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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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| US 07913593 | Dahar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason A. Dahar (Tucson, Arizona); Jaime Robledo (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A tool for installing a threaded object includes a bit or inner implement that has a tip for engaging a head of the threaded object, and a sleeve surrounding the inner implement for securing the threaded object to the tool during the installation process. The sleeve includes plural arms at least some of which have inner lips that engage the head of the threaded object to hold the head against the tip. The inner lips are chamfered to facilitate engagement and disengagement between the sleeve and the head of the threaded object. The sleeve is able to translate to a limited extent relative to the inner implement, in order to pull back and disengage from the threaded object head as the threaded object is received into a threaded opening. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/206042 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools 081/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07913611 | Terry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew M. Terry (Charlottesville, Virginia); Haydn N. G. Wadley (Keswick, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment provides a protection structure comprising: open cell core structure; a top face sheet coupled to said core structure; a bottom face sheet coupled to said core structure distal from said top face sheet; a projectile arresting layer coupled to said top face sheet distal from said core structure; and a fragment catching layer couple to said bottom face sheet distal from said core. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/526416 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07913623 | Fan 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) | Lawrence Fan (Vienna, Virginia); Michael Beggans (Waldorf, Maryland); Ezra Chen (Potomac, Maryland); Gerald Laib (Olney, Maryland); David Olson (Chesapeake Beach, Maryland); Daniel Jean (Odenton, Maryland); John Hendershot (Dunkirk, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS fuze having a moveable slider with a microdetonator at an end for positioning adjacent an initiator. A setback activated lock and a spin activated lock prevent movement of the slider until respective axial and centrifugal acceleration levels have been achieved. Once these acceleration levels are achieved, the slider is moved by a V-beam shaped actuator arrangement to position the microdetonator relative to a secondary lead to start an explosive train in a munitions round. |
| FILED | Monday, April 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/454037 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07913626 | Reinhardt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lyonel Reinhardt (Boonton, New Jersey); Pasquale Carlucci (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Nicholas Payne (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A kinetic energy absorbing apparatus includes a body having a generally ogival exterior surface; and at least one kinetic energy absorbing structure (KEAS) extending generally rearwardly from substantially an interior surface of the body. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/173986 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/517 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07913944 | Lombardi 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) | Tammy Lombardi (Carlsbad, California); Jeff GilChrist (Cardiff, California); Aaron Bratten (La Mesa, California); Lynn Collins (San Diego, California); Steve Whiteside (San Diego, California); Frank Gonzales (San Diego, California); Kristin Smith (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A cable brake system for deployments of cable comprising: a frame configured to be mounted on a ship; a repeater supporting track mounted longitudinally to the frame, the supporting track being configured for slidingly supporting a plurality of repeaters; a spool positioned exterior to the frame, the spool having the cable wrapped therearound and being capable of supplying the cable to an interior of the frame; at least one planar surface on an interior of the frame, the planar surface being positioned approximately parallel to the repeater supporting track; and a plurality of brake sub-assemblies being supported by the planar surface in a manner so as to establish a serpentine path for the cable and to impart variable frictional resistance to the cable. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/132091 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Winding, tensioning, or guiding 242/419.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07913973 | Jansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jansen's Aircraft Systems Controls, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harvey B. Jansen (Mesa, Arizona); John F. Calleja (Gilbert, Arizona); Rickie P. Western (Gold Canyon, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A reverse flow valve for metering high pressure gaseous media, such as ignition media to the injectors of a scramjet engine in a hyerpsonic flight vehicle, has a metering member that moves parallel to the flow direction of the metered media and throttles the valve in a direction counter to the flow direction. This reduces side loading on the metering member and permits the use of a lighter and smaller actuating mechanism. The metering member can be a pintle having a uniquely configured pintle seat providing bubble tight shut off of the inlet flow without effecting the critical flow contour of the media. The pintle can be driven by a piston that is responsive to push-pull forces of pressurized drive fluid under servo control. The drive fluid is isolated from the gaseous media by a primary seal, which can be seated on the piston without deformation by a seal retainer. The drive fluid can be fuel diverted from the sustained combustion fuel system of the vehicle so that a separate hydraulic system is not required. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/838110 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915025 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); John Christopher Anderson (San Diego, California); Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Magliery (North Haven, Connecticut); Eric Meggers (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ryan Aaron Mehl (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Miro Pastrnak (San Diego, California); Stephen William Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zhiwen Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for in vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids. Also provided are compositions including proteins with unnatural amino acids. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800455 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915104 | Kouvetakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the state of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Yan-Yan Fang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes methods for preparing semiconductor structures, comprising forming a Ge1-ySny buffer layer on a semiconductor substrate and forming a tensile strained Ge layer on the Ge1-ySny buffer layer using an admixture of (GeH3)2CH2 and Ge2H6 in a ratio of between 1:10 and 1:30. The disclosure further provides semiconductor structures having highly strained Ge epilayers (e.g., between about 0.15% and 0.45%) as well as compositions comprising an admixture of (GeH3)2CH2 and Ge2H6 in a ratio of between about 1:10 and 1:30. The methods herein provide, and the semiconductor structure provide, Ge epilayers having high strain levels which can be useful in semiconductor devices for example, in optical fiber communications devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133221 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915143 | Caldwell 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) | Joshua D. Caldwell (Accokeek, Maryland); Robert E Stahlbush (Silver Spring, Maryland); Karl D Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Marko J Tadjer (Greenbelt, Maryland); Orest J Glembocki (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reversing Shockley stacking fault expansion includes providing a bipolar or a unipolar SiC device exhibiting forward voltage drift caused by Shockley stacking fault nucleation and expansion. The SiC device is heated to a temperature above 150° C. A current is passed via forward bias operation through the SiC device sufficient to induce at least a partial recovery of the forward bias drift. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433009 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/466 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915151 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Yi Cui (Union City, California); Xiangfeng Duan (Mountain View, California); Yu Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest cross-sectional dimension less than 500 nanometers, and a free-standing and bulk-doped semiconductor with at least one portion having a smallest width of less than 500 nanometers. At least one portion of such a semiconductor may a smallest width of less than 200 nanometers, or less than 150 nanometers, or less than 100 nanometers, or less than 80 nanometers, or less than 70 nanometers, or less than 60 nanometers, or less than 40 nanometers, or less than 20 nanometers, or less than 10 nanometers, or even less than 5 nanometers. Such a semiconductor may be doped during growth. Such a semiconductor may be part of a device, which may include any of a variety of devices and combinations thereof, and a variety of assembling techniques may be used to fabricate devices from such a semiconductor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543353 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/497 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915152 | Vaudo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Vaudo (Cary, North Carolina); Jeffrey S. Flynn (Wake Forest, North Carolina); George R. Brandes (Raleigh, North Carolina); Joan M. Redwing (Phoenix, Arizona); Michael A. Tischler (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A boule formed by high rate vapor phase growth of Group III-V nitride boules (ingots) on native nitride seeds, from which wafers may be derived for fabrication of microelectronic device structures. The boule is of microelectronic device quality, e.g., having a transverse dimension greater than 1 centimeter, a length greater than 1 millimeter, and a top surface defect density of less than 107 defects cm−2. The Group III-V nitride boule may be formed by growing a Group III-V nitride material on a corresponding native Group III-V nitride seed crystal by vapor phase epitaxy at a growth rate above 20 micrometers per hour. Nuclear transmutation doping may be applied to an (Al,Ga,In)N article comprises a boule, wafer, or epitaxial layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/698144 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/512 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915178 | Collazo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramon R. Collazo (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zlatko Sitar (Apex, North Carolina); Rafael Dalmau (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of protecting a surface of an aluminum nitride substrate. The substrate with the protected surface can be stored for a period of time and easily activated to be in a condition ready for thin film growth or other processing. In certain embodiments, the method of protecting the substrate surface comprises forming a passivating layer on at least a portion of the substrate surface by performing a wet etch, which can comprise the use of one or more organic compounds and one or more acids. The invention also provides aluminum nitride substrates having passivated surfaces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/182475 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/765 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915245 | Srivastava et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh Srivastava (Tyler, Texas); Sharmila Shankar (Tyler, Texas); Alexander D. Mackerell, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes a series of methods and compositions for prevention and treatment of diseases such as cancer. One aspect of the invention describes small molecule-based drugs that can be used to bind to death receptors TRAIL-R1/DR4 and/or TRAIL-R2/DR5 and induce apoptosis in cancer cells, while sparing normal cells. The invention also describes TRAIL Death Receptor Agonists/Activators (DRAs) and their uses, such as the induction of apoptosis through caspase-8 and caspase-3 activation. The present invention also describes the methods of treating cancers, such as breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, ovarian, lung, and brain cancers, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and mesothelioma, using DRAs either as single-agent treatments, or in combination with other therapies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/866162 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915577 | Fatemi 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) | Fredrik K. Fatemi (McLean, Virginia); Mark Bashkansky (Alexandria, Virginia); Matthew L. Terraciano (Smithtown, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for remotely imaging a magnetic field within an atom cloud is provided. An atom sample held in a magneto-optical trap is released, and the released atom cloud is illuminated by a Raman beam. Resonant atoms having certain velocities will absorb photon momenta from the Raman beam. The velocities of those resonant atoms will change in response to the absorbed momenta, causing a change in the travel distance of those atoms as compared with non-resonant atoms. The atom cloud is imaged by an imaging device such as a CCD camera and the presence of the resonant atoms is shown in the images as bright lines in the atom cloud. The distance traveled by the resonant atoms and therefore the separation of the lines in the image is a function of the magnetic fields in the atom cloud. The system and method of the present invention can image the magnetic fields within an atom cloud with a high spatial resolution over the entire atom cloud in a single imaging cycle, and analysis of the image provides information regarding the magnetic fields. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/434005 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915587 | Federici |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Francis Federici (Westfield, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Rapid, voltage controlled phase modulation of continuous wave THz radiation is demonstrated. By transmitting an infrared laser beam through a phase modulator, the phase of the THz radiation which is generated by the photomixing of two infrared beams can be directly modulated through a 2π phase shift. The 100 kHz modulation rate that is demonstrated is approximately three orders of magnitude faster than what can be achieved by mechanical scanning. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435148 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915644 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California); Primit Parikh (Goleta, California); Umesh Mishra (Montecito, California); Marcia Moore (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A HEMT comprising an active region comprising a plurality of active semiconductor layers formed on a substrate. Source electrode, drain electrode, and gate are formed in electrical contact with the active region. A spacer layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface of said active region and covering the gate. A field plate is formed on the spacer layer and electrically connected to the source electrode, wherein the field plate reduces the peak operating electric field in the HEMT. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/437505 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915699 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Arthur R. Zingher (San Diego, California); Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides an integrated circuit chip, including an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside, and a back face opposite the active face. The integrated circuit chip additionally comprises an electromagnetic via that facilitates communication between signal pads on the integrated circuit chip and signal pads on a second integrated circuit chip. The electromagnetic via couples a signal pad on the active face of the integrated circuit chip to the back face of the integrated circuit chip so that the integrated circuit chip can communicate with the second integrated circuit chip while the back face of the integrated circuit chip is adjacent to the active face of the second integrated circuit chip. Moreover, the electromagnetic via operates by facilitating non-conductive signaling through the integrated circuit chip. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/165809 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/428 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915891 | Edelstein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan S. Edelstein (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical modulating magnetic sensor comprising a base; a magnetic transducer associated with the base that provides an output in response to a magnetic field; a pair of movable flux concentrators positioned to move relative to the magnetic transducer; the pair of movable flux concentrators having a region of high flux concentration between the pair of movable flux concentrators; the pair of flux concentrators moving together in tandem with the distance between the pair remaining substantially constant during movement; support structure for supporting the pair of movable flux concentrators; a power source for causing the movable flux concentrators to move at a frequency within a predetermined frequency range; whereby when the pair of movable flux concentrators is in a first position the region of high flux concentration is in a first location, and when the pair of movable flux concentrators is in a second position, the region of high flux concentration is in a second position; such that as the flux concentrators move from the first position to the second position the intensity of the flux sensed by the transducer is modulated as the region of high flux concentration approaches and recedes from the location of the transducer. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/541805 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915936 | Chamberlin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Chamberlin (Trinity, Florida); Anthony N. DeFazio (Brandon, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of dealing with anomalies in an output signal is provided. The method includes monitoring transitions in the output signal. When transitions do not occur at expected times, detecting an anomalous signal. Determining the type of anomalous signal based at least in part on the time period of the anomalous signal and conditioning the output signal based on the type of anomalous signal detected. |
| FILED | Monday, February 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/676412 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/166 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915974 | Piazza et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gianluca Piazza (Lodi, Italy); Philip J. Stephanou (Berkeley, California); Albert P. Pisano (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A contour mode micromechanical piezoelectric resonator. The resonator has a bottom electrode; a top electrode; and a piezoelectric layer disposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The piezoelectric resonator has a planar surface with a cantilevered periphery, dimensioned to undergo in-plane lateral displacement at the periphery. The resonator also includes means for applying an alternating electric field across the thickness of the piezoelectric resonator. The electric field is configured to cause the resonator to have a contour mode in-plane lateral displacement that is substantially in the plane of the planar surface of the resonator, wherein the fundamental frequency for the displacement of the piezoelectric resonator is set in part lithographically by the planar dimension of the bottom electrode, the top electrode or the piezoelectric layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/350847 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916015 | Evancich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas H. Evancich (Columbia, Maryland); Michael P. McLoughlin (Sykesville, Maryland); Keith A. Soldavin (Laurel, Maryland); Micah A. Carlson (Arnold, Maryland); Gerad D. House (Columbia, Maryland); Marshall J. Jose (New Windsor, Maryland); Edward P. Rhyne (Columbia, Maryland); Charles W. Kerechanin, II (Burtonsville, Maryland); Henry A. Kues, Jr. (Eldersburg, Maryland); Eric J. Van Gieson (Millersville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A monitoring system and method for detecting environmental conditions is provided, the monitoring system including a sensing unit including a plurality of sensors for obtaining data related to environmental conditions, a controller interfaced with the sensing unit for receiving and encoding the data related to environmental conditions into a predetermined format using a base64 encoding scheme, and a communication device for receiving the data in the predetermined format from the controller, forming an e-mail message (which can be further encoded) including instructions on how to decode the email message and transmitting the e-mail message including the data in the predetermined format to at least one predetermined recipient. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/089823 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916068 | Wicks 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) | Michael C. Wicks (Utica, New York); Yuhong Zhang (Jamesville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for improving the detection and discrimination of slow moving or stationary range-Doppler spread objects on or in close proximity to the ground (or sea surface). Invention detects, discriminates and separates radar returns from interference including ground clutter discretes via a coherent process for separating target returns from the myriad of received signals. Thus the method and apparatus improves the probability of detecting and declaring the presence or absence of an object at the same time that the probability of false declaration decreases. The method and apparatus may be applied to the processing of any over resolved object, including airborne radar. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/584590 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916121 | Braun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immersion Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam C. Braun (Portland, Oregon); Kenneth M. Martin (Los Gatos, California); Louis B. Rosenberg (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid haptic feedback system in which a host computer and haptic feedback device share processing loads to various degrees in the output of haptic sensations, and features for efficient output of haptic sensations in such a system. A haptic feedback interface device in communication with a host computer includes a device microcontroller outputting force values to the actuator to control output forces. In various embodiments, the microcontroller can determine force values for one type of force effect while receiving force values computed by the host computer for a different type of force effect. For example, the microcontroller can determine closed loop effect values and receive computed open loop effect values from the host; or the microcontroller can determine high frequency open loop effect values and receive low frequency open loop effect values from the host. Various features allow the host to efficiently stream computed force values to the device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/364644 |
| ART UNIT | 2629 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916527 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire); Ovonyx, Inc. (Rochester Hills, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Li (Chantilly, Virginia); Adam Matthew Bumgarner (Duluth, Georgia); Daniel Pirkl (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A read reference circuit for a sense amplifier within a chalcogenide memory device is disclosed. The read reference circuit provides a reference voltage level to the sense amplifier for distinguishing between a logical “0” state and a logical “1” state within a chalcogenide memory cell. In conjunction with a precharge circuit, the read reference circuit generates a selectable read reference current to the sense amplifier in order to detect the logical state of the chalcogenide memory cell. The precharge circuit precharges the bitlines of the chalcogenide memory cell before the sense amplifier detects the logical state of the chalcogenide memory cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/525482 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916666 | Yoon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-June Yoon (Edison, New Jersey); Alexander D. Wentworth (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for broadcasting messages in an ad hoc wireless network having a tree-based architecture is provided. When a node receives a broadcast message for re-broadcasting to other nodes in the network, it builds a list of identifiers of other nodes in the network from which the node requires reception of a broadcast message as an implicit acknowledgment that said other nodes in the network have received said broadcast message. The node builds this implicit acknowledgment list based on stored data pertaining to an existing tree-based topology of the network. After this list is built, the node re-broadcasts the broadcast message. Each node in the network executes this broadcasting protocol and in so doing a broadcast message quickly and efficiently propagates through the network with minimal redundancy and impact on the topology of the network. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695879 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917193 | Crane |
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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) | Robert L. Crane (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Catheterization device and method of using are provided for uniquely illuminating the distal end of the device in order to visualize the end-point location and orientation and to track the movement of the catheterization device within passageways in the body. Use of the present invention by tracking in real time with an imaging device sensitive to visible to near infrared light. The invention allows the insertion and tracking of substantially any catheterization type device, for substantially any procedure requiring vascular access, such as in the placement of a PICC line, for heart catheterization or angioplasty, or for urinary track catheterization, or other bodily access procedure. The invention permits a technician to determine placement, orientation and movement of the device noninvasive equipment, without subjecting the patient to the hazards associated with ionizing radiation, radio frequency energy or significant thermal energy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548318 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917296 | Deb |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krishna K. Deb (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A biomolecular electronic switch includes a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, a programmable monolayer of either cytochrome c or cytochrome c3 or bovine serum hormone sandwiched between the first and second electrical contacts and a substrate. These switches have high current-carrying capacities and are very fast. It appears that these protein materials can be either metals or semiconductors. Because of the high conductivity and tiny size, these globular proteins can be used to develop cost-effective, miniaturized FEDs, molecular diodes and rectifiers for nanocomputer chips. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/191026 |
| 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 |
| US 07917310 | Pearce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Pearce (Acton, United Kingdom); Anthony Thomas Harcombe (Richmond, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A fault detector for detecting valve movement of a valve in a fuel injector of an engine system, the valve includes an electromagnetic actuator arranged to move the valve between first and second valve positions, the engine system includes a sensor for sensing a current through the actuator. The detector includes a controller arranged to control the sensor; receive sensor data related to the current through the actuator; analyze the received data for current discontinuities; and output a valve movement signal dependent upon the current discontinuities. The controller is arranged to sense current during a finite sampling window, move the sampling window from a first window position to a later window position for one or more subsequent injection events; determine a new sampling window position on based a valve movement signal output the two preceding windows; and feedback the new sampling window position for a subsequent injection event. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/291672 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917311 | Finkel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Finkel (Downingtown, Pennsylvania); Michael W. Barsoum (Moorestown, New Jersey); Sandip Basu (Secane, Pennsylvania); Aiguo Zhou (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The structural health monitoring method of the present invention utilizes a sensor system to determine information about deformation, stress and/or damage in structural elements. The sensor system and the method employ at least one sensor which comprises a material having fully-reversible nonlinear elasticity. The method comprises associating at least one sensor including a material having fully-reversible nonlinear elasticity with a structural element in a manner whereby stress is transferred from said structural element to said sensor, propagating ultrasound through a portion of the sensor, receiving the ultrasound which has been propagated through at least a portion of the sensor and determining information about the structural element from attenuation and/or time of flight of said received ultrasound. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/130234 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917393 | Valdes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfonso De Jesus Valdes (San Carlos, California); Keith Skinner (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention uses probabilistic correlation techniques to increase sensitivity, reduce false alarms, and improve alert report quality in intrusion detection systems. In one preferred embodiment, an intrusion detection system includes at least two sensors to monitor different aspects of a computer network, such as a sensor that monitors network traffic and a sensor that discovers and monitors available network resources. The sensors are correlated in that the belief state of one sensor is used to update or modify the belief state of another sensor. In another embodiment of this invention, probabilistic correlation techniques are used to organize alerts generated by different sensors in an intrusion detection system. By comparing features of each new alert with features of previous alerts, rejecting a match if a feature fails to meet or exceed a minimum similarity value, and adjusting the comparison by an expectation that certain feature values will or will not match, the alerts can be grouped in an intelligent manner. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/944788 |
| ART UNIT | 3685 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917517 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for indexing uncertain data in query processing systems. For example, a method for processing queries in an application that involves an uncertain data set includes the following steps. A representation of records of the uncertain data set is created based on mean values and uncertainty values. The representation is utilized for processing a query received on the uncertain data set. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/039091 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/741 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917540 | Kirby et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph Kirby (Fort Collins, Colorado); Christopher Scott Peterson (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Variations in the states of patterns can be exploited for their discriminatory information and should not be discarded as noise. A pattern recognition system compares a data set of unlabeled patterns having variations of state in a set-by-set comparison with labeled arrays of individual data sets of multiple patterns also having variations of state. The individual data sets are each mapped to a point on a parameter space, and the points of each labeled array define a subset of the parameter space. If the point associated with the data set of unlabeled patterns satisfies a similarity criterion on the parameter space subset of a labeled array, the data set of unlabeled patterns is assigned to the class attributed to that labeled array. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/036117 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/802 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917710 | Freeman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay R. Freeman (Palo Alto, California); Christopher A. Vick (San Jose, California); Olaf Manczak (Hayward, California); Michael H. Paleczny (San Jose, California); Phyllis E. Gustafson (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of a token-based memory protection technique may provide memory protection in a computer system employing memory virtualization. A token-based memory protection technique may include assigning a unique identifier to an application, process, or thread, and associating the identifier with a block of memory allocated to that application, process, or thread. Subsequent to assigning the identifier, a packet requesting access to that block of memory may include a token to be compared to the identifier. A memory controller may be configured to associate the identifier with the block of memory and to compare the token in the memory request packet to the identifier before granting access. If a second block of memory is subsequently allocated to the application, process, or thread, the identifier may be disassociated with the first block of memory and associated with the second block of memory. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/446645 |
| ART UNIT | 2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917730 | Marino et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Francis Marino (Round Rock, Texas); John Thomas Holloway, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Praveen S. Reddy (Austin, Texas); William John Starke (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-chip processor apparatus includes multiple processor chips on a substrate. At least one of the multiple processor chips includes a die with a primary interconnect trunk that communicates information between multiple compute elements situated along the primary interconnect trunk. That multiple processor chip includes a secondary interconnected trunk that may be oriented perpendicular with respect to the primary interconnect trunk. The secondary interconnect trunk communicates information off-chip via a number of I/O interfaces at the perimeter of that multiple processor chip. The secondary interconnect trunk intersects the primary interconnect trunk at an intersection at which a bus control element is located. The bus control element includes a primary trunk interface that couples to the primary interconnect trunk at the intersection to enable the bus control element to control on-chip communication among the compute elements via coherency signals on the primary interconnect trunk. The bus control element includes a secondary trunk interface coupled to the secondary interconnect trunk. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/060683 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917798 | Inamdar |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hypres, Inc. (Elmsford, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amol Ashok Inamdar (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An important component in digital circuits is a phase rotator, which permits precise time-shifting (or equivalently, phase rotation) of a clock signal within a clock period. A digital phase rotator can access multiple discrete values of phase under digital control. Such a device can have application in digital clock synchronization circuits, and can also be used for a digital phase modulator that encodes a digital signal. A digital phase rotator has been implemented in superconducting integrated circuit technology, using rapid single-flux-quantum logic (RSFQ). This circuit can exhibit positive or negative phase shifts of a multi-phase clock. Arbitrary precision can be obtained by cascading a plurality of phase rotator stages. Such a circuit forms a phase-modulator that is the core of a direct digital synthesizer that can operate at multi-gigahertz radio frequencies. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/625013 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917953 | Saxena |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tushar Saxena (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems can reduce the spread of computer files or data on a network by obtaining and tracking times of arrival for chunks of data transmitted on the network. The times of arrival for a node can be transformed into time-series and periodograms computed from the time-series. Successive periodograms can be compared to determine changes in the strongest peaks of the periodograms. If a new peak is identified, a search for the occurrence of the peak in previous periodograms can be conducted. If no peak having a matching frequency is found, a search for the peak in the periodograms for neighboring nodes can be performed. If matching peaks are found, the associated data stream can be classified. Predictions of the timing and length of associated data packets can be used to randomly interrupt transmission of associated data packets resulting in reducing the spread of the classified data stream. |
| FILED | Friday, April 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/418148 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE42249 | Lopez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Linnea K. Ista (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a nonostructured device comprising a substrate including nanotroughs therein; and a lipid bilayer suspended on or supported in the substrate. A separation method is also provided comprising the steps of supporting or suspending a lipid bilayer on a substrate; wherein the subtrate comprises nanostructures and wherein the lipid bilayer comprises at least one membrane associated biomolecule; and applying a driving force to the lipid bilayer to separate the membrane associated biomolecule from the lipid bilayer and to drive the membrane associated biomolecule into the nanostructures. A fluidic device for separating particles according to size is provided including a fluidic channel, and a matrix comprising a plurality of protrusions within the fluidic channel, wherein the device provides a driving force to the particles being separated through the fluidic channel; and wherein a flow of the driving force from between the protrusions is divided unequally into a major flow component and a minor flow component, each component flowing between subsequent protrusions in the matrix, such that the average direction of the major flow component is not parallel to the average direction of the driving force, and, when particles are introduced into the matrix, particles having a size less than a predetermined critical size are transported generally in the average direction of the driving force, and particles having a size at least that of the critical size are transported generally in the average direction of the major flow component, thereby separating the particles according to size. Methods for separating particles including steps of separation based on size and affinity are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/217114 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/638 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE42257 | Russo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Frantorf Investments GmbH, LLC (Dover, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard E. Russo (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A computationally efficient modeling system for imagery scales both the original image and corresponding principal component tiles in the same proportion to be able to extract scaled principal components. The system includes recovery of feature weights for the image model by extracting the weights from the reduced size principal component tiles. The use of the reduced size tiles to derive weights dramatically reduces computer overhead both in the generation of the files and in the generation of the weights, and is made possible by the fact that the weights from the scaled down tiles are nearly equal to the weights of the tiles associated with the full size image. The subject system thus reduces computation and the number of bits required to represent features by first scaling the image and then tiling the image in the same proportion. In one embodiment, the scaled down tiles are used as training exemplars used to generate the principal components. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/238031 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/298 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York Society For The Ruptured And Crippled Maintaining The Hospital For Special Surgey (New York, New York); Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott W. Wolfe (Greenwich, Connecticut); Joseph John Crisco, III (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An implant system and apparatus configured to permit motion of the wrist in at least one physiological direction, as well as in a dart thrower's motion, and constrain motion of the wrist in at least one non-physiological direction are provided. The implant according to one embodiment includes a distal component and proximal component. Each of the distal and proximal components includes a primary articulating portion and a secondary articulating portion. Primary and secondary articulating portions include at least one component having either a substantially convex or a substantially concave shape. The secondary articulating portion is configured to be radially and volarly disposed in relation to the primary articulating portion. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435140 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/21.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914767 | Shankar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gita Natarajan Shankar (Saratoga, California); Helen Jaber Parish (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for oral radionuclide chelation therapy comprises a DTPA chelate selected from Zn-DTPA and Ca-DTPA and a permeation enhancer that preferentially increases jejunal uptake of the DTPA chelate. The composition has a DTPA chelate bioavailability of at least 10% of the chelate when orally administered to a mammal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/705938 |
| 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 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914769 | Androphy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliot J. Androphy (Natick, Massachusetts); James D. Baleja (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating human papillomavirus infections are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/100709 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914778 | Center et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Center (Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts); William W. Cruikshank (Westford, Massachusetts); Hardy Kornfeld (Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention has found that a series of peptides having sequences that substantially correspond to specific regions of the C-terminus of IL-16 can inhibit the activity of IL-16. The present invention has demonstrated that such IL-16-inhibiting peptides can be as short as 4 amino acids in length. Based on these discoveries, the present invention provides IL-16 antagonist peptides and the use thereof for the treatment of IL-16 mediated disorders such as certain inflammatory diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/725090 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914780 | Arap et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wadih Arap (Houston, Texas); Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to identification of aminopeptidase A (APA) as a functional target in neo-vasculature, e.g., tumor vasculature; the present invention also relates to targeting peptides and antibodies specific for APA which may be used for cancer therapies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/186208 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914788 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaochun Chen (Potomac, Maryland); Patricia Earl (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Bernard Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Suzanne U. Emerson (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind or neutralize Orthopoxviruses. The invention provides such antibodies, fragments of such antibodies retaining B5 or A33 binding ability, fully human antibodies retaining B5 or A33 binding ability, and pharmaceutical compositions including such antibodies. The invention further provides for isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the invention and host cells transformed therewith. Additionally, the invention provides for prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods employing the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/142594 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/141.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914842 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Cresenta, California); Jordan Matthew Neysmith (Pasadena, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Brian V. Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer materials form electrode array bodies for neural stimulation, especially for retinal stimulation to create vision. The method lays down a polymer layer. Apply a metal layer to the polymer and pattern to create electrodes and leads. Apply a second polymer layer over the metal layer and pattern to leave openings for electrodes. The array and its supply cable are a single body. A method for manufacturing a flexible circuit electrode array, is: deposit a metal trace layer on an insulator polymer base layer; apply a layer of photoresist on the metal trace layer and pattern the metal trace layer and form metal traces on the insulator polymer base layer; activate the insulator polymer base layer and deposit a top insulator polymer layer and form a single insulating polymer layer with the base insulator polymer layer; wherein the insulator polymer layers are heated at 80-150° C. and then at 230-350° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/702735 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914981 | Barany et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Maria Kempe (Malmö , Sweden); Herman Blok (Wemeldinge, Netherlands); Monib Zirvi (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes a method for identifying one or more of a plurality of sequences differing by one or more single base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences. The method includes a ligation phase, a capture phase, and a detection phase. The ligation phase utilizes a ligation detection reaction between one oligonucleotide probe, which has a target sequence-specific portion and an addressable array-specific portion, and a second oligonucleotide probe, having a target sequence-specific portion and a detectable label. After the ligation phase, the capture phase is carried out by hybridizing the ligated oligonucleotide probes to a solid support with an array of immobilized capture oligonucleotides at least some of which are complementary to the addressable array-specific portion. Following completion of the capture phase, a detection phase is carried out to detect the labels of ligated oligonucleotide probes hybridized to the solid support. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/854678 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914984 | Bazan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo C Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Bin Liu (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving cationic conjugated conformationally flexible polymers are provided. A method for the synthesis of cationic water-soluble polymers with linkages along the polymer main chain structure which disrupt the ability of the polymers to form extended-rod structures is provided. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/561893 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914985 | Gong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Da-Wei Gong (Olney, Maryland); Alan R. Shuldiner (Columbia, Maryland); Rong-Ze Yang (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel alanine transaminase (ALT) polypeptides and the use thereof as a diagnostic marker to predict and monitor tissue damage and/or tissue malfunction. The ALT polypeptides are murine and/or rattus ALT polypeptides and said ALT polypeptides are used to detect, predict and/or determine hepatic processes of an animal, particularly mice and/or rats. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/587331 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914987 | Fredriksson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon Fredriksson (Palo Alto, California); Ronald W. Davis (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting an analyte in a sample are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a sample is combined with at least a pair of proximity probes that each include an analyte binding domain and a nucleic acid domain. The resultant mixture is then contacted with a pair of asymmetric nucleic acid connectors. Proximity dependent connector mediated interaction between the nucleic acid domains of the proximity probes is then detected to determine the presence of the analyte in the sample. Also provided are kits and systems for practicing the subject methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/596831 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915015 | Vogelstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The identification of pre-defined mutations expected to be present in a minor fraction of a cell population is important for a variety of basic research and clinical applications. The exponential, analog nature of the polymerase chain reaction is transformed into a linear, digital signal suitable for this purpose. Single molecules can be isolated by dilution and individually amplified; each product is then separately analyzed for the presence of pre-defined mutations. The process provides a reliable and quantitative measure of the proportion of variant sequences within a DNA sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/617368 |
| 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 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915025 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); John Christopher Anderson (San Diego, California); Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Magliery (North Haven, Connecticut); Eric Meggers (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ryan Aaron Mehl (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Miro Pastrnak (San Diego, California); Stephen William Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zhiwen Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for in vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids. Also provided are compositions including proteins with unnatural amino acids. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800455 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915036 | Morgan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Morgan (Columbia, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids encoding antitumor TCRs recognizing MART-1, NY-ESO-1, and melanoma gp100 peptides; vectors and cells comprising the same; and methods of using the foregoing. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/575077 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915040 | Kwak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry W. Kwak (Bellaire, Texas); Arya Biragyn (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a vaccine for increasing the immunogenicity of a tumor antigen thus allowing treatment of cancer, as well as a vaccine that increases the immunogenicity of a viral antigen, thus allowing treatment of viral infection, including immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In particular, the present invention provides a fusion protein comprising a defensin fused to either a tumor antigen or viral antigen which is administered as either a protein or nucleic acid vaccine to elicit an immune response effective in treating cancer or effective in treating or preventing viral infection. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/786334 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915043 | Caligiuri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Caligiuri (Columbus, Ohio); Aharon G. Freud (Columbus, Ohio); Michael B. Becknell (Westerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated cells that are selectively enriched for hematopoietic progenitor cells that are precursors for natural killer (NK) cells. These cells are both CD34 and CD45RA positive and express C-integrin β7, and are referred to as CD34dimCD45RA(+)C-integrin β7bright. The invention provides methods for isolating these cells, for inducing formation of CD56bright NK cells, and for treating diseases associated with immunodeficiency and cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/908831 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915219 | Mochly-Rosen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California); Leon E. Chen (Belmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides able to inhibit or activate the translocation or function of δPKC are identified. Administration of the peptides for protection or enhancement of cell damage due to ischemia is described. Therapeutic methods to reduce damage to cells or to enhance damage to cells due to ischemia are also described, as well as methods for screening test compounds for δPKC-selective agonists and antagonists. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/838732 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07915226 | Laskowitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cognosci, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel T. Laskowitz (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); William D. Matthew (Durham, North Carolina); Michael McMillian (Rareton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of suppressing the activation of microglial cells in the Central Nervous System (CNS), methods of ameliorating or treating the neurological effects of cerebral ischemia or cerebral inflammation, and methods of combating specific diseases that affect the CNS by administering a compound that binds to microglial receptors and prevents or reduces microglial activation are described. Also described are methods of screening compounds for the ability to suppress or reduce microglial activation. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/845463 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915244 | Hoffman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart W. Hoffman (Atlanta, Georgia); Arthur L. Kellermann (Atlanta, Georgia); Donald G. Stein (Atlanta, Georgia); David W. Wright (Atlanta, Georgia); Douglas W. Lowery-North (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating a subject with a traumatic central nervous system injury, more particularly, a traumatic brain injury, are provided. The methods comprise a therapy comprising a constant or a two-level dosing regime of progesterone. In one method, a subject in need thereof is administered at least one cycle of therapy, wherein the cycle of therapy comprises administering a therapeutically effective two-level intravenous dosing regime of progesterone. The two-level dosing regime comprises a first time period, wherein a higher hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject, followed by a second time period, wherein a lower hourly dose of progesterone is administered to the subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/117217 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915251 | Kahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Chemical Genomics (Kirkland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Kahn (Kirkland, Washington); Masakatsu Eguchi (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides α-helix mimetic structures of formula (I) with the definitions of A, B, D, E, G, W, R1 and R2 as set out in the description and a chemical library relating thereto. The compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of the invention using the compounds, relate to the treatment of diseases including fibrosis, such as pulmonary fibrosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/908961 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/211.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915270 | Boger |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Boger (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain oxazole ketone compounds are useful as FAAH inhibitors. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity. Thus, the compounds may be administered to treat anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, or movement disorders (such as MS). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/708788 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915285 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver, Colorado); Medicinova, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk W. Johnson (Moraga, California); Linda May Rothblum Watkins (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the use of ibudilast for treating addictions, including drug and behavioral addictions. In particular, ibudilast is used to diminish the dopamine-mediated reward associated with addictions and to treat withdrawal syndromes after discontinuance of addictive drug use or behavior. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/527757 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915311 | Serhan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts); Sean P. Colgan (North Reading, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods to cause tissue, such as mucosal cells, to express increased amounts of bactericidal permeability increasing protein (BPI) are described. The BPI inducing agents include, for example, lipoxin compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/837693 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/552 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915315 | Lynch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Lynch (Charlottesville, Virginia); Timothy L. Macdonald (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Benzocycloheptyl analogs that have agonist activity at one or more of the S1P receptors are provided. The compounds are sphingosine analogs, which, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at S1P receptors. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470017 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/577 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915381 | Aderem et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington); University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Aderem (Seattle, Washington); Fumitaka Hayashi (North Quincy, Massachusetts); Kelly D. Smith (Seattle, Washington); David M. Underhill (Seattle, Washington); Adrian Ozinsky (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an immunomodulatory flagellin peptide having at least about 10 amino acids of substantially the amino acid sequence GAVQNRFNSAIT (SEQ ID NO:2), or a modification thereof, and having toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) binding. Methods of inducing an immune response are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/125692 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915384 | Zheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Zheng (Cincinnati, Ohio); David A. Williams (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric peptides or fusion proteins are disclosed that include a RhoGAP activity domain and at least one specificity domain that targets a specific Rho protein. The fusion proteins can be used to inhibit any GTPase activity within a cell. The fusion proteins are particularly advantageous for the treatment of cancer. The present invention generally relates to chimeric peptides capable of regulating GTPases, and more particularly, to methods of targeting individual GTPases by using GTPase-activating proteins. Such proteins may be used for the treatment of cancers and other GTPase-related diseases. This invention relates to nucleic acid molecules and the encoded GTPase activating proteins, and variants thereof, and to the use of these molecules in the characterization, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cell signaling, immune, and cell proliferative disorders, particularly cancer. Disclosed herein are compounds and methods for regulating transcription of a selected gene. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/348762 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915393 | Gaiger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corixa Corporation (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Gaiger (Vienna, Austria); Patricia D. McNeill (Federal Way, Washington); Nomalie Jaya (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the therapy of malignant diseases, such as leukemia and cancer, are disclosed. The compositions comprise one or more of a WT1 polynucleotide, a WT1 polypeptide, an antigen-presenting cell presenting a WT1 polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds to a WT1 polypeptide; or a T cell that specifically reacts with a WT1 polypeptide. Such compositions may be used, for example, for the prevention and treatment of metastatic diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470408 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915396 | Kashmiri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syed V. S. Kashmiri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Eduardo A. Padlan (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Humanized anti-TAG-72 CC49 monoclonal antibodies are disclosed herein. The antibodies include a light chain Complementarity Determining Region (L-CDR)1, a L-CDR2, and a L-CDR3; and a heavy chain Complementarity Determining Region (H-CDR)1, a H-CDR2, and a H-CDR3 from humanized antibody HuCC49V10. The L-CDR1, L-CDR2, L-CDR3 are within a HuCC49V10 light chain framework region that includes the corresponding amino acid from LEN at position 5, 19, 21, and 106 in the light chain. The H-CDR1, H-CDR2, and H-CDR3 are within a heavy chain HuCC49V10 framework comprising a human 21/28′ CL residue at positions 20, 38, 48, 66, 67, 69, and 80 in the heavy chain. These humanized CC49 antibodies retain binding affinity for TAG-72 and have reduced immunogenicity, as compared to a parental HuCC49V10 antibody. Methods are disclosed herein for using these antibodies in the treatment or diagnosis of a tumor, such as a carcinoma, expressing TAG-72. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/544978 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.530 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917189 | Mistretta |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Mistretta (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Two-dimensional or three-dimensional, time-resolved MR frame images are acquired during a dynamic study of a subject. A composite MR image is produced and this is used to reconstruct each image frame by weighting the backprojection of each projection view acquired for that image frame. The composite image may be reconstructed from views acquired separately, or it may be produced by combining views acquired during the course of the dynamic study. A number of different clinical applications of the method are described. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482857 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917190 | Mistretta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Mistretta (Madison, Wisconsin); Walter F. Block (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Acquisition of MR data during a fMRI study employs a hybrid PR pulse sequence to acquire projection views from which multi-slice image frames may be reconstructed that depict the BOLD response to an applied stimulus or performed task. Composite images are reconstructed at each slice using the combined interleaved projection views from all the acquired image frames. The composite images are used to reconstruct the highly undersampled image frames. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/524571 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917312 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lihong Wang (Creve Coeur, Missouri); Hui Fang (Saint Louis, Missouri); Konstantin Maslov (Affton, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for measuring a fluid flow includes employing small light-absorbing particles as tracers that flow at the same speed as the fluid, measuring the photoacoustic Doppler shifts of the photoacoustic signals produced by these tracer particles, and determining, from the measurements, information about the flow including one or more of the flow speed, flow profile, and flow direction. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/254643 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07913534 | Robinson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex L. Robinson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald P. Manginell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Matthew W. Moorman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Philip J. Rodacy (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert J. Simonson (Cedar Crest, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated field calibration assembly for use in calibrating analytical instruments and sensor systems. The assembly comprises a circuit board comprising one or more resistively heatable microbridge elements, an interface device that enables addressable heating of the microbridge elements, and, in some embodiments, a means for positioning the circuit board within an inlet structure of an analytical instrument or sensor system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/651890 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914588 | Martinez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer S. Martinez (Santa Fe, New Mexico); R. Brian Dyer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Dung M. Vu (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Yuping Bao (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Chang Zhong (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescent metal nanoclusters were prepared. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/786190 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/731 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914683 | Muradov |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nazim Muradov (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Hydrogen generator coupled to or integrated with a fuel cell for portable power applications. Hydrogen is produced via thermocatalytic decomposition (cracking, pyrolysis) of hydrocarbon fuels in oxidant-free environment. The apparatus can utilize a variety of hydrocarbon fuels, including natural gas, propane, gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, crude oil (including sulfurous fuels). The hydrogen-rich gas produced is free of carbon oxides or other reactive impurities, so it could be directly fed to any type of a fuel cell. The catalysts for hydrogen production in the apparatus are carbon-based or metal-based materials and doped, if necessary, with a sulfur-capturing agent. Additionally disclosed are two novel processes for the production of two types of carbon filaments, and a novel filamentous carbon product. Carbon particles with surface filaments having a hydrophobic property of oil film absorption, compositions of matter containing those particles, and a system for using the carbon particles for cleaning oil spills. |
| FILED | Friday, December 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/631394 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/671 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914736 | Skubal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Uchicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura R. Skubal (West Brooklyn, Illinois); Alan L. McArthur (Mokena, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for identifying and making quantitative determinations of different deposits on a portion thereof, determining that the deposit is a contaminant and decontaminating at least the portion of the system is disclosed. The system comprises a controller, a sensing portion and a decontamination portion. The controller contains information about at least one noncontaminant. The sensing portion communicates with at least the controller and the portion of the system and is adapted to detect the deposit. The decontaminating portion communicates with at least the controller and is adapted to decontaminate the portion of the system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/443955 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914766 | DePaoli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. DePaoli (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael Z. Hu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Saed Mirzadeh (Knoxville, Tennessee); John W. Clavier (Elizabethton, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Applicant's invention is a radionuclide generator resin material for radiochemical separation of daughter radionuclides, particularly 213Bi, from a solution of parental radionuclides, the resin material capable of providing clinical quantities of 213Bi of at least 20-mCi, wherein the resin material comprises a silica-based structure having at least one bifunctional ligand covalently attached to the surface of the silica-based structure. The bifunctional ligand comprises a chemical group having desirable surface functionality to enable the covalent attachment of the bifunctional ligand thereon the surface of the structure and the bifunctional ligand further comprises a second chemical group capable of binding and holding the parental radionuclides on the resin material while allowing the daughter radionuclides to elute off the resin material. The bifunctional ligand has a carbon chain with a limited number of carbons to maintain radiation stability of the resin material. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/860520 |
| 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 424/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914946 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gengfu Xu (Danbury, Connecticut); Chao-Yi Yuh (New Milford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbonate fuel cathode side hardware having a thin coating of a conductive ceramic formed from one of LSC (La0.8Sr0.2CoO3) and lithiated NiO (LixNiO, where x is 0.1 to 1). |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/867975 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915025 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); John Christopher Anderson (San Diego, California); Jason W. Chin (Cambridge, United Kingdom); David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Magliery (North Haven, Connecticut); Eric Meggers (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ryan Aaron Mehl (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Miro Pastrnak (San Diego, California); Stephen William Santoro (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zhiwen Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for in vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids. Also provided are compositions including proteins with unnatural amino acids. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800455 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915027 | 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 | 11/810731 |
| 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 07915047 | Thorn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Thorn (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Karl K. Jonietz (Santa Fe, New Mexico); James M. Boncella (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A coating is used to detect a fluid leak. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/986213 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915196 | Parent et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yves O. Parent (Golden, Colorado); Kim Magrini (Golden, Colorado); Steven M. Landin (Conifer, Colorado); Marcus A. Ritland (Palm Beach Shores, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing a steam reforming catalyst characterized by improved resistance to attrition loss when used for cracking, reforming, water gas shift and gasification reactions on feedstock in a fluidized bed reactor, comprising: fabricating the ceramic support particle, coating a ceramic support by adding an aqueous solution of a precursor salt of a metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Cr, Co, Mn, Mg, K, La and Fe and mixtures thereof to the ceramic support and calcining the coated ceramic in air to convert the metal salts to metal oxides. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/576422 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915472 | Wright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen E. Wright (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David C. Cooper (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Dean R. Peterman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ricky L. Demmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Julia L. Tripp (Pocatello, Idaho); Laurence C. Hull (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Clay-based compositions capable of absorbing contaminants from surfaces or objects having surface faces may be applied to a surface and later removed, the removed clay-based compositions absorbing at least a portion of the contaminant from the surface or object to which it was applied. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/350351 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment 588/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915626 | Allerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew A. Allerman (Tijeras, New Mexico); Mary H. Crawford (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel D. Koleske (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen R. Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A denticulated Group III nitride structure that is useful for growing AlxGa1-xN to greater thicknesses without cracking and with a greatly reduced threading dislocation (TD) density. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/504885 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915701 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Jiangeng Xue (Piscataway, New Jersey); Soichi Uchida (Yokohama, Japan); Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided having a first electrode, a second electrode, a first photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength λ1 and a second photoactive region having a characteristic absorption wavelength λ2. The photoactive regions are disposed between the first and second electrodes, and further positioned on the same side of a reflective layer, such that the first photoactive region is closer to the reflective layer than the second photoactive region. The materials comprising the photoactive regions may be selected such that λ1 is at least about 10% different from λ2. The device may further comprise an exciton blocking layer disposed adjacent to and in direct contact with the organic acceptor material of each photoactive region, wherein the LUMO of each exciton blocking layer other than that closest to the cathode is not more than about 0.3 eV greater than the LUMO of the acceptor material. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/123095 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915840 | Sharamentov |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey I. Sharamentov (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for improving the efficiency of RF systems having a Reflective Load. In the preferred embodiment, Reflected Energy from a superconducting resonator of a particle accelerator is reintroduced to the resonator after the phase of the Reflected Energy is aligned with the phase of the Supply Energy from a RF Energy Source. In one embodiment, a Circulator is used to transfer Reflected Energy from the Reflective Load into a Phase Adjuster which aligns the phase of the Reflected Energy with that of the Supply Energy. The phase-aligned energy is then combined with the Supply Energy, and reintroduced into the Reflective Load. In systems having a constant phase shift, the Phase Adjuster may be designed to shift the phase of the Reflected Energy by a constant amount using a Phase Shifter. In systems having a variety (variable) phase shifts, a Phase Shifter controlled by a phase feedback loop comprising a Phase Detector and a Feedback Controller to account for the various phase shifts is preferable. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/739265 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915852 | Royak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Semyon Royak (Beachwood, Ohio); Mark M. Harbaugh (Richfield, Ohio); Robert J. Breitzmann (South Russel, Ohio); Thomas A. Nondahl (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Peter B. Schmidt (Franklin, Wisconsin); Jingbo Liu (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a motor controller and method for controlling a permanent magnet motor. In accordance with one aspect of the present technique, a permanent magnet motor is controlled by, among other things, receiving a torque command, determining a normalized torque command by normalizing the torque command to a characteristic current of the motor, determining a normalized maximum available voltage, determining an inductance ratio of the motor, and determining a direct-axis current based upon the normalized torque command, the normalized maximum available voltage, and the inductance ratio of the motor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/036024 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915973 | Zettl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex K. Zettl (Kensington, California); Kenneth J. Jensen (Berkeley, California); Caglar Girit (Albany, California); William E. Mickelson (San Francisco, California); Jeffrey C. Grossman (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable nanoscale resonator has potential applications in precise mass, force, position, and frequency measurement. One embodiment of this device consists of a specially prepared multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) suspended between a metal electrode and a mobile, piezoelectrically controlled contact. By harnessing a unique telescoping ability of MWNTs, one may controllably slide an inner nanotube core from its outer nanotube casing, effectively changing its length and thereby changing the tuning of its resonance frequency. Resonant energy transfer may be used with a nanoresonator to detect molecules at a specific target oscillation frequency, without the use of a chemical label, to provide label-free chemical species detection. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/467422 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915990 | Stelzer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald Stelzer (Palm Bay, Florida); Rainer Meinke (Melbourne, Florida); Mark Senti (Malabar, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductor assembly and method for constructing an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one embodiment the method includes providing a first insulative layer having a curved surface along which a conductor segment may be positioned, and forming a channel in the insulative layer, which defines a first conductor path. The channel includes first and second opposing channel surfaces each extending from the surface of the insulative layer into the insulative layer and a third channel surface extending between the first and second channel surfaces. Each of the first and second channel surfaces includes a substantially flat surface portion with the surface portion of the first channel surface parallel with the surface portion of the second channel surface. A first segment of conductor is placed in the channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/061782 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Inductor devices 336/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916578 | Minto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Sugarland, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Minto (Houston, Texas); Martin H Sorrells (Huffman, Texas); Thomas E. Owen (Helotes, Texas); Edgar C. Schroeder (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A vibration source (10) includes an armature bar (12) having a major length dimension, and a driver (20A) positioned about the armature bar. The driver (20A) is movably coupled to the armature bar (12), and includes an electromagnet (40). During operation the electromagnet (40) is activated such that the driver (20A) moves with respect to the armature bar (12) and a vibratory signal is generated in the armature bar. A described method for generating a vibratory signal in an object includes positioning the vibration source (10) in an opening of the object, coupling the armature bar (12) to a surface of the object within the opening, and activating the electromagnet (40) of the driver (20A) such that the driver moves with respect to the armature bar (12) and a vibratory signal is generated in the armature bar and the object. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/122671 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916762 | 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) |
| ABSTRACT | Architectures for coherently combining an array of fiber-based lasers are provided. By matching their lengths to within a few integer multiples of a wavelength, the spatial and temporal properties of a single large laser are replicated, while extending the average or peak pulsed power limit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/472564 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916947 | Conger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Conger (San Ramon, California); Janice K. Lawson (Tracy, California); William D. Aimonetti (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment, a method for analyzing hyperspectral data includes collecting first hyperspectral data of a scene using a hyperspectral imager during a no-gas period and analyzing the first hyperspectral data using one or more gas plume detection logics. The gas plume detection logic is executed using a low detection threshold, and detects each occurrence of an observed hyperspectral signature. The method also includes generating a histogram for all occurrences of each observed hyperspectral signature which is detected using the gas plume detection logic, and determining a probability of false alarm (PFA) for all occurrences of each observed hyperspectral signature based on the histogram. Possibly at some other time, the method includes collecting second hyperspectral data, and analyzing the second hyperspectral data using the one or more gas plume detection logics and the PFA to determine if any gas is present. Other systems and methods are also included. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/496476 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917757 | Backer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alejandro Backer (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system to authenticate electronic communications, such as email. A trusted third party records information of each of sender's communications, such as date, time and recipients. Recipients are allowed to verify if their incoming messages match the data of their senders' outgoing communications. Mismatches can be used to filter out fake messages assuming stolen identities. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/704729 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G. Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a human-computer interface. The interface includes provision of an application domain, for example corresponding to a three-dimensional application. The user is allowed to navigate and interact with the application domain. The interface also includes a personal domain, offering the user controls and interaction distinct from the application domain. The separation into two domains allows the most suitable interface methods in each: for example, three-dimensional navigation in the application domain, and two- or three-dimensional controls in the personal domain. Transitions between the application domain and the personal domain are under control of the user, and the transition method is substantially independent of the navigation in the application domain. For example, the user can fly through a three-dimensional application domain, and always move to the personal domain by moving a cursor near one extreme of the display. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801756 |
| ART UNIT | 2172 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/850 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald S. Fearing (Orinda, California); Abraham Bachrach (Palo Alto, California); Richard Groff (Berkeley, California); Carmel Majidi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a microstructure having a substrate and a plurality of nano-fibers attached to the substrate. Each nano-fiber moves between the first and second states without an external mechanical load being applied to the nano-fibers. Each nano-fiber is configured to move between a first state and a second state in response to applied electricity, magnetism, chemical solution, heat, or light. Each nano-fiber is straight in the first state and curved in the second state, and when the nano-fibers are in the second state and in contact with a contact surface, the nano-fibers adhere to the contact surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/271103 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/692.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915045 | Jackson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware); Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Peter Jackson (New York, New York); Namiko Nagasawa (Huntington, New York); Hajime Sakai (Newark, Delaware); Nobuhiro Nagasawa (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a maize gene, RAMOSA3 (RA3), responsible for meristem development and inflorescence development including branching. The gene, gene product, and regulatory regions may be used to manipulate branching, meristem growth, inflorescence development and arrangement, and ultimately to improve yield of plants. The invention includes the gene and protein product as well as the use of the same for temporal and spatial expression in transgenic plants to alter plant morphology and affect yield in plants. The invention also includes the gene and protein product for SISTER OF RAMOSA3 (SRA). |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/498699 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/468 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915104 | Kouvetakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the state of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Yan-Yan Fang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes methods for preparing semiconductor structures, comprising forming a Ge1-ySny buffer layer on a semiconductor substrate and forming a tensile strained Ge layer on the Ge1-ySny buffer layer using an admixture of (GeH3)2CH2 and Ge2H6 in a ratio of between 1:10 and 1:30. The disclosure further provides semiconductor structures having highly strained Ge epilayers (e.g., between about 0.15% and 0.45%) as well as compositions comprising an admixture of (GeH3)2CH2 and Ge2H6 in a ratio of between about 1:10 and 1:30. The methods herein provide, and the semiconductor structure provide, Ge epilayers having high strain levels which can be useful in semiconductor devices for example, in optical fiber communications devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133221 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915151 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Yi Cui (Union City, California); Xiangfeng Duan (Mountain View, California); Yu Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest cross-sectional dimension less than 500 nanometers, and a free-standing and bulk-doped semiconductor with at least one portion having a smallest width of less than 500 nanometers. At least one portion of such a semiconductor may a smallest width of less than 200 nanometers, or less than 150 nanometers, or less than 100 nanometers, or less than 80 nanometers, or less than 70 nanometers, or less than 60 nanometers, or less than 40 nanometers, or less than 20 nanometers, or less than 10 nanometers, or even less than 5 nanometers. Such a semiconductor may be doped during growth. Such a semiconductor may be part of a device, which may include any of a variety of devices and combinations thereof, and a variety of assembling techniques may be used to fabricate devices from such a semiconductor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543353 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/497 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915438 | Lambert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph B. Lambert (Glenview, Illinois); Chunqing Liu (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A new family of silicon-based polymers has been prepared in which organic host components are bound covalently. The polymer is a polysilsesquioxane matrix comprising, for example, hosts such as cyclodextrins (CD) or calixarenes (CX). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901809 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/443 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915583 | Zewail et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Zewail (San Marino, California); Vladimir Lobastov (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrafast system (and methods) for characterizing one or more samples. The system includes a stage assembly, which has a sample to be characterized. The system has a laser source that is capable of emitting an optical pulse of less than 1 ps in duration. The system has a cathode coupled to the laser source. In a specific embodiment, the cathode is capable of emitting an electron pulse less than 1 ps in duration. The system has an electron lens assembly adapted to focus the electron pulse onto the sample disposed on the stage. The system has a detector adapted to capture one or more electrons passing through the sample. The one or more electrons passing through the sample is representative of the structure of the sample. The detector provides a signal (e.g., data signal) associated with the one or more electrons passing through the sample that represents the structure of the sample. The system has a processor coupled to the detector. The processor is adapted to process the data signal associated with the one or more electrons passing through the sample to output information associated with the structure of the sample. The system has an output device coupled to the processor. The output device is adapted to output the information associated with the structure of the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/234567 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916741 | Elmeleegy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khaled Elmeleegy (Houston, Texas); Alan L. Cox (Houston, Texas); Tze Sing Eugene Ng (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for preventing a count-to-infinity problem in a network using epochs of sequence numbers in protocol messages to eliminate stale protocol information in the network and to allow the forwarding topology to recover in merely one round trip time across the network. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/695601 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916781 | Jin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Jin (Glen Gardner, New Jersey); Aamod Khandekar (Pasadena, California); Robert J. McEliece (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A serial concatenated coder includes an outer coder and an inner coder. The outer coder irregularly repeats bits in a data block according to a degree profile and scrambles the repeated bits. The scrambled and repeated bits are input to an inner coder, which has a rate substantially close to one. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/165606 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916935 | Larsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Larsen (Midland, Michigan); James B. Rawlings (Madison, Wisconsin); Nicola J. Ferrier (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An image containing one or more types of objects to be located is analyzed to locate linear features within the image. The objects have edges having known spatial relationships. The linear features and identified virtual lines are analyzed to find groups of linear features and/or virtual lines that have one of the known spatial relationships. These relationships can include parallel edges, edges that meet at certain angles or angle ranges, the number of lines meeting a vertex and the like. The identified group is compared with projected 2-dimensional representation(s) of the object(s) to determine whether any additional lines appear in the image that are part of the located object. In various exemplary embodiments, two or more hypotheses for how the identified group of linear features maps to the 3-dimensional representation of the object can be generated. The best fitting hypothesis becomes the recognized 3-dimensional shape and orientation for that object. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/856537 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916982 | Bahuguna et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rashmi Bahuguna (Kokomo, Indiana); Mani Mina (Ames, Iowa); Robert J. Weber (Boone, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated fiber optic switch based on the magneto-optic effect of magnetic materials suitable for optical fiber networks is presented. The switch is based on the Faraday Effect exhibited by magneto-optic materials. The all-fiber magneto-optic switch has a beam splitter at the input that splits an incoming signal into orthogonal polarized paths. Each path has at least one magneto-optic Faraday rotator (MOFR) controlled by a field. When the field is present, the polarization of the optical beam changes, thereby turning the switch on or off. A beam coupler couples the orthogonal polarized paths at the output of the all-fiber magneto-optic switch. The switch is constructed in the Mach-Zehnder configuration, utilizing two 3 dB couplers, isolators and MOFRs fabricated on silicon-on-insulator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/112266 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07917540 | Kirby et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph Kirby (Fort Collins, Colorado); Christopher Scott Peterson (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Variations in the states of patterns can be exploited for their discriminatory information and should not be discarded as noise. A pattern recognition system compares a data set of unlabeled patterns having variations of state in a set-by-set comparison with labeled arrays of individual data sets of multiple patterns also having variations of state. The individual data sets are each mapped to a point on a parameter space, and the points of each labeled array define a subset of the parameter space. If the point associated with the data set of unlabeled patterns satisfies a similarity criterion on the parameter space subset of a labeled array, the data set of unlabeled patterns is assigned to the class attributed to that labeled array. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/036117 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/802 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07913449 | Beroza |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Morton Beroza (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid-lure dispenser that provides long-time uniform emission of an attractant that entices insects or other organisms into a trap, consists of a wick that absorbs the liquid lure from its container and gradually emits the lure to the atmosphere from the exposed portion of the wick. The tubular container holds the desired quantity of lure and has an opening that holds the wick securely in place, with the lower part of the wick immersed in lure and the upper part exposed to air; lure-emission rate can be adjusted by area of wick exposed to air. An opening in the lure container permits lure to be added as needed and avoids an air-pressure drop in the lure container as lure is sucked up by the wick and volatilized. If desirable, insecticide or more than one lure may be released from a dispenser. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/247739 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying 043/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914801 | Holt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter S. Holt (Colbert, Georgia); Cam R. Greene (Jefferson, Georgia); Henry D. Stone (Colbert, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Water-in-oil priming emulsion vaccines increase the titers and/or avidity indexes of antibodies following a second dose of a commercial or experimental vaccine resulting in increased protection for disease in animal. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/887277 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/278.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915024 | Shih et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. H. Shih (Cary, North Carolina); Nasser Odetallah (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of improving growth performance, improving the efficiency of feed utilization, increasing feed digestibility, and decreasing mortality of immature and developing animals receiving animal feed. Methods of producing a crude keratinase enzyme extract and animal feed supplements for achieving the same are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/638118 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915045 | Jackson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Delaware); Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Peter Jackson (New York, New York); Namiko Nagasawa (Huntington, New York); Hajime Sakai (Newark, Delaware); Nobuhiro Nagasawa (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a maize gene, RAMOSA3 (RA3), responsible for meristem development and inflorescence development including branching. The gene, gene product, and regulatory regions may be used to manipulate branching, meristem growth, inflorescence development and arrangement, and ultimately to improve yield of plants. The invention includes the gene and protein product as well as the use of the same for temporal and spatial expression in transgenic plants to alter plant morphology and affect yield in plants. The invention also includes the gene and protein product for SISTER OF RAMOSA3 (SRA). |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/498699 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/468 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915479 | Hussey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard S. Hussey (Athens, Georgia); Guozhong Huang (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for providing nematode resistance are provided. One aspect provides transgenic plants or cells comprising an inhibitory nucleic acid specific for one or more nematode esophageal polypeptides. Other aspects provide transgenic plants or cells resistant to at least two different root-knot nematode species. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/511578 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07913499 | Thomas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Technologies Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Thomas (Madison, Wisconsin); Yonghui Ma (Johnson Creek, Wisconsin); Andrew North (Loretto, Minnesota); Mark M. Weislogel (Tigard, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat exchanger having a plurality of heat exchanging aluminum fins with hydrophilic condensing surfaces which are stacked and clamped between two cold plates. The cold plates are aligned radially along a plane extending through the axis of a cylindrical duct and hold the stacked and clamped portions of the heat exchanging fins along the axis of the cylindrical duct. The fins extend outwardly from the clamped portions along approximately radial planes. The spacing between fins is symmetric about the cold plates, and are somewhat more closely spaced as the angle they make with the cold plates approaches 90°. Passageways extend through the fins between vertex spaces which provide capillary storage and communicate with passageways formed in the stacked and clamped portions of the fins, which communicate with water drains connected to a pump externally to the duct. Water with no entrained air is drawn from the capillary spaces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/166233 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914844 | Stankovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sasha Stankovich (Chicago, Illinois); Sonbinh T. Nguyen (Evanston, Illinois); Rodney S. Ruoff (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a dispersion of reduced graphite oxide nanoplatelets involves providing a dispersion of graphite oxide nanoplatelets and reducing the graphite oxide nanoplatelets in the dispersion in the presence of a reducing agent and a polymer. The reduced graphite oxide nanoplatelets are reduced to an extent to provide a higher C/O ratio than graphite oxide. A stable dispersion having polymer-treated reduced graphite oxide nanoplatelets dispersed in a dispersing medium, such as water or organic liquid is provided. The polymer-treated, reduced graphite oxide nanoplatelets can be distributed in a polymer matrix to provide a composite material. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/600679 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916791 | Lu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ligang Lu (New City, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for extrapolating and interpolating a visual signal including determining a first motion vector between a first pixel position in a first image to a second pixel position in a second image, determining a second motion vector between the second pixel position in the second image and a third pixel position in a third image, determining a third motion vector between one of the first pixel position in the first image and the second pixel position in the second image, and the second pixel position in the second image and the third pixel position in the third image using a non-linear model, determining a position of the fourth pixel in a fourth image based upon the third motion vector. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/453915 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07915024 | Shih et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. H. Shih (Cary, North Carolina); Nasser Odetallah (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of improving growth performance, improving the efficiency of feed utilization, increasing feed digestibility, and decreasing mortality of immature and developing animals receiving animal feed. Methods of producing a crude keratinase enzyme extract and animal feed supplements for achieving the same are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/638118 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915197 | Lombardi |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Lombardi (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A pathogen-resistant coating comprising one or more photocatalysts capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The pathogen-resistant coating may optionally include one or more singlet oxygen traps. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894374 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07915393 | Gaiger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Corixa Corporation (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Gaiger (Vienna, Austria); Patricia D. McNeill (Federal Way, Washington); Nomalie Jaya (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the therapy of malignant diseases, such as leukemia and cancer, are disclosed. The compositions comprise one or more of a WT1 polynucleotide, a WT1 polypeptide, an antigen-presenting cell presenting a WT1 polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds to a WT1 polypeptide; or a T cell that specifically reacts with a WT1 polypeptide. Such compositions may be used, for example, for the prevention and treatment of metastatic diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470408 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07914915 | Pomeroy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Commerce, The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua M. Pomeroy (Laytonsville, Maryland); Holger Grube (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Andrew Perrella (Ithaca, New York); Fern Slew, legal representative (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A highly charged ion modified device is provided that includes a first metal layer or layers deposited on a substrate and an insulator layer, deposited on the first metal layer, including a plurality of holes therein produced by irradiation thereof with highly charged ions. The metal of a further metal layer, deposited on the insulator layer, fills the plurality of holes in the insulator layer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/036729 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/811.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07917517 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu C. Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed for indexing uncertain data in query processing systems. For example, a method for processing queries in an application that involves an uncertain data set includes the following steps. A representation of records of the uncertain data set is created based on mean values and uncertainty values. The representation is utilized for processing a query received on the uncertain data set. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/039091 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/741 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07915104 | Kouvetakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the state of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Yan-Yan Fang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes methods for preparing semiconductor structures, comprising forming a Ge1-ySny buffer layer on a semiconductor substrate and forming a tensile strained Ge layer on the Ge1-ySny buffer layer using an admixture of (GeH3)2CH2 and Ge2H6 in a ratio of between 1:10 and 1:30. The disclosure further provides semiconductor structures having highly strained Ge epilayers (e.g., between about 0.15% and 0.45%) as well as compositions comprising an admixture of (GeH3)2CH2 and Ge2H6 in a ratio of between about 1:10 and 1:30. The methods herein provide, and the semiconductor structure provide, Ge epilayers having high strain levels which can be useful in semiconductor devices for example, in optical fiber communications devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133221 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07913484 | Roychoudhury et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Precision Combustion, Inc. (North Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subir Roychoudhury (Madison, Connecticut); David L. Spence (Beacon Falls, Connecticut); Bruce Crowder (New Haven, Connecticut); Jonathan Berry (Simsonville, South Carolina); Richard Mastanduno (Milford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for transferring heat by conduction to the internal heat acceptor of an external combustion engine. Fuel and air are introduced and mixed to form an air/fuel mixture. The air/fuel mixture is directed into a catalytic reactor that is positioned substantially adjacent to the heater head. Heat is transferred via conduction from the catalytic reactor to the heater head and the catalytic reaction products are exhausted. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803464 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07913624 | Mitchell |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Attorney General (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon K. Mitchell (Glen Allen, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An explosive matrix assembly is provided in which a single detonating cord is configured into a first set of at least five parallel sets of paired portions lying in the same plane, with adjacent parallel pairs being spaced about two inches apart. The detonating cord is further configured so that there is a second set of at least five more parallel portions that are substantially orthogonal to the first set and that lie on top of the first set. Finally, the detonating cord is further configured so that there is a pair of portions that operably secure the matrix to an appropriate explosive initiator. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/408300 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/275.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07914777 | Rojas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | FMC Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The United States of America Dept. of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria Guadalupe Rojas (Metairie, Louisiana); Juan A. Morales-Ramos (Metairie, Louisiana); Ligia M. Hernandez (Kenner, Louisiana); Jonathan D. Peters (Independence, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Ant foods mixed together in a matrix suitable to be used as baits for ants are provided. This ant matrix is preferred by ants over naturally-occurring foods such as other known ant matrices. It comprises protein, carbohydrate, fat and sterol as ant-preferred nutrients and uric acid as a bait enhancing agent is carried in a unique gel system that is specifically attractive to insects. Methods of controlling ants using such matrices to deliver ant toxins are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/174094 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916933 | Schwartz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Allen Schwartz (Melbourne Beach, Florida); Kenneth J. Wallenstein (West Melbourne, Florida); David S. Lee (Satellite Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting objects in water, comprises the steps of capturing a plurality of images of a region of interest, extracting voxel data from the images, and processing the voxel data to detect items of interest in the region of interest. An apparatus that performs the method is also included. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/654886 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07916958 | Witzgall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science Applications International Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hanna Elizabeth Witzgall (Chantilly, Virginia); Jay Scott Goldstein (Centerville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Image pixel intensity data is transformed to a holographic representation of the image. A subset of the holographic representation is modeled. Model parameters constitute a compressed image representation. A two-dimensional Fourier transform can be applied to obtain the holographic image. Modeling includes applying an analysis portion of an adaptive analysis/synthesis prediction methodology to a subset of the holographic representation. Linear prediction can be the adaptive analysis/synthesis prediction methodology. Prior to modeling, one-dimensional Fourier transform can be performed on the holographic representation and the linear prediction is one-dimensional. Model parameters are preferably quantized. Embodiments include determining error between the model and the model's input data. There the compressed image representation the error, which also can be quantized. The subset of the holographic representation can be less than all the representation. The subset can be a plurality of complete rows; preferably substantially symmetric about 0 Hz. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/613589 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE42255 | Woodall |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Roger L. Woodall (Hot Springs, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A color sensor for generating color information defining colors of an image includes an input section, a color processing section, a color comparison section, a color boundary processing section and a memory processing section. The input section includes an array of transducer pairs, each pair defining one of a plurality of pixels. Each transducer pair generates two peak outputs, one for the selected color of each transducer of the pair. A plurality of pixel processors in the color processing section each receives the outputs from one of the transducer pairs. The color processing section generates a color feature vector representative of the brightness of the light incident on the pixels and a color value corresponding to the ratio of outputs from the transducers comprising the transducer pair associated with the pixels. The color boundary processing section generates a plurality of color boundary feature vectors, each representing the difference between the color value for a pixel and its neighboring pixels. The color comparator processor measures and compares the reflective color of two objects and the memory processor section provides a process to recognize a color, a boundary of color and/or a comparison of colors. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/496086 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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FUNDED BY
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
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
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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