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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 01, 2011
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| US 07895795 | Murphey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Murphey (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeremy Banik (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An elastic space-deployable boom of carbon fiber reinforced plastic or other resilient material having an open substantially triangular cross-section when deployed and stowed with a flattened cross-section about a circular hub. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/876081 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07895817 | Grenga |
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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) | Todd Grenga (Cumberland, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A tool-less chain coupling link has first and second body members releasably joined together. A first hinge pin is movably positioned within corresponding openings in the first and second body members. A first hinge pin keeper member is pivotally attached to the first body member and movably attached to the first hinge pin. A second hinge pin is movably positioned within other corresponding openings in the first and second body members. A second hinge pin keeper member is pivotally attached to the second body member and movably attached to the second hinge pin. The first and second hinge pin keeper members can be pivoted in a first direction to withdraw the first and second hinge pins, respectively, a sufficient distance to allow the first and second body members to be released from each other. The first and second hinge pin keeper members can be pivoted in an opposite, second direction so as to position the first and second hinge pins within their corresponding openings in the first and second body members so that the first and second body members are releasably joined together. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454235 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Chain, staple, and horseshoe making 059/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07895820 | Sanders et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Techland Research, Inc. (North Olmsted, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bobby W. Sanders (Westlake, Ohio); Charlotte A. Sanders (Westlake, Ohio); Lois J. Weir (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of controlling airflow into a pulse detonation engine includes a rotary airflow controller valve receiving air from a high-speed inlet. An engine frame includes a plurality of detonation chambers. A sealing mechanism is between the rotary airflow controller valve and the engine frame. The sealing mechanism is associated with the engine frame and limits leakage of a gas from a first of the detonation chambers to a second of the detonation chambers. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/560600 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.390 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07895947 | Sutherland 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) | Gerrit Sutherland (White Plains, Maryland); Charles Stevens Coffey (Clarksville, Maryland); Frederica A. Coffey, legal representative (Clarksville, Maryland); Harold Sandusky (Fulton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A warhead fuse mechanism is used to prevent an accidental explosive event of a warhead by positioning a booster lead carrier, having a booster lead segment, positioned between the warhead detonator and warhead explosive. In a safe position the booster lead segment is off-set from alignment with the warhead detonator and warhead explosive. The warhead fuse is armed by rotating either the warhead detonator or booster lead carrier to align the warhead detonator and booster lead segment to form a detonation chain between the warhead detonator and warhead explosive. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/879525 |
| 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 12/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07895977 | Hilmas 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) | Corey J. Hilmas (Perryville, Maryland); Patrick Williams (New Castle, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for the safe handling of nonhuman primates includes a transparent elongated body having a top end and a bottom end. A ventilated lid is attached to the top end of the body by means of a hinge and includes a positive locking arrangement. The bottom end of the body is removably connected to a base which has first and second springs attached thereto. The body includes a plurality of apertures into which are positioned a plurality of inserts. Inserts proximate the bottom of the body include projections which are positioned under the first and second springs to maintain the body on the base. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/116761 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/751 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07895985 | Pelrine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald E. Pelrine (Longmont, Colorado); Scott E. Stanford (Mountain View, California); Harsha Prahlad (Cupertino, California); Seajin Oh (Palo Alto, California); Jonathan Heim (Pacifica, California); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Combustion devices described herein comprise a compliant combustion chamber wall or segment. The compliant segment deforms during combustion in the combustion chamber. Some devices may include a compliant wall configured to stretch responsive to pressure generated by combustion of a fuel in the combustion chamber. A coupling portion translates deformation of the compliant segment or wall into mechanical output. One or more ports are configured to inlet an oxygen source and fuel into the combustion chamber and to outlet exhaust gases from the combustion chamber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/346616 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/195.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896019 | Bettin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute for Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Giorgia Bettin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Suraj S. Deshmukh (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gareth H. McKinley (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An impact absorber employs dilatant (shear responsive) fluid that is subjected to a controlled, low amplitude, high frequency oscillatory stress which controls the stiffness of the fluid. Piezoelectric transducers, voice coils, and other forms of transducers may be used to apply controlled vibratory stress to the fluid. The energy absorber may be used in protective body armor, medical devices such as splints and casts, vehicle safety absorbers and many other products which benefit from ability to control the stiffness of the energy absorber. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/270971 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896182 | Hansen 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) | Dean V. Hansen (Edgewood, Maryland); Jeffrey A. Gross (Nashport, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A container for facilitating bulk storage and transport of goods, which includes a top portion, a base portion, and a sidewall portion which define an interior cavity, and a polyurea layer of sufficient thickness adhering to and coating at least the exterior areas of the top, base and sidewall portions. The top, base, and sidewall portions are preferably composed of polystyrene. The sidewall portion further includes a plurality of panels, wherein each of the plurality of panels includes end portions configured for interlocking engagement with one another to form a rigid joint exhibiting tensile strength. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/954474 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/4.310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896222 | Shaw et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Shaw (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David S Grummon (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention discloses a method, using pure niobium as a transient liquid reactive braze material, for fabrication of cellular or honeycomb structures, wire space-frames or other sparse builtup structures or discrete articles using Nitinol (near equiatomic titanium-nickel alloy) and related shape-memory and superelastic alloys. Nitinol shape memory alloys (SMAs), acquired in a form such as corrugated sheet, discrete tubes or wires, may be joined together using the newly discovered technique. Pure niobium when brought into contact with Nitinol at elevated temperature, liquefies at temperatures below the melting point and flows readily into capillary spaces between the elements to be joined, thus forming a strong joint. A series of diagrams of the interface at various stages of brazing is illustrated by FIG. 10. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/664016 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/195 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896287 | Lunin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stepan V. Lunin (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light weight, split torque, geared power transmission having a reduced number of gears and useful for, e.g., transmitting power from an engine to the main rotor of a rotorcraft, includes a ring gear having a pair of oppositely facing angular bevel gears respectively formed on opposite sides of a medial plane thereof, and a first pinion having an elongated drive shaft extending through the medial plane of the ring gear and disposed at an oblique angle relative thereto. The first pinion includes a pair of cylindrical gears mounted coaxially on the drive shaft and respectively disposed in conjugate meshing engagement with respective ones of the bevel gears of the ring gear. An elongated annular output shaft made of a strong, light weight composite material is coupled to a circumferential periphery of the ring gear. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835841 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896496 | Hammer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel X. Hammer (Bedford, New Hampshire); R. Daniel Ferguson (Melrose, Massachusetts); Nicusor V. Iftimia (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Teoman E. Ustun (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system provides an optical image of an object. A first module tracks a reference feature of the object. A second module includes a source for an imaging beam, a scanning device to move the imaging beam along a portion of the object and a detection device receives a signal associated with an image of the portion of the object. The first module controls the position of the imaging beam relative to the reference feature to correct for the motion of the object. A third module detects a distortion of the object and compensates for the distortion. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/817789 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896834 | Smisson, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Smisson-Cartledge Biomedical LLC (Macon, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh F. Smisson, III (Macon, Georgia); Richard G. Cartledge (Fort Lauderdale, Florida); David C. Field (Snellville, Georgia); William J. Jaecklein (Ormond Beach, Florida); Michael L. Koltz (Jacksonville, Florida); Harvey A. Lewis, Jr. (Port Orange, Florida); Bradford J. Rainier (DeLand, Florida); Roland T. Stafford (Ormond Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A pump system selectably controls the temperature, flow rate, flow volume, and flow pressure of a fluid being infused into a patient's body. The pump system includes a cartridge and components that removably connect with a pump housing and corresponding components, providing simple attachment of the cartridge to the pump housing. The pump housing includes a pressure sensor, a bubble detector, and a temperature sensor on a first side of the pump housing, and an engaging actuator and a central controller. The cartridge includes on a first side a heat exchanger, a pressure receptor correspondingly aligned with the pressure sensor, and a detector interface correspondingly aligned with the bubble detector and temperature sensor. Upon aligning the cartridge with the pump housing and actuating the engaging actuator, the pressure receptor communicates with the pressure sensor and the detector interface aligns with the bubble detector and temperature sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835095 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896989 | Fair 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) | David Fair (Parsippany, New Jersey); Dilhan M. Kalyon (Teaneck, New Jersey); Sam Moy (Parsippany, New Jersey); Leon R. Manole (Great Meadows, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of making cross sectional, functionally-graded munitions propellants exhibiting various distributions of particle concentrations and burn rate, including having a fast burning core and slower burning outer layer(s). Unlike prior art methods of preparing such munitions, propellants prepared according to our inventive method(s) may be performed substantially as a single extrusion step or as a few processing steps, without requiring the time, expense and/or difficulties that characterized familiar, laminating methods and methods which use multiple extruders. Our inventive method advantageously employs a demixing phenomenon that, prior to our inventive application and teaching, has been considered quite undesirable in the preparation of propellants where uniformity and well-mixedness have been propellant attributes widely sought after. |
| FILED | Friday, February 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/906274 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896990 | Baker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Baker (Waldorf, Maryland); John R. Luense (Accokeek, Maryland); Randall J. Cramer (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanotubular structures of high energy materials are used in high energy compositions, such as propellants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268393 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897030 | Suh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong-Seok Suh (Seoul, South Korea); Ray Henry Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Anvar Abdulahadovic Zakhidov (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to processes for the combination of injecting charge in a material electrochemically via non-faradaic (double-layer) charging, and retaining this charge and associated desirable properties changes when the electrolyte is removed. The present invention is also directed to compositions and applications using material property changes that are induced electrochemically by double-layer charging and retained during subsequent electrolyte removal. In some embodiments, the present invention provides reversible processes for electrochemically injecting charge into material that is not in direct contact with an electrolyte. Additionally, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to devices and other material applications that use properties changes resulting from reversible electrochemical charge injection in the absence of an electrolyte. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/580361 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/688 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897082 | Mattes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc. (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin R. Mattes (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Phillip N. Adams (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dali Yang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Lori A. Brown (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Andrei G. Fadeev (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Ian D. Norris (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter suitable for spinning polyaniline fiber, a method for spinning electrically conductive polyaniline fiber, a method for exchanging dopants in polyaniline fibers, and methods for dedoping and redoping polyaniline fibers are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/629759 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897162 | Gupta 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) | Raj K. Gupta (Walkersville, Maryland); Apurba K. Bhattacharjee (Silver Spring, Maryland); Donna Ma Lee (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a pharmacophore model for arthropod repellent activity and methods of making and using thereof. The pharmacophore comprises two hydrophobic aliphatic functions, one aromatic function and one hydrogen bond acceptor function. The pharmacophore model was made using a test set of arthropod repellent compounds. Also disclosed are arthropod repellent compounds identified by screening databases with the pharmacophore model. Also disclosed are methods of repelling arthropods from a surface or area. Compositions and formulations comprising the compounds of the present invention as well as objects having the compounds of the present invention are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/343562 |
| 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 424/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897210 | Shtein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max Shtein (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jay B. Benzinger (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and a method for facilitating the deposition and patterning of organic materials onto substrates utilizing the vapor transport mechanisms of organic vapor phase deposition is provided. The device includes one or more nozzles, and an apparatus integrally connected to the one or more nozzles, wherein the apparatus includes one or more source cells, a carrier gas inlet, a carrier gas outlet, and a first valve capable of controlling the flow of a carrier gas through the one or more source cells. The method includes moving a substrate relative to an apparatus, and controlling the composition of the organic material and/or the rate of the organic material ejected by the one or more nozzles while moving the substrate relative to the apparatus, such that a patterned organic layer is deposited over the substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/786982 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897225 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Composite Technology Development, Inc. (Lafayette, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Campbell (Longmont, Colorado); Michael Terifay (Longmont, Colorado); Robert Taylor (Superior, Colorado); Will Francis (Boulder, Colorado); Joe Wintergerst (Longmont, Colorado); Dana Turse (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A deformable sandwich panel is disclosed according to one embodiment. The deformable sandwich panel may include first and second face sheets. These face sheets may each comprise a first and second surface and be substantially flat. The deformable sandwich panel also includes a shape memory material sandwiched between the first face sheet and the second face sheet. The shape memory material may be in continuous contact with a substantial portion of the first surface of the first face sheet and with a substantial portion of the first surface of the second face sheet. The deformable sandwich panel may be fabricated with a first shape, deformed into a second shape and then deployed back to the first shape. The first and second shapes may be maintained without mechanical loads. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/033584 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/36.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897285 | Norman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Norman (Acton, Massachusetts); Cecelia C. Cropley (Acton, Massachusetts); Monjid Hamdan (Worcester, Massachusetts); Jason M. Willey (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell system including a gas recycling and re-pressurizing assembly. In one embodiment, the fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, the stack having an oxygen outlet and an oxygen inlet. The fuel cell system additionally includes two gas/water separator tanks, each of the tanks containing a quantity of water and a quantity of oxygen gas. Both tanks are capable of being fluidly connected to either the oxygen inlet or the oxygen outlet of the fuel cell stack. In addition, the two tanks are connected to one another so that water may be transferred back and forth between the two tanks. The system also includes a pump for transferring water back and forth between the tanks. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/521078 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897293 | Lyons 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) | Karen S. Lyons (Alexandria, Virginia); Norma P. Ugarte (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical composition is provided having the formula: M—SnOx.yH2O M is a platinum group metal and x and y are positive numbers. The hydrous platinum tin oxide may be used in the cathode of a fuel cell as a catalyst for oxygen reduction. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/693845 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/524 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897357 | Brice 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) | Gary Todd Brice (Alexandria, Virginia); Denise L. Doolan (Rockville, Maryland); Stephen L. Hoffman (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Here, we describe a sensitive and specific assay and kit for the detection of chemokines having activity that is upregulated by Th-1 cytokines (such IFN-γ) and chemokines that upregulate the activity of Th-1 cytokines (such as IFN-γ). In a typical embodiment, detection of the chemokine monokine induced by gamma interferon (MIG) provides a measure of the biological effect of IFN-γ rather than direct quantitation of IFN-γ or IFN-γ secreting cells per se. Upregulation of MIG expression was observed following in vitro activation of PBMC with defined CD8+ T cell epitopes derived from influenza virus, CMV, or EBV, and in all cases this was antigen-specific, genetically restricted and dependent on both CD8+ T cells and IFN-γ. Responses as assessed by the MIG assay paralleled those detected by conventional IFN-γ ELISPOT, but the magnitude of response and sensitivity of the MIG assay were superior. Our data validate this novel method for the detection of high as well as low levels of antigen-specific and genetically restricted IFN-γ activity or MIG. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/978669 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897402 | Thomas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDSU-Research Foundation (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnson Thomas (Kingsport, Tennessee); Philip Boudjouk (Fargo, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Applicants have produced a chromophore and a polymer that are highly sensitive to the presence of various agents, including organophosphates, pesticides, neurotoxins, metal ions, some explosives, and biological toxins. The detection is accomplished by detecting a change in the fluorescence characteristics of the chromophore or polymer when in the presence of the agent to be detected. The chromophore and polymer may be incorporated into sensors of various types, and they are adaptable for potential field use in areas where detection of these types of agents is desired. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/754767 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897446 | Smorchkova et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ioulia Smorchkova (Lakewood, California); Robert Coffie (Camarillo, California); Ben Heying (Fullerton, California); Carol Namba (Walnut, California); Po-Hsin Liu (Anaheim, California); Boris Hikin (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device is fabricated to include source and drain contacts including an ohmic metal sunken into the barrier layer and a portion of the channel layer; a protective dielectric layer disposed between the source and drain contacts on the barrier layer; a metallization layer disposed in drain and source ohmic vias between the source contact and the protective dielectric layer and between the protective dielectric layer and the drain contact; and a metal T-gate disposed above the barrier layer including a field mitigating plate disposed on a side portion of a stem of the metal T-gate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/659910 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897490 | Preble et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kyma Technologies, Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward A. Preble (Raleigh, North Carolina); Lianghong Liu (Cary, North Carolina); Andrew D. Hanser (Raleigh, North Carolina); N. Mark Williams (Raleigh, North Carolina); Xueping Xu (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for making a GaN article, an epitaxial nitride layer is deposited on a single-crystal substrate. A 3D nucleation GaN layer is grown on the epitaxial nitride layer by HVPE under a substantially 3D growth mode. A GaN transitional layer is grown on the 3D nucleation layer by HVPE under a condition that changes the growth mode from the substantially 3D growth mode to a substantially 2D growth mode. A bulk GaN layer is grown on the transitional layer by HVPE under the substantially 2D growth mode. A polycrystalline GaN layer is grown on the bulk GaN layer to form a GaN/substrate bi-layer. The GaN/substrate bi-layer may be cooled from the growth temperature to an ambient temperature, wherein GaN material cracks laterally and separates from the substrate, forming a free-standing article. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/606783 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897558 | Arafat |
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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) | El Sayed Arafat (Leonardtown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to non-volatile organic compositions having a VOC of about zero, a flash point above 140° F., and a vapor pressure of less than seven millimeters of mercury (7 mm Hg). The non-volatile organic compositions comprise an alkylated cyclicsiloxane having 5 to 8 repeating siloxane units, an alkylated cyclicsiloxane having 3 or 4 repeating siloxane units, and at least one glycol alkyl ether. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/639476 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions 510/466 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897667 | Mabry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hybrid Plastics, Inc. (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph M. Mabry (California City, California); Timothy S. Haddad (Lancaster, California); Sarah Anne Mazzella (Lancaster, California); Sukhendu B. Hait (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Joseph J. Schwab (Huntington Beach, California); Joseph D. Lichtenhan (Petal, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of using fluorinated-nanostructured POSS chemicals as alloying agents for the reinforcement of polymer microstructures, including polymer coils, domains, chains, and segments, at the molecular level. Because of their tailorable compatibility with nonfluorinated polymers, nanostructured chemicals can be readily and selectively incorporated into polymers by direct blending processes. The incorporation of a nanostructured chemical into a polymer favorably impacts a multitude of polymer physical properties. Properties most favorably improved are surface properties, such as lubricity, contact angle, water repellency, deicing, surface tension, and abrasion resistance. Improved surface properties may be useful for applications such as anti-icing surfaces, non-wetting surfaces, low friction surfaces, self cleaning. Other properties improved include time dependent mechanical and thermal properties such as heat distortion, creep, compression set, shrinkage, modulus, hardness and biological compatibility. In addition to mechanical properties, other physical properties are favorably improved, including lower thermal conductivity, dielectric properties, fire resistance, gas permeability and separation. These improved properties may be useful in a number of applications, including space-survivable materials and seals, gaskets, cosmetics, and personal care. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/725994 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/269 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897715 | Laskoski 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) | Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia); Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and product thereof made by: reacting a carborane-containing compound and an aromatic compound (below) with a crosslinker having at least two silyl hydrogen atoms. R is alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, haloalkyl, or haloaryl group. Cb is a divalent carboranyl group. U is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group. Ar1 and Ar2 are each a first aromatic group or a bisphenol residue, where at least one of Ar1 and Ar2 is the first aromatic group. Each Ar is a second aromatic group. Each n is a nonnegative integer. The values n′ and n″ are positive integers and m, w, x, y, and z are 0 or 1. If y is 0 than x and z are 0 and w is 1, and if y is 1 than x and z have different values and w equals z. |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/758203 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897907 | Waters 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) | Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California); Mark S. Fralick (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes passing a portion of an optical signal through an aperture of a sensor having a sensing element, wherein the portion of the optical signal that passes through the aperture is an inner portion of the optical signal and the portion of the optical signal that does not pass through the aperture is an outer portion of the optical signal; producing a sensed signal by sensing the outer portion of the optical signal with the sensing element; and controlling the source of the optical signal using the sensed signal. A system for implementing the method includes an optical energy source and a sensor having an optical sensing portion and an aperture therein. The system may also include an optical isolator, a detection element, and a controller for controlling the optical energy source. The system may be used within a MEMS-based system. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/108829 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/214.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898097 | Fries et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Fries (St. Petersburg, Florida); Chad Lembke (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Activation of a propellant in a constant volume container causes a phase change material to rapidly expand so that the pressure in the container increases. Programmability and sequential actuation are enabled by patterning the phase change material into the integrated device. The pressure generated may be used to activate an energy transducer such as a high pressure turbine, a piezoelectric material, and an elastic strain material. This provides a hybrid actuation system of electrical energy, pneumatic and hydraulic power. The pressure change in a constant volume container is also harnessed to provide a microbattery. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433372 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/1.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898159 | Heydt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard P. Heydt (Palo Alto, California); Ronald E. Pelrine (Louisville, Colorado); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Neville A. Bonwit (Sunnyvale, California); Joseph S. Eckerle (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compliant electroactive polymer transducers for use in acoustic applications. A compliant electroactive polymer transducer includes a compliant electroactive polymer at least two electrodes. For sound production, circuitry in electrical communication with the transducer electrodes is configured to apply a driving signal that causes the electroactive polymer to deflect in the acoustic range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/564793 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898247 | Edelstein 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) | Alan Shane Edelstein (Alexandria, Virginia); William S. Coblenz (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic field sensing device comprising at least one magnetic sensor attached to a base structure, rotating member; and at least one flux concentrator mounted on the rotating member; whereby as the rotating member turns, the at least one flux concentrator shields the magnetic sensor so as to modulate the output of the at least one magnetic sensor. A second embodiment comprises a rotating member that rotates about an axis with at least one flux concentrator positioned thereon having a longitudinal axis in the radial direction of the rotating member; and at least one vector-type magnetic sensor fixedly mounted in the near proximity to the axis of the rotating member such that the magnetic field detected is modulated due to the rotation of the rotating member. Optionally, at least one fixed flux concentrator may be positioned along the periphery of the rotating member so as to increase magnetic flux input. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365398 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898250 | In 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) | Visarath In (Chula Vista, California); Adi R. Bulsara (San Diego, California); Yong (Andy) Kho (San Diego, California); Joseph D. Neff (San Diego, California); Antonio Palacios (San Diego, California); Salvatore Baglio (Catania, Italy); Vincenzo Sacco (Catania, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for sensing and processing a magnetic flux signal comprising: an odd number of at least three fluxgate modules, a summer, and a processor. Each fluxgate module is configured to generate a module response signal upon receiving the magnetic flux signal. The fluxgate modules are circularly coupled to each other such that only one-way signal flow is allowed between them. The summer is configured to sum the response signals from each fluxgate module into a summed signal. The processor is configured to receive and process the summed signal. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/858966 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898333 | Griffith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary M. Griffith (Thousand Oaks, California); Miguel E. Urteaga (Moorpark, California); Mark J. W. Rodwell (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to an operational amplifier. In one embodiment, the present invention is an operational amplifier including a transimpedance input stage, the transimpedance input stage including a first stage connected to a first resistor and a second resistor, and an output stage connected to the transimpedance input stage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/247974 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898431 | Scofield |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Scofield (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A standard telemetry system is utilized in conjunction with a variable configuration missile irrespective of the missile configuration test fired. The system includes a common energy source, power supply, transmitter, commutator and signal conditioner. A portion of the telemetry signals produced by each missile configuration is, to an extent, unique to that particular configuration. The system utilizes a different programming connector cable for each missile configuration. The connector cable interfaces telemetry signal producing missile components with the common signal conditioner. The signal conditioner includes all of the circuitry and signal processing components necessary to process all of the telemetry produced by all of the missile configurations. The programming connector cable utilized in conjunction with the test firing of a particular missile configuration routes the telemetry signals produced by that configuration to predetermined input locations on the signal conditioner for appropriate processing and transmission. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 1984 |
| APPL NO | 06/631044 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/870.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898466 | Malakian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kourken Malakian (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Tamara A. Vosbikian (Mount Laurel, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The radar tracking or pulse refresh rate is calculated for a target. The refresh rate is selected which makes a sum equal to a predetermined fraction of the radar beamwidth, where the sum is the sum of the bias error and a multiplicative product. The multiplicative product is the product of the random error multiplied by a number associated with the containment probability of the total error. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/329991 |
| 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 342/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898468 | Samaniego et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Samaniego (Prosper, Texas); Stanley V. Birleson (Heath, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, an image generating device includes an image former coupled to a radar that transmits and receives electro-magnetic radiation at multiple frequencies. The image former generates an image using information received from the radar, adjusts the image according to a material characteristic of the object, and combines the image with other images received at differing frequencies to form a resulting image. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/370377 |
| 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 342/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898484 | Tam |
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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) | Daniel W. S. Tam (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolytic fluid antenna comprising: a first current probe having an aperture; a pump having a nozzle, wherein the pump is configured to pump electrolytic fluid out the nozzle and through the aperture; and a first transceiver operatively coupled to the current probe. |
| FILED | Monday, May 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/119302 |
| 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 343/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898498 | Higashi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Higashi (Shorewood, Minnesota); Fouad Nusseibeh (Champlin, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes an antenna having multiple conductive portions. The apparatus also includes a transducer electrically coupling the conductive portions of the antenna. The transducer includes a first conductive path electrically coupled to one of the conductive portions and a second conductive path electrically coupled to the first conductive path and to another of the conductive portions. The first and second conductive paths at least partially overlap along at least a substantial portion of their lengths, where the overlap occurs in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the antenna portions. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/052419 |
| 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 07898749 | Ford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Ford (Solana Beach, California); Eric Tremblay (La Jolla, California); Shaya Fainman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A variety of lenses, lens assemblies, imaging devices, applications for such lenses, assemblies and devices, and related methods of operation and manufacturing are disclosed. At least some embodiments of the invention relate to a lens that includes first and second inward-facing surfaces that are each at least partly reflective. The lens further includes a first aperture that is positioned around at least a portion of an outer periphery of one of the first and second inward-facing surfaces, and a second aperture existing proximate a central region of the lens. The light proceeding within the lens between the first and second inward-facing surfaces is reflected at least twice on at least one of the first and second inward-facing surfaces as it travels between the first aperture and the second aperture. |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/916062 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/726 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899097 | Shaw 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) | Leah B Shaw (Williamsburg, Virginia); Ira B Schwartz (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A synchronized delay-coupled laser system includes at least two lasers. Each laser includes a laser fiber with a coupling means for coupling to a laser pump. The lasers are coupled to each other by way of two optical fibers. Each laser also includes a self-feedback section. The optical fibers interconnecting the lasers and the self-feedback sections are configured to provide a substantially identical delay time. The lasers may be ring lasers, may be semi-conductor or solid state, and may include components such as a fiber amplifier, a polarization controller, and a nonlinear oscillator. The system includes multiple interconnected lasers and also employ cross-coupling connections. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/328222 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/29.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899109 | Douglas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randal K. Douglas (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An m-code GPS receiver receives m-code GPS communication signals having a multimodal autocorrelation, using an m-code mode identifier unambiguously determining a mode value of one of the m-code modal peaks coherently aligned to a coherent unimodal detected envelope, based on sequential probability estimation in an m-code envelope tracking filter using filter residual estimation or with a coherent m-code and c/a-code tracking filter also based on filter residual estimation, for generating m-code phase errors, for unambiguous and precise m-code code phase tracking in closed feedback loops, for preferred use in navigation systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/500801 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899217 | Uludag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lumidign, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Umut Uludag (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert K. Rowe (Corrales, New Mexico); Kristin A. Nixon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Matthew S. Ennis (Cedar Crest, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A skin site of an individual is illuminated and light scattered from the skin site under multispectral conditions is received. The light includes light scattered from tissue beneath a surface of the skin site. Multiple biometric modalities are derived from the received light. The biometric modalities are fused into a combined biometric modality that is analyzed to perform a biometric function. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/779998 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899271 | Williams |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darin S. Williams (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for moving target based non-uniformity calibration for optical images. The described approach allows for the use of the same test chamber to perform non-uniformity calibration and moving target tests. The current approach works by scanning a test scene having a target and a background at different intensity levels in an overlapping pattern across the imager FOV and cross-referencing multiple measurements of each pixel of a test scene as viewed by different pixels in the imager; each fully-compensated image pixel sees multiple different scene pixels and each scene pixel is seen by multiple imager pixels. For each fully-compensated imager pixel, an Nth order correlation is performed on the measured and estimate pixel response data to calculate the NUC terms. This approach is based on the simple yet novel premise that every fully-compensated pixel in the array that looks at the same thing should see the same thing. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/778391 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899514 | Kirkland 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) | James H. Kirkland (Grant, Alabama); Kevin D. Nash (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting and classifying anomalies in a medical image. During anomaly detection, once the intensity of an image pixel crosses a detection threshold, the pixel is detected and linking inputs are provided to its nearest-neighbor pixels. The linking inputs increase the intensities of the neighbor pixels, which may result in the detection of these nearest-neighbor pixels if their linked intensities are above the threshold. Each detected anomaly is classified by determining a genetic response surface methodology (GRSM) model for the detected anomaly, determining a cancerous GRSM model from a database of cancerous anomalies, and comparing the cancerous GRSM model to the GRSM model for the detected anomaly to classify the detected anomaly as cancerous or non-cancerous. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/340375 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899644 | Weber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan L. Weber (Nashua, New Hampshire); John Mandzy (Hollis, New Hampshire); Paul I. Egbert (Merrimack, New Hampshire); Kirby A. Smith (Derry, New Hampshire); Jill A. Shea (Hollis, New Hampshire); John L. Downing, III (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A threat launch detection system includes at least one temporal threat detector, each temporal threat detector including a single sensing element operable to sense radiation from various types of short-burn threats that occur within a field of view of the detector. The single sensing element generates a detection signal in response to the sensed radiation. A processing circuit is coupled to each temporal threat detector and is operable to analyze the detection signal from each detector as a function of time to detect the occurrence of a short-burn threat within the field of view of any of the temporal threat detectors. Each temporal threat detector may be a prism-coupled compound parabolic concentrator (PCCP). |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/588247 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899650 | Yeshwantpur et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhijit Yeshwantpur (Baltimore, Maryland); Joel M. Morris (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a signal processing system includes a processor, an I/O device operatively associated with the processor, and a memory device bearing instructions configured to cause the processor to obtain a representation of signal data over a data domain and position a sliding-window over a portion of the signal data, such portion corresponding to a sliding-window domain, to analyze the signal data within the sliding-window domain to detect the presence of a signature multiplet and, based on the analysis of the data, to estimate the pedestal of the signal data within the sliding-window domain. The instructions also cause the processor to iteratively shift the sliding-window over at least a portion of the data domain to correspondingly shift the sliding-window domain, estimate the pedestal of the signal data within each sliding-window domain to determine an estimated pedestal over the portion of the data domain, to subtract the estimated pedestal from the signal data to yield a pedestal-free representation of the signal data for the portion of the data domain, and to output the pedestal-free representation of the signal data for the portion of the data domain to a communication device, display, printing device, or data storage device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133258 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899674 | Rubin |
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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) | Stuart Harvey Rubin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A graphical user interface for a semantic normalizer of natural language comprising: a link to a preference menu, in which a user may set the semantic normalizer to operate in a predictive or learning mode; an input textbox disposed to display user-typed text in a first font color and user-spoken text in a second font color; a semantic echo textbox disposed to display semantically normalized text in a third font color, wherein the first, second, and third font colors are different from each other; graphical buttons that are only enabled when the semantic normalizer is in learning mode, wherein the graphical buttons may be selected by the user after the user has been prompted by the semantic normalizer to verify the accuracy of the semantically normalized text, the graphical buttons comprising a “Yes” button, a “No” button, and an “Enter Correction” button. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/668831 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/270.100 |
| 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) | Tommy J. Morris (New Market, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method that are used for creating a longitudinal medical record for an injured person. The system includes in at least one embodiment a plurality of mobile computing devices. The mobile computing devices having an interface for receiving information from a first responder or a medic. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/438327 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899861 | Feblowitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for constructing a stream processing requests so that a stream processing application satisfying the stream processing request can be assembled, includes: inputting a stream processing request, wherein the stream processing request includes a goal that is represented by a graph pattern that semantically describes a desired stream processing outcome; and assembling a stream processing graph, wherein the stream processing graph is assembled to include at least one processing element that satisfies the desired processing outcome by associating the graph pattern that semantically describes the desired processing outcome with a graph pattern that semantically describes an input of the at least one processing element and a graph pattern that semantically describes an output of the at least one processing element, or to include at least one data source by associating the graph pattern that semantically describes the desired processing outcome with a graph pattern that semantically describes an output of the at least one data source. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695430 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899983 | Gower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Gower (LaGrangeville, New York); Warren E. Maule (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory system is provided that enhances the memory bandwidth available through a memory module. The memory system includes a memory hub device integrated into a memory module, a first memory device data interface integrated that communicates with a first set of memory devices and a second memory device data interface integrated that communicates with a second set of memory devices. In the memory system, the first set of memory devices are spaced in a first plane and coupled to a substrate of the memory module and the second set of memory devices are spaced in a second plane above the first plane and coupled to the substrate. In the memory system, data buses of the first set of memory devices are coupled to the substrate separately from data buses of the second set of memory devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/848335 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07900016 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Claude Basso (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jean L. Calvignac (Raleigh, North Carolina); Piyush Chaudhary (Highland, New York); Edward J. Seminaro (Milton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An addressing model is provided where all resources, including memory and devices, are addressed with internet protocol (IP) addresses. A task, such as an application, may be assigned a range of IP addresses rather than an effective address range. Thus, a processing element, such as an I/O adapter or even a printer, for example, may also be addressed using IP addresses without the need for library calls, device drivers, pinning memory, and so forth. This addressing model also provides full virtualization of resources across an IP interconnect, allowing a process to access an I/O device across a network. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024744 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Avancen MOD Corp. (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | N. Sharon Conley (Ormond Beach, Florida); Bernie Boydston (Palm Bay, Florida); Rob Grillo (Rockledge, Florida); Mike Keefe (Melbourne, Florida); Ross Mayfield (Ormond Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A medication on demand dispenser. The dispenser provides patient access to medications prescribed to be available on an as-needed basis but with a prescribed minimum time interval between doses. The dispenser permits access to a single medication dose after each minimum time interval has elapsed. After a drug dose is presented to the patient, the dispenser prevents access to the next dose until the minimum time interval has elapsed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/412227 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Article dispensing 221/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896496 | Hammer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences, Inc. (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel X. Hammer (Bedford, New Hampshire); R. Daniel Ferguson (Melrose, Massachusetts); Nicusor V. Iftimia (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Teoman E. Ustun (Malden, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system provides an optical image of an object. A first module tracks a reference feature of the object. A second module includes a source for an imaging beam, a scanning device to move the imaging beam along a portion of the object and a detection device receives a signal associated with an image of the portion of the object. The first module controls the position of the imaging beam relative to the reference feature to correct for the motion of the object. A third module detects a distortion of the object and compensates for the distortion. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/817789 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897140 | Pandey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (Williamsville, New York); Lalit Goswami (Amherst, New York); Joseph Spernyak (West Seneca, New York); Peter Kanter (East Aurora, New York); Richard Mazurchuk (Clarence Center, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel tetrapyrollic water soluble photosensitizing and imaging compounds and the methods of treating and imaging hyperproliferative tissue, e.g. tumors and hypervacularized tissue such as found in macular degeneration. Broadly, the compounds are tetrapyrollic photosensitizer compounds where the tetrapyrollic compound is a chlorin, bacteriochlorin, porphyrin, pyropheophorbide, purpurinimide, or bacteriopurpurinimide having 3 to 6 —CH2CONHphenylCH2CH(N(CH2COOH)2))(CH2N(CH2COOH)(CH2CH2N(CH2COOH)2)) groups or esters thereof or complexes thereof with gadolinium(III). |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/479524 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897152 | Kwak 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) | Larry W. Kwak (Frederick, Maryland); Arya Biragyn (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a vaccine for increasing the immunogenicity of a tumor antigen thus allowing treatment of cancer, as well as a vaccine that increases the immunogenicity of a viral antigen, thus allowing treatment of viral infection, including immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In particular, the present invention provides a fusion protein comprising a viral chemokine fused to either a tumor antigen or viral antigen which is administered as either a protein or nucleic acid vaccine to elicit an immune response effective in treating cancer or effective in treating or preventing viral infection. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/380927 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897340 | Cheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaodong Cheng (League City, Texas); Fang Mel (League City, Texas); Travis Young (Galveston, Texas); Jinsong Liu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses the link between oncogenic Ras and TSG101 and the negative effect of TSG101 on the expression of p21 in ovarian cancer. The present also discloses the use of TSG101 as a prognostic, diagnostic marker and a potential therapeutic target in cancer, especially ovarian cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/706109 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897355 | Pastan 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) | Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Tapan K. Bera (Germantown, Maryland); Curt Wolfgang (Germantown, Maryland); Byungkook Lee (Potomac, Maryland); James Vincent (Takoma Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A new polypeptide is disclosed that is specifically detected in the cells of the prostate, termed Novel Gene Expressed in Prostate (NGEP). Polynucleotides encoding NGEP are also disclosed, as are vectors including these polynucleotides. Host cells transformed with these polynucleotides are also disclosed. Antibodies are disclosed that specifically bind NGEP. Methods are disclosed for using an NGEP polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds NGEP, or a polynucleotide encoding NGEP. Assays are disclosed for the detection prostate cancer. Pharmaceutical compositions including an NGEP polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds NGEP, or a polynucleotide encoding NGEP are also disclosed. These pharmaceutical compositions are of use in the treatment of prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/193604 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897359 | Dugas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leland Standford Junior Univsersity (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Dugas (Stanford, California); Ben A. Barres (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating neural cell proliferation or differentiation. The present invention also provides methods for selecting for bioactive agents effective in regulating proliferation or differentiation. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/321952 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897363 | McGrath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Phylonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia McGrath (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wen Lin Seng (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of screening an agent for an activity in an isolated organ, e.g., eye, from a teleost, e.g., zebrafish. Methods of isolating eyes from zebrafish are provided. Methods of screening an agent for an ocular activity in the isolated eye are provided. Methods of screening an agent for an ocular activity in a model of ocular disease or disorder are provided. Methods of screening an agent for an ocular activity in the isolated eye and for screening the agent for cell death and/or toxic activity in the eye or other organ or tissue are provided. The invention further provides high throughput methods of screening agents for an activity in isolated eyes of zebrafish in multi-well plates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/137509 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897380 | Kay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California); Zhi-Ying Chen (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Circular nucleic acid vectors that provide for persistently high levels of protein expression are provided. The circular vectors of the subject invention are characterized by being devoid of expression-silencing bacterial sequences, where in many embodiments the subject vectors include a unidirectional site-specific recombination product hybrid sequence in addition to an expression cassette. Also provided are methods of using the subject vectors for introduction of a nucleic acid, e.g., an expression cassette, into a target cell, as well as preparations for use in practicing such methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including both research and therapeutic applications. Also provided is a highly efficient and readily scalable method for producing the vectors employed in the subject methods, as well as reagents and kits/systems for practicing the same. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/652729 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marco Colombini (Sandy Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a novel target to control the apoptotic process, and to the use of this target to identify compounds capable of affecting the apoptotic process, The invention also relates to the use of such identified compounds in the treatment of cancer, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, viral diseases and other diseases and conditions involving apoptosis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/092845 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/63 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897569 | Tracey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Huan Yang (Douglaston, New York); Howland Shaw Warren, Jr. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mitchell P. Fink (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are disclosed for inhibiting the release of a proinflammatory cytokine from a vertebrate cell, and for inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine cascade in a patient. The compositions comprise a vertebrate HMGB A box, and an antibody preparation that specifically binds to a vertebrate HMGB B box. The methods comprise treating a cell or a patient with sufficient amounts of the composition to inhibit the release of the proinflammatory cytokine, or to inhibit the inflammatory cytokine cascade. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901963 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897572 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Massachusetts Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger J. Davis (Princeton, Massachusetts); Anja Jaeschke (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the treatment and prevention of type I diabetes. More specifically, the invention relates to compounds that treat or prevent the body's immune system from destroying β-cells (i.e., insulin-producing cells in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans) by inhibition of JNK2, selective inhibition of JNK2, or inhibition of the expression of the MAPK9 gene or gene product. In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates the diagnosis, identification, production, and use of compounds which modulate MAPK9 gene expression or the activity of the MAPK9 gene product including but not limited to, JNK2, the nucleic acid encoding MAPK9 and homologues, analogues, and deletions thereof, as well as antisense, ribozyme, triple helix, antibody, and polypeptide molecules as well as small inorganic molecules. The present invention contemplates a variety of pharmaceutical formulations and routes of administration for such compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/643480 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13 |
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| US 07897575 | Hallenbeck 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) | John M. Hallenbeck (Kensington, Maryland); Hideaki Wakita (Okazaki, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating or preventing vascular dementia in a mammal comprising mucosal administration of an amount of E-selectin polypeptide sufficient to induce bystander immune tolerance in the mammal. Another aspect of the invention relates to compositions useful for treating or preventing vascular dementia. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/072914 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farhad Parhami (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses agents and methods for inducing osteoblastic cellular differentiation, as well as the use of such agents and method to treat patients to maintain bone mass, enhance bone formation and/or bone repair. Exemplary agents include oxysterols, alone or in combination with particular oxysterols, or other agents known to assist in bone formation. The invention further includes medicaments including oxysterols for the treatment of bone disorders, local injections of oxysterols or cells (206) and implants (202) having agents or cells (203) to facilitate bone repair. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/524945 |
| 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 514/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nazarius Saah Lamango (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of the enzyme prenylated methylated protein methyl esterase (PMPMEase), the last step in the prenylation process for many eukaryotic proteins, having the general structure R1-X-A-B(R2)-Y or R1-X-A(R2)-B-Y, where R1 is preferably a polyisoprenyl group, X is a linking group, Y is a group that promotes affinity interactions to the active site of PMPMEase and imparts hydrolysis resistance to the inhibitor, A and B are bridge atoms, and R2 is a characteristic-providing substituent. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/098712 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/252.130 |
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| US 07897635 | Ghosh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (River Forest, Illinois); Geoffrey M. Bilcer (Chicago, Illinois); Thippeswamy Devasamudram (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds useful for inhibiting HIV protease are disclosed. Methods of making the compounds, and their use as therapeutic agents, for example, in treating wild-type HIV and of multidrug-resistant strains of HIV, also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/593665 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/422 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela A. Maher (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are flavonoids (e.g., 5-desoxy flavones and/or 5-desoxy flavonols, including without limitation fisetin and its derivatives) that activate ERK and induce CREB phosphorylation in neuronal cultures, facilitate long-term potentiation in hippocampal slices and enhance object recognition in vivo. Methods of using these flavonoids, for instance, for enhancing memory are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/780350 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897638 | Ellis-Davies et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Graham Ellis-Davies (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Atsuya Momotake (Tsukuba, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Inventors have developed a chromophore (nitrodibenzylfuranyl, or NBDF) for ultra efficient uncaging of a caged substrate (e.g., an organic molecule such as, for example, an amino acid, a biological molecules, such as, for example, second messengers inside cells). Photolysis of a NBDF derivative of EGTA (i.e. caged calcium) is about 50 times more efficient than others calcium cages (the quantum yield of photolysis is 0.6 and the extinction coefficient is 18,400. NDBF-EGTA has a 2-photon cross section of about 0.3-0.6 GM). |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/911250 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/468 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897684 | Bazan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention further relates to polycationic multichromophores, which may be conjugated polymers, and methods, articles and compositions employing them as described herein. In some aspects, the invention relates to methods, articles and compositions for the detection and analysis of biomolecules in a sample. Provided assays include those determining the presence of a target biomolecule in a sample or its relative amount, or the assays may be quantitative or semi-quantitative. The methods can be performed on a substrate. The methods can be performed in an array format on a substrate, which can be a sensor. In some embodiments, detection assays are provided employing sensor biomolecules that do not comprise a fluorophore that can exchange energy with the cationic multichromophore. In some aspects biological assays are provided in which energy is transferred between one or more of the multichromophore, a label on the target biomolecule, a label on the sensor biomolecule, and/or a fluorescent dye specific for a polynucleotide, in all permutations. The multichromophore may interact at least in part electrostatically with the sensor and/or the target, and an increase in energy transfer with the polymer may occur upon binding of the sensor and the target. Other variations of the inventions are described further herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/329495 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/54.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897727 | Farach-Carson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary C. Farach-Carson (Hockessin, Delaware); Daniel D. Carson (Hockessin, Delaware); Jeffrey B. Safran (Bear, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Implantable devices for adhering eukaryotic cells and devices providing a substrate for eukaryotic cell growth and/or differentiation in vitro are described. Each device comprises a scaffold that is coated with a protein comprising an adhesive polypeptide that has at least 90% sequence identity to a specific peptide sequence within domain IV of perlecan. The devices adhere epithelial cells, epithelial stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and osteoblasts. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/398534 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07897732 | Brigstock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Childrens Hospital Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Brigstock (Dublin, Ohio); Paul A. Harding (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Substantially pure heparin-binding growth factor polypeptides (HBGFs), nucleic acids encoding the HBGFs and antibodies which bind to the HBGFs of the invention are provided. The HBGF polypeptides are useful in methods for the induction of bone, cartilage and tissue formation, growth and development of the endometrium and in the acceleration of wound healing. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/113924 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.240 |
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| US 07897737 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | LaserGen, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weidong Wu (Houston, Texas); Vladislav A. Litosh (Cypress, Texas); Brian P. Stupi (Houston, Texas); Michael L. Metzker (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel nucleotides, nucleoside, and their derivatives described herein, that can be used in DNA sequencing technology and other types of DNA analysis. In one embodiment, the nucleotide or nucleoside with an unprotected 3′-OH group is derivatized at the nucleobase to include a fluorescent dye attached via a linker to a photocleavable terminating group. The photocleavable-fluorescent group is designed to terminate DNA synthesis as well as be cleaved so that DNA oligomers can be sequenced efficiently in a parallel format. The design of such rapidly cleavable fluorescent groups on nucleotides and nucleosides can enhance the speed and accuracy of sequencing of large oligomers of DNA in parallel, to allow rapid whole genome sequencing, and the identification of polymorphisms and other valuable genetic information, as well as allowing further manipulation and analysis of nucleic acid molecules in their native state following cleavage of the fluorescent group. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/567189 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/22.100 |
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| US 07897741 | Hancock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE Healthcare UK Limited (Amersham, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne Hancock (Cardiff, United Kingdom); Simon Stubbs (Cardiff, United Kingdom); Nicholas Thomas (Cardiff, United Kingdom); Ellen Fanning (Nashville, Tennessee); Jinming Gu (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polypeptide and nucleic acids constructs which are useful for determining the cell cycle status of a mammalian cell. Host cells transfected with these nucleic acid constructs can be used to determine the effects that test agents have upon the mammalian cell cycle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/560519 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07897747 | Mindrinos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mindrinos (Menlo Park, California); Sujatha Krishnakumar (Cupertino, California); Ronald W. Davis (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a single stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecule of a defined length and sequence is disclosed. This method enables the preparation of, inter alia, probes of greater length than can be chemically synthesized. The method starts with a double stranded molecule, such as genomic, double stranded DNA (dsDNA) from any organism. A fragment of the starting molecule (dsDNA) is amplified by specific primers engineered to introduce cleavage sites on either side of the desired sequence. Cleavage steps on the amplified, engineered fragment are combined with a phosphate removal step, thereby creating a construct that can be digested with an exonuclease without damage to the desired ssDNA. Probes, which hybridize with large gaps between the ends of the probes, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/805676 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897791 | Seeram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Navindra P. Seeram (Kingston, Rhode Island); David Heber (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of purified and biologically active ellagitannins are provided by separation from pomegranate husk using a method of extraction and purification using a solid polymeric adsorbent and the uses of the said compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/647229 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897834 | Dove et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Dove (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael N. Gould (Madison, Wisconsin); Lawrence N. Kwong (Madison, Wisconsin); James M. Amos-Landgraf (Madison, Wisconsin); Jill D. Haag (Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A rat with a disrupted Apc (adenomatous polyposis coli) gene is provided. The mutation can include an A to T transversion changing a lysine to a stop codon at codon 1137. Methods of generating the knockout rat are provided. Also provided is the offspring or progeny of that rat. In addition, methods of using these rats are provided, including methods for screening a carcinogen or a promoter of carcinogenesis, and methods for screening preventive and inhibitory agents of carcinogenesis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/591653 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/10 |
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| US 07898005 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (Kensington, California); Arunava Majumdar (Orinda, California); Rong Fan (Pasadena, California); Rohit Karnik (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanofluidic devices incorporating inorganic nanotubes fluidly coupled to channels or nanopores for supplying a fluid containing chemical or bio-chemical species are described. In one aspect, two channels are fluidly interconnected with a nanotube. Electrodes on opposing sides of the nanotube establish electrical contact with the fluid therein. A bias current is passed between the electrodes through the fluid, and current changes are detected to ascertain the passage of select molecules, such as DNA, through the nanotube. In another aspect, a gate electrode is located proximal the nanotube between the two electrodes thus forming a nanofluidic transistor. The voltage applied to the gate controls the passage of ionic species through the nanotube selected as either or both ionic polarities. In either of these aspects the nanotube can be modified, or functionalized, to control the selectivity of detection or passage. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/335430 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/200 |
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| US 07898156 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Rusen Yang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of generating electricity, a plurality of living cells are grown on an array of piezoelectric nanowires so that the cells engage the piezoelectric nanowires. Induced static potentials are extracted from at least one of the piezoelectric nanowires when at least one of the cells deforms the at least one of the piezoelectric nanowires. A cell-driven electrical generator that includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced-apart piezoelectric nanowires disposed on the substrate. A plurality of spaced-apart conductive electrodes interact with the plurality of piezoelectric nanowires. A biological buffer layer that is configured to promote growth of cells is disposed on the substrate so that cells placed on the substrate will grow and engage the piezoelectric nanowires. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/397832 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/339 |
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| US 07898673 | Randers-Pehrson 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) | Gerhard Randers-Pehrson (Ossining, New York); Guy Garty (Dobbs Ferry, New York); David J. Brenner (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for focusing optics are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, methods are disclosed for focusing an optical device, wherein the methods can include: collecting light from a region of an object to be imaged with an objective lens, said region having a feature with a known geometric characteristic; splitting the collected light into a first portion and a second portion, and directing said first portion through a weak cylindrical lens to a focusing sensor, and directing said second portion to an imager; observing, with said focusing sensor, a shape of the feature; focusing the optical device by moving at least one of the objective lens and the object to be imaged until the observed shape of the feature has a predetermined relationship to the known geometric characteristic. In some embodiments, the feature can be a fluorescent bead. In some embodiments, the splitting step can be accomplished with a dichroic mirror. In other embodiments, the splitting step can be accomplished with a partial mirror. In some embodiments, the known geometric characteristic of the feature can be substantially spherical, the observed shape can be an oval, and the predetermined relationship can be an allowable aspect ratio of the oval. In some embodiments, the allowable aspect ratio can be approximately one. |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/895360 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/601 |
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| US 07898905 | Wodnicki et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gideon Wodnicki (Niskayuna, New York); Scott Daniel Cogan (Scotia, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for dynamically reconfiguring elements in an ultrasound transducer array is provided. The method includes defining two or more groups of the elements in the array, wherein each element individually comprises a first switch, and a second switch; providing boundary definitions information to the elements in the array to define boundaries for the two or more groups; and locally determining switch configuration state within the array for the first and second switch of one or more elements based on the boundary definitions. Further, a switch matrix configured to locally determine switch settings is provided. Furthermore, a system comprising an array of ultrasonic transducer subelements is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/180873 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899512 | Labadie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Labadie (Nashville, Tennessee); J. Michael Fitzpatrick (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for selectively disabling a surgical instrument operating in a surgical site of a region of interest of a living subject. In one embodiment, the system includes means for noninvasively placing a number of fiducial markers in an anatomic space of the region of interest of the living subject, means for pre-operatively measuring a location of each fiducial marker in the anatomic space, an imaging acquisition device for pre-operatively acquiring an image volume from the region of interest of the living subject, a probe for intra-operatively monitoring a location of the surgical instrument in the anatomic space, and a controller configured to perform the steps of identifying a centroid of each fiducial marker in the image volume, registering the identified centroid of each fiducial marker in the image volume to the measured location of the corresponding fiducial marker in the anatomic space to determine a registration transformation, mapping the monitored location of the surgical instrument in the anatomic space onto a corresponding location in the image volume by an inverse of the registration transformation, and generating a signal to disable the surgical instrument when the mapped location of the surgical instrument is substantially close to a boundary of the surgical site of the region of interest in the image volume. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/079898 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald F. Simandl (Knoxville, Tennessee); Steven W. Russell (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jerrid S. Holt (Knoxville, Tennessee); John D. Brown (Harriman, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating a first component and a second component from one another at an adhesive bond interface between the first component and second component. Typically the method involves irradiating the first component with infrared radiation from a source that radiates substantially only short wavelengths until the adhesive bond is destabilized, and then separating the first component and the second component from one another. In some embodiments an assembly of components to be debonded is placed inside an enclosure and the assembly is illuminated from an IR source that is external to the enclosure. In some embodiments an assembly of components to be debonded is simultaneously irradiated by a multi-planar array of IR sources. Often the IR radiation is unidirectional. In some embodiments the IR radiation is narrow-band short wavelength infrared radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/862458 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian D. Rhia (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A thixotropic gel suitable for use in subsurface bioremediation is provided along with a process of using the gel. The thixotropic gel provides a non-migrating injectable substrate that can provide below ground barrier properties. In addition, the gel components provide for a favorable environment in which certain contaminants are preferentially sequestered in the gel and subsequently remediated by either indigenous or introduced microorganisms. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/074735 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/128.750 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896949 | Ku et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Yu-Chung Ku (Rexford, New York); James Anthony Ruud (Delmar, New York); Vidya Ramaswamy (Niskayuna, New York); Patrick Daniel Willson (Latham, New York); Yan Gao (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for separating carbon dioxide from a fluid stream at a temperature higher than about 200° C. with selectivity higher than Knudsen diffusion selectivity include contacting a porous membrane with the fluid stream to preferentially transport carbon dioxide. The porous membrane includes a porous support and a continuous porous separation layer disposed on a surface of the porous support and extending between the fluid stream and the porous support layer. The porous support comprises alumina, silica, zirconia, stabilized zirconia, stainless steel, titanium, nickel-based alloys, aluminum-based alloys, zirconium-based alloys or a combination thereof. Median pore size of the porous separation layer is less than about 10 nm, and the porous separation layer comprises titania, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, La2O3, CeO2, HfO2, Y2O3, VOz, NbOz, TaOz, ATiO3, AZrO3, AAl2O4, A1FeO3, A1MnO3, A1CoO3, A1NiO3, A2HfO3, A3 CeO3, Li2ZrO3, Li2SiO3, Li2TiO3, Li2HfO3, A4N1yOz, YxN1yOz, LaxN1yOz, HfN2yOz, or a combination thereof; wherein A is La, Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba; A1 is La, Ca, Sr or Ba; A2 is Ca, Sr or Ba; A3 is Sr or Ba; A4 is Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti or Zr; N1 is V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Si or Ge; N2 is V, Mo, W or Si; x is 1 or 2; y ranges from 1 to 3; and z ranges from 2 to 7. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/107148 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07896952 | Ballard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L. Ballard (Victor, New York); Gail E. Geiger (Caledonia, New York); Curtis D. Lamb (Scottsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for removal of H2S from sulfur-containing reformate comprising a permanent canister assembly having fittings for flow of reformate therethrough and a replaceable cartridge assembly containing an H2S adsorber element and fittings for convenient, simple, and reliable mating and sealing with the permanent canister assembly. The cartridge assembly comprises a housing that may be optionally a full cylinder or a semi-cylinder. The cartridge assembly may be easily reloaded off-line for re-use of the cartridge components with a fresh adsorber element. Preferably, the adsorber element is also renewable off-line for re-use. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/082779 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/136 |
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| US 07896953 | Goswami et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Yogi Goswami (Gainesville, Florida); Man Su Lee (Houston, Texas); Nikhil K. Kothurkar (Tampa, Florida); Elias K. Stefanakos (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and device to capture of CO2 at its originating source, such as a power plant, is disclosed. Absorbent material is recharged by desorbing CO2, so that it may be sequestered or used in another application. Continual recharging results in loss of absorbent surface area, due to pore plugging and sintering of particles. Calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide was immobilized to a fibrous ceramic-based fabric substrate as a thin film and sintered, creating an absorbent material. The samples were characterized, showing continuous cyclic carbonation conversions between about 62% and 75% under mild calcination conditions at 750° C. and no CO2 in N2. Under the more severe calcination condition at 850° C. and 20 wt % CO2 in N2, yttria fabric was superior to alumina as a substrate for carbon dioxide capture and the reactivity of the calcium oxide absorbent immobilized to yttria was maintained at the same level in the 12 cycles. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/335049 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/139 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897122 | Tsotsis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Media and Process Technology (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); LG Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore T. Tsotsis (Huntington Beach, California); Muhammad Sahimi (Altadena, California); Babak Fayyaz-Najafi (Richmond, California); Aadesh Harale (Los Angeles, California); Byoung-Gi Park (Yeosu, South Korea); Paul K. T. Liu (Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid adsorbent-membrane reactor in which the chemical reaction, membrane separation, and product adsorption are coupled. Also disclosed are a dual-reactor apparatus and a process using the reactor or the apparatus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/354672 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897129 | Autrey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Thomas Autrey (West Richland, Washington); David J. Heldebrant (Richland, Washington); John C. Linehan (Richland, Washington); Abhijeet J. Karkamkar (Richland, Washington); Feng Zheng (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses new methods for synthesizing ammonia borane (NH3BH3, or AB). Ammonium borohydride (NH4BH4) is formed from the reaction of borohydride salts and ammonium salts in liquid ammonia. Ammonium borohydride is decomposed in an ether-based solvent that yields AB at a near quantitative yield. The AB product shows promise as a chemical hydrogen storage material for fuel cell powered applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/431496 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897396 | Caimi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware); Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Perry G. Caimi (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania); Yat-Chen Chou (Lakewood, Colorado); Mary Ann Franden (Centennial, Colorado); Kyle Knoke (Newark, Delaware); Luan Tao (Havertown, Pennsylvania); Paul V. Viitanen (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Min Zhang (Lakewood, Colorado); Yuying Zhang (New Hope, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Through screening of a Zymomonas mutant library the himA gene was found to be involved in the inhibitory effect of acetate on Zymomonas performance. Xylose-utilizing Zymomonas strains further engineered to reduce activity of the himA gene were found to have increased ethanol production in comparison to a parental strain, when cultured in mixed-sugars medium comprising xylose, and, in particular, in the presence of acetate. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/261160 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/471 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897429 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fan Yang (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A photosensitive optoelectronic device having an improved hybrid planar bulk heterojunction includes a plurality of photoconductive materials disposed between the anode and the cathode. The photoconductive materials include a first continuous layer of donor material and a second continuous layer of acceptor material. A first network of donor material or materials extends from the first continuous layer toward the second continuous layer, providing continuous pathways for conduction of holes to the first continuous layer. A second network of acceptor material or materials extends from the second continuous layer toward the first continuous layer, providing continuous pathways for conduction of electrons to the second continuous layer. The first network and the second network are interlaced with each other. At least one other photoconductive material is interspersed between the interlaced networks. This other photoconductive material or materials has an absorption spectra different from the donor and acceptor materials. |
| FILED | Monday, November 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/561448 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897980 | Yuan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Cheng-Hsin Yuan (Ventura, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device that can function as an array element in an expandable array of such devices. The light emitting device comprises a substrate that has a top surface and a plurality of edges. Input and output terminals are mounted to the top surface of the substrate. Both terminals comprise a plurality of contact pads disposed proximate to the edges of the substrate, allowing for easy access to both terminals from multiple edges of the substrate. A lighting element is mounted to the top surface of the substrate. The lighting element is connected between the input and output terminals. The contact pads provide multiple access points to the terminals which allow for greater flexibility in design when the devices are used as array elements in an expandable array. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/595720 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898005 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peidong Yang (Kensington, California); Arunava Majumdar (Orinda, California); Rong Fan (Pasadena, California); Rohit Karnik (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanofluidic devices incorporating inorganic nanotubes fluidly coupled to channels or nanopores for supplying a fluid containing chemical or bio-chemical species are described. In one aspect, two channels are fluidly interconnected with a nanotube. Electrodes on opposing sides of the nanotube establish electrical contact with the fluid therein. A bias current is passed between the electrodes through the fluid, and current changes are detected to ascertain the passage of select molecules, such as DNA, through the nanotube. In another aspect, a gate electrode is located proximal the nanotube between the two electrodes thus forming a nanofluidic transistor. The voltage applied to the gate controls the passage of ionic species through the nanotube selected as either or both ionic polarities. In either of these aspects the nanotube can be modified, or functionalized, to control the selectivity of detection or passage. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/335430 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898156 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Rusen Yang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of generating electricity, a plurality of living cells are grown on an array of piezoelectric nanowires so that the cells engage the piezoelectric nanowires. Induced static potentials are extracted from at least one of the piezoelectric nanowires when at least one of the cells deforms the at least one of the piezoelectric nanowires. A cell-driven electrical generator that includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced-apart piezoelectric nanowires disposed on the substrate. A plurality of spaced-apart conductive electrodes interact with the plurality of piezoelectric nanowires. A biological buffer layer that is configured to promote growth of cells is disposed on the substrate so that cells placed on the substrate will grow and engage the piezoelectric nanowires. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/397832 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899146 | Youchison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis L. Youchison (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brian E. Williams (Pacoima, California); Robert E. Benander (Pacoima, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous nuclear fuel elements for use in advanced high temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors (HTGR's), and to processes for fabricating them. Advanced uranium bi-carbide, uranium tri-carbide and uranium carbonitride nuclear fuels can be used. These fuels have high melting temperatures, high thermal conductivity, and high resistance to erosion by hot hydrogen gas. Tri-carbide fuels, such as (U,Zr,Nb)C, can be fabricated using chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) to simultaneously deposit each of the three separate carbides, e.g., UC, ZrC, and NbC in a single CVI step. By using CVI, the nuclear fuel may be deposited inside of a highly porous skeletal structure made of, for example, reticulated vitreous carbon foam. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/881873 |
| 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 376/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07900025 | Gschwind |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Gschwind (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms for implementing a floating point only single instruction multiple data instruction set architecture are provided. A processor is provided that comprises an issue unit, an execution unit coupled to the issue unit, and a vector register file coupled to the execution unit. The execution unit has logic that implements a floating point (FP) only single instruction multiple data (SIMD) instruction set architecture (ISA). The floating point vector registers of the vector register file store both scalar and floating point values as vectors having a plurality of vector elements. The processor may be part of a data processing system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/250575 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE42192 | Schabron et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Wyoming Research Corporation (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Schabron (Laramie, Wyoming); Joseph F. Rovani, Jr. (Laramie, Wyoming); Theresa M. Bomstad (Waxahachie, Texas); Susan S. Sorini-Wong (Laramie, Wyoming); Gregory K. Wong (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | Generally, this invention relates to the development of field monitoring methodology for new substances and sensing chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and terrorist substances. It also relates to a portable test kit which may be utilized to measure concentrations of halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the field. Specifically it relates to systems for reliably field sensing the potential presence of such items while also distinguishing them from other elements potentially present. It also relates to overall systems and processes for sensing, reacting, and responding to an indicated presence of such substance, including modifications of existing halogenated sensors and arrayed sensing systems and methods. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488302 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07897135 | Martirosyan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen S. Martirosyan (Houston, Texas); Dan Luss (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is generally directed to a novel, economic synthesis of oxide ceramic composites. Methods of the present invention, referred to as carbon combustion synthesis of oxides (CCSO), are a modification of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) methods in which the heat needed for the synthesis is generated by combustion of carbon in oxygen rather than that of a pure metal. This enables a more economic production of the ceramic material and minimizes the presence of intermediate metal oxides in the product. The reactant mixture generally comprises at least one oxide precursor (e.g., a metal or non metal oxide, or super oxide, or nitride, or carbonate, or chloride, or oxalate, or halides) as a reactant, but no pure metal. Pure carbon in the form of graphite or soot is added to the reactant mixture to generate the desired heat (upon ignition). The mixture is placed in a reactor and exposed to gaseous oxygen. The high-temperature exothermic reaction between the carbon and oxygen generates a self-sustaining reaction in the form of a propagating temperature wave that causes a reaction among the reactants. The reaction proceeds rapidly following ignition, and the final product comprises simple and/or complex oxides of elements present in the oxide precursor(s). CCSO also enables synthesis of oxides that cannot be produced by conventional SHS, such as when the pure metal is pyrophoric (such as Li or La) or such as when it melts at room temperature (e.g., Ga) or such as the combustion heat of the metal is relatively low. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/231450 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/593.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897248 | Barrera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Fernando J. Rodriguez-Macias (Houston, Texas); Karen Lozano (McAllen, Texas); Luis Paulo Felipe Chibante (Houston, Texas); David Harris Stewart (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composite of embedded nanofibers in a polymer matrix is disclosed. The method includes incorporating nanofibers in a plastic matrix forming agglomerates, and uniformly distributing the nanofibers by exposing the agglomerates to hydrodynamic stresses. The hydrodynamic said stresses force the agglomerates to break apart. In combination or additionally elongational flow is used to achieve small diameters and alignment. A nanofiber reinforced polymer composite system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of nanofibers that are embedded in polymer matrices in micron size fibers. A method for producing nanotube continuous fibers is disclosed. Nanofibers are fibrils with diameters of 100 nm, multiwall nanotubes, single wall nanotubes and their various functionalized and derivatized forms. The method includes mixing a nanofiber in a polymer; and inducing an orientation of the nanofibers that enables the nanofibers to be used to enhance mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. Orientation is induced by high shear mixing and elongational flow, singly or in combination. The polymer may be removed from said nanofibers, leaving micron size fibers of aligned nanofibers. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025626 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/295.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897684 | Bazan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention further relates to polycationic multichromophores, which may be conjugated polymers, and methods, articles and compositions employing them as described herein. In some aspects, the invention relates to methods, articles and compositions for the detection and analysis of biomolecules in a sample. Provided assays include those determining the presence of a target biomolecule in a sample or its relative amount, or the assays may be quantitative or semi-quantitative. The methods can be performed on a substrate. The methods can be performed in an array format on a substrate, which can be a sensor. In some embodiments, detection assays are provided employing sensor biomolecules that do not comprise a fluorophore that can exchange energy with the cationic multichromophore. In some aspects biological assays are provided in which energy is transferred between one or more of the multichromophore, a label on the target biomolecule, a label on the sensor biomolecule, and/or a fluorescent dye specific for a polynucleotide, in all permutations. The multichromophore may interact at least in part electrostatically with the sensor and/or the target, and an increase in energy transfer with the polymer may occur upon binding of the sensor and the target. Other variations of the inventions are described further herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/329495 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/54.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897797 | Emrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); The University of Texas Board of Regents (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Shannon Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts); Kurt Breitenkamp (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Azidoaryl-substituted cyclooctene monomers and synthesized and used in the preparation of various copolymers. Among these copolymers are those prepared from ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclooctene, polyethylene glycol-substituted cyclooctene, and azidoaryl-substituted cyclooctene. These copolymers are useful in the formation of crosslinked films that reduce fouling of water purification membranes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/761664 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 552/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897848 | Yanofsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin F. Yanofsky (San Diego, California); Sarah Liljegren (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides methods and compositions that modulate fruit dehiscence in plants. |
| FILED | Monday, November 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594053 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897910 | Roichman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yohai Roichman (New York, New York); David G. Grier (New York, New York); Ilias Cholis (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for establishing extended optical traps for commercial use. The method and system employs a diffractive optical element (DOE) to process a light beam wherein the DOE includes phase information and amplitude information to create the extended optical trap. Such extended traps can be line traps and can be further expanded to two and three dimensional configurations. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/368163 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898284 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alain J. Martin (Pasadena, California); Piyush Prakash (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Asynchronous nanoelectronic circuits that operate according to principles of quasi-delay insensitive design are described. Circuit or logic elements comprising n-type devices are fabricated in a first n-plane, p-type devices are fabricated in a p-plane, and connections are formed in a routing plane of a compute tile. A state-holding element comprising a selected one of a C-element, a precharge function-block, and a read-write register is described. The state-holding element can hold a value of an output of a logic element during a time when the output is disconnected from a reference voltage. Isochronic forks having an adversary path designed to make state transitions safe are explained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/940027 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898459 | Venkatachalam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam (Fort Collins, Colorado); Yanting Wang (Aurora, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for adaptively estimating the specific differential phase (Kdp) from dual-polarization radar data in the complex domain. Some embodiments adapt for wrapped differential propagation phases by estimating the specific differential phase in the complex domain. Some embodiments adapt for measurement fluctuations and/or spatial scale in making such estimations. Some embodiments also provide for determining the presence of storms cells using the dispersion of the differential propagation phase shift over a subset of bins. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/382000 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/26.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898730 | Wessels et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce W. Wessels (Wilmette, Illinois); Pao T. Lin (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for second harmonic generation with a waveguide. In one embodiment, a method includes the steps of providing a waveguide, wherein the waveguide has a substrate, and a polydomain epitaxial thin film on the substrate, wherein the polydomain epitaxial thin film defines a plane and has a first surface and a second, opposite surface defining a body portion of the polydomain epitaxial thin film therebetween with a film thickness, l, and wherein the polydomain epitaxial thin film has a coherence length, lc, and exposing the waveguide to an incident photon beam with a wavelength and a focal point such that the incident photon beam is incident to the plane of the polydomain epitaxial thin film with an angle θ that is formed between the incident beam and the plane of the polydomain epitaxial thin film and satisfies the condition of 0<θ<90, wherein the polydomain epitaxial thin film is formed with the following condition satisfied: l<lc. As generated, the second harmonic generation has a conversion efficiency substantially independent of the wavelength of the incident photon beam over the visible spectra range. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/561667 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07896987 | Di Salvo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto Di Salvo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a bi-propellant system comprising a gelled liquid propane (GLP) fuel and a gelled MON-30 (70% N2O4+30% NO) oxidizer. The bi-propellant system is particularly well-suited for outer planet missions greater than 3 AU from the sun and also functions in earth and near earth environments. Additives such as powders of boron, carbon, lithium, and/or aluminum can be added to the fuel component to improve performance or enhance hypergolicity. The gelling agent can be silicon dioxide, clay, carbon, or organic or inorganic polymers. The bi-propellant system may be, but need not be, hypergolic. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/292442 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897122 | Tsotsis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Media and Process Technology (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); LG Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore T. Tsotsis (Huntington Beach, California); Muhammad Sahimi (Altadena, California); Babak Fayyaz-Najafi (Richmond, California); Aadesh Harale (Los Angeles, California); Byoung-Gi Park (Yeosu, South Korea); Paul K. T. Liu (Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid adsorbent-membrane reactor in which the chemical reaction, membrane separation, and product adsorption are coupled. Also disclosed are a dual-reactor apparatus and a process using the reactor or the apparatus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/354672 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897248 | Barrera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Fernando J. Rodriguez-Macias (Houston, Texas); Karen Lozano (McAllen, Texas); Luis Paulo Felipe Chibante (Houston, Texas); David Harris Stewart (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composite of embedded nanofibers in a polymer matrix is disclosed. The method includes incorporating nanofibers in a plastic matrix forming agglomerates, and uniformly distributing the nanofibers by exposing the agglomerates to hydrodynamic stresses. The hydrodynamic said stresses force the agglomerates to break apart. In combination or additionally elongational flow is used to achieve small diameters and alignment. A nanofiber reinforced polymer composite system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of nanofibers that are embedded in polymer matrices in micron size fibers. A method for producing nanotube continuous fibers is disclosed. Nanofibers are fibrils with diameters of 100 nm, multiwall nanotubes, single wall nanotubes and their various functionalized and derivatized forms. The method includes mixing a nanofiber in a polymer; and inducing an orientation of the nanofibers that enables the nanofibers to be used to enhance mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. Orientation is induced by high shear mixing and elongational flow, singly or in combination. The polymer may be removed from said nanofibers, leaving micron size fibers of aligned nanofibers. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025626 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/295.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897526 | Eberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEI, Corp (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Stein S. Lee (Memphis, Tennessee); Amit Singhal (Piscataway, New Jersey); Runqing Ou (South River, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicone based coating for fabrics utilizing dual nanocomposite fillers providing enhanced mechanical and thermal properties to the silicone base. The first filler includes nanoclusters of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and a metal oxide and a second filler of exfoliated clay nanoparticles. The coating is particularly suitable for inflatable fabrics used in several space, military, and consumer applications, including airbags, parachutes, rafts, boat sails, and inflatable shelters. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/827710 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898156 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong L. Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Rusen Yang (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of generating electricity, a plurality of living cells are grown on an array of piezoelectric nanowires so that the cells engage the piezoelectric nanowires. Induced static potentials are extracted from at least one of the piezoelectric nanowires when at least one of the cells deforms the at least one of the piezoelectric nanowires. A cell-driven electrical generator that includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced-apart piezoelectric nanowires disposed on the substrate. A plurality of spaced-apart conductive electrodes interact with the plurality of piezoelectric nanowires. A biological buffer layer that is configured to promote growth of cells is disposed on the substrate so that cells placed on the substrate will grow and engage the piezoelectric nanowires. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/397832 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899241 | Baxes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TerraMetrics, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory A. Baxes (Littleton, Colorado); Timothy C. Linger (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for progressive mesh storage and reconstruction using wavelet-encoded height fields. A method for progressive mesh storage includes reading raster height field data, and processing the raster height field data with a discrete wavelet transform to generate wavelet-encoded height fields. In another embodiment, a method for progressive mesh storage includes reading texture map data, and processing the texture map data with a discrete wavelet transform to generate wavelet-encoded texture map fields. A method for reconstructing a progressive mesh from wavelet-encoded height field data includes determining terrain blocks, and a level of detail required for each terrain block, based upon a viewpoint. Triangle strip constructs are generated from vertices of the terrain blocks, and an image is rendered utilizing the triangle strip constructs. Software products that implement these methods are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/566309 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899432 | Chattopadhyay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Goutam Chattopadhyay (Pasadena, California); Harish Manohara (Arcadia, California); Peter H. Siegel (LaCananda, California); John Ward (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, a submillimeter wave heterodyne receiver includes a finline ortho-mode transducer comprising thin tapered metallic fins deposited on a thin dielectric substrate to separate a vertically polarized electromagnetic mode from a horizontally polarized electromagnetic mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/070212 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899760 | Hinchey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland); Roy Sterritt (Newtownabbey, Ireland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and apparatus are provided in which an autonomic unit or element is quiesced. A quiesce component of an autonomic unit can cause the autonomic unit to self-destruct if a stay-alive reprieve signal is not received after a predetermined time. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/533855 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07896987 | Di Salvo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roberto Di Salvo (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a bi-propellant system comprising a gelled liquid propane (GLP) fuel and a gelled MON-30 (70% N2O4+30% NO) oxidizer. The bi-propellant system is particularly well-suited for outer planet missions greater than 3 AU from the sun and also functions in earth and near earth environments. Additives such as powders of boron, carbon, lithium, and/or aluminum can be added to the fuel component to improve performance or enhance hypergolicity. The gelling agent can be silicon dioxide, clay, carbon, or organic or inorganic polymers. The bi-propellant system may be, but need not be, hypergolic. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/292442 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897248 | Barrera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Fernando J. Rodriguez-Macias (Houston, Texas); Karen Lozano (McAllen, Texas); Luis Paulo Felipe Chibante (Houston, Texas); David Harris Stewart (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composite of embedded nanofibers in a polymer matrix is disclosed. The method includes incorporating nanofibers in a plastic matrix forming agglomerates, and uniformly distributing the nanofibers by exposing the agglomerates to hydrodynamic stresses. The hydrodynamic said stresses force the agglomerates to break apart. In combination or additionally elongational flow is used to achieve small diameters and alignment. A nanofiber reinforced polymer composite system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of nanofibers that are embedded in polymer matrices in micron size fibers. A method for producing nanotube continuous fibers is disclosed. Nanofibers are fibrils with diameters of 100 nm, multiwall nanotubes, single wall nanotubes and their various functionalized and derivatized forms. The method includes mixing a nanofiber in a polymer; and inducing an orientation of the nanofibers that enables the nanofibers to be used to enhance mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. Orientation is induced by high shear mixing and elongational flow, singly or in combination. The polymer may be removed from said nanofibers, leaving micron size fibers of aligned nanofibers. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025626 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/295.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897526 | Eberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEI, Corp (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Eberts (Westfield, New Jersey); Stein S. Lee (Memphis, Tennessee); Amit Singhal (Piscataway, New Jersey); Runqing Ou (South River, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicone based coating for fabrics utilizing dual nanocomposite fillers providing enhanced mechanical and thermal properties to the silicone base. The first filler includes nanoclusters of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and a metal oxide and a second filler of exfoliated clay nanoparticles. The coating is particularly suitable for inflatable fabrics used in several space, military, and consumer applications, including airbags, parachutes, rafts, boat sails, and inflatable shelters. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/827710 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899217 | Uludag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lumidign, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Umut Uludag (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert K. Rowe (Corrales, New Mexico); Kristin A. Nixon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Matthew S. Ennis (Cedar Crest, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A skin site of an individual is illuminated and light scattered from the skin site under multispectral conditions is received. The light includes light scattered from tissue beneath a surface of the skin site. Multiple biometric modalities are derived from the received light. The biometric modalities are fused into a combined biometric modality that is analyzed to perform a biometric function. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/779998 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07897681 | Matuana |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurent M. Matuana (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions including composites of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and nanoparticles are disclosed. A wood-polymer composite using the PVC-nanoparticle composite as a matrix also is disclosed. The nanoparticle filler is dispersed throughout the PVC matrix by blending the nanoparticles with a mixture of PVC particles that have been pre-heated to a temperature at or above a fusion point of the PVC, thereby fusing the PVC particles prior to the addition of the nanoparticles to the matrix. Also disclosed are methods of forming the composite compositions. The composite compositions can be used to replace wood boards. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/148236 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/732 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07897749 | Khatib |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan Khatib (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid molecules comprising a SNP site selected from the group consisting of position 1296 of bovine uterine milk protein (UTMP) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1), position 213 of bovine signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT1) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), position 8514 of the osteopontin (OPN) gene (SEQ ID NO: 3), or position 1070 of a bovine lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor (OLR1) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 4), which SNP indicates a desirable milk production trait in a dairy cattle. Also disclosed are an array or a kit comprising the same, a method for detecting the SNPs, a method for progeny testing of cattle, and a method for selectively breeding of cattle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/179581 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07897876 | Tsotsis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas K. Tsotsis (Orange, California); Nicholas A. Kotov (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductive wire includes an aramid fiber and at least one layer attached about the aramid fiber, the at least one layer including at least one of aligned carbon nanotubes and graphene platelets. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/756603 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/126.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07899207 | Mian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Electronic Machines Corporation (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, New York); William G. vonAchen (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an image-based visibility measurement solution in which an image is used to calculate a visibility (visual range). In one embodiment, a lighting condition for the image is determined and the visibility calculation is adjusted based on the lighting condition. Further, the invention can obtain image data for a set of portions of the image and estimate a visual range based on each portion. The estimated visual ranges can be combined to calculate the visibility for the image. Still further, multiple metrics can be calculated, each of which is used to estimate a visual range. Subsequently, the visual ranges can be used to calculate the visibility for the image. Even further, configuration data that is based on a set of training images can be used to calculate the visibility for a new image. To this extent, the invention can incorporate the lighting condition, portions of the image having differing features, multiple metrics, and/or feedback through training images to accurately measure visibility based on an image. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/577701 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07897248 | Barrera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Fernando J. Rodriguez-Macias (Houston, Texas); Karen Lozano (McAllen, Texas); Luis Paulo Felipe Chibante (Houston, Texas); David Harris Stewart (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a composite of embedded nanofibers in a polymer matrix is disclosed. The method includes incorporating nanofibers in a plastic matrix forming agglomerates, and uniformly distributing the nanofibers by exposing the agglomerates to hydrodynamic stresses. The hydrodynamic said stresses force the agglomerates to break apart. In combination or additionally elongational flow is used to achieve small diameters and alignment. A nanofiber reinforced polymer composite system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of nanofibers that are embedded in polymer matrices in micron size fibers. A method for producing nanotube continuous fibers is disclosed. Nanofibers are fibrils with diameters of 100 nm, multiwall nanotubes, single wall nanotubes and their various functionalized and derivatized forms. The method includes mixing a nanofiber in a polymer; and inducing an orientation of the nanofibers that enables the nanofibers to be used to enhance mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. Orientation is induced by high shear mixing and elongational flow, singly or in combination. The polymer may be removed from said nanofibers, leaving micron size fibers of aligned nanofibers. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/025626 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/295.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07898411 | Brosius |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SkyBitz, Inc. (Sterling, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Brosius (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-mode asset tracking and monitoring system and method is provided that enables comprehensive reporting of asset position, status, and alerts. In one embodiment, the multi-mode system and method is based on the addition of a local network monitoring system to a wide area satellite network monitoring system. In this example, the local network monitoring system would add container presence and status monitoring in crowded environments (e.g., within a port facility, on-board a ship, etc.), while the wide area satellite network monitoring system would provide tracking and monitoring coverage when the container is in dispersed environments. Both the local and wide area monitoring systems work together to provide end-to-end container tracking and monitoring to thereby ensure continuous container tracking and monitoring from container loading to container unloading. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465892 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07898576 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben A. Miller (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Isaac Cohen (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Yunqian Ma (Roseville, Minnesota); Roland Miezianko (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A seed search of a subset of analytical data corresponding to video objects displayable in a plurality of video frames is carried out to identify video objects that most closely match a selected video object and then complete searches of the analytical data may be carried out so as to identify video objects that most closely match each video object identified during the seed search. The video objects having the greatest number of occurrences of being identified during the complete searches may be displayed by a graphical user interface (GUI). In this way, the GUI may display the video objects in an order based on how closely each video object matches the selected video object and/or a video object identified during the seed search, which may an order different than an order based on a time when each video object was captured. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/845439 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/222.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07897349 | Siegler 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) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katherine Meyer Siegler (Seminole, Florida); Pedro L. Vera (Largo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the association between detecting and quantifying the presence of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in urine, bladder and prostate tissues for the purpose of diagnosis and prognosis of urological inflammatory. In addition, methods to inactivate MIF activity by use of antibodies or specific MIF inhibitors can be used to treat these diseases. For instance, such diseases as chronic pelvic pain syndrome, non-bacterial prostatitis, and interstitial cystitis may be mediated by MIF release. Periodic assays for MIF could be conducted for a patient to determine if the patient's MIF urine levels are high or increasing. In addition, intravesical MIF antibodies or other MIF-specific inhibitors would reduce or ameliorate these pelvic diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/024405 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07899861 | Feblowitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Feblowitz (Winchester, Massachusetts); Zhen Liu (Tarrytown, New York); Anand Ranganathan (White Plains, New York); Anton V. Riabov (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for constructing a stream processing requests so that a stream processing application satisfying the stream processing request can be assembled, includes: inputting a stream processing request, wherein the stream processing request includes a goal that is represented by a graph pattern that semantically describes a desired stream processing outcome; and assembling a stream processing graph, wherein the stream processing graph is assembled to include at least one processing element that satisfies the desired processing outcome by associating the graph pattern that semantically describes the desired processing outcome with a graph pattern that semantically describes an input of the at least one processing element and a graph pattern that semantically describes an output of the at least one processing element, or to include at least one data source by associating the graph pattern that semantically describes the desired processing outcome with a graph pattern that semantically describes an output of the at least one data source. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695430 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07897598 | Makriyannis et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros Makriyannis (Storrs, Connecticut); Sonyuan Lin (Natick, Massachusetts); Daniele Piomelli (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Analogs that inhibit the transport of anandamide across cell membranes. The inhibitors are amide and ester analogs of anandamide having a tail portion X that is a fatty acid chain remnant, a central portion Y that is an amide or ester radical and a head portion Z that is selected from a variety of groups including hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxy alkyl, aryl, hydroxy aryl, heterocyclic and hydroxy heterocyclic radicals. The disclosed analogs have potential pharmaceutical uses as drugs for treating a variety of diseases and afflictions, including cardiovascular diseases and blood pressure disorders. |
| FILED | Sunday, June 06, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/328742 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/231.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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