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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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| US 07938486 | Porat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Association for Public Health Services (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gadi Porat (Jerusalem, Israel); Yehuda Cohen (Jerusalem, Israel); Adi Cohen (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | An article for improving the posture of an individual sitting on a chair. The article includes a back covering member positionable on the back support portion of the chair and covering at least a portion thereof. The article is configured to annoy the individual when the individual is sitting in a manner deleterious to proper posture. The article includes a means for removably attaching the back covering member to the chair. There is also taught another article for improving the posture of an individual sitting on a chair. The article includes a seat covering member positionable on the seat support portion of the chair and covering at least a portion thereof. The article is configured to annoy the individual when the individual is sitting in a manner deleterious to proper posture. The article includes a means for removably attaching the seat covering member to the chair. |
| FILED | Friday, August 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/541296 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Chairs and seats 297/284.500 |
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| US 07938538 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhong-Lin Lu (Irvine, California); Luis A. Lesmes (LaJolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for efficient adaptive measurement and classification of contrast sensitivity functions and spatiotemporal contrast sensitivity surface by selecting the most informative stimulus before each trial. Also disclosed are devices for implementing such methods. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/463901 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/222 |
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| US 07939021 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory F. Smith (Durham, North Carolina); Ryan A. Sturmer (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Y. Paik (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Keith R. Brafford (Durham, North Carolina); Richard M. West (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A droplet actuator with cartridge is provided. According to one embodiment, a sample analyzer is provided and includes an analyzer unit comprising electronic or optical receiving means, a cartridge comprising self-contained droplet handling capabilities, and a wherein the cartridge is coupled to the analyzer unit by a means which aligns electronic and/or optical outputs from the cartridge with electronic or optical receiving means on the analyzer unit. According to another embodiment, a sample analyzer is provided and includes a sample analyzer comprising a cartridge coupled thereto and a means of electrical interface and/or optical interface between the cartridge and the analyzer, whereby electrical signals and/or optical signals may be transmitted from the cartridge to the analyzer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/838450 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/68.100 |
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| US 07939056 | Horwitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Horwitz (Lexington, Massachusetts); James Fox (Harvard, Massachusetts); Susan Erdman (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Anne Davidson (Ardsley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for the treatment of adenocarcinomas that are characterized by the overexpression of a particular oncogene, Pim-1. The procedure involves administering a therapeutically effective amount of interleukin-10 that has been coupled to a carrier that increases its circulating plasma half-life. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/598002 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.100 |
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| US 07939057 | Battista et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michela Battista (Bronx, New York); Paul S. Frenette (New York, New York); Wei-Ming Kao (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modulating the mobilization of stem cells, particularly for promoting or increasing the mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells from the bone marrow to the peripheral blood are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to the use of adrenergic agonists that act in concert with a mobilization compound or agent. The mobilization agent(s) may act to decrease the expression or function of the chemokine, CXCL12, or may act to block or antagonize CXCR4. The invention also relates to methods of using these compounds or agents for enhancing the mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells when harvesting of the stem cells is necessary for the treatment of diseases, disabilities or conditions whereby transplantation of such cells would be beneficial in ameliorating the symptoms associated with such diseases, disabilities or conditions. Methods of screening for novel agents and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these agents are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/698291 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.100 |
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| US 07939059 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lili Yang (Pasadena, California); Luk Van Parijs (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Baltimore (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides systems and methods for the generation of lymphocytes having a unique antigen specificity. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides methods of virally infecting cells from bone marrow with one or more viral vectors that encode antigen-specific antibodies for the production of, for example B cells and T cells. In some embodiments, the viral vectors include an IRES or 2A element to promote separation of, for example, the α subunit and β subunit of a T cell receptor (TCR) or heavy and light chains of a B-cell antibody. The resulting lymphocytes, express the particular antibody that was introduced in the case of B cells and TCR in the case of T cells. The lymphocytes generated can be used for a variety of therapeutic purposes including the treatment of various cancers and the generation of a desired immune response to viruses and other pathogens. The resulting cells develop normally and respond to antigen both in vitro and in vivo. We also show that it is possible to modify the function of lymphocytes by using stem cells from different genetic backgrounds. Thus our system constitutes a powerful tool to generate desired lymphocyte populations both for research and therapy. Future applications of this technology may include treatments for infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, cancer therapy, allergy, and autoimmune disease. |
| FILED | Friday, September 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/517814 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
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| US 07939063 | Cines et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas B. Cines (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Mortimer Poncz (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant nucleic acid molecules are constructed with a first sequence encoding a transgene under the control of regulatory sequences that direct expression of the transgene product in a hematopoietic stem cell, or a progenitor cell therefrom or cell differentiated therefrom. In one embodiment, the cell which expresses the transgene is a secretory cell. The cell is a megakaryotic progenitor cell, or a cell further differentiated therefrom, such as a platelet. The cell is a granulocyte/macrophage progenitor cell or a cell further differentiated therefrom, such as a mast cell or neutrophils. Such host cells containing the molecule or the molecule itself are employed in methods for treating or preventing infection, inflammation or vascular injuries or any disorders involving or mediated by cells of the hematopoietic lineage. |
| FILED | Monday, October 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/581559 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.720 |
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| US 07939072 | Yarden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yosef Yarden (Rechovot, Israel); Michael Sela (Rechovot, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying a combination of antibodies with a combined improved anti tumor activity is provided. The method comprising identifying at least two anti RTK antibodies capable of inducing synergistic endocytosis of the RTK in a cell expressing the RTK, thereby identifying the combination of antibodies with the combined improved anti-tumor activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/320207 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/138.100 |
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| US 07939083 | Dey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antu K. Dey (Auburndale, Massachusetts); John P. Moore (New York, New York); William C. Olson (Yorktown Heights, New York); Sai Prasad N. Iyer (East Elmhurst, New York); Yun (Kenneth) Kang (Livingston, New Jersey); Michael Franti (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a modified gp140 envelope polypeptide of an HIV-1 isolate comprising a gp120 polypeptide portion comprising consecutive amino acids and a gp41 ectodomain polypeptide portion comprising consecutive amino acids, said gp41 ectodomain polypeptide portion being modified to comprise isoleucine (I) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 535; glutamine (Q) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 543; serine (S) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 553; lysine (K) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 567; and arginine (R) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 588, the amino acid positions being numbered by reference to the HIV-1 isolate KNH1144. This invention also provides nucleic acids encoding such a polypeptide, vectors, host cells, trimeric complexes and compositions thereof. Also provided are antibodies generated against the modified polypeptides and trimeric complexes, and methods of using the modified polypeptides, compositions and trimeric complexes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/312016 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/208.100 |
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| US 07939089 | Jacobs, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Jacobs, Jr. (Pelham, New York); Glenn J. Fennelly (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are mycobacteria comprising a recombinant gene operably liked to a mammalian promoter that directs expression of the recombinant gene from a mammalian cell. Also provided are mammalian cells comprising the above mycobacteria. Additionally provided are mycobacterial plasmids capable of replication in a mycobacterium. Further provided are methods of expressing a recombinant gene in a mammalian cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/794372 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/248.100 |
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| US 07939252 | Goldsmith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edie C. Goldsmith (Lexington, South Carolina); Jack G. Goldsmith (Lexington, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method for direct quantification of gene expression using capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence to measure RNA in a sample. Also provided is a method of diagnosing a disease in a subject, wherein the disease is caused by increased or decreased expression of a causative gene. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/455275 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07939253 | Lessnick |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Lessnick (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the detection and treatment of Ewing's sarcoma. In particular, the methods of detection relate to measuring in Ewing's sarcoma cells the expression of the NKX2.2 gene, as well as targets genes downstream of NKX2.2. The compositions and method of treatment for Ewing's sarcoma involve therapeutic agents that target the expression of the NKX2.2 gene or block the activity of the NKX2.2 protein. Also provided are methods of screening therapeutic agents that affect the expression of the NKX2.2 gene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/746376 |
| 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 435/6 |
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| US 07939257 | Kwitek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne E. Kwitek (Iowa City, Iowa); Andrea Baessler (Sinzing, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for predicting the risk of obesity. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for determining a subject's risk of obesity based on the presence of polymorphisms in the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR). |
| FILED | Friday, May 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/914326 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07939263 | Clarke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Clarke (Menlo Park, California); Xinhao Wang (Fremont, California); John A. Lewicki (Los Gatos, California); Austin L. Gurney (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating, characterizing, and diagnosing cancer. In particular, the present invention provides gene expression profiles and signatures associated with solid tumor stem cells, as well as novel stem cell cancer markers useful for the diagnosis, characterization, prognosis and treatment of solid tumor stem cells. More particularly, the present invention identifies two profiles of cancer stem cells useful for the diagnosis, characterization, and treatment of cancer and cancer metastases. The invention also provides a variety of reagents such as stem cell gene signatures for use in the diagnosis and management of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/512655 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07939274 | Stearns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Stearns (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Youji Hu (Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania); Min Wang (Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel nucleic acids encoding a mammalian PCADM-1 gene, and proteins encoded thereby, whose expression is increased in certain diseases, disorders, or conditions, including, but not limited to, prostate cancer. The invention further relates to methods of detecting and treating prostate cancer, comprising modulating or detecting PCADM-1 expression and/or production and activity of PCADM-1 polypeptide. Further, the invention relates to novel assays for the identification of DNA-binding proteins and the double-stranded oligonucleotide sequences that specifically bind with them. Finally, the invention relates to DNAZYMs or DNA enzymes which specifically bind PCADM-1 mRNA to inhibit PCADM-1 gene expression and thereby destroy tumor cells and tumor tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/782599 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07939279 | Zuker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Department of Health and Human Services (Rockland, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S Zuker (San Diego, California); Nicholas J. P. Ryba (Bethesda, Maryland); Isolde Erlenbach (Bethesda, Maryland); Grace Q Zhao (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet taste receptors, the receptors comprising consisting of a monomer or homodimer of a T1R3 G-protein coupled receptor polypeptide, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet and amino acid taste receptors. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/257290 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
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| US 07939281 | Wilkes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Wilkes (Indianapolis, Indiana); Michael J. Klemsz (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments include methods for diagnosing and treating medical conditions that involve an autoimmune response to connective tissue such as collagen found in organs such as the lung. In one method pulmonary disease and disorders such as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) are diagnosed by analyzing fluid or tissue samples obtained from a patient for evidence of an autoimmune response to various types of collagen including, for example, Type V. One type of assay for evidence of an autoimmune response to Type V collagen comprises the steps of obtaining a fluid or tissue sample from a patient, contacting at least a portion of the sample with antigen to anti-Type V collagen antibody and monitoring the mixture of sample and antigen for changes indicative of the presence of anti-Type V collagen in the sample. Another embodiment includes treating pulmonary diseases such as IPF by administering a therapeutically effective dose of epitopes of various collagens including Type V collagen. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/823570 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
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| US 07939287 | Tsimikas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sotirios Tsimikas (San Diego, California); Joseph Witztum (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for identifying individuals at risk for developing coronary artery disease (CAD). |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/465930 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/11 |
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| US 07939292 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongfang Liu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Kevin Pojasek (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zachary Shriver (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kristine Holley (Boston, Massachusetts); Yosuf El-Shabrawi (Graz, Austria); Ganesh Venkataraman (Bedford, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulfate from a solution, inhibition of angiogenesis, etc. have been discovered according to the invention. The invention in other aspects relates to methods of treating cancer and inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or metastasis using heparinase III, or products produced by enzymatic cleavage by heparinase III of HLGAGs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/261004 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
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| US 07939313 | Heyduk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tomasz Heyduk (Saint Louis, Missouri); Ewa Heyduk (Saint Louis, Missouri); Eric Knoll (Crestwood, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally provides molecular biosensors. In particular, the invention provides molecular biosensors having one or more aptamers. The molecular biosensors are useful in several methods including in the identification and quantification of target molecules. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/539107 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.200 |
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| US 07939326 | Olsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); The MCW Research Foundation (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Christian Olsen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Manij Patel (Durham, North Carolina); David Allen Wilcox (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a modified cell having adhesion properties that are increased as compared to the adhesion properties of an unmodified cell, comprising a) a recombinant nucleic acid encoding an integrin β3 subunit; b) a recombinant nucleic acid encoding an integrin αv subunit; c) a recombinant nucleic acid encoding an integrin αIIb subunit; and/or d) any combination of (a), (b) and (c). |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/118712 |
| 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 435/456 |
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| US 07939333 | Geddes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris D. Geddes (Bel-Air, Maryland); Sanjiv Amin (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to metallic-surface detection systems for determining target substances including free bilirubin in neonatal serum in the presence of a predominantly high background of bilirubin bound Human Serum Albumin (HSA) or sensing and isolating target nucleotide sequences wherein a fluorescence signal is enhanced by close proximity of the target substances near metallic surfaces. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/917804 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/97 |
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| US 07939345 | Wark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alastair William Wark (Irvine, California); Hye Jin Lee (Irvine, California); Robert Marcus Corn (Corona del Mar, California); Voula Kodoyianni (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A substrate for testing a carrier liquid for biomolecules using SPR or other techniques provides a metallic island surrounded by a hydrophobic layer, the islands being a location for the attachment of probe molecules. The hydrophobic layer may also be a dielectric material providing improved sensitivity in SPR imaging. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/015186 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/525 |
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| US 07939490 | Winkles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Winkles (Frederick, Maryland); Manuel S. Yepes (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for treating cerebral edema and cell death in neurological conditions characterized by disruption of the architecture of the neurovascular unit with increase in the permeability of the NVU, particularly for treating stroke. One aspect of the present invention relates to a composition comprising an agent that interferes with a TWEAK-mediated signaling pathway. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of using a composition which comprises an agent that inhibits Fn14 activity or Fn14 expression for the prevention and/or treatment of cerebral edema and cell death occurring in certain neurological conditions such as cerebral ischemia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/718786 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
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| US 07939493 | Mochly-Rosen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | PKC V5 isozyme-specific peptides are described. The sequences and compositions comprising the sequences are useful for treating disease states associated with the PKC isozyme from which they are respectively derived. Methods of treatment, pharmaceutical formulations and methods of identifying compounds that mimic the activity of the peptides are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/214104 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07939499 | Simons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Simons (Hanover, New Hampshire); Daniella Tirziu (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of using a proline/arginine-rich peptide such as PR11 or PR39 for increasing cardiac mass or performance and in the treatment of heart failure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/913097 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/16.400 |
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| US 07939530 | O'Connor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Owen A O'Connor (Scarsdale, New York); Francis Sirotnak (Hampton Bays, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Lymphoma is treated using therapeutic combinations of PDX and gemcitabine by administering to a patient suffering from lymphoma a therapeutically effective amount of PDX in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of gemcitabine. The two agents can be administered together or in either order, although administration of PDX followed by gemcitabine is preferred. As in the case of MTX and Ara-C, synergism is observed, but the extent of the synergism is greater. Further, test results indicate that mechanism of action for combinations of PDX and Gem is different than for MTX and Ara-C, with more emphasis on induction of apoptosis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/568254 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/249 |
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| US 07939558 | Verkman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Verkman (San Francisco, California); R. Kiplin Guy (Concord, California); Nicoletta Pedemonte (San Francisco, California); Luis J. V. Galietta (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for increasing activity (e.g., ion transport) of the mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (mutant-CFTR), e.g., ΔF508 CFTR, G551D-CFTR, G1349D-CFTR, or D1152H-CFTR, that are useful for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). The compositions and pharmaceutical preparations of the invention may comprise one or more phenylglycine-containing compounds or sulfonamide-containing compounds of the invention, or an analog or derivative thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/628411 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/419 |
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| US 07939560 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Wang (Boise, Idaho); Denise Wingett (Boise, Idaho); Kevin Feris (Boise, Idaho); Madhusudan R Kongara (Boise, Idaho); Alex Punnoose (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Multifunctional “smart” nanostructures are disclosed that include fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-encapsulated SiO2 core-shell particles with a nanoscale ZnO finishing layer, wherein an outer ZnO layer is formed on the SiO2-FITC core. These ˜200 nm sized particles showed promise toward cell imaging and cellular uptake studies using the bacterium Escherichia coli and Jurkat cancer cells, respectively. The FITC encapsulated ZnO particles demonstrated excellent selectivity in preferentially killing Jurkat cancer cells with minimal toxicity to normal primary immune cells (18% and 75% viability remaining, respectively, after exposure to 60 μg/mL) and inhibited the growth of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria at concentrations ≧250-500 μg/mL (for Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, respectively). These results indicate that the FITC encapsulated multifunctional particles with nanoscale ZnO surface layer can be used as smart nanostructures for particle tracking, cell imaging, antibacterial treatments and cancer therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/235575 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/494 |
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| US 07939621 | Cooley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); Stanford University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina Cooley (Palo Alto, California); James Lupton Hedrick (San Jose, California); Matthew Kiesewetter (Stanford, California); Fredrik Nederberg (Greenville, Delaware); Brian Trantow (Mountain View, California); Robert Waymouth (Palo Alto, California); Paul Wender (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cyclic carbonate monomer, including: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; R10 is a connecting group selected from the group consisting of linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl and heteroaryl; R4 is an optional bridging group selected from the group consisting of linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl and heteroaryl; Z is selected from the group consisting of O, NH, NR, and S; G is a guanidine group; and P is a protecting group. The cylic carbonate monomer can be reacted with an initiator including a drug, drug candidate, probe or other molecule of interest to form an oligomer with the molecule of interest attached to one end of a carbonate backbone and guanidine groups attached to the carbonate backbone. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433693 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/196 |
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| US 07939626 | Saxon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliana Saxon (Albany, California); Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features a chemoselective ligation reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves condensation of a specifically engineered phosphine, which can provide for formation of an amide bond between the two reactive partners resulting in a final product comprising a phosphine moiety, or which can be engineered to comprise a cleavable linker so that a substituent of the phosphine is transferred to the azide, releasing an oxidized phosphine byproduct and producing a native amide bond in the final product. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provides for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/533129 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
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| US 07939635 | Stracke 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) | Mary Stracke (Rockville, Maryland); Lance Liotta (Potomac, Maryland); Elliott Schiffmann (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Henry Krutzch (Bethesda, Maryland); Jun Murata (Tovama, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to autotaxin. In particular, the present invention relates to a DNA segment encoding autotaxin; recombinant DNA molecules containing the DNA segment; cells containing the recombinant DNA molecule; a method of producing autotaxin; antibodies to autotaxin; and identification of functional domains in autotaxin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/060102 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
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| US 07939639 | Cuttitta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Cuttitta (Adamstown, Maryland); Alfredo Martinez (La Rioja, Spain); William A. Hook (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods of the present invention demonstrate that adrenomedullin (AM) is expressed in human cancer cell lines of diverse origin and functions as a universal autocrine growth factor driving neoplastic proliferation. The present invention provides for AM peptides and AM antibodies useful in therapeutic, pharmacologic and physiologic compositions. The present invention additionally provides for methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease utilizing compositions comprising the AM peptides and antibodies of the present invention. The methods of the present invention also provide for experimental models for use in identifying the role of AM in pancreatic physiology. The methods pertaining to rat isolated islets have show that AM inhibits insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner. The monoclonal antibody MoAb-G6, which neutralizes AM bioactivity, was show by the methods of the present invention to increase insulin release fivefold, an effect that was reversed by the addition of synthetic AM. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/569821 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
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| US 07939641 | Burton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis R. Burton (La Jolla, California); Gianluca Moroncini (La Jolla, California); R. Anthony Williamson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are hybrid polypeptides that specifically bind to a disease-associated isoform of a polypeptide involved in diseases of protein aggregation. The hybrid polypeptides can be used for diagnosis and treatment of such diseases. In a particular embodiment, a hybrid protein that specifically binds to the infectious form of a prion (PrPSc) is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/410907 |
| 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 530/387.300 |
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| US 07939649 | Gambhir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanford University (Palo Alto, California); Regents of University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv S. Gambhir (Portolla Valley, California); Andreas M. Loening (Stanford, California); Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include polynucleotides that encode mutant Cnidarian luciferases that exhibit modulated properties as compared to the corresponding wild-type luciferases, and the modulated properties include at least one of: modulated stability; enhanced light output; and modulated emission maximum. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include polypeptides or fragments thereof encoded by the polynucleotides, constructs including the polynucleotide, expression cassettes, cells, methods of producing the polynucleotides and polypeptides, antibodies, transgenic cells and/or animals, kits, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/995586 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
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| US 07939656 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Lianhe Yu (Highpoint, North Carolina); Patchanita Thamyongkit (Bangkok, Thailand); Anil D. Bhise (Pune, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a compound of Formula I′ comprises reacting a compound of the formula DLCHO, with a compound of the formula to produce the compound of Formula I′. Methods of using the compounds are also described, particularly as intermediates for the synthesis of porphyrin rods, which porphyrin rods are in turn useful for (among other things) the production of molecular memory devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/856020 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 07940387 | Dluhy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Univeristy of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Dluhy (Athens, Georgia); Ralph A. Tripp (Watkinsville, Georgia); Yiping Zhao (Statham, Georgia); Jeremy Driskell (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems and methods for detecting and differentiating biomolecules of interest, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/157290 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
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| US 07941204 | Wang et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Wang (New York, New York); Pascal Spincemaille (New York, New York); Thanh D. Nguyen (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of acquiring magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data for angiography. The present invention includes novel magnetization preparation schemes where the navigator and fat saturation pulses are executed in steady state after the preparatory pulses in order to minimize the delay between the magnetization preparation and the image echoes. The present invention also provides for improved methods of contrast-enhanced MRI where data are collected along non-linear trajectories through k-space and may also involve novel view ordering. In addition, the present methods employ novel motion corrections that minimize motion artifacts. The present invention further provides novel methods of self-calibrated sensitivity-encoded parallel imaging that allow for accurate and rapid scanning of subjects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/281920 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/420 |
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| US 07941224 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Arup Roy (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A visual prosthesis apparatus and a method for limiting power consumption in a visual prosthesis apparatus. The visual prosthesis apparatus comprises a camera for capturing a video image, a video processing unit associated with the camera, the video processing unit configured to convert the video image to stimulation patterns, and a retinal stimulation system configured to stop stimulating neural tissue in a subject's eye based on the stimulation patterns when an error is detected in a forward telemetry received from the video processing unit. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/926044 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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) | Peter Matic (Alexandria, Virginia); Graham K Hubler (Highland, Maryland); James A Sprague (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Nevin Rupert (Edgewood, Maryland); Kirth E Simmonds (Clinton, Maryland); Richard Steven Bruno (Aberdeen, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Body armor for ballistic protection of a user's extremities preferably comprising right and left arm protection units and/or right and left leg protection units. The units include a ballistic protection material which preferably covers most of the user's upper arm, elbow region, lower arm, shoulder, upper leg, knee region, and lower leg except for ventilation zones preferably located on the inner portion of the upper arm and the inner part of the upper leg. The back of the knee is preferably covered by a protective flap. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/118113 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparel 02/465 |
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| US 07937927 | Suciu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Brian Merry (Andover, Connecticut); Michael E. McCune (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A tip turbine engine (10) provides an axial compressor rotor (46) that is counter-rotated relative to a fan (24). A planetary gearset (90) couples rotation of a fan (46) to an axial compressor rotor (46), such that the axial compressor rotor (46) is driven by rotation of the fan in a rotational direction opposite that of the fan. By counter-rotating the axial compressor rotor, a final stage of compressor vanes (54) between the final stage of compressor blades (52) and inlets (66) to the hollow fan blades (28) of the fan are eliminated. As a result, the length of the axial compressor (22) and the overall length of the tip turbine engine (10) are decreased. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/719224 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.162 |
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| US 07937930 | Dunn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Dunn (Wakefield, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiclosed power system utilizing a Brayton cycle with combustion occurring between diesel fuel and O2 in direct contact with an inert gas. The inert gas and products of combustion form a heated working fluid which is expanded in a turbine to provide power. The expanded working fluid is then used in a regenerator to heat the cooler, compressed inert gas before the inert gas is transferred to the combustor. The expanded working fluid is cooled by direct contact with seawater causing the steam within the expanded working fluid to condense to water and CO2 in the working fluid to be dissolved in the water and seawater. The inert gas is separated from the fluids and recycled within the system. The fluids are pumped overboard. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 1992 |
| APPL NO | 07/926199 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.511 |
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| US 07938004 | Brunsch, Jr. et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Brunsch, Jr. (Rapid City, South Dakota); David A. Bittle (Somerville, Alabama); Julian L. Cothran (Arab, Alabama); Gary T. Jimmerson (Athens, Alabama); Russell S. Garner (Huntland, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods of angular rate and position measurement that combine a small footprint with hardening and isolation technologies that allow it to function in acceleration, angular rate, noise and vibration environments that cause other gyroscopes to either fail or to produce erroneous outputs. An example embodiment contains a triad of accelerometers, a triad of gyroscopes, analog and digital ancillary electronics and a processor housed within a housing which is also filled with vibration reducing encapsulating compound. The disclosed systems and methods of angular rate and position measurement are capable of measuring and correcting internal errors and perturbations caused by the longitudinal and angular accelerations and temperature excursions of aerospace vehicles, isolating the gyroscope elements from the effects of acoustic noise and vibration, and accurately measuring the relatively small pitch and yaw oscillations of the vehicle in its flight path trajectory. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/053402 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/509 |
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| US 07938053 | Dudt 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) | Philip J. Dudt (Rockville, Maryland); George A. Shaw (Warren, Michigan); Patrick T. Smith (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer armor comprises: an outer composite spaced from an inner composite. The outer composite comprises (a.) a high strength strike surface layer, (b.) a high strain rate sensitivity-hardening polymer and (c.) a second high strength layer. The inner composite comprises spaced silica glass layers, an acrylic glass layer and a spall liner. In one embodiment the armor is transparent and used to shield a vehicle windshield. In a second embodiment the armor is opaque and is attached to vehicle base armor. The armor may also be applied to a ship. The armor uses commercially available components, is relative inexpensive and is effective. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229670 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Amish Desai (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An actuator assembly that includes, in one example embodiment, a substrate with a bridge coupled between a first electrode and a second electrode on the substrate. A lithographically disposed flyer is positioned in proximity to the bridge. In a more specific embodiment, the actuator assembly further includes a lithographically disposed barrel that partially surrounds the flyer. A fireset is coupled to pins that extend through the substrate to the first electrode and the second electrode. The flyer further includes a three-dimensional surface adapted to flatten during flight. The flyer may be concave, convex, or may star shaped, may have perforations therein, or may exhibit another shape or other features. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/002195 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/202.500 |
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| US 07938066 | Scheid 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) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana); John A. Roark (Elnora, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A storage arrangement for a strip charge includes a spool having a central aperture into which is placed an end of the strip charge, and a channel extending from the central aperture out to a peripheral wall around which the strip charge is wound. The channel includes a slightly curving portion so as not to unduly bend the strip charge. The spool is removably attached to a base plate that maintains the strip charge in place prior to use. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/703907 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/331 |
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| US 07938077 | Dunn 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) | Paul M. Dunn (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Gerald K. Pitcher (Charlestown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen generation apparatus for an underwater vehicle is presented, the apparatus including a hydrolysis reaction compartment, a mass of solid lithium hydride disposed in the compartment, inlet and outlet structure for passing sea water through the compartment to generate steam, lithium hydroxide and hydrogen gas, a condenser for condensing out the steam and retaining the condensate and lithium hydroxide, and a tank for collecting the hydrogen gas, the tank having outlet structure for discharging the hydrogen gas to a vehicle propulsion system. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 1993 |
| APPL NO | 08/070131 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/337 |
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| US 07938079 | King et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optomec Design Company (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce H. King (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael J. Renn (Hudson, Wisconsin); Marcelino Essien (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Gregory J. Marquez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Manampathy G. Giridharan (Mason, Ohio); Jyh-Cherng Sheu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for improved maskless deposition of electronic and biological materials using an extended nozzle. The process is capable of direct deposition of features with linewidths varying from a few microns to a fraction of a millimeter, and can be used to deposit features on targets with damage thresholds near 100° C. or less. Deposition and subsequent processing may be performed under ambient conditions and produce linewidths as low as 1 micron, with sub-micron edge definition. The extended nozzle reduces particle overspray and has a large working distance; that is, the orifice to target distance may be several millimeters or more, enabling direct write onto non-planar surfaces. The nozzle allows for deposition of features with linewidths that are approximately as small as one-twentieth the size of the nozzle orifice diameter, and is preferably interchangeable, enabling rapid variance of deposited linewidth. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/011366 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07938368 | Hogate |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaac Jon Hogate (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a first anti-icing electrothermal heater located at tip of a gas turbine engine nosecone, and a plurality of anti-icing electrothermal heater strips extending rearward from the first anti-icing electrothermal heater along the nosecone. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/080895 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/134.A00 |
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| US 07938991 | Armeniades et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine D. Armeniades (Houston, Texas); Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Jong Dae Kim (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to new methods for combining, processing, and modifying existing materials, resulting in novel products with enhanced mechanical, electrical and electronic properties. The present invention provides for polymer/carbon nanotube composites with increased strength and toughness; beneficial for lighter and/or stronger structural components for terrestrial and aerospace applications, electrically and thermally conductive polymer composites, and electrostatic dissipative materials. Such composites rely on a molecular interpenetration between entangled single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and cross-linked polymers to a degree not possible with previous processes. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/632196 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/6 |
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| US 07938996 | Baughman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Mikhail Kozlov (Dallas, Texas); Von Howard Ebron (Dallas, Texas); Ryan Capps (Dallas, Texas); John P. Ferraris (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Process, apparatus, compositions and application modes are provided that relate to nanofiber spinning without the use of superacids in the spinning solution. The methods employ either acids or bases for a flocculation solution. The advances disclosed therein enable the use of nanofibers, including carbon nanotubes, for a variety of applications including, but not limited to, electromechanical actuators, supercapacitors, electronic textiles, and in devices for electrical energy harvesting. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/576432 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/108 |
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| US 07939047 | Tour et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Austen K. Flatt (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of separating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by their electronic type (e.g., metallic, semi-metallic, and semiconducting). Perhaps most generally, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of separating CNTs by bandgap, wherein such separation is effected by interacting the CNTs with a surface such that the surface interacts differentially with the CNTs on the basis of their bandgap, or lack thereof. In some embodiments, such methods can allow for such separations to be carried out in bulk quantities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/572891 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/460 |
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| US 07939080 | Doherty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joni K. Doherty (Los Alamitos, California); Gail M. Clinton (Wimberley, Texas); John P. Adelman (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition for treating solid tumors that overexpress HER-2, comprising an agent selected from the group consisting of (a) an isolated polypeptide having from about 50 to 79 amino acids taken from the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the polypeptide binds to the extracellular domain ECD of HER-2 at an affinity of at least 108, (b) an isolated and glycosylated polypeptide having from about 300 to 419 amino acids taken from the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the C terminal 79 amino acids are present, and wherein at least three N-linked glycosylation sites are present, (c) a monoclonal antibody that binds to the ECD of HER-2, and (d) combinations thereof, with the proviso that the agent cannot be the monoclonal antibody alone, and pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/165317 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/195.110 |
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| US 07939136 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Daniel T. Colbert (Houston, Texas); Hongjie Dai (Sunnyvale, California); Jie Liu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Andrew G. Rinzler (Newberry, Florida); Jason H. Hafner (Houston, Texas); Ken Smith (Katy, Texas); Ting Guo (Davis, California); Pavel Nikolaev (Houston, Texas); Andreas Thess (Kusterdingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The formation of arrays of fullerene nanotubes is described. A microscopic molecular array of fullerene nanotubes is formed by assembling subarrays of up to 106 fullerene nanotubes into a composite array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/508092 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/301 |
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| US 07939273 | Craighead et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Bojan (Rob) Ilic (Ithaca, New York); David A. Czaplewski (Ithaca, New York); Robert H. Hall (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting mass based on a frequency differential of a resonating micromachined structure, such as a cantilever beam. A high aspect ratio cantilever beam is coated with an immobilized binding partner that couples to a predetermined cell or molecule. A first resonant frequency is determined for the cantilever having the immobilized binding partner. Upon exposure of the cantilever to a solution that binds with the binding partner, the mass of the cantilever beam increases. A second resonant frequency is determined and the differential resonant frequency provides the basis for detecting the target cell or molecule. The cantilever may be driven externally or by ambient noise. The frequency response of the beam can be determined optically using reflected light and two photodetectors or by interference using a single photodetector. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/721978 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939337 | McGill 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) | Robert A. McGill (Lorton, Virginia); Eric J. Houser (Nokesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to a new class of chemoselective polymer materials primarily designed to sorb hydrogen bond basic analytes such as organophosphonate esters (nerve agents and precursors) and nitro-substituted compounds (explosives). In particular, the invention relates to linear polycarbosilane compounds for use in various analytical applications involving sorbent polymer materials, including chromatography, chemical trapping, analyte collection, and chemical sensor applications. These polymers have pendant and terminal aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl groups that are functionalized with halogen substituted alcohol or phenol groups, having the general structure: wherein n is an integer greater than 1; wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is a pendant group having at least one aryl group independently selected from the group consisting of a phenol, a halogen substituted phenol, and an aryl hydrocarbon with a halogen substituted alcohol substitutent, or combinations thereof; wherein any said R1 and R2 aryl groups are attached to said [Si—X—], either directly or through a short hydrocarbon chain; wherein any remaining said R1 or R2 group is a hydrocarbon or carbosilane group; wherein X is a polymer component selected from the group consisting of alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, arylene groups, and combinations thereof; and wherein Z1 and Z2 are end groups independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkyl silanes, aryl silanes, hydroxyl, silicon hydride, alkoxides, phenols, halogen substituted alcohols, halogen substituted phenols, organosilyl, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/589734 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/148 |
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| US 07939338 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shan X. Wang (Portola Valley, California); Shu-Jen Han (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic sensor array including magnetoresistive sensor elements having outputs combined by frequency division multiplexing (FDM) is provided. Each sensor element provides an input to a mixer which provides a distinct frequency shift. Preferably, time division multiplexing is also used to combine sensor element outputs. Each sensor element is typically in proximity to a corresponding sample. The sensor elements are preferably subarrays having row and column addressable sensor element pixels. This arrangement provides multiple sensor pixels for each sample under test. Multiplexing of sensor element outputs advantageously reduces readout time. A modulated external magnetic field is preferably applied during operation, to reduce the effect of 1/f noise on the sensor element signals. The effect of electromagnetic interference (EMI) induced by the magnetic field on sensor element signals is advantageously reduced by the mixing required for FDM. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/128105 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939626 | Saxon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliana Saxon (Albany, California); Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features a chemoselective ligation reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves condensation of a specifically engineered phosphine, which can provide for formation of an amide bond between the two reactive partners resulting in a final product comprising a phosphine moiety, or which can be engineered to comprise a cleavable linker so that a substituent of the phosphine is transferred to the azide, releasing an oxidized phosphine byproduct and producing a native amide bond in the final product. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provides for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/533129 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wavefront Research, Inc. (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical interconnect system having a first optical sub-system and a second optical sub-system, each optical sub-system having a first end and a second end, and further having a preselected length, and a preselected width. Means are fixedly secured to the first end of the optical sub-system for emitting electromagnetic radiation and means are fixedly secured to said second end of said optical sub-system for receiving the emitted electromagnetic radiation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/260900 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/216 |
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| US 07939792 | Nyffenegger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp. (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johannes F. Nyffenegger (Laguna Niguel, California); Robert E. Redmer (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light-powered data acquisition and control system immune to electromagnetic interference employs smart sensors in a network configuration capable of decentralized communication. A smart sensor with integral transducer encloses a microprocessor, fiber optic transceiver, and photovoltaic converter within a Faraday cage. Optical fibers link plural sensors for duplex communication with a fiber optic splitter, which transmits high intensity light to the converter for powering the sensors. The sensor converts analog input from the transducer into bit packets for fiber optic transmission to the network via the splitter. Firmware in the splitter converts the bit packets to network protocol and vice versa enabling data communication among sensors, splitters, and control receivers. Verification algorithms for testing sensors are run automatically by the microprocessor or through commands issued via the network. Mnemonics stored in the sensors provide automatic updating of system configuration. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/110057 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/227.110 |
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| US 07939805 | Shaw et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer for operation in the mid- and long-wave infrared region (about 2-15 micron wavelengths) is disclosed. The FTIR spectrometer is composed of IR-transmitting fiber and uses a broadband IR source. A fiber stretcher is provided to provide a path difference between a first path and a second path having a sample associated therewith. Stretching of the fiber provides a path difference sufficient to generate an interferogram that can subsequently be analyzed to obtain information about a sample. A method for use of the apparatus of the invention is also disclosed. The method involves stretching of an IR-transmitting fiber to create a path difference sufficient to generate an interferogram. Various aspects of these features enable the construction of compact, portable spectrometers. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/155927 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.80 |
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| US 07939986 | Chandrashekhar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | MVS Chandrashekhar (Ithaca, New York); Christopher Ian Thomas (Ithaca, New York); Michael G. Spencer (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | High aspect ratio micromachined structures in semiconductors are used to improve power density in Betavoltaic cells by providing large surface areas in a small volume. A radioactive beta-emitting material may be placed within gaps between the structures to provide fuel for a cell. The pillars may be formed of SiC. In one embodiment, SiC pillars are formed of n-type SiC. P type dopant, such as boron is obtained by annealing a borosilicate glass boron source formed on the SiC. The glass is then removed. In further embodiments, a dopant may be implanted, coated by glass, and then annealed. The doping results in shallow planar junctions in SiC. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/637463 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/303 |
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| US 07940225 | Ball 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) | Thomas A. Ball (Bloomington, Indiana); Jeffrey M. Snow (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, method of propagating a signal and method of manufacture for an antenna structure comprising a section which is positioned or formed in relation to a portion of the antenna structure, such that a portion of the electromagnetic (EM) field that is emitted from the antenna structure is partially slowed or phase shifted thereby resulting in an improvement of the horizontal gain of the EM field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/821475 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/725 |
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| US 07940228 | Buckley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Buckley (Marion, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An array antenna may include a substrate, an array of metamaterial elements including radiating elements suspended in the substrate and integrated with the array of dipoles, where the metamaterial elements include a first metal layer and a second metal layer connected by a via, an array of dipoles, a groundplane coupled with a first side of the substrate, the ground plane having a symmetric slot aperture and not contacting the array of metamaterial elements, and a stripline feed for the radiating elements, where the stripline feed passes from a groundplane first side through the symmetric slot aperture to a groundplane second side. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/231032 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/810 |
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| US 07940390 | Kaertner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newton, Massachusetts); Franco N. C. Wong (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jung-Won Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact, background-free, balanced cross-correlator enables (a) the detection of a timing error between two ultrashort pulses with (sub-)femtosecond resolution and (b) the timing synchronization of ultrashort pulse lasers using the output signal of the detector to close a phase-locked loop and can therefore serve as an integral part of femtosecond timing distribution and synchronization systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/947544 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/365 |
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| US 07940444 | Dalgleish et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fraser Dalgleish (Vero Beach, Florida); Frank M. Caimi (Vero Beach, Florida); Glenn Stutz (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanner system. The system includes a mirror assembly having multiple reflective surfaces arranged to form one polygonal shape about an axis. A plurality of the multiple surfaces are each positionable to reflect radiation propagating from the source at a reflective angle and a position on the reflective surface to direct the radiation along a transmit path. When one reflective surface is so positioned, another surface is positioned to receive and reflect radiation along a detector signal path for processing. According to a related method for acquiring image data a mirror assembly is provided with multiple reflective surfaces sequentially arranged to form a polygonal shape about an axis. A beam of radiation is reflected from a first of the reflective surfaces and along a path in a first direction to a target region and a return signal propagates along the path in a second direction away from the target region. A portion of the return signal is reflected from a surface of a second of the reflective surfaces of the mirror assembly and along a path to a detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857039 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/216.100 |
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| US 07940602 | Korolenko |
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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) | Kyrill V. Korolenko (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater depth discrepancy system and method are provided. A comparator compares an actual underwater depth with a predetermined/prerecorded chart depth corresponding to a current location corresponding to the location of the actual underwater depth. A first signal is generated when the actual underwater depth is greater than the chart depth while a second signal is generated when the actual underwater depth is less than the chart depth. The current location and actual underwater depth are recorded whenever the first or second signal is generated. In addition, one or more alarms are generated when the second signal is generated. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/287155 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/112 |
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| US 07940672 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyh-Kwei Chen (Chappaqua, New York); Michail Vlachos (Tarrytown, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for the identification of correlated burst events among two or more data streams, given one or more specific query time spans are disclosed. Also broadly contemplated is the act of finding, from one or more data streams, those streams that have correlated burst events with another given data stream within a time span. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540436 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940961 | Allen |
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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) | Jason Robert Allen (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for enhancing detection of a moving object. The method includes comparing a video image to a historical sequence of images obtained from the same scene or stationary source. The method uses statistical sampling to implement change detection and thresholding operations which extract moving objects from the scene. The method provides for a high degree of sensitivity and noise rejection to motion detection, and is self-adapting to variations in sensor characteristics and operating environments. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/961582 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941019 | Brooks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher D. Brooks (Kenmore, Washington); Fabio Di Teodoro (Everett, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus use a photonic-crystal fiber having a very large core while maintaining a single transverse mode. In some fiber lasers and amplifiers having large cores problems exist related to energy being generated at multiple-modes (i.e., polygamy), and of mode hopping (i.e., promiscuity) due to limited control of energy levels and fluctuations. The problems of multiple-modes and mode hopping result from the use of large-diameter waveguides, and are addressed by the invention. This is especially true in lasers using large amounts of energy (i.e., lasers in the one-megawatt or more range). By using multiple small waveguides in parallel, large amounts of energy can be passed through a laser, but with better control such that the aforementioned problems can be reduced. An additional advantage is that the polarization of the light can be maintained better than by using a single fiber core. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/420751 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941022 | Schaffner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James H. Schaffner (Chatsworth, California); Dennis C. Jones (Malibu, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a fiber optic link includes a combined optical link for transmitting high optical power and wide bandwidth signal through a single optical fiber. In one embodiment, a means is provided for combining a high power optical signal and a low power data signal with wavelength selective directional couplers so as to inhibit the low power data transmitter and the low power data receiver from being overloaded with too much power. In one implementation, a method of using double clad fiber is provided, which includes transmitting an optical data signal at an optical data wavelength along an inner core, the inner core being single mode at the optical data wavelength and simultaneously transmitting an optical power signal at a optical power wavelength through a cladding, the cladding serving as a multimode core for a power optical link at the optical power wavelength. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/116180 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/127 |
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| US 07941288 | Haupt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science Applications International Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Gerald Haupt (San Diego, California); James Ha (San Diego, California); David Rose (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical agent detector with a a lesser demand sensor, a greater demand sensor, an inlet; and a manifold; and methods associated therewith. The manifold is positioned between the inlet and the sensors, and includes a first intake associated with the lesser demand sensor, a second intake associated with a greater demand sensor, and at least one restrictor. The first intake is placed closer to the inlet than the second intake, and the second intake is isolated from the inlet by at least one restrictor within the manifold. The intakes and restrictor are sized and positioned such that the ratio between: the conductance of the path from the inlet to the greater demand sensor to the conductance of the path between the sensors effectively isolates the lesser demand sensor from the effects of the greater demand sensor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/526715 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/87 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941627 | 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 | An instruction set architecture (ISA) includes an asynchronous memory move (AMM) synchronization (SYNC) instruction. When processor of a data processing system executes the AMM SYNC instruction, the processor prevents an AMM operation generated by a subsequently received/executed AMM ST instruction from proceeding with the data move portion of the AMM operation within the memory subsystem until completion of all ongoing memory access operations within the memory subsystem and fabric. The AMM operation does not wait for a normal barrier operation. The processor forwards the information relevant to initiate the AMM operation to an asynchronous memory mover logic, and signals the logic to not proceed with the AMM operation until signaled of the completion of the AMM SYNC. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024674 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941856 | Rubin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shai A. Rubin (Madison, Wisconsin); Somesh Jha (Madison, Wisconsin); Barton P. Miller (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and devices according to this invention include a plurality of defined modification rules for modifying a sequence of packets that form an attack on an intrusion detection system. These modification rules include both rules that expand the number of packets and rules that reduce the number of packets. The reducing rules can be applied to a given attack instance to identify one or more root attack instances. The expanding rules can then be applied to each root attack instance to generate a corpus of modified attack instances. The modification rules can preserve the semantics of the attack, so that any modified attack instance generated from the given attack instance remains a true attack. To test an intrusion detection system, the corpus of modified attack instances can be used to determine whether an intrusion detection system detects every modified attack instance. |
| FILED | Monday, December 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/294585 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07937823 | Alfermann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Alfermann (Noblesville, Indiana); Ahmed M. El-Antably (Indianapolis, Indiana); Arthur L. Mc Grew, Jr. (Plainfield, Indiana); Charles B. Lucas (Indianapolis, Indiana); Alan G. Holmes (Clarkston, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for producing a stator assembly. The method initially includes providing an assembly mandrel having a generally cylindrical hub and a generally annular base circumscribing a terminal end portion of the hub. A first end ring and a stator shell are installed around the mandrel hub and onto the mandrel base. Thereafter, a plurality of poles are disposed on top of the first end ring and in a generally cylindrical pattern between the stator shell and the mandrel hub. A second end ring is disposed around the mandrel hub and on top of the plurality of poles. A plurality of stator shell tabs may then be bent in a radially inward direction to axially retain the first and second end rings. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/737220 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/596 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07938707 | Walker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Walker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Frank R. Trowbridge (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for batch fabrication of vacuum switch tubes that reduce manufacturing costs and improve tube to tube uniformity. The disclosed methods comprise creating a stacked assembly of layers containing a plurality of adjacently spaced switch tube sub-assemblies aligned and registered through common layers. The layers include trigger electrode layer, cathode layer including a metallic support/contact with graphite cathode inserts, trigger probe sub-assembly layer, ceramic (e.g. tube body) insulator layer, and metallic anode sub-assembly layer. Braze alloy layers are incorporated into the stacked assembly of layers, and can include active metal braze alloys or direct braze alloys, to eliminate costs associated with traditional metallization of the ceramic insulator layers. The entire stacked assembly is then heated to braze/join/bond the stack-up into a cohesive body, after which individual switch tubes are singulated by methods such as sawing. The inventive methods provide for simultaneously fabricating a plurality of devices as opposed to traditional methods that rely on skilled craftsman to essentially hand build individual devices. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/168625 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp or space discharge component or device manufacturing 445/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07938887 | Rochelle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Rochelle (Austin, Texas); Marcus Hilliard (Missouri City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods related to the removal of acidic gas. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a composition and method for the removal of acidic gas from a gas mixture using a solvent comprising a diamine (e.g., piperazine) and carbon dioxide. One example of a method may involve a method for removing acidic gas comprising contacting a gas mixture having an acidic gas with a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises piperazine in an amount of from about 4 to about 20 moles/kg of water, and carbon dioxide in an amount of from about 0.3 to about 0.9 moles per mole of piperazine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/349627 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07938960 | Tabb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott J. Tabb (Huntersville, North Carolina); Ronald P. Rohrbach (Flemington, New Jersey); Gary B. Zulauf (Findlay, Ohio); Peter D. Unger (Convent Station, New Jersey); Weston H. Gerwin (Perrysburg, Ohio); Daniel E. Bause (Flanders, New Jersey); Gerard W. Bilski (Perrysburg, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for adding a lubricating additive to a diesel fuel. In one exemplary embodiment a diesel fuel filter is provided, the diesel fuel filter comprising: a housing having at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening configured to define a flow path therethrough; filter media disposed in the flow path; and an additive cartridge configured to disperse a lubricating additive into diesel fuel passing through the filter, wherein the fuel filter comprises an adsorbent comprising an inorganic oxide having a surface acidity characterized by a pKa of less than or equal to −3. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/864962 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/198.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07938997 | Zhao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yusheng Zhao (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Duanwei He (Sichuan, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Bulk, superhard, B—C—N nanocomposite compacts were prepared by ball milling a mixture of graphite and hexagonal boron nitride, encapsulating the ball-milled mixture at a pressure in a range of from about 15 GPa to about 25 GPa, and sintering the pressurized encapsulated ball-milled mixture at a temperature in a range of from about 1800-2500 K. The product bulk, superhard, nanocomposite compacts were well sintered compacts with nanocrystalline grains of at least one high-pressure phase of B—C—N surrounded by amorphous diamond-like carbon grain boundaries. The bulk compacts had a measured Vicker's hardness in a range of from about 41 GPa to about 68 GPa. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/529657 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939026 | Kong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho); J. Stephen Herring (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jon D. Grandy (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for forming a chemical hydride is described and which includes a pseudo-plasma-electrolysis reactor which is operable to receive a solution capable of forming a chemical hydride and which further includes a cathode and a movable anode, and wherein the anode is moved into and out of fluidic, ohmic electrical contact with the solution capable of forming a chemical hydride and which further, when energized produces an oxygen plasma which facilitates the formation of a chemical hydride in the solution. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/862416 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/186.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939029 | Eckels et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel Del Eckels (Livermore, California); Peter J. Nunes (Danville, California); Armando Alcaraz (Livermore, California); Richard E. Whipple (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tester for testing for explosives associated with a test location comprising a first explosives detecting reagent; a first reagent holder, the first reagent holder containing the first explosives detecting reagent; a second explosives detecting reagent; a second reagent holder, the second reagent holder containing the second explosives detecting reagent; a sample collection unit for exposure to the test location, exposure to the first explosives detecting reagent, and exposure to the second explosives detecting reagent; and a body unit containing a heater for heating the sample collection unit for testing the test location for the explosives. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/158480 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939142 | Blue et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Blue (Knoxville, Tennessee); Frank Wong (Livermore, California); Louis F. Aprigliano (Berlin, Maryland); Peter G. Engleman (Knoxville, Tennessee); William H. Peter (Knoxville, Tennessee); Tibor G Rozgonyi (Golden, Colorado); Levent Ozdemir (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A coating steel component with a pattern of an iron based matrix with crystalline particles metallurgically bound to the surface of a steel substrate for use as disc cutters or other components with one or more abrading surfaces that can experience significant abrasive wear, high point loads, and large shear stresses during use. The coated component contains a pattern of features in the shape of freckles or stripes that are laser formed and fused to the steel substrate. The features can display an inner core that is harder than the steel substrate but generally softer than the matrix surrounding the core, providing toughness and wear resistance to the features. The features result from processing an amorphous alloy where the resulting matrix can be amorphous, partially devitrified or fully devitrified. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/671697 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/597 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939219 | Johnsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Johnsen (Waterbury, Connecticut); Chao-Yi Yuh (New Milford, Connecticut); Mohammad Farooque (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method in which a delayed carbonate electrolyte is stored in the storage areas of a non-electrolyte matrix fuel cell component and is of a preselected content so as to obtain a delayed time release of the electrolyte in the storage areas in the operating temperature range of the fuel cell. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/139758 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/535 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939298 | Van Hoek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pim Van Hoek (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Aristos Aristidou (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Brian Rush (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Specific oxygen uptake (OUR) is used as a process control parameter in fermentation processes. OUR is determined during at least the production phase of a fermentation process, and process parameters are adjusted to maintain the OUR within desired ranges. The invention is particularly applicable when the fermentation is conducted using a microorganism having a natural PDC pathway that has been disrupted so that it no longer functions. Microorganisms of this sort often produce poorly under strictly anaerobic conditions. Microaeration controlled by monitoring OUR allows the performance of the microorganism to be optimized. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/707188 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/71.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939560 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Wang (Boise, Idaho); Denise Wingett (Boise, Idaho); Kevin Feris (Boise, Idaho); Madhusudan R Kongara (Boise, Idaho); Alex Punnoose (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Multifunctional “smart” nanostructures are disclosed that include fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-encapsulated SiO2 core-shell particles with a nanoscale ZnO finishing layer, wherein an outer ZnO layer is formed on the SiO2-FITC core. These ˜200 nm sized particles showed promise toward cell imaging and cellular uptake studies using the bacterium Escherichia coli and Jurkat cancer cells, respectively. The FITC encapsulated ZnO particles demonstrated excellent selectivity in preferentially killing Jurkat cancer cells with minimal toxicity to normal primary immune cells (18% and 75% viability remaining, respectively, after exposure to 60 μg/mL) and inhibited the growth of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria at concentrations ≧250-500 μg/mL (for Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, respectively). These results indicate that the FITC encapsulated multifunctional particles with nanoscale ZnO surface layer can be used as smart nanostructures for particle tracking, cell imaging, antibacterial treatments and cancer therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/235575 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939626 | Saxon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliana Saxon (Albany, California); Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features a chemoselective ligation reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves condensation of a specifically engineered phosphine, which can provide for formation of an amide bond between the two reactive partners resulting in a final product comprising a phosphine moiety, or which can be engineered to comprise a cleavable linker so that a substituent of the phosphine is transferred to the azide, releasing an oxidized phosphine byproduct and producing a native amide bond in the final product. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provides for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids). |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/533129 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939681 | Zhao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haibo Zhao (The Woodlands, Texas); Johnathan E. Holladay (Kennewick, Washington); Zongchao C. Zhang (Norwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for converting carbohydrates including, e.g., monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides in ionic liquids to value-added chemicals including furans, useful as chemical intermediates and/or feedstocks. Fructose is converted to 5-hydroxylmethylfurfural (HMF) in the presence of metal halide and acid catalysts. Glucose is effectively converted to HMF in the presence of chromium chloride catalysts. Yields of up to about 70% are achieved with low levels of impurities such as levulinic acid. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/774036 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/488 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939787 | Ripley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward B. Ripley (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for heat treating manufactured components using microwave energy and microwave susceptor material. Heat treating medium such as eutectic salts may be employed. A fluidized bed introduces process gases which may include carburizing or nitriding gases The process may be operated in a batch mode or continuous process mode. A microwave heating probe may be used to restart a frozen eutectic salt bath. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/038172 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/775 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939803 | Moore |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Steven Moore (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is provided for detecting explosives by thermal imaging. The explosive material is subjected to a high energy wave which can be either a sound wave or an electromagnetic wave which will initiate a chemical reaction in the explosive material which chemical reaction will produce heat. The heat is then sensed by a thermal imaging device which will provide a signal to a computing device which will alert a user of the apparatus to the possibility of an explosive device being present. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/877775 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939811 | Thundat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G Thundat (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ali Passian (Knoxville, Tennessee); Rubye H Farahi (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Low energy light illumination and either a doped semiconductor surface or a surface-plasmon supporting surface are used in combination for manipulating a fluid on the surface in the absence of any applied electric fields or flow channels. Precise control of fluid flow is achieved by applying focused or tightly collimated low energy light to the surface-fluid interface. In the first embodiment, with an appropriate dopant level in the semiconductor substrate, optically excited charge carriers are made to move to the surface when illuminated. In a second embodiment, with a thin-film noble metal surface on a dispersive substrate, optically excited surface plasmons are created for fluid manipulation. This electrode-less optical control of the Marangoni effect provides re-configurable manipulations of fluid flow, thereby paving the way for reprogrammable microfluidic devices. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/778162 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/432.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939957 | Costin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northern Power Systems, Inc. (Barre, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel P. Costin (Montpelier, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for providing electrical power from a current turbine is provided. The system includes a floatation device and a mooring. A water turbine structure is provided having an upper and lower portion wherein the lower portion includes a water fillable chamber. A plurality of cables are used to couple the system where a first cable couples the water turbine to the mooring and a second cable couples the floatation device to the first cable. The system is arranged to allow the turbine structure to be deployed and retrieved for service, repair, maintenance and redeployment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/815931 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940377 | Schmitt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randal L. Schmitt (Tijeras, New Mexico); Philip J. Hargis, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for passive background correction during spatially or angularly resolved detection of emission that is based on the simultaneous acquisition of both the passive background spectrum and the spectrum of the target of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/329031 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/5.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941014 | Watts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Watts (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory N. Nielson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical waveguide devices are disclosed which utilize an optical waveguide having a waveguide bend therein with a width that varies adiabatically between a minimum value and a maximum value of the width. One or more connecting members can be attached to the waveguide bend near the maximum value of the width thereof to support the waveguide bend or to supply electrical power to an impurity-doped region located within the waveguide bend near the maximum value of the width. The impurity-doped region can form an electrical heater or a semiconductor junction which can be activated with a voltage to provide a variable optical path length in the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide devices can be used to form a tunable interferometer (e.g. a Mach-Zehnder interferometer) which can be used for optical modulation or switching. The optical waveguide devices can also be used to form an optical delay line. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/146965 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/32 |
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| US 07941050 | Harper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Warren W. Harper (Benton City, Washington); Pamela M. Aker (Richland, Washington); Richard M. Pratt (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Free space optical communication methods and systems, according to various aspects are described. The methods and systems are characterized by transmission of data through free space with a digitized optical signal acquired using wavelength modulation, and by discrimination between bit states in the digitized optical signal using a spectroscopic absorption feature of a chemical substance. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/013023 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GrassRoots Biotechnology, Inc. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip N. Benfey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard W Twigg, III (Durham, North Carolina); Robert L. Clark, Jr. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Scott Joseph Kennedy (Durham, North Carolina); Gregory Kealoha Fricke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A plant growth array device includes an aerial growth chamber configured to receive aerial shoot portions of a plurality of plants and a root growth chamber configured to receive root portions of the plurality of plants. A dividing member is between the aerial growth chamber and the root chamber and has a plurality of apertures for receiving the plurality of plants therein. The plurality of apertures are configured so that the root portions grow substantially in a common orientation. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/942185 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant husbandry 047/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07938969 | Colvin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vicki Leigh Colvin (Houston, Texas); Cafer Tayyar Yavuz (Goleta, California); John Thomas Mayo (Houston, Texas); Weiyong Yu (Rutland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for separating magnetic nanoparticles are provided. In certain embodiments, a method is provided for separating magnetic nanoparticles comprising: providing a sample comprising a plurality of magnetic nanoparticles; passing the sample through a first magnetic field; at least partially isolating nanoparticles of the first nanoparticle size desired; altering the strength of the first magnetic field to produce a second magnetic field; and at least partially isolating nanoparticles of the second nanoparticle size desired. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/436949 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/695 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939047 | Tour et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Austen K. Flatt (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of separating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by their electronic type (e.g., metallic, semi-metallic, and semiconducting). Perhaps most generally, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of separating CNTs by bandgap, wherein such separation is effected by interacting the CNTs with a surface such that the surface interacts differentially with the CNTs on the basis of their bandgap, or lack thereof. In some embodiments, such methods can allow for such separations to be carried out in bulk quantities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/572891 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/460 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939136 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Daniel T. Colbert (Houston, Texas); Hongjie Dai (Sunnyvale, California); Jie Liu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Andrew G. Rinzler (Newberry, Florida); Jason H. Hafner (Houston, Texas); Ken Smith (Katy, Texas); Ting Guo (Davis, California); Pavel Nikolaev (Houston, Texas); Andreas Thess (Kusterdingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The formation of arrays of fullerene nanotubes is described. A microscopic molecular array of fullerene nanotubes is formed by assembling subarrays of up to 106 fullerene nanotubes into a composite array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/508092 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939273 | Craighead et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Bojan (Rob) Ilic (Ithaca, New York); David A. Czaplewski (Ithaca, New York); Robert H. Hall (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting mass based on a frequency differential of a resonating micromachined structure, such as a cantilever beam. A high aspect ratio cantilever beam is coated with an immobilized binding partner that couples to a predetermined cell or molecule. A first resonant frequency is determined for the cantilever having the immobilized binding partner. Upon exposure of the cantilever to a solution that binds with the binding partner, the mass of the cantilever beam increases. A second resonant frequency is determined and the differential resonant frequency provides the basis for detecting the target cell or molecule. The cantilever may be driven externally or by ambient noise. The frequency response of the beam can be determined optically using reflected light and two photodetectors or by interference using a single photodetector. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/721978 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939560 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boise State University (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Wang (Boise, Idaho); Denise Wingett (Boise, Idaho); Kevin Feris (Boise, Idaho); Madhusudan R Kongara (Boise, Idaho); Alex Punnoose (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Multifunctional “smart” nanostructures are disclosed that include fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-encapsulated SiO2 core-shell particles with a nanoscale ZnO finishing layer, wherein an outer ZnO layer is formed on the SiO2-FITC core. These ˜200 nm sized particles showed promise toward cell imaging and cellular uptake studies using the bacterium Escherichia coli and Jurkat cancer cells, respectively. The FITC encapsulated ZnO particles demonstrated excellent selectivity in preferentially killing Jurkat cancer cells with minimal toxicity to normal primary immune cells (18% and 75% viability remaining, respectively, after exposure to 60 μg/mL) and inhibited the growth of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria at concentrations ≧250-500 μg/mL (for Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, respectively). These results indicate that the FITC encapsulated multifunctional particles with nanoscale ZnO surface layer can be used as smart nanostructures for particle tracking, cell imaging, antibacterial treatments and cancer therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/235575 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939621 | Cooley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); Stanford University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina Cooley (Palo Alto, California); James Lupton Hedrick (San Jose, California); Matthew Kiesewetter (Stanford, California); Fredrik Nederberg (Greenville, Delaware); Brian Trantow (Mountain View, California); Robert Waymouth (Palo Alto, California); Paul Wender (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cyclic carbonate monomer, including: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; R10 is a connecting group selected from the group consisting of linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl and heteroaryl; R4 is an optional bridging group selected from the group consisting of linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl and heteroaryl; Z is selected from the group consisting of O, NH, NR, and S; G is a guanidine group; and P is a protecting group. The cylic carbonate monomer can be reacted with an initiator including a drug, drug candidate, probe or other molecule of interest to form an oligomer with the molecule of interest attached to one end of a carbonate backbone and guanidine groups attached to the carbonate backbone. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/433693 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/196 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939710 | Apt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Martek Biosciences Corporation (Columbia, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Emil Apt (Columbia, Maryland); F. C. Thomas Allnutt (Port Deposit, Maryland); David J. Kyle (Catonsville, Maryland); James Casey Lippmeier (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Most microalgae are obligate photoautotrophs and their growth is strictly dependent on the generation of photosynthetically-derived energy. In this study it is shown that the microalga Phaeodaclylurn tricornutum can be engineered to import glucose and grow in the dark through the introduction of genes encoding glucose transporters. Both the human and Chlorella kessleri glucose transporters facilitated the uptake of glucose by P. tricornutum, allowing the cells to metabolize exogenous organic carbon and thrive, independent of light. This is the first successful trophic conversion of an obligate photoautotroph through metabolic engineering, and it demonstrates that methods of cell nourishment can be fundamentally altered with the introduction of a single gene. Since strains transformed with the glucose transport genes are able to grow non-photosynthetically, they can be exploited for the analysis of photosynthetic processes through mutant generation and characterization. Finally, this work also represents critical progress toward large-scale commercial exploitation of obligate phototrophic algae through the use of microbial fermentation technology, eliminating significant limitations resulting from light-dependent growth. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/839536 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940267 | Sun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weifeng Sun (Orlando, Florida); Amar Mukherjee (Maitland, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of rendering a graphical scene includes determining a plurality of functions that contribute to a light transport model of a scene, factoring the plurality of functions into a set of fixed functions and one varying function, determining a first radiance transfer vector that represents the product of the fixed functions in the wavelet domain, determining a second radiance transfer vector that represents the one varying function in the wavelet domain, determining an inner product of the first and second radiance transfer vectors to approximate a radiance of a point x in the scene, and rendering the scene. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/680910 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/426 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940282 | Milanfar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peyman Milanfar (Menlo Park, California); Sina Farsiu (Santa Cruz, California); Michael Elad (Halfa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of creating a super-resolved color image from multiple lower-resolution color images is provided by combining a data fidelity penalty term, a spatial luminance penalty term, a spatial chrominance penalty term, and an inter-color dependencies penalty term to create an overall cost function. The data fidelity penalty term is an L1 norm penalty term to enforce similarities between raw data and a high-resolution image estimate, the spatial luminance penalty term is to encourage sharp edges in a luminance component to the high-resolution image, the spatial chrominance penalty term is to encourage smoothness in a chrominance component of the high-resolution image, and the inter-color dependencies penalty term is to encourage homogeneity of an edge location and orientation in different color bands. A steepest descent optimization is applied to the overall cost function for minimization by applying a derivative to each color band while the other color bands constant. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/506246 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/606 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940387 | Dluhy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Univeristy of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Dluhy (Athens, Georgia); Ralph A. Tripp (Watkinsville, Georgia); Yiping Zhao (Statham, Georgia); Jeremy Driskell (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems and methods for detecting and differentiating biomolecules of interest, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/157290 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940755 | Estan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cristian Estan (Madison, Wisconsin); Karthikeyan Sankaralingam (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture for a specialized electronic computer for high-speed data lookup employs a set of tiles each with independent processors and lookup memory portions. The tiles may be programmed to interconnect to form different memory topologies optimized for the particular task. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/407286 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/386 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940818 | Menyuk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis Robert Menyuk (Silver Spring, Maryland); Muhammad A. Talukder (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a self-induced transparency mode-locked quantum cascade laser having an active section comprising a plurality of quantum well layers deposited in alternating layers on a plurality of quantum barrier layers and form a sequence of alternating gain and absorbing periods, said alternating gain and absorbing periods interleaved along the growth axis of the active section. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/686646 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940959 | Rubenstein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric P. Rubenstein (Longmeadow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein is generally directed to methods for analyzing an image. In particular, crowded field images may be analyzed for unidentified, unobserved objects based on an iterative analysis of modified images including artificial objects or removed real objects. The results can provide an estimate of the completeness of analysis of the image, an estimate of the number of objects that are unobserved in the image, and an assessment of the quality of other similar images. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/852614 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941009 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Li (State College, Pennsylvania); James Z. Wang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A computerized annotation method achieves real-time operation and better optimization properties while preserving the architectural advantages of the generative modeling approach. A novel clustering algorithm for objects is represented by discrete distributions, or bags of weighted vectors, thereby minimizing the total within cluster distance, a criterion used by the k-means algorithm. A new mixture modeling method, the hypothetical local mapping (HLM) method, is used to efficiently build a probability measure on the space of discrete distributions. Thus, in accord with the invention every image is characterized by a statistical distribution. The profiling model specifies a probability law for distributions directly. |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/872260 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07937851 | Rajagopalan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Biotechnology Institute (Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivasan Rajagopalan (Lansing, Michigan); Tonya Tiedje (Holt, Michigan); Darold McCalla (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for continuously treating a moist biomass feedstock is disclosed. The method includes treating a biomass feedstock with a swelling agent in a pressurized first vessel, transferring the feedstock to a second vessel at a lower operating pressure than the first vessel such that the biomass fibers rupture. At least portions the swelling agent, and/or the moisture are recycled in the process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/719158 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids 034/357 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939091 | Coats et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel R. Coats (Ames, Iowa); Gretchen Elizabeth Schultz (Ankeny, Iowa); Junwei Zhu (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The compositions comprise an effective repellent amount of one or more monoterpenoids, one or more sesquiterpenoids or a blend of one or more monoterpenoids and one or more sesquiterpenoids in combination with a carrier, wherein the compositions are formulated to repel a target pest from a target area. In one embodiment, the one or more monoterpenoids, and/or one or more sesquiterpenoids are from a biorational source, such as a plant volatile. In one embodiment, the one or more sesquiterpenoids are oxygen-containing sesquiterpenoids. In a particular embodiment, the plant volatile is a monoterpenoid, such as “nepetalactone” (or the individual nepetalactone isomers) derived from catnip (Nepeta cataria). In another embodiment, the plant volatile is additionally or alternatively a sesquiterpenoid derived from the fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera), Siam wood or the Amyris plant. Such compositions have repellency, including long term repellency, against arthropods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/277122 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939308 | Saha |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Badal C. Saha (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Mannitol is produced in a highly efficient fermentative method using Lactobacillus intermedius NRRL B-30560, or in a biochemical method using mannitol dehydrogenase isolated from this strain. Fructose serves as the primary carbon substrate in both the fermentative and biochemical conversions, but important secondary carbon sources include glucose, maltose, mannose and galactose. Mannitol is useful in the food, pharmaceutical, and medicine industries as a sweet-tasting bodying and texturing agent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973997 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939343 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanbin Li (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Xiao-Li Su (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining a concentration of a contaminant in a first sample, the method including producing the first sample, including adding a plurality of immuno-beads to a test substance; exposing a crystal microbalance immunosensor to the first sample; determining a change in a first motional resistance of the crystal microbalance immunosensor following exposure to the first sample (ΔR1); and determining the concentration of the contaminant in the first sample according to ΔR1. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/860180 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939633 | Sessa |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Sessa (Dunlap, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Decolorized and/or deodorized zein from corn products may be recovered in high yields using zeolite adsorbents. A solution of a zein-containing corn product in an aqueous alcohol solvent is contacted with a zeolite adsorbent under conditions effective for adsorption of color and odor impurities in the corn product onto the zeolite. Following this contact, the treated solution may be separated from the adsorbent and recovered, yielding substantially pure zein dissolved in the aqueous alcohol solvent. Optionally, the zein may be further purified by subsequently contacting the treated solution with an activated carbon adsorbent or a mixture of activated carbon and zeolite adsorbents to adsorb any residual color and/or odor impurities therefrom. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/728700 |
| 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 530/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Hood (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of repairing a composite component having a damaged area including: laying a composite patch over the damaged area; activating the shape memory polymer resin to easily and quickly mold said patch to said damaged area; deactivating said shape memory polymer so that said composite patch retains the molded shape; and bonding said composite patch to said damaged part. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/569902 |
| ART UNIT | 1747 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07938991 | Armeniades et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine D. Armeniades (Houston, Texas); Enrique V. Barrera (Houston, Texas); Jong Dae Kim (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to new methods for combining, processing, and modifying existing materials, resulting in novel products with enhanced mechanical, electrical and electronic properties. The present invention provides for polymer/carbon nanotube composites with increased strength and toughness; beneficial for lighter and/or stronger structural components for terrestrial and aerospace applications, electrically and thermally conductive polymer composites, and electrostatic dissipative materials. Such composites rely on a molecular interpenetration between entangled single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and cross-linked polymers to a degree not possible with previous processes. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/632196 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939021 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory F. Smith (Durham, North Carolina); Ryan A. Sturmer (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Y. Paik (Durham, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Keith R. Brafford (Durham, North Carolina); Richard M. West (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A droplet actuator with cartridge is provided. According to one embodiment, a sample analyzer is provided and includes an analyzer unit comprising electronic or optical receiving means, a cartridge comprising self-contained droplet handling capabilities, and a wherein the cartridge is coupled to the analyzer unit by a means which aligns electronic and/or optical outputs from the cartridge with electronic or optical receiving means on the analyzer unit. According to another embodiment, a sample analyzer is provided and includes a sample analyzer comprising a cartridge coupled thereto and a means of electrical interface and/or optical interface between the cartridge and the analyzer, whereby electrical signals and/or optical signals may be transmitted from the cartridge to the analyzer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/838450 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/68.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939047 | Tour et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Austen K. Flatt (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods of separating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by their electronic type (e.g., metallic, semi-metallic, and semiconducting). Perhaps most generally, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods of separating CNTs by bandgap, wherein such separation is effected by interacting the CNTs with a surface such that the surface interacts differentially with the CNTs on the basis of their bandgap, or lack thereof. In some embodiments, such methods can allow for such separations to be carried out in bulk quantities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/572891 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/460 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939734 | Li 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 (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Li (Sunnyvale, California); Meyya Meyyappan (San Jose, California); Alan M. Cassell (Campbell, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for detecting presence of biomolecules in a selected subset, or in each of several selected subsets, in a fluid. Each of an array of two or more carbon nanotubes (“CNTs”) is connected at a first CNT end to one or more electronics devices, each of which senses a selected electrochemical signal that is generated when a target biomolecule in the selected subset becomes attached to a functionalized second end of the CNT, which is covalently bonded with a probe molecule. This approach indicates when target biomolecules in the selected subset are present and indicates presence or absence of target biomolecules in two or more selected subsets. Alternatively, presence of absence of an analyte can be detected. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/873996 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/746 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07940201 | Cosand |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert E. Cosand (Agoura Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An input sampler interface to a track and hold circuit that decouples a high bandwidth (possibly optical domain) input signal from a lower bandwidth electrical domain of a subsequent track and hold circuit or other circuit. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/497448 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940672 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyh-Kwei Chen (Chappaqua, New York); Michail Vlachos (Tarrytown, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for the identification of correlated burst events among two or more data streams, given one or more specific query time spans are disclosed. Also broadly contemplated is the act of finding, from one or more data streams, those streams that have correlated burst events with another given data stream within a time span. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/540436 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941387 | Amini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa Amini (Yorktown Heights, New York); Henrique Andrade (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Wei Fan (New York, New York); James R. Giles (Yorktown Heights, New York); Kirsten W. Hildrum (Hawthorne, New York); Deepak Rajan (Fishkill, New York); Deepak S. Turaga (Nanuet, New York); Rohit Wagle (Elmsford, New York); Joel L. Wolf (Katonah, New York); Philip S. Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for generating a resource function estimate of resource usage by an instance of a processing element configured to consume zero or more input data streams in a stream processing system having a set of available resources that comprises receiving at least one specified performance metric for the zero or more input data streams and a processing power of the set of available resources, wherein one specified performance metric is stream rate; generating a multi-part signature of executable-specific information for the processing element and a multi-part signature of context-specific information for the instance; accessing a database of resource functions to identify a static resource function corresponding to the executable-specific information and a context-dependent resource function corresponding to the context-specific information; combining the static resource function and the context-dependent resource function to form a composite resource function for the instance; and applying the resource function to the at least one specified performance metric and the processing power to generate the resource function estimate of the at least one specified performance metric for processing by the instance. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/935079 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D637658 | Ryder |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Ryder (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | |
| FILED | Thursday, August 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 29/370592 |
| ART UNIT | 2912 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Games, toys, and sports goods D21/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07938996 | Baughman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Mikhail Kozlov (Dallas, Texas); Von Howard Ebron (Dallas, Texas); Ryan Capps (Dallas, Texas); John P. Ferraris (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Process, apparatus, compositions and application modes are provided that relate to nanofiber spinning without the use of superacids in the spinning solution. The methods employ either acids or bases for a flocculation solution. The advances disclosed therein enable the use of nanofibers, including carbon nanotubes, for a variety of applications including, but not limited to, electromechanical actuators, supercapacitors, electronic textiles, and in devices for electrical energy harvesting. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/576432 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939131 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Y. Xu (Round Rock, Texas); Christopher J. Mackay (Austin, Texas); Pankaj B. Lad (Austin, Texas); Ian M. McMackin (Austin, Texas); Van N. Truskett (Austin, Texas); Wesley D. Martin (Austin, Texas); Edward B. Fletcher (Austin, Texas); David C. Wang (Austin, Texas); Nicholas A. Stacey (Austin, Texas); Michael P. C. Watts (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method and a composition to form a layer on a substrate having uniform etch characteristics. To that end, the method includes controlling variations in the characteristics of a solid layer, such etch characteristics over the area of the solid layer as a function of the relative rates of evaporation of the liquid components that comprise the composition from which the solid layer is formed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/919224 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07939318 | McCormick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kentucky Bioprocessing, LLC (Owensboro, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alison A. McCormick (Vacaville, California); Mark L. Smith (Davis, California); Kenneth E. Palmer (Vacaville, California); John A. Lindbo (Vacaville, California); Long V. Nguyen (Vacaville, California); Gregory P. Pogue (Vacaville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Herein-described are various methods for making a vaccine that are made of re-assembled virus like particles (VLP). First, the VLPs are disassembled into encapsidation intermediate populations. Each encapsidation intermediate population undergoes, for instance, chemical conjugation of unique peptide or nucleic moieties to form separate populations. Thereafter, a predetermined amount of each of the several (one or more) different encapsidation intermediates from the different populations is mixed and joined, forming intact VLPs, surrounding a nucleic acid core, that are composed of different encapsidation intermediate such that the reassembled VLP displays more than one peptide or nucleic acid. The nucleic acid can function either as a scaffold alone or can be engineered for the expression of an immunomodulatory protein in a eukaryotic cell. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/410572 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07939710 | Apt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Martek Biosciences Corporation (Columbia, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Emil Apt (Columbia, Maryland); F. C. Thomas Allnutt (Port Deposit, Maryland); David J. Kyle (Catonsville, Maryland); James Casey Lippmeier (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Most microalgae are obligate photoautotrophs and their growth is strictly dependent on the generation of photosynthetically-derived energy. In this study it is shown that the microalga Phaeodaclylurn tricornutum can be engineered to import glucose and grow in the dark through the introduction of genes encoding glucose transporters. Both the human and Chlorella kessleri glucose transporters facilitated the uptake of glucose by P. tricornutum, allowing the cells to metabolize exogenous organic carbon and thrive, independent of light. This is the first successful trophic conversion of an obligate photoautotroph through metabolic engineering, and it demonstrates that methods of cell nourishment can be fundamentally altered with the introduction of a single gene. Since strains transformed with the glucose transport genes are able to grow non-photosynthetically, they can be exploited for the analysis of photosynthetic processes through mutant generation and characterization. Finally, this work also represents critical progress toward large-scale commercial exploitation of obligate phototrophic algae through the use of microbial fermentation technology, eliminating significant limitations resulting from light-dependent growth. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/839536 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07940959 | Rubenstein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric P. Rubenstein (Longmeadow, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein is generally directed to methods for analyzing an image. In particular, crowded field images may be analyzed for unidentified, unobserved objects based on an iterative analysis of modified images including artificial objects or removed real objects. The results can provide an estimate of the completeness of analysis of the image, an estimate of the number of objects that are unobserved in the image, and an assessment of the quality of other similar images. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/852614 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07938996 | Baughman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray H. Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Mikhail Kozlov (Dallas, Texas); Von Howard Ebron (Dallas, Texas); Ryan Capps (Dallas, Texas); John P. Ferraris (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Process, apparatus, compositions and application modes are provided that relate to nanofiber spinning without the use of superacids in the spinning solution. The methods employ either acids or bases for a flocculation solution. The advances disclosed therein enable the use of nanofibers, including carbon nanotubes, for a variety of applications including, but not limited to, electromechanical actuators, supercapacitors, electronic textiles, and in devices for electrical energy harvesting. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/576432 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07939256 | Williams |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. K. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting incorporation of a labeled nucleotide triphosphate onto the growing end of a primer nucleic acid molecule. The method is used, for example, to genotype and sequence a nucleic acid. In a preferred embodiment, the method described herein detects individual NTP molecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/877628 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941298 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | DynaDx Corporation (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norden E. Huang (Bethesda, Maryland); Zhaohua Wu (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, computer program product and method of analyzing complex signals. Independent versions are generated for the complex signal, e.g., by adding multiple instances of white noise. Intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) are extracted from each of the independent versions, e.g., using Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD). Corresponding IMFs from each independent version are combined into Ensemble IMFs (EIMFs), e.g., taking the mean of the corresponding IMFs. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/470947 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07941472 | Teter |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Teter (Riverside, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for correlating multibit first and second words includes a multiplexer for selecting one bit at a time of the second word, and applying the bit to a multiplier which receives the first word, for generating a product by inverting or noninverting the first word. The product is applied to an adder and is added to a delayed parallel signal to produce a sum signal. The sum signal is delayed in an amount related to the number of bits in the first word to produce the delayed parallel signal. A plurality of such apparatuses are cascaded, with the bits of the second word applied in subsets to the apparatuses, and the partial correlations applied as input words to the next apparatus in the cascade. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409817 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, May 10, 2011.
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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