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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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| US 07946149 | Knight 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) | David E. Knight (Vienna, Virginia); William H. Lewis (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Philip John Dudt (Rockville, Maryland); Lemuel M. Bell (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A transducer is fixedly positioned within a supporting frame, covered by a shield in underlying relation to an enclosure within which explosion pulses are generated for testing purposes. The explosion pulses are profiled during emergence thereof through an aperture in the shield onto a specimen of cellular protective material to be tested by positioning thereof on the transducer. The enclosure is filled with a fluid media such as water to establish a water column corresponding for example to an underwater environment within which such explosion pulses would be generated. The energy of the profiled explosion pulses, not absorbed within the specimen, is measured through the transducer and recorded as a function of time for evaluation of the explosion protective capability of the specimen material being tested. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/011649 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/12.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07946210 | Schneider 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) | John Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana); Christopher Brown (Bloomington, Indiana); Robin Cromwell (Mitchell, Indiana); Donald Lowe (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective structure for a vehicle having an opening on an upper surface is provided. One embodiment of the invention has at least a partial enclosure around an area defined laterally by the vehicle opening with an overhead and side protective capability. An embodiment of the invention has an overhead cover that is formed to substantially enclose a top area of the enclosure and having multiple panels that may be locked into place or opened by an occupant for exit through a top area of the enclosure. The multiple panels in this embodiment extend upwardly and inwardly from a section of the enclosure's side walls. Ballistic windows are provided on the protective structure such that an occupant can view laterally and vertically through the enclosure and overhead cover. A shield or protective plate can be mounted on one side of the enclosure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/547820 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07946211 | Winchester 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) | Clinton S. Winchester (Rockville, Maryland); Philip J. Dudt (Rockville, Maryland); Hampton M. DeJarnette (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to typical inventive practice, an armor structure includes n≧1 highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layers and n+1≧2 metallic layers, alternately configured. Each metallic layer is electrically connected to a power supply that includes, e.g., battery(ies) and/or supercapacitor(s). Each adjacent pair of metallic layers sandwiches a highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layer and forms, with the power supply, an uncompleted electrical circuit. A high-velocity projectile that penetratively encroaches upon a highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layer is subjected to electrical current by virtue of completion of the uncompleted circuit that includes the two sandwiching metallic layers. The circuit is completed by physical (and hence, electrical) contact, bridging the two sandwiching metallic layers, of the projectile and/or its plasma sheath (which at least partially surrounds the projectile's outside surface due to friction between the projectile and the highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layer). The highly-rate-sensitive elastomeric layer's projectile-hindering mechanical influence temporally lengthens the projectile-hindering electrical influence. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220396 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07946431 | Pinnau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ingo Pinnau (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia); Alvin Ng (Milpitas, California); Jennifer Ly (San Jose, California); Anurag P Mairal (Milpitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An inorganic membrane suitable for ultrafiltration or nanofiltration, and methods for making and using the membrane. The membrane has a organic polymer deposited on the feed surface, but is not able to perform separations by solution-diffusion. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/833311 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/510.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07946851 | Howard |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Diamond-Roltran, LLC (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Howard (Dracut, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A full-rotational conductor assembly includes a pair of coaxial electrically conductive members having complementary tracks, relatively rotatable about a common axis. A plurality of electrically conductive coupler halves located between and engaging the tracks enable electrical connection between the tracks of the conductive members. A cage is connected to each of the coupler halves and substantially located between the complimentary tracks. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/474609 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947004 | Kazerooni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Homayoon Kazerooni (Berkeley, California); Nathan H. Harding (Oakland, California); Russdon Angold (American Canyon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A lower extremity exoskeleton, configurable to be coupled to a person, comprises two leg supports configurable to be coupled to the person's lower limbs and configured to rest on the ground during their stance phases. Each leg support comprises a thigh link, a shank link, and two knee joints. Each knee joint is configured to allow flexion and extension between the respective shank link and the respective thigh link. The lower extremity exoskeleton also comprises an exoskeleton trunk configurable to be coupled to the person's upper body. The exoskeleton trunk is rotatably connectable to the thigh links of the leg supports allowing for the flexion and extension between the leg supports and the exoskeleton trunk. In this exemplary embodiment, the energy required for flexion and extension movement between the shank link and the respective thigh link of a leg support over a cyclic knee motion is provided by the person. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/335392 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Splint, brace, or bandage 62/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947036 | Lin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles P Lin (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of scanning a laser beam across a set of cells includes during a first interval, causing a galvanometric scanner to scan a laser beam across a set of cells; and during a second interval, causing the galvanometric scanner to deflect the laser beam away from the set of cells. The first interval is selected to cause microcavitation in at least a portion of the cells from the set of cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/178384 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947149 | Myatt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Solar Ovonic LLC (Auburn Hills, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Myatt (Pleasant Ridge, Michigan); Gregory Demaggio (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kevin Beernink (Clarkston, Michigan); Kermit Jones (Rochester, Michigan); Kenneth Lord (Rochester Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A web of a first sheet material and a web of a second sheet material are laminated together by a process wherein the sheet materials are wound, in an interleaved relationship, upon a roller having a radially displaceable outer surface. The roller and webs and then subjected to heating and/or a low-pressure environment so as to complete the lamination. A body of adhesive material, such as a hot melt adhesive, may be interposed between the webs and the heating or low pressure environment can activate this adhesive. Further disposed are particular configurations of rollers with radially displaceable surfaces. |
| FILED | Monday, January 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/017180 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947275 | Sirbasku |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Signe Biopharma, Inc. (Irving, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Sirbasku (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Serum-containing and serum-free immunoglobulin inhibitors of steroid hormone responsive cancer cell growth are disclosed, along with their methods of production. Also disclosed are defined cell culture media, assay protocols, and model systems using the inhibitors for demonstrating steroid hormone growth effects of natural and synthetic substances, and other cell culture applications. The disclosed compositions and methods employing the immunoglobulin inhibitors are also useful as reagents in research, and for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mucus epithelial cancers. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/852958 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/155.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947286 | Lehrer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | PanThera Biopharma LLC (Aiea, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Axel Thomas Lehrer (Honolulu, Hawaii); David Edward Clements (Honolulu, Hawaii); Tom Humphreys (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | Filovirus subunit protein immunogens are produced using a recombinant expression system and combined with one or more adjuvants in immunogenic formulations. The subunit proteins include GP95, GP-FL, VP40, VP24, and NP derived from Ebola Virus and Marburg Virus. Adjuvants include saponins, emulsions, alum, and dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors. The disclosed immunogenic formulations are effective in inducing strong antibody responses directed against individual Filovirus proteins and intact Filovirus particles as well as stimulating cell-mediated immune responses to the Filoviruses. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/545093 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/204.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947454 | Akeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); David W. Deamer (Santa Cruz, California); Jeffrey R. Sampson (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for analysis of polymers, e.g., polynucleotides, are provided. The systems are capable of analyzing a polymer at a specified rate. One such analysis system includes a structure having a nanopore aperture and a molecular motor, e.g., a polymerase, adjacent the nanopore aperture. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/626014 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947463 | Sirbasku |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Signe Biopharma, Inc. (Irving, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Sirbasku (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods that use the body's natural secretory immune system in a new way against steroid hormone responsive tumors of the breast and prostate, as well as other glandular/mucus epithelial tissues such as colon, ovary, endometrium, kidney, bladder, stomach, pancreas and secretory pituitary gland are provided. Also provided are new ways of identifying carcinogenic, or potentially carcinogenic, bacteria in a tissue or body fluid to provide better anti-cancer therapies and preventatives than have been available previously. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/852547 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947491 | Jeon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Noo Li Jeon (Irvine, California); Wajeeh Saadi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seog Woo Rhee (Kongju, South Korea); Bobak Mosadegh (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Carlos Huang (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to devices and systems that may generate and maintain a chemical gradient. In one embodiment, the invention provides a source and a sink channel so that a gradient bridge is created. In another embodiment, the gradient bridge creates a stable environment for facilitating molecular events to occur, such as a cell migration, or formation of crystallized molecules. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/849194 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/288.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947509 | Harper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Douglas Harper (Boston, Massachusetts); Richard Hart Mathews (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Bernadette Johnson (Hollis, New Hampshire); Martha Susan Petrovick (Barre, Massachusetts); Ann Rundell (West Lafayette, Indiana); Frances Ellen Nargi (Concord, Massachusetts); Timothy Stephens (Lexington, Massachusetts); Linda Marie Mendenhall (Acton, Massachusetts); Mark Alexander Hollis (Concord, Massachusetts); Albert M. Young (Fishkill, New York); Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts); Eric David Schwoebel (Belmont, Massachusetts); Trina Rae Vian (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to optoelectronic systems for detecting one or more target particles. The system includes a reaction chamber, a specimen collector, an optical detector, and a reservoir containing cells, each of the cells having receptors which are present on the surface of each cell and are specific for the target particle to be detected, where binding of the target particle to the receptors directly or indirectly activates a reporter molecule, thereby producing a measurable optical signal. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800607 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947579 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying-Bing Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joseph L. Cecchi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Barrier layers and methods for forming barrier layers on a porous layer are provided. The methods can include chemically adsorbing a plurality of first molecules on a surface of the porous layer in a chamber and forming a first layer of the first molecules on the surface of the porous layer. A plasma can then be used to react a plurality of second molecules with the first layer of first molecules to form a first layer of a barrier layer. The barrier layers can seal the pores of the porous material, function as a diffusion barrier, be conformal, and/or have a negligible impact on the overall ILD k value of the porous material. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673190 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947626 | Ma 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) | Wu Ma (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jinny Lin Liu (Ellicott, Maryland); Thomas O'Shaughnessy (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention comprises a method for generating functional neural networks using neural progenitor cells on microelectrode arrays (MEAs). The method involves dissociating neural progenitor cells from an embryo, propagating the neural progenitor cells, passaging the neural progenitor cells and seeding the neural progenitor cells on MEAs to produce a functional neural network. The neural progenitor cells may be continuously passaged to propagate an endless supply of neural progenitor cells. The resultant passaged progenitor cell derived neural network MEA may be used to detect and/or quantify various biological or chemical toxins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/846810 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947936 | Bobinchak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Bobinchak (Ridgecrest, California); Gary Hewer (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein provides an apparatus and a method to cooperatively track and intercept a plurality of highly maneuvering asymmetric threats using networks of small, low-cost, lightweight, airborne vehicles that dynamically self-organize into an ad hoc network topology. This is accomplished using distributed information sharing to maintain cohesion and avoid vehicle collisions, while cooperatively pursuing multiple targets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/779137 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07948011 — N-polar aluminum gallium nitride/gallium nitride enhancement-mode field effect transistor
| US 07948011 | Rajan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siddharth Rajan (Goleta, California); Chang Soo Suh (Goleta, California); James S. Speck (Goleta, California); Umesh K. Mishra (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel enhancement mode field effect transistor (FET), such as a High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT), has an N-polar surface uses polarization fields to reduce the electron population under the gate in the N-polar orientation, has improved dispersion suppression, and low gate leakage. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/523286 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948042 | Lau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chun Ning Lau (Diamond Bar, California); Gang Liu (Riverside, California); Jairo Velasco, Jr. (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-level lithography processes for the fabrication of suspended structures are presented. The process is based on the differential exposure and developing conditions of several a plurality of resist layers, without harsher processes, such as etching of sacrificial layers or the use of hardmasks. These manufacturing processes are readily suited for use with systems that are chemically and/or mechanically sensitive, such as graphene. Graphene p-n-p junctions with suspended top gates formed through these processes exhibit high mobility and control of local doping density and type. This fabrication technique may be further extended to fabricate other types of suspended structures, such as local current carrying wires for inducing local magnetic fields, a point contact for local injection of current, and moving parts in microelectromechanical devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/397183 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948050 | Appenzeller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joerg Appenzeller (Valhalla, New York); Supratik Guha (Chappaqua, New York); Emanuel Tutuc (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor structure is provided, which includes multiple sections arranged along a longitudinal axis. Preferably, the semiconductor structure comprises a middle section and two terminal sections located at opposite ends of the middle section. A semiconductor core having a first dopant concentration preferably extends along the longitudinal axis through the middle section and the two terminal sections. A semiconductor shell having a second, higher dopant concentration preferably encircles a portion of the semiconductor core at the two terminal sections, but not at the middle section, of the semiconductor structure. It is particularly preferred that the semiconductor structure is a nanostructure having a cross-sectional dimension of not more than 100 nm. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/622358 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948124 | Waters et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Waters (San Diego, California); Mark Fralick (San Diego, California); Hugo Jazo (San Diego, California); Brian Dick (San Diego, California); Max Kerber (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy harvesting apparatus comprising: a substrate; two magnets coupled to the substrate in close proximity to each other with like magnetic poles facing each other creating a flux gap; a coil coupled to the substrate and disposed within the flux gap, wherein the coil and the magnets are coupled to the substrate such that substrate acceleration causes relative motion between the magnets and the coil thereby exposing the coil to a changing magnetic flux. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/563932 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948146 | Winandy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Pierre Winandy (Arlon, Belgium); Christophe Lafon (Veigne, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A clip for securing a sleeve to the body of a piezoelectric actuator in an actuator assembly, the clip taking the form of a band comprising first and second axially spaced ring-like members joined by a plurality of inwardly facing substantially arch shaped sections, the arch shaped sections defining the minimum inner diameter of the band, whereby axial displacement of the ring-like members way from one another causes flexing of the arch shaped sections to increase the minimum inner diameter of the band while axial displacement of the ring-like members towards one another causes flexing of the arch shaped sections to reduce the minimum inner diameter of the band thereby, when in use, to increase a clamping force applied to the sleeve. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/362600 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948151 | Blackburn 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) | Michael R. Blackburn (Encinitas, California); Wayne C. McGinnis (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An artificial neuromuscular unit (ANMU) comprising: an electroactive polymer (EAP) actuator layer; an EAP logic layer coupled to the actuator layer; an EAP energy layer coupled to the logic layer such that the logic layer is interposed between the energy layer and the actuator layer, wherein the logic layer is configured to control energy transfer between the energy layer and the actuator layer; and a sensor element operatively coupled to the actuator layer and the logic layer, wherein the sensor element is configured to communicate deflections of the actuator layer to the logic layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/421467 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948429 | Drake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter R. Drake (Northborough, Massachusetts); Yuchoi F. Lok (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for processing data from a low beam channel, a high beam channel and a weather channel to perform an altitude estimation based upon a target amplitude ratio between the low beam channel and the high beam channel and target range, and for performing target detection based upon data from the weather channel. In one embodiment, migrating birds can be more accurately detected and classified than with conventional systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435508 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/26.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948439 | Baughman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Baughman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes first and second transmitters attachable to first and second vehicles. The transmitters can each transmit successive signals at predetermined time intervals. Tracking stations at different locations are configured to receive the signals transmitted by at least one of the first and second transmitters, distinguish signals transmitted by the first transmitter from signals transmitted by the second transmitter, and determine from the transmitted signals respective position information for at least one of the first and second transmitters. Each of the tracking stations is further configured to be in signal communication with at least one other of the tracking stations. The system further includes at least one processing device in signal communication with at least one of the tracking stations. The processing device is configured to determine from the position information a location of the first vehicle relative to a location of the second vehicle. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/143055 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948610 | Hintz 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 T. Hintz (Ridgecrest, California); Rudolf G. Buser (Wall, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A long range eye-safe laser radar (LADAR) system for use in an environment where real-time non-cooperative identification of an object is required. In particular, a laser beam is aimed at an object, the laser energy reflected from the object is collected by a detector array for use in generating a composite of both a high resolution 3-Dimensional (3D) shape of the object and the object's high resolution micro-Doppler vibration spectrum, a characteristic of the object as unique as a fingerprint. The composite is then used to automatically identify the object by comparison to a database of similar composite sets of 3D shape and vibration spectrum information with the results of the identification conveyed to the user. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/935473 |
| 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 356/4.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948669 | Karras et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Karras (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); David L. Enlow (Trooper, Pennsylvania); Paul Kit Lai Yu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary methods of maximizing a spur-free dynamic range (SFDR) or a gain of an electro-absorption modulator (EAM) are disclosed. At least one parameter in a set of design parameters for an EAM is varied. An SFDR of the EAM is determined in part by a first set of design parameters. A gain of the EAM is determined in part by a second set of design parameters. An output versus bias voltage transfer curve of the EAM is generated. An optimal SFDR bias voltage at which a maximum SFDR occurs for a given optical input power or an optimal gain bias voltage at which a maximum gain occurs for a given optical input power is programmatically determined based at least in part on the transfer curve. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/432604 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948791 | de Jong |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan L. de Jong (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory array having a plurality of memory cells is disclosed, where each memory cell comprises a first inverter having a first transistor coupled between a reference voltage and a first node for receiving input data and a second transistor coupled between the first node and ground; and a second inverter having a third transistor coupled between the reference voltage and a second node for storing inverted input data and a fourth transistor coupled between the second node and ground, the first node being coupled to control terminals of the third transistor and the fourth transistor and the second node being coupled to control the first transistor and the second transistor; wherein the third transistor is implemented with physical dimensions which make the third transistor stronger than the first transistor, or the second transistor is implemented with physical dimensions which make the second transistor stronger than the fourth transistor. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/354202 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948829 | Snow 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) | Trevor Snow (Bloomington, Indiana); Jeffrey M. Snow (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a method and system for finding and physically altering underground targets. Multiple nodes are dispersed into the ground and determine their spatial orientation using seismic waves, and then operate as an array to locate and properly time kinetic pulses to focus seismic waves on the target. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/570954 |
| 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 367/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948966 | Hughes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Powerwave Cognition, Inc. (Santa Ana, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Hughes (San Diego, California); Wendell Y. Kishaba (San Diego, California); Chau T. Trinh (Fullerton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In a Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET), multi-metric information is gathered and applied to a cost-based route calculation. In particular, each node gathers resource metrics from neighboring of nodes, along with data rate and reliability information for data links to and from the node. This information is applied to a costing algorithm such as Dykstra' Open Shortest Path First algorithm to obtain routes through the network. This approach may be adapted with suitable modifications to use with unicast traffic or with a multicast forwarding group. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/242747 |
| ART UNIT | 2473 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949096 | Cheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chieh C. Cheng (Redlands, California); David A. Lesyna (Redlands, California); Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A patient positioning system for use with a radiation therapy system that monitors the location of fixed and movable components and pre-plans movement of the movable components so as to inhibit movement if a collision would be indicated. The positioning system can also coordinate movement of multiple movable components for reduced overall latency in registering a patient. The positioning system includes external measurement devices which measure the location and orientation of objects, including components of the radiation therapy system, in space and can also monitor for intrusion into the active area of the therapy system by personnel or foreign objects to improve operational safety of the radiation therapy system. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/825076 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949097 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Passport Systems, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bertozzi (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert J. Ledoux (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The scattered intensity of photons from the nuclear Pygmy Resonance taken in conjunction with the scattered intensity at lower energies provides a signal that is sensitive to the nature of the nuclear species doing the scattering. Highly enriched uranium and depleted uranium can be distinguished by this signal from other materials. Other nuclei can also be distinguished and identified. Methods and apparatus for employing the phenomenon to identify or assist in the identification of materials are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/346237 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949174 | Manak |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph J. Manak (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are provided for generating high and low-frequency components for the pixels of a detector array. The method includes the act of generating a gain map image comprised of gain coefficients for one or more pixels of a detector array. A frequency-based transform is applied to the gain map image to generate a high-frequency component and a low-frequency component of the gain map coefficients for each pixel. The high and low-frequency components may be differentially applied in the processing of images. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/583669 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949186 | Grauman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristen Grauman (Austin, Texas); Trevor Darrell (Dover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for classifying or comparing objects includes detecting points of interest within two objects, computing feature descriptors at said points of interest, forming a multi-resolution histogram over feature descriptors for each object and computing a weighted intersection of multi-resolution histogram for each object. An alternative embodiment includes a method for matching objects by defining a plurality of bins for multi-resolution histograms having various levels and a plurality of cluster groups, each group having a center, for each point of interest, calculating a bin index, a bin count and a maximal distance to the bin center and providing a path vector indicative of the bins chosen at each level. Still another embodiment includes a method for matching objects comprising creating a set of feature vectors for each object of interest, mapping each set of feature vectors to a single high-dimensional vector to create an embedding vector and encoding each embedding vector with a binary hash string. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/724571 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949210 | Durfee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles G. Durfee (Boulder, Colorado); Reuben T. Collins (Golden, Colorado); Thomas E. Furtak (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides fundamental science and novel device architectures for surface plasmon (SP)-based, complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible, optical elements such as modulators, couplers, and switches. The primary focus of the work is on waveguides based on an ultra-long-range surface plasmon (ULRSP) waveguide mode recently discovered by our team. This mode exists at the metal-dielectric interfaces in a silicon-oxide-metal-silicon layer structure. While initial work focuses on noble metals to support the ULRSP, our analysis shows Si processing-compatible metals such as Cu and Al can also be used. Our modeling has also shown that variation in the thickness of the oxide layer can be used to give unprecedented propagation lengths in such structures. Electrically-induced free carrier modulation of the dielectric constant in the Si adjacent to the oxide can modulate the waveguide properties allowing novel Si-compatible electro-optic devices to be created. These waveguides function as the “wiring” in new classes of optical chips. This invention also provides integration of ULRSP waveguides and switches with other optical elements to create entirely new classes of hybrid optoelectronic technologies for defense applications. These range from chip-based chemical agent detection to extremely high performance processors and even all-optical computations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/869117 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949219 | Karras |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Karras (Berwyn, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of forming an optical coupling between two optical waveguides where at least one of the optical waveguides is non-UV transmissive are disclosed. In one aspect, a self-forming waveguide (SFWG) is formed in a photosensitive material disposed between a UV transmissive optical waveguide and a non-UV transmissive component at least in part by a portion of an incident UV beam reflected from an interface between the photosensitive material and the non-UV transmissive material. In another aspect, two separate SFWG waveguides are formed in two separate photosensitive materials by UV beams passed thereto via a UV transmissive bridge waveguide. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/398967 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949416 | Fuller |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Fuller (Amston, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling a multivariable system according to one non-limiting embodiment includes receiving a plurality of limits, receiving a first quantity of goals each having a desired value, and receiving sensor feedback. The method further includes estimating a basepoint in response to the first quantity of goals, the plurality of limits, and the sensor feedback, wherein the basepoint includes a set of values corresponding to an equilibrium point at which a predetermined amount of enabled limits are met and a second quantity of goals are fulfilled according to a goal prioritization scheme. Actuator requests are transmitted to a controlled system in response to the estimated basepoint. Predicted values from a mathematical model are compared to the sensor feedback, and the estimated basepoint is selectively adjusted in response to a difference between the predicted values and the sensor feedback in order to reduce the difference. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/115574 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949436 | Drost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Drost (Los Altos, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); David C. Douglas (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that automatically detects and corrects a misalignment of a semiconductor chip. During operation, the system uses a position-detection mechanism integrated with the chip to determine the misalignment of the chip from a desired alignment for the chip. Next, the system uses an actuation mechanism integrated with the chip to automatically correct the misalignment, thereby improving performance and reliability of the chip. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/437456 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07949480 — Method for determining an interaction between an electromagnetic radiation and a material
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Simphotek, Inc. (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evgueni Parilov (Brooklyn, New York); Mary Potasek (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The exemplary embodiments of the method, system, software arrangement and computer-accessible medium according to the present invention facilitates an analysis of interactions between nonlinear absorbing materials and an incident electromagnetic wave based on material properties and characteristics of the incident beam of the electromagnetic energy. Using the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to determine laser beam propagation in a variety of multiphoton absorbing materials. Energy levels associated with such materials, which may be associated with various electron absorption and/or relaxation phenomena, may be added to and/or removed from the analysis. Incident laser beams can vary from continuous wave to attoseconds in duration and a numerical solution can be obtained that is radially and/or temporally dependent. Certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention can also be used to determine certain contributions of individual electronic energy levels within the materials to the total 15 absorption. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/559093 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949498 | Walker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Walker (Barboursville, Virginia); Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and computer program products for estimating changes in an object represented by first and second multidimensional datasets. The first dataset is a reference dataset and the second dataset is an altered dataset. Discrete data samples of the first dataset are processed to form a piecewise continuous representation thereof. An error function is computed for comparisons between discrete data samples in the second dataset and the piecewise continuous representation of the first dataset. An alteration of the second dataset relative to the first dataset that minimizes the error function is determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/906614 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07946707 | McDonald, II et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James Edward McDonald, II (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Randolph Blake (Nashville, Tennessee); Eunice Yang (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed apparatus and method for a test of eye dominance of human subjects for which on each 10-sec trial, one eye starts with a strong image that gets progressively weaker or does not get progressively stronger, while, at the same time, the other eye gets a weak image that gets progressively stronger. The initially strong image will always be seen at the beginning and eventually vision will flip to the other eye's view once that image has achieved sufficient strength to overcome the dominance of the initially strong stimulus (which itself is getting progressively weaker). The subject indicates recognition of the strengthening image and the time is recorded. Results show that the test provides a reliable measure of eye dominance which is seen to vary considerably among people within a sample of normal adults. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 04, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/658207 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947026 | Herr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Herr (Charlottesville, Virginia); Arabinda Mandal (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device to conform with the glans penis to recover ejaculated semen completely, to prevent the loss of initial sperm rich epididymal fractions, to avoid the use of a condom for masturbation, to eliminate the multi-step transfers of semen following ejaculation that are common with current methods, and to provide a single device that contains a semen collecting chamber that fits onto a glans penis. The device provides a storage and measuring reservoir, an optional cap, and a vertical stand in one integrally formed module in a sterile pack. The device and method will have multiple uses in a variety of contexts including, but not limited thereto: in the diagnosis of infertility, in semen donation, in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) clinics, hospitals, forensic laboratories and research laboratories and will be included in kits intended for over-the-counter sperm testing devices. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/577983 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947036 | Lin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles P Lin (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of scanning a laser beam across a set of cells includes during a first interval, causing a galvanometric scanner to scan a laser beam across a set of cells; and during a second interval, causing the galvanometric scanner to deflect the laser beam away from the set of cells. The first interval is selected to cause microcavitation in at least a portion of the cells from the set of cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/178384 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947255 | Blakely et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy D. Blakely (Brentwood, Tennessee); John N. Mason (Nashville, Tennessee); Ian D. Tomlinson (Nashville, Tennessee); Sandra J. Rosenthal (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based on the finding that IDT307 and analogs thereof are fluorescent substrates transported by several neurotransmitter transporters. Provided are methods for the analysis of neurotransmitter transport and binding using IDT307 and its analogs. The invention also provides rapid methods for screening for modulators of neurotransmitter transport. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/832905 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947268 | Baillie |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie W. J. Baillie (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A vaccine for the prevention of anthrax, including a live, attenuated Salmonella and at least one nucleotide sequence encoding anthrax protective antigen (PA) or a fragment thereof and a nonlethal mutated form of anthrax lethal factor (LF) or a fragment thereof. In another implementation, the vaccine is constituted for the prevention of anthrax and at least one additional pathogen, as including a live, attenuated Salmonella and at least one nucleotide sequence encoding at least a fragment of a nonlethal mutated form of anthrax lethal factor (LF) and at least one nucleotide sequence encoding at least a fragment of an antigen of an additional pathogen. Vaccines of such types can be administered to stimulate antibody response in a subject, whereby the antibody response confers immunity to the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/084998 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947278 | Kuo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calvin Jay Kuo (Palo Alto, California); Frank Kuhnert (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of modulating angiogenesis in an individual, the methods generally involving administering to an individual an agent that modulates the expression or activity of Egfl7, where an agonist of Egfl7, including an Egfl7 polypeptide, decreases angiogenesis. In one embodiment, the methods of the invention relate to inhibiting pathological angiogenesis by enhancing activity of Egfl7, which method may be carried out in conjunction with administration of one or more other anti-angiogenic agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/879655 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947279 | Arancio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ottavio Arancio (New York, New York); Michael L. Shelanski (Brooklyn, New York); Bing Gong (Fort Lee, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to methods for increasing learning and memory in a subject with a neuropathological condition, specifically a condition related to elevated beta-amyloid deposition, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound capable of increasing the activity of Uch-L1. The invention is also directed to screening methods for identifying compounds that enhance the activity of the proteasome system, Uch-L1, or both. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/477771 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947289 | Leppla et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen H. Leppla (Bethesda, Maryland); Shi-Hui Liu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Thomas H. Bugge (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions comprising modified bacterial toxins and methods for using the modified bacterial toxins for targeting particular cell populations and for treating diseases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/055557 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947307 | Fisher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward A. Fisher (Scarsdale, New York); Zahi A. Fayad (New York, New York); Gwendalyn Randolph (New York, New York); Jonathan Feig (Brooklyn, New York); Eugene Trogan (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions useful as imaging agents for use in monitoring atherosclerotic plaque regression using, for example, MRI, CT, Gamma-scintigraphy, or optical imaging techniques. Methods and compositions of using the same are described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/228577 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947454 | Akeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); David W. Deamer (Santa Cruz, California); Jeffrey R. Sampson (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for analysis of polymers, e.g., polynucleotides, are provided. The systems are capable of analyzing a polymer at a specified rate. One such analysis system includes a structure having a nanopore aperture and a molecular motor, e.g., a polymerase, adjacent the nanopore aperture. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/626014 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947460 | Sampson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh A. Sampson (Larchmont, New York); Kirsten Beyer (Berlin, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for predicting or diagnosing a hazelnut-induced systemic reaction, and for methods for treating such a reaction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/859034 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07947466 | Hansen et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Scott B. Hansen (La Jolla, California); Palmer Taylor (Del Mar, California); Zoran Radic (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescence based screening assays are provided that allow for the for identification of agents that selectively bind to a ligand-gated ion channel (LGIC) such as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Also provided are methods for identifying agents that selectively bind to a neuronal-type nAChR by detecting binding of the agent to an Aplysia AChBP, which is representative of a neuronal-type nAChR. In addition, compositions and kits for performing such methods are provided. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/938370 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.950 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947479 | Sheffield et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Val Sheffield (Iowa City, Iowa); Darryl Nishimura (Coralville, Iowa); Edwin Stone (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of a gene, now designated negevin (ngvn), that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retardation, renal cancer and other abnormalities, retinopathy and hypogonadism. The human NGVN protein disclosed herein is 731 amino acids in length and is coded for by a gene spanning 17 exons. Homologs have been identified in mouse, rat, zebrafish. Methods of use for the gene, for example in diagnosis and therapy of BBS and in drug screening, also are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/370242 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947493 | Palmenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann C. Palmenberg (Madison, Wisconsin); Aleksey G. Aminev (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Rachel P. Groppo (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions, specifically novel nucleic acid constructs encoding a cardiovirus 2A polypeptide operably linked to suitable promoters. Also, disclosed are methods whereby the nucleic acid constructs are introduced into cells or cell free systems to regulate cellular mRNA transcription and cap-dependent or internal ribosomal entry site (IRES)-dependent mRNA translation. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/888143 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947501 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Su-Chun Zhang (Middleton, Wisconsin); Zhong-wei Du (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of creating a human pluripotent transgenic stem cell, wherein heterologous DNA is inserted into specific “hot-spots” in the genome where stable and high gene expression may occur, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: (a) selecting a pluripotent stem cell line, and (b) inserting heterologous DNA at an insertion site selected from the group consisting of insertion site one and insertion site two to form a transgenic cell line. In another embodiment, the heterologous DNA is an exchange cassette and the transgenic cell line formed is a master cell line. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/322809 |
| 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 435/462 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947503 | Tuchman |
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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) | Donald P. Tuchman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A dust monitor is disclosed that is suitably deployed in dusty environments and capable of providing near real-time indications of exposure to airborne particulates. The monitor includes a filter and filter assembly made of materials that do not interfere with subsequent instrumental (such as spectrometric) analysis for detecting and/or quantitating an analyte. In some disclosed embodiments, the filter is made of nylon or other material that is readily subjected to thermal destruction prior to spectrometric analysis. The dust monitor also includes a humidity correction feature that permits the filter to be made of ashable organic materials even if those materials are not highly hydrophobic. Transport devices are provided for shipment of the filter and/or filter assembly to an analytical laboratory which prevent loss of particulate matter and which facilitate an accurate analysis procedure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/922381 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947647 | Peterson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake R. Peterson (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to new synthetic receptors. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of the synthetic receptors for delivering a protein, peptide, drug, prodrug, lipid, nucleic acid, carbohydrate or small molecule into a target cell via receptor-mediated endocytosis. According to the invention, novel synthetic mimics of cell surface receptors have been designed and methods for use of the same are disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/317473 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947651 | Rubin 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); University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Rubin (Rockville, Maryland); Susan Cumberledge (Amherst, Massachusetts); Frieda Reichsman (Amherst, Massachusetts); Aykut Uren (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention stems from the discovery that sFRP and fragments thereof can bind to members of the Wnt family of proteins and cause an increase in Wnt biological activity. Furthermore, fragments of sFRP that do not contain the CRD domain are shown to bind to Wnt proteins and modulate Wnt biological activity. Accordingly, the invention provides these sFRP fragments and variants of these fragments, as well as vectors and host cells containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the sFRP fragments and variants. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/748872 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/16.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947652 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiandie Lin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bruce M. Spiegelman (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for modulating mitochondrial function, modulating lesion formation in the brain, modulating neurite growth, modulating neuronal degeneration, and treating and preventing neurological diseases or disorders comprising modulating the expression or activity of PGC-1α. The present invention also provides an animal, e.g., transgenic mouse, in which the PGC-1α gene is misexpressed. Methods for identifying compounds which are capable of treating or preventing a neurological disease or disorder are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/660986 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947655 | Cox, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder Biotechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox, III (Louisville, Colorado); Daniel H. Doherty (Boulder, Colorado); Mary S. Rosendahl (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods of making soluble proteins having free cysteines in which a host cell is exposed to a cysteine blocking agent. The soluble proteins produced by the methods can then be modified to increase their effectiveness. Such modifications include attaching a PEG moiety to form pegylated proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/604165 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/21.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947658 | Aronin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Aronin (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Phillip D. Zamore (Northboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of an effective treatment for a variety of gain-of-function diseases, in particular, Huntington's disease (HD). The present invention utilizes RNA Interference technology (RNAi) against polymorphic regions in the genes encoding various gain-of-function mutant proteins resulting in an effective treatment for the gain-of-function disease. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/571705 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947665 | Miller et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Gabor Tigyi (Memphis, Tennessee); Gangadhar G. Durgam (Memphis, Tennessee); Tamas Virag (Chicago, Illinois); Michelle D. Walker (Memphis, Tennessee); Ryoko Tsukahara (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds according to formula (I) as well as pharmaceutical compositions which include those compounds. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds, which have activity as agonists or as antagonists of LPA receptors; such methods including inhibiting LPA activity on an LPA receptor, modulating LPA receptor activity, treating cancer, enhancing cell proliferation, treating a wound, treating apoptosis or preserving or restoring function in a cell, tissue, or organ, culturing cells, preserving organ or tissue function, and treating a dermatological condition. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/748331 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947717 | Pellecchia |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Burnham Institute for Medical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maurizio Pellecchia (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds that can efficiently and specifically inhibit bacterial toxins, such as inhibit the lethal factor (LF) protease activity of anthrax toxin and/or botulinum neurotoxin type A. The invention also provides methods for inhibiting proteases, such as lethal factor protease, as well as methods for treating bacterial infections, such as anthrax and botulinum. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/176058 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947723 | Winfield |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leyte L. Winfield (Austell, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for compounds, compositions, and methods that involve anti-proliferative and anti-neoplastic activity in cancer cells. In particular, a series of benzimidazole, purine, imidazopyridine, and imidazopyrizine compounds having selected substitution patterns are disclosed, and the activity of various subject compounds is demonstrated. For example, the invention provides compounds having the general formula: their pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment using the subject compounds and compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/363168 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947726 | Scanlan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Scanlan (Portland, Oregon); Nilesh Shah (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides non-steroidal ligands for the glucocorticoid receptor, methods for making non-steroidal ligands of the glucocorticoid receptor, compositions of non-steroidal ligands of the glucocorticoid receptor and methods of using non-steroidal ligands and compositions of non-steroidal ligands of the glucocorticoid receptor for treating or preventing diseases (e.g., obesity, diabetes, depression, neurodegeneration or an inflammatory disease) associated with glucocorticoid binding to the glucocorticoid receptor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365106 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947729 | Pandey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (Williamsville, New York); Yihui Chen (Amherst, New York); William Potter (E. Amherst, New York); Allan Oseroff (Buffalo, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having preferential localization in tumor tissue relative to normal tissue, a preferential electromagnetic absorption at a wavelength between about 660 and 900 nm, and a fluorescence at a wavelength shifted from the preferential absorption by at least +30 nm and preferably at least +50 nm. The compound further preferably destroys tumor tissue in which it is absorbed when exposed to light at its preferential absorption wavelength. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the compound is a conjugate of a tumor avid tetrapyrrole compound with a fluorescent dye, and more preferably the fluorescent dye is an indocyanine dye such as indocyanine green. The tumor avid tetrapyrrole compound is preferably a porphyrin derivative selected from the group consisting of chlorins, bacteriochlorins, purpurins and derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/632433 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947807 | Kobilka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California); Dan Rohrer (Los Gatos, California); Peter Brams (Sacramento, California); Asna Masood (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antibody that specifically binds a three dimensional epitope on the IC3 loop of a GPCR is provided. The antibody may be employed in a method that comprises: contacting a GPCR with a monovalent version of the antibody binding conditions to form a complex; and crystallizing the complex. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/284245 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07947810 | Econs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Research and Technology Institute (Indianapolis, Indiana); Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen Abeteilung Mediziniche Genetik (Munich, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Econs (Indianapolis, Indiana); Ken White (Carmel, Indiana); Tim Matthias Strom (Munich, Germany); Thomas Meitinger (Munich, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a kit for diagnosing a disorder comprising a reagent that detects FGF23 polypeptides and mutant FGF23 polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/983190 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947822 | Nabel 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) | Gary J. Nabel (Washington, District of Columbia); Bimal Chakrabarti (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Wing-Pui Kong (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Yue Huang (Bethesda, Maryland); Zengguang Wang, legal representative (Silver Spring, Maryland); Zhi-Yong Yang (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and six plasmids, each of which encodes an HIV Env, Gag, Pol, or Nef protein. The invention also provides a method of inducing an immune response in an animal using the composition. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/683844 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947827 | Bailey, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through The State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George S. Bailey, Jr. (Corvallis, Oregon); Carole Jubert (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical formulation for the prophylaxis, pretreatment and treatment of a poisoning caused by exposure to (either singly or as a mixture of agents) organophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitors, vesicating agents, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and aflatoxin B1. This invention is characterized by active substance comprised of a metaloporphyrin molecule with an associated metal moiety (Cu, Mg) of suitable purity and chemical composition to provide a bioavailable oral dosage form to attain predictable concentrations in target tissues and bodily fluids (plasma, bronchial secretions, etc.) sufficient to counteract the effects of toxic substances through chemical complexation or catalysis of toxin degradation. Although these metaloporphyrins are semisynthetic products of chlorophyll, the preferred starting material is chlorophyll a (Chla) extracted and purified from Spirulina pacifica or other sources. A specific method is invented to achieve a critical combination of purity and yield beyond those currently available. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825146 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947829 | Kiper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dilek Dogutan Kiper (Raleigh, North Carolina); Marcin Ptaszek (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a compound of Formula I: is carried out by condensing a pair of compounds of Formula II (which pair may be the same or different), or by condensing a compound of Formula III with a compound Formula IV, to produce a compound of Formula I. The condensing step may be carried out with a metal salt under basic conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/780151 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
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| US 07948421 | McCoy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Calvin McCoy (Louisville, Kentucky); Christopher Isert (Louisville, Kentucky); Douglas Jackson (New Albany, Indiana); John Naber (Goshen, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The ADC includes a variable oscillator, a frequency divider, a clock circuit, and a counter. The variable oscillator is coupled to a sensor and configured to generate an oscillating signal based on a measurement generated by the sensor. The frequency divider is coupled to the variable oscillator and configured to divide a frequency of the oscillating signal. The clock circuit is configured to generate a clock signal at a defined frequency. The counter is coupled to the frequency divider and to the clock and is configured to generate a bit stream representative of a first number of periods of the clock signal during a second number of periods of the divided oscillating signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/477033 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
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| US 07949095 | Ning et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruola Ning (Fairport, New York); Weixing Cai (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for imaging an object, such as for breast imaging, includes a gantry frame having mounted thereon an x-ray source, a source grating, a holder or other place for the object to be imaged, a phase grating, an analyzer grating, and an x-ray detector. The device images objects by differential-phase-contrast cone-beam computed tomography. A hybrid system includes sources and detectors for both conventional and differential-phase-contrast computed tomography. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/705085 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/62 |
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| US 07949387 | Khoobehi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Khoobehi (Metairie, Louisiana); James M. Beach (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A new method was discovered to analyze continuous spectral curves to determine relative hemoglobin oxygen saturation, using spectral curves collected from a continuous range of wavelengths from about 530 nm to about 584 nm, including spectra from transmitted or reflected light. Using isosbestic points and curve areas, a relative saturation index was calculated. With this method, noninvasive, in vivo measurement of relative oxygen saturation was made using light reflected from blood vessels in the eye and to map and measure relative changes in hemoglobin oxygen saturation in primate retinal vessels and optic nerve head in response to controlled changes in inspired oxygen and intraocular pressure (IOP). This method could also measure oxygen saturation from other blood vessels that reflect light sufficient to give a clear spectra from the blood hemoglobin. Changes in blood oxygen saturation can be monitored with this method for early detection of disease. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/593175 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
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| US 07949498 | Walker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Walker (Barboursville, Virginia); Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and computer program products for estimating changes in an object represented by first and second multidimensional datasets. The first dataset is a reference dataset and the second dataset is an altered dataset. Discrete data samples of the first dataset are processed to form a piecewise continuous representation thereof. An error function is computed for comparisons between discrete data samples in the second dataset and the piecewise continuous representation of the first dataset. An alteration of the second dataset relative to the first dataset that minimizes the error function is determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/906614 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/189 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric P. Robertson (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for oil recovery whereby an exothermic water reactant (EWR) encapsulated in a water soluble coating is placed in water and pumped into one or more oil wells in contact with an oil bearing formation. After the water carries the EWR to the bottom of the injection well, the water soluble coating dissolves and the EWR reacts with the water to produce heat, an alkali solution, and hydrogen. The heat from the EWR reaction generates steam, which is forced into the oil bearing formation where it condenses and transfers heat to the oil, elevating its temperature and decreasing the viscosity of the oil. The aqueous alkali solution mixes with the oil in the oil bearing formation and forms a surfactant that reduces the interfacial tension between the oil and water. The hydrogen may be used to react with the oil at these elevated temperatures to form lighter molecules, thus upgrading to a certain extent the oil in situ. As a result, the oil can flow more efficiently and easily through the oil bearing formation towards and into one or more production wells. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/432793 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/272.300 |
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| US 07946382 | Harris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph E. Harris (San Antonio, Texas); Christine M. Scrivner (San Antonio, Texas); Eugene L. Broerman, III (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for reducing pulsation in lateral piping associated with a gas compressor system. A tunable side branch absorber (TSBA) is installed on the lateral piping. A pulsation sensor is placed in the lateral piping, to measure pulsation within the piping. The sensor output signals are delivered to a controller, which controls actuators that change the acoustic dimensions of the SBA. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/752761 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Acoustics 181/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Liang (Palm City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil is provided for a turbine of a gas turbine engine. The airfoil comprises: an outer structure comprising a first wall including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side; an inner structure comprising a second wall spaced from the first wall and at least one intermediate wall; and structure extending between the first and second walls so as to define first and second gaps between the first and second walls. The second wall and the at least one intermediate wall define at least one pressure side supply cavity and at least one suction side supply cavity. The second wall may include at least one first opening near the leading edge of the first wall. The first opening may extend from the at least one pressure side supply cavity to the first gap. The second wall may further comprise at least one second opening near the trailing edge of the outer structure. The second opening may extend from the at least one suction side supply cavity to the second gap. The first wall may comprise at least one first exit opening extending from the first gap through the pressure side of the first wall and at least one second exit opening extending from the second gap through the suction side of the second wall. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/728885 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947116 | Mundschau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research and Development, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mundschau (Longmont, Colorado); Xiaobing Xie (Foster City, California); Carl Evenson, IV (Lafayette, Colorado); Paul Grimmer (Longmont, Colorado); Harold Wright (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating a hydrogen-rich product stream from a feed stream comprising hydrogen and at least one carbon-containing gas, comprising feeding the feed stream, at an inlet pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and a temperature greater than 200° C., to a hydrogen separation membrane system comprising a membrane that is selectively permeable to hydrogen, and producing a hydrogen-rich permeate product stream on the permeate side of the membrane and a carbon dioxide-rich product raffinate stream on the raffinate side of the membrane. A method for separating a hydrogen-rich product stream from a feed stream comprising hydrogen and at least one carbon-containing gas, comprising feeding the feed stream, at an inlet pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and a temperature greater than 200° C., to an integrated water gas shift/hydrogen separation membrane system wherein the hydrogen separation membrane system comprises a membrane that is selectively permeable to hydrogen, and producing a hydrogen-rich permeate product stream on the permeate side of the membrane and a carbon dioxide-rich product raffinate stream on the raffinate side of the membrane. A method for pretreating a membrane, comprising: heating the membrane to a desired operating temperature and desired feed pressure in a flow of inert gas for a sufficient time to cause the membrane to mechanically deform; decreasing the feed pressure to approximately ambient pressure; and optionally, flowing an oxidizing agent across the membrane before, during, or after deformation of the membrane. A method of supporting a hydrogen separation membrane system comprising selecting a hydrogen separation membrane system comprising one or more catalyst outer layers deposited on a hydrogen transport membrane layer and sealing the hydrogen separation membrane system to a porous support. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/671344 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas W. Marshall (Blackfoot, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed an apparatus for forming a fluidized bed of circulating particles. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a bottom portion having a sidewall, the sidewall defining a curvilinear profile, and the bottom portion configured to contain a bed of particles; and a gas inlet configured to produce a column of gas to carry entrained particles therein. There is disclosed a method of forming a fluidized bed of circulating particles. In an embodiment, the method includes positioning particles within a bottom portion having a sidewall, the sidewall defining a curvilinear profile; producing a column of gas directed upwardly through a gas inlet; carrying entrained particles in the column of gas to produce a fountain of particles over the fluidized bed of circulating particles and subside in the particle bed until being directed inwardly into the column of gas within the curvilinear profile. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/536361 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947397 | Delnick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank M. Delnick (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Frederick W. Reinhardt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Judy G. Odinek (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery component structure employing inorganic-silicate binders. In some embodiments, casting or coating of components may be performed using aqueous slurries of silicates and electrode materials or separator materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/621826 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947579 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying-Bing Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joseph L. Cecchi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); C. Jeffrey Brinker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Barrier layers and methods for forming barrier layers on a porous layer are provided. The methods can include chemically adsorbing a plurality of first molecules on a surface of the porous layer in a chamber and forming a first layer of the first molecules on the surface of the porous layer. A plasma can then be used to react a plurality of second molecules with the first layer of first molecules to form a first layer of a barrier layer. The barrier layers can seal the pores of the porous material, function as a diffusion barrier, be conformal, and/or have a negligible impact on the overall ILD k value of the porous material. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/673190 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947828 | Yu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lianhe Yu (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kannan Muthukumaran (Raleigh, North Carolina); Prathapan Sreedharan (Kerata, India); Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides dipyrrin substituted porphyrinic macrocycles, intermediates useful for making the same, and methods of making the same. Such compounds may be used for purposes including the making of molecular memory devices, solar cells and light harvesting arrays. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/756563 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947861 | Tranter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy J. Tranter (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Nicholas R. Mann (Rigby, Idaho); Terry A. Todd (Aberdeen, Idaho); Ronald S. Herbst (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing an adsorption medium to remove at least one constituent from a feed stream. The method comprises dissolving and/or suspending at least one metal compound in a solvent to form a metal solution, dissolving polyacrylonitrile into the metal solution to form a PAN-metal solution, and depositing the PAN-metal solution into a quenching bath to produce the adsorption medium. The at least one constituent, such as arsenic, selenium, or antimony, is removed from the feed stream by passing the feed stream through the adsorption medium. An adsorption medium having an increased metal loading and increased capacity for arresting the at least one constituent to be removed is also disclosed. The adsorption medium includes a polyacrylonitrile matrix and at least one metal hydroxide incorporated into the polyacrylonitrile matrix. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/858398 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment 588/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947897 | Rand et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A photosensitive device includes a series of organic photoactive layers disposed between two electrodes. Each layer in the series is in direct contact with a next layer in the series. The series is arranged to form at least one donor-acceptor heterojunction, and includes a first organic photoactive layer comprising a first host material serving as a donor, a thin second organic photoactive layer comprising a second host material disposed between the first and a third organic photoactive layer, and the third organic photoactive layer comprising a third host material serving as an acceptor. The first, second, and third host materials are different. The thin second layer serves as an acceptor relative to the first layer or as a donor relative to the third layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/263865 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/263 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948153 | Kellogg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rick A. Kellogg (Tijeras, New Mexico); Hartono Sumali (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of energy harvesters have a plurality of piezoelectric planform-tapered, interdigitated cantilevered beams anchored to a common frame. The plurality of beams can be arranged as two or more sets of beams with each set sharing a common sense mass affixed to their free ends. Each set thus defined being capable of motion independent of any other set of beams. Each beam can comprise a unimorph or bimorph piezoelectric configuration bonded to a conductive or non-conductive supporting layer and provided with electrical contacts to the active piezoelectric elements for collecting strain induced charge (i.e. energy). The beams are planform tapered along the entirety or a portion of their length thereby increasing the effective stress level and power output of each piezoelectric element, and are interdigitated by sets to increase the power output per unit volume of a harvester thus produced. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/325311 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948395 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, LLC (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); David S. Pixton (Lehi, Utah); Monte L. Johnson (Orem, Utah); David B. Bartholomew (Springville, Utah); H. Tracy Hall, Jr. (Provo, Utah); Michael Rawle (Springville, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmission system in a downhole component comprises a plurality of data transmission elements. A coaxial cable having an inner conductor and an outer conductor is disposed within a passage in the downhole component such that at least one capacitor is disposed in the passage and having a first terminal coupled to the inner conductor and a second terminal coupled to the outer conductor. Preferably the transmission element comprises an electrically conducting coil. Preferably, within the passage a connector is adapted to electrically connect the inner conductor of the coaxial cable and the lead wire. The coaxial capacitor may be disposed between and in electrically communication with the connector and the passage. In another embodiment a connector is adapted to electrical connect a first and a second portion of the inner conductor of the coaxial cable and a coaxial capacitor is in electrical communication with the connector and the passage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/626070 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/854.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948999 | Blocksome et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota); Jeffrey J. Parker (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Signaling completion of a message transfer from an origin node to a target node includes: sending, by an origin DMA engine, an RTS message, the RTS message specifying an application message for transfer to the target node from the origin node; receiving, by the origin DMA engine, a remote get message containing a data descriptor for the message and a completion notification descriptor, the completion notification descriptor specifying a local direct put transfer operation for transferring data locally on the origin node; inserting, by the origin DMA engine in an injection FIFO buffer, the data descriptor followed by the completion notification descriptor; transferring, by the origin DMA engine to the target node, the message in dependence upon the data descriptor; and notifying, by the origin DMA engine, the application that transfer of the message is complete in dependence upon the completion notification descriptor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/744319 |
| ART UNIT | 2465 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949126 | Rhodes |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Rhodes (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bipolar pulse forming transmission line module and system for linear induction accelerators having first, second, third, and fourth planar conductors which form a sequentially arranged interleaved stack having opposing first and second ends, with dielectric layers between the conductors. The first and second planar conductors are connected to each other at the first end, and the first and fourth planar conductors are connected to each other at the second end via a shorting plate. The third planar conductor is electrically connectable to a high voltage source, and an internal switch functions to short at the first end a high voltage from the third planar conductor to the fourth planar conductor to produce a bipolar pulse at the acceleration axis with a zero net time integral. Improved access to the switch is enabled by an aperture through the shorting plate and the proximity of the aperture to the switch. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/140913 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telephonic communications 379/413.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949474 | Callahan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Callahan (Martinez, California); Bahram Parvin (Mill Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and devices for the knowledge-based discovery and optimization of differences between cell types. In particular, the present invention provides visual servoing optical microscopy, as well as analysis methods. The present invention provides means for the close monitoring of hundreds of individual, living cells over time; quantification of dynamic physiological responses in multiple channels; real-time digital image segmentation and analysis; intelligent, repetitive computer-applied cell stress and cell stimulation; and the ability to return to the same field of cells for long-term studies and observation. The present invention further provides means to optimize culture conditions for specific subpopulations of cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/477596 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joan E. Sanders (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect the present invention provides medical devices 10 that each include a plurality of fibers 22, substantially all of the plurality of fibers 22 each including a portion having a maximum diameter of at least five micrometers, wherein substantially all of fibers 22 form a layer on at least one external surface of medical device 10. In another aspect, the present invention provides methods of manufacturing medical devices 10, the methods including the steps of: (a) applying a layer comprising a plurality of fibers 22 to at least one surface of medical device 10; and (b) matching the value of the Young's modulus of the layer to +/−35% (in some embodiments to +/−20%) of the value of the Young's modulus of an animal tissue. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/316988 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947148 | Lahann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joerg Lahann (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hsien-Yeh Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for bonding include deposition an adhesion layer on at least one substrate using chemical vapor deposition. The two adhesion layers each have a reactive group that is complementary to the other, thus enabling strong adhesion between the bonded substrates. Devices include two substrates that can be adhered together by chemically depositing an adhesion layer on at least one substrate using chemical vapor deposition. The substrates each have a reactive group that is complementary to the other, thus enabling strong adhesion between the bonded substrates. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/756890 |
| ART UNIT | 1747 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947161 | Gebhart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Faraday Technology, Inc. (Clayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence E. Gebhart (Dayton, Ohio); E. Jennings Taylor (Troy, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for establishing more uniform deposition across one or more faces of a workpiece in an electroplating process. The apparatus employs eductors in conjunction with a flow dampener member and other measures to provide a more uniform current distribution and a more uniform metal deposit distribution as reflected in a coefficient of variability that is lower than conventional processes. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/836903 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947441 | Patterson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stacey S. Patterson (Knoxville, Tennessee); John H. Paul (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A primer pair and probe for the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene of enterococci for use in a real-time nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA) assay. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/735618 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947487 | Doyle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Doyle (Boston, Massachusetts); Daniel C. Pregibon (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for making multifunctional particles. The method includes flowing a first monomer stream loaded with a fluorescent entity along a microfluidic channel and flowing a second monomer stream loaded with a probe adjacent to the first monomer stream along the microfluidic channel. The monomer streams are polymerized to synthesize particles having a fluorescent, graphically encoded region and a probe-loaded region. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867217 |
| 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 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947500 | Abbott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas L. Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeffrey C. Mohr (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher J. Murphy (Madison, Wisconsin); Elise Huang (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Juan J. DePablo (Madison, Wisconsin); Nathan A. Lockwood (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Sean P. Palecek (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to liquid crystalline substrates useful in the culture of cells and methods of their use. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods and devices for imaging changes (e.g., reorganization) of extracellular matrix components by living cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/777320 |
| 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 435/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947510 | Schwartz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel K. Schwartz (Boulder, Colorado); Andrew D. Price (Nederland, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and devices for detecting hybridization of nucleic acids using liquid crystals and cationic surfactants. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/185008 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947774 | Sogah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dotsevi Y. Sogah (Ithaca, New York); Yaru Shi (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Solution blending of masterbatch of cationically functionalized polyvinyl acetate copolymer/silicate nanocomposite where the silicate is substantially exfoliated, and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), produces product of increased tensile strength and Young's Modulus compared to neat EVA and reduced flammability compared to neat EVA. The product can be injection molded or compression molded or extruded without loss of these advantages. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/976102 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/442 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947801 | Carter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Raymond Carter (Hadley, Massachusetts); Sarav Bharat Jhaveri (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing a poly(9,9-disubstituted-fluorene) includes reacting a 9,9-disubstituted-fluorene with an alkyl lithium in the presence of a catalytic amount of a nickel amine complex. The 9,9-disubstituted-fluorene includes solubility-enhancing substituents in the 9-position and leaving groups in the 2-position and the 7-position. The product poly(9,9-disubstituted-fluorene)s are fluorescent conjugated polymers that are useful as, for example, blue light-emitting materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/062119 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/396 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948042 | Lau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chun Ning Lau (Diamond Bar, California); Gang Liu (Riverside, California); Jairo Velasco, Jr. (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-level lithography processes for the fabrication of suspended structures are presented. The process is based on the differential exposure and developing conditions of several a plurality of resist layers, without harsher processes, such as etching of sacrificial layers or the use of hardmasks. These manufacturing processes are readily suited for use with systems that are chemically and/or mechanically sensitive, such as graphene. Graphene p-n-p junctions with suspended top gates formed through these processes exhibit high mobility and control of local doping density and type. This fabrication technique may be further extended to fabricate other types of suspended structures, such as local current carrying wires for inducing local magnetic fields, a point contact for local injection of current, and moving parts in microelectromechanical devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 03, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/397183 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948468 | Zane et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Regan A Zane (Superior, Colorado); Montu Doshi (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure may relate generally to controlling multiple light sources and to systems and methods for reducing inefficiencies and interference in a light emitting diode (LED)-based backlighting systems for LCD televisions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/678517 |
| ART UNIT | 2629 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949481 | Poulos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Poulos (Golden, Colorado); Steven R. Semmer (Westminster, Colorado); Fox Jack (Broomfield, Colorado); Militzer John (Boulder, Colorado); Gordon Maclean (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid flux measurement system that includes a heated element fluid flow sensor that is capable of being repositioned relative to a mean fluid flux direction is disclosed. The repositioning may be performed by a motor interconnected to the heated element fluid flow sensor. The heated element fluid flow sensor may be positioned proximate to the measurement region of a sonic anemometer and may be operable to be repositioned relative to the sonic anemometer. The heated element fluid flow sensor may be a three-dimensional hot-film constant temperature anemometer. The fluid flux system may be operable to measure small-scale turbulent fluxes in uncontrolled environments such as remotely located atmospheric monitoring stations. The heated element fluid flow sensor may be calibrated in-situ with data collected by the sonic anemometer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124469 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949492 | Krueger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S. Krueger (Plano, Texas); Christian Naaktgeboren (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Measuring mechanical propulsive power includes establishing a first power and a second power. The first power is associated with a first rate of energy conversion by a device in a fluid, where the device is in the wake of a self-propelled conveyance moving with respect to the fluid. The average distance between the device and self-propelled conveyance may remain substantially unchanged. The second power is associated with a second rate of energy conversion by the device in the fluid without the self-propelled conveyance, where the other physical factors are substantially similar to that associated with the first power. The difference between the first power and the second power is calculated. The mechanical propulsive power for the self-propelled conveyance is determined using mappings, where a mapping associates the difference with the mechanical propulsive power. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/765034 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07946534 | Simon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xavier D. Simon (Aliso Viejo, California); Victor J. Barackman (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A spacecraft pressure vessel has a tub member. A sidewall member is coupled to the tub member so that a bottom section of the sidewall member extends from an attachment intersection with the tub member and away from the tub member. The bottom section of the sidewall member receives and transfers a load through the sidewall member. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/923284 |
| 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 244/171.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949387 | Khoobehi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bahram Khoobehi (Metairie, Louisiana); James M. Beach (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A new method was discovered to analyze continuous spectral curves to determine relative hemoglobin oxygen saturation, using spectral curves collected from a continuous range of wavelengths from about 530 nm to about 584 nm, including spectra from transmitted or reflected light. Using isosbestic points and curve areas, a relative saturation index was calculated. With this method, noninvasive, in vivo measurement of relative oxygen saturation was made using light reflected from blood vessels in the eye and to map and measure relative changes in hemoglobin oxygen saturation in primate retinal vessels and optic nerve head in response to controlled changes in inspired oxygen and intraocular pressure (IOP). This method could also measure oxygen saturation from other blood vessels that reflect light sufficient to give a clear spectra from the blood hemoglobin. Changes in blood oxygen saturation can be monitored with this method for early detection of disease. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/593175 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07949472 | Stolc et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Viktor Stolc (Milpitas, California); Mathew W. Brock (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for rapid and accurate determination of each of a sequence of unknown polymer components, such as nucleic acid components. A self-assembling monolayer of a selected substance is optionally provided on an interior surface of a pipette tip, and the interior surface is immersed in a selected liquid. A selected electrical field is impressed in a longitudinal or transverse direction at the tip, a polymer sequence is passed through the tip, and a change in an electrical current signal is measured as each polymer component passes through the tip. Each measured change in electrical current signals is compared with a database of reference signals, with each reference signal identified with a polymer component, to identify the unknown polymer component. The tip preferably has a pore inner diameter of no more than about 40 nm and is prepared by heating and pulling a very small section of a glass tubing. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/885537 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07947785 | East et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony J. East (Madison, New Jersey); Michael Jaffe (Maplewood, New Jersey); Willis B. Hammond (Chatham, New Jersey); George Collins (Maplewood, New Jersey); Ronald N. DeMartino (Wayne, New Jersey); Zohar Ophir (West Orange, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for preparing polyoxazolidones wherein an ether of a bisanhydrohexitol is reacted with a diisocyanate under conditions which form polyoxazolidones. Preferred bisanhydrohexitols include isoidide, isomannide and isosorbide. The polyoxazolidones are highly crosslinked, rigid, and have high solvent resistance. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/470248 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/528 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947867 | Giovannoni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Giovannoni (Ithaca, New York); Cornelius S. Barry (Haslett, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | To achieve full development of the ripe phenotype, climacteric fruits, such as tomato, apple and banana, require synthesis, perception and signal transduction of the plant hormone ethylene. The non-ripening phenotype of the dominant Green-ripe (Gr) and Never-ripe 2 (Nr-2) mutants of tomato is the result of reduced ethylene responsiveness in fruit tissues. In addition a subset of ethylene responses associated with floral senescence, abscission and root elongation are also impacted in mutant plants but to a lesser extent. Using positional cloning we have identified an identical 334 by deletion in a gene of unknown biochemical function residing at the Gr/Nr-2 locus. Consistent with a dominant gain of function mutation, this deletion causes ectopic expression of GR/NR-2, which in turn leads to ripening inhibition. A CaMV35:GR transgene recreates the Gr/Nr-2 mutant phenotype but does not lead to a global reduction in ethylene responsiveness suggesting tissue-specific modulation of ethylene responses in tomato. GR/NR-2 encodes a novel evolutionary conserved membrane localized protein of unknown biochemical function that has not previously been associated with ethylene signaling. Because GR/NR-2 has no sequence homology with the previously described Nr (Never-ripe) ethylene receptor of tomato we now refer to this gene only as GR. Identification of GR expands the current repertoire of ethylene signaling components in plants and provides a tool for further elucidation of ethylene response mechanisms and for controlling ethylene signal specificity in crop plants. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/442028 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07947509 | Harper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Douglas Harper (Boston, Massachusetts); Richard Hart Mathews (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Bernadette Johnson (Hollis, New Hampshire); Martha Susan Petrovick (Barre, Massachusetts); Ann Rundell (West Lafayette, Indiana); Frances Ellen Nargi (Concord, Massachusetts); Timothy Stephens (Lexington, Massachusetts); Linda Marie Mendenhall (Acton, Massachusetts); Mark Alexander Hollis (Concord, Massachusetts); Albert M. Young (Fishkill, New York); Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts); Eric David Schwoebel (Belmont, Massachusetts); Trina Rae Vian (Groton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to optoelectronic systems for detecting one or more target particles. The system includes a reaction chamber, a specimen collector, an optical detector, and a reservoir containing cells, each of the cells having receptors which are present on the surface of each cell and are specific for the target particle to be detected, where binding of the target particle to the receptors directly or indirectly activates a reporter molecule, thereby producing a measurable optical signal. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800607 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948429 | Drake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter R. Drake (Northborough, Massachusetts); Yuchoi F. Lok (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for processing data from a low beam channel, a high beam channel and a weather channel to perform an altitude estimation based upon a target amplitude ratio between the low beam channel and the high beam channel and target range, and for performing target detection based upon data from the weather channel. In one embodiment, migrating birds can be more accurately detected and classified than with conventional systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435508 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/26.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07947026 | Herr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Herr (Charlottesville, Virginia); Arabinda Mandal (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device to conform with the glans penis to recover ejaculated semen completely, to prevent the loss of initial sperm rich epididymal fractions, to avoid the use of a condom for masturbation, to eliminate the multi-step transfers of semen following ejaculation that are common with current methods, and to provide a single device that contains a semen collecting chamber that fits onto a glans penis. The device provides a storage and measuring reservoir, an optional cap, and a vertical stand in one integrally formed module in a sterile pack. The device and method will have multiple uses in a variety of contexts including, but not limited thereto: in the diagnosis of infertility, in semen donation, in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) clinics, hospitals, forensic laboratories and research laboratories and will be included in kits intended for over-the-counter sperm testing devices. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/577983 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07948739 | Zhamu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aruna Zhamu (Centerville, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite composition for use in an electrode for electrochemical capacitors, comprising: (a) an electrochemically active material; and (b) exfoliated graphite flakes that are substantially interconnected to form a porous, conductive graphite network comprising pores, wherein at least a portion of the active material resides in a pore of the network. The composite composition is characterized by having liquid accessible pores which provide a surface area greater than about 200 m2/gm, preferably greater than 500 m2/gm, more preferably greater than 1000 m2/gm, and most preferably greater than 1000 m2/gm. Also disclosed is a capacitor that includes at least an electrode comprising such a composite composition. A supercapacitor featuring such a composite electrode exhibits an exceptionally high capacitance value and high electrical conductivity. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/895657 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07949097 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Passport Systems, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bertozzi (Lexington, Massachusetts); Robert J. Ledoux (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The scattered intensity of photons from the nuclear Pygmy Resonance taken in conjunction with the scattered intensity at lower energies provides a signal that is sensitive to the nature of the nuclear species doing the scattering. Highly enriched uranium and depleted uranium can be distinguished by this signal from other materials. Other nuclei can also be distinguished and identified. Methods and apparatus for employing the phenomenon to identify or assist in the identification of materials are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/346237 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07948297 | Cosand |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert E. Cosand (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit to minimize thermally generated offset voltages includes a differential pair of transistors having a first transistor and a second transistor and coupled to a current source, a differential input having a first input coupled to the first transistor and having a second input coupled to the second transistor, a pair of bypass transistors having a first bypass transistor and a second bypass transistor, the first bypass transistor coupled in parallel with the first transistor and the second bypass transistor coupled in parallel with the second transistor, wherein the pair of bypass transistors is coupled to the current source, and control circuitry coupled to the pair of bypass transistors for controlling current through the pair of bypass transistors. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/272533 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/513 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07947827 | Bailey, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through The State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George S. Bailey, Jr. (Corvallis, Oregon); Carole Jubert (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical formulation for the prophylaxis, pretreatment and treatment of a poisoning caused by exposure to (either singly or as a mixture of agents) organophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitors, vesicating agents, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and aflatoxin B1. This invention is characterized by active substance comprised of a metaloporphyrin molecule with an associated metal moiety (Cu, Mg) of suitable purity and chemical composition to provide a bioavailable oral dosage form to attain predictable concentrations in target tissues and bodily fluids (plasma, bronchial secretions, etc.) sufficient to counteract the effects of toxic substances through chemical complexation or catalysis of toxin degradation. Although these metaloporphyrins are semisynthetic products of chlorophyll, the preferred starting material is chlorophyll a (Chla) extracted and purified from Spirulina pacifica or other sources. A specific method is invented to achieve a critical combination of purity and yield beyond those currently available. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/825146 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07947392 | Amatucci et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, U.S. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn G. Amatucci (Peapack, New Jersey); Fadwa Badway (Old Bridge, New Jersey); Mathieu Bervas (Chatou, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to primary and secondary electrochemical energy storage systems, particularly to such systems as battery cells, which use materials that take up and release ions as a means of storing and supplying electrical energy. The present positive electrode composition comprises a nanocrystalline bismuth fluoride compound, which comprises Bi+3, and has a maximum energy density of 7170 Wh/l−1. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/576378 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/218.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07947976 | Merkulov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir I. Merkulov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Anatoli V. Melechko (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Michael A. Guillorn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Douglas H. Lowndes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael L. Simpson (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for controlled alignment of catalytically grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process. A method includes: generating an electric field proximate an edge of a protruding section of an electrode, the electric field defining a vector; and forming an elongated nanostructure located at a position on a surface of a substrate, the position on the surface of the substrate proximate the edge of the protruding section of the electrode, at least one tangent to the elongated nanostructure i) substantially parallel to the vector defined by the electric field and ii) substantially non-parallel to a normal defined by the surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220888 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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