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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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| US 07905147 | Righetti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, Maryland); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raffaella Righetti (Houston, Texas); Johathan Ophir (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed toward a new method for estimating and imaging the spatial and temporal mechanical behavior of materials in responses to a mechanical stimulus. This method is designed to work in inherently noisy applications, such as the imaging of the time-dependent mechanical behavior of biological tissues in vivo and using a preferred hand-held configuration of scanning. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/501417 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/602 |
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| US 07905148 | Righetti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, Maryland); U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raffaella Righetti (Houston, Texas); Jonathan Ophir (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed toward a new method for estimating and imaging the spatial and temporal mechanical behavior of materials in responses to a mechanical stimulus. This method is designed to work in inherently noisy applications, such as the imaging of the time-dependent mechanical behavior of biological tissues in vivo and using a preferred hand-held configuration of scanning. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/501418 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/602 |
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| US 07905599 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Huang (South Pasadena, California); Ake Lu (Los Angeles, California); Ou Tan (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention discloses methods and systems for diagnosing glaucoma by combining diagnostic parameters derived from optical coherence tomography images of three different anatomic regions of the eye, including the macular ganglion cell complex (mGCC), the peripapillary nerve fiber layer (ppNFL), and the optic nerve head (ONH). The combined diagnostic parameters form a reduced set of global parameters, which are then fed to pre-trained machine classifiers as input to arrive at a single diagnostic indicator for glaucoma. Also disclosed are methods for training a machine classifier to be used in methods and systems of this invention. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/771849 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/246 |
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| US 07905660 | Sukovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xoran Technologies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Predrag Sukovic (Birmingham, Michigan); Neal Clinthorne (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Miodrag Rakic (Redondo Beach, California); James A. Bertolina (Portage, Michigan); Joseph Webster Stayman (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A CT scanner includes a pair of shields to protect an operator from x-rays from the CT scanner. The CT scanner has a gantry that provides structural support and housing for the components including an x-ray source and a detector arranged on the gantry to face one another. Lead shields are located on opposing sides of the x-ray source and extend between the x-ray source and the detector. The CT scanner further includes a computer located on an opposing side of the gantry from the x-ray source and the detector. The lead shields rotate with the gantry and prevent the x-ray from reaching the operator while the CT scanner is in operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/551723 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/203 |
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| US 07906102 | Hallahan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis E. Hallahan (Nashville, Tennessee); Shimian Qu (Brentwood, Tennessee); Zhaozhong Han (Franklin, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor in a subject and molecules identified thereby. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of (a) exposing a tumor to ionizing radiation; (b) administering to a subject a library of diverse molecules; and (c) isolating from the tumor one or more molecules of the library of diverse molecules, whereby a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor is identified. Also provided are targeting ligands that bind an irradiated tumor and therapeutic and diagnostic methods that employ the disclosed targeting ligands. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183325 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.690 |
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| US 07906104 | Chessler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Chessler (San Diego, California); Arthur T. Suckow (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The role of synaptic adhesion molecules in human cell development and function is largely unknown. This invention provides methods to study β-cell function in native tissue through the use of novel adhesion and migrations assays. Through the use of these assays, the inventors have been able to for the first time describe the contribution of SAMs to human β-cell adhesion, spreading, and motility. Furthermore, the inventors have used the results of these assays to develop methods for detection, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to the pancreas. |
| FILED | Friday, August 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/997872 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.340 |
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| US 07906105 | Major et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jody L. Major (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas J. Meade (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In particular, the present invention relates to MRI contrast agents that are activated in the presence of zinc(II) (e.g., resulting in a brighter image). |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/844088 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.363 |
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| US 07906110 | Chancellor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Johnny Huard (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Christopher Capelli (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Steve Chung (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael S. Sacks (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to preparation of stem cell and physiologically acceptable matrix compositions. Compared with previous tissue engineering materials, the stem cell-matrix compositions of the present invention do not require long-term incubation or cultivation in vitro prior to use in vivo applications. The stem cells can be from numerous sources and may be homogeneous, heterogeneous, autologous, and/or allogeneic in the matrix material. The stem cell-matrix compositions provide point of service utility for the practitioner, wherein the stem cells and matrix can be combined not long before use, thereby alleviating costly and lengthy manufacturing procedures. In addition, the stem cells offer unique structural properties to the matrix composition which improves outcome and healing after use. Use of stem cells obtained from muscle affords contractility to the matrix composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/138168 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
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| US 07906111 | Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Wilson (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania); Guangping Gao (Westborough, Massachusetts); Mauricio R. Alvira (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Luc H. Vandenberghe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Sequences of novel adeno-associated virus capsids and vectors and host cells containing these sequences are provided. Also described are methods of using such host cells and vectors in production of rAAV particles. AAV-mediated delivery of therapeutic and immunogenic genes using the vectors of the invention is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/573600 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
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| US 07906279 | Benkovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Benkovic (State College, Pennsylvania); Frank Salinas (Wheaton, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for replicating and amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence is described. A method of the invention involves the formation of a recombination intermediate without the prior denaturing of a nucleic acid duplex through the use of a recombination factor. The recombination intermediate is treated with a high fidelity polymerase to permit the replication and amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence. In preferred embodiments, the polymerase comprises a polymerase holoenzyme. In further preferred embodiments, the recombination factor is bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein or homologs from other species, and the polymerase holoenzyme comprises a polymerase enzyme, a clamp protein and a clamp loader protein, derived from viral, bacteriophage, prokaryotic, archaebacterial, or eukaryotic systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/153793 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07906283 | McMahon 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); Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis J. McMahon (Bethesda, Maryland); Gonzalo E. Laje (Potomac, Maryland); Silvia Paddock (Solna, Sweden); Husseini K. Manji (Cabin John, Maryland); A. John Rush (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of screening patients to identify those patients more likely to exhibit an increased risk of treatment-emergent suicidal ideation comprising: (a) obtaining a sample of genetic material from the patients, and (b) assaying the sample for the presence of a genotype in the patients which is associated with an increased risk of treatment-emergent suicidal ideation, wherein the genotype is characterized by a polymorphism in a gene selected from the group consisting of glutamine receptor, ionotropic, kainate 2 (GRIK2); glutamate receptor ionotropic AMPA 3 (GRIA3); and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925334 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07906288 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. Nelson (Towson, Maryland); Xiaohui S. Lin (Redland, California); Angelo M. Demarzo (Baltimore, Maryland); Srinivasan Nasubramanian (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and kits useful for enriching, identifying and quantifying methylated DNA3 particularly hypermethylated CpG islands by digesting a sample with a methylation-sensitive restriction endonuclease and capturing methylated restriction fragments with a methyl-binding capture reagent. The methods of the invention may be used in the detection of cancer, particularly detection of prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/159081 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07906292 | Chang 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, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gwong-Jen J. Chang (Fort Collins, Colorado); Wayne D. Crill (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method for identifying flavivirus cross-reactive epitopes. Also provided are flavivirus E-glyco-protein cross-reactive epitopes and flavivirus E-glycoprotein crossreactive epitopes having reduced or ablated cross-reactivity (and polypeptides comprising such epitopes), as well as methods of using these molecules to elicit an immune response against a flavivirus and to detect a flaviviral infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/572805 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07906294 | Kinlaw, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William B. Kinlaw, III (Etna, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an antibody which specifically binds a Spot 14 (S14 or THRSP) protein in human breast cancer cells and a method for using the same to predict disease-free survival and select treatment modalities for breast cancer. The present invention is also a method for inducing apoptosis in breast cancer cells by inhibiting the expression or activity of Spot 14. Compositions and methods for treating breast cancer are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/912413 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
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| US 07906302 | Longley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | B. Jack Longley (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method of preventing or treating in a subject contact dermatitis which comprises administering to the subject an amount of a compound capable of inhibiting the stem cell factor signaling pathway effective to prevent or treat contact dermatitis so as to thereby prevent or treat contact dermatitis in the subject. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/291462 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.200 |
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| US 07906308 | Sabatini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Sabatini (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dos D. Sarbassov (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain aspects, the invention relates to methods for identifying compounds which modulate Akt activity mediated by the rictor-mTOR complex and methods for treating or preventing a disorder that is associated with aberrant Akt activity. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/341908 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/194 |
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| US 07906331 | Sorrentino et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Sorrentino (Memphis, Tennessee); John Schuetz (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods of identifying and/or isolating stem cells based on expression of BCRP. The present invention also describes methods of obtaining and/or using cell populations enriched for stem cells. In addition, methods are provided for diagnosing and/or prognosing leukemia, particularly human acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), through assaying for BCRP expression in leukemic cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/574443 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372 |
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| US 07906343 | Faris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory W. Faris (Menlo Park, California); Jeanne P. Haushalter (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A lanthanide chelate is linked to a noble metal substrate at a proximity wherein the substrate enhances a fluorescent emission of the lanthanide by at least 20-fold when the chelate is illuminated at an excitation wavelength that induces a transition in the lanthanide that results in the fluorescent emission. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/813468 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/524 |
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| US 07906490 | Kool |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric T. Kool (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for synthesis and therapeutic use of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides and analogs. RNA oligonucleotides are synthesized using a small, circular DNA template which lacks an RNA polymerase promoter sequence. The RNA synthesis is performed by combining a circular single-stranded oligonucleotide template with an effective RNA polymerase and at least two types of ribonucleotide triphosphate to form an RNA oligonucleotide multimer comprising multiple copies of the desired RNA oligonucleotide sequence. Preferably, the RNA oligonucleotide multimer is cleaved to produce RNA oligonucleotides having well-defined ends. Preferred RNA oligonucleotide multimers contain ribozymes capable of both cis (autolytic) and trans cleavage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523884 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
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| US 07906500 | Detty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Detty (Rochester, New York); David J. Donnelly (Buffalo, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are chalcogenoxanthylium compounds which can effectively be used as sensitizers in photodynamic therapy, virucides in photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy and reversal agents of Pgp function in cancer cells. Further provided is a general method for the preparation of chalcogenoxanthylium compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/195393 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
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| US 07906514 | Deleo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joyce A. Deleo (Lebanon, New Hampshire); James N. Weinstein (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An animal model for chronic pain, and in particular lower back pain, is provided. Methods of identifying agents and reducing chronic pain with identified agents such as methotrexate are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/857385 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/251 |
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| US 07906555 | Flynn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Flynn (Tucson, Arizona); Andrea J. Yool (South Australia, Australia); Elton Rodrigues Migliati (Queen Creek, Arizona); Leslie S. Ritter (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, including 3-carboxy aryl sulfonamide compounds, which agonize or antagonize aquaporin channels and methods of using them to treat disorders or diseases mediated by aquaporins. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/925708 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/602 |
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| US 07906636 | Tsien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Robert E. Campbell (Edmonton, Canada); Nathan C. Shaner (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to fluorescent proteins and fluorescent protein variants, and more specifically to monomeric and dimeric forms of Anthozoan fluorescent proteins. In one aspect, the present invention provides variants of fluorescent proteins, where the variants have a reduced propensity to tetramerize, and form dimeric or monomeric structures. In a further aspect, the present invention provides variants of fluorescent proteins, the variants being characterized by more efficient maturation than corresponding fluorescent proteins from which they are derived. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such fluorescent proteins and fluorescent protein variants, including fluorescent protein monomers and dimers. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/618624 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07906637 | Potter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee); The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip M. Potter (Memphis, Tennessee); Monika Weirdl (Memphis, Tennessee); Matthew R. Redinbo (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Polynucleotides encoding a mutant human carboxylesterase enzyme and polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides which are capable of metabolizing a prodrug and inactive metabolites thereof to active drug are provided. Compositions and methods for sensitizing cells to a prodrug agent, inhibiting cell growth, treating drug addiction, and facilitating the metabolism of an organophosphate with this enzyme are also provided. In addition, a screening assay for identification of drugs activated by this enzyme is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/306031 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
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| US 07906638 | Kipps et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Kipps (Solana Beach, California); Sanjai Sharma (La Jolla, California); Mark Cantwell (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to genes which encode accessory molecule ligands and their use for immunomodulation, vaccination and treatments of various human diseases, including malignancies and autoimmune diseases. This invention also describes the use of accessory molecule ligands which are made up of various domains and subdomain portions of molecules derived from the tumor necrosis factor family. The chimeric molecules of this invention contain unique properties which lead to the stabilization of their activities and thus greater usefulness in the treatment of diseases. Vectors for expressing genes which encode the accessory molecule ligands of this invention are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/371188 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.400 |
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| US 07906965 | Koay |
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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) | Cheng Guan Koay (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance imaging scanner acquires diffusion-weighted imaging data. A reconstruction engine reconstructs the acquired diffusion-weighted imaging data into diffusion-weighted image representations. A diffusion tensor engine constructs a diffusion tensor map of an area of an interest of a subject. An eigenvalue/eigenvector ordering engine obtains and orders eigenvectors and eigenvalues at each voxel. A covariance matrix determining engine constructs a covariance matrix of a major eigenvector of each voxel. A first normalized measure determining engine computes a first normalized measure. A second normalized measure determining engine computes a second normalized measure. A rendering engine generates a human-viewable display of an image representation. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/263569 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/312 |
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| US 07907765 | Fauver et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Visiongate, Inc. (Pheonix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Fauver (Seattle, Washington); Eric J. Seibel (Seattle, Washington); Michael G. Meyer (Seattle, Washington); Alan C. Nelson (Gig Harbor, Washington); J. Richard Rahn (Sammamish, Washington); Thomas Neumann (Seattle, Washington); Roger H. Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical tomography system for imaging an object of interest including a light source for illuminating the object of interest with a plurality of radiation beams. The object of interest is held within an object containing tube such that it is illuminated by the plurality of radiation beams to produce emerging radiation from the object containing tube, a detector array is located to receive the emerging radiation and produce imaging data used by a mechanism for tracking the object of interest. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/532648 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907769 | Sammak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Sammak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Rami Mangoubi (Newton, Massachusetts); Mukund Desai (Needham, Massachusetts); Teresa M. Erb (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nathan Lowry (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for determining the differentiation state of cells. The methods include non-invasive, non-perturbing, automatable, and quantitative methods of analysis of cell colonies, individual cells, and/or cellular structures. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/321360 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907800 | Foquet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mathieu Foquet (Redwood City, California); Paul Peluso (San Carlos, California); Stephen Turner (Menlo Park, California); Daniel Bernardo Roitman (Menlo Park, California); Geoffrey Otto (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for monitoring reactions are provided, including methods involving monitoring reactions in zero mode waveguide substrates. The zero mode waveguide substrates have zero mode waveguides wherein the core extends through the cladding layer at least partially into the transparent substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/341556 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907809 | Korampally et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venumadhav Korampally (Columbia, Missouri); Shubhra Gangopadhyay (Columbia, Missouri); Luis Polo-Parada (Columbia, Missouri); Sangho Bok (Columbia, Missouri); Keshab Gangopadhyay (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoparticles having a mean particle size of less than about 25 nanometers and a mean pore size of less than 10 nanometers, and a mean surface area of at least 500 m2/g; nanoporous films of such nanoparticles; and composites and devices containing such nanoparticles and nanoporous films. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/372436 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907999 | Fedan 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); East Carolina University (Greenville, North Carolina); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Fedan (Morgantown, West Virginia); Yi Jing (Morgantown, West Virginia); Michael Van Scott (Greenville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for measuring smooth muscles responses (relaxation and contraction), transepithelial potential difference, and/or transepithelial impedance of an intact trachea in vitro. In particular embodiments, the apparatus includes a perfusion device on which an extracted, intact trachea is mounted. The perfusion device and the trachea are immersed in an extraluminal bath, which is isolated from the perfusion liquid flowing through the trachea. A set of voltage-sensing electrodes is provided for measuring the transepithelial potential difference across the trachea wall. A set of current electrodes is provided for inducing an electrical current to flow across the trachea wall in order to determine transepithelial impedance. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/655635 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908010 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayan (Glendale, California); James Little (Saugus, California); Kevin Wilkin (Valencia, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California); Rajat Agrawal (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a retinal prosthesis with an inductive coil mounted to the side of the eye by means of a strap around the eye. This allows for close coupling to an external coil and movement of the entire implanted portion with movement of the eye ball. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/873181 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908011 | McMahon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew J. McMahon (Los Angeles, California); Arup Roy (Santa Clarita, California); Scott Greenwald (Seattle, Washington); Ione Fine (Seattle, Washington); Alan Matthew Horsager (Los Angeles, California); Avraham I. Caspi (La Jolla, California); Kelly Hobart McClure (Simi Valley, California); Robert Jay Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for fitting a visual prosthesis are described. In one of the methods, threshold levels and maximum levels for the electrodes of the prosthesis are determined and a map of brightness to electrode stimulation levels is later formed. A fitting system for a visual prosthesis is also discussed, together with a computer-operated system having a graphical user interface showing visual prosthesis diagnostic screens and visual prosthesis configuration screens. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/927258 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908090 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart K. Kim (Stanford, California); Jacob M. Zahn (Mountain View, California); Graham Rodwell (Tucson, Arizona); Art B. Owen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Age and related conditions are assessed with a gene expression test that determines the expression levels of a panel of genetic markers. Each age signature contains expression information for genes in at least one functional group that is identified herein as having an expression pattern that correlates with physiological aging of a tissue or tissue of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/605859 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matt H. Travis (Fall City, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Stores launch tubes and vehicles equipped with stores launch tubes are disclosed. According to a particular illustrative example, a stores launch tube includes a tube member and a flexible seal. The flexible seal couples an exterior of the tube member to a hull. The flexible seal acts as a pressure barrier against an ambient environment. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/548824 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07905192 | Hertel, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Martin Hertel, III (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for the cleaning of an underwater surface, such as a ship hull. The method and apparatus enables cleaning to be conducted while mitigating the release of removed material into surrounding waters. The integrated apparatus includes a cleaning vehicle for removing fouling from the underwater hull surface, and a land treatment unit for treating liquid waste that is conveyed to the land treatment unit from the cleaning vehicle. The cleaning vehicle may include a pre-processing unit that pre-treats substances removed during the cleaning process. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/998989 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07905527 | Smallin |
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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) | Bryan Smallin (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A harness assembly for use in the recovery of an object deployed underwater has legs attached to an object prior to an underwater deployment thereof. A sling is coupled to the second ends of the legs. A first support is coupled to the sling and a rigid ring. Second and third supports are coupled to the ring in a breakaway fashion and adapted to be coupled to the object. The supports work in combination to hold the ring in a stand off position with respect to the object and in a substantially vertical orientation during the underwater deployment of the object so that the ring can be readily accessed by a trained marine mammal transporting a recovery tether thereto. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/079087 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/66.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07905695 | O Brien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. O Brien (Tucson, Arizona); Eric J. Venghaus (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed system, device, and apparatus for a locking element generally includes a force device having a suitable shape to fit around a plurality of coupled elements. This re-usable force device reduces unwanted and unintended rotation of coupled elements. Disclosed features and specifications may be variously controlled, adapted, or otherwise optionally modified to realize improved locking function. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/941154 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener 411/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07905943 | Slocik 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) | Joseph M. Slocik (Dayton, Ohio); Rajesh R. Naik (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Bimetallic hybrid nanostructures exhibit enhanced properties beyond a single composition nanoparticle, but present technical challenges for synthesis that includes the ability to process two or more materials while offering control over structural arrangement. Unlike conventional synthetic strategies, biological systems are excellent manufacturers of complex inorganic materials which possess maximal functionality, quality, and structures. Using a bio-mediated approach, Applicants have developed a synthetic method for the controlled synthesis of bimetallic nanostructures using multifunctional peptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/008537 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906105 | Major et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jody L. Major (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas J. Meade (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In particular, the present invention relates to MRI contrast agents that are activated in the presence of zinc(II) (e.g., resulting in a brighter image). |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/844088 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.363 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906231 | Parkin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic tunneling devices are formed from a first body centered cubic (bcc) magnetic layer and a second bcc magnetic layer. At least one spacer layer of bcc material between these magnetic layers exchange couples the first and second bcc magnetic layers. A tunnel barrier in proximity with the second magnetic layer permits spin-polarized current to pass between the tunnel barrier and the second layer; the tunnel barrier may be either MgO and Mg—ZnO. The first magnetic layer, the spacer layer, the second magnetic layer, and the tunnel barrier are all preferably (100) oriented. The MgO and Mg—ZnO tunnel barriers are prepared by first depositing a metallic layer on the second magnetic layer (e.g., a Mg layer), thereby substantially reducing the oxygen content in this magnetic layer, which improves the performance of the tunnel barriers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/931110 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/811 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07906340 — Method for quantitative determination of hydrogen peroxide using potentiometric titration
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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) | Charles J. Patrissi (Newport, Rhode Island); Russell R. Bessette (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical potentiometric titration method that entails titration of a known volume of a catholyte containing an unknown amount of hydrogen peroxide in a titration cell having two electrodes, a platinum working electrode and a silver/silver chloride reference electrode. A known concentration of a titrant is added to the catholyte in the titration cell. Simultaneously, as the titrant is added the potential between the working electrode and the reference electrode is monitored. The point at which all of the hydrogen peroxide has been consumed is signaled when the cell potential changes abruptly. Since the concentration of the titrant is already known, the amount of titrant added (concentration multiplied by volume) is directly related to the amount of hydrogen peroxide consumed. The concentration of hydrogen peroxide is calculated from the volume of catholyte and the moles of hydrogen peroxide. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/386183 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906345 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shan X Wang (Portola Valley, California); Robert L White (Stanford, California); Chris D Webb (Scotts Valley, California); Guanxiong Li (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic nanoparticles and methods for their use in detecting biological molecules are disclosed. The magnetic nanoparticles can be attached to nucleic acid molecules, which are then captured by a complementary sequence attached to a detector, such as a spin valve detector or a magnetic tunnel junction detector. The detection of the bound magnetic nanoparticle can be achieved with high specificity and sensitivity. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/829505 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/526 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906401 | Lu 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) | Ryan P. Lu (Carlsbad, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California); Bruce W. Offord (San Diego, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of tuning threshold voltages of interdiffusible structures. The method includes a step of situating an interdiffusible structure in a path of a laser and a step of illuminating the interdiffusible structure with laser energy until a desired threshold voltage is obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/602444 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/308 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906490 | Kool |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric T. Kool (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for synthesis and therapeutic use of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides and analogs. RNA oligonucleotides are synthesized using a small, circular DNA template which lacks an RNA polymerase promoter sequence. The RNA synthesis is performed by combining a circular single-stranded oligonucleotide template with an effective RNA polymerase and at least two types of ribonucleotide triphosphate to form an RNA oligonucleotide multimer comprising multiple copies of the desired RNA oligonucleotide sequence. Preferably, the RNA oligonucleotide multimer is cleaved to produce RNA oligonucleotides having well-defined ends. Preferred RNA oligonucleotide multimers contain ribozymes capable of both cis (autolytic) and trans cleavage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523884 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906738 | Coutu, Jr. 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) | Ronald A. Coutu, Jr. (Beavercreek, Ohio); Paul E. Kladitis (New Carlisle, Ohio); Robert L. Crane (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS switch fabrication process and apparatus inclusive of a bulbous rounded surface movable contact assembly that is integral with the switch movable element and achieving of long contact wear life with low contact electrical resistance. The disclosed process is compatible with semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication materials and procedures and includes an unusual photoresist reflow step in which the bulbous contact shape is quickly defined in three dimensions from more easily achieved integrated circuit mask and etching-defined precursor shapes. A plurality of differing photoresist materials are used in the process. A large part of the contact and contact spring formation used in the invention is accomplished with low temperature processing including electroplating. Alternate processing steps achieving an alloy metal contact structure are included. Use of a subroutine of processing steps to achieve differing but related portions of the electrical contact structure is also included. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/578034 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Circuit makers and breakers 2/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906775 | Heath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California); Pierre M. Petroff (Santa Barbara, California); Nicholas A. Melosh (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fabrication of metallic or non-metallic wires with nanometer widths and nanometer separation distances without the use of lithography. Wires are created in a two-step process involving forming the wires at the desired dimensions and transferring them to a planar substrate. The dimensions and separation of the wires are determined by the thicknesses of alternating layers of different materials that are in the form of a superlattice. Wires are created by evaporating the desired material onto the superlattice that has been selectively etched to provide height contrast between layers. The wires thus formed upon one set of superlattice layers are then transferred to a substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, December 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/633043 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906924 | Fischer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Fischer (Fountain Hills, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for controlling a discretely commutated, multi-phase DC electric motor or actuator is used. The methods and systems may be used for motor or actuator applications where accurate, high resolution torques may be need over a relatively wide range. The methods and systems provide alternative means of selecting the magnitudes of currents to be driven into the motor windings. |
| FILED | Monday, January 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/017163 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/400.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906983 | Fulks, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intuitive Research and Technology (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Fulks, III (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved configuration for a programmable logic device and an improved method for configuration of a programmable logic device are provided. A programmable logic device such as field programmable logic device is configured to include an application logic, an embedded test logic that monitors the application logic, and an access control logic that grants access to an external device to embedded test data provided that an access control requirement is met that is based upon a key stored in a memory and information received from the external device. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/330264 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906984 | Montminy 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) | David P. Montminy (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rusty O. Baldwin (Huber Heights, Ohio); Paul D. Williams (Prattville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) circuit capable of operating through at least one fault. The FPGA circuit includes a configuration memory and an embedded microprocessor. The embedded microprocessor having access to the configuration memory, static modules, at least one relocatable module, and at least one spare module. The relocatable module being relocatable from a first target area to a second target area. The relocatable module being relocatable by manipulating a partial bitstream with the embedded microprocessor. The microprocessor calculating a plurality of bitstream changes, to relocate the at least one relocatable module using at least triple modular redundancy (TMR). |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/393288 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907266 | King et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Wayne King (Riverside, California); Rodney William Leonhardt (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiometer the calibration of collimated pulsed laser sources. In one embodiment the laser sources have wavelengths of 1064 nm and 1540-1570 nm wavelengths at irradiance levels of 7×10−5 to 5×1010 Watts/cm2, with pulse widths of 5-400 ns. A lens system used to focus beams from the laser sources includes two piano convex lenses and one aspheric lens, all with 1.5 micron and 1.06 micron anti-reflection coatings. An InGaAs avalanche photodiode (APD) detector and a linear amplifier generate an output voltage which represents the pulse and power of the input laser. The output voltage is captured on a fast oscilloscope and converted to irradiance through NIST calibration factors. The detector is kept at a constant predetermined temperature with a heater ring and feedback circuit. The detector is mounted on a translation stage for placing the detector at the proper position for the 1064 nm and 1540-1570 nm wavelengths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/468804 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907275 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingjing Li (Palo Alto, California); Zhiyong Li (Redwood City, California); Wei Wu (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A type and polarization selective device for Raman spectroscopy includes a set of at least two antennas and a gap at their intersection. First antenna geometry is such that it is configured to resonate, for first or second (different from the first) polarization, at a predetermined stimulation frequency of a material for which Raman scattering is to be studied, or at a Stokes or anti-Stokes frequency corresponding with the material when excited at stimulation frequency. Second antenna geometry is such that it is configured to resonate, for the other of second or first polarization, at the Stokes frequency when the first antenna is configured to resonate at the stimulation or anti-Stokes frequency, or at the anti-Stokes frequency when the first antenna is configured to resonate at the stimulation or Stokes frequency, or at the stimulation frequency when the first antenna is configured to resonate at the Stokes or anti-Stokes frequency. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/488318 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907406 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Levi A. Campbell (Poughkeepsie, New York); Richard C. Chu (Hopewell Junction, New York); Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. (Lagrangeville, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Woodstock, New York); Robert E. Simons (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method are provided for cooling an electronics rack. A modular cooling unit (MCU) is associated with the rack to provide system coolant to an electronics subsystem and a bulk power assembly. The MCU includes a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger, and defines portions of facility and system coolant loops. Chilled coolant from a facility source is passed through the liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger to cool system coolant flowing through the system coolant loop. The system also includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger in fluid communication with the system coolant loop, a pump in fluid communication with the system coolant loop, and a controller. The controller controls operation of the pump to adjust flow of system coolant through the system coolant loop dependent upon a mode of operation. In a standby mode, system coolant flows through the air-to-liquid heat exchanger at a lower flow rate, and expels heat to ambient air. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/567954 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907411 | Whittum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Goodrich Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark L. Whittum (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christopher W. Helmke (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat sink assembly including a first heat sink sub-assembly in thermal contact with a first heat source and including spaced apart columns of spaced horizontal fins extending outwardly from the first heat source, and a second heat sink sub-assembly in thermal contact with a second heat source and including spaced apart rows of space vertical fins extending outwardly from the second heat source, wherein the spaced apart columns of spaced horizontal and the spaced apart rows of spaced vertical fins are arranged in an interdigitated manner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/315381 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907690 | Taylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Edgewater Computer Systems, Inc. (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Doug Taylor (Kanata, Canada); John Fanson (Ottawa, Canada); George Price (White City, Canada); Tooraj Esmailian (Folsom, California); Laszlo Hazy (Ottawa, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An interference cancellation (IC) system and method for use within a 1553 communication system comprising a data bus carrying primary signals having a 1553 component and a non-1553 component are provided. The IC system has an input port, a 1553 data extraction block and an interference cancellation circuit with an interference measurement and a cancellation block. The interference measurement block receives 1553 decoded data from the 1553 data extraction block and a sampled primary signal via the input port, and, within an impulse response block, produces an interference signal based on a 1553 impulse response system model. The cancellation block subtracts the interference signal from the sampled primary signal and produces an output signal with the 1553 component substantially cancelled. Furthermore, an IC system using adaptive filtering techniques within the impulse response block is provided. The Least Mean Squares (LMS) algorithm can be used as an adaptive filter technique. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/550283 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907807 | Sanders et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Sanders (Madison, Connecticut); Edward M. Dowd (Madison, Connecticut); Andrew S. Kuczma (Clinton, Connecticut); Trevor W. MacDougall (Simsbury, Connecticut); Brian J. Pike (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus provide for birefringent waveguides suitable for optical systems exhibiting polarization dependence such as interferometer sensors including Sagnac interferometric fiber optic gyroscopes (IFOG). The waveguides, for some embodiments, may offer single polarization performance over lengths of about a kilometer or more due to polarization dependent attenuation. According to some embodiments, the waveguides incorporate a pure silica core for resistance to radiation-induced attenuation (RIA). |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/251334 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907848 | Soref |
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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) | Richard A. Soref (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical signal low energy method for coupling electrical signals on-chip between component circuits of for example a CMOS circuit array. The described coupling method employs infrared signals communicated along a nano-scale resonant semiconductor waveguide between for example PIN diode signal transducers. The coupling may employ an electrically pumped laser, an electro absorption modulator and a photodetector all for typically the 1.5 to 2.0 micrometer spectral region with each formed using for example PIN heterodiode semiconductor devices. Each of these three devices includes active semiconductor crystal material situated in a resonator within a strip waveguide. The resonator is defined by two fabricated mirrors having a tapered location one dimensional photonic crystal lattice of oxide hole or slot apertures. Each semiconductor device is for example a heterodiode pumped or controlled by laterally disposed wings enclosing the resonator to form a lateral PIN structure for current injection or high E-field generation. CMOS compatible ten gigabit per second signals of low energy use per transmitted bit are achieved. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/801767 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908103 | Senroy et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Nilanjan Senroy (New Delhi, India); Siddharth Suryanarayanan (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method of signal processing is provided. The method includes generating one or more masking signals based upon a computed Fourier transform of a received signal. The method further includes determining one or more intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) of the received signal by performing a masking-signal-based empirical mode decomposition (EMD) using the at least one masking signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124843 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908235 | Snook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neurosciences Research Foundation, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Snook (San Diego, California); Richard W. Schermerhorn (Cardiff, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A special purpose processor (SPP) can use a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to model a large number of neural elements. The FPGAs or similar programmable device can have multiple cores doing presynaptic, postsynaptic, and plasticity calculations in parallel. Each core can implement multiple neural elements of the neural model. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/620405 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908281 | Marceau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carla Marceau (Ithaca, New York); Matthew A. Stillerman (Ithaca, New York); David Rosenthal (Ithaca, New York); Marisa Gioioso (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes techniques of dynamically assembling and utilizing a pedigree of a resource. A pedigree of a resource is a set of statements that describe a provenance of the resource. As described herein, a set of one or more servers may host context objects that contain the statements that make up the pedigree of the resource. In order to obtain the pedigree of the resource, a context assembly device may send queries to the servers for context objects that are likely to contain statements in the pedigree of the resource. After receiving context objects from the servers in response to the queries, the context assembly device may query the statements in the received context objects in order to identify, among the statements in the context objects, the statements that constitute the pedigree of the resource. The dynamically assembled pedigree may then be used in a variety of ways. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/943374 |
| ART UNIT | 2168 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/751 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908593 | Arnold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew R. Arnold (Ossining, New York); Michael J. Hind (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Jeremy Lau (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for evaluating software performance includes steps of: receiving a plurality of versions of code; selecting starting and stopping points for timing execution of the code versions; dispatching at least two of the plurality of code versions for execution; repeatedly executing the at least two code versions; recording execution times for the at least two code versions, according to the selected starting and stopping points; collecting the execution times; and processing the collected execution times. The method further includes steps of: performing a statistical analysis of the collected execution times for determining which code version is fastest; and invoking a confidence metric periodically to determine if a difference between means is statistically meaningful. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/650111 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey Fedorovich Golovashchenko (Beverly Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A tubular preform is contracted in an electro-hydraulic forming operation. The tubular preform is wrapped with one or more coils of wire and placed in a chamber of an electro-hydraulic forming tool. The electro-hydraulic forming tool is discharged to form a compressed area on a portion of the tube. The tube is then placed in a hydroforming tool that expands the tubular preform to form a part. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563184 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal deforming 072/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07905168 | Pastrnak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Pastrnak (Livermore, California); Rocky Hollaway (Modesto, California); Carl D. Henning (Livermore, California); Steve Deteresa (Livermore, California); Walter Grundler (Hayward, California); Lisle B. Hagler (Berkeley, California); Edwin Kokko (Dublin, California); Vernon A. Switzer (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A rapidly deployable portable convertible blast effects shield/ballistic shield includes a set two or more frusto-conically-tapered telescoping rings operably connected to each other to convert between a telescopically-collapsed configuration for storage and transport, and a telescopically-extended upright configuration forming an expanded inner volume. In a first embodiment, the upright configuration provides blast effects shielding, such as against blast pressures, shrapnel, and/or fire balls. And in a second embodiment, the upright configuration provides ballistic shielding, such as against incoming weapons fire, shrapnel, etc. Each ring has a high-strength material construction, such as a composite fiber and matrix material, capable of substantially inhibiting blast effects and impinging projectiles from passing through the shield. And the set of rings are releasably securable to each other in the telescopically-extended upright configuration by the friction fit of adjacent pairs of frusto-conically-tapered rings to each other. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/732786 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosive-charge making 086/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07905206 | Willi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin L. Willi (Dunlap, Illinois); Scott B. Fiveland (Metamora, Illinois); David T. Montgomery (Edelstein, Illinois); Weidong Gong (Dunlap, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for an engine having a cylinder is disclosed having an engine valve configured to affect a fluid flow of the cylinder, an actuator configured to move the engine valve, and an in-cylinder sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a characteristic of fuel entering the cylinder. The control system also has a controller in communication with the actuator and the sensor. The controller is configured to determine the characteristic of the fuel based on the signal and selectively regulate the actuator to adjust a timing of the engine valve based on the characteristic of the fuel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/292837 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/90.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07905288 | Kinkead |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott A. Kinkead (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for chemically-upgrading shale-bound kerogen comprises contacting shale-bound kerogen comprising carbon-carbon double bonds with a quantity of alkene species in the presence of an olefin metathesis catalyst. A catalyzed metathetical reaction occurs between the shale-bound kerogen and the alkene species and smaller kerogen-derived molecular species are formed. The smaller kerogen-derived molecular species are recovered. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/277531 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906085 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liyu Li (Richland, Washington); David L. King (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are sorbents and devices for controlling sulfur oxides emissions as well as systems including such sorbents and devices. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the disclosed sorbents, devices and systems. In one embodiment the disclosed sorbents can be conveniently regenerated, such as under normal exhaust stream from a combustion engine, particularly a diesel engine. Accordingly, also disclosed are combustion vehicles equipped with sulfur dioxide emission control devices. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/731116 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906229 | Goyal |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel articles and methods to fabricate the same resulting in flexible, large-area, triaxially textured, single-crystal or single-crystal-like, semiconductor-based, electronic devices are disclosed. Potential applications of resulting articles are in areas of photovoltaic devices, flat-panel displays, thermophotovoltaic devices, ferroelectric devices, light emitting diode devices, computer hard disc drive devices, magnetoresistance based devices, photoluminescence based devices, non-volatile memory devices, dielectric devices, thermoelectric devices and quantum dot laser devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/715047 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/698 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906251 | O'Brien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis P. O'Brien (Maplewood, Minnesota); Alison K. Schmoeckel (Stillwater, Minnesota); George D. Vernstrom (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Radoslav Atanasoski (Edina, Minnesota); Thomas E. Wood (Stillwater, Minnesota); Ruizhi Yang (Halifax, Canada); E. Bradley Easton (Halifax, Canada); Jeffrey R. Dahn (Hubley, Canada); David G. O'Neill (Lake Elmo, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An oxygen-reducing catalyst layer, and a method of making the oxygen-reducing catalyst layer, where the oxygen-reducing catalyst layer includes a catalytic material film disposed on a substrate with the use of physical vapor deposition and thermal treatment. The catalytic material film includes a transition metal that is substantially free of platinum. At least one of the physical vapor deposition and the thermal treatment is performed in a processing environment comprising a nitrogen-containing gas. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/379523 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906315 | Brigmon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin L. Brigmon (North Augusta, South Carolina); Sandra Story (Greenville, South Carolina); Denis J. Altman (Evans, Georgia); Christopher J. Berry (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel strains of isolated and purified bacteria have been identified which have the ability to degrade petroleum hydrocarbons including a variety of PAHs. Several isolates also exhibit the ability to produce a biosurfactant. The combination of the biosurfactant-producing ability along with the ability to degrade PAHs enhances the efficiency with which PAHs may be degraded. Additionally, the biosurfactant also provides an additional ability to bind heavy metal ions for removal from a soil or aquatic environment. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/810773 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/262.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906320 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Lu (Champaign, Illinois); Juewen Liu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel biosensor comprises at least one fluorophore and at least two quenchers, and is capable of selectively and specifically detecting the presence of an ion in the presence of other ions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/206871 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907272 | Zelepouga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Serguei A. Zelepouga (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); David M. Rue (Chicago, Illinois); Alexei V. Saveliev (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for real-time monitoring of flame properties in combustors and gasifiers which includes an imaging fiber optic bundle having a light receiving end and a light output end and a spectroscopic imaging system operably connected with the light output end of the imaging fiber optic bundle. Focusing of the light received by the light receiving end of the imaging fiber optic bundle by a wall disposed between the light receiving end of the fiber optic bundle and a light source, which wall forms a pinhole opening aligned with the light receiving end. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001536 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907322 | Schwendeman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irina G. Schwendeman (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Adam D. Polcyn (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); James J. Finley (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Cheri M. Boykin (Kingsport, Tennessee); Julianna M. Knowles (Apollo, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochromic device includes a first substrate spaced from a second substrate. A first conductive member is formed over at least a portion of the first substrate. A first electrochromic material is formed over at least a portion of the first conductive member. The first electrochromic material includes an organic material. A second conductive member is formed over at least a portion of the second substrate. A second electrochromic material is formed over at least a portion of the second conductive member. The second electrochromic material includes an inorganic material. An ionic liquid is positioned between the first electrochromic material and the second electrochromic material. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/256587 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/265 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907810 | Messerly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Messerly (Danville, California); Jay W. Dawson (Livermore, California); Raymond J. Beach (Livermore, California); Christopher P. J. Barty (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A waveguide includes a cladding region that has a refractive index that is substantially uniform and surrounds a wave-guiding region that has an average index that is close to the index of the cladding. The wave-guiding region also contains a thin ring or series of rings that have an index or indices that differ significantly from the index of the cladding. The ring or rings enable the structure to guide light. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/809112 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908103 | Senroy et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Nilanjan Senroy (New Delhi, India); Siddharth Suryanarayanan (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method of signal processing is provided. The method includes generating one or more masking signals based upon a computed Fourier transform of a received signal. The method further includes determining one or more intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) of the received signal by performing a masking-signal-based empirical mode decomposition (EMD) using the at least one masking signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124843 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908121 | Green |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse Andrew Green (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer program is used to determine a linear track having a good fit to a most likely or expected path of charged particle passing through a charged particle detector having a plurality of drift cells. Hit signals from the charged particle detector are associated with a particular charged particle track. An initial estimate of time zero is made from these hit signals and linear tracks are then fit to drift radii for each particular time-zero estimate. The linear track having the best fit is then searched and selected and errors in fit and tracking parameters computed. The use of large and expensive fast detectors needed to time zero in the charged particle detectors can be avoided by adopting this method and system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/977313 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908357 | Goranson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Goranson (Kennewick, Washington); John R. Burnette (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the present invention encompass methods and systems for detecting abnormal digital traffic by assigning characterizations of network behaviors according to knowledge nodes and calculating a confidence value based on the characterizations from at least one knowledge node and on weighting factors associated with the knowledge nodes. The knowledge nodes include a characterization model based on prior network information. At least one of the knowledge nodes should not be based on fixed thresholds or signatures. The confidence value includes a quantification of the degree of confidence that the network behaviors constitute abnormal network traffic. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/231565 |
| ART UNIT | 2466 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07906053 | Torkelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Torkelson (Skokie, Illinois); Katsuyuki Wakabayashi (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer-graphite compositions and related methods of using solid-state shear pulverization as can be used to affect one or more physical properties thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/391003 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/211.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906182 | Schlaf |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudiger Schlaf (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a smooth thin film on a substrate within a short deposition time, the method comprising introducing ionic substances (salts, acids, bases) to a polymeric solution to be sprayed. These ions attach to the polymer strands in solution, increasing their charge to mass ratio. This results in mutual repulsion of the strands during the spray process and produces a smooth film, even at relatively high polymeric solution concentrations. A side effect of this process is the introduction of impurities (the added ions) to the polymer thin film. The proper choice of ionic compound allows a dissolution step to be used to “clean” the polymer film after deposition, using the solubility characteristics of the thin film versus the ionic compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/353283 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/483 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906282 | Wood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Promega Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith V. Wood (Madison, Wisconsin); Monika G. Gruber (Madison, Wisconsin); Yao Zhuang (Madison, Wisconsin); Aileen Paguio (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to prepare synthetic nucleic acid molecules having reduced inappropriate or unintended transcriptional characteristics when expressed in a particular host cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/786785 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906962 | Han et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Songi Han (Santa Barbara, California); Evan R. McCarney (Wellington, New Zealand); Brandon D. Armstrong (Santa Barbara, California); Ravinath Kausik (Goleta, California); Hanna Pavlova (Goleta, California); Mark Lingwood (Goleta, California); Elliott Brown (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for treating hydrated material in a fluid that contains water in which a stable nitroxide is attached to the hydrated material. A dynamic nuclear polarization process (DNP) is conducted on the hydrated material whereby to hyperpolarize the water. A polarization cell contains the hydrated material to obtain hyperpolarized water free from the nitroxide. The dynamic nuclear polarization process is conducted using components comprising a tunable, solid state high power X-band driver and an X-band resonator for microwave transmission to the hydrated material. The components can also include a radio-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance probe, a permanent magnet formed to receive the hydrated material, a portable nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, and an electron spin resonance detector. The components can be sized to be portable, and include electrical input and output and a lap-size hard-case with access to the electrical input and output. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229540 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907543 | Barford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Barford (Madison, Wisconsin); David J. Plonka (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A network monitor provides improved understanding of the type of data being transmitted by packets by capturing rendezvous packets, such as domain name server queries and responses, to extract text domain names that may then be associated with later packets using a common numeric addresses. Text domain names intended for human understanding and recollection provide a unique insight into the content of the packets not readily obtained by analysis of the packet data itself. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/464350 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907755 | Perlmutter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | AOL Inc. (Dulles, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon M. Perlmutter (Pacific Palisades, California); Keren O. Perlmutter (Pacific Palisades, California); Joshua Alspector (South Riding, Virginia); Alex Holub (Pasadena, California); Mark Everingham (Oxford, United Kingdom); Pietro Perona (Altadena, California); Andrew Zisserman (Jericho, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Similar faces may be determined within images based on human perception of facial similarity. The user may provide an image including a query face to which the user wishes to find faces that are similar. Similar faces may be determined based on similarity information. Similarity information may be generated from information related to a human perception of facial similarity. Images that include faces determined to be similar, based on the similarity information, may be provided to the user as search result images. The user then may provide feedback to indicate the user's perception of similarity between the query face and the search result images. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/382657 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908277 | Page |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Page (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method may identify a document that includes a link that points to a linked document, determine a score for the link in the identified document based on a score of the linked document, modify the identified document based on the determined score, and provide the modified document. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/671363 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07905358 | Backes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Backes (Centerville, Utah); Clay B. Poulter (Liberty, Utah); Max R. Godfrey (Riverside, Utah); Dennis K. Tolman (Brigham, Utah); Melinda S. Dutton (Ogden, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses for screening granular solid particulate material include a generally planar first screen and a second screen. A plurality of apertures extends through the first screen. At least a portion of the second screen is oriented at an angle to the first screen, and apertures extend through a perforated region of the second screen. The second screen includes at least one region configured to prevent at least some particles of solid material from passing through the second screen. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482881 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/397 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07905946 | Weislogel 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) | Mark M. Weislogel (Tigard, Oregon); Evan A. Thomas (Boulder, Colorado); John C. Graf (Seabrook, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for separating a fluid are provided. The apparatus can include a separator and a collector having an internal volume defined at least in part by one or more surfaces narrowing toward a bottom portion of the volume. The separator can include an exit port oriented toward the bottom portion of the volume. The internal volume can receive a fluid expelled from the separator into a flow path in the collector and the flow path can include at least two directional transitions within the collector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/190364 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/272 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906043 | Connell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Connell (Yorktown, Virginia); Joseph G. Smith (Smithfield, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Hampton, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Kent A. Watson (New Kent, Virginia); Zoubeida Ounaies (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the effective dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into polymer matrices. The nanocomposites are prepared using polymer matrices and exhibit a unique combination of properties, most notably, high retention of optical transparency in the visible range (i.e., 400-800 nm), electrical conductivity, and high thermal stability. By appropriate selection of the matrix resin, additional properties such as vacuum ultraviolet radiation resistance, atomic oxygen resistance, high glass transition (Tg) temperatures, and excellent toughness can be attained. The resulting nanocomposites can be used to fabricate or formulate a variety of articles such as coatings on a variety of substrates, films, foams, fibers, threads, adhesives and fiber coated prepreg. The properties of the nanocomposites can be adjusted by selection of the polymer matrix and CNT to fabricate articles that possess high optical transparency and antistatic behavior. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550431 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906358 | Park 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) | Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Sang H. Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Glen C. King (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Hetero-epitaxial semiconductor materials comprising cubic crystalline semiconductor alloys grown on the basal plane of trigonal and hexagonal substrates, in which misfit dislocations are reduced by approximate lattice matching of the cubic crystal structure to underlying trigonal or hexagonal substrate structure, enabling the development of alloyed semiconductor layers of greater thickness, resulting in a new class of semiconductor materials and corresponding devices, including improved hetero-bipolar and high-electron mobility transistors, and high-mobility thermoelectric devices. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254017 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907333 | Coyle |
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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) | Donald Barry Coyle (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical amplifier is configured to amplify an injected seed optical pulse. The optical amplifier may include two or more gain sections coupled to form a continuous solid waveguide along a primary optical path. Each gain section may include: (i) an optical isolator forming an input to that gain section; (ii) a doped optical fiber having a first end coupled to the optical isolator and having a second end; (iii) a plurality of pump laser diodes; (iv) a controller providing drive signals to each of the plurality, the controller being configured to provide at least pulsed drive signals; and (v) an optical coupler having a first input port coupled to the second end, and a second input port coupled to the plurality and an output port. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/460482 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07908079 | Dabney 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) | Richard W. Dabney (Tanner, Alabama); Susan Vinz Elrod (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which an apparatus located on an airfield provides information to pilots in aircraft on the ground and simultaneously gathers information on the motion and position of the aircraft for controllers. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/527658 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07906138 | Rankin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott A. Rankin (Cross Plains, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an intra-mammary teat sealant and a corresponding method of forming a physical barrier in the teat canal of a non-human animal for prophylactic treatment of mammary disorders during the animal's dry period. The method includes the step of infusing a bismuth-free teat seal formulation into the teat canal of the animal. The method also prevents the formation of black spot defect in dairy products, especially cheddar cheese, made from the milk of animals so treated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/869966 |
| 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 424/438 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07906702 | Kerley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Missouri System (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monty S. Kerley (Columbia, Missouri); William Kolath (Calgary, Canada); Joseph Golden (Mountain Grove, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for managing livestock for breeding or production based on one or more measurements of mitochondrial function. Measurement of mitochondrial function may also be correlated with a calculated or known feed efficiency of livestock animals to yield a predicted feed efficiency for the animal. The invention overcomes deficiencies associated with phenotypic assays for predicted breeding and production value. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/619842 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07907266 | King et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Wayne King (Riverside, California); Rodney William Leonhardt (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiometer the calibration of collimated pulsed laser sources. In one embodiment the laser sources have wavelengths of 1064 nm and 1540-1570 nm wavelengths at irradiance levels of 7×10−5 to 5×1010 Watts/cm2, with pulse widths of 5-400 ns. A lens system used to focus beams from the laser sources includes two piano convex lenses and one aspheric lens, all with 1.5 micron and 1.06 micron anti-reflection coatings. An InGaAs avalanche photodiode (APD) detector and a linear amplifier generate an output voltage which represents the pulse and power of the input laser. The output voltage is captured on a fast oscilloscope and converted to irradiance through NIST calibration factors. The detector is kept at a constant predetermined temperature with a heater ring and feedback circuit. The detector is mounted on a translation stage for placing the detector at the proper position for the 1064 nm and 1540-1570 nm wavelengths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/468804 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907784 | Gladkova et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irina Gladkova (West Nyack, New York); Michael Grossberg (New York, New York); Leonid Roytman (Port Washington, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Lossless compression techniques provide efficient compression of hyperspectral satellite data. The present invention combines the advantages of a clustering with linear modeling. A number of visualizations are presented, which help clarify why the approach of the present invention is particularly effective on this dataset. At each stage, the algorithm achieves an efficient grouping of the data points around a relatively small number of lines in a very large dimensional data space. The parametrization of these lines is very efficient, which leads to efficient descriptions of data points. The method of the present invention yields compression ratios that compare favorably with what is currently achievable by other approaches. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/774704 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 07906313 | Henson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joan M. Henson (Bozeman, Montana); Kathy B. Sheehan (Bozeman, Montana); Russell J. Rodriguez (Seattle, Washington); Regina S. Redman (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods and compositions of endophytic fungi that confer stress tolerance in inoculated plants, including both monocots and dicots. In particular, Curvularia species, isolated from a host grass Dichanthelium languinosum growing in the geothermal zones of Lassen Volcanic and Yellowstone National Parks, confers such stress tolerance. Upon inoculating a target plant or plant part with endophytic fungi, the resulting plant shows stress tolerance, particularly drought and thermal tolerance. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/750174 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/254.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 07906826 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | e-Phocus (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Martin (Haiku, Hawaii); Paul Johnson (El Cajon, California); Chris Sexton (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A CMOS image sensor with a many million pixel count. Applicants have developed techniques for combining its continuous layer photodiode CMOS sensor technology with CMOS integrated circuit lithography stitching techniques to provide digital cameras with an almost unlimited number of pixels. A preferred CMOS stitching technique exploits the precise alignment accuracy of CMOS stepper processes by using specialized mask sets to repeatedly produce a single pixel array pattern many times on a single silicon wafer with no pixel array discontinuities. The single array patterns are stitched together lithographically to form a pixel array of many million pixels. A continuous multilayer photodiode layer is deposited over the top of the many million pixel array to provide a many million pixel sensor with a fill factor of 100 percent or substantially 100 percent. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/904782 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/444 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07906979 | Fjerstad |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne H. Fjerstad (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A differential test probe for a printed wiring board test system includes a probe body having a proximal end and a distal end. Each of a plurality of coaxial cables extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The plurality of coaxial cables each includes a center conductor having an axial aperture at the distal end. The differential test probe also includes a plurality of signal pins that are each mounted in the axial aperture of the center conductor of one of the plurality of coaxial cables to electrically couple the signal pin to the center conductor. A plurality of ground pins are coupled to the probe body and selectively arranged relative to the plurality of signal pins to provide multiple signal to ground paths between the plurality signal pins and the plurality ground pins. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/208590 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/754.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Visiongate, Inc. (Pheonix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Fauver (Seattle, Washington); Eric J. Seibel (Seattle, Washington); Michael G. Meyer (Seattle, Washington); Alan C. Nelson (Gig Harbor, Washington); J. Richard Rahn (Sammamish, Washington); Thomas Neumann (Seattle, Washington); Roger H. Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical tomography system for imaging an object of interest including a light source for illuminating the object of interest with a plurality of radiation beams. The object of interest is held within an object containing tube such that it is illuminated by the plurality of radiation beams to produce emerging radiation from the object containing tube, a detector array is located to receive the emerging radiation and produce imaging data used by a mechanism for tracking the object of interest. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/532648 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07906799 | Sheppard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Peter Smith (Carrboro, North Carolina); Zoltan Ring (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Transistors are fabricated by forming a nitride-based semiconductor barrier layer on a nitride-based semiconductor channel layer and forming a protective layer on a gate region of the nitride-based semiconductor barrier layer. Patterned ohmic contact metal regions are formed on the barrier layer and annealed to provide first and second ohmic contacts. The annealing is carried out with the protective layer on the gate region. A gate contact is also formed on the gate region of the barrier layer. Transistors having protective layer in the gate region are also provided as are transistors having a barrier layer with a sheet resistance substantially the same as an as-grown sheet resistance of the barrier layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/358241 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07907132 | Hintz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Hintz (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An egocentric display that corresponds to a multidimensional frame of reference. The multidimensional frame of reference may include an ego center, a nadir below the ego center, and a zenith above the ego center. The egocentric display includes a center point, an inner concentric circle and an outer concentric circle. The center point represents the nadir. The inner concentric circle is centered about the center point and represents a horizon plane that is perpendicular to a zenith-nadir line that passes through the zenith, the ego center, and the nadir. The outer concentric circle that represents the zenith should have a radius larger that the inner concentric circle and should also be centered about the center point. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/748583 |
| ART UNIT | 2629 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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