA (SEQ ID NO:1) or an active variant thereof, wherein the peptide or active variant can bind specifically to an antibody induced by a causative agent of Lyme disease (a pathogenic Borrelia), e.g. in a sample from a subject having Lyme disease. Also disclosed are linear multimeric peptides that contain the peptide represented by SEQ ID NO:1 as well as one or more additional peptide epitopes from other Borrelia proteins that can also bind specifically to an antibody as above. Compositions and diagnostic kits comprising a peptide of the invention are described, as are diagnostic assays using the peptide(s). |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/292044 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
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| US 07887820 | Kita et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hirohito Kita (Rochester, Minnesota); Jens Ponikau (Amherst, New York); Christopher B. Lawrence (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This document relates to methods and materials involved in fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation. For example, isolated nucleic acids encoding fungal polypeptides, fungal polypeptides, methods for assessing fungus-induced inflammation, methods for assessing eosinophil degranulation, and methods for identifying inhibitors of fungus-induced inflammation and/or eosinophil degranulation are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835592 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/274.100 |
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| US 07887829 | Feinberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen E. Feinberg (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Cynthia L. Marcelo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Blake J. Roessler (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a composite made of a layer of epithelial cells cultured together with a dermal matrix in a culture medium, which is free of BPE. The dermal matrix is a substantially non-immunogenic human dermis. Also disclosed is an enhanced composite where a biological agent has been introduced into the epithelial cells. The invention also comprises methods of making and implanting both the composite and the enhanced composite in an animal. A method of treating disease or injury through the use of the disclosed composites is also part of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/281940 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/422 |
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| US 07888000 | Thierry-Palmer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myrtle Thierry-Palmer (Decatur, Georgia); Akins Doherty (Lithonia, Georgia); Keri J. Griffin (LaGrange, Georgia); Mohamed A. Bayorh (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Salt sensitivity is measured as a function of the urinary 25-OHD binding activity, which may be evaluated by measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D binding activity using radiolabeled 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. High binding activity is indicative of salt sensitivity and is an important predictor for development of salt-sensitivity related hypertension. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617254 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 07888003 | Golding 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) | Hana Golding (Rockville, Maryland); Surender Khurana (Haryana, India) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection of HIV-1 antibodies employing polypeptides obtained from the Gag-p6 protein, the method comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a biological sample with a peptide having an epitope that is recognized by the anti-HIV-1 antibody where the contacting is under conditions sufficient to permit anti-HIV-1 present in the sample to bind to the epitope and form a peptide-anti-HIV-1 antibody complex; (b) contacting the formed peptide-anti-HIV-1 antibody complex with an anti-HIV-1 antibody binding molecule under conditions sufficient to permit the anti-HIV-1 antibody binding molecule to bind to anti-HIV-1 antibody of the formed peptide-anti-HIV-1 antibody complex and form an extended complex; said extended complex being immobilized on a solid support; and (c) removing unbound antibody from said extended complex; and (d) determining the presence or concentration of the anti-HIV-1 antibody in the biological sample by determining the presence or concentration of the formed extended complex. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/662370 |
| 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 07888009 | Barany et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Maria Kempe (Lund, Sweden); Herman Blok (Wemeldinge, Netherlands); Monib Zirvi (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes a method for identifying one or more of a plurality of sequences differing by one or more single base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences. The method includes a ligation phase, a capture phase, and a detection phase. The ligation phase utilizes a ligation detection reaction between one oligonucleotide probe, which has a target sequence-specific portion and an addressable array-specific portion, and a second oligonucleotide probe, having a target sequence-specific portion and a detectable label. After the ligation phase, the capture phase is carried out by hybridizing the ligated oligonucleotide probes to a solid support with an array of immobilized capture oligonucleotides at least some of which are complementary to the addressable array-specific portion. Following completion of the capture phase, a detection phase is carried out to detect the labels of ligated oligonucleotide probes hybridized to the solid support. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/854482 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07888010 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Asuragen, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Brown (Austin, Texas); Kerri Keiger (Austin, Texas); Emmanuel Labourier (Austin, Texas); Jeffrey Shelton (Austin, Texas); Jaclyn Shingara (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns methods and compositions for isolating, enriching, and/or labeling miRNA molecules and for preparing and using arrays or other detection techniques for miRNA analysis. Moreover, the present invention concerns methods and compositions for generating miRNA profiles and employing such profiles for therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141707 |
| 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 07888016 | Rieder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Rieder (Seattle, Washington); Allan Rettie (Langley, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for predicting drug responses. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for determining individualized Warfarin dosages based on genotype of DNA polymorphisms and haplotypes derived from them in the VKORC1 gene. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/687217 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07888025 | Goldman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | I. David Goldman (Pelham, New York); Andong Qiu (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is an isolated and purified DNA molecule comprising the coding region of a PCFT cDNA. Also provided is a segment of the above DNA molecule, capable of serving as a primer for amplifying at least a portion of the DNA molecule. Additionally provided is a pair of the above segments that can be used together as forward and reverse PCR primers for amplifying at least a portion of the above DNA molecule. Further provided is an isolated and purified human PCFT protein. Also provided is a method of evaluating the ability of a human to undergo intestinal folate absorption. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/074371 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07888028 | Felden |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brice Felden (Le Lou du Lac, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to eubacterial tmDNA sequences and the corresponding tmRNA sequences. The present invention is further directed to alignments of eubacterial tmDNA sequences and the use of the sequences and sequence alignments for the development of antibacterial drugs. The present invention is also directed to the use of the sequences for the development of diagnostic assays. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163317 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07888029 | Felden |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brice Felden (Le Lou du Lac, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to eubacterial tmDNA sequences and the corresponding tmRNA sequences. The present invention is further directed to alignments of eubacterial tmDNA sequences and the use of the sequences and sequence alignments for the development of antibacterial drugs. The present invention is also directed to the use of the sequences for the development of diagnostic assays. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/163371 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07888043 | Castro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arnold R. Castro (Monroe, Georgia); Huiying Wang (Lake Oswego, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods and devices for the detection of anti-lipoidal antibodies and the diagnosis of disease, for example, syphilis, are described. In particular, oxidized cardiolipins, which may be conjugated with a variety of attachment molecules, such as BSA, KLH, biotin, synthetic protein MAPS, IgY, streptavidin, or avidin, are described. Such oxidized cardiolipin, alone or complexed with one or more attachment molecules, are useful to detect anti-lipoidal antibodies in subjects, for example, when used in lateral flow devices. Lateral flow devices are described that permit the detection of anti-lipoidal antibodies and that permit the co-detection of nontreponemal and treponemal antibodies in biological samples. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/094144 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07888044 | Spanjaard |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Remco A. Spanjaard (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of TROY, also called tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 19 (TNFRSF 19) also called toxicity and JNK inducer (TAJ), in diagnosis and therapy of non-epithelial cancers, such as melanoma. Accordingly, the invention provides in vitro and in vivo diagnostic and/or prognostic methods for cancers, other than epithelial cancers, preferably melanoma, comprising analyzing TROY expression in a biological sample from an individual or in an individual, wherein expression of TROY in non-epithelial cells, such as in melanocytes, in indicative the biological sample or the individual containing malignant cells, such as malignant melanoma cells. The invention also provides therapeutic use of TROY targeting molecules, such as TROY antibodies or TROY targeting RNA interfering agents for treatment of cancer wherein the cancer cells express TROY. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/296378 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07888045 | Zuker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Zuker (San Diego, California); Jon Adler (San Diego, California); Nick Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Ken Mueller (San Diego, California); Mark Hoon (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/877290 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
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| US 07888046 | MacKinnon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick MacKinnon (New York, New York); Alice Lee MacKinnon (New York, New York); Youxing Jiang (Carrollton, Texas); Vanessa Ruta (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter suitable for use in identifying chemical compounds that bind to voltage-dependent ion channel proteins, the composition comprising a screening protein that comprises an ion channel voltage sensor domain of the ion channel protein immobilized on a solid support. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/141367 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Deiters (La Jolla, California); T. Ashton Cropp (San Diego, California); Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides compositions and methods for producing translational components that expand the number of genetically encoded amino acids in eukaryotic cells. The components include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases and unnatural amino acids. Proteins and methods of producing proteins with unnatural amino acids in eukaryotic cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826919 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/68.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888070 | Loh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoke Peng Loh (Bethesda, Maryland); Niamh Cawley (Bethesda, Maryland); Bruce J. Baum (Bethesda, Maryland); Christopher R. Snell (Norfolk, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule encoding a growth hormone (GH) in which the RSP sorting signal has been mutated, such that the GH can be constitutively secreted by the nonregulated secretory pathway (NRSP) in a mammalian cell. The invention also provides a nucleic acid molecule encoding a GH in which the three-dimensional conformation of the RSP sorting signal has been altered such that the GH can be constitutively secreted by the NRSP in a mammalian cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/850947 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888116 | Egan 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) | Josephine M. Egan (Baltimore, Maryland); Máire E. Doyle (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating a precursor cell. Also, disclosed are methods of increasing insulin synthesis from a pancreatic B-cell. Further, disclosed are methods of improving pancreatic B-cell function. Still further, disclosed are methods of preventing or delaying the onset of a metabolic disease, methods of treating or preventing a metabolic disease in a subject, and to compositions for treating or preventing a metabolic disease in a subject in need of such treatment or prevention. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/658189 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888119 | Sugaya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kiminobu Sugaya (Winter Park, Florida); Stephanie Merchant (Sanford, Florida); Sudipta Seal (Oviedo, Florida); Petya Georgieva (Williamsville, New York); Manny Vrotsos (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A biocompatible composite includes a solid biocompatible material and a plurality of living human progenitor or living stem cells attached thereto. The biocomposite provides a stable interface with endogenous tissue and the implanted composition resulting in accelerated repair to damaged bones and tissues. |
| FILED | Monday, October 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/582057 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888120 | Klein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce S. Klein (Madison, Wisconsin); Julie C. Nemecek (Madison, Wisconsin); Marcel Wuethrich (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of screening a compound for anti-fungal properties comprising the steps of exposing a test compound to a fungal histidine kinase, and determining whether kinase activity is inhibited, wherein inhibition of kinase activity indicates that the compound has anti-fungal properties is disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/734576 |
| 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 435/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888134 | Zeng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangqun Zeng (Rochester, Michigan); Raymond L. Mernaugh (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods for binding an analyte of interest in a sample are provided. The apparatus comprises a substrate with an exposed surface with an compound, that is electrostatically charged or capable of forming hydrogen bonds, provided bound to the solid substrate. A recombinant single chain antibody (scFv) molecule specific for the analyte of interest, having one or more amino acids with charged or hydrogen-bond forming sidechains in a linker polypeptide portion, is bound to the layer on the solid substrate. When the analyte of interest is present in the sample the scFv binds the analyte to the solid substrate. The apparatus can be used with an immunoglobulin layer to detect Fc receptors, so as to detect microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus having protein A or protein G. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/890403 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/512 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888135 | Tarleton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rick L. Tarleton (Watkinsville, Georgia); Ronald D. Etheridge, Jr. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensitive, multicomponent diagnostic test for infection with T. cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, including methods of making and methods of use. Also provided is a method for screening T. cruzi polypeptides to identify antigenic polypeptides for inclusion as components of the diagnostic test, as well as compositions containing antigenic T. cruzi polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/587283 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 07888313 | Greenspan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel S Greenspan (Madison, Wisconsin); Yue Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin); Gaoxiang Ge (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | α2-macroglobulin-related agents for treating or preventing a fibrotic disorder associated with fibrillogenesis are disclosed along with methods for using the agents, as well as methods for producing agents suited for use in the disclosed methods for treating or preventing a fibrotic disorder. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/842527 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888319 | Gourdie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gourdie (Charleston, South Carolina); Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, South Carolina); Jane Jourdan (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for use in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration following tissue injury in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/761729 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888323 | Lambris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Lambris (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Madan Katragadda (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds comprising peptides and peptidomimetics capable of binding C3 protein and inhibiting complement activation are disclosed. These compounds display greatly improved complement activation-inhibitory activity as compared with currently available compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/605182 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888325 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Inc. (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yin-Xiong Li (Augusta, Georgia); Michael J. Farrell (Canoga Park, California); Margaret J. Kirby (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Introduction of double stranded RNA into cells, cell culture, organs and tissues, and whole organisms, particularly vertebrates, specifically attenuates gene expression. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/637623 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888326 | Greene et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd A Greene (Larchmont, New York); James M Angelastro (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for regulating the growth and/or survival of tumor cells and stem cells by modulating the expression or function of ATF5. The present invention also provides methods for promoting or suppressing differentiation of stem/progenitor cells, for producing differentiated cells and for isolating/purifying differentiated cells, including neural cells. Also provided are differentiated cells, cell populations and transgenic animals comprising same and uses of same. The present invention further provides methods for treating nervous tissue degeneration and for identifying an agent for use in treating nervous tissue degeneration. Methods for promoting apoptosis in neoplastic cells and for treating or preventing tumors, and identifying agents for use in treating or preventing tumors are also provided by the present invention. The present invention further provides methods for identifying agents that inhibit ATF5, agents identified by these methods. Also provided are methods for diagnosing tumors, for assessing the efficacy of therapy to treat tumors and for assessing the prognosis of a subject who has a neural tumor. Finally, the present invention provides a kits for use in detecting and treating tumors. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062178 |
| 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.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888327 | Krieg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur M. Krieg (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Joel N. Kline (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids containing unmethylated CpG dinucleotides and therapeutic utilities based on their ability to stimulate an immune response and to redirect a Th2 response to a Th1 response in a subject are disclosed. Methods for treating atopic diseases, including atopic dermatitis, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/383824 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888330 | Shields et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony F. Shields (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Jiri Zemlicka (Warren, Michigan); Sridhar Nimmagadda (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides phosphoramidate derivatives of a furanosyluracil analog, FAU, that can effectively deliver FAU monophosphate, or a derivative thereof, intracellularly. FAU-Phosphoramidate diesters can bypass the first step of phosphorylation and be activated intracellularly so as to be converted to nucleoside monophosphates. This results in improved formation of nucleoside triphosphates, and higher incorporation into DNA. The compounds of the invention can be used to treat cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/092999 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888332 | Verkman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan S. Verkman (San Francisco, California); Nitin D. Sonawane (San Francisco, California); Chatchai Muanprasat (Nakhonpathom, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for inhibition of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) that are useful for the study and treatment of CFTR-mediated diseases and conditions. The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more hydrazide-containing compounds, and may additionally comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients and/or adjuvants. The methods of the invention comprise, in certain embodiments, administering to a patient suffering from a CFTR-mediated disease or condition, an efficacious amount of a hydrazide-containing compound. In other embodiments the invention provides methods of inhibiting CFTR that comprise contacting cells in a subject with an effective amount of a hydrazide-containing compound. In addition, the invention features a non-human animal model of CFTR-mediated disease which model is produced by administration of a hydrazide-containing compound to a non-human animal in an amount sufficient to inhibit CFTR. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/175982 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888346 | Albuquerque et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universtiy of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edson X. Albuquerque (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael Adler (Bel Air, Maryland); Edna F. R. Pereira (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating organophosphorous (OP) poisoning comprising administering to a mammal at risk for OP poisoning an OP poisoning-inhibiting amount of galantamine. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/575945 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/215 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888355 | Ronai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ze′ev A. Ronai (San Diego, California); Anindita Bhoumik (San Diego, California); Nicholas D. P. Cosford (San Diego, California); Russell Dahl (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided methods of inhibiting growth and metastasis of melanoma, methods of sensitizing melanoma cells to apoptosis, and methods of treating a subject having melanoma using acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof. There are further provided derivatives of celastrol and compositions comprising acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/854730 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/237.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888357 | Watterson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Universite de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Cedex, France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris Cedex, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Martin Watterson (Chicago, Illinois); Anastasia Velentza (Chicago, Illinois); Magdalena Zasadzki (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Jacques Haiech (Strasbourg, France); Jean-Jacques Bourguignon (Illkirch Graffenstaden, France); Anu R. Sawkar (La Jolla, California); Thomas J. Lukas (Evanston, Illinois); Salida Mirzoeva (Chicago, Illinois); Linda J. Van Eldik (Chicago, Illinois); Marcel Hibert (Eschau, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel class of pyridazine compositions and related methods of use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/259522 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888372 | Millan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, Maryland); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Luis Millan (San Diego, California); Robert Terkeltaub (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The key function of TNAP in bone is degradation of PPi to remove this mineralization inhibitor and provide free phosphate for apatite deposition. PC-1 is a direct antagonist of TNAP function. ANK also antagonizes TNAP-dependent matrix calcification. Specifically, the activity of PC-1 inhibits initial MV apatite deposition, but ANK inhibits propagation of apatite outside the MVs. Furthermore, loss of function of the two distinct skeletal TNAP antagonists, PC-1 and ANK, ameliorates TNAP deficiency-associated osteomalacia in vivo. Conversely, the hyperossification associated with both PC-1 null mice and ANK-deficient (ank/ank) mice is ameliorated by deficiency of TNAP in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/426005 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888375 | Nair et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vasu Nair (Athens, Georgia); Byung I. Seo (Athens, Georgia); Vinod R. Uchil (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of diketo acids constructed on pyridinone scaffolds, designed as inhibitors of HIV replication through inhibition of HIV integrase, is described. These compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and in the treatment of AIDS and ARC, either as the compounds, or as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, used alone or in combination with antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics, vaccines, and other therapeutic agents, especially other anti-HIV compounds (including other integrase-based anti-HIV agents). Methods of treating AIDS and ARC and methods of treating or preventing infection by HIV are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/827959 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/354 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888385 | Hunt et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Hunt (Charlottesville, Virginia); Benjamin M. Gaston (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of treating asthma by raising the pH of the airways of an individual. The effect can be mediated directly by administering a pharmaceutically acceptable basic solution or alternatively, the effect can be mediated by enhancing the activity of glutaminase. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/196668 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/423 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888458 | Harley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | John B. Harley (Cincinnati, Ohio); Judith A. James (Oklahoma, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Harley (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Judith A. James (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Data consistent with autoimmune disease being caused by Epstein-Barr virus are shown. Based on this evidence, an effective vaccine would prevent the autoimmune disease in those vaccinated, modified or administered so that the vaccine is not itself capable of inducing autoimmune disease. In the case of anti-Sm, structures to be avoided in an Epstein-Barr virus-derived vaccine have been identified. Differences have been identified in the immune responses to Epstein-Barr infection between individuals who develop a specific autoimmune disease and those who do not. These differences are used to distinguish those who are at greater risk for developing specific autoimmune diseases from those who are a lesser risk. Assuming Epstein-Barr virus causes autoimmune disease and that Epstein-Barr virus remains latent in the patient for life, reactivation of the virus from the latent state is important in generating or maintaining the autoimmune response that culminates in autoimmune disease. Cells infected with latent virus may also encourage autoimmunity. Based on the understanding that reactivation or latency are important to produce or sustain autoimmunity, then therapies directed against Epstein-Barr virus will also be effective therapies for the autoimmune manifestations of disease for which Epstein-Barr virus is responsible. |
| FILED | Monday, January 13, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/781296 |
| 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: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888463 | Montano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monica Montano (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Amelia Sutton (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A protein, designated ERCoA3 is provided. The ERCoA3 protein interacts with the estrogen receptor and the progesterone receptor and causes activation of these receptors is provided. Also provided are polynucleotides which encode ERCoA3 or block translation of the mRNA which encodes ERCoA3. Antibiodies that bind to one or more epitopes in the human ERCoA3 protein are provided. The present invention also relates to methods of inhibiting or reducing tamoxifen or estrogen induced proliferation of cancer cells, particularly breast cancer cells, endometrial cancer cells and uterine cancer cells. The method comprises reducing the activity or levels of ERCoA3 in such. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/275722 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888468 | Chakrabarty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ananda M. Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois); Tapas K. Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Vasu Punj (Chicago, Illinois); Olga Zaborina (Brookfield, Illinois); Yoshinori Hiraoka (Chicago, Illinois); Tohru Yamada (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Cytotoxic factors having use in modulating cell death, and their use in methods of treating necrosis or apoptosis-related conditions are disclosed. The invention also relates to methods for identifying active agents useful in treating conditions related to cell death or uncontrolled growth. The present inventors have found that different microorganisms produce different cytotoxic factor(s) having anticancer activity. The substantially pure cytotoxic factors can be used in a method of treating an infectious disease or a cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/508173 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888491 | Rikihisa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yasuko Rikihisa (Worthington, Ohio); Norio Ohashi (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic tools for for serodiagnosing ehrlichiosis in mammals, particularly in members of the Canidae family and in humans are provided. The diagnostic tools are a group of outer membrane proteins of E. chaffeensis and variants thereof, referred to hereinafter as the “OMP proteins”, a group of outer membrane proteins of E. canis and variants thereof referred to hereinafter as the “P30F proteins”, and antibodies to the OMP proteins and the P30F proteins. The OMP proteins of E. chaffeensis encompass OMP-1, OMP-1A, OMP1-B, OMP-1C, OMP1-D, OMP1-E, OMP1-F, OMP1-H, OMP-1R, OMP-1S, OMP-1T, OMP-1U, OMP-1V, OMP-1W, OMP-1X, OMP-1Y and OMP-1Z. The P30F proteins of E. canis encompass P30, P30a, P30-1, P30-2, P30-3, P304, P30-5, P30-6, P30-7, P30-8, P30-9, P30-10, P30-11, and P30-12. Isolated polynucleotides that encode the E. chaffeensis OMP proteins and isolated polynucleotides that encode the E. canis P30F protein are also provided. The present invention also relates to kits containing reagents for diagnosing human ehrlichiosis and canine ehrlichiosis, and to immunogenic compositions containing one or more OMP proteins or P30F proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901714 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888506 | Basu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha Basu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Barbara Serli Mitasev (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of fluorophores is presented. The fluorophores include a conjugated ring system, such as a dithiolone, a pyran, and a pyrazine containing ring system. The structure is designed with the flexibility to have multiple substitution patterns. The fluorophores may be used in applications including, but not limited to, biomarker applications, pH sensors, metal sensors, and as components for molecular electronics. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/020343 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888527 | Lynch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Lynch (Charlottesville, Virginia); Timothy L. Macdonald (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jeremy J. Clemens (New City, New York); Michael D. Davis (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds that have antagonist activity at the S1P1 and/or S1P3 receptors. These compounds have enhanced selectivity and potency at the S1P1 and/or S1P3 receptors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/720998 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888651 | Chinn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garry Chinn (San Mateo, California); Craig S. Levin (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for determining a location of a photon event for an imaging system including a plurality of 3-D detectors. For one of the photons in the photon pair, an interaction in a first 3-D detector is detected. For the other of the photons in the photon pair, at least two interactions in a second 3-D detector are detected. A cone-surface projector function is produced based on the at least two interaction locations in the second 3-D detector. A projector function is produced based on the produced cone-surface projector function, the detected interaction in the first 3-D detector, and the at least two detected interactions in the second 3-D detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/154261 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888935 | Tan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hao Tan (Charlottesville, Virginia); Craig H. Meyer (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | First, benchmark data are collected on two thin slices of an object to get measured k-space trajectories. To find delays on different physical gradients, the root mean square error between estimated and measured k-space trajectories is minimized for different delays. To reduce the error further, an eddy current compensation is introduced along each physical gradient axis. A more accurate estimation of the k-space trajectory can be obtained to image the object. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/036654 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889334 | Krause et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duncan C. Krause (Athens, Georgia); Suzanne Marie Larkin Hennigan (Bogart, Georgia); Richard A. Dluhy (Athens, Georgia); Jeremy Driskell (Athens, Georgia); Yiping Zhao (Statham, Georgia); Ralph A. Tripp (Watkinsville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems and methods for detecting biomolecules of interest, such as a bacterium or virus are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/214025 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889348 | Tearney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dvir Yelin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Jason T. Motz (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary systems and methods for obtaining a photoluminescence radiation from at least one portion of a sample can be provided. For example, using the exemplary embodiment, it is possible to receive a first radiation and disperse the first radiation into at least one second radiation and at least one third radiation. The second and third radiations can be provided to different locations of the portion. In addition, it is possible to receive the photoluminescence radiation from the portion based on the second and third radiations. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/549397 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889905 | Higgins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Higgins (State College, Pennsylvania); Scott A. Merritt (State College, Pennsylvania); Lav Rai (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel framework for fast and continuous registration between two imaging modalities is disclosed. The approach makes it possible to completely determine the rigid transformation between multiple sources at real-time or near real-time frame-rates in order to localize the cameras and register the two sources. A disclosed example includes computing or capturing a set of reference images within a known environment, complete with corresponding depth maps and image gradients. The collection of these images and depth maps constitutes the reference source. The second source is a real-time or near-real time source which may include a live video feed. Given one frame from this video feed, and starting from an initial guess of viewpoint, the real-time video frame is warped to the nearest viewing site of the reference source. An image difference is computed between the warped video frame and the reference image. The viewpoint is updated via a Gauss-Newton parameter update and certain of the steps are repeated for each frame until the viewpoint converges or the next video frame becomes available. The final viewpoint gives an estimate of the relative rotation and translation between the camera at that particular video frame and the reference source. The invention has far-reaching applications, particularly in the field of assisted endoscopy, including bronchoscopy and colonoscopy. Other applications include aerial and ground-based navigation. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/437230 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890157 | Jo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Javier A. Jo (College Station, Texas); Laura Marcu (Davis, California); Qiyin Fang (Beverly Hills, California); Thanassis Papaioannou (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for analysis of fluorescence emission spectroscopy data and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy data are described. A unique Laguerre expansion can be found for fluorescence intensity decays of arbitrary form with convergence to a correct solution faster than with conventional methods. The Laguerre expansion technique includes expansion coefficients highly correlated with intrinsic fluorescence lifetimes, allowing direct characterization of fluorescence dynamics. For complex systems, conventional analysis of fluorescence intensity decay in terms of discrete exponential components can not readily provide a true representation of underlying fluorescence dynamics. Utilizing the Laguerre expansion technique, an alternative non-parametric method for analysis of time-resolved fluorescence data from various systems is described, facilitating characterization and discrimination of a sample. An ultra-fast method for analysis of fluorescence lifetime imaging is also described, facilitating real-time analysis of compositional and functional changes in samples, at a microscopic or macroscopic level. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/567248 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890267 | Glinsky |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ordway Research Institute (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gennadi V. Glinsky (Loudonville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and kits for diagnosing the presence of cancer within a patient, and for determining whether a subject who has cancer is susceptible to different types of treatment regimens. The cancers to be tested include, but are not limited to, prostate, breast, lung, gastric, ovarian, bladder, lymphoma, mesothelioma, medulloblastoma, glioma, and AML. Identification of therapy-resistant patients early in their treatment regimen can lead to a change in therapy in order to achieve a more successful outcome. One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for diagnosing cancer or predicting cancer-therapy outcome by detecting the expression levels of multiple markers in the same cell at the same time, and scoring their expression as being above a certain threshold, wherein the markers are from a particular pathway related to cancer, with the score being indicative or a cancer diagnosis or a prognosis for cancer-therapy failure. This method can be used to diagnose cancer or predict cancer-therapy outcomes for a variety of cancers. The markers can come from any pathway involved in the regulation of cancer, including specifically the PcG pathway and the “stemness” pathway. The markers can be mRNA, microRNA, DNA, or protein. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/732442 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | Ernest Baker (Wantage, New Jersey); Chuck Chin (Ledgewood, New Jersey); Arthur Daniels (Rockaway, New Jersey); Stanley DeFisher (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Vladimir Gold (Hillside, New Jersey); Jack Pincay (Union City, New Jersey); Irene Wu (Livingston, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A warhead includes a body, a patterned liner made of plastic, and an explosive charge disposed within the liner. The liner pattern is formed of gaps and liner elements. The explosive charge includes a first set of sections that are disposed adjacent to the liner gaps and a second set of sections that are disposed adjacent to the liner elements. Upon detonation of the explosive charge and because of the temporal delay in transmitting the detonation energy between these two sets of sections, the warhead body is caused to shear and break into fragments with controlled size. The use of plastic as the liner material also provides a welcome safety feature for this warhead. In the event of unwanted heat ignition, the plastic (which is also low melt temperature material), would melt to seal the explosive and would also flow. Because of the plastic, neither sudden pressure nor heat/ignition inside the round, would therefore be as catastrophic. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/251611 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07886671 | Roberge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Roberge (Westford, Massachusetts); Jason Rathbone (Amesbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A height adjustable workstation comprising a frame, a console supported by and movable up and down with the respect to the frame, and a keyboard tray supported by the console and pivotable with respect thereto when the console is moved down. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/070628 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Horizontally supported planar surfaces 18/50.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07886728 | Mileski |
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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) | Paul M. Mileski (Mystic, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided to control the power output, fuel efficiency and gas emissions of an internal combustion engine using an exhaust gas recirculation system. A recirculation loop containing a heat exchanger and an accumulator is installed between the exhaust ports and intake ports of the cylinders of the internal combustion engine. Diverter valves are used to control the amount of exhaust gas directed into the recirculation loop and the proportion of exhaust gas entering the intake ports. Controlling the amount of re-circulated exhaust gas and proportion of exhaust gas in the intake ports thereby controls the power output of the internal combustion engine. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/383086 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/568.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07886875 | Shevchencko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corp. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A Shevchencko (Andover, Connecticut); Robert D Szolomayer (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for monitoring gas turbine engines are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: monitoring lubrication oil at multiple locations of the gas turbine engine to detect a presence of debris in the oil; determining a characteristic of the debris in the oil; and correlating the characteristic of the debris with the location of detection to determine, while the gas turbine engine is operating, whether the engine is operating within predetermined limits. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/776176 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubrication 184/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887296 | Suciu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); James W. Norris (Lebanon, Connecticut); Craig A. Nordeen (Manchester, Connecticut); Brian Merry (Andover, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fan-turbine rotor assembly for a tip turbine engine includes an outer periphery scalloped by a multitude of elongated openings which define an inducer receipt section to receive an inducer section and a hollow fan blade section. Each fan blade section includes a turbine section which extends from a diffuser section. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/719755 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887330 | King |
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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) | Lynn R. King (Kearney, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for simulating one or more hemorrhages in order to provide a more dynamic and realistic hemorrhage simulation in order to train medical personnel and other critical care givers, such as first responders, medics, and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) on treating hemorrhages. The system includes a reservoir, a flow controller, and at least one conduit connected to at least one simulated wound site wherein the system supplies fluid to the simulated wound site in order to simulate a hemorrhage. The system may further include a plurality of wound sites that have their respective fluid flows controlled by the fluid flow controller. In at least one embodiment, the reservoir and the flow controller are housed within a bag. In at least one embodiment, the system further includes an audio system for providing audio cues to the simulation participants to enhance the realism of the simulation. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/739064 |
| ART UNIT | 3711 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/268 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887689 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Xintek, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Otto Z. Zhou (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Bo Gao (Carrboro, North Carolina); Guozhen Yue (Carrboro, North Carolina); Soojin Oh (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for attaching nanostructure-containing material onto a sharp tip of an object includes forming a suspension of pre-formed nanostructure-containing material in a liquid medium. An electrode is immersed in the suspension. The sharp tip of the object is arranged to be in contact with the suspension. A voltage is applied to the immersed electrode and to the sharp tip. The nanostructure-containing material attaches to the sharp tip of the object. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/842357 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/491 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887716 | Kong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Henkel AG and Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengqian Kong (Edison, New Jersey); Stijn Gillissen (Hasselt, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to cationically curable sealants that provide low moisture permeability and good adhesive strength after cure. The composition consists essentially of an electrophoretic device containing an oxetane compound and a photoinitiating system comprising and photoinitiator and optionally a photosensitizer. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/179924 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/182.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887720 | Drndic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc. (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marija Drndic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Sandra Zivanovic (Ruston, Louisiana); Difei Qi (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions including semiconducting polymers and quantum dot nanocrystals. Also disclosed are optoelectronic devices prepared from semiconducting polymers and quantum dot nanocrystals. Also are disclosed methods of increasing the quantum efficiency in optoelectronic devices and methods of generating a photocurrent. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/608348 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/519.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887774 | Strano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Strano (Lexington, Massachusetts); Monica Usrey (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul Barone (Allston, Massachusetts); Christopher A. Dyke (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Robert H Hauge (Houston, Texas); Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Irene Marie Marek, legal representative (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward methods of selectively functionalizing carbon nanotubes of a specific type or range of types, based on their electronic properties, using diazonium chemistry. The present invention is also directed toward methods of separating carbon nanotubes into populations of specific types or range(s) of types via selective functionalization and electrophoresis, and also to the novel compositions generated by such separations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496100 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887790 | Ober et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher K. Ober (Ithaca, New York); Sitaraman Krishnan (Ithaca, New York); Qin Lin (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides polymers, methods of preparing polymers, and compositions that include polymers, wherein said polymers include a plurality of two-carbon repeating units in a polymer chain, wherein one or more of the two-carbon repeating units of the polymer chain have a substituent that is covalently bonded to a semifluorinated alkyl ethoxy moiety, and the semifluorinated alkyl ethoxy moiety is attached to the polymer chain substituent through an ester, amide, ketone, carbamate, amine, or other suitable linking group. The polymers can be used to provide antifouling coatings. |
| FILED | Monday, August 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/507355 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/78.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887926 | Ober et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); Kraton Polymers (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher K. Ober (Ithaca, New York); Craig Jonathan Weinman (Mesa, Arizona); Daewon Park (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dale L. Handlin (Shelby, North Carolina); Carl Lesley Willis (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel polymers, including triblock polymers, as well as methods of preparing the polymers, and compositions that include such polymers. The polymers can include at least three blocks, the first block that includes poly(styrene), the second block that includes a random arrangement of poly(ethylene) and poly(butylene), and a third block that includes functionalized poly(isoprene). Units of the functionalized poly(isoprene) block can include hydroxyl groups and one or more ether linked side chains comprising R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, as defined herein, or a combination thereof. The polymers can be used to provide antifouling coatings, for example, for marine ship hulls. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/397976 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887929 | Strock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher W. Strock (Kennebunk, Maine); Susan M. Tholen (Kennebunk, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of forming a ceramic workpiece having oriented ceramic reinforcement, and severing the ceramic workpiece to produce a ceramic member having a desired orientation of the ceramic reinforcement. The ceramic member is then attached to a turbine engine component as a thermal barrier layer for the turbine engine component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/845810 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/633 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887937 | Heng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vann Heng (Buena Park, California); Robert A. DiChiara, Jr. (Carlsbad, California); Elizabeth Chu (Mountain View, California); Dave Zorger (Sun City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermal insulation assemblies and methods for fabricating thermal insulation assemblies are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a thermal insulation assembly comprises a ceramic tile having a surface coated with an alumina-mullite slurry. A ceramic matrix composite is disposed on the coated surface. The ceramic matrix composite comprises a first ply of a ceramic fiber impregnated with a ceramic matrix. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/737115 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/702 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888011 | Nilsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Genomics, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trine Nilsen (Arlington, Massachusetts); Nuno Goncalves (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and related products for extracting nucleic acids such as DNA from prokaryotic spores. The invention also encompasses methods for identifying the source of such spores via analysis of the isolated nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/253051 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888119 | Sugaya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kiminobu Sugaya (Winter Park, Florida); Stephanie Merchant (Sanford, Florida); Sudipta Seal (Oviedo, Florida); Petya Georgieva (Williamsville, New York); Manny Vrotsos (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A biocompatible composite includes a solid biocompatible material and a plurality of living human progenitor or living stem cells attached thereto. The biocomposite provides a stable interface with endogenous tissue and the implanted composition resulting in accelerated repair to damaged bones and tissues. |
| FILED | Monday, October 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/582057 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888164 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuan-Neng Chen (White Plains, New York); Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Chung H. Lam (Peekskill, New York); Albert M. Young (Fishkill, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a programmable via structure is provided. The method includes providing a patterned heating material on a surface of an oxide layer. The oxide layer is located above a semiconductor substrate. A patterned dielectric material is formed having a least one via on a surface of the patterned heating material. The at least one via is filled with a phase change material such that a lower surface of the phase change material is in direct contact with a portion of the patterned heating material. A patterned diffusion barrier is formed on an exposed surface of the at least one via filled with the phase change material. A method of programmable a programmable via structure made by the method is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/538120 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888175 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The described embodiments provide a system that facilitates inter-chip alignment for proximity communication and power delivery. The system includes a first integrated circuit chip and a second integrated circuit chip, both of which whose surfaces have corresponding etch pit wells configured to align with each other. A shaped structure is placed in an etch pit well of the first integrated circuit chip such that when the corresponding etch pit well of the second integrated circuit chip is substantially aligned with the etch pit well of the first integrated circuit chip, the shaped structure mates with both the etch pit well of the first integrated circuit chip and with the corresponding etch pit well of the second integrated circuit chip, thereby aligning the first integrated circuit chip with the second integrated circuit chip. In some embodiments the etch pit wells include conductive structures for routing power through a conductive shaped structure. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/502156 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888199 | Walter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Walter (Urbana, Illinois); Nick Holonyak, Jr. (Urbana, Illinois); Milton Feng (Champaign, Illinois); Richard Chan (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor light-emitting transistor device, including: a bipolar pnp transistor structure having a p-type collector, an n-type base, and a p-type emitter; a first tunnel junction coupled with the collector, and a second tunnel junction coupled with the emitter; and a collector contact coupled with the first tunnel junction, an emitter contact coupled with the second tunnel junction, and a base contact coupled with the base; whereby, signals applied with respect to the collector, base, and emitter contacts causes light emission from the base by radiative recombination in the base. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/284829 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888283 | Huang et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lihong Huang (Indianapolis, Indiana); Jian Xie (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for catalyzing the auto-thermal reformation of ethanol, including a porous refractory substrate with a nickel-iron-aluminum oxide material at least partially filling the pores. The substrate is typically an alumina-based ceramic, such as gamma alumina or mullite. The catalyst composition is typically produced by identifying a refractory substrate having a relatively high surface area, such as through the existence of a pore network, infiltrating the refractory substrate with iron oxide and nickel oxide precursors, and combining the iron oxide and nickel oxide precursors with aluminum oxide to form a hybrid nickel-iron-aluminum oxide material at least partially coating the refractory substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/333987 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888346 | Albuquerque et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universtiy of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edson X. Albuquerque (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael Adler (Bel Air, Maryland); Edna F. R. Pereira (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating organophosphorous (OP) poisoning comprising administering to a mammal at risk for OP poisoning an OP poisoning-inhibiting amount of galantamine. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/575945 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/215 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888444 | Coates et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Ithaca, New York); Anna Cherian (Ithaca, New York); Jeffrey M. Rose (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One step ortho-alkylation of anilines with styrenes to give chiral anilines is obtained using a strong acid catalyst, e.g. CF3SO3H. Condensation of the product to give ligand and metallation gives complex which catalyzes polymerization of propylene to give isotactic propylene or regiorandom propylene of low PDI or blocks thereof, depending on polymerization temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/149112 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/348 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888475 | Padgett et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Hal S. Padgett (Vacaville, California); Fakhrieh S. Vojdani (Davis, California); Andrew A. Vaewhongs (Vacaville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein is described a system to combat poxvirus infection wherein antagonists are developed that bind the soluble cytokine receptor but have no significant biological activity in the host, effectively blocking the virus-mediated suppressor of interferon function, thereby permitting the host's own cytokines to stimulate an antiviral response. Alternatively, interferon molecules can be developed that retain biological activity on their native receptors but fail to bind the viral cytokine binding protein, thereby circumventing this virus immune modulation mechanism. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/560391 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07888528 — Photosensitive self-assembled monolayer for selective placement of hydrophilic structures
| US 07888528 | Afzali-Ardakani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Afzali-Ardakani (Ossining, New York); Teresita O. Graham (Irvington, New York); James B. Hannon (Mahopac, New York); George S. Tulevski (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A photosensitive monolayer is self-assembled on an oxide surface. The chemical compound of the photosensitive monolayer has three components. A first end group provides covalent bonds with the oxide surface for self assembly on the oxide surface. A photosensitive group that dissociates upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation is linked to the first end group. A second end group linked to the photosensitive group provides hydrophobicity. Upon exposure to the ultraviolet radiation, the dissociated photosensitive group is cleaved and forms a hydrophilic derivative in the exposed region, rendering the exposed region hydrophilic. Carbon nanotubes or nanocrystals applied in an aqueous dispersion are selectively attracted to the hydrophilic exposed region to from electrostatic bonding with the hydrophilic surface of the cleaved photosensitive group. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/538119 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888540 | Deluga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregg Anthony Deluga (Playa del Rey, California); Vladimir Zamansky (Oceanside, California); Ke Liu (Rancho Santa Margarita, California); Tiffany Elizabeth Pinard Westendorf (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a fuel composition from a bio-oil feedstock is provided, wherein the bio-oil feedstock is subjected to a step of oil extraction to produce a bio-oil and deoiled residue. At least a portion of the deoiled residue is gasified to produce a hydrogen-containing gas. The bio-oil is subjected to an upgrading process to ultimately produce a fuel composition. At least a part of the hydrogen-containing gas produced in the gasification of deoiled residue is used in the upgrading process of producing a fuel composition. The upgrading process, which can involve hydro-treating, hydroisomerization and at least one separation step, produces light hydrocarbons in addition to the product fuel composition. The light hydrocarbons can be used in the gasification operation, e.g., to reduce tar formation. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/101197 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888753 | Afzali-Ardakani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Afzali-Ardakani (Ossining, New York); Sudhir Gowda (Briarcliff, New York); Supratik Guha (Chappaqua, New York); Hendrik F. Hamann (Yorktown Heights, New York); Emanuel Tutuc (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for ultra-sensitive detection are provided. In one aspect, a detection device is provided. The detection device comprises a source; a drain; a nanowire comprising a semiconductor material having a first end clamped to the source and a second end clamped to the drain and suspended freely therebetween; and a gate in close proximity to the nanowire. |
| FILED | Monday, July 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/496383 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888842 | Pereira da Cunha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mauricio Pereira da Cunha (Orono, Maine); Robert J. Lad (Glenburn, Maine); David Joseph Frankel (Orono, Maine); George Paul Bernhardt, IV (Hampden, Maine); Thomas Moonlight (Dover-Foxcroft, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-thin film electrode including at least one electrically conductive layer disposed upon an adhesive layer that is carried by a substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/891081 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888959 | Cannon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ethan H. Cannon (Essex Junction, Vermont); AJ KleinOsowski (Austin, Texas); K. Paul Muller (Wappingers Falls, New York); Tak H. Ning (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip J. Oldiges (LaGrangeville, New York); Leon J. Sigal (Monsey, New York); James D. Warnock (Somers, New York); Dieter Wendel (Schoenaich, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining one or more transistors within a particular circuit to be respectively replaced with a hardened transistor includes: identifying, as not requiring hardening, one or more transistors; identifying, as candidates for hardening, each transistor in the circuit not previously identified as not requiring hardening; and employing the hardened transistor in place of a transistor identified as a candidate for hardening. The circuit is a latch and the transistor is an SOI CMOS FET. The transistor is also an SOI transistor. The series transistor includes first and second series-connected transistors having a shared source/drain region whereby a drain of the first series-connected transistor is merged with a source of the second series-connected transistor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857596 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/762.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889025 | Kosinski 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) | John A. Kosinski (Neptune, New Jersey); Robert A. Pastore, Jr. (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An anti-reflective acoustic diffusion device is provided by a group of irregularly dimensioned diffusing elements positioned on an acoustic wave substrate end that diffuse the SAW and eliminate unwanted acoustic reflections from the end of the substrate. The irregularly dimensioned diffusing elements are substantially irregular in size, shape, composition, and location and provide the desired diffusion into a nearly uniform distributed acoustic energy with a random phase. The anti-reflective acoustic diffusion device can be used with SAW, BAW or multiple acoustic wave configurations. This invention also encompasses an anti-reflective acoustic diffusion system and methods for diffusing acoustic reflections with anti-reflective acoustic diffusing elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/214292 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889127 | Sajuyigbe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soji Sajuyigbe (Durham, North Carolina); David R. Smith (Durham, North Carolina); Steven Cummer (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Victor S. Starkovich (Maple Valley, Washington); Minas H. Tanielian (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A phased array antenna system may include a sheet of conductive material with a plurality of aperture antenna elements formed in the sheet of conductive material. Each of the plurality of aperture antenna elements is capable of sending and receiving electromagnetic energy. The phased array antenna system may also include a wide angle impedance match (WAIM) layer of material disposed over the plurality of aperture antenna elements formed in the sheet of conductive material. The WAIM layer of material includes a plurality of metamaterial particles. The plurality of metamaterial particles are selected and arranged to minimize return loss and to optimize an impedance match between the phased array antenna system and free space to permit scanning of the phased array antenna system up to a predetermined angle in elevation. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/234814 |
| 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 342/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889135 | Blaser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Larry Blaser (Auburn, Washington); Peter Timothy Heisen (Kent, Washington); Richard N. Bostwick (North Bend, Washington); John B. O'Connell (Seattle, Washington); Stephen Lee Fahley (Renton, Washington); Julio A. Navarro (Kent, Washington); Mark Richard Davis (Bellevue, Washington); Harold Peter Soares, Jr. (Tacoma, Washington); Scott A. Raby (Redmond, Washington); Jimmy S. Takeuchi (Mercer Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna array core comprising a plurality of microwave modules, a control layer, a mounting layer, and a signal distribution layer. The control layer is capable of distributing control signals to the plurality of microwave modules. The plurality of microwave modules are attached to an upper surface of the mounting layer and the mounting layer is made from a heat conductive material capable of cooling the plurality of microwave modules. The signal distribution layer is located below the mounting layer, wherein the signal distribution layer is capable of transmitting microwave signals to the plurality of microwave modules and wherein the arrangement of the plurality of microwave modules on the mounting layer, the control layer, and the wave distribution network form a layered architecture for the antenna core. The architecture is a balance between, size, thermal control, manufacturability, cost, and performance so as to be a unique solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/765332 |
| 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 07889144 | Webb et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Spencer Webb (Pelham, New Hampshire); David Martin (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A low power, lightweight, collapsible and rugged antenna positioner for use in communicating with geostationary, geosynchronous and low earth orbit satellite. By collapsing, invention may be easily carried or shipped in a compact container. May be used in remote locations with simple or automated setup and orientation. Azimuth is adjusted by rotating an antenna in relation to a positioner base and elevation is adjusted by rotating an elevation motor coupled with the antenna. Manual orientation of antenna for linear polarized satellites yields lower weight and power usage. Updates ephemeris or TLE data via satellite. Algorithms used for search including Clarke Belt fallback, transponder/beacon searching switch, azimuth priority searching and tracking including uneven re-peak scheduling yield lower power usage. Orientation aid via user interface allows for smaller azimuth motor, simplifies wiring and lowers weight. Tilt compensation, bump detection and failure contingency provide robustness. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/236149 |
| 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 343/766 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889151 | Brock 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) | David W. Brock (San Diego, California); Peter S. Berens (San Diego, California); Bruce D. Calder (San Diego, California); Terence R. Albert (La Jolla, California); Robbi Mangra (San Diego, California); Hale B. Simonds (Santee, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna includes a support structure and radiating element. The radiating element includes a dielectric planar substrate having a first and a second surface, at least two conductive spiral arms extending outward from and spiraling about an axis of rotation formed on the first surface, and a feed conductor extending outward from and spiraling about an axis of rotation formed on the second surface. The feed conductor may be substantially aligned with one of the conductive spiral arms. When the support structure is placed upon a substantially planar surface, the radiating element is positioned at height h from the planar surface, wherein height h is about one-fourth the wavelength of the antenna's operating frequency. The antenna may produce an omni-directional antenna pattern in azimuth and a broad antenna pattern in elevation, with both patterns having nulls near the horizon. An external reflector may be operatively coupled to the antenna. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/937321 |
| 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 343/895 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889346 | Myrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Myrick (Irmo, South Carolina); Paul G. Miney (Leitrim, Ireland); Maria V. Schiza (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas sensor uses optical interferents in a porous thin film cell to measure the refractive index of the pore medium. As the medium within the pores changes, spectral variations can be detected. For example, as the pores are filled with a solution, the characteristic peaks exhibit a spectral shift in one direction. Conversely, when tiny amounts of gas are produced, the peaks shift in the opposite direction. This can be used to measure gas evolution, humidity and for applications for other interferometric-based sensing devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/581407 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889348 | Tearney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo J. Tearney (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dvir Yelin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Benjamin J. Vakoc (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brett Eugene Bouma (Quincy, Massachusetts); Jason T. Motz (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary systems and methods for obtaining a photoluminescence radiation from at least one portion of a sample can be provided. For example, using the exemplary embodiment, it is possible to receive a first radiation and disperse the first radiation into at least one second radiation and at least one third radiation. The second and third radiations can be provided to different locations of the portion. In addition, it is possible to receive the photoluminescence radiation from the portion based on the second and third radiations. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/549397 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889351 | Strandjord et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee K. Strandjord (Tonka Bay, Minnesota); Norman Gerard Tarleton (Glendale, Arizona); Darryl G. Busch (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A gyroscope for determining an angular rate output. The gyroscope includes a first demodulator configured to demodulate an angular rate measurement at a first bias modulation frequency to determine the angular rate signal and a second demodulator configured to demodulate the angular rate measurement at a second bias modulation frequency to provide a signal with ARW information. The gyroscope further includes an ARW estimator that provides an output that is proportional to ARW that is then stored in a memory. The second bias modulation frequency is an even order harmonic of the first bias modulation frequency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/346354 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/464 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889413 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Unites States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio); Dean R. Evans (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for automatically activating an optical light valve. The method includes providing a photorefractive cell having a birefringent medium which is doped with nanoparticles and transmitting light through the photorefractive cell to create an electric field in the photorefractive cell such that the alignment state of the birefringent medium and nanoparticles is changed to thereby reduce the intensity of the light being transmitted therethrough, wherein the intensity of light is reduces without an external power source. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/483934 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889519 | Perreault et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Juan M. Rivas (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Anthony D. Sagneri (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Olivia Leitermann (Arlington, Massachusetts); Yehui Han (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for a dc-dc converter for operating at substantially fixed switching frequency, the converter including a rectifier, and a resonant inverter coupled to the rectifier, the resonant inverter including a switch and a reactive network having first, second, third and fourth energy storage elements, wherein an impedance magnitude at the output of the switch due to the reactive network has minima at dc and at a frequency near a second harmonic of the switching frequency. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/622571 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/21.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889542 | Prinz |
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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) | Gary Prinz (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic memory storage device with at least one magnetic storage element comprising electrical addressing leads to inject electrical current directly through a single magnetic memory storage element. The number of electrical addressing leads is at least one more than the number of magnetic memory storage elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/078889 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889774 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Russell Holmes (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to organic lasers. More specifically, the present invention is directed to an organic laser that provides a self-stimulated source of coherent radiation originating from organic microcavity polaritons. The organic polariton laser of the present invention comprises a substrate, a resonant microcavity comprising an organic polariton emission layer; and an optical pump. In preferred embodiments the optical pump is a microcavity OLED allowing for the fabrication of a self-contained or integrated device. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/877640 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889840 | Vasudevan 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) | Asuri K. Vasudevan (Reston, Virginia); Kuntimaddi Sadananda (Springfield, Virginia); Grzegorz Glinka (Petersburg, Canada); Daniel Kujawski (Portage, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for determining damage prediction of a component. The component may be critical component used in an aircraft or other vehicle experiencing cyclic loading. The method and system determines the ΔK, Kmax and Kinternal values for the component and utilizes these values in order to predict damage and/or failure of the component. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/972146 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889914 | Regli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Regli (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Cheuk Yiu Ip (Silver Spring, Maryland); Leonard Sieger (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing an automated classifier for 3D CAD models wherein the method provides an algorithm for learning new classifications. The method enables existing model comparison algorithms to adapt to different classifications that are relevant in many engineering applications. This ability to adapt to different classifications allows greater flexibility in data searching and data mining of engineering data. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/479414 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889950 | Milanfar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peyman Milanfar (Menlo Park, California); Hiroyuki Takeda (Santa Cruz, California); Sina Farslu (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of image processing using kernel regression is provided. An image gradient is estimated from original data that is analyzed for local structures by computing a scaling parameter, a rotation parameter and an elongation parameter using singular value decomposition on local gradients of the estimated gradients locally to provide steering matrices. A steering kernel regression having steering matrices is applied to the original data to provide a reconstructed image and new image gradients. The new gradients are analyzed using singular value decomposition to provide new steering matrices. The steering kernel regression with the new steering matrices is applied to the noisy data to provide a new reconstructed image and further new gradients. The last two steps are repeated up to ten iterations to denoise the original noisy data and improve the local image structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/513833 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889954 | Sailor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Sailor (La Jolla, California); Brian H King (LaJolla, California); Anne M Ruminski (El Centro, California); Jay L Snyder (Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention is a remote sensor that has an optical fiber terminating in a tip. A thin film porous particle having a characteristic optical response that changes in the presence of an analyte is optically coupled and physically attached to the tip of the optical fiber. The optical response of the particle changes in the presence of analyte, and the particle also serves to concentrate analyte. The thin film porous particle can be functionalized toward sensitivity for a predetermined analyte or analytes. A method of remote sensing exposes the remote sensor to an environment to be monitored for analyte. The thin film porous particle is probed with a beam of light. Reflected light is monitored through the optical fiber for a shift in frequency or intensity. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/218330 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889996 | Zheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a system are described. This system includes an array of chip modules (CMs) that are configured to communicate data signals with each other via optical communication. In a given CM module, optical signal paths, such as waveguides, are routed in the same way as in the other CMs in the array. In this way, a common optical design in the CMs may be used in the system to prevent data conflicts during the optical communication. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/962415 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890222 | Shultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter M. Shultz (North Richland Hills, Texas); Carlos A. Fenny (Arlington, Texas); Todd Walker (Fort Worth, Texas); Sam Arjunan (Grand Prarie, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical flight control system for a rotary-wing aircraft is disclosed. The flight control system comprises an upstream portion, a downstream portion, and an assembly for connecting the upstream portion to the downstream portion. The assembly may comprise dual concentric valve actuators and/or a variety of system load limiting features. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684411 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890262 | Judd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tom Judd (Carlsbad, California); Bruce Graham (West Covina, California); Toan Vu (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing position estimation with a navigation device comprises periodically recording magnetic field strength of an area substantially surrounding a navigation device as a user of the navigation device traverses a select pathway. The method combines the recorded magnetic field strength with measurements from at least a dead reckoning portion of the navigation device to provide position estimates along the select pathway. The method further corrects each of the position estimates from a starting position on the select pathway, where each of the corrected position estimates have an error value below one or more previous position estimates and any intervening positions between each of the one or more previous position estimates and the starting position, with the error value corresponding to an error threshold based on the previous position estimates. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/059865 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890294 | Castelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vittorio Castelli (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Michail Vlachos (Elmsford, New York); Philip S. Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Arrangements are provided for performing structural clustering between different time series. Time series data relating to a plurality of time series is accepted, structural features relating to the time series data are ascertained, and at least one distance between different time series via employing the structural features is determined. The different time series may be partitioned into clusters based on the at least one distance, and/or the k closest matches to a given time series query based on the at least one distance may be returned. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/115166 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science Applications International Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Christopher Hardy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for evaluating a group detection tool are described. One described method includes a set of data including a collection of asserted links between pairs of individuals, creating a sorted list of the individuals present in the collection of asserted links, and creating a square co-occurrence matrix describing the collection of asserted links, the square co-occurrence matrix including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns each containing the sorted list of individuals. The method also includes inserting a link indicator in each cell of the square co-occurrence matrix, the link indicator having a first value if a first individual associated with the row and a second individual associated with the column are linked and a second value if they are not, identifying a plurality of square sub-co-occurrence matrices in the square co-occurrence matrix, generating a statistic for a characteristic of at least one class of the plurality of square sub-co-occurrence matrices, and identifying one of the plurality of sub-co-occurrence matrices for each of the at least one class of square sub-co-occurrence matrices. The method further includes evaluating the performance of the group detection tool by: applying the group detection tool to the set of data, and determining the extent to which a plurality of individuals in the at least one square sub-co-occurrence matrix are associated in one or more groups generated by the group detection tool. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/511764 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890510 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved techniques are disclosed for detecting patterns of interaction among a set of entities and analyzing community evolution in a stream environment. By way of example, a technique for processing data from a data stream includes the following steps/operations. A data point of the data stream representing an interaction event is obtained. An interaction graph is updated on-line based on the data point representing the interaction event. The updated interaction graph is stored in a nonvolatile memory. An interaction evolution is determined off-line from the updated interaction graph stored in the nonvolatile memory. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/243727 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890539 | Boschee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth Megan Boschee (Watertown, Massachusetts); Michael Levit (Berkeley, California); Marjorie Ruth Freedman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to topic classification systems in which text intervals are represented as proposition trees. Free-text queries and candidate responses are transformed into proposition trees, and a particular candidate response can be matched to a free-text query by transforming the proposition trees of the free-text query into the proposition trees of the candidate responses. Because proposition trees are able to capture semantic information of text intervals, the topic classification system accounts for the relative importance of topic words, for paraphrases and re-wordings, and for omissions and additions. Redundancy of two text intervals can also be identified. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/974022 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/794 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890549 | Elad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Leap Research, Inc. (Claymont, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph B Elad (Claymont, Delaware); Srikanth V. Kallurkar (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania); Bin Yu (Wilmington, Delaware); Jonathan Dale (Mountain View, California); Apperson H. Johnson (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention, known as The Collaboration Portal (COPO), relates generally to the field of automated entity, data processing, system control, and data communications, and more specifically to an integrated method, system, and apparatus for providing computer-accessible benefits for communities of users. It provides a framework for provisioning computer-accessible benefits for communities of users, and can efficiently and robustly distribute the processing in behalf of those users over a decentralized network of computers. The field of the invention generally encompasses enabling appropriate and desired communication among communities of users and organizations, and providing information, goods, services, a works, opportunities, and connections among users and organizations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/113203 |
| ART UNIT | 2167 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/803 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890649 | Gu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaohui Gu (Chappaqua, New York); Haixun Wang (Irvington, New York); Philip Shi-lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing multi-way stream correlations. Stream data are received for correlation. A task is formed for continuously partitioning a multi-way stream correlation workload into smaller workload pieces. Each of the smaller workload pieces may be processed by a single host. The stream data are sent to different hosts for correlation processing. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478627 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890763 | Law et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia); Sparta, Inc. (Lake Forest, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie E. Law (New Market, Maryland); Brian J. Matt (Riva, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of identifying invalid digital signatures involving batch verification by receiving digital messages, digital signatures, and signer identifiers, computing Z0 as a function of the received information, and determining if the digital signatures are valid. If so, stopping. If not, assigning a signature identifier to each digital signature, setting w equal to 1, computing Zw as a function of the received information and signature identifiers, and searching for a multiplicative relationship amongst Z0, Z1, . . . , Zw. If one is found then determining the invalid digital signatures from the multiplicative relationship and stopping. Otherwise, incrementing w and returning to the step of computing for additional processing if desired. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901109 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07891004 | Gelvin et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Gelvin (Escondido, California); Lewis D. Girod (Los Angeles, California); William J. Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); Fredric Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Vehicle internetworks provide for communications among diverse electronic devices within a vehicle, and for communications among these devices and networks external to the vehicle. The vehicle internetwork comprises specific devices, software, and protocols, and provides for security for essential vehicle functions and data communications, ease of integration of new devices and services to the vehicle internetwork, and ease of addition of services linking the vehicle to external networks such as the Internet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 04, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/684388 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Forman (Mountain House, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a signal controller, e.g., a filter or a switch, for a coplanar waveguide during the LIGA fabrication process of the waveguide. Both patterns for the waveguide and patterns for the signal controllers are created on a mask. Radiation travels through the mask and reaches a photoresist layer on a substrate. The irradiated portions are removed and channels are formed on the substrate. A metal is filled into the channels to form the conductors of the waveguide and the signal controllers. Micromachined quasi-lumped elements are used alone or together as filters. The switch includes a comb drive, a spring, a metal plunger, and anchors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/136890 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/846 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07886545 | Lacy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Gilbert Otto Kraemer (Greer, South Carolina); Balachandar Varatharajan (Clifton Park, New York); Ertan Yilmaz (Albany, New York); John Joseph Lipinski (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assembling a gas turbine combustor system is provided. The method includes providing a combustion liner including a center axis, an outer wall, a first end, and a second end. The outer wall is orientated substantially parallel to the center axis. The method also includes coupling a transition piece to the liner second end. The transition piece includes an outer wall. The method further includes coupling a plurality of lean-direct injectors along at least one of the liner outer wall and the transition piece outer wall such that the injectors are spaced axially apart along the wall. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/741502 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/804 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07886991 | Zuo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baifang Zuo (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Thomas Edward Johnson (Greer, South Carolina); Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greer, South Carolina); Willy Steve Ziminsky (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An injection nozzle having a main body portion with an outer peripheral wall is disclosed. The nozzle includes a plurality of fuel/air mixing tubes disposed within the main body portion and a fuel flow passage fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel/air mixing tubes. Fuel and air are partially premixed inside the plurality of the tubes. A second body portion, having an outer peripheral wall extending between a first end and an opposite second end, is connected to the main body portion. The partially premixed fuel and air mixture from the first body portion gets further mixed inside the second body portion. The second body portion converges from the first end toward said second end. The second body portion also includes cooling passages that extend along all the walls around the second body to provide thermal damage resistance for occasional flame flash back into the second body. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245266 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887092 | Pacheco et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Pacheco (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven E. Highland (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A harpoon breaching tool that allows security officers, SWAT teams, police, firemen, soldiers, or others to forcibly breach metal doors or walls very quickly (in a few seconds), without explosives. The harpoon breaching tool can be mounted to a vehicle's standard receiver hitch. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/624325 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Land vehicles 280/762 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887243 | Abel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Abel (Overland Park, Kansas); Carl Watterson (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature mechanical transfer (MT) optical coupler (“MMTOC”) for optically connecting a first plurality of optical fibers with at least one other plurality of optical fibers. The MMTOC may comprise a beam splitting element, a plurality of collimating lenses, and a plurality of alignment elements. The MMTOC may optically couple a first plurality of fibers disposed in a plurality of ferrules of a first MT connector with a second plurality of fibers disposed in a plurality of ferrules of a second MT connector and a third plurality of fibers disposed in a plurality of ferrules of a third MT connector. The beam splitting element may allow a portion of each beam of light from the first plurality of fibers to pass through to the second plurality of fibers and simultaneously reflect another portion of each beam of light from the first plurality of fibers to the third plurality of fibers. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/048944 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887618 | Nelson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albemarle Corporation (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sidney Nelson (Hudson, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for reducing emission of mercury from a gas stream by treating the gas with carbonaceous mercury sorbent particles to reduce the mercury content of the gas; collecting the carbonaceous mercury sorbent particles on collection plates of a hot-side ESP; periodically rapping the collection plates to release a substantial portion of the collected carbonaceous mercury sorbent particles into hoppers; and periodically emptying the hoppers, wherein such rapping and emptying are done at rates such that less than 70% of mercury adsorbed onto the mercury sorbent desorbs from the collected mercury sorbent into the gas stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424186 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887778 | Suib et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Lawrence Suib (Storrs, Connecticut); Jikang Yuan (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanowires, films, and membranes comprising ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves and methods of making the same are disclosed. A method for forming nanowires includes hydrothermally treating a chemical precursor composition in a hydrothermal treating solvent to form the nanowires, wherein the chemical precursor composition comprises a source of manganese cations and a source of counter cations, and wherein the nanowires comprise ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/209252 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/605 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887927 | Jang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a moldable, multiple-layer composite composition, which is a precursor to an electrically conductive composite flow field plate or bipolar plate. In one preferred embodiment, the composition comprises a plurality of conductive sheets and a plurality of mixture layers of a curable resin and conductive fillers, wherein (A) each conductive sheet is attached to at least one resin-filler mixture layer; (B) at least one of the conductive sheets comprises flexible graphite; and (C) at least one resin-filler mixture layer comprises a thermosetting resin and conductive fillers with the fillers being present in a sufficient quantity to render the resulting flow field plate or bipolar plate electrically conductive with a conductivity no less than 100 S/cm and thickness-direction areal conductivity no less than 200 S/cm2. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715786 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/542.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887970 | Gerald, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rex E. Gerald, II (Brookfield, Illinois); Robert J. Klingler (Glenview, Illinois); Jerome W. Rathke (Homer Glen, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention relates a solid-state electrochemical cell and a novel separator/electrolyte incorporated therein. The invented electrochemical cell generally comprising: a unique metal oxyhydroxide based (i.e. AlOOH) separator/electrolyte membrane sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode. The novel separator/electrolyte comprises a nanoparticulate metal oxyhydroxide, preferably AlOOH and a salt which are mixed and then pressed together to form a monolithic metal oxyhydroxide-salt membrane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/498993 |
| ART UNIT | 1728 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/486 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888063 | Deiters et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Deiters (La Jolla, California); T. Ashton Cropp (San Diego, California); Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); J. Christopher Anderson (San Francisco, California); Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides compositions and methods for producing translational components that expand the number of genetically encoded amino acids in eukaryotic cells. The components include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases and unnatural amino acids. Proteins and methods of producing proteins with unnatural amino acids in eukaryotic cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826919 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/68.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888281 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Evernu Technology, LLC (Warminster, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manhua Lin (Maple Glen, Pennsylvania); Krishnan S. Pillai (North Brunwick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst, its method of preparation and its use for producing at least one of methacrolein and methacrylic acid, for example, by subjecting isobutane or isobutylene or a mixture thereof to a vapor phase catalytic oxidation in the presence of air or oxygen. In the case where isobutane alone is subjected to a vapor phase catalytic oxidation in the presence of air or oxygen, the product is at least one of isobutylene, methacrolein and methacrylic acid. The catalyst comprises a compound having the formula AaBbXxYyZzOo wherein A is one or more elements selected from the group of Mo, W and Zr, B is one or more elements selected from the group of Bi, Sb, Se, and Te, X is one or more elements selected from the group of Al, Bi, Ca, Ce, Co, Fe, Ga, Mg, Ni, Nb, Sn, W and Zn, Y is one or more elements selected from the group of Ag, Au, B, Cr, Cs, Cu, K, La, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Nb, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, Re, Ru, Sn, Te, Ti, V and Zr, and Z is one or more element from the X or Y groups or from the following: As, Ba, Pd, Pt, Sr, or mixtures thereof, and wherein a=1, 0.05<b<1.5, 0.01<x<1, 0<y<0.5, 0<z<0.2 and o is dependent on the oxidation state of the other elements. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/016264 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/242 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888397 | Hibbs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Hibbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher J. Cornelius (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cy H. Fujimoto (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A poly(phenylene) compound of copolymers that can be prepared with either random or multiblock structures where a first polymer has a repeat unit with a structure of four sequentially connected phenyl rings with a total of 2 pendant phenyl groups and 4 pendant tolyl groups and the second polymer has a repeat unit with a structure of four sequentially connected phenyl rings with a total of 6 pendant phenyl groups. The second polymer has chemical groups attached to some of the pendant phenyl groups selected from CH3, CH2Br, and CH2N(CH3)3Br groups. When at least one group is CH2N(CH3)3Br, the material functions as an anion exchange membrane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/112012 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888583 | Lagally et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul G. Evans (Madison, Wisconsin); Clark S. Ritz (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nanowires and nanoribbons that are well suited for use in thermoelectric applications. The nanowires and nanoribbons are characterized by a periodic longitudinal modulation, which may be a compositional modulation or a strain-induced modulation. The nanowires are constructed using lithographic techniques from thin semiconductor membranes, or “nanomembranes.” |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/745156 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888593 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Alexander W. Hains (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a solar cell. In one embodiment, the solar cell includes an anode; an active organic layer comprising an electron-donating organic material and an electron-accepting organic material; and an interfacial layer formed between the anode and active organic layer, where the interfacial layer comprises a hole-transporting polymer characterized with a hole-mobility higher than that of the electron-donating organic material in the active organic layer, and a small molecule that has a high hole-mobility and is capable of crosslinking on contact with air. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/046983 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888635 | Belov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail E. Belov (Richland, Washington); Yehia M. Ibrahim (Richland, Washington); Biran H. Clowers (West Richland, Washington); David C. Prior (Hermiston, Oregon); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion funnel trap is described that includes a inlet portion, a trapping portion, and a outlet portion that couples, in normal operation, with an ion funnel. The ion trap operates efficiently at a pressure of ˜1 Torr and provides for: 1) removal of low mass-to-charge (m/z) ion species, 2) ion accumulation efficiency of up to 80%, 3) charge capacity of ˜10,000,000 elementary charges, 4) ion ejection time of 40 to 200 μs, and 5) optimized variable ion accumulation times. Ion accumulation with low concentration peptide mixtures has shown an increase in analyte signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) of a factor of 30, and a greater than 10-fold improvement in SNR for multiply charged analytes. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/156360 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/283 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888645 | Gopalsami et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne LLP (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nachappa Gopalsami (Argonne, Illinois); Sasan Bakhtiari (Argonne, Illinois); Apostolos C. Raptis (Argonne, Illinois); Thomas W. Elmer (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for the passive measurement of spectral lines from the absorption or emission by polar molecules. The system includes mmW front-end assembly, back-end electronics, and data acquisition hardware and software was assembled. The method relates to methods for processing multi-channel radiometric data from passive mmW detection systems. |
| FILED | Monday, February 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/371871 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888855 | Maskaly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garry R. Maskaly (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Richard D. Schaller (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Victor I. Klimov (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Composition comprising one or more energy donors and one or more energy acceptors, wherein energy is transferred from the energy donor to the energy acceptor and wherein: the energy acceptor is a colloidal nanocrystal having a lower band gap energy than the energy donor; the energy donor and the energy acceptor are separated by a distance of 40 nm or less; wherein the average peak absorption energy of the acceptor is at least 20 meV greater than the average peak emission energy of the energy donor; and wherein the ratio of the number of energy donors to the number of energy acceptors is from about 2:1 to about 1000:1. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/218716 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/498 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889046 | Meinke |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rainer Meinke (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductor assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or in which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, a voltage is induced. In the assembly a first layer, tubular in shape, is formed about an axis. The axis includes a curved portion along which a conductor may be positioned to define a first conductor path. The first layer also includes a curved portion having a shape that includes a curve extending along the curved portion of the axis. A first conductor is arranged about the curved portion of the first layer in a first helical configuration including a curved segment, helical in shape and formed about the curved portion of the axis. The configuration is capable of sustaining a magnetic field having multipole components oriented in directions transverse to the axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133613 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Inductor devices 336/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889657 | Blocksome |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Signaling completion of a message transfer from an origin node to a target node includes: sending, by an origin DMA engine, an RTS message, the RTS message specifying an application message for transfer to the target node from the origin node; receiving, by the origin DMA engine, a remote get message containing a data descriptor for the message and a completion notification descriptor, the completion notification descriptor specifying a local memory FIFO data transfer operation for transferring data locally on the origin node; inserting, by the origin DMA engine in an injection FIFO buffer, the data descriptor followed by the completion notification descriptor; transferring, by the origin DMA engine to the target node, the message in dependence upon the data descriptor; and notifying, by the origin DMA engine, the application that transfer of the message is complete in dependence upon the completion notification descriptor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/744296 |
| ART UNIT | 2461 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889830 | Gilmore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles B. Gilmore (Greensburg, Pennsylvania); David A. Altman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Norman R. Singleton (Murrysville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A nuclear reactor having a coolant flow deflector secured to a reactor core barrel in line with a coolant inlet nozzle. The flow deflector redirects incoming coolant down an annulus between the core barrel and the reactor vessel. The deflector has a main body with a front side facing the fluid inlet nozzle and a rear side facing the core barrel. The rear side of the main body has at least one protrusion secured to the core barrel so that a gap exists between the rear side of the main body adjacent the protrusion and the core barrel. Preferably, the protrusion is a relief that circumscribes the rear side of the main body. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/745600 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/439 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890486 | Claghorn |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Claghorn (Pasco, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A document creation and citation system designed to maintain a database of reference documents. The content of a selected document may be automatically scanned and indexed by the system. The selected documents may also be manually indexed by a user prior to the upload. The indexed documents may be uploaded and stored within a database for later use. The system allows a user to generate new documents by selecting content within the reference documents stored within the database and inserting the selected content into a new document. The system allows the user to customize and augment the content of the new document. The system also generates citations to the selected content retrieved from the reference documents. The citations may be inserted into the new document in the appropriate location and format, as directed by the user. The new document may be uploaded into the database and included with the other reference documents. The system also maintains the database of reference documents so that when changes are made to a reference document, the author of a document referencing the changed document will be alerted to make appropriate changes to his document. The system also allows visual comparison of documents so that the user may see differences in the text of the documents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/187260 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890597 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for DMA transfer completion notification that include: inserting, by an origin DMA on an origin node in an origin injection FIFO, a data descriptor for an application message; inserting, by the origin DMA, a reflection descriptor in the origin injection FIFO, the reflection descriptor specifying a remote get operation for injecting a completion notification descriptor in a reflection injection FIFO on a reflection node; transferring, by the origin DMA to a target node, the message in dependence upon the data descriptor; in response to completing the message transfer, transferring, by the origin DMA to the reflection node, the completion notification descriptor in dependence upon the reflection descriptor; receiving, by the origin DMA from the reflection node, a completion packet; and notifying, by the origin DMA in response to receiving the completion packet, the origin node's processing core that the message transfer is complete. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/829317 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890670 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | DMA transfer completion notification includes: inserting, by an origin DMA engine on an origin node in an injection first-in-first-out (‘FIFO’) buffer, a data descriptor for an application message to be transferred to a target node on behalf of an application on the origin node; inserting, by the origin DMA engine, a completion notification descriptor in the injection FIFO buffer after the data descriptor for the message, the completion notification descriptor specifying a packet header for a completion notification packet; transferring, by the origin DMA engine to the target node, the message in dependence upon the data descriptor; sending, by the origin DMA engine, the completion notification packet to a local reception FIFO buffer using a local memory FIFO transfer operation; and notifying, by the origin DMA engine, the application that transfer of the message is complete in response to receiving the completion notification packet in the local reception FIFO buffer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/746348 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellis Meng (Pasadena, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); Rajat Agrawal (Redlands, California); Ronalee Lo (Monterey Park, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California); Kenrick Kuwahara (Woodland Hills, California); Po-Ying Li (Los Angeles, California); Damien Rodger (Los Angeles, California); Po-Jui Chen (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of an implantable device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a patient includes a reservoir configured to contain a liquid comprising the therapeutic agent and a cannula in fluid communication with the reservoir. The device and related methods may provide such features as constant-flow operation, an electrolytic mode of pumping, and/or wireless communication. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/686310 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887774 | Strano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Strano (Lexington, Massachusetts); Monica Usrey (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul Barone (Allston, Massachusetts); Christopher A. Dyke (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Robert H Hauge (Houston, Texas); Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Irene Marie Marek, legal representative (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward methods of selectively functionalizing carbon nanotubes of a specific type or range of types, based on their electronic properties, using diazonium chemistry. The present invention is also directed toward methods of separating carbon nanotubes into populations of specific types or range(s) of types via selective functionalization and electrophoresis, and also to the novel compositions generated by such separations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496100 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888017 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (Stanford, California); Hei-Mun Christina Fan (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present methods are exemplified by a process in which maternal blood containing fetal DNA is diluted to a nominal value of approximately 0.5 genome equivalent of DNA per reaction sample. Digital PCR is then be used to detect aneuploidy, such as the trisomy that causes Down Syndrome. Since aneuploidies do not present a mutational change in sequence, and are merely a change in the number of chromosomes, it has not been possible to detect them in a fetus without resorting to invasive techniques such as amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling. Digital amplification allows the detection of aneuploidy using massively parallel amplification and detection methods, examining, e.g., 10,000 genome equivalents. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/701686 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888031 | Paul, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Paul, III (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns an assay for the detection of polyketide synthetase (PKS) mRNA from the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Another aspect of the invention concerns NASBA primers and a molecular beacon that enable detection of mRNA of one of the PKS genes. In another aspect, the present invention includes an internal control RNA (IC-RNA) that enables quantitative detection of the target as well as correction for inhibition of amplification. The assay of the invention provides a rapid and specific detection of the putative toxin-producing genes of the Florida Red Tide Organism. The assay of the invention is useful for determining the virulence of red tide blooms. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/206385 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888055 | Mrksich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milan Mrksich (Chicago, Illinois); Christian Hodneland (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A substrate comprises a surface, and a plurality of moieties, on at least a portion of the surface. The moieties are moieties of formula: Surf-L-Q-T, where -T comprises a reactant ligand, and Surf- designates where the moiety attaches to the surface. The substrate can be made into a protein chip by the reaction of a reactant ligand and a fusion polypeptide, where the fusion polypeptide includes a capture polypeptide moiety which corresponds to the reactant ligand. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645095 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888244 | Han et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang M. Han (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Qiming Li (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a virtually defect free lattice mismatched nanoheteroepitaxial layer is disclosed. The method includes forming an interface layer on a portion of a substrate. A plurality of seed pads are then formed by self-directed touchdown by exposing the interface layer to a material comprising a semiconductor material. The plurality of seed pads, having an average width of about 1 nm to 10 nm, are interspersed within the interface layer and contact the substrate. An epitaxial layer is then formed by lateral growth of the seed pads over the interface layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/420389 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/481 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888444 | Coates et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey W. Coates (Ithaca, New York); Anna Cherian (Ithaca, New York); Jeffrey M. Rose (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One step ortho-alkylation of anilines with styrenes to give chiral anilines is obtained using a strong acid catalyst, e.g. CF3SO3H. Condensation of the product to give ligand and metallation gives complex which catalyzes polymerization of propylene to give isotactic propylene or regiorandom propylene of low PDI or blocks thereof, depending on polymerization temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/149112 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/348 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888452 | Rasmussen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth C. Rasmussen (Fargo, North Dakota); Jon P. Nietfeld (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a polymer of formula I: wherein A, B, D, E, R1, and R2 have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as electrical devices comprising such polymers. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/197848 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888461 | Firestein-Miller |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Firestein-Miller (Hillsborough, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Fragments of snapin important for interaction with cypin and thus regulating microtubule assembly are provided. Also provided are methods of use of said fragments and kits to facilitate said methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/887687 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888467 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory B. Martin (Ithaca, New York); Robert B. Abramovitch (Ithaca, New York); Nai-Chun Lin (Ithaca, New York); Young-Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a bacterial effector protein which inhibits programmed cell death in eukaryotes and a nucleic acid molecule encoding such a protein. The present invention also relates to methods of suppressing programmed cell death in eukaryotes, delaying senescence in plants, and increasing protein expression in plants. The present invention further relates to a nucleic acid construct having a nucleic acid molecule encoding a first protein, which suppresses immunity by inhibition of programmed cell death in eukaryotes, coupled to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a second protein which is toxic when expressed in eukaryotes. Additionally, the present invention provides a method of stabilizing a transgenic plant transformed with such a nucleic acid construct. Finally, the present invention provides a method of treating subjects for a condition mediated by programmed cell death involving administering to the subject a bacterial effector protein which inhibits programmed cell death. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/524750 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888509 | Wolf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Wolf (Arlington, Virginia); Xuefeng Mei (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the invention relates to 1,8-diarylnaphthalene compounds. In certain embodiments, a compound of the invention is an N-oxide of a 1,8-diarylnaphthalene. In certain embodiments, the aryl group is an optionally substituted acridyl group. In certain embodiments, a compound of the invention is a single steroisomer. In certain embodiments, a compound of the invention is a single enantiomer. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample by monitoring the fluorescence of a compound of the invention in a sample. In certain embodiments, the analyte is a metal ion. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of determining the enantiomeric purity of an analyte by monitoring the fluorescence of a compound of the invention in the presence of the analyte. In certain embodiments, the analyte is a compound that is capable of hydrogen bonding. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/576567 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888556 | del Campillo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elena del Campillo (Edgewater, Maryland); Damian Crawford (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an AtCel5 promoter isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana that is expressed exclusively in root cap cells of both primary and secondary roots. AtCel5 is believed to be a soluble and secreted protein that plays a role in the sloughing of root cap cells from the root tip. The sloughing of root cap cells from the root tip is important because it assists the growing root in penetrating the soil. The AtCel5 gene promoter provides a new molecular marker to further analyze the process of root cap cell separation and also provides a root cap specific promoter for targeting to the environment genes with beneficial properties for plant growth. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/218295 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888842 | Pereira da Cunha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mauricio Pereira da Cunha (Orono, Maine); Robert J. Lad (Glenburn, Maine); David Joseph Frankel (Orono, Maine); George Paul Bernhardt, IV (Hampden, Maine); Thomas Moonlight (Dover-Foxcroft, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-thin film electrode including at least one electrically conductive layer disposed upon an adhesive layer that is carried by a substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/891081 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889334 | Krause et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duncan C. Krause (Athens, Georgia); Suzanne Marie Larkin Hennigan (Bogart, Georgia); Richard A. Dluhy (Athens, Georgia); Jeremy Driskell (Athens, Georgia); Yiping Zhao (Statham, Georgia); Ralph A. Tripp (Watkinsville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems and methods for detecting biomolecules of interest, such as a bacterium or virus are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/214025 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889519 | Perreault et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Juan M. Rivas (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Anthony D. Sagneri (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Olivia Leitermann (Arlington, Massachusetts); Yehui Han (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for a dc-dc converter for operating at substantially fixed switching frequency, the converter including a rectifier, and a resonant inverter coupled to the rectifier, the resonant inverter including a switch and a reactive network having first, second, third and fourth energy storage elements, wherein an impedance magnitude at the output of the switch due to the reactive network has minima at dc and at a frequency near a second harmonic of the switching frequency. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/622571 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/21.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889769 | Sanders |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Thomas Sanders (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-spectral laser system produces first and second output frequencies by nonlinear mixing of a first, second, and third laser light frequency in a single periodically polled crystal, where the first and second output frequencies are separated by a range greater than the degeneracy of the crystal. |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/492768 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889914 | Regli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Regli (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Cheuk Yiu Ip (Silver Spring, Maryland); Leonard Sieger (Jenkintown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing an automated classifier for 3D CAD models wherein the method provides an algorithm for learning new classifications. The method enables existing model comparison algorithms to adapt to different classifications that are relevant in many engineering applications. This ability to adapt to different classifications allows greater flexibility in data searching and data mining of engineering data. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/479414 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890338 | Loder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore C. Loder (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Marshall Van Alstyne (Dexter, Michigan); Richard L. Wash (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method is provided for managing a whitelist. Upon receipt of an electronic message from an approved sender, the message is reviewed for references to other potential sender that may be added to the whitelist. For example, the potential sender may be copied on the electronic message. Based on this reference, the potential sender is deemed trustworthy and placed on the recipient's whitelist. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/543583 |
| ART UNIT | 3629 — 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 75/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890689 | Lam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monica Sin-Ling Lam (Menlo Park, California); Constantine Paul Sapuntzakis (Mountain View, California); Ramesh U. V. Chandra (Belmont, California); Nickolai Borisovich Zeldovich (Redwood City, California); Mendel Rosenblum (Stanford, California); James Eugene Chow (San Mateo, California); David James Brumley (Pittsburgh, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various approaches for virtual appliance management are described. In one approach a virtual appliance repository stores one or more virtual appliances and is coupled to the host computer via a network. A storage device stores a transceiver program capable when executed on said host computer of requesting and receiving the virtual appliances, and generating for each received virtual appliance a respective local copy on the host computer of each received virtual appliance. The local copy is private to the host computer. The transceiver program further binds the virtual appliances to the host computer and obtains user data relevant to the virtual appliances. The transceiver program runs each of the virtual appliances from the respective private local copies on the host computer. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/043672 |
| ART UNIT | 2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890842 | Candes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emmanuel Candes (Los Angeles, California); Terence Tao (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for correcting transmission errors. According to the method, a transmitted vector corrupted by error can be recovered solving a linear program. The method has applications in the transmission of Internet media, Internet telephony, and speech transmission. In addition, error correction is embedded as a key building block in numerous algorithms, and data-structures, where corruption is possible; corruption of digital data stored on a hard-drive, CD, DVD or similar media is a good example. In short, progress in error correction has potential to impact several storage and communication systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/344951 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/781 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890933 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Ashutosh Dhodapkar (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure presents systems and methods to identify program workings sets, detect working set changes and estimate working set sizes. The system generates a highly compressed representation of the working set, called a working set signature, by hashing working set elements into a data structure and setting the entries touched. The working set signature identifies, or is a representation of, the working set. The system can detect a working set change by comparing the signatures of consecutive working sets using a metric called a relative signature distance. The working set size is estimated by counting the number of bits set in the signature. The system can be used to compactly represent various types of working sets such as instruction, data and branch working sets. The system can detect program working set changes (or phase changes) independent of any micro-architectural specification. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/772555 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenbin Tuo (Clarksville, Maryland); Mark C. Jenkins (Davidsonville, Maryland); Yan Zhao (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Neospora caninum is the causal agent of bovine neosporosis which results in high levels of abortion. The protective efficacy of two Neospora antigens: Neospora cyclophilin (NcCyP) and NcSRS2 was evaluated. Mice vaccinated with recombinant (r) NcCyP, rNcSRS2, and the combination rNcCyP plus rNcSRS2, formulated with adjuvant ImmuMax-SR® and CpG were challenge-infected 3 weeks following the booster immunization and necropsied 3 weeks after the challenge infection. Mice vaccinated with rNcCyP, rNcSRS2, or the combination of rNcCyP and rNcSRS2 responded with high levels of NcCyP- or NcSRS2- specific antibodies. Mice which received vaccines formulated with either rNcCyP or the combination rNcCyP and rNcSRS2 had a higher (p<0.01) percent protection when compared to the mock- or non-vaccinated mice. Groups immunized with rNcSRS2 alone exhibited slightly lower levels of protection. Results indicate that NcCyP is a highly efficacious vaccine candidate useful in protection against Neospora infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/070684 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/265.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887828 | Mafra-Neto |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ISCA Technologies, Inc. (Riverside, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Agenor Mafra-Neto (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses systems and methods for controlling arthropod populations. The systems include a polymeric substrate, a semiochemical that is reactive upon an adult-stage arthropod, and an insecticide that is toxic to an immature-stage arthropod. The semiochemical may be a sex pheromone that disrupts mating behavior of the adult-stage arthropod. The insecticide may be a per os insecticide that only affects the immature-stage arthropod. The arthropod to be controlled may be gypsy moths, in which case the semiochemical may be disparlure and the insecticide may be spinosad. Further disclosed are methods for preparing systems for use in controlling arthropod populations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/982946 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/409 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888021 | Khatib |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan Khatib (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polymorphic site selected from the group consisting of positions 164, 269, 284, 407 and 989 of SEQ ID NO: 1, an array or a kit comprising the same. Also provided are a method for detecting single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in bovine proteinase inhibitor (PI) gene, a method for haplotyping a bovine cell, a method for progeny testing of cattle based on said haplotyping, a method for selectively breeding of cattle based on haplotyping a parent animal. The present invention further provides a method for testing a dairy cattle for its milk production trait, comprising haplotyping its cells, wherein a cattle having haplotypes 1, 3, 4 or 5 indicates that the cattle has desirable milk production trait. Haplotype 1 indicates that the cattle has the most desirable milk production trait. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/869464 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888069 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Agrosciences LLC (Indianapolis, Indiana); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Argriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelley A. Smith (Lebanon, Indiana); Steven R. Webb (Westfield, Indiana); Steven L. Evans (Zionsville, Indiana); Charles A. Mihaliak (Apex, North Carolina); Donald J. Merlo (Carmel, Indiana); Geoffrey J. Letchworth (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject application provides various compositions of matter directed to West Nile virus (WNV) polypeptides and fragments thereof and polynucleotides, vectors and transformed host cells that encode, direct the expression of, or produce WNV polypeptides as set forth herein. Methods of using the polypeptides and polynucleotides for the production of immune responses in individuals or detecting the presence of WNV specific or neutralizing antibodies are also provided herein. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/962924 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888095 | Keasling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California); Yasuo Yoshikuni (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of designing and generating polypeptide variants that have altered function compared to a parent polypeptide. The present invention further provides a computer program product for carrying out the design of a variant polypeptide. The present invention further provides nucleic acids encoding terpene cyclase variants, as well as vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides variant terpene cyclases; methods of producing the variant terpene cyclases; and methods of producing isoprenoid compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/915979 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888467 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory B. Martin (Ithaca, New York); Robert B. Abramovitch (Ithaca, New York); Nai-Chun Lin (Ithaca, New York); Young-Jin Kim (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a bacterial effector protein which inhibits programmed cell death in eukaryotes and a nucleic acid molecule encoding such a protein. The present invention also relates to methods of suppressing programmed cell death in eukaryotes, delaying senescence in plants, and increasing protein expression in plants. The present invention further relates to a nucleic acid construct having a nucleic acid molecule encoding a first protein, which suppresses immunity by inhibition of programmed cell death in eukaryotes, coupled to a nucleic acid molecule encoding a second protein which is toxic when expressed in eukaryotes. Additionally, the present invention provides a method of stabilizing a transgenic plant transformed with such a nucleic acid construct. Finally, the present invention provides a method of treating subjects for a condition mediated by programmed cell death involving administering to the subject a bacterial effector protein which inhibits programmed cell death. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/524750 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888500 | Price |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil P. Price (Edelstein, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | “Locked-ring” C-glycoside derivatives may be prepared wherein the ring of the sugar molecule remains intact without the need for any protecting groups. These C-glycoside derivatives may be produced by first reacting an aldose reducing sugar, which may be a hexose or a pentose, with a β-diketone to form a C-glycoside ketone. The C-glycoside ketone is then reacted with a ketone reactive compound, such as a hydrazine or hydroxylamine, optionally linked to a detectable label, to form a C-glycoside derivative wherein the ketone reactive compound is conjugated to the C-glycoside at the site of the ketone. The aldose reducing sugar used in the first reaction may a simple pentose or hexose monosaccharide, or it may be optionally substituted. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/899180 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888556 | del Campillo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elena del Campillo (Edgewater, Maryland); Damian Crawford (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an AtCel5 promoter isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana that is expressed exclusively in root cap cells of both primary and secondary roots. AtCel5 is believed to be a soluble and secreted protein that plays a role in the sloughing of root cap cells from the root tip. The sloughing of root cap cells from the root tip is important because it assists the growing root in penetrating the soil. The AtCel5 gene promoter provides a new molecular marker to further analyze the process of root cap cell separation and also provides a root cap specific promoter for targeting to the environment genes with beneficial properties for plant growth. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/218295 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07887774 | Strano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Strano (Lexington, Massachusetts); Monica Usrey (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul Barone (Allston, Massachusetts); Christopher A. Dyke (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Robert H Hauge (Houston, Texas); Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Irene Marie Marek, legal representative (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward methods of selectively functionalizing carbon nanotubes of a specific type or range of types, based on their electronic properties, using diazonium chemistry. The present invention is also directed toward methods of separating carbon nanotubes into populations of specific types or range(s) of types via selective functionalization and electrophoresis, and also to the novel compositions generated by such separations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496100 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888277 | Riedell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | COI Ceramics, Inc (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Riedell (San Diego, California); Timothy E. Easler (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A precursor of a ceramic adhesive suitable for use in a vacuum, thermal, and microgravity environment. The precursor of the ceramic adhesive includes a silicon-based, preceramic polymer and at least one ceramic powder selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, boron carbide, boron oxide, boron nitride, hafnium boride, hafnium carbide, hafnium oxide, lithium aluminate, molybdenum silicide, niobium carbide, niobium nitride, silicon boride, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, tin oxide, tantalum boride, tantalum carbide, tantalum oxide, tantalum nitride, titanium boride, titanium carbide, titanium oxide, titanium nitride, yttrium oxide, zirconium boride, zirconium carbide, zirconium oxide, and zirconium silicate. Methods of forming the ceramic adhesive and of repairing a substrate in a vacuum and microgravity environment are also disclosed, as is a substrate repaired with the ceramic adhesive. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/621120 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Ceramic 51/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889053 | McGrath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. McGrath (Monrovia, California); Ashit Talukder (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to remotely identify a person by utilizing a microwave cardiogram, where some embodiments segment a signal representing cardiac beats into segments, extract features from the segments, and perform pattern identification of the segments and features with a pre-existing data set. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/784207 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/5.820 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07889443 | Mungas et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Greg S. Mungas (Arcadia, California); John Boynton (Pasadena, California); Cesar A. Sepulveda (Glendale, California); Alicia Nunes de Sepulveda, legal representative (Mexico City, DF, Mexico); Yekta Gursel (Temple City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical system comprising two lens cells, each lens cell comprising multiple lens elements, to provide imaging over a very wide image distance and within a wide range of magnification by changing the distance between the two lens cells. An embodiment also provides scannable laser spectroscopic measurements within the field-of-view of the instrument. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/134987 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/755 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890311 | Hass et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal E. Hass (Yorktown, Virginia); Paul A. Schallhorn (Indialantic, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The flow-through area of a pressure regulator positioned in a branch of a simulated fluid flow network is generated. A target pressure is defined downstream of the pressure regulator. A projected flow-through area is generated as a non-linear function of (i) target pressure, (ii) flow-through area of the pressure regulator for a current time step and a previous time step, and (iii) pressure at the downstream location for the current time step and previous time step. A simulated flow-through area for the next time step is generated as a sum of (i) flow-through area for the current time step, and (ii) a difference between the projected flow-through area and the flow-through area for the current time step multiplied by a user-defined rate control parameter. These steps are repeated for a sequence of time steps until the pressure at the downstream location is approximately equal to the target pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/177664 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890924 | Raffo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Raffo (Durham, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A generalized software process simulation model is utilized to simulate software engineering processes and support project management and control. The simulation model takes advantage of generic software modeling blocks which represent differing stages or activities in a software development process and are represented in modeling environment. The generic software modeling blocks are also used to represent sub-processes and activities within higher-level processes. The blocks also provide dialog boxes which allow entering and adjustment of data and equations. Through manipulation of blocks and comparisons of simulations, a project manager can simulate and observe the outcome of different process decisions. Additional simulation capabilities are possible, as software engineering is one example of the technology. Similar techniques are also applied to simulation of hardware and systems development, and other product or technology development which follows design and development characteristics similar to software engineering. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/838494 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vittorio Castelli (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Michail Vlachos (Elmsford, New York); Philip S. Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Arrangements are provided for performing structural clustering between different time series. Time series data relating to a plurality of time series is accepted, structural features relating to the time series data are ascertained, and at least one distance between different time series via employing the structural features is determined. The different time series may be partitioned into clusters based on the at least one distance, and/or the k closest matches to a given time series query based on the at least one distance may be returned. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/115166 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890510 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved techniques are disclosed for detecting patterns of interaction among a set of entities and analyzing community evolution in a stream environment. By way of example, a technique for processing data from a data stream includes the following steps/operations. A data point of the data stream representing an interaction event is obtained. An interaction graph is updated on-line based on the data point representing the interaction event. The updated interaction graph is stored in a nonvolatile memory. An interaction evolution is determined off-line from the updated interaction graph stored in the nonvolatile memory. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/243727 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/737 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890649 | Gu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaohui Gu (Chappaqua, New York); Haixun Wang (Irvington, New York); Philip Shi-lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing multi-way stream correlations. Stream data are received for correlation. A task is formed for continuously partitioning a multi-way stream correlation workload into smaller workload pieces. Each of the smaller workload pieces may be processed by a single host. The stream data are sent to different hosts for correlation processing. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478627 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890763 | Law et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia); Sparta, Inc. (Lake Forest, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie E. Law (New Market, Maryland); Brian J. Matt (Riva, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Method of identifying invalid digital signatures involving batch verification by receiving digital messages, digital signatures, and signer identifiers, computing Z0 as a function of the received information, and determining if the digital signatures are valid. If so, stopping. If not, assigning a signature identifier to each digital signature, setting w equal to 1, computing Zw as a function of the received information and signature identifiers, and searching for a multiplicative relationship amongst Z0, Z1, . . . , Zw. If one is found then determining the invalid digital signatures from the multiplicative relationship and stopping. Otherwise, incrementing w and returning to the step of computing for additional processing if desired. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901109 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07886959 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, Kentucky); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Dwight Thompson (Lexington, Kentucky); Suraj M. Alexander (Anchorage, Kentucky); William L. Crist (Lexington, Kentucky); Brian D. Luck (Hanson, Kentucky); James Ryan Moore (Beaver Dam, Kentucky); Jonathan C Paschal (Alvaton, Kentucky); Frederick Alan Payne (Lexington, Kentucky); Timothy S Stombaugh (Nicholasville, Kentucky); Nasrin Tabayehnejad (Lexington, Kentucky); Phillip C Womble (White House, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A security monitoring system provides for the secure transport of a bulk foodstuff container. The system includes an electromechanical locking mechanism allowing access by only authorized persons, a positional locator for determining the geographical position of the bulk foodstuff transport container, and a controller associated with the transport container. The controller controls operation of the electromechanical locking mechanism, stores data received from the electromechanical locking mechanism and the positional locator, and communicates with a remote data processor in near real time. A handheld user interface device is configured to control operation of the controller, to process and store data received from the controller, and to communicate with the remote data processor. Unique identifiers are provided for the bulk foodstuff transport container, the transport vehicle, any storage container from which or into which a bulk foodstuff is transferred, and any authorized operator of the security monitoring system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/051181 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/376 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07888011 | Nilsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Genomics, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trine Nilsen (Arlington, Massachusetts); Nuno Goncalves (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and related products for extracting nucleic acids such as DNA from prokaryotic spores. The invention also encompasses methods for identifying the source of such spores via analysis of the isolated nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/253051 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07887685 | Nair et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Balakrishnan G. Nair (Sandy, Utah); Jesse Alan Nachlas (Prescott, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas sensor for detecting NOX is provided. The gas sensor may have a plurality of substrate members, a first sensing electrode, and a second sensing electrode. The gas sensor may also have a first heater element associated with the first sensing electrode and being located on a first side of one of the plurality of substrate members, and a second heater element associated with the second sensing electrode and being located on a second opposing side of the one of the plurality of substrate members. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/980611 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07887880 | Zhao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongye Zhao (Auburn, Alabama); Feng He (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A stabilized, chemically reactive, metallic nano-material effective for degradation of chlorinated organic compounds in soils, sediments and groundwater. The nano-material is composed of a magnetic metal nanoparticle and a carbohydrate stabilizer bound to the nanoparticle. The preferred metal nanoparticle is iron and the preferred carbohydrate stabilizer is either a starch or a water soluble cellulose such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. The nanoparticle may be either mono-metallic, bi-metallic or multi-metallic in nature, but is preferably bi-metallic wherein it is coated with a secondary catalytic metal coating, preferably palladium. A method of making the metallic nano-material is further disclosed wherein a solution of the metal nanoparticle and carbohydrate stabilizer is prepared, and the nanoparticle is then reduced under inert conditions. A process for reductive dechlorination of chlorinated organic compounds is also disclosed wherein the reduced magnetic metal nanoparticle is prepared, and then contacted with a chlorinated organic compound to dechlorinate the compound. Preferably, the nano-material is injected into a site such as soil subsurface or groundwater contaminated with a chlorinated organic compound to provide in-situ dechlorination. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/571390 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07888207 | Wager, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the Oregon State Board of Higher Eduacation on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Wager, III (Corvallis, Oregon); Randy L. Hoffman (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Enhancement mode, field effect transistors wherein at least a portion of the transistor structure may be substantially transparent. One variant of the transistor includes a channel layer comprising a substantially insulating, substantially transparent, material selected from ZnO or SnO2. A gate insulator layer comprising a substantially transparent material is located adjacent to the channel layer so as to define a channel layer/gate insulator layer interface. A second variant of the transistor includes a channel layer comprising a substantially transparent material selected from substantially insulating ZnO or SnO2, the substantially insulating ZnO or SnO2 being produced by annealing. Devices that include the transistors and methods for making the transistors are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/702834 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/261 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07890924 | Raffo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Raffo (Durham, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A generalized software process simulation model is utilized to simulate software engineering processes and support project management and control. The simulation model takes advantage of generic software modeling blocks which represent differing stages or activities in a software development process and are represented in modeling environment. The generic software modeling blocks are also used to represent sub-processes and activities within higher-level processes. The blocks also provide dialog boxes which allow entering and adjustment of data and equations. Through manipulation of blocks and comparisons of simulations, a project manager can simulate and observe the outcome of different process decisions. Additional simulation capabilities are possible, as software engineering is one example of the technology. Similar techniques are also applied to simulation of hardware and systems development, and other product or technology development which follows design and development characteristics similar to software engineering. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/838494 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07888031 | Paul, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Paul, III (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns an assay for the detection of polyketide synthetase (PKS) mRNA from the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Another aspect of the invention concerns NASBA primers and a molecular beacon that enable detection of mRNA of one of the PKS genes. In another aspect, the present invention includes an internal control RNA (IC-RNA) that enables quantitative detection of the target as well as correction for inhibition of amplification. The assay of the invention provides a rapid and specific detection of the putative toxin-producing genes of the Florida Red Tide Organism. The assay of the invention is useful for determining the virulence of red tide blooms. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/206385 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07888341 | Dent et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Dent (GlenAllen, Virginia); Steven Grant (Richmond, Virginia); Geoffrey Krystal (Richmond, Virginia); Chunrong Yu (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention pertains to a combination for simultaneous, separate or sequential use which comprises (a) a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor and (b) 4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-ylmethyl)-N-[4-methyl-3-(4-pyridin-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-ylamino)phenyl]-benzamide and to its use for the treatment of cancer, especially of Bcr/Abl+ leukemia resistant to compound of formula I. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/510531 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 07887880 | Zhao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongye Zhao (Auburn, Alabama); Feng He (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A stabilized, chemically reactive, metallic nano-material effective for degradation of chlorinated organic compounds in soils, sediments and groundwater. The nano-material is composed of a magnetic metal nanoparticle and a carbohydrate stabilizer bound to the nanoparticle. The preferred metal nanoparticle is iron and the preferred carbohydrate stabilizer is either a starch or a water soluble cellulose such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. The nanoparticle may be either mono-metallic, bi-metallic or multi-metallic in nature, but is preferably bi-metallic wherein it is coated with a secondary catalytic metal coating, preferably palladium. A method of making the metallic nano-material is further disclosed wherein a solution of the metal nanoparticle and carbohydrate stabilizer is prepared, and the nanoparticle is then reduced under inert conditions. A process for reductive dechlorination of chlorinated organic compounds is also disclosed wherein the reduced magnetic metal nanoparticle is prepared, and then contacted with a chlorinated organic compound to dechlorinate the compound. Preferably, the nano-material is injected into a site such as soil subsurface or groundwater contaminated with a chlorinated organic compound to provide in-situ dechlorination. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/571390 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07889144 | Webb et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Spencer Webb (Pelham, New Hampshire); David Martin (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A low power, lightweight, collapsible and rugged antenna positioner for use in communicating with geostationary, geosynchronous and low earth orbit satellite. By collapsing, invention may be easily carried or shipped in a compact container. May be used in remote locations with simple or automated setup and orientation. Azimuth is adjusted by rotating an antenna in relation to a positioner base and elevation is adjusted by rotating an elevation motor coupled with the antenna. Manual orientation of antenna for linear polarized satellites yields lower weight and power usage. Updates ephemeris or TLE data via satellite. Algorithms used for search including Clarke Belt fallback, transponder/beacon searching switch, azimuth priority searching and tracking including uneven re-peak scheduling yield lower power usage. Orientation aid via user interface allows for smaller azimuth motor, simplifies wiring and lowers weight. Tilt compensation, bump detection and failure contingency provide robustness. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/236149 |
| 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 343/766 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07887774 | Strano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Strano (Lexington, Massachusetts); Monica Usrey (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul Barone (Allston, Massachusetts); Christopher A. Dyke (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Robert H Hauge (Houston, Texas); Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Irene Marie Marek, legal representative (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward methods of selectively functionalizing carbon nanotubes of a specific type or range of types, based on their electronic properties, using diazonium chemistry. The present invention is also directed toward methods of separating carbon nanotubes into populations of specific types or range(s) of types via selective functionalization and electrophoresis, and also to the novel compositions generated by such separations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496100 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07887927 | Jang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Jiusheng Guo (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a moldable, multiple-layer composite composition, which is a precursor to an electrically conductive composite flow field plate or bipolar plate. In one preferred embodiment, the composition comprises a plurality of conductive sheets and a plurality of mixture layers of a curable resin and conductive fillers, wherein (A) each conductive sheet is attached to at least one resin-filler mixture layer; (B) at least one of the conductive sheets comprises flexible graphite; and (C) at least one resin-filler mixture layer comprises a thermosetting resin and conductive fillers with the fillers being present in a sufficient quantity to render the resulting flow field plate or bipolar plate electrically conductive with a conductivity no less than 100 S/cm and thickness-direction areal conductivity no less than 200 S/cm2. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715786 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/542.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07888472 | Sette et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Epimmune Inc. (San Diego, California); GENimmune N.V. (Zwijnaarde, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessandro Sette (La Jolla, California); Robert Chesnut (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California); Mark J. Newman (Carlsbad, California); Brian D. Livingston (San Diego, California); Lilia Maria Babe (Emerald Hills, California); Yiyou Chen (San Jose, California); Lawrence M. Deyoung (Montara, California); Manley T. F. Huang (Palo Alto, California); Scott D. Power (San Bruno, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the field of biology. In particular, it relates to multi-epitope nucleic acid and peptide vaccines and methods of designing such vaccines to provide increased immunogenicity. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/408472 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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