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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 05, 2011
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| US 07972367 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas H. Smith (Boothwyn, Pennsylvania); Bryan Pfister (Newtown, Pennsylvania); David F. Meaney (Media, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a device of integrated neuronal cells interfaced with an electronic device and a method of producing the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/194693 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/1 |
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| US 07972600 | Ludwig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ImClone LLC (New York, New York); University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Ludwig (Randolph, New Jersey); Stephen R. Plymate (Des Moines, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of treating prostate cancer with androgen deprivation therapy and an insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-IR) antagonist. Although the response rate of prostate cancer to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is high, surviving cancer cells invariably become androgen independent (AI) and tumor growth follows. The invention inhibits or delays transition of androgen dependent cancer to androgen independent cancer, significantly decreases risk of recurrence, and improves treatment outcome. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/702838 |
| 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 424/155.100 |
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| US 07972601 | Taylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Palmer Taylor (Del Mar, California); Davide Comoletti (San Diego, California); Lori Jennings (San Diego, California); Robyn Flynn (Calgary, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for treating autism spectrum disorders by administering an antioxidant or agent that stabilize or enhance expression of altered neuroligins. An aspect of the disclosure includes site-specific delivery of the antioxidant to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to reverse incorrect disulfide binding of the protein neuroligin. Also disclosed is a method of targeting the antioxidant to neuroligin by using the calcium binding or other recognition site of neuroligin to bind the antioxidant. The antioxidant can be cysteamine linked to a molecule which binds to a binding site. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/596160 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
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| US 07972605 | Patel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dhavalkumar D. Patel (Reinach, Switzerland); David J. Pickup (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to vaccines and, in particular, to a modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) virus, to a composition comprising such a virus and to methods of using same to induce an immune response. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/310781 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
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| US 07972606 | Hancock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as respresented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathy Hancock (Atlanta, Georgia); Fatima Williams Whitfield (Newark, Delaware); Melinda L. Yushak (Decatur, Georgia); Sowmya Pattabhi (Smyrna, Georgia); Victor C.W. Tsang (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to T24 nucleic acid sequences, amino acid sequences, and antibodies. Methods for detecting and diagnosing Taenia solium infection in a subject using the T24 sequences and specific binding agents are also disclosed. The T24 sequences disclosed herein can be formulated into a pharmaceutical composition for administration to a subject. For example, the disclosed T24 polypeptides can also be administered to a subject to stimulate an immune response in the subject, thereby protecting the subject against T. solium infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/431928 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/200.100 |
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| US 07972607 | Tempel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rebecca Tempel (Portland, Oregon); Xin-He Lai (Portland, Oregon); Fred L. Heffron (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Francisella tularensis is the bacterial pathogen that causes tularemia in humans and a number of animals. To date, no approved vaccine exists for this widespread and life-threatening disease. The present disclosure provides attenuated Francisella mutants that include functional deletions in one or more of the dsbB, FTT0742, pdpB, fumA, and carB genes. Also provided are immunogenic compositions that include the attenuated bacteria. Methods are provided for treatment using the attenuated Francisella mutants. |
| FILED | Friday, November 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/280272 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/235.100 |
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| US 07972611 | Kita et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hirohito Kita (Rochester, Minnesota); Jens Ponikau (Amherst, New York); Christopher Lawrence (Blackburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This document relates to methods and materials involved in fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation. For example, isolated nucleic acids encoding fungal polypeptides, fungal polypeptides, methods for assessing fungus-induced inflammation, methods for assessing eosinophil degranulation, and methods for identifying inhibitors of fungus-induced inflammation and/or eosinophil degranulation are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/973100 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/274.100 |
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| US 07972615 | Orgambide et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affinergy, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy Orgambide (Morrisville, North Carolina); Mohmed Anwer (Cary, North Carolina); Shrikumar A. Nair (Cary, North Carolina); Paul Hamilton (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter provides compositions comprising a first substrate-binding domain (a peptide or a polymer) having binding affinity for a tissue or a medical device, a second substrate-binding domain having binding affinity for a target molecule, and the target molecule. In some embodiments, the first and second substrate-binding domains are covalently linked. The first and second substrate-binding domains are covalently coupled to at least one hydrophobic interaction tag, negatively charged interaction tag, or positively charged interaction tag. When the substrate-binding domains are combined and coated onto the tissue or medical device, the hydrophobic interaction tags interact with each other and the charged interaction tags interact with the oppositely charged interaction tags or the oppositely charged substrate binding polymers, to form a macromolecular network of non-covalently coupled substrate-binding domains to load the target molecule onto the tissue or medical device. |
| FILED | Friday, March 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/413285 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/422 |
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| US 07972628 | Ratner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Buddy D. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Andrew Marshall (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides porous biomaterials and methods for forming porous biomaterials. The porous biomaterials of the invention comprise a biocompatible polymer scaffold defining an array of pores, wherein substantially all the pores have a similar diameter, wherein the mean diameter of the pores is between about 20 and about 90 micrometers, wherein substantially all the pores are each connected to at least 4 other pores, and wherein the diameter of substantially all the connections between the pores is between about 15% and about 40% of the mean diameter of the pores. The invention also provides implantable devices comprising a layer of a biomaterial, and methods for promoting angiogenesis in and around an implantable biomaterial. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/595233 |
| 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 424/499 |
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| US 07972770 | Tempst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Tempst (New York, New York); Josep Villanueva (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed methods address the identification and monitoring of cancer in a subject using serum peptide profiles. Such profiles allow the detection of the differential presence of certain serum peptide markers in comparison with controls. The profiles can be determined employing mass spectrometry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/063968 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 07972774 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arbor Vita Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter S. Lu (Mountain View, California); Johannes Schweizer (Mountain View, California); Chamorro Somoza Diaz-Sarmiento (Palo Alto, California); Michael P. Belmares (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides reagents and methods for detecting pathogen infections in human samples. This detection utilizes specific proteins to detect the presence of pathogen proteins or abnormal expression of human proteins resulting from pathogen infections. Specific methods, compositions and kits are disclosed herein for the detection of oncogenic Human papillomavirus E6 proteins in clinical samples. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/881724 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
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| US 07972778 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Biosystems, LLC (Carlsbad, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James F. Brown (Clearwater Beach, Florida); Jonathan E. Silver (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniaturized assembly is provided whereby a fluid sample can be divided into a plurality of sample portions in retaining wells and the sample fluid can be displaced from open ends of the wells while simultaneously being sealed in the wells. A method of dividing a fluid sample using the assembly is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/798857 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07972779 | Caspi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Avshalom Caspi (London, United Kingdom); Terrie E. Moffitt (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to diagnostic methods for assessing predisposition of a subject to a mental disorder phenotype having an association with an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition. Additionally, the invention relates to methods for discovering a conditional association between a mental disorder phenotype and an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/889450 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07972787 | Deangelis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret M. Deangelis (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for determining whether a subject is at risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, for example, the wet or neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration. The method involves determining whether the subject has a protective variant and/or a risk variant at a polymorphic site in the HTRA1 gene. In addition, the invention provides a method of treating or slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration by reducing the expression of the HTRA1 gene, or reducing the biological activity of the HTRA1 gene product. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/032154 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07972791 | Petersdorf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington); Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Effie W. Petersdorf (Seattle, Washington); Zhen Guo (Bellevue, Washington); Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel method for specifically isolating and separating large segments of genomic DNA that can subsequently be used to determine a genomic haplotype. The invention relies on using a solid phase having a flat surface arrayed with oligonucleotides designed to specifically hybridize to each particular haplotype of an individual sample, e.g., oligonucleotides designed to specifically hybridize with each of the two HLA-B haplotypes, HLA-A, HLA-C, HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, and the like. The genomic DNA is contacted and hybridized to the arrayed oligonucleotides to form a genomic DNA/oligonucleotide complex. The excess genomic DNA is washed away and the haplotype separated genomic DNA is denatured from the oligonucleotide probe and collected. The method of the present invention allows for the separation of genomic DNA fragments of between approximately 2 to about 4 megabases (Mb). Separation of the haplotypes of large genomic DNA fragments allows for linkage analysis of other HLA alleles and polymorphisms, microsatellite, SNPs, and the like across a large span of the HLA region, including HLA-A, -B, -C, and HLA-DRB1 regions. This linkage analysis is particularly useful when HLA typing for an individual with limited family HLA typing available. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/569044 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07972793 | Ramsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Suregene, LLC (Jeffersontown, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy L. Ramsey (Shelbyville, Kentucky); Mark D. Brennan (Jeffersonville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions that relate to genetic markers of psychotic disorders, e.g., schizophrenia (SZ), are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for determinations of a SULT4A1-1 haplotype are described. Furthermore, the invention provides methods and compositions involving treatment of psychotic disorders using the haplotype status. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/939049 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07972803 | Jurczyk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Agata Jurczyk (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Rita Bellis Bortell (Shirley, Massachusetts); Aldo A. Rossini (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Stephen J. Doxsey (Princeton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods for modulating cellular secretion, and methods for identifying novel modulators of cellular secretion, that target centrosomal proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/985545 |
| 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 435/7.210 |
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| US 07972821 | Goodwin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas John Goodwin (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy Grant Hammond (New Orleans, Louisiana); James Howard Kaysen (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the production of functional proteins including hormones by renal cells in a three dimensional culturing process responsive to shear stress uses a rotating wall vessel. Natural mixture of renal cells expresses the enzyme 1-α-hydroxylase which can be used to generate the active form of vitamin D: 1,25-diOH vitamin D3. The fibroblast cultures and co-culture of renal cortical cells express the gene for erythropoietin and secrete erythropoietin into the culture supernatant. Other shear stress response genes are also modulated by shear stress, such as toxin receptors megalin and cubulin (gp280). Also provided is a method of treating an in-need individual with the functional proteins produced in a three dimensional co-culture process responsive to shear stress using a rotating wall vessel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/174221 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/127 |
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| US 07972843 | Hoffmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erich Hoffmann (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based on the development of a dual promoter system (preferably a RNA pol I-pol II system) for the efficient intracellular synthesis of viral RNA. The resultant minimal plasmid-based system may be used to synthesize any RNA virus, preferably viruses with a negative single stranded RNA genome. The viral product of the system is produced when the plasmids of the system are introduced into a suitable host cell. One application of the system is production of attenuated, reassortant influenza viruses for use as antigens in vaccines. The reassortant viruses generated by cotransfection of plasmids may comprise genes encoding the surface glycoproteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase from an influenza virus currently infecting the population and the internal genes from an attenuated influenza virus. An advantageous property of the present invention is its versatility; the system may be quickly and easily adapted to synthesize an attenuated version of any RNA virus. Attenuated or inactivated RNA viruses produced by the present invention may be administered to a patient in need of vaccination by any of several routes including intranasally or intramuscularly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/980753 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 07972847 | Kalinski |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Pawel Kalinski (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses novel dendritic cell maturation-inducing cytokine cocktails, and methods for inducting type-1 polarized dendritic cells in serum-free conditions which enhance the desirable properties of DC1s generated in serum-supplemented cultures. The invention further discloses methods and systems using IFNγ and other ligands of the IFNγreceptor, in combination with IFNα (or other type I interferons), poly I:C, and other IFNα (and IFNβ) inducers to enhance the IL-12-producing properties of dendritic cells. More specifically, the present invention discloses type-1 polarized dendritic cells that have a unique combination of a fully-mature status and an elevated, instead of “exhausted”, ability to produce IL-12p70 allows for the generation of fully-mature DC1s in serum-free AIM-V medium. The invention discloses systems that use the foregoing products and methods to facilitate the clinical application of DC1-based vaccines and the identification of novel factors involved in the induction of Th1 and CTL responses by DC1. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/138324 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372 |
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| US 07972849 | Mitalipov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shoukhrat M. Mitalipov (Hillsboro, Oregon); Don P. Wolf (Portland, Oregon); James Byrne (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Purified totipotent stem cells and pluripotent stems cells derived by somatic cell nuclear transfer are disclosed herein, as well as cell lines, multipotent cells and differentiated cells produced from these stem cells. The stem cells are produced from an enucleated host cell from a first donor and nuclear genetic material from a somatic cell of a second donor. Methods for making and using such compositions of such stem cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/122557 |
| 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 435/373 |
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| US 07972856 | Russell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Russell (Seattle, Washington); Roli K. Hirata (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for obtaining targeted gene modification in vertebrate cells using parvoviral vectors, including adeno-associated virus (AAV). The parvoviral vectors used in the methods of the invention are capable of targeting a specific genetic modification to a preselected target locus in a cellular genome by homologous pairing. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/423604 |
| 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 435/463 |
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| US 07972858 | Meller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Meller (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jerome Mathe (Alfortvile, France); John S. Eid (Falo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods for analyzing polymer molecules. These methods are employed for the high throughput readout of DNA and RNA molecules with single molecule sensitivity. The method of the present invention comprises (1) the electrically controlled unzipping of DNA (or RNA) double strands, and (2) the readout of the molecule's identity (or code) using one or more molecule signal detection. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/573627 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/94 |
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| US 07972870 | Kufe |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Kufe (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to regulation of cell signaling, cell growth, and more particularly to the regulation of cancer or inflammatory cell growth and/or activation. The invention provides methods of inhibiting interactions between MUC1 and a heat shock factor, method of inhibiting interactions between transcription factors and the MUC1 promoter, and methods of inhibiting MUC1 expression. The invention also provides screening methods for identifying compounds that inhibit the aforementioned interactions. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the identified compounds can be useful in treating cancers and inflammatory conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024692 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/503 |
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| US 07973007 | Ford |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byron D. Ford (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Neuregulin, a known neuroprotein, has been found to ameliorate or prevent damage caused by mechanical or chemical assault to blood vessels and, when administered into the cerebral spinal fluid, can ameliorate damage to neuronal tissue caused by stroke or inflammation. Additionally, neuregulin has been found to be useful for enhancement of stem cell migration from the ventricle to the site of injury to the brain. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688351 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
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| US 07973011 | Watkins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Trent Alan Watkins (Palo Alto, California); Ben A. Barres (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for enhancing myelination. Myelination is enhanced by administration of agents that are inhibitors of γ-secretase. Methods of screening for pharmaceutically active compounds that enhance myelination, and for genes involved in myelination are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/705909 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/20.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973018 | Planelles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vicente Planelles (Salt Lake City, Utah); Joshua L. Andersen (Sandy, Utah); Erik Zimmerman (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The HIV-1 accessory gene vpr encodes a conserved 96-amino acid protein that is necessary and sufficient for the HIV-1-induced block of cellular proliferation and induction of apoptosis. Expression of vpr in CD4+ lymphocytes results in G2 arrest, followed by apoptosis. ATR, as a cellular factor that mediates Vpr-induced cell cycle arrest, is required for activation of the Breast Cancer-Associated Protein-1 (BRCA1). In addition, the Growth Arrest and DNA Damage protein (GADD45) is upregulated by Vpr in an ATR-dependent manner. Posttranscriptional silencing of either ATR or GADD45 leads to nearly complete suppression of the pro-apoptotic and/or cell cycle arrest effect of Vpr. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/665416 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973020 | Bavari et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/789414 |
| 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 07973024 | Posner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cyctochroma Inc. (Markham, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Mehmet Kahraman (Baltimore, Maryland); Uttam Saha (Toronto, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel sulfoximine compounds, compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds as inhibitors of CYP24. In particular, the compounds of the invention are useful for treating diseases which benefit from a modulation of the levels of 1α,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, for example, cell-proliferative disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/442148 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973034 | Potter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Michael Potter (Memphis, Tennessee); Janice Louise Hyatt (Memphis, Tennessee); Christopher Lee Morton (Memphis, Tennessee); Paul P. Beroza (Redwood City, California); Komath V. Damoradan (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to amides, aryl sulphonamides, aryl ureas, and α,β-diketones derivatives useful as carboxylesterase esterase inhibitors. The disclosure is also directed to the use of these compounds as selective human intestinal carboxylesterase inhibitors and insect carboxylesterase inhibitors. The disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and pesticide formulations containing these compounds, and to methods for treating or ameliorating the toxic effects following administration of drugs such as cancer therapy drugs, treating or ameliorating the effects of a drug overdose, and to the use of the compounds for increasing the effectiveness of insecticides and pesticides. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/032344 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973057 | Greig 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); P2D Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel H. Greig (Phoenix, Maryland); Harold Holloway (Middle River, Maryland); Arnold Brossi (Bethesda, Maryland); Xiaoxiang Zhu (North Brunswick, New Jersey); Tony Giordano (Shreveport, Louisiana); Qian-sheng Yu (Lutherville, Maryland); William D. Figg (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Thalidomide analogs that modulate tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) activity and angiogenesis are disclosed. In particularly disclosed embodiments, the thalidomide analogs are isosteric sulfur-containing analogs. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject with the analogs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/572485 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973062 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Dasheng Wang (Dublin, Ohio); Jian Yang (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the thiazolidinedione family are provided and shown to be effective androgen receptor ablative agents that can be used in methods of treating or preventing cancer or precancer, including prostate cancer. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one of the androgen receptor ablative agents to a subject in need of such treatment. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/389759 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973069 | Karp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (South Plainfield, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary M. Karp (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Peter Seongwoo Hwang (Edison, New Jersey); James J. Takasugi (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Hongyu Ren (Dayton, New Jersey); Richard Gerald Wilde (Somerville, New Jersey); Anthony A. Turpoff (Edison, New Jersey); Alexander Arefolov (Salem, Massachusetts); Guangming Chen (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Jeffrey Allen Campbell (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Chunshi Li (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Steven Paget (Hillsborough, New Jersey); Nanjing Zhang (Princeton, New Jersey); Jin Zhu (Raritan, New Jersey); Xiaoyan Zhang (Belle Mead, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/814755 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973075 | Swanson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey T. Swanson (Oak Park, Illinois); Leanne Lash (Grandville, Michigan); Ryuichi Sakai (Hakodale, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, and methods for selectively antagonizing a GluR5 receptor, a GluR6 receptor, or both receptors. The pharmaceutical compositions include and the methods utilize compounds that are analogs and stereoisomers of dysiherbaine and neodysiherbaine which have specificity for kainate receptors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/243281 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973132 | Raines et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Stephen M. Fuchs (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods and compositions for designing novel fluorescent proteins, preferably to a green fluorescent proteins (GFP). The engineered GFPs are modified by substituting negatively charged amino acids with positively charged amino acids on the exterior of the protein making the protein cell permeable. The ability of the engineered fluorescent proteins to permeate cells obviates the need for transfections, allowing these novel proteins to be used in numerous biological applications. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245546 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973294 | Gratton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enrico Gratton (Urbana, Illinois); Guido Motolese (Carroccio, Italy); Abdel Tahari (Savoy, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and devices for detecting, identifying, classifying and characterizing particles in a fluid sample. Optical analyzers are provided having a rotating and/or translating sample container for measuring the concentrations of fluorescent particles present in very low concentrations and for characterizing fluorescent particles on the basis of size, shape, diffusion constant and/or composition. Scanning optical analyzers are provided using pattern recognitions data analysis techniques and multichannel detection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/415004 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/458.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974380 | Fowler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fluidigm Corporation (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Fowler (San Mateo, California); Andrew May (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated fluidic circuit includes a substrate layer and a first structure coupled to the substrate layer and including a plurality of channels. The first structure is configured to provide for flow of one or more materials through the plurality of channels. The integrated fluidic circuit also includes a second structure coupled to the substrate layer. The second structure includes a plurality of control channels configured to receive an actuation pressure. The integrated fluidic circuit is characterized by a thickness of less than 1.5 mm. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/118185 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974676 | Penn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alan Penn and Associates, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Penn (Rockville, Maryland); Scott F. Thompson (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying the location of a lesion in an image and evaluating whether the identified lesion is more likely to be cancerous, benign or uncertain is provided where the image includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a particular intensity I in the range of 0<I<2<sup. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/660550 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974788 | Rzhetsky et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Andrey Rzhetsky (New York, New York); Sergey Kalachikov (New York, New York); Michael O. Krauthammer (New York, New York); Carol Friedman (Larchmont, New York); Pauline Kra (Forest Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention also relates to natural language processing and extraction of relational information associated with genes and proteins that are found in genomics journal articles. To enable access to information in textual form, the natural language processing system of the present invention provides systems and methods for extracting and structuring information found in the literature in a form appropriate for subsequent applications. |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/492992 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carole Winterhalter (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Heather Cumming Rowell (Weymouth, Massachusetts); Henry Case (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-woven, flame resistant fabric and a disposable coverall made from the fabric. The non-woven, flame resistant fabric is made of a plurality of NOMEX® synthetic fibers, a plurality of KEVLAR® synthetic fibers, and a plurality of electrostatic dissipative fibers. The coverall has an upper section for covering the shoulder, chest, back and abdominal regions of a wearer. The upper section has long sleeves to cover the arms of the wearer and a collar to cover the neck region of wearer. The coverall also has a waist section contiguous with the upper section for covering the waist region of a wearer, and a pair of leg sections for covering the legs of the wearer. Each leg section has an upper portion contiguous with the waist section. The coverall also has a seat section contiguous with the waist section and the upper portions of the leg sections. The coverall has a two-way zipper extending from the collar section to the waist section. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/632172 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparel 02/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07971449 — Heat-activated heat-pump systems including integrated expander/compressor and regenerator
| US 07971449 | Peterson 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) | Richard B. Peterson (Corvallis, Oregon); Thomas G. Herron (Bend, Oregon); Monte K. Drost (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Heat-activated heat-pump systems and related methods are disclosed that include a power cycle coupled to a vapor-compression refrigeration cycle both utilizing the same working fluid. The power cycle comprises a boiler, an expander receiving superheated vapor and producing work from the superheated vapor, a condenser, and a pump. A regenerator conducts a first stream of working fluid from the pump to the boiler and a second stream of the working fluid from the expander to the condenser while transferring heat from the second stream to the first stream. The refrigeration cycle comprises a compressor that compresses the working fluid from the evaporator and delivers the compressed working fluid to a condenser. The expander and compressor are coupled together such that at least a portion of the work produced by the expander is utilized for running the compressor. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/660170 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/324.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07971465 | Eigler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynne C. Eigler (Simi Valley, California); Yan S. Tam (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a device for capturing radiation includes: a panel defining a plurality of double wedge chambers, wherein each double wedge chamber includes a first wedge-shaped chamber that tapers into an opening for a second wedge-shaped chamber, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the first wedge-shaped chamber is not collinear with a longitudinal axis of the second wedge-shaped chamber. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/651344 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal deforming 072/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07971532 | Olson 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 A. Olson (Chesapeake Beach, Maryland); Daniel L. Jean (Odenton, Maryland); Gerald R. Laib (Olney, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) igniter which is an ignition safety device (ISD) in a small, low-cost, low-power, and highly reliable design. The MEMS igniter provides both out-of-line safety and an ignition mechanism for a rocket motor. The igniter is initially held in a safe, out-of-line position with respect to a propellant. Upon receiving appropriate arm and fire commands and sensing the correct environment, MEMS mechanisms move an ignition component into alignment and the device can function. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/319912 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07971547 — Underwater surface cleaning vehicle for integrated cleaning and effluent treatment system
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Martin Hertel, III (Annapolis, Maryland); Jeffrey Neal Ledda (Prince Frederick, Maryland); Thomas P. McCue (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for the cleaning of an underwater surface, such as a hull. The method and apparatus enables cleaning to be conducted while mitigating the release of removed material into surrounding waters. The integrated apparatus includes a cleaning deck for removing fouling from the underwater hull surface, and a pre-processing deck with integrated components for the processing of cleaning effluents. According to the method and apparatus, materials removed by the shroud are sucked into the pre-processing deck, crushed, and separated into a separator effluent that may be recycled to the shroud, and a concentrate, which is discharged to a land treatment unit for further processing. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/998978 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07971585 | Bommaraju |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Tilak Bommaraju (Grand Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Less hazardous methods for generating thermal energy for heating water, medical supplies or comestible products using improved flameless chemical heaters/flameless ration heaters by novel chemical or electrochemical means, each capable of suppressing the generation of hydrogen gas. Remote unit self-heating meals may be more rapidly heated by forming a reaction mixture comprising magnesium or a magnesium-containing alloy, and a hydrogen eliminator or suppressor, and introducing water to react the reaction mixture and generate a more rapid release of thermal energy sufficient to effectuate a more accelerated temperature rise and more rapid heating of medical supplies, water, rations or other comestible substances while simultaneously suppressing or eliminating the generation of potentially hazardous hydrogen. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/069995 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Stoves and furnaces 126/263.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07971802 | Male et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andy Male (Walton on Thames, United Kingdom); Jonathan N Wray (Cheltenham, United Kingdom); Anthony Thomas Harcombe (Richmond, United Kingdom); Ricardo Pimenta (Epsom, United Kingdom); Malcolm David Dick Lambert (West Wickham, United Kingdom); Andrew J Limmer (Edmunds, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injector comprising a nozzle having a nozzle needle which is moveable with respect to a first needle seat to control fuel delivery through a nozzle outlet. The injector includes a nozzle control valve for controlling fuel flow into a control chamber through a first passage to pressurise the control chamber, and for controlling fuel flow out of said control chamber through said first passage to depressurise the control chamber. Movement of the nozzle needle is controlled by fuel pressure within the control chamber, such that pressurising the control chamber causes the nozzle needle to be urged against the first needle seat to close the nozzle outlet, and depressurising the control chamber causes the nozzle needle to lift from the first needle seat to open the nozzle outlet. The nozzle needle defines, at least in part, a restricted passage through which fuel can flow into the control chamber as the control chamber depressurises. The fuel flow into the control chamber through the restricted passage serves to reduce the rate at which the control chamber depressurises, thereby reducing the rate at which the nozzle needle lifts from the first needle seat to open the nozzle outlet. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/150496 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07971850 | Heim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan R. Heim (Pacifica, California); Ronald E. Pelrine (Louisville, Colorado); Roy David Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Joseph S. Eckerle (Redwood City, California); Marcus Rosenthal (Pacifica, California); Richard P. Heydt (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes devices for controlling fluid flow, such as valves. The devices may include one or more electroactive polymer transducers with an electroactive polymer that deflects in response to an application of an electric field. The electroactive polymer may be in contact with a fluid where the deflection of the electroactive polymer may be used to change a characteristic of the fluid. Some of the characteristic of the fluid that may be changed include but are not limited to 1) a flow rate, 2) a flow direction, 3) a flow vorticity, 4) a flow momentum, 5) a flow mixing rate, 6) a flow turbulence rate, 7) a flow energy, 8) a flow thermodynamic property. The electroactive polymer may be a portion of a surface of a structure that is immersed in an external fluid flow, such as the surface of an airplane wing or the electroactive polymer may be a portion of a surface of a structure used in an internal flow, such as a bounding surface of a fluid conduit. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/731388 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/129.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972515 | Mangum 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) | Scott R. Mangum (Bethesda, Maryland); John J. Lawson (Severn, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An in situ reverse flow shipboard membrane integrity test apparatus and method, for determining if a membrane arrangement is defective. A membrane arrangement within a separation unit is tested when the membrane arrangement is arranged to perform wastewater separating functions. The separation unit includes a first inlet conduit, a first outlet conduit, and a second outlet conduit. An end cap is attached to the second outlet conduit to seal the second outlet conduit. A test air supply connected to the first outlet conduit for supplying an airflow to the membrane and a microparticle source containing microparticles for injecting microparticles into the airflow forming a test airflow. The test airflow is directed towards the membrane, and a filter is positioned over the first inlet conduit. The presence or absence of microparticles on the filter indicates whether or not the membrane arrangement is defective. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/287727 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972527 | Luo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRS Technologies, Inc. (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Luo (State College, Pennsylvania); Wesley S. Hackenberger (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A ternary single crystal relaxor piezoelectric grown from a novel melt using the Vertical Bridgeman method. The ternary single crystals are characterized by a Curie temperature, Tc, of at least 150° C. and a rhombohedral to tetragonal phase transition temperature, Trt, of at least about 110° C. The ternary crystals further exhibit a piezoelectric coefficient, d33, in the range of at least about 1200-2000 pC/N. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/023646 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.9R0 |
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| US 07972542 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Milko E. van der Boom (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The preparation of robust, thin film materials with large second-order optical nonlinearities through the covalent self-assembly of chromophoric compositions and innovative use of silyl chemistry. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806560 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/586 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972552 | Joyce |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Joyce (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for locating and eliminating defects on a substrate wafer includes illuminating a top surface of the substrate wafer with a first illumination source, illuminating a bottom surface of the substrate wafer with a second illumination source, forming an image of a portion of the top surface of the substrate wafer while the substrate wafer is illuminated by the first and second illumination sources, adjusting a contrast of the image to accentuate defects on the top surface of the substrate wafer, locating defects in the image, and ablating the defects on the top surface with a laser. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/269590 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972600 | Ludwig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ImClone LLC (New York, New York); University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Ludwig (Randolph, New Jersey); Stephen R. Plymate (Des Moines, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of treating prostate cancer with androgen deprivation therapy and an insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-IR) antagonist. Although the response rate of prostate cancer to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is high, surviving cancer cells invariably become androgen independent (AI) and tumor growth follows. The invention inhibits or delays transition of androgen dependent cancer to androgen independent cancer, significantly decreases risk of recurrence, and improves treatment outcome. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/702838 |
| 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 424/155.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972699 | Rinzler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Rinzler (Newberry, Florida); Zhihong Chen (Valhalla, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optically transparent and electrically conductive single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) film comprises a plurality of interpenetrated single walled carbon nanotubes, wherein for a 100 nm film the film has sufficient interpenetration to provide a 25° C. sheet resistance of less than 200 ohm/sq. The film also provides at least 20% optical transmission throughout a wavelength range from 0.4 μm to 5 μm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/831798 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972711 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xueping Xu (Stamford, Connecticut); Robert P. Vaudo (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Large area single crystal III-V nitride material having an area of at least 2 cm2, having a uniformly low dislocation density not exceeding 3×106 dislocations per cm2 of growth surface area, and including a plurality of distinct regions having elevated impurity concentration, wherein each distinct region has at least one dimension greater than 50 microns, is disclosed. Such material can be formed on a substrate by a process including (i) a first phase of growing the III-V nitride material on the substrate under pitted growth conditions, e.g., forming pits over at least 50% of the growth surface of the III-V nitride material, wherein the pit density on the growth surface is at least 102 pits/cm2 of the growth surface, and (ii) a second phase of growing the III-V nitride material under pit-filling conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/026552 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/688 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972901 | Farrell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foster-Miller, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Farrell (Quincy, Massachusetts); Paul Jaynes (Attleboro, Massachusetts); Malcolm Taylor (Pepperell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing a package including manufacturing a substrate to include at least one layer of LCP material, manufacturing a cover made of LCP material to include a lower lip, and sealing the cover to the substrate by heating the interface between the lower lip and the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/105635 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973020 | Bavari et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sina Bavari (Frederick, Maryland); Kelly Lyn Warfield (Adamstown, Maryland); Pamela Tan (Kulmbach, Germany); Anna Borodovsky (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tatiana Novobrantseva (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antonin de Fougerolles (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/789414 |
| 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 07973062 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Dasheng Wang (Dublin, Ohio); Jian Yang (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the thiazolidinedione family are provided and shown to be effective androgen receptor ablative agents that can be used in methods of treating or preventing cancer or precancer, including prostate cancer. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one of the androgen receptor ablative agents to a subject in need of such treatment. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/389759 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973213 | Stewart, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Neal Stewart, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee); Mentewab Ayalew (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of selectable marker genes, such as the kanamycin resistance encoding neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII), has been invaluable in transgenic plant production. The subject invention provides a new selectable marker gene, an Arabidopsis thaliana ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter, Atwbc19 and methods of using the gene for the identification of transgenic plants. Since ABC transporters are endogenous to plants, there should be less controversy using Atwbc19, as a selectable marker in transgenic plants with regards to concerns of horizontal gene transfer. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/912713 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973286 | Clarke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Clarke (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Codrin N. Cionca (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A detector having a thin film of boron nitride (BN) such as cubic BN, and method, system and array utilizing same are provided. Solid-state p-i-n, deep depletion p-n and Schottky diode detector devices based on a thin film of semiconducting cubic BN are provided. Miniaturized solid-state detectors based on cubic boron nitride have a broad range of applications, both civilian and military. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131519 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973348 | Dalton et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David I. Dalton (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Alfred P. Gnadinger (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device is described where each memory cell is composed of a single field effect transistor with a dual gate dielectric comprising a dielectric interfacial layer in contact with a silicon substrate and a ferroelectric layer in between the interfacial layer and the gate electrode. To program (write) the cell the ferroelectric layer is polarized in one of two directions, the ferroelectric polarization creating a large electric field in the interfacial layer. This electric field causes electrons or holes to be transported across the interfacial layer and be trapped in the ferroelectric layer establishing a high (erased) or low (programmed) threshold voltage depending on the direction of the ferroelectric polarization representing the two logic states. To read the memory cell a voltage is applied to the drain of the selected transistor and depending on whether a high or low threshold state was programmed into the cell a low or high current is sensed. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/196906 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973559 | Or-Bach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zvi Or-Bach (San Jose, California); James M. Tour (Ballaire, Texas); Alexander Sinitskiy (Ryazan, Russian Federation); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Elvira Beitler (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Re-programmable antifuses and structures utilizing re-programmable antifuses are presented. Such structures include a configurable interconnect circuit having at least one re-programmable antifuse, wherein the at least one re-programmable antifuse is configured to be programmed to conduct by applying a first voltage across it and is configured to be re-programmed not to conduct by applying second voltage across it, wherein the second voltage is higher than the first voltage. Other embodiments of antifuses include an initializing step prior to programming. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435661 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973566 | Ditto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida); Control Dynamics, Inc. (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Ditto (Gainesville, Florida); Krishnamurthy Murali (Gainesville, Florida); Sudeshna Sinha (Chennai, India); Abraham Miliotis (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A logic gate implements logical expressions. A least one logic gate input receives at least one input logic gate signal and at least one control signal. At least one output for produces a logic gate output signal. A nonlinear updater operates as a dynamically configurable element to produce a plurality of different logic gates as selected by the control signal. The nonlinear updater includes a nonlinear updater output. The nonlinear updater is configured to apply a nonlinear function to the input logic gate signal to produce the nonlinear updater output signal representing a logical expression being implemented by one of the plurality of different logic gates on the input logic gate signal. A comparator includes a comparator input that is adapted to receive a reference threshold value for producing the logical gate output signal based on a comparison of the nonlinear output signal to the reference threshold value. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/952784 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973938 | Qiu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiequn Qiu (Glendale, Arizona); Steven J. Sanders (Scottsdale, Arizona); Sorin Moser (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber optic gyroscope includes a light source, a coupler coupled to the light source, a photodetector coupled to the coupler, an integrated optic circuit (IOC) coupled to the coupler by a first element, and a sensing loop coupled to the IOC by second and third elements. At least one of the first, second and third elements includes a polarizing element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/236644 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/460 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973989 | Peyghambarian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nasser N. Peyghambarian (Tucson, Arizona); Robert A. Norwood (Tucson, Arizona); Pierre-Alexandre Jean Blanche (Tucson, Arizona); Savas Tay (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An updateable system and method of recording a hologram on a media simultaneously reduces the writing time and increases persistence without sacrificing diffraction efficiency. A voltage kick-off technique controls the bias electric field applied to a photorefractive polymer media in conjunction with the application of the writing beams and dark decay. Essentially the voltage kick-off technique applies a high electric field above the optimal field while the writing beams are on and reduces the electric field when the writing beams are off during dark decay. The voltage kick-off technique produced two separate unexpected results. First, when the writing beams are turned off and the electric field is lowered the diffraction efficiency continues to increase until it reaches a maximum efficiency that is within a few percent of that achieved by writing at the optimal field until steady-state is achieved. Second, the decay time constant is much larger than expected producing a much longer persistence without sacrificing diffraction efficiency or writing time. |
| FILED | Saturday, August 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/185087 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974003 | Seale et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Truett Seale (Nashville, Tennessee); Ronald S. Reiserer (Nashville, Tennessee); P. Wikswo John (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-mirror well. In one embodiment the micro-mirror well includes a plurality of planar mirrors arranged around an axis of symmetry and inclined to form a pyramid well, where each of the plurality of planar mirrors is capable of reflecting light emitting from an object of interest placed inside the pyramid well. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/943222 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/398 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974052 | Farbarik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Farbarik (Seattle, Washington); Jeremy Stephens (Seattle, Washington); Gerald J. Twomey (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment includes an integrated circuit including an input circuit, a first diode including a first anode and a first cathode, with the first cathode coupled to a first voltage, the first anode coupled to the input circuit at a node via a first mechanical switch, a second diode including a second anode and a second cathode, with the second cathode coupled to the node via a second mechanical switch, the second anode coupled to a ground and a resistor coupled to the input circuit between the integrated circuit and the node, wherein in a first mode of operating, the first mechanical switch and the second mechanical switch are conducting, and in a second mode of operating, the first and second mechanical switches are nonconducting. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/109679 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974170 | Milster et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Dean Milster (Tucson, Arizona); Swetha Kannan (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical data recovery system including an optical receiver configured to receive light reflected from an optical medium and produce modulated data, a processing unit configured to transform the modulated data into a series of transform coefficients respectively identifying frequencies of the modulated data at respective times, and the processing unit is configured to identify from the series of transform coefficients defect coefficients associated with positions in the modulated data where the modulated data is corrupted. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/007635 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic information storage or retrieval 369/59.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974325 | Belkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas); Harvard University and Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail A. Belkin (Austin, Texas); Federico Capasso (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexey Belyanin (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for generating radiation via difference frequency generation (DFG). In one exemplary implementation, a quantum cascade laser (QCL) has a significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility (χ(2)) integrated in an active region of the QCL. The QCL is configured to generate first radiation at a first frequency ω1, second radiation at a second frequency ω2, and third radiation at a third frequency ω3=ω1−ω2 based on difference frequency generation (DFG) arising from the non-linear susceptibility. In one aspect, the QCL may be configured to generate appreciable THz radiation at room temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/450211 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/46.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974505 | Hill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Hill (Warrenton, Virginia); Mark Jaso (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating selectively coupled optical waveguides on a substrate is disclosed. Initially, a first layer of waveguide material is deposited on a substrate. The first layer of waveguide material is then etched to form multiple level one waveguides and fill shapes. A dielectric layer is deposited on top of the level one waveguides and fill shapes. The surface profile of the dielectric layer deposition tracks the pattern density of the fill shapes. After the surface of the dielectric layer has been polished, a second layer of waveguide material is deposited on the substrate. At least one optically coupled waveguide structure, which is formed by a first level one waveguide and a first level two waveguide, is located adjacent to at least one non-optically coupled waveguide structure, which is formed by a second level one waveguide and a second level two waveguide. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/517619 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974534 | Weiner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M. Weiner (West Lafayette, Indiana); Shijun Xiao (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method is disclosed for producing and filtering optical and electrical waveforms. The apparatus includes an electro-optical modulator, an optical filter capable of modulating at least two spectral regions within the bandwidth of the electrical waveform, and an optical-to-electrical converter. The optical filter includes a spatial dispersion means, a spatial modulating means having the capability to substantially independently modulate a characteristic of each of a pair of optical spatial elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/891152 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974744 | Doan |
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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) | Hai Doan (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for parsing a set of archived telemetry streams for the purpose of reconstructing the data contained within the set of archived telemetry streams into a newly constructed set of telemetry streams. The newly constructed set of telemetry streams are used as a set of test driver data to evaluate performance in variety of ground based systems. The availability of test drivers produced by the preferred embodiment of the invention shortens the system development time line by allowing an evaluation of hardware and software changes ahead of the actual delivery of vehicle telemetry components, resulting in a reduction of overall program costs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/112630 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974815 | Blemel |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Gerald Blemel (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sensed data into information and a means for communicating information for the purpose of understanding the location, degree and risk of damage and deterioration, and the probable causes thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/510719 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07975190 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Referentia Systems, Inc. (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kei Smith (Honolulu, Hawaii); Leslie Lauren W. Y. Yuen (Honolulu, Hawaii); Christopher M. Gouveia (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A stream of traffic data is generated, where the traffic data has a known characteristic. The stream of traffic data is applied to the network device, where the network device has a specific type. The network device generates an output based on the traffic data. A performance of the network device is monitored while the traffic data is processed by the network device to generate monitoring data for the traffic data applied to the network device having the specific type. The output from the network device is analyzed to identify how the traffic data was handled by the network device to generate performance metrics. The monitoring data and the performance metrics are saved to a knowledge database. The knowledge database can be accessed to enable configuration of other network devices based in part on the monitoring data and performance metrics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/336433 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/708 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2259 | Boswell 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) | Christopher Boswell (Alexandria, Virginia); Gerardo Pangilinan (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for enhancing explosive yield is provided. The apparatus generally includes an energetic charge operatively associated with a guide. The guide is operatively associated with a reactive material. According to an aspect of the method, the energetic charge is activated to produce a shockwave to impact a reactive material. The shockwave is focused by the guide to impact the reactive material. Impacting the reactive material releases energy in the reactive material to enhance the yield of the energetic charge. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/315487 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rainer Meinke (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductor assembly and method of manufacture. The assembly includes a magnetic coil positioned about a curvilinear axis with one or more coil rows comprising conductive material having an arcuate shape. A generated field is characterized by a dipole component having a first magnitude, a quadrupole component having a second magnitude, a sextupole component having a third magnitude and a decupole component having a fourth magnitude. The third and fourth magnitudes are each 10−3 the first magnitude or less. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/133721 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/606 |
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| US 07971359 | Bzorgi |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fariborz M. Bzorgi (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for clipping a protrusion of material is provided. The protrusion may, for example, be a bolt head, a nut, a rivet, a weld bead, or a temporary assembly alignment tab protruding from a substrate surface of assembled components. The apparatus typically includes a cleaver having a cleaving edge and a cutting blade having a cutting edge. Generally, a mounting structure configured to confine the cleaver and the cutting blade and permit a range of relative movement between the cleaving edge and the cutting edge is provided. Also typically included is a power device coupled to the cutting blade. The power device is configured to move the cutting edge toward the cleaving edge. In some embodiments the power device is activated by a momentary switch. A retraction device is also generally provided, where the retraction device is configured to move the cutting edge away from the cleaving edge. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690622 |
| ART UNIT | 3724 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Cutlery 030/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07971744 | Spear |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan D Spear (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Cryogenic storage and separator vessels made of polyolefin foams are disclosed, as are methods of storing and separating cryogenic fluids and fluid mixtures using these vessels. In one embodiment, the polyolefin foams may be cross-linked, closed-cell polyethylene foams with a density of from about 2 pounds per cubic foot to a density of about 4 pounds per cubic foot. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/424953 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/560.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07972410 — Magnetic agglomeration method for size control in the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale L. Huber (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling the size of chemically synthesized magnetic nanoparticles that employs magnetic interaction between particles to control particle size and does not rely on conventional kinetic control of the reaction to control particle size. The particles are caused to reversibly agglomerate and precipitate from solution; the size at which this occurs can be well controlled to provide a very narrow particle size distribution. The size of particles is controllable by the size of the surfactant employed in the process; controlling the size of the surfactant allows magnetic control of the agglomeration and precipitation processes. Agglomeration is used to effectively stop particle growth to provide a very narrow range of particle sizes. |
| FILED | Monday, February 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/364261 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972422 | Ballard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L. Ballard (Victor, New York); David J. Ranelli (W. Henrietta, New York); Diane M. England (Bloomfield, New York); Malcolm James Grieve (Fairport, New York); Yee Ho Chia (Troy, Michigan); Galen B. Fisher (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system comprising a cylindrical housing containing a sorbent cartridge selective of one or more gases in a gaseous mixture. End caps on opposite ends of the housing seal to the ends of the cartridge and direct the flow of gas mixture through a portion of the cartridge. The first end cap has entrance and exit ports for the gas mixture and for a purging gas for cartridge regeneration. The second end cap includes a compartment to receive and return the gas mixture to the first cap exit port. The purging gas follows a similar pathway via the remaining portion of the cartridge. The cartridge is rotatable within the housing; thus, the exhausted portion of the medium may be rotated into position for regeneration while a regenerated portion of the medium is rotated into position for re-use, thus providing continuous adsorption from the gas mixture. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/804885 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972437 | Alivisatos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California); Yadong Yin (Moreno Valley, California); Can Kerem Erdonmez (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are hollow nanocrystals having various shapes that can be produced by a simple chemical process. The hollow nanocrystals described herein may have a shell as thin as 0.5 nm and outside diameters that can be controlled by the process of making. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/599252 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972560 | Sutter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Werner Sutter (Beach, New York); Eli Anguelova Sutter (Beach, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus capable of dispensing drops of material with volumes on the order of zeptoliters is described. In some embodiments of the inventive pipette the size of the droplets so dispensed is determined by the size of a hole, or channel, through a carbon shell encapsulating a reservoir that contains material to be dispensed. The channel may be formed by irradiation with an electron beam or other high-energy beam capable of focusing to a spot size less than about 5 nanometers. In some embodiments, the dispensed droplet remains attached to the pipette by a small thread of material, an atomic scale meniscus, forming a virtually free-standing droplet. In some embodiments the droplet may wet the pipette tip and take on attributes of supported drops. Methods for fabricating and using the pipette are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/102370 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972569 | Elam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois); Michael J. Pellin (Naperville, Illinois); Joseph A. Libera (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Peter C. Stair (Northbrook, Illinois); Gerry Zajac (Warrenville, Illinois); Steven A. Cohen (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst includes a carrier body and a catalytic portion carried by the carrier body. The catalytic portion includes a plurality of distinct layers of catalytic material, which layers may be deposited through atomic layer deposition techniques. The catalyst may have a selectivity for the conversion of alkanes to alkenes of over 50%. The catalyst may be incorporated in a reactor such as a fluidized bed reactor or a single pass reactor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/361377 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/211 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972818 | Nasarabadi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shanavaz Nasarabadi (Livermore, California); Richard G. Langlois (Livermore, California); Kodumudi S. Venkateswaran (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are two methods for rapid multiplex analysis to determine the presence and identity of target DNA sequences within a DNA sample. Both methods use reporting DNA sequences, e.g., modified conventional Taqman® probes, to combine multiplex PCR amplification with microsphere-based hybridization using flow cytometry means of detection. Real-time PCR detection can also be incorporated. The first method uses a cyanine dye, such as, Cy3™, as the reporter linked to the 5′ end of a reporting DNA sequence. The second method positions a reporter dye, e.g., FAM™ on the 3′ end of the reporting DNA sequence and a quencher dye, e.g., TAMRA™, on the 5′ end. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/454478 |
| 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 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972827 | Camarero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julio A. Camarero (Livermore, California); James J. DeYoreo (Clayton, California); Youngeun Kwon (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a method for the attachment of proteins to any solid support with control over the orientation of the attachment. The method is extremely efficient, not requiring the previous purification of the protein to be attached, and can be activated by UV-light. Spatially addressable arrays of multiple protein components can be generated by using standard photolithographic techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/708382 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972832 | Day et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Danisco US Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Day (San Francisco, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Peter Gualfetti (San Francisco, California); Colin Mitchinson (Half Moon Bay, California); Paulien Neefe (Zoetermeer, Netherlands); Mats Sandgren (Uppsala, Sweden); Andrew Shaw (San Francisco, California); Jerry Stahlberg (Uppsala, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are variants of H. jecorina CBH I, a Cel7 enzyme. The present invention provides novel cellobiohydrolases that have improved thermostability and reversibility. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/641678 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972865 | Yi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dechang Yi (Metuchen, New Jersey); Lawrence R. Senesac (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas G. Thundat (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for detecting and differentiating chemical analytes includes a microscale body having a first end and a second end and a surface between the ends for adsorbing a chemical analyte. The surface includes at least one conductive heating track for heating the chemical analyte and also a conductive response track, which is electrically isolated from the heating track, for producing a thermal response signal from the chemical analyte. The heating track is electrically connected with a voltage source and the response track is electrically connected with a signal recorder. The microscale body is restrained at the first end and the second end and is substantially isolated from its surroundings therebetween, thus having a bridge configuration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/198580 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972875 | Rogers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ralph Nuzzo (Champaign, Illinois); Matthew Meitl (Durham, North Carolina); Etienne Menard (Durham, North Carolina); Alfred J. Baca (Urbana, Illinois); Michael Motala (Champaign, Illinois); Jong-Hyun Ahn (Suwon, South Korea); Sang-II Park (Savoy, Illinois); Chang-Jae Yu (Urbana, Illinois); Heung-Cho Ko (Gwangju, South Korea); Mark Stoykovich (Dover, New Hampshire); Jongseung Yoon (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are optical devices and systems fabricated, at least in part, via printing-based assembly and integration of device components. In specific embodiments the present invention provides light emitting systems, light collecting systems, light sensing systems and photovoltaic systems comprising printable semiconductor elements, including large area, high performance macroelectronic devices. Optical systems of the present invention comprise semiconductor elements assembled, organized and/or integrated with other device components via printing techniques that exhibit performance characteristics and functionality comparable to single crystalline semiconductor based devices fabricated using conventional high temperature processing methods. Optical systems of the present invention have device geometries and configurations, such as form factors, component densities, and component positions, accessed by printing that provide a range of useful device functionalities. Optical systems of the present invention include devices and device arrays exhibiting a range of useful physical and mechanical properties including flexibility, shapeability, conformability and stretchablity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/981380 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973126 | Shiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph John Shiang (Niskayuna, New York); Kelly Scott Chichak (Clifton Park, New York); James Anthony Cella (Clifton Park, New York); Larry Neil Lewis (Scotia, New York); Kevin Henry Janora (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymers including at least one structural unit derived from a compound of formula I or including at least one pendant group of formula II may be used in optoelectronic devices wherein R1, R3, R4 and R6 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, oxaalkyl, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, substituted alkyl; substituted alkoxy, substituted oxaalkyl, substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted heteroaryl; R1a is hydrogen or alkyl; R2 is alkylene, substituted alkylene, oxaalkylene, CO, or CO2; R2a is alkylene; R5 is independently at each occurrence hydrogen, alkyl, alkylaryl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, carboxy, substituted alkyl; substituted alkylaryl, substituted aryl, substituted arylalkyl, or substituted alkoxy, X is halo, triflate, —B(OR1a)2, or located at the 2, 5- or 2, 7-positions; and L is derived from phenylpyridine, tolylpyridine, benzothienylpyridine, phenylisoquinoline, dibenzoquinozaline, fluorenylpyridine, ketopyrrole, 2-(1-naphthyl)benzoxazole)), 2-phenylbenzoxazole, 2-phenylbenzothiazole, coumarin, thienylpyridine, phenylpyridine, benzothienylpyridine, 3-methoxy-2-phenylpyridine, thienylpyridine, phenylimine, vinylpyridine, pyridylnaphthalene, pyridylpyrrole, pyridylimidazole, phenylindole, derivatives thereof or combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/957579 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/395 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07973214 — Designer organisms for photosynthetic production of ethanol from carbon dioxide and water
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Weifu Lee (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a revolutionary photosynthetic ethanol production technology based on designer transgenic plants, algae, or plant cells. The designer plants, designer algae, and designer plant cells are created such that the endogenous photosynthesis regulation mechanism is tamed, and the reducing power (NADPH) and energy (ATP) acquired from the photosynthetic water splitting and proton gradient-coupled electron transport process are used for immediate synthesis of ethanol (CH3CH2OH) directly from carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). The ethanol production methods of the present invention completely eliminate the problem of recalcitrant lignocellulosics by bypassing the bottleneck problem of the biomass technology. The photosynthetic ethanol-production technology of the present invention is expected to have a much higher solar-to-ethanol energy-conversion efficiency than the current technology and could also help protect the Earth's environment from the dangerous accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/903919 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973235 | Muhs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Batelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Muhs (Lenoir City, Tennessee); Dennis D. Earl (Knoxville, Tennessee); David L. Beshears (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lonnie C. Maxey (Powell, Tennessee); John K. Jordan (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Randall F. Lind (Lenoir City, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid solar lighting distribution system and components having at least one hybrid solar concentrator, at least one fiber receiver, at least one hybrid luminaire, and a light distribution system operably connected to each hybrid solar concentrator and each hybrid luminaire. A controller operates all components. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/824291 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973276 | Cunningham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark F. Cunningham (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Lorenzo Fabris (Knoxville, Tennessee); Timothy F. Gee (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); James S. Goddard, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas P. Karnowski (Knoxville, Tennessee); Klaus-peter Ziock (Clinton, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The relationship between the high energy radiation imager pixel (HERIP) coordinate and real-world x-coordinate is determined by a least square fit between the HERIP x-coordinate and the measured real-world x-coordinates of calibration markers that emit high energy radiation imager and reflect visible light. Upon calibration, a high energy radiation imager pixel position may be determined based on a real-world coordinate of a moving vehicle. Further, a scale parameter for said high energy radiation imager may be determined based on the real-world coordinate. The scale parameter depends on the y-coordinate of the moving vehicle as provided by a visible light camera. The high energy radiation imager may be employed to detect radiation from moving vehicles in multiple lanes, which correspondingly have different distances to the high energy radiation imager. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/511385 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973307 | Rand et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kristin L. Mutolo (Hollywood, California); Elizabeth Mayo (Alhambra, California); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic photosensitive optoelectronic device, having a donor-acceptor heterojunction of a donor-like material and an acceptor-like material and methods of making such devices is provided. At least one of the donor-like material and the acceptor-like material includes a subphthalocyanine, a subporphyrin, and/or a subporphyrazine compound; and/or the device optionally has at least one of a blocking layer or a charge transport layer, where the blocking layer and/or the charge transport layer includes a subphthalocyanine, a subporphyrin, and/or a subporphyrazine compound. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/350570 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974738 | Bruemmer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Bruemmer (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Douglas A. Few (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Miles C. Walton (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A virtual track or rail system and method is described for execution by a robot. A user, through a user interface, generates a desired path comprised of at least one segment representative of the virtual track for the robot. Start and end points are assigned to the desired path and velocities are also associated with each of the at least one segment of the desired path. A waypoint file is generated including positions along the virtual track representing the desired path with the positions beginning from the start point to the end point including the velocities of each of the at least one segment. The waypoint file is sent to the robot for traversing along the virtual track. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/428621 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07972542 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Milko E. van der Boom (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The preparation of robust, thin film materials with large second-order optical nonlinearities through the covalent self-assembly of chromophoric compositions and innovative use of silyl chemistry. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/806560 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/586 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972607 | Tempel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rebecca Tempel (Portland, Oregon); Xin-He Lai (Portland, Oregon); Fred L. Heffron (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Francisella tularensis is the bacterial pathogen that causes tularemia in humans and a number of animals. To date, no approved vaccine exists for this widespread and life-threatening disease. The present disclosure provides attenuated Francisella mutants that include functional deletions in one or more of the dsbB, FTT0742, pdpB, fumA, and carB genes. Also provided are immunogenic compositions that include the attenuated bacteria. Methods are provided for treatment using the attenuated Francisella mutants. |
| FILED | Friday, November 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/280272 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972628 | Ratner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Buddy D. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Andrew Marshall (Federal Way, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides porous biomaterials and methods for forming porous biomaterials. The porous biomaterials of the invention comprise a biocompatible polymer scaffold defining an array of pores, wherein substantially all the pores have a similar diameter, wherein the mean diameter of the pores is between about 20 and about 90 micrometers, wherein substantially all the pores are each connected to at least 4 other pores, and wherein the diameter of substantially all the connections between the pores is between about 15% and about 40% of the mean diameter of the pores. The invention also provides implantable devices comprising a layer of a biomaterial, and methods for promoting angiogenesis in and around an implantable biomaterial. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/595233 |
| 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 424/499 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973007 | Ford |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byron D. Ford (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Neuregulin, a known neuroprotein, has been found to ameliorate or prevent damage caused by mechanical or chemical assault to blood vessels and, when administered into the cerebral spinal fluid, can ameliorate damage to neuronal tissue caused by stroke or inflammation. Additionally, neuregulin has been found to be useful for enhancement of stem cell migration from the ventricle to the site of injury to the brain. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688351 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973094 | Huo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qun Huo (Orlando, Florida); Jianhua Zou (Oviedo, Florida); Hui Chen (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal nanoparticle supported on or dispersed in a polymer is irradiated with photons from a laser source to address the nanoparticles. The polymer is transmissive to the photons and addressed nanoparticles transform the energy of the photon to heat which is transferred to a material in the vicinity of the nanoparticle. The locally heated material undergoes a physical or chemical transformation upon heating. The transformed material can be a material in the proximity of the metal nanoparticle supported polymer or metal nanoparticle/polymer composite. In this manner thermally induced physical or chemical transformations can be carried out in very small volumes of material without significant heating to the bulk of the material. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/770279 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973275 | Grier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (New York, New York); Marco Polin (New York, New York); Sang-Hyuk Lee (Rego Park, New York); Yael Roichman (New York, New York); Kosta Ladavac (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Holographic optical traps using the forces exerted by computer-generated holograms to trap, move and otherwise transform mesoscopically textured materials. The efficacy of the present invention is based upon the quality and nature of the diffractive optical element used to create the traps and dynamically use them. Further a landscape of potential energy sites can be created and used to manipulate, sort and process objects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/343193 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973336 | Savage et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Savage (Madison, Wisconsin); Michelle M. Roberts (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Growth of multilayer films is carried out in a manner which allows close control of the strain in the grown layers and complete release of the grown films to allow mounting of the released multilayer structures on selected substrates. A layer of material, such as silicon-germanium, is grown onto a template layer, such as silicon, of a substrate having a sacrificial layer on which the template layer is formed. The grown layer has a lattice mismatch with the template layer so that it is strained as deposited. A top layer of crystalline material, such as silicon, is grown on the alloy layer to form a multilayer structure with the grown layer and the template layer. The sacrificial layer is preferentially etched away to release the multilayer structure from the sacrificial layer, relaxing the grown layer and straining the crystalline layers interfaced with it. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/745719 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973559 | Or-Bach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zvi Or-Bach (San Jose, California); James M. Tour (Ballaire, Texas); Alexander Sinitskiy (Ryazan, Russian Federation); Jun Yao (Houston, Texas); Elvira Beitler (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Re-programmable antifuses and structures utilizing re-programmable antifuses are presented. Such structures include a configurable interconnect circuit having at least one re-programmable antifuse, wherein the at least one re-programmable antifuse is configured to be programmed to conduct by applying a first voltage across it and is configured to be re-programmed not to conduct by applying second voltage across it, wherein the second voltage is higher than the first voltage. Other embodiments of antifuses include an initializing step prior to programming. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435661 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974195 | Jin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng Jin (Pasadena, California); Steven H. Low (La Canada, California); Xiaoliang Wei (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a delay based model and in fact uses queuing delay as a congestion measure, providing advantages over prior art loss based systems. One advantage is that queuing delay can be more accurately estimated than loss probability. This is because packet losses in networks with large bandwidth-delay product are rare events under TCP Reno and its variants (probability on the order 10−7 or smaller), and because loss samples provide coarser information than queuing delay samples. Indeed, measurements of delay are noisy, just as those of loss probability. Thus, another advantage of the present invention is that each measurement of queuing delay provides multi-bit information while each measurement of packet loss (whether a packet is lost) provides only one bit of information for the filtering of noise. This makes it easier for an equation-based implementation to stabilize a network into a steady state with a target fairness and high utilization. In addition, the dynamics of queuing delay provides scaling with respect to network capacity. This helps maintain stability as a network scales up in capacity. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/868564 |
| ART UNIT | 2462 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/231 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974325 | Belkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas); Harvard University and Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikhail A. Belkin (Austin, Texas); Federico Capasso (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Alexey Belyanin (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for generating radiation via difference frequency generation (DFG). In one exemplary implementation, a quantum cascade laser (QCL) has a significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility (χ(2)) integrated in an active region of the QCL. The QCL is configured to generate first radiation at a first frequency ω1, second radiation at a second frequency ω2, and third radiation at a third frequency ω3=ω1−ω2 based on difference frequency generation (DFG) arising from the non-linear susceptibility. In one aspect, the QCL may be configured to generate appreciable THz radiation at room temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/450211 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/46.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07975160 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy D. Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jason R. Thomas (Salt Lake City, Utah); Stan B. Thomas (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lawrence R. Wiencke (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a system and method for precise absolute time event generation and capture. One embodiment of the present invention is a programmable hardware module for TTL pulse generation and capture in absolute time. The nominal accuracy of the programmable hardware module is 25 ns. The time reference is an on-board GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. The hardware embodiment of the present invention can generate eight independently programmable outputs and capture the times on eight independently programmable inputs. An exemplary application for the present invention is triggering external light sources, and flash-lamp pumped lasers in particular, at specific times for calibration of cosmic-ray observatories. A software embodiment of the present invention is implemented in a Linux software device driver interface featuring an extensive set of user commands. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/823841 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07972774 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arbor Vita Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter S. Lu (Mountain View, California); Johannes Schweizer (Mountain View, California); Chamorro Somoza Diaz-Sarmiento (Palo Alto, California); Michael P. Belmares (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides reagents and methods for detecting pathogen infections in human samples. This detection utilizes specific proteins to detect the presence of pathogen proteins or abnormal expression of human proteins resulting from pathogen infections. Specific methods, compositions and kits are disclosed herein for the detection of oncogenic Human papillomavirus E6 proteins in clinical samples. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/881724 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972793 | Ramsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Suregene, LLC (Jeffersontown, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy L. Ramsey (Shelbyville, Kentucky); Mark D. Brennan (Jeffersonville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions that relate to genetic markers of psychotic disorders, e.g., schizophrenia (SZ), are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for determinations of a SULT4A1-1 haplotype are described. Furthermore, the invention provides methods and compositions involving treatment of psychotic disorders using the haplotype status. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/939049 |
| 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 07974380 | Fowler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fluidigm Corporation (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Fowler (San Mateo, California); Andrew May (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated fluidic circuit includes a substrate layer and a first structure coupled to the substrate layer and including a plurality of channels. The first structure is configured to provide for flow of one or more materials through the plurality of channels. The integrated fluidic circuit also includes a second structure coupled to the substrate layer. The second structure includes a plurality of control channels configured to receive an actuation pressure. The integrated fluidic circuit is characterized by a thickness of less than 1.5 mm. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/118185 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07974815 | Blemel |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Gerald Blemel (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sensed data into information and a means for communicating information for the purpose of understanding the location, degree and risk of damage and deterioration, and the probable causes thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/510719 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07971855 | Burgess et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Big Horn Valve, Inc. (Sheridan, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Burgess (Sheridan, Wyoming); David Yakos (Bozeman, Montana); Bryan Walthall (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A stemless ball valve comprising two flanges and a ball with a channel, two axis pins and two travel pins. One end of each axis and travel pin is fixedly attached to the ball, and the other end of each axis pin is lodged into a notch in the first or second flange such that the axis pin is allowed to rotate in the notch. The guide sleeve comprises two channels, and one end of each travel pin is situated within one of the two channels in the guide sleeve. An outer magnetic cartridge causes the inner magnetic cartridge and guide sleeve to rotate, and when the guide sleeve rotates, the travel pins move up and down within the channels in the guide sleeve. The movement of the travel pins within the channels in the guide sleeve causes the ball to rotate, thereby opening and closing the ball valve. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331387 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/315.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972536 | Connell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Connell (Yorktown, Virginia); Joseph G. Smith, Jr. (Smithfield, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Hampton, Virginia); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Kent A. Watson (New Kent, Virginia); Zoubeida Ounaies (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to the effective dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into polymer matrices. The nanocomposites are prepared using polymer matrices and exhibit a unique combination of properties, most notably, high retention of optical transparency in the visible range (i.e., 400-800 nm), electrical conductivity, and high thermal stability. By appropriate selection of the matrix resin, additional properties such as vacuum ultraviolet radiation resistance, atomic oxygen resistance, high glass transition (Tg) temperatures, and excellent toughness can be attained. The resulting nanocomposites can be used to fabricate or formulate a variety of articles such as coatings on a variety of substrates, films, foams, fibers, threads, adhesives and fiber coated prepreg. The properties of the nanocomposites can be adjusted by selection of the polymer matrix and CNT to fabricate articles that possess high optical transparency and antistatic behavior. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/546724 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07972821 | Goodwin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas John Goodwin (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy Grant Hammond (New Orleans, Louisiana); James Howard Kaysen (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the production of functional proteins including hormones by renal cells in a three dimensional culturing process responsive to shear stress uses a rotating wall vessel. Natural mixture of renal cells expresses the enzyme 1-α-hydroxylase which can be used to generate the active form of vitamin D: 1,25-diOH vitamin D3. The fibroblast cultures and co-culture of renal cortical cells express the gene for erythropoietin and secrete erythropoietin into the culture supernatant. Other shear stress response genes are also modulated by shear stress, such as toxin receptors megalin and cubulin (gp280). Also provided is a method of treating an in-need individual with the functional proteins produced in a three dimensional co-culture process responsive to shear stress using a rotating wall vessel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/174221 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07972540 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuning Li (Singapore, Singapore); Beng S Ong (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | A process to fabricate an electronic device comprising: (a) liquid depositing a composition comprising a liquid, silver-containing nanoparticles, a replacement stabilizer comprising a carboxylic acid on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles, and a residual amount of an initial stabilizer on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles, resulting in a deposited composition; and (b) heating the deposited composition to form an electrically conductive layer comprising silver. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/328088 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/514 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07973311 | Lujan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rene Lujan (Sunnyvale, California); William S. Wong (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photosensor structure includes a pixel metal layer disposed in physical and electrical contact with a pixel thin film transistor and a lower sensor layer of a p-i-n photosensor. The pixel metal layer extends laterally to an extent less that the lower sensor layer such that an overhang region is defined below the lower sensor layer and the adjacent the lateral edge of the pixel metal layer. When the relatively thick intrinsic sensor layer is formed over the lower sensor layer, it attaches to the upper surface and, due to the presence of the overhang region, the lateral edge of the lower sensor layer, forming a discrete intrinsic sensor layer structure over the pixel which is physically isolated from adjacent corresponding structures. This isolation allows for thermal expansion and contraction during formation of the intrinsic sensor layer without cracking the intrinsic sensor layer structure. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/130261 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07972857 | Ow |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Ow (Hercules, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods for site-specific polynucleotide replacement in eukaryotic cells. These methods include single polynucleotide replacement as well as gene stacking methods. Preferred eukaryotic cells for use in the present invention are plant cells and mammalian cells. |
| FILED | Friday, August 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/913085 |
| 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 435/477 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
07972798 — Method for identifying diabetic patients at increased risk for pathological complications
| US 07972798 | Zimering et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark B. Zimering (Lyons, New Jersey); Zui Pan (Piscataway, New Jersey); Janet Alder (Piscataway, New Jersey); Smita Thakker-Varia (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for detecting and measuring, in a sample from a subject, the plasma levels of endothelial cell antibodies to diagnose an increased risk of pathological complications, such as visual impairment, associated with diabetes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/315526 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
07971449 — Heat-activated heat-pump systems including integrated expander/compressor and regenerator
| US 07971449 | Peterson 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) | Richard B. Peterson (Corvallis, Oregon); Thomas G. Herron (Bend, Oregon); Monte K. Drost (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Heat-activated heat-pump systems and related methods are disclosed that include a power cycle coupled to a vapor-compression refrigeration cycle both utilizing the same working fluid. The power cycle comprises a boiler, an expander receiving superheated vapor and producing work from the superheated vapor, a condenser, and a pump. A regenerator conducts a first stream of working fluid from the pump to the boiler and a second stream of the working fluid from the expander to the condenser while transferring heat from the second stream to the first stream. The refrigeration cycle comprises a compressor that compresses the working fluid from the evaporator and delivers the compressed working fluid to a condenser. The expander and compressor are coupled together such that at least a portion of the work produced by the expander is utilized for running the compressor. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/660170 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/324.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07971533 | Berlin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan Berlin (Tucson, Arizona); Bradley Biggs (Corona, Arizona); Travis Walter (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for a weapon according to various aspects of the present invention comprise and/or operate in conjunction with a warhead case and a fuze system. The fuze system may comprise a fuze housing including a flange configured to be secured to the weapon. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus operate in conjunction with a fuze well rigidly attached to the warhead case. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include a sensor mounted on the flange, and a booster attached to the fuze well adjacent the fuze housing. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/013155 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/275.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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