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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 05, 2011
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| US 07918138 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Jiang (Riverside, California); Harold Glick (Corona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensor with built in calibration. An actuator is coupled with a pressure sensing device to enable the pressure to be calibrated against the known pressure exerted by the actuator. The sensing component is configured to flex under the application of force to a pure bending condition, i.e., the sensing component flexes with no or insignificant shear forces in the sensing component. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/369444 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/754 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918141 | Sathish 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) | Shamachary Sathish (Bellbrook, Ohio); Sonia A. Martinez (Ellington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for evaluating degradation of a thermal barrier coating disposed on a turbine blade. The method includes measuring a residual stress of an outer surface portion of a thermal barrier coating on a turbine blade, the turbine blade having been subjected to normal operating conditions and determining degradation of the thermal barrier coating based on a comparison between the residual stress measurement and a control stress measurement. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973977 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918146 | Gmirya |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuriy Gmirya (Woodbridge, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-path split torque gearbox system provides a multiple of three stage torque split power gear trains modules that each transmits torque from a high-speed engine to a main rotor shaft (36). The first stage bevel gear arrangement (30,32) provides a compact packaging arrangement that facilitates various engine mounting locations in all axes. At the second stage, quill shaft assemblies (40) provide equal load balance. At the third stage, each quill shaft assembly includes a multiple of pinion gears (48) in meshing engagement with the final output gear (28). Each torque split modules transfer the power from the high speed input shaft into a multiple of meshing engagements with the final output gear to provide significant torque transfer desired in a single rotor heavy lift rotary wing aircraft embodiment within a compact housing package. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/295737 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/665.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918310 | Helgeson 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) | Norman L. Helgeson (Pacific Palisades, California); Steven Fann (West Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A noise attenuation device for testing a jet engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/552771 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Acoustics 181/218 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918425 | Rathbone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Rathbone (Amesbury, Massachusetts); Frank LaBarba (Newburyport, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A universal antenna mount featuring a first bracket with a concave face between right and left tangs, a reversible second bracket with a concave face and a generally convex opposite face between right and left tangs, and at least one fastener extending through the right tangs of the first and second brackets and at least one fastener extending through the left tangs of the first and second brackets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/148905 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/230.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918605 | Brown |
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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) | Robert C. Brown (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Gas journal bearing systems are provided. An exemplary gas journal bearing system comprises a vortex generator, a housing and a journal. The vortex generator is operative to receive a flow of gas and to impart an angular acceleration to the gas. The housing is in fluid communication with the vortex generator, with housing having a first exhaust through which the gas is exhausted. The journal is supported within the housing by a vortex of the gas as the gas swirls along at least a portion of a length of the journal. Methods and other systems also are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956591 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Bearings 384/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918612 | Zhao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agiltron, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Zhao (Winchester, Massachusetts); Yongjun Wu (Andover, Massachusetts); Yuanxin Shou (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Qingdong Guo (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for mechanically splicing a pair of optic fibers or optic cables, the mechanical splice comprising: a ferrule having an axial capillary bore, the capillary bore configured to enclose the optic fibers at both ends of the ferrule; and cured epoxy disposed to secure together the ends of the optic fibers and to secure the optic fibers to an inside surface of the capillary bore, the ferrule optionally enclosed in a metal tube. |
| FILED | Monday, December 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/004880 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918781 | Smyth 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) | Christopher C. Smyth (Fallston, Maryland); David C. Smyth (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for suppressing motion sickness are provided. In this regard, an exemplary system comprises a display device and a display controller. The display device is operative to display a first image and a second image. The display controller communicates with the display device and is operative to control display of the second image such that the second image moves relative to the display device in response to at least one of: motion of the first image relative to the display device, and motion of the display device. Methods and other systems also are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/387079 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918935 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongkun Park (Lexington, Massachusetts); Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jeffrey J. Urban (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Qian Gu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wan Soo Yun (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanowires are disclosed which comprise transition metal oxides. The transition metal oxides may include oxides of group II, group III, group IV and lanthanide metals. Also disclosed are methods for making nanowires which comprise injecting decomposition agents into a solution comprising solvents and metallic alkoxide or metallic salt precursors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/765177 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/68 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919018 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Voxtel, Inc. (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Williams (Portland, Oregon); David M. Schut (Philomath, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides, in one aspect, a procedure to use optically transparent nanocrystalline quantum dots to absorb UV light. This absorption process leads to an energy transfer to a chemically bound and chelated lanthanide ion that may emit light in either the visible spectrum (400-700 nm) or in the near infrared (700-1600 nm). This invention also provides methods for the use of these taggant materials in inks and aerosols used to disperse the taggant. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/290643 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/587 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919172 | Schueller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olivier J. A. Schueller (Arlington, Massachusetts); David C. Duffy (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Scott T. Brittain (Durham, North Carolina); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for positioning separate portions of a sample in elongate, parallel channels of a sample chamber and for irradiating a sample in the chamber to create a diffraction pattern where the sample and chamber differ in refractive index. The system also can measure absorption of electromagnetic radiation by a sample in the chamber, and can measure the absorption simultaneously with measurement of diffraction by the sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/824331 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919184 | Mohapatra et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Satish C. Mohapatra (Easton, Pennsylvania); Edward David Sudol (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Kejian Bian (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Li Zhang (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Eric Scott Daniels (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Victoria Laurentia Dimonie (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Andrew Klein (Somerville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and composition for making hybrid nanoparticles and use of such nanoparticles are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise a phase change material (PCM) and a metal layer encapsulating the phase change material. In another embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise a phase change material, a polymer layer encapsulating the phase change material, and an outer metal layer encapsulating the polymer layer. In another embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise an inner core of a PCM encapsulated by a polymer shell containing embedded nanoparticles that have a high thermal conductivity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894883 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919189 | Bulluck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Brad A. Rix (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition and process for manufacturing a camouflaged aircraft component. The process includes providing an aircraft component; applying an uncured coating onto the aircraft component wherein the uncured coating comprises polysilazane resin, at least one pigment, at least one matting agent, and at least one diluent; allowing the diluent to evaporate; curing the coating to provided a cured coating that comprises cured polysilazane, at least one pigment, and at least one matting agent. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/215376 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/447 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919316 | Yilmaz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Omer H. Yilmaz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark J. Kiel (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sean Morrison (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Toshihide Iwashita (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of identifying, collecting and isolating hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and compositions of purified HSCs. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of isolating and purifying CD150+ HSCs, CD48− HSCs, and CD244− HSCs. The present invention also relates to purified cell samples with enriched CD150+ HSCs, CD48− HSCs, and CD244− HSCs populations, as well as methods of treating subjects with such compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/389143 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919466 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Lianglin Zhang (San Diego, California); Douglas Hanahan (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for and involving selectively targeting tumor lymphatics. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/670318 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919525 | Kumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Sree Kumar (Rockville, Maryland); Venkataraman Srinivasan (Germantown, Maryland); Thomas M. Seed (Bethesda, Maryland); Andreas Papas (Jonesborough, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for the prevention and treatment of a mammal from radiation-induced internal injury using γ-tocotrienol, α-tocopherol succinate or γ-tocotrienol succinate. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods for preventing and treating radiation-induced injuries in a mammal by (1) subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, or intravascular injection of a therapeutically effective amount of γ-tocotrienol; or (2) oral administration of a therapeutically effective amount of α-tocopherol succinate or γ-tocotrienol succinate or both. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/545674 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919579 | Hsieh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jer-Tsong Hsieh (Plano, Texas); Jian Zhou (Plano, Texas); Xiankai Sun (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for imaging and the treatment of cancer. In certain embodiments, a polyarginine (e.g., R11) may be used to selectively image prostate or bladder cells (e.g., a metastatic prostate cancer). In other embodiments, a DOC-2/DAB2 peptide, optionally conjugated to a cell permeable peptide (e.g., R11) may be used to treat a cancer, such as prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/923388 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919717 | Braman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd L. Braman (New Brighton, Minnesota); Myles A. Koshiol (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional PWB is provided that may include two or more layers stacked together forming a top surface, a bottom surface, and one or more side surfaces, and one or more solder pad situated on at least one of the one or more side surfaces. The one or more solder pads may include exposed voids in the one or more side surfaces. In some cases, the top surface and/or the bottom surface may have one or more solder pad. The one or more solder pads on at least one of the one or more side surfaces may be electrically connected to the one or more solder pads on the top surface and/or the bottom surface. In the illustrative PWB, the top surface and/or the bottom surface may be adapted to be mounted with an inertial sensor. The one or more side surfaces may be adapted to be mounted to a printed wiring board. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/161872 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919764 | Metcalfe 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) | Grace D. Metcalfe (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Michael Wraback (Germantown, Maryland); Paul Shen (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for generating terahertz radiation comprising a polar crystal material layer operative to emit terahertz radiation; the polar crystal material layer comprising a plurality of stacking faults; the stacking faults lying substantially perpendicular to the polar axis and forming boundaries at which the internal electric polarization terminates leading to charges accumulating at the boundaries, and creation of internal electric fields oriented along the polar axis; a pulsed radiation source for creating photogenerated carriers in the polar crystal material; whereby the photogenerated carriers accelerate in the internal electric fields associated with the termination of the internal electric polarization by the stacking faults to thereby generate terahertz radiation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435797 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/504.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919770 | Youngblood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Justin Youngblood (State College, Pennsylvania); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an article of manufacture formed from a substrate and a benzazoloporphyrazine bound to the substrate. The article may take a variety of different forms and may be for example an electrochromic display, a molecular capacitor, a battery, a solar cell, or a molecular memory device. Methods of making such articles, along with compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making such benzazoloporphyrazines, are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/447219 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920261 | Jeys et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Jeys (Lexington, Massachusetts); Antonio Sanchez-Rubio (Lexington, Massachusetts); Richard J. Molnar (Harvard, Massachusetts); Robert K. Reich (Tyngsborough, Massachusetts); Jinendra K. Ranka (Westford, Massachusetts); David L. Spears (Acton, Massachusetts); Richard M. Osgood, III (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle detection system that images and detects particles in a fluid flow stream through use of detector array(s) is described. The detection system may include light source arrays that may selectively illuminate a particle in a fluid stream. The detection system may also include a detector array employing smart binning to read the measured signals. The smart binning of the detector array may be achieved through knowledge of an exact particle location provided by a position sensitive detector. The detector array(s) may be low cost based on intelligence built into the system. This particle detection system may be particularly useful for detection and discrimination of different particle types since the read-out of the particle signals can be accomplished with low noise and can be flexible enough to optimize the read out measurements for each particle. The particle detection system may be used, for example, in early warning contamination detection systems and manufacturing processes. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/029300 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920262 | Videen 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) | Gorden W. Videen (Silver Spring, Maryland); Karri Olavi Muinonen (Tuusula, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for measuring backscattered light from a sample is given. Light is output from a light source towards a rotating mirror, and then reflected by the rotating mirror towards the sample. The sample reflects backscattered light back towards the rotating mirror, which, having moved during the time it took for the light to propagate from the mirror to the sample and back, reflects the backscattered light to a detector located at a physical separation from the light source. The detected backscattered light may be analyzed to determine various properties of the sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/211918 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/342 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920263 | Wu 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) | Dong Ho Wu (Olney, Maryland); Anthony Garzarella (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, for measuring an electric field while minimally perturbing the electric field being measured, includes an analyzing stage and a sensor head. The sensor head is optically coupled to the analyzing stage by a laser probe beam transmitted from the analyzing stage. The sensor head includes an electro optic crystal disposed between two gradient index lenses, where the first gradient index lens emits a laser beam transmitted from the analyzing stage to the sensor head, where the electric field is applied and where, the electro optic crystal transforms the laser beam probe into a phase modulated laser beam. The second gradient index lens transmits the phase modulated laser beam back to the analyzing stage, where polarization optics and a photodetector convert the phase modulated laser beam into an electrical signal representing field strength and phase of the electric field. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/205766 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920416 | Gallagher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Gallagher (Ardsley, New York); Daniel C. Worledge (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices and techniques for use thereof are provided. In one aspect, a magnetic memory cell is provided. The magnetic memory cell comprises at least one fixed magnetic layer; at least one first free magnetic layer separated from the fixed magnetic layer by at least one barrier layer; at least one second free magnetic layer separated from the first free magnetic layer by at least one spacer layer; and at least one capping layer over a side of the second free magnetic layer opposite the spacer layer. One or more of the first free magnetic layer and the second free magnetic layer comprise at least one rare earth element, such that the at least one rare earth element makes up between about one percent and about 10 percent of one or more of the first free magnetic layer and the second free magnetic layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/046519 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920434 | Meterelliyoz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mesut Meterelliyoz (West Lafayette, Indiana); John Edward Barth, Jr. (Williston, Vermont); William Robert Reohr (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for sensing data states of respective memory cells in a memory array are provided, the memory array including at least a first bit line coupled to at least a subset of the memory cells. In one aspect, a circuit for sensing data states of respective memory cells in the memory array includes at least one sense amplifier coupled to the first bit line. The sense amplifier includes a first transistor operative to selectively inhibit charging of the first bit line in a manner which is independent of a voltage level on a second bit line coupled to the sense amplifier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/199438 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920704 | Brandt |
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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) | Howard E. Brandt (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for obtaining information on a key in the BB84 (Bennett-Brassard 1984) protocol of quantum key distribution are provided. A representative system comprises a quantum cryptographic entangling probe, comprising a single-photon source configured to produce a probe photon, a polarization filter configured to determine an initial probe photon polarization state for a set error rate induced by the quantum cryptographic entangling probe, a quantum controlled-NOT (CNOT) gate configured to provide entanglement of a signal with the probe photon polarization state and produce a gated probe photon so as to obtain information on a key, a Wollaston prism configured to separate the gated probe photon with polarization correlated to a signal measured by a receiver, and two single-photon photodetectors configured to measure the polarization state of the gated probe photon. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239461 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920770 | Holzwarth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Holzwarth (Boston, Massachusetts); Jason S. Orcutt (Somerville, Massachusetts); Milos Popovic (Somerville, Massachusetts); Judy L. Hoyt (Newton, Massachusetts); Rajeev Ram (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Structures including optical waveguides disposed over substrates having a chamber or trench defined therein, and methods for formation thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/113580 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
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| US 07920975 | Hull et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Hull (Adelphi, Maryland); Stephen J. Vinci (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of detecting anomalies in ambient alternating current (AC) fields are provided. An exemplary embodiment of such a method includes the steps of placing an AC field sensor in an ambient AC field, generating a signal representative of the ambient AC field received by the sensor, and processing the signal to determine if the ambient AC field includes any anomalies. Various applications for the methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, August 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/892152 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920982 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darin S. Williams (Tucson, Arizona); Jodean D. Wendt (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical distortion calibration for an Electro-Optical sensor in a chamber eliminates calibration of the mirror controller and allows for calibration while the target is in motion across the FOV thus providing a more efficient and accurate calibration. A target pattern is projected through sensor optics with line of sight motion across the sensor FOV to generate a sequence of frames. Knowing that the true distances between the same targets remain constant with line of sight motion across the sensor's FOV, coefficients of a function F representative of the non-linear distortion in the sensor optics are fit from observed target positions in a subset of frames to true line of sight so that distances between targets are preserved as the pattern moves across the FOV. The coefficients are stored as calibration terms with the sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/014266 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07921066 | Van Dyke Parunak et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Van Dyke Parunak (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sven Brueckner (Dexter, Michigan); Robert S. Matthews (Saline, Michigan); John A. Sauter (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Steven M. Brophy (Saline, Michigan); Robert J. Bisson (Dexter, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of predicting the behavior of software agents in a simulated environment involves modeling a plurality of software agents representing entities to be analyzed, which may be human beings. Using a set of parameters that governs the behavior of the agents, the internal state of at least one of the agents is estimated by its behavior in the simulation, including its movement within the environment. This facilitates a prediction of the likely future behavior of the agent based solely upon its internal state; that is, without recourse to any intentional agent communications. In the preferred embodiment the simulated environment is based upon a digital pheromone infrastructure. The simulation integrates knowledge of threat regions, a cognitive analysis of the agent's beliefs, desires, and intentions, a model of the agent's emotional disposition and state, and the dynamics of interactions with the environment. By evolving agents in this rich environment, we can fit their internal state to their observed behavior. In realistic wargame scenarios, the system successfully detects deliberately played emotions and makes reasonable predictions about the entities' future behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548909 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07921261 | Blackmore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Blackmore (Poughkeepsie, New York); Ramakrishnan Rajamony (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating a data processing system includes each of multiple tasks within a parallel job executing on multiple nodes of the data processing system issuing a respective system call to request reservation, without allocation of backing storage in physical memory, of a global address space defined by a range of effective addresses as global shared memory accessible to all of the multiple tasks within the parallel job. At least two of the tasks within the parallel job allocate global address spaces including a same effective address. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/958668 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07921275 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Robert S. Blackmore (Poughkeepsie, New York); Chulho Kim (Poughkeepsie, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York); Hanhong Xue (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | While an asynchronous memory move (AMM) operation is ongoing, a prefetch request for data from the source effective address or the destination effective address triggers cache injection by the AMM mover of relevant data from the stream of data being moved in the physical memory. The memory controller forwards the first prefetched line to the prefetch engine and L1 cache, the next cache lines in the sequence of data to the L2 cache, and a subsequent set of cache lines to the L3 cache. The memory controller then forwards the remaining data to the destination memory location. Quick access to prefetch data is enabled by buffering the stream of data in the upper caches rather than placing all the moved data within the memory. Also, the memory controller places moved data into only a subset of the available cache lines of the upper level cache. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024598 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07921313 | Ghiasi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soraya Ghiasi (Austin, Texas); Thomas Walter Keller, Jr. (Austin, Texas); Ramakrishna Kotla (Austin, Texas); Freeman Leigh Rawson, III (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A power management system schedules the voltage and frequency of processors in a data processing system based on two criteria. The first criterion is a prediction of the performance that the work currently running on the processor will experience at the different frequencies that are available. The second criterion is a system-wide constraint on the total power budget allocated to processors. Based on these criteria, low-level code sets the frequency and voltage of the processors in the system to match what the operating system is currently running on them. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/105206 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07921316 | Arimilli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Bernard C. Drerup (Austin, Texas); Jody B. Joyner (Austin, Texas); Jerry D. Lewis (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms for providing a cluster-wide system clock in a multi-tiered full graph (MTFG) interconnect architecture are provided. Heartbeat signals transmitted by each of the processor chips in the computing cluster are synchronized. Internal system clock signals are generated in each of the processor chips based on the synchronized heartbeat signals. As a result, the internal system clock signals of each of the processor chips are synchronized since the heartbeat signals, that are the basis for the internal system clock signals, are synchronized. Mechanisms are provided for performing such synchronization using direct couplings of processor chips within the same processor book, different processor books in the same supernode, and different processor books in different supernodes of the MTFG interconnect architecture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/853522 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE42275 | Berkman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cancer Targeted Technology LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifford E. Berkman (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the formula, A—L—B, wherein A is glutamate or a glutamate analog; L is a phosphoramidate or a phosphoramidate analog; and B is serine or a serine analog are described which are potent inhibitors of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PMSA). Such compounds are useful in treatment of prostate cancer; and when chemically attached to a fluorescent dye, can efficiently and selectively label prostate cancer cells for fluorescent imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835257 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew David Tarler (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is related to a sensor for simultaneously measuring both normal and shear forces applied to two or more flexible sensors, and further a statically responsive sensor for measuring shear forces. The present invention further includes a method of designing an object, prototype or a device using these sensors to detect both shear and normal forces encountered at the sensor locations. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/138137 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/841 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918814 | Prausnitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia); Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Prausnitz (Atlanta, Georgia); Ninghao Jiang (Alexandria, Virginia); Henry F. Edelhauser (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided for administering a drug to a patient's eye. The methods include (a) inserting a hollow microneedle into the sclera or corneal stroma without penetrating across the sclera or corneal stroma; and (b) infusing a fluid drug formulation through the microneedle and into the sclera or cornea. It further may include partially retracting the microneedle before infusion to enhance delivery. Alternatively, the methods may include (a) inserting a solid microneedle into the sclera or corneal stroma without penetrating across the sclera or corneal stroma, wherein the solid microneedle comprises a first quantity of a drug formulation and inserting causes the solid microneedle to form a pocket in the sclera or corneal stroma; and (b) releasing the drug formulation into the pocket to form a drug depot, whereby a drug is released from the depot. The methods and devices may include an array of multiple microneedles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/743535 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918894 | Wolfe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York Society for the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery (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 | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424006 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/21.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918977 | Dorisio Deininger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debra J. Dorisio Deininger (Longmont, Colorado); Clayton J. Kostelecky (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical gas sensor, a method for making the sensor and methods for the detection of a gaseous species. The electrochemical gas sensor is a solid-state gas sensor that includes a solid polymer electrolyte. A working electrode is separated from a counter electrode by the solid polymer electrolyte. The sensor can include a multilaminate structure for improved detection properties, where electrode microbands are disposed within the solid polymer electrolyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/533729 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918979 | Han et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jongyoon Han (Ithaca, New York); Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanofluidic entropic traps, comprising alternating thin and thick regions, sieve small molecules such as DNA or protein polymers and other molecules. The thick region is comparable or substantially larger than the molecule to be separated, while the thin region is substantially smaller than the size of the molecules to be separated. Due to the molecular size dependence of the entropic trapping effect, separation of molecules may be achieved. In addition, entropic traps are used to collect, trap and control many molecules in the nanofluidic channel. A fabrication method is disclosed to provide an efficient way to make nanofluidic constrictions in any fluidic devices. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/209789 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919082 | Zhan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-Guo Zhan (Lexington, Kentucky); Hoon Cho (Lexington, Kentucky); Hsin-Hsiung Tai (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel computational method and generation of mutant butyrylcholinesterase for cocaine hydrolysis is provided. The method includes molecular modeling a possible BChE mutant and conducting molecular dynamics simulations and hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical calculations thereby providing a screening method of possible BChE mutants by predicting which mutant will lead to a more stable transition state for a rate determining step. Site-directed mutagenesis, protein expression, and protein activity is conducted for mutants determined computationally as being good candidates for possible BChE mutants, i.e., ones predicted to have higher catalytic efficiency as compared with wild-type BChE. In addition, mutants A199S/A328W/Y332G, A199S/F227A/A328W/Y332G, A199S/S287G/A328W/Y332G, A199S/F227A/S287G/A328W/Y332G, and A199S/F227A/S287G/A328W/E441D all have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine compared with wild-type BChE. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/752920 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919093 | Herrera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victoria L. M. Herrera (Westwood, Massachusetts); Nelson Ruiz-Opazo (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is directed to the identification of mutations and/or polymorphisms in the Dual Endothelin-1/Angiotensin II Receptor (Dear) that indicate susceptibility to, or show current affliction with, hypertension. Additionally, the present invention discloses methods for the modulation of angiogenesis via the regulation of Dear. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/667713 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/143.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919104 | Ades et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin W. Ades (Atlanta, Georgia); Jacquelyn S. Sampson (College Park, Georgia); Sandra Steiner (Atlanta, Georgia); George M. Carlone (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Joseph J. Caba (Atlanta, Georgia); GowriSankar Rajam (Tucker, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a P4 peptide, which contains functional epitopes of the PsaA protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae, and related methods and compositions. P4 peptide mimetics having a conformational structure identical or similar to the conformation of P4 (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO:2) are provided. An antibody that specifically binds to the epitope defined by the disclosed peptides is provided. A P4-specific antibody is PsaA-specific since P4 defines an epitope specific for PsaA. Immunogenic compositions comprising the peptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and a pharmaceutical carrier or the peptide of SEQ ID NO:2 and a pharmaceutical carrier are also provided. Methods of using the peptides and antibodies of the invention are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/992719 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/244.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919240 | Khurana Hershey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey (Cincinnati, Ohio); Bruce Aronow (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Differences in gene expression in control and asthma patients to profile, differentiate, evaluate, etc. patients with exacerbated asthma and stable asthma. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/314565 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07919250 | Blaser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin J. Blaser (New York, New York); Zhan Gao (Elmhurst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for characterization of bacterial skin microbiota to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive measures for alleviating skin conditions. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to characterization of bacterial skin microbiota associated with psoriasis and related diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive measures for alleviating psoriasis. These methods will be useful for detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring individuals who have or are at risk of certain skin conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/183806 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07919258 | Friedman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Friedman (Tucson, Arizona); Linoj P. Samuel (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a human that include providing blood serum, contacting the serum with an Eis antigen fixed on a substrate, thereby forming complexes of Eis antigen with a human antibody that binds to the Eis antigen, contacting the antibody/Eis complexes with a labeled anti-human secondary antibody, and measuring a titer of the human antibody bound to the Eis antigen. In addition, statistically significant positive or negative diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is provided by comparing patient serum antibody titer with a second titer from a negative control blood sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/545748 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07919274 | Kaelin, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. Kaelin, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts); David M. Livingston (Brookline, Massachusetts); Tae-You Kim (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Light-generating fusion proteins having a ligand binding site and a light-generating polypeptide moiety and their use as diagnostics, in drug screening and discovery, and as therapeutics, are disclosed. The light-generating fusion protein has a feature where the bioluminescence of the polypeptide moiety changes upon binding of a ligand at the ligand binding site. The ligand may be, for example, an enzyme present in an environment only under certain conditions, e.g., ubiquitin ligase in a hypoxic state, such that the light-generating fusion protein is “turned on” only under such conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/101662 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
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| US 07919279 | Trachtenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth A. Trachtenberg (Oakland, California); Kathleen Houtchens (Oakland, California); Robert J. Nichols (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene cluster genotyping using the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer. In general, the methods involve amplifying a plurality of target sequences of a plurality of KIR genes, and detecting the presence or absence of a plurality of single SNPs of the plurality of KIR genes by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The invention also features compositions, including arrays of capture primers and optionally extension primers on a substrate surface, and kits, for use in the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/088229 |
| 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 |
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| US 07919280 | Danenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen Danenberg (Altadena, California); Peter V. Danenberg (Altadena, California); Steven Swenson (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for rapid, reliable and simple isolation of RNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples. RNA purified in this manner can be used to monitor gene expression levels. The tissue sample can be a tumor or other pathological tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/881625 |
| 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 435/91.210 |
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| US 07919309 | Lois-Caballe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos Lois-Caballe (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Xiao-Feng Qin (Pasadena, California); Irvin S. Y. Chen (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Dong Sung An (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention provides methods and compositions for the expression of small RNA molecules within a cell using a retroviral vector. The methods can be used to express double stranded RNA complexes. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) can be expressed using the methods of the invention within a cell, that interfere with a viral life cycle by down regulating either the viral genome, a viral genome transcript, or a host cell that. In another aspect the invention provides methods for treating patients having suffering from infection, particularly infection with HIV. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/243553 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 07919310 | Weichselbaum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph R. Weichselbaum (Chicago, Illinois); Dennis E. Hallahan (Nashville, Tennessee); Donald W. Kufe (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Vikas P. Sukhatme (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure demonstrates the successful use of constitutive promoters operatively linked to genes encoding radiosensitizing or radioprotecting factors, administered to cells, tissues, or patients in conjunction with radiation exposure. Also disclosed are pharmacological preparations to be used to increase the levels of radiosensitizing compounds such as TNF-α, or radioprotective compounds such as MnSOD, in specified tissues or tumors of a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/019428 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 07919317 | Lipton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart A. Lipton (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Shu-ichi Okamoto (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of differentiating progenitor cells to produce a population containing protected neuronal cells. A method of the invention includes the steps of contacting the progenitor cells with a differentiating agent; and introducing into the progenitor cells a nucleic acid molecule encoding a MEF2 polypeptide or an active fragment thereof, thereby differentiating the progenitor cells to produce a population containing protected neuronal cells. In one embodiment, the MEF2 polypeptide is human MEF2C or an active fragment thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/876187 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
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| US 07919329 | Cowley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Cowley (Portland, Oregon); Roger Cone (Oregon City, Oregon); Malcolm Low (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Andrew Butler (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Screening methods of use in identifying agents that affect caloric intake, food intake, appetite, and energy expenditure are disclosed herein. These methods are used to identify agents of use in treating obesity, or that can be used to decrease the weight of a subject. These methods can also be used to identify agents of use in treating anorexia or cachexia and can be used to increase appetite and to increase the weight and lean body mass of a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/019609 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501 |
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| US 07919466 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Buellton, California); Lianglin Zhang (San Diego, California); Douglas Hanahan (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for and involving selectively targeting tumor lymphatics. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/670318 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/19.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919475 | Dillmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wolfgang Dillmann (Solana Beach, California); Raymond Clark (San Marcos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to treating or ameliorating heart disease associated with poor myocardial performance, e.g., diabetic cardiomyopathy and associated disorders, particularly to treating, preventing or ameliorating such disorders through inhibition of O-GlcNAcylation and/or increased activity of O-GlnNAcase. The invention provides vectors for gene transfer of O-GlnNAcase. In one aspect, the invention provides cells, vectors, formulations comprising them and methods of using them, for the gene transfer of the human O-GlnNAcase gene, e.g., to treat conditions and diseases associated with impaired cardiac contractility, such as that, found associated with diabetic cardiomyopathy. In another aspect, the invention provides non-human transgenic animals and host cells comprising genetically engineered cells having increased activity of O-GlnNAcase. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/574232 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919477 | Klinman 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) | Dennis Klinman (Potomac, Maryland); Ken Ishii (Columbia, Maryland); Daniela Verthelyi (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions including multiple oligodeoxynucleotides with a CpG motif are disclosed herein. The compositions can include either D or K type oligodeoxynucleotides. These compositions are of use in inducing an immune response in a large percentage of the individuals in a population. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/801984 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919478 | Brem |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold Brem (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and means have been developed to deliver a therapeutic dose or dosages of the angiogenic molecule, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) that results in a statically significant decrease in the time to achieve 100% wound closure and accelerates the rate of healing in experimental diabetic ulcers. Toxicity is evaluated by measuring any local inflammatory response at the wound site, the systemic absorption of VEGF, and the effect on distant organs that may be particularly susceptible to VEGF therapy (e.g., retinopathy and hepatitis) The angiogenic response is quantified by measuring the change in collagen deposition, epithelialization, and the closure rates of diabetic ulcers after therapeutic dosing with ADV-VEGF. Sustained administration of VEGF, stimulates and accelerates the healing process as evidenced by a reduced time to complete healing (defined by 100% epithelialization and no drainage) in experimental diabetic ulcers, with minimal to no toxicity. Important features of the method and reagents for use therein are that the VEGF is released into the ulcer in a sufficient quantity over a period of time for at least two to six weeks, or to closure of the wound. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/017688 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919485 | Watterson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Martin Watterson (Chicago, Illinois); Linda J. Van Eldik (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods useful in treating diseases and disorders related to protein kinases. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods useful for targeting protein kinases related to mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways (e.g., p38 MAPK, JNK, ERK, and upstream and downstream protein kinases) and/or casein kinase (CK) pathways (e.g., CK1δ, and upstream and downstream protein kinases), and diseases and disorders related to MAPK pathways (e.g., p38 MAPK, JNK, ERK, and upstream and downstream protein kinases) and/or CK pathways (e.g., CK1δ, and upstream and downstream protein kinases). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/566153 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
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| US 07919577 | Brennan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado Seminary (Denver, Colorado); Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles B. Brennan (Denver, Colorado); Jessica L Costa (Auckland, New Zealand); Robert M. Dores (Littleton, Colorado); Ute H. Hochgeschwender (Durham, North Carolina); Carrie Haskell-Luevano (Archer, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | ACTH analog compounds of the present invention include compounds comprising an ACTH peptide sequence with one or more structural modifications that can have one or more of the following preferred ACTH analog biological functions: (1) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of the ACTH analog compared to unmodified ACTH, (2) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of endogenous ACTH and (3) increased MC-2R binding affinity with reduced activation of the MC-2R receptor compared to unmodified ACTH binding to the MC-2R melanocortin. The ACTH analog compounds of the present invention are therefore useful for treatment or prevention of diseases and disorders related to ACTH, ACTH receptors or corticosteroid secretion, such as premature labor and Cushing's Disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666485 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919578 | Melnick et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ari M. Melnick (New York, New York); Jonathan D. Licht (Northbrook, Illinois); Gilbert Privé (Toronto, Canada); Khaja Farid Ahmad (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are peptides or mimetics that block corepressor binding to a BCL6 lateral groove. Also provided are methods of blocking corepressor binding to the BCL6 lateral groove. Additionally, methods of inhibiting BCL6 repression in a mammalian, cell, and methods of treating a mammal with cancer are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/582662 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
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| US 07919588 | Tessier-Lavigne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Tessier-Lavigne (San Francisco, California); E. David Leonardo (San Francisco, California); Lindsay Hinck (San Francisco, California); Masayuki Masu (San Francisco, California); Kazuko Keino-Masu (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions relating to vertebrate UNC-5 proteins which function as receptor proteins for netrins, a family of cell guidance proteins. The proteins may be produced recombinantly from transformed host cells from the disclosed vertebrate UNC-5 encoding nucleic acid or purified from human cells. The invention provides specific hybridization probes and primers capable of specifically hybridizing with the disclosed vertebrate unc-5 gene, vertebrate UNC-5-specific binding agents such as specific antibodies, and methods of making and using the subject compositions in diagnosis, therapy and in the biopharmaceutical industry. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/151062 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07919590 | Harris 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) | Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland); Makoto Nagashima (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of novel human tumor suppressors, antibodies to such tumor suppressors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and proteins, methods of screening for modulators of tumor suppressors, and methods of diagnosing and treating tumors with such nucleic acids and proteins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/203836 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07919603 | Nudler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evgeny A. Nudler (New York, New York); Ilya Shamovsky (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel RNA, designated herein as the “HSR1” (Heat Shock RNA), and its use together with translation elongation factor eEF1A in activation of heat shock transcription factor HSF. The invention further provides the use of HSR1 for generation of novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, ischemia, neurodegeneration, age-related diseases, HIV infection, deafness, and related disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, December 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/612156 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07919607 | Kashmiri 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) | Syed V. S. Kashmiri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Eduardo A. Padlan (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides humanized CC49 monoclonal antibodies that bind TAG-72 with high binding affinity and that are minimally immunogenic. In one embodiment, a humanized CC49 antibody includes a non-conservative amino acid substitution in a light chain complementarity determining region 3 of the CC49 antibody. In a further embodiment, the humanized CC49 antibody includes a non-conservative substitution of a first residue in a light chain complementarity determining region 3 and a substitution of a second residue in a complementarity determining region of the humanized CC49 antibody. In several of the embodiments, methods are disclosed for the use of a humanized CC49 antibody in the detection or treatment of a tumor in a subject. Also disclosed is a kit including the humanized CC49 antibody described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474221 |
| 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 07919610 | Serebriiskii et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilya G. Serebriiskii (Rockledge, Pennsylvania); Erica A. Golemis (Oreland, Pennsylvania); J. Keith Joung (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A combined yeast/bacterial two-hybrid system is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/574378 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
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| US 07919615 | Balakumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arumugham Balakumar (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kannan Muthukumaran (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a 5-formylporphyrin, comprises the steps of: condensing a 5-acetaldipyrromethane with a dipyrromethane-1,9-dicarbinol to produce a porphyrin having an acetal group substituted thereon at the 5 position; and then hydrolyzing said porphyrin to produce said 5-formylporphyrin. Products and intermediates useful in such methods, along with methods of making such intermediates, are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/362714 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 07919636 | Seeram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Navindra P. Seeram (Los Angeles, California); David Heber (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of purified and biologically active ellagitannins are provided by separation from pomegranate husk using a method of extraction and purification using a solid polymeric adsorbent and the uses of the said compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/143657 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/278 |
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| US 07919647 | Dalton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Dalton (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Yali He (Germantown, Tennessee); Donghua Yin (Pawcatuck, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a class of androgen receptor targeting agents. The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM). |
| FILED | Thursday, February 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/355187 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/414 |
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| US 07920972 | Szyperski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Szyperski (Amherst, New York); Hanudatta S. Atreya (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a suite of G2FT and GFT NMR experiments that can be used for complete resonance assignments of proteins and for obtaining structural (conformational and orientational) constraints for determining high resolution three-dimensional structures of biomolecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/253262 |
| 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 72/27 |
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| US RE42275 | Berkman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cancer Targeted Technology LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifford E. Berkman (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the formula, A—L—B, wherein A is glutamate or a glutamate analog; L is a phosphoramidate or a phosphoramidate analog; and B is serine or a serine analog are described which are potent inhibitors of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PMSA). Such compounds are useful in treatment of prostate cancer; and when chemically attached to a fluorescent dye, can efficiently and selectively label prostate cancer cells for fluorescent imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/835257 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07918244 | Prakash et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manu Prakash (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluid-based no-moving part logic devices are constructed from complex sequences of micro- and nanofluidic channels, on-demand bubble/droplet modulators and generators for programming the devices, and micro- and nanofluidic droplet/bubble memory elements for storage and retrieval of biological or chemical elements. The input sequence of bubbles/droplets encodes information, with the output being another sequence of bubbles/droplets or on-chip chemical synthesis. For performing a set of reactions/tasks or process control, the modulators can be used to program the device by producing a precisely timed sequence of bubbles/droplets, resulting in a cascade of logic operations within the micro- or nanofluidic channel sequence, utilizing the generated droplets/bubbles as a control. The devices are based on the principle of minimum energy interfaces formed between the two fluid phases enclosed inside precise channel geometries. Various devices, including logic gates, non-volatile bistable memory, ring oscillators, bubble synchronizers, analysis chips, and printers have been designed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/028776 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/806 |
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| US 07919012 | Peng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaogang Peng (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Jianqing Li (Los Angeles, California); David Battaglia (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Y. Andrew Wang (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Yunjun Wang (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new compositions containing nearly monodisperse colloidal core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PL QY), as well as other complex structured semiconductor nanocrystals. This invention also provides new synthetic methods for preparing these nanocrystals, and new devices comprising these compositions. In addition to core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals, this patent application also provides complex semiconductor nanostructures, quantum shells, quantum wells, doped nanocrystals, and other multiple-shelled semiconductor nanocrystals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/721185 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.6S0 |
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| US 07919172 | Schueller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olivier J. A. Schueller (Arlington, Massachusetts); David C. Duffy (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Scott T. Brittain (Durham, North Carolina); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for positioning separate portions of a sample in elongate, parallel channels of a sample chamber and for irradiating a sample in the chamber to create a diffraction pattern where the sample and chamber differ in refractive index. The system also can measure absorption of electromagnetic radiation by a sample in the chamber, and can measure the absorption simultaneously with measurement of diffraction by the sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/824331 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/188 |
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| US 07919330 | de Guzman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Patrick de Guzman (Orange, California); Wayne Po-Wen Liu (Los Angeles, California); Uichong Brandon Yi (Los Angeles, California); Chang-Jin Kim (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of improving microfluidic assays are disclosed. Assays can be improved (better signal to noise ratio) by using sessile drop evaporation as an analyte concentration step (enhanced signal) and repeated passes of wash droplets as a means to reduce non-specific binding (noise reduction). In addition multiple massively parallel analyses improve the statistical precision of the analyses. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/917655 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/514 |
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| US 07919577 | Brennan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado Seminary (Denver, Colorado); Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles B. Brennan (Denver, Colorado); Jessica L Costa (Auckland, New Zealand); Robert M. Dores (Littleton, Colorado); Ute H. Hochgeschwender (Durham, North Carolina); Carrie Haskell-Luevano (Archer, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | ACTH analog compounds of the present invention include compounds comprising an ACTH peptide sequence with one or more structural modifications that can have one or more of the following preferred ACTH analog biological functions: (1) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of the ACTH analog compared to unmodified ACTH, (2) reduction of corticosteroid secretion by adrenal membrane in the presence of endogenous ACTH and (3) increased MC-2R binding affinity with reduced activation of the MC-2R receptor compared to unmodified ACTH binding to the MC-2R melanocortin. The ACTH analog compounds of the present invention are therefore useful for treatment or prevention of diseases and disorders related to ACTH, ACTH receptors or corticosteroid secretion, such as premature labor and Cushing's Disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/666485 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/306 |
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| US 07919601 | Ramadugu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated Plant Genetics, Inc. (Alachua, Florida); University of Florida Research Foundation (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandrika Ramadugu (Riverside, California); Dean William Gabriel (Gainsville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides: 1) methods for the identification of broad-spectrum holins with a high level of nonenzymatic activity in membranes; 2) conditions required for maintaining and increasing the anti-microbial and anti-pest efficacy of holins in gene fusions; 3) a method for effective targeting of holins expressed in plants through use of a leader peptide to direct the holin protein to the plant apoplast and xylem; 4) methods for the control of bacterial and fungal diseases of plants and control of insect and nematode pests that attack plants by expression of gene fusions involving holins, C-terminal additions and leader peptides, and optionally, endolysins; 5) methods for increasing the shelf-life of cut flowers, and 6) transgenic plants useful for the production of novel antimicrobial proteins based upon holins. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/556563 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920942 | Lasseter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Lasseter (Madison, Wisconsin); Paolo Piagi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microsource is provided, which includes an energy storage device, a power generation device, and a controller. The energy storage device is operably coupled for power transfer to a load through a first power bus. The power generation device is operably coupled for power transfer to the load through a second power bus. The controller determines a mode of operation for the energy storage device and the power generation device based on an energy level of the energy storage device and on the load; determines minimum power set points and maximum power set points for the energy storage device and the power generation device based on the determined mode of operation, on a storage output power measured at the first power bus, and on a generation output power measured at the second power bus; and controls an output power of the energy storage device and an output power of the power generation device based on the determined minimum and maximum power set points. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/681017 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/286 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07920972 | Szyperski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Szyperski (Amherst, New York); Hanudatta S. Atreya (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a suite of G2FT and GFT NMR experiments that can be used for complete resonance assignments of proteins and for obtaining structural (conformational and orientational) constraints for determining high resolution three-dimensional structures of biomolecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/253262 |
| 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 72/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07921402 | He |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lei He (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described herein which consider both die-to-die and within-die variations in effective channel length, threshold voltage, and gate oxide thickness, based on first developing closed-form models of chip level FPGA leakage and timing variations. Execution times are significantly reduced using these methods in comparison to performing detailed evaluation. The teachings provide mean and standard deviation which were found to be within 3% from those computed by Monte Carlo simulation, while leakage and delay variations can be up to 3× and 1.9×, respectively. Analytical yield models are derived which consider both leakage and timing variations, and use such models to evaluate FPGA device and architecture in response to process variations. The teachings allow improved modeling of leakage and timing yields and thus co-optimization to improve yield rates. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/965483 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07918721 | Hoskinson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reed L. Hoskinson (Rigby, Idaho); Kevin L. Kenney (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Christopher T. Wright (Idaho Falls, Idaho); J. Richard Hess (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A particulate residue separator and a method for separating a particulate residue stream may include an air plenum borne by a harvesting device, and have a first, intake end and a second, exhaust end; first and second particulate residue air streams that are formed by the harvesting device and that travel, at least in part, along the air plenum and in a direction of the second, exhaust end; and a baffle assembly that is located in partially occluding relation relative to the air plenum and that substantially separates the first and second particulate residue air streams. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/777670 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Crop threshing or separating 460/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07918980 | Morozov |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor Morozov (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow cell for electrophoretically-assisted capturing analytes from a flow. The flow cell includes a specimen chamber, a first membrane, a second membrane, a first electrode chamber, and a second electrode chamber. The specimen chamber may have a sample inlet and a sample outlet. A first portion of the first membrane may be coupled to a first portion of the specimen chamber. A first portion of the second membrane may be coupled to a second portion of the specimen chamber. The first electrode chamber may be configured to accept a charge. A portion of the first electrode chamber may be coupled to a second portion of the first membrane. A second electrode chamber may be configured to accept an opposite charge. A portion of the second electrode chamber may be coupled to a second portion of the second membrane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/397906 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919207 | Belharouak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U Chicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilias Belharouak (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Oak Brook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Primary and secondary Li-ion and lithium-metal based electrochemical cell systems. The suppression of gas generation is achieved through the addition of an additive or additives to the electrolyte system of respective cell, or to the cell itself whether it be a liquid, a solid- or plasticized polymer electrolyte system. The gas suppression additives are primarily based on unsaturated hydrocarbons. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/156286 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919214 | 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 Perovskite AMeO3, wherein A is at least one of lanthanum and a combination of lanthanum and strontium and Me is one or more of transition metals, lithiated NiO (LixNiO, where x is 0.1 to 1) and X-doped LiMeO2, wherein X is one of Mg, Ca, and Co. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137018 |
| 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 07919435 | Goyal |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Goyal (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for producing a defect-containing superconducting film, the method comprising (a) depositing a phase-separable layer epitaxially onto a biaxially-textured substrate, wherein the phase-separable layer includes at least two phase-separable components; (b) achieving nanoscale phase separation of the phase-separable layer such that a phase-separated layer including at least two phase-separated components is produced; and (c) depositing a superconducting film epitaxially onto said phase-separated components of the phase-separated layer such that nanoscale features of the phase-separated layer are propagated into the superconducting film. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/242021 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919758 | Stephan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Material Innovations, Inc. (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew C. Stephan (Knoxville, Tennessee); Vincent D. Jardret (Powell, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutron detector has a volume of neutron moderating material and a plurality of individual neutron sensing elements dispersed at selected locations throughout the moderator, and particularly arranged so that some of the detecting elements are closer to the surface of the moderator assembly and others are more deeply embedded. The arrangement captures some thermalized neutrons that might otherwise be scattered away from a single, centrally located detector element. Different geometrical arrangements may be used while preserving its fundamental characteristics. Different types of neutron sensing elements may be used, which may operate on any of a number of physical principles to perform the function of sensing a neutron, either by a capture or a scattering reaction, and converting that reaction to a detectable signal. High detection efficiency, an ability to acquire spectral information, and directional sensitivity may be obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/586948 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07921428 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Archer (Rochester, Minnesota); Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Joseph D. Ratterman (Rochester, Minnesota); Brian E. Smith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Data communications, including issuing, by an application program to a high level data communications library, a request for initialization of a data communications service; issuing to a low level data communications library a request for registration of data communications functions; registering the data communications functions, including instantiating a factory object for each of the one or more data communications functions; issuing by the application program an instruction to execute a designated data communications function; issuing, to the low level data communications library, an instruction to execute the designated data communications function, including passing to the low level data communications library a call parameter that identifies a factory object; creating with the identified factory object the data communications object that implements the data communications function according to the protocol; and executing by the low level data communications library the designated data communications function. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/764302 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07919015 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuning Li (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A process including: providing a composition comprising silver-containing nanoparticles and molecules of an initial stabilizer on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles; and mixing a replacement stabilizer comprising a carboxylic acid with the composition to replace at least a portion of the initial stabilizer with the replacement stabilizer, resulting in molecules of the replacement stabilizer on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543661 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/514 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919573 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuning Li (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer comprising one or more types of repeat units, wherein the polymer includes a substituted thieno[3,2-b]thiophene component A and a different component B in the same type of repeat unit or in different types of repeat units, and wherein the polymer excludes a substituted or unsubstituted thieno[2,3-b]thiophene moiety. The polymer can be used as a semiconductor in electronics such as in organic thin film transistors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/280119 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919574 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuning Li (Singapore, Singapore); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Oakville, Canada); Beng S Ong (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer comprising one or more types of repeat units, wherein the polymer includes a substituted thieno[3,2-b]thiophene component A and a different component B in the same type of repeat unit or in different types of repeat units, and wherein the polymer excludes a substituted or unsubstituted thieno[2,3-b]thiophene moiety. The polymer can be used as a semiconductor in electronics such as in organic thin film transistors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331571 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07920767 — Suppression of higher-order modes by resonant coupling in bend-compensated optical fibers
| US 07920767 | Fini |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | OFS Fitel, LLC (Norcross, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Fini (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The effect of bending is anticipated in an optical fiber design, so that resonant coupling remains an effective strategy for suppressing HOMs. The index profile of the fiber and its bend radius are configured so that there is selective resonant coupling of at least one HOM, but not the fundamental mode, in the bent segment of the fiber. In an illustrative embodiment, the core and cladding regions are configured to support the propagation of signal light in a fundamental transverse mode and at least one higher-order transverse mode in the core region. The cladding region includes an outer cladding region and an annular trench region. The trench region includes at least one axially extending, raised-index pedestal (waveguide) region having a refractive index higher than that of the outer cladding region. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/215313 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07918977 | Dorisio Deininger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synkera Technologies, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debra J. Dorisio Deininger (Longmont, Colorado); Clayton J. Kostelecky (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical gas sensor, a method for making the sensor and methods for the detection of a gaseous species. The electrochemical gas sensor is a solid-state gas sensor that includes a solid polymer electrolyte. A working electrode is separated from a counter electrode by the solid polymer electrolyte. The sensor can include a multilaminate structure for improved detection properties, where electrode microbands are disposed within the solid polymer electrolyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/533729 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919184 | Mohapatra et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Satish C. Mohapatra (Easton, Pennsylvania); Edward David Sudol (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Kejian Bian (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Li Zhang (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Eric Scott Daniels (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Victoria Laurentia Dimonie (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Andrew Klein (Somerville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and composition for making hybrid nanoparticles and use of such nanoparticles are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise a phase change material (PCM) and a metal layer encapsulating the phase change material. In another embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise a phase change material, a polymer layer encapsulating the phase change material, and an outer metal layer encapsulating the polymer layer. In another embodiment of the invention, the hybrid nanoparticles comprise an inner core of a PCM encapsulated by a polymer shell containing embedded nanoparticles that have a high thermal conductivity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/894883 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919189 | Bulluck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Brad A. Rix (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition and process for manufacturing a camouflaged aircraft component. The process includes providing an aircraft component; applying an uncured coating onto the aircraft component wherein the uncured coating comprises polysilazane resin, at least one pigment, at least one matting agent, and at least one diluent; allowing the diluent to evaporate; curing the coating to provided a cured coating that comprises cured polysilazane, at least one pigment, and at least one matting agent. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/215376 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/447 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07919758 | Stephan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Material Innovations, Inc. (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew C. Stephan (Knoxville, Tennessee); Vincent D. Jardret (Powell, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutron detector has a volume of neutron moderating material and a plurality of individual neutron sensing elements dispersed at selected locations throughout the moderator, and particularly arranged so that some of the detecting elements are closer to the surface of the moderator assembly and others are more deeply embedded. The arrangement captures some thermalized neutrons that might otherwise be scattered away from a single, centrally located detector element. Different geometrical arrangements may be used while preserving its fundamental characteristics. Different types of neutron sensing elements may be used, which may operate on any of a number of physical principles to perform the function of sensing a neutron, either by a capture or a scattering reaction, and converting that reaction to a detectable signal. High detection efficiency, an ability to acquire spectral information, and directional sensitivity may be obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/586948 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07920984 | Farritor |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane Michael Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | An on-board, non-contact measurement system and method is disclosed for measuring track quality, vertical track stiffness and vertical track modulus for a portion of track underlying the rail vehicle. The system comprises two or more position sensors for determining the position profile of the track and a computation system for determining the vertical displacement of the track. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/049805 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 07921066 | Van Dyke Parunak et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Van Dyke Parunak (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sven Brueckner (Dexter, Michigan); Robert S. Matthews (Saline, Michigan); John A. Sauter (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Steven M. Brophy (Saline, Michigan); Robert J. Bisson (Dexter, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of predicting the behavior of software agents in a simulated environment involves modeling a plurality of software agents representing entities to be analyzed, which may be human beings. Using a set of parameters that governs the behavior of the agents, the internal state of at least one of the agents is estimated by its behavior in the simulation, including its movement within the environment. This facilitates a prediction of the likely future behavior of the agent based solely upon its internal state; that is, without recourse to any intentional agent communications. In the preferred embodiment the simulated environment is based upon a digital pheromone infrastructure. The simulation integrates knowledge of threat regions, a cognitive analysis of the agent's beliefs, desires, and intentions, a model of the agent's emotional disposition and state, and the dynamics of interactions with the environment. By evolving agents in this rich environment, we can fit their internal state to their observed behavior. In realistic wargame scenarios, the system successfully detects deliberately played emotions and makes reasonable predictions about the entities' future behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/548909 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Federal Reserve Bank (FED)
| US 07918386 | Mueller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri); Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall Lee Mueller (Kansas City, Missouri); Richard Rodrigues (Naperville, Illinois); David Treptow (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A printed cash letter includes a machine-readable identifier, such as a barcode, identifying the cash letter. Upon printing, information from the identifier is read and stored in a first record. To determine whether the cash letter is a duplicate, a check presentment module compares information from the identifier with information in the first record. If information identifying the cash letter already exists in the first record, the cash letter is a duplicate. To verify cash letter printing, information identifying multiple cash letters to be printed is stored in a second record. Upon printing a portion of the cash letters, information read from identifiers on the printed cash letters is compared with information in the second record. If the second record includes information regarding a cash letter not identified in the information scanned from the barcodes, then the check presentment module identifies the cash letter as having not been printed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/982950 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07919891 | Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Wilson (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Andrew Punnoose (Ashburn, Virginia); Katherine Strausser (Houston, Texas); Neil Parikh (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A directed flux motor described utilizes the directed magnetic flux of at least one magnet through ferrous material to drive different planetary gear sets to achieve capabilities in six actuated shafts that are grouped three to a side of the motor. The flux motor also utilizes an interwoven magnet configuration which reduces the overall size of the motor. The motor allows for simple changes to modify the torque to speed ratio of the gearing contained within the motor as well as simple configurations for any number of output shafts up to six. The changes allow for improved manufacturability and reliability within the design. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/888858 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/83 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07921285 | Partridge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig Partridge (East Lansing, Michigan); Walter Clark Milliken (Dover, New Hampshire); David Patrick Mankins (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention reduce the probability of success of a DOS attack on a node receiving packets by decreasing the probability of random collisions of packets sent by a malicious user with those sent by honest users. The probability of random collisions may be reduced in one class of embodiments of the invention by supplementing the identification field of the IP header of each transmitted packet with at least one bit from another field of the header. The probability of random collisions may be reduced in another class of embodiments of the invention by ensuring that packets sent from a transmitting IPsec node to a receiving IPsec node are not fragmented. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/714101 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07919301 | Skiadopoulos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health of Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mario H. Skiadopoulos (Potomac, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Peter L. Collins (Silver Springs, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant human parainfluenza virus type 2 (HPIV2) viruses and related immunogenic compositions and methods are provided. The recombinant HPIV2 viruses, including HPIV2 chimeric and chimeric vector viruses, provided according to the invention are infectious and attenuated in permissive mammalian subjects, including humans, and are useful in immunogenic compositions for eliciting an immune responses against one or more PIVs, against one or more non-PIV pathogens, or against a PIV and a non-PIV pathogen. Also provided are isolated polynucleotide molecules and vectors incorporating a recombinant HPIV2 genome or antigenome. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/864120 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07919302 | Valles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Valles (Gainesville, Florida); Charles A. Strong (Gainesville, Florida); Yoshifumi Hashimoto (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A Unique Solenopsis invicta viruse (SINV2) have been identified and its genome sequenced. Oligonucleotide primers have been developed using the isolated nucleic acid sequences of the SINV2. The virus is used as a biocontrol agent for control of fire ants. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/113432 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, April 05, 2011.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
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.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2011/fedinvent-patents-20110405.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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