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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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| US 07984642 | Africk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Africk (Waban, Massachusetts); Clark K. Colton (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems and methods for measuring and detecting properties of a variety of particles or cells in suspension. Properties, such as, for example, velocity of particles, concentration and/or size may be measured according to the methods of the invention. Acoustic energy may be introduced to a focal zone and narrow band interrogating signals may be used. The acoustic energy may cause movement or streaming of the fluid or suspension. The acoustic streaming may allow a Doppler effect measurement without any other source of velocity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/481324 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/54.250 |
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| US 07985184 | Sarvazyan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Artann Laboratories (Trenton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Armen P. Sarvazyan (Lambertville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasound beacon is incorporated into a needle of a drug delivery system utilizing high intensity ultrasound energy during certain cancer treatments. The beacon is configured to generate a electrical feedback signal in response to an initial ultrasound signal sent by an ultrasound transmitter. The electrical feedback signal is then sent along two electrical conductors of the needle and further over a cable back to the electronic unit. The feedback signal is then used to generate high intensity focused ultrasound using time-reversal acoustics principles. Therapeutic application of the system of the invention includes applying high intensity focused ultrasound at the site of drug delivery to enhance local tissue uptake of injected medication. |
| FILED | Friday, April 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/766383 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/461 |
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| US 07985401 | Jiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Jiang (San Diego, California); Emilia S. Olson (La Jolla, California); Michael Whitney (San Diego, California); Roger Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A generic structure for the peptides of the present invention includes A-X-B-C, where C is a cargo moiety, the B portion includes basic amino acids, X is a cleavable linker sequence, and the A portion includes acidic amino acids. The intact structure is not significantly taken up by cells; however, upon extracellular cleavage of X, the B-C portion is taken up, delivering the cargo to targeted cells. Cargo may be, for example, a contrast agent for diagnostic imaging, a chemotherapeutic drug, or a radiation-sensitizer for therapy. X may be cleaved extracellularly or intracellularly. The molecules of the present invention may be linear, cyclic, branched, or have a mixed structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/133804 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.690 |
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| US 07985543 | Lyons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie A. Lyons (Woodland, California); Niels C. Pedersen (Winters, California); Barbara Bighignoli (Milan, Italy); Tirri Niini (Espoo, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting mutations associated with blood type determination in the cat. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/963220 |
| 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 07985547 | Sapolsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Sapolsky (Palo Alto, California); Robert J. Lipshutz (Palo Alto, California); Thomas R. Gingeras (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel methods for sequencing and mapping genetic markers in polynucleotide sequences using Type-IIs restriction endonucleases. The methods herein described result in the “capturing” and determination of specific oligonucleotide sequences located adjacent to Type-IIs restriction sites. The resulting sequences are useful as effective markers for use in genetic mapping, screening and manipulation. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/272680 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07985548 | Lorenzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip L. Lorenzi (Washington, District of Columbia); John N. Weinstein (Bellaire, Texas); Natasha J. Caplen (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and Methods for use in treating cell proliferative disorders related to asparagine metabolism are provided. Cell proliferative disorders include such cancers as forms of leukemia, ovarian cancers, melanomas, renal cancers, breast cancers, brain cancers, and other cancers. Methods include the use of RNA interference targeted at asparagine synthetase to enhance the efficacy of L-asparaginase therapies. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/281589 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07985551 | 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 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 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/612438 |
| 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 07985554 | Chapman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin R. Chapman (Madison, Wisconsin); Min Dong (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based on the identification of synaptic vessel glycoprotein SV2 as the BoNT/A receptor and the further identification of various BoNT/A-binding fragments of SV2. The disclosure here provides new tools for diagnosing and treating botulism. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/546880 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985558 | Lee |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard T. Lee (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. More specifically, the invention relates to isolated molecules that can be used to diagnose and/or treat cardiovascular conditions including cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, stroke, arteriosclerosis, and heart failure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/167143 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07985561 | Ambs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Ambs (Silver Spring, Maryland); Brenda Boersma (Hagerstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides, for the first time, the finding that the manganese superoxide dismutase Val16Ala polymorphism is significantly associated with prognosis for cancer patients treated with chemotherapeutic drug therapy. The alanine allele is a novel biomarker that predicts poor response and poor outcome to chemotherapeutic drug cancer therapy. Conversely, the valine allele predicts a good response and a good outcome to chemotherapeutic drug cancer therapy. Therefore, a genotype assay can be used to determine which alleles a subject is carrying, and subsequently this information can be used to determine if chemotherapeutic drug therapy is appropriate, and to customize therapy according to the patient's MnSOD genotype. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/268655 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
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| US 07985563 | Kaelin, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. Kaelin, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts); Mircea Ivan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of identifying compounds that decrease proline hydroxylation of the alpha subunit of hypoxia inducible factor (HIFα). |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/879300 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
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| US 07985583 | Witman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Univeristy of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George B. Witman (Grafton, Massachusetts); Gregory J. Pazour (Framingham, Massachusetts); Joel L. Rosenbaum (Branford, Connecticut); Douglas G. Cole (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to various intraflagellar transport (IFT) polypeptides and the nucleic acids that encode them. The new IFT particle polypeptides and nucleic acids can be used in a variety, of diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/481536 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 07985584 | Croce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Ramiro Garzon (Columbus, Ohio); George A. Calin (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer and myeloproliferative disorders. The invention also provides methods of identifying anti-cancer agents. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/293471 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07985586 | Bieberich |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Health Sciences University (Augusta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erhard Bieberich (Augusta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a cell culture enriched for sphingolipid enhances neural stem cells (SENSe), particularly oligodendrocyte precursor cells (ODPCs), that do not form teratomas after transplanted in vivo. Methods for producing and use of the invention ODPCs or the cell culture enriched with these ODPCs for stem cell therapy are also provided. The invention method comprises culturing a stem cell culture with a cell culture medium comprising a ceramide compound and a S1P receptor agonist in sequence, overlapping intervals or concurrent manners. The present invention further provides a cellular or gene therapy using a composition comprising a ceramide compound in conjunction with a S1P1 agonist to proliferate or differentiate endogeneous neural stem cells to ODPCs and further to oligodendrocytes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365381 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/366 |
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| US 07985594 | Griffin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert G. Griffin (Newton, Massachusetts); Kan-Nian Hu (Silver Spring, Maryland); Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Changsik Song (Brighton, Massachusetts); Eric Dane (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for performing dynamic nuclear polarization using biradicals with a structure of formula (I) as described herein. In general, the methods involve (a) providing a frozen sample in a magnetic field, wherein the frozen sample includes a biradical of formula (I) and an analyte with at least one spin half nucleus; (b) polarizing the at least one spin half nucleus of the analyte by irradiating the frozen sample with radiation having a frequency that excites electron spin transitions in the biradical; (c) optionally melting the sample to produce a molten sample; and (d) detecting nuclear spin transitions in the at least one spin half nucleus of the analyte in the frozen or molten sample. The present invention also provides biradicals with a structure of formula (I) with the proviso that Q1 and Q2 are different when X1 and X2 are —O—. The present invention also provides methods for making biradicals with a structure of formula (IA) as described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/300529 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
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| US 07985601 | Healy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin E. Healy (Moraga, California); Ranee A. Stile (Highland Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a class of semi-interpenetrating polymeric networks that include a linear polymer molecule functionalized with a bioactive moiety. The linear polymer is physically entangled within a matrix based upon a thermo-responsive polymer. The bioactive moiety is, e.g., a therapeutic moiety or a moiety that enhances the interaction of a cell with the polymer network. The polymer networks of the invention are flowable at room temperature, becoming solid or semi-solid at elevated temperatures (e.g., body temperature). The polymer networks are of use as drug delivery vehicles and as matrices for tissue engineering. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/385900 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/535 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985726 | Mochly-Rosen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Standford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing damage to cells and tissue caused by an ischemic or hypoxic event is disclosed. The method includes administering to the cell or tissue, either in vivo or ex vivo, ψεRACK peptide. The peptide can be administered before, during or after the ischemic or hypoxic event. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/467897 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
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| US 07985729 | Lim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | House Research Institute (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Lim (Pasadena, California); Haa-Yung Lee (La Crescenta, California); Paul Webster (Pasadena, California); Ali Andalibi (Altadena, California); Jian-Dong Li (Glendale, California); Tomas Ganz (Los Angeles, California); Kiweon Cha (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The pharmaceutical composition and a method of treatment of infectious diseases, such as otitis media, paranasal sinusitis, labyrinthitis and meningitis are described. The composition comprises EP2E or homologues thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/764852 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2.400 |
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| US 07985739 | Kay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Kay (Los Altos, California); Stephen Yant (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for introducing a nucleic acid into the genome of a cell are provided. In the subject methods, a Sleeping Beauty transposon that includes the nucleic acid is introduced into the cell along with a source of a mutant Sleeping Beauty transposase that provides for enhanced integration as compared to the wild-type Sleeping Beauty transposase having an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:01. Introduction of the mutant Sleeping Beauty Transposase and transposon results in integration of the nucleic acid into the cell genome. Also provided are mutant transposases and transposons, as well as systems and kits thereof, that find use in practicing the subject methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/861108 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07985783 | Carrico et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaac S. Carrico (Berkeley, California); Brian L. Carlson (Richmond, California); Peng Wu (Berkeley, California); Carolyn Bertozzi (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features compositions and methods for site-specific modification of proteins by incorporation of an aldehyde tag. Enzymatic modification at a sulfatase motif of the aldehyde tag through action of a formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE) generates a formylglycine (FGly) residue. The aldehyde moiety of FGly residue can be exploited as a chemical handle for site-specific attachment of a moiety of interest to a polypeptide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857385 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/87 |
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| US 07985832 | Melgarejo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tonatiuh Melgarejo (Manhattan, Kansas); Frank Blecha (Manhattan, Kansas); Yongming Sang (Manhattan, Kansas); Maria Teresa Ortega (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to antimicrobial cathelicidin polypeptides related to a 38 amino acid peptide having SEQ ID NO:4. The invention provides for polypeptides having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding such polypeptides, as well as host cells and methods of reducing survival of a microbe. In addition, the invention also provides compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, December 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/087228 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 07985837 | van der Donk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wilfred A. van der Donk (Champaign, Illinois); Lisa E. Cooper (Champaign, Illinois); Amanda L. McClerren (St. Charles, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to two-component lantibiotics isolated from Bacillus sp. Methods for producing said lantibiotics are provided, wherein dehydration and cyclization of the peptides is carried out by two substrate-specific modifying enzymes. Given the antimicrobial activity of the instant lantibiotics, methods for preventing or treating bacterial infections are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/931888 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07985887 | Cox, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Richmond, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Norbert Cox, III (Louisville, Colorado); Casey Christopher Case (San Mateo, California); Stephen P. Eisenberg (Boulder, Colorado); Eric Edward Jarvis (Boulder, Colorado); Sharon Kaye Spratt (Vacaville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for modulating expression of endogenous cellular genes using recombinant zinc finger proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/505775 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
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| US 07985889 | He et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Yang He (Okemos, Michigan); Kinya Nomura (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for enhancing plant defenses against pathogens. More particularly, the invention relates to enhancing plant immunity against bacterial pathogens, wherein AtMIN7 mediated protection is enhanced and/or there is a decrease in activity of an AtMIN7 associated virulence protein such as a Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 HopM1. Reagents of the present invention provide a means of studying cellular trafficking while formulations of the present inventions provide increased pathogen resistance in plants. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/070959 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279 |
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| US 07984615 | Woodcock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory O. Woodcock (Mesa, Arizona); Ian L. Critchley (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An engine assembly includes a scroll assembly including an inlet, an outlet, an inner section, and an outer section. Each of the inner section and the outer section extend between the inlet and the outlet with the outer section being longer than the inner section. The engine assembly further includes a combustor having an entrance for receiving fuel to be mixed with air and combusted in the combustor, an exit coupled to the inlet of the scroll assembly for delivering the combusted air-fuel mixture, including a hot stream, thereto, and a wall coupled between the entrance and the exit and including a plurality of dilution holes therethrough for deflecting the hot stream toward the outer section of the scroll assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/769077 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/754 |
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| US 07984656 | Nicklous et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allison Clark Nicklous (Moodus, Connecticut); Edward F. Dreger (Burlington, Connecticut); William F. Caswell (Baldwinsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes rotating a rotor, measuring a rotor rotational time for the rotor to complete a revolution, determining a blade interval by dividing the rotor rotational time by a number of blades carried on the rotor, establishing an active hold-off time interval as a percentage of the blade interval time, directing a beam of light at the blades of the rotor using a laser, sensing light reflected from the blades, generating an output signal as a function of the sensed light, establishing a signal amplitude threshold, analyzing an amplitude of the output signal to trigger the active hold-off time interval when the amplitude reaches the signal amplitude threshold, and generating a blade arrival signal as a function of triggered active hold-off time intervals. The output signal is not analyzed within each active hold-off time interval. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220368 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/800 |
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| US 07984685 | Buescher |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Buescher (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The system provides a means by which the attitude or orientation of a submerged object can be changed using a fixed quantity of transferable ballast fluid which has a density greater than that of the surrounding fluid in which the object is submerged. In one embodiment, the process utilizes a static flotation shell offset the net negative buoyancy of the transferable ballast fluid. In this way, the total overall buoyancy of the system does not change, but by transferring fluid into expandable reservoirs which are physically separated from the static flotation shell, the separation between the center of buoyancy and the center of mass of the object can be changed, and thus the attitude or orientation of the object, if it is unrestrained, may be changed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469827 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Support devices and pods for the head and neck region of patients undergoing radiation therapy are provided herein. The pod generally includes a support shell shaped to generally conform to the shape of the head and neck region of the patient, a foam insert that conforms to the head and neck region of the patient, and an immobilization facemask attached directly to the shell, thereby facilitating close placement of the radiation beam delivery device to the patient and reducing any attenuation and perturbation of radiation doses directed at the patient. The components of the pod are made from materials having properties that reduce any attenuation and perturbation of prescribed radiation doses. |
| FILED | Monday, May 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/429855 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/857 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07984792 | Hoffmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Andrew Hoffmann (Greenwood, Indiana); Dan Vetters (Indianapolis, Indiana); Matthew Michael Miller (Indianapolis, Indiana); Phillip Howard Burnside (Avon, Indiana); Didier Leveille (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A lubrication system for a component is disclosed herein. The disclosed lubrication system can be applied relatively high temperature operating environments, relatively low temperature operating environments, or both. The lubrication system includes a tank operable to contain lubricant and having at least one tank outlet. The lubrication system also includes a tube extending between first and second ends. The first end of the tube is in fluid communication with at least one tank outlet. The lubrication system also includes an atomizer in fluid communication with the second end of the tube to receive lubricant from the tank. The atomizer is operable to dispense atomized lubricant on the component. The tank, the tube, and the atomizer are all adjacent to the component. A method for practicing the invention is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/173427 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubrication 184/6.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985326 | Withers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Materials and Electrochemical Research Corp. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James C. Withers (Tucson, Arizona); Raouf O. Loutfy (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for purification of high value metals comprises an electrolytic cell in which an anode formed of a composite of a metal oxide of the metal of interest with carbon is electrochemically reduced in a molten salt electrolyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/536599 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/243.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985382 | Henry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Henry (Joppa, Maryland); George J. Noya (Bel Air, Maryland); Luis E. Faure (Abingdon, Maryland); Monica J. Heyl (Joppa, Maryland); Dennis J. Reutter (Havre de Grace, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile All Hazards Receipt Facility (AHRF) is provided in an enclosure suitable for mounting on a base vehicle such as a semi-trailer. The AHRF includes a containment area compliant with BSL-3 standards, a containment area compliant with BSL-2 standards, a unique bleaching/decontamination station having an airlock to the outside for receiving incoming sample containers, a class III Biosafety Cabinet (Glovebox) connected to the bleaching station via an airlock through which samples are passed for processing, a biosafety cabinet as well as an onboard air handling system that provides air conditioning, filtration and exhaust and maintains appropriate BSL-2 and BSL-3 air pressure differentials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/751839 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985424 | Tomalia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dendritic Nanotechnologies Inc. (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald A. Tomalia (Midland, Michigan); Douglas R. Swanson (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan); Baohua Huang (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan); Veera Reddy Pulgam (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan); Joseph R. Heinzelmann (Saginaw, Michigan); Sonke Svenson (Midland, Michigan); Lori A. Reyna (Midland, Michigan); Michael A. Zhuravel (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan); Abhay Singh Chauhan (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan); Cordell R. DeMattei (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Dendritic polymers with enhanced amplification and interior functionality are disclosed. These dendritic polymers are made by use of fast, reactive ring-opening chemistry (or other fast reactions) combined with the use of branch cell reagents in a controlled way to rapidly and precisely build dendritic structures, generation by generation, with cleaner chemistry, often single products, lower excesses of reagents, lower levels of dilution, higher capacity method, more easily scaled to commercial dimensions, new ranges of materials, and lower cost. The dendritic compositions prepared have novel internal functionality, greater stability (e.g., thermal stability and less or no reverse Michael's reaction), and reach encapsulation surface densities at lower generations. Unexpectedly, these reactions of polyfunctional branch cell reagents with polyfunctional cores do not create cross-linked materials. Such dendritic polymers are useful as demulsifiers for oil/water emulsions, wet strength agents in the manufacture of paper, proton scavengers, polymers, nanoscale monomers, calibration standards for electron microscopy, making size selective membranes, and agents for modifying viscosity in aqueous formulations such as paint. When these dendritic polymers have a carried material associated with their surface and/or interior, then these dendritic polymers have additional properties for carrying materials due to the unique characteristics of the dendritic polymer, such as for drug delivery, transfection, and diagnostics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/630044 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/486 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985530 | Schmid et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard M. Schmid (Austin, Texas); Douglas J. Resnick (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An enhanced process forming a material pattern on a substrate deposits the material anisotropically on resist material patterned to correspond to an image of the material pattern. The material is etched isotropically to remove a thickness of the material on sidewalls of the resist pattern while leaving the material on a top surface of the resist pattern and portions of the surface of the substrate. The resist pattern is removed by dissolution thereby lifting-off the material on the top surface of the resist pattern while leaving the material on the substrate surface as the material pattern. Alternately, a first material layer is deposited on the resist pattern and a second material layer is deposited and planarized. The second material layer is etched exposing the first material while leaving the second material in features of the resist pattern. The first material and the resist are removed leaving the first material pattern. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/856862 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985539 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Yunwei Cao (Gainesville, Florida); Rongchao Jin (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses reagents comprising particles with at least one Raman dye and a specific binding members bound thereto and methods of using such reagents. The invention also encompasses reagents of a specific binding member and two or more different Raman dyes and methods for using such reagents. New types of particle probes having a specific binding member bound thereto are described. These reagents are used in a novel detection strategy that utilizes the catalytic properties of the Au nanoparticles to generate a silver coating that can behave as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) promoter for the dye-labeled particles that have been captured by target and an underlying chip in microarray format. The strategy provides the high sensitivity and high selectivity attributes of grey-scale scanometric detection but provides a route to multiplexing and ratioing capabilities since a very large number of probes can be designed based upon the concept of using a Raman tag as a spectroscopic fingerprint in detection. These spectra are used as fingerprints to differentiate oligonucleotide or other targets in one solution. This method has been used to distinguish six dissimilar DNA targets with six Raman labeled nanoparticle probes, and also two RNA targets with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/431341 |
| 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 07985594 | Griffin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert G. Griffin (Newton, Massachusetts); Kan-Nian Hu (Silver Spring, Maryland); Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Changsik Song (Brighton, Massachusetts); Eric Dane (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for performing dynamic nuclear polarization using biradicals with a structure of formula (I) as described herein. In general, the methods involve (a) providing a frozen sample in a magnetic field, wherein the frozen sample includes a biradical of formula (I) and an analyte with at least one spin half nucleus; (b) polarizing the at least one spin half nucleus of the analyte by irradiating the frozen sample with radiation having a frequency that excites electron spin transitions in the biradical; (c) optionally melting the sample to produce a molten sample; and (d) detecting nuclear spin transitions in the at least one spin half nucleus of the analyte in the frozen or molten sample. The present invention also provides biradicals with a structure of formula (I) with the proviso that Q1 and Q2 are different when X1 and X2 are —O—. The present invention also provides methods for making biradicals with a structure of formula (IA) as described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/300529 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony A. Ruffa (Hope Valley, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A coaxial transducer that uses lead zirconate titanate ceramic or other suitable material as an isolator between the conductors in a coaxial cable to transmit acoustic power at useful levels. The lead zirconate titanate ceramic is diced into thin disks and placed in between spacers made of much stronger insulating material. The coaxial cable is then integrated into a conventional double-armored steel tow cable with a typical diameter of 1″. This provides substantial longitudinal strength and provides crushing resistance to the lead zirconate titanate ceramic when the cable is being deployed or retrieved over a sheave under tension. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/287154 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/102.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985986 | Heikman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sten Heikman (Goleta, California); Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Normally-off semiconductor devices are provided. A Group III-nitride buffer layer is provided. A Group III-nitride barrier layer is provided on the Group III-nitride buffer layer. A non-conducting spacer layer is provided on the Group III-nitride barrier layer. The Group III-nitride barrier layer and the spacer layer are etched to form a trench. The trench extends through the barrier layer and exposes a portion of the buffer layer. A dielectric layer is formed on the spacer layer and in the trench and a gate electrode is formed on the dielectric layer. Related methods of forming semiconductor devices are also provided herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/183672 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Francis Federici (Westfield, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided employing rapid scanning continuous wave terahertz spectroscopy and imaging for the non-destructive evaluation of materials such as animal hides and natural cork, and explosive detection, concealed weapon detection, and drug detection. A system employing an aperiodic detector array and implementing phase modulation at 100 kHz significantly reduces the imaging time and enables interferometric images of a THz point source to be obtained at several frequencies between 0.3 and 0.95 THz. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/353742 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986535 | Jacobson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris S. Jacobson (Westford, Massachusetts); Evgeny N. Holmansky (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing power to a load is provided. A first series resonant converter is provided. A second SRC is operably coupled to the first SRC in a cascade connected arrangement. First and second zero voltage switching (ZVS)-assistance networks are operably coupled between the first SRC and the second SRC, such that the first and second ZVS-assistance networks are providing first and second ZVS-assistant currents flowing from each ZVS-assistance network to the cascade connected arrangement of SRCs. Power from a power source is received at the cascade connected arrangement of first and second SRCs, power from a power source. The cascade connected arrangement of first and second SRCs supplies an output voltage to the load in response to receiving power from the power source. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/170498 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986550 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire); Ovonyx, Inc. (Rochester Hills, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Li (Chantilly, Virginia); Adam Matthew Bumgarner (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An analog access circuit for characterizing chalcogenide memory cells is disclosed. The analog access circuit includes an analog access control module, an address and data control module, and an analog cell access and current monitoring module. The analog access control module selectively controls whether a normal memory access or an analog memory access should be performed on a specific chalcogenide memory cell. The address and data control module allows a normal memory access to the chalcogenide memory cell according to an input address. The analog cell access and current monitoring module performs an analog memory access to the chalcogenide memory cell according to the input address, and monitors a reference current from a sense amplifier associated with the chalcogenide memory cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/525510 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986585 | Russo 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) | Donato M. Russo (Hollywood, Maryland); Ronald Buratti (Drayden, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for improving the bit error rate in digital transmissions of sonobuoy sensor data from a sonobuoy to a receiver platform includes computing a send checksum on a frame of sonobuoy sensor data, copying the frame of data and checksum into a plurality of subframes, delaying one of the plurality of subframes for a predetermined period, multiplexing the delayed subframe with the plurality of subframes into a transmit frame; and transmitting the transmit frame. The invention is particularly suited to improving the reception of legacy sonobuoy receivers in littoral waters where radio frequency interference and signal propagation is a severe problem. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/261457 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clarence John Funk (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are disclosed to associate input data with status, location, and technical attributes to arrive at a uniquely identified candidate object by obtaining a set of initial candidate objects based on input data being compared to known technical attributes of uniquely identified objects, obtaining best-known object location and status history for each initial candidate object using previously known location and status information of each initial candidate object, assigning a statistical weight to each initial candidate object based on its maximum calculated speed and speed capabilities of each initial candidate object, generating an association probability of each of the initial candidate objects to the input data to arrive at a set of final candidate objects, and re-evaluating any of the above with data considered to be current that was not used, wherein the set of final candidate objects are uniquely identified candidate objects arrived at with current data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/194424 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986883 | Reilly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Reilly (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Daniel T. Moriarty (Hollis, New Hampshire); Warren L. Clark (Billerica, Massachusetts); John A. Maynard (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The systems and methods described herein allow a user to communicate using a ground sensor network that is capable of both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) communication. In particular, the systems and methods herein described transmit and receive ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength within the solar blind region from a plurality of sensing nodes arranged both in a LOS network, which communicates via LOS communication, and in a NLOS network, which communicates via NLOS communication. The ultraviolet radiation is then transmitted from the plurality of sensing nodes to a remote receiver, via LOS communication. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/630656 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07987071 | Dorfman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yevgeniy Yakov Dorfman (Newton, Massachusetts); Ronald Bruce Coleman (Arlington, Massachusetts); John Joseph Phelan (Arnold, Maryland); Paul James Remington (Sudbury, Massachusetts); George Woods Shepard (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus of performing power line sensing is presented. The method and apparatus includes a three-axial vector magnetic sensor for detecting a magnetic field radiated from a power line. An active isolation system is used to determine the effects of noise and other magnetic fields on the three-axial vector magnetic sensor. Power line status information is then determined from data received from the three-axial vector magnetic sensor and the active isolation system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/830333 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikhil Davé (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication method comprising the steps of: a) receiving object of interest detection data from a sensor that is operatively coupled to a first computer node in a wireless network of Unix-like computer nodes; b) transforming the object of interest detection data into an informational payload of a ping packet; and c) propagating the payload via echo-replies and echo-requests to all computer nodes in the network. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/326474 |
| ART UNIT | 2452 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07987467 | Chan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waiman Chan (Poughkeepsie, New York); Rama K. Govindaraju (Hopewell Junction, New York); Joseph F. Skovira (Owego, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, grid computing environment, and computer readable medium for managing available resources in a grid computing environment are disclosed. The method includes determining, when a new job is submitted, if a first of the computing clusters has sufficient available resources to run the new job. If the first computing cluster does not have sufficient available resources to run the new job, the method further includes determining if a second of the computing clusters has sufficient available resources to run a first job that is currently running on the first computing cluster. If the second computing cluster has sufficient available resources to run the first job, the first job is migrated to the second computing cluster. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/734955 |
| ART UNIT | 2194 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Virtual machine task or process management or task management/control 718/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US D642235 | Harasts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole D. Harasts (Andover Township, New Jersey); Gerard Voorhis (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); William Chung-Leung Chow (Belleville, New Jersey); Tom Fasano (Dover, New Jersey); Steve Kotefski (Bloomingdale, New Jersey); Lidija Kotevska (Bloomingdale, New Jersey) |
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| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 29/366334 |
| ART UNIT | 2914 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Arms, pyrotechnics, hunting and fishing equipment D22/112 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Jiang (San Diego, California); Emilia S. Olson (La Jolla, California); Michael Whitney (San Diego, California); Roger Tsien (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A generic structure for the peptides of the present invention includes A-X-B-C, where C is a cargo moiety, the B portion includes basic amino acids, X is a cleavable linker sequence, and the A portion includes acidic amino acids. The intact structure is not significantly taken up by cells; however, upon extracellular cleavage of X, the B-C portion is taken up, delivering the cargo to targeted cells. Cargo may be, for example, a contrast agent for diagnostic imaging, a chemotherapeutic drug, or a radiation-sensitizer for therapy. X may be cleaved extracellularly or intracellularly. The molecules of the present invention may be linear, cyclic, branched, or have a mixed structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/133804 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985467 | Shu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deming Shu (Darien, Illinois); Jin Wang (Burr Ridge, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin, x-ray-transparent window system for environmental chambers involving pneumatic pressures above 40 bar is presented. The window allows for x-ray access to such phenomena as fuel sprays injected into a pressurized chamber that mimics realistic internal combustion engine cylinder operating conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/752504 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985546 | Church et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Kun Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for amplifying nucleic acid sequences from a single cell are provided. Compositions and methods for constructing a genomic library from a single cell are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/265184 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985567 | Chou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard H. Chou (Berkeley, California); Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for a method for producing a 5-carbon alcohol in a genetically modified host cell. In one embodiment, the method comprises culturing a genetically modified host cell which expresses a first enzyme capable of catalyzing the dephosphorylation of an isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) or dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP), such as a Bacillus subtilis phosphatase (YhfR), under a suitable condition so that 5-carbon alcohol is 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol and/or 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol is produced. Optionally, the host cell may further comprise a second enzyme capable of reducing a 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol to 3-methyl-butan-1-ol, such as a reductase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/646189 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985716 | Yershov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gennadiy M. Yershov (Willowbrook, Illinois); Alexander Kukhtin (Lockport, Illinois); Boris K. Chernov (Burr Ridge, Illinois); Julia B. Golova (Willowbrook, Illinois); Darrell P. Chandler (Manchester, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiplexed affinity purification and thermal dissociation prior to biochip hybridization simplifies uncharacterized sample admixtures, thereby minimizing or eliminating sample interferents, improving hybridization specificity on a microarray detector, and minimizing or eliminating the need for post-hybridization thermal dissociation analysis. An integrated thermo-affinity sample preparation sub-circuit for sample purification and enrichment is described that is consistent with a field-portable form factor and analytical processes. Thermo-affinity sample preparation on model admixtures of varying complexity was efficacious. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/744112 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Combinatorial chemistry technology: Method, library, apparatus 56/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985777 | Stickney et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Stickney (Nassau Bay, Texas); Edward M. Jones, Jr. (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for producing gas-to-liquids products using reactive distillation are provided. The method for producing gas-to-liquids products can include reacting a feedstock in a column having a distillation zone and a reaction zone to provide a bottoms stream and an overhead stream. A first portion of the overhead stream can be recycled to the column at the top of the reaction zone and second portion of the overhead stream can be recycled to the column at the bottom of the reaction zone. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/261869 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch processes; or purification or recovery of products thereof 518/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985809 | Krawczyk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerhard Erich Krawczyk (Bremen, Germany); Kevin Michael Miller (West Dundee, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a method of making a polymer solution comprising polymerizing one or more monomer in a solvent, wherein said monomer comprises one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomer that is a multi-functional Michael donor, and wherein said solvent comprises 40% or more by weight, based on the weight of said solvent, one or more multi-functional Michael donor. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/157883 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/529 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985868 | Bauer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina A. Bauer (Atlanta, Georgia); Mark D. Allendorf (Fremont, California); F. Patrick Doty (Livermore, California); Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | We describe the preparation and characterization of two zinc hybrid luminescent structures based on the flexible and emissive linker molecule, trans-(4-R,4′-R′) stilbene, where R and R′ are mono- or poly-coordinating groups, which retain their luminescence within these solid materials. For example, reaction of trans-4,4′-stilbenedicarboxylic acid and zinc nitrate in the solvent dimethylformamide (DMF) yielded a dense 2-D network featuring zinc in both octahedral and tetrahedral coordination environments connected by trans-stilbene links. Similar reaction in diethylformamide (DEF) at higher temperatures resulted in a porous, 3-D framework structure consisting of two interpenetrating cubic lattices, each featuring basic to zinc carboxylate vertices joined by trans-stilbene, analogous to the isoreticular MOF (IRMOF) series. We demonstrate that the optical properties of both embodiments correlate directly with the local ligand environments observed in the crystal structures. We further demonstrate that these materials produce high luminescent response to proton radiation and high radiation tolerance relative to prior scintillators. These features can be used to create sophisticated scintillating detection sensors. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/800136 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/529 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985889 | He et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sheng Yang He (Okemos, Michigan); Kinya Nomura (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for enhancing plant defenses against pathogens. More particularly, the invention relates to enhancing plant immunity against bacterial pathogens, wherein AtMIN7 mediated protection is enhanced and/or there is a decrease in activity of an AtMIN7 associated virulence protein such as a Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 HopM1. Reagents of the present invention provide a means of studying cellular trafficking while formulations of the present inventions provide increased pathogen resistance in plants. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/070959 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986260 | McMakin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas L McMakin (Richland, Washington); Ronald H Severtsen (Richland, Washington); Wayne M Lechelt (West Richland, Washington); James M Prince (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Circularly-polarized antennas and their methods of use for active holographic imaging through barriers. The antennas are dielectrically loaded to optimally match the dielectric constant of the barrier through which images are to be produced. The dielectric loading helps to remove barrier-front surface reflections and to couple electromagnetic energy into the barrier. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/388335 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986399 | Stark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Stark (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Eduardo Zurek (Barranquilla, Colombia); Jeffrey V. Wheat (Fort Walton Beach, Florida); John M. Dunbar (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Jose A. Olivares (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Luis H. Garcia-Rubio (Temple Terrace, Florida); Michael D. Ward (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a method and device for remote sampling, preparation and optical interrogation of a sample using light scattering and light absorption methods. The portable device is a filtration-based device that removes interfering background particle material from the sample matrix by segregating or filtering the chosen analyte from the sample solution or matrix while allowing the interfering background particles to be pumped out of the device. The segregated analyte is then suspended in a diluent for analysis. The device is capable of calculating an initial concentration of the analyte, as well as diluting the analyte such that reliable optical measurements can be made. Suitable analytes include cells, microorganisms, bioparticles, pathogens and diseases. Sample matrixes include biological fluids such as blood and urine, as well as environmental samples including waste water. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/877136 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986869 | Vinegar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harold J. Vinegar (Bellaire, Texas); Xueying Xie (Houston, Texas); David Scott Miller (Katy, Texas); Jean Charles Ginestra (Richmond, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for heating a subsurface formation is described. The system includes an elongated heater in an opening in the formation. The elongated heater includes two or more portions along the length of the heater that have different power outputs. At least one portion of the elongated heater includes at least one temperature limited portion with at least one selected temperature at which the portion provides a reduced heat output. The heater is configured to provide heat to the formation with the different power outputs. The heater is configured so that the heater heats one or more portions of the formation at one or more selected heating rates. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409562 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric resistance heating devices 392/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07987191 | Franks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kasian Franks (Kensington, California); Cornelia A. Myers (St. Louis, Missouri); Raf M. Podowski (Pleasant Hill, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented system and process for generating a relationship network is disclosed. The system provides a set of data items to be related and generates variable length data vectors to represent the relationships between the terms within each data item. The system can be used to generate a relationship network for documents, images, or any other type of file. This relationship network can then be queried to discover the relationships between terms within the set of data items. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/945909 |
| ART UNIT | 2169 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/750 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07985367 | Hiromatsu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuniaki Hiromatsu (Tokyo, Japan); David Jen Hwang (Albany, California); Costas P. Grigoropoulos (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing active glass nanoparticles that exhibit upconversion is described. The method employs pulsed-laser ablation of an active glass substrate using, for example, a high repetition rate ultra-short pulse duration laser under normal atmospheric conditions or in a liquid environment. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/512991 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — 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 07985451 | Luzinov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor A. Luzinov (Central, South Carolina); Philip J. Brown (Williamston, South Carolina); Killugudi L. Swaminatha Iyer (Nedlands, Australia); Viktor Z. Klep (Central, South Carolina); Bogdan V. Zdyrko (Leverett, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for modification of a substrate so as to form an ultrahydrophobic surface on the substrate is provided. Surface-modified substrates that can be formed according to the disclosed processes are also provided. The process includes attachment of a multitude of nano- and/or submicron-sized structures to a surface to provide increased surface roughness. In addition, the process includes grafting a hydrophobic material to the surface in order to decrease the surface energy and decrease wettability of the surface. The combination of increased surface roughness and decreased surface energy can provide an ultrahydrophobic surface on the treated substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/396308 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985539 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Yunwei Cao (Gainesville, Florida); Rongchao Jin (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses reagents comprising particles with at least one Raman dye and a specific binding members bound thereto and methods of using such reagents. The invention also encompasses reagents of a specific binding member and two or more different Raman dyes and methods for using such reagents. New types of particle probes having a specific binding member bound thereto are described. These reagents are used in a novel detection strategy that utilizes the catalytic properties of the Au nanoparticles to generate a silver coating that can behave as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) promoter for the dye-labeled particles that have been captured by target and an underlying chip in microarray format. The strategy provides the high sensitivity and high selectivity attributes of grey-scale scanometric detection but provides a route to multiplexing and ratioing capabilities since a very large number of probes can be designed based upon the concept of using a Raman tag as a spectroscopic fingerprint in detection. These spectra are used as fingerprints to differentiate oligonucleotide or other targets in one solution. This method has been used to distinguish six dissimilar DNA targets with six Raman labeled nanoparticle probes, and also two RNA targets with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/431341 |
| 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 07985869 | Hutchison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Hutchison (Eugene, Oregon); Gerd H. Woehrle (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | As demonstrated herein, the ligand exchange chemistry of phosphine-stabilized Au11 clusters with ω-functionalized thiols is a powerful synthetic method that provides convenient access to a diverse family of functionalized Au11 clusters. The general nature of the presented ligand exchange approach, in combination with the ease preparation, makes this approach of broad utility. The approach is general and shows the high tolerance for a wide variety of functional groups. Mechanistic studies provided conclusive evidence that the Au11 core of the precursor particle remains intact during ligand exchange and showed that the ligand exchange of these particles follows a different pathway than for ligand exchanges of larger gold nanoparticles such as “Au101(PPh3)21Cl5”. Optical studies of the products show a strong dependence on the nature of the stabilizing thiol ligands. |
| FILED | Monday, May 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/920564 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986250 | Galton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian Galton (Del Mar, California); Ashok Swaminathan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A successive requantizer, which serves as a replacement for a ΔΣ modulator in a fractional-N PLL or a DAC, and avoids spurious tone problems, thereby circumventing the tradeoffs that result from reliance on the common approach of making highly linear analog circuitry to avoid spurious tones. A successive requantizer fractional-N PLL of the invention has the potential to reduce power consumption and the cost of commercial communication devices. The successive requantizer performs digital quantization one bit at a time in such a way that the quantization noise can he engineered to have desirable properties such as non-linearity robustness. The successive requantizer is applicable to most high-performance digital communication systems, such as cellular telephone handsets and wireless local and metropolitan area network transceivers. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/579899 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986544 | Kent et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kent (New York, New York); Barbaros Özyilmaz (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to magnetic devices used in memory and information processing applications, such as giant magneto-resistance (GMR) devices and tunneling magneto-resistance devices. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a single ferromagnetic layer device in which an electrical current is used to control and change magnetic configurations as well as induce high frequency magnetization dynamics. The magnetic layer includes full spin-polarized magnetic material, which may also have non-uniform magnetization. The non-uniform magnetization is achieved by varying the shape or roughness of the magnetic material. The present invention may be used in memory cells, as well as high frequency electronics, such as compact microwave sources, detectors, mixers and phase shifters. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/935392 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07986691 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Polytechnic University (Brooklyn, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinsoo Park (Leonia, New Jersey); Hung-Hsiang Jonathan Chao (Holmdel, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Packets out-of-sequence problem can be solved by using a window flow control scheme that can dispatch traffic at the cell level, in a round robin fashion, as evenly as possible. Each VOQ at the input port has a sequence head pointer that is used to assign sequence numbers (SN) to the cells. Also a sequence tail pointer is available at each VOQ that is used to acknowledge and limit the amount of cells that can be sent to the output ports based on the window size of the scheme. Each VIQ at the output port has a sequence pointer or sequence number (SN) pointer that indicates to the VIQ which cell to wait for. Once the VIQ receives the cell that the SN pointer indicated, the output port sends an ACK packet back to the input port. By using sequence numbers and the relevant pointers, the packet out-of-sequence problem is solved. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723354 |
| ART UNIT | 2467 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/389 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07987056 | Gill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan T. Gill (Boulder, Colorado); Michael D. Lynch (Westminster, Colorado); Tanya Warnecke (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure concerns methods and compositions relating to mixed-library parallel gene trait mapping. In particular embodiments, the methods concern quantitative microarray hybridization techniques for genome-wide identification of trait conferring genes. In other embodiments, the compositions concern genetic elements that confer or are associated with a trait. In an exemplary embodiment, the trait is enhanced growth rate. In another exemplary embodiment, genetic elements that confer enhanced bacterial growth rate comprise part or all of the sequences of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQ ID NO:5. In other embodiments, the genetic elements that confer enhanced bacterial growth rate correspond to the YliF, adrA, yeaP, yddV or ydeH genes of E. coli. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/231018 |
| 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 72/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07985451 | Luzinov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor A. Luzinov (Central, South Carolina); Philip J. Brown (Williamston, South Carolina); Killugudi L. Swaminatha Iyer (Nedlands, Australia); Viktor Z. Klep (Central, South Carolina); Bogdan V. Zdyrko (Leverett, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for modification of a substrate so as to form an ultrahydrophobic surface on the substrate is provided. Surface-modified substrates that can be formed according to the disclosed processes are also provided. The process includes attachment of a multitude of nano- and/or submicron-sized structures to a surface to provide increased surface roughness. In addition, the process includes grafting a hydrophobic material to the surface in order to decrease the surface energy and decrease wettability of the surface. The combination of increased surface roughness and decreased surface energy can provide an ultrahydrophobic surface on the treated substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/396308 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985599 | Moreland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Moreland (Louisville, Colorado); Elizabeth Mirowski (Boulder, Colorado); Stephen E. Russek (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Arrays of spin-valve elements that can be selectively activated to trap, hold, manipulate and release magnetically tagged biological and chemical particles, including molecules and polymers. The spin-valve elements that can be selectively activated and deactivated by applying a momentary applied magnetic field thereto. The spin valve element array can be used for selectively sorting and transporting magnetic particles one particle at a time within the array. As the magnetically tagged particles are held by the spin-valve elements, application of an auxiliary magnetic field can be used to apply tension or torsion to the held particles or to move, e.g. rotate, the trapped particles. The arrays of spin-valve elements can be used in a variety of applications including drug screening, nucleic acid sequencing, structural control and analysis of RNA/DNA and proteins, medical diagnosis, and magnetic particle susceptibility and size homogenization for other medical applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/705889 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/526 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07985184 | Sarvazyan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Artann Laboratories (Trenton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Armen P. Sarvazyan (Lambertville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasound beacon is incorporated into a needle of a drug delivery system utilizing high intensity ultrasound energy during certain cancer treatments. The beacon is configured to generate a electrical feedback signal in response to an initial ultrasound signal sent by an ultrasound transmitter. The electrical feedback signal is then sent along two electrical conductors of the needle and further over a cable back to the electronic unit. The feedback signal is then used to generate high intensity focused ultrasound using time-reversal acoustics principles. Therapeutic application of the system of the invention includes applying high intensity focused ultrasound at the site of drug delivery to enhance local tissue uptake of injected medication. |
| FILED | Friday, April 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/766383 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/461 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985551 | 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 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 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/612438 |
| 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 |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07984783 | Gray, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pickney, Michigan); Daniel W. Barba (New Hudson, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle includes an integrated drive module coupled to an axle thereof. The module includes a hydraulic motor configured to provide motive power at an output shaft, and a differential for distributing the motive power to right and left portions of the axle. The hydraulic motor and the differential are encased within a common housing. The vehicle may include a second integrated drive module having, within a housing, a second hydraulic motor (or multiple hydraulic motors), and a second differential coupled thereto and configured to distribute motive power to right and left portions of a second axle. The second module may also include a transmission within the same housing. The transmission may be a two speed or other multi-speed transmission. The second module is configured to operate in neutral while power demand is below a threshold, and to engage while the power demand exceeds the threshold. The second module may be configured to remain engaged for full-time four-wheel-drive operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/229099 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07985709 | Jordan 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) | Jeffrey D. Jordan (Williamsburg, Virginia); David R. Schryer (Hampton, Virginia); Patricia P. Davis (Yorktown, Virginia); Bradley D. Leighty (Gloucester, Virginia); Anthony N. Watkins (Hampton, Virginia); Jacqueline L. Schryer (Hampton, Virginia); Donald M. Oglesby (Virginia Beach, Virginia); Suresh T. Gulati (Elmira, New York); Jerry C. Summers (Charleston, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention described herein involves a novel approach to the production of oxidation/reduction catalytic systems. The present invention serves to stabilize the tin oxide reducible metal-oxide coating by co-incorporating at least another metal-oxide species, such as zirconium. In one embodiment, a third metal-oxide species is incorporated, selected from the group consisting of cerium, lanthanum, hafnium, and ruthenium. The incorporation of the additional metal oxide components serves to stabilize the active tin-oxide layer in the catalytic process during high-temperature operation in a reducing environment (e.g., automobile exhaust). Moreover, the additional metal oxides are active components due to their oxygen-retention capabilities. Together, these features provide a mechanism to extend the range of operation of the tin-oxide-based catalyst system for automotive applications, while maintaining the existing advantages. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956515 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07985869 | Hutchison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Hutchison (Eugene, Oregon); Gerd H. Woehrle (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | As demonstrated herein, the ligand exchange chemistry of phosphine-stabilized Au11 clusters with ω-functionalized thiols is a powerful synthetic method that provides convenient access to a diverse family of functionalized Au11 clusters. The general nature of the presented ligand exchange approach, in combination with the ease preparation, makes this approach of broad utility. The approach is general and shows the high tolerance for a wide variety of functional groups. Mechanistic studies provided conclusive evidence that the Au11 core of the precursor particle remains intact during ligand exchange and showed that the ligand exchange of these particles follows a different pathway than for ligand exchanges of larger gold nanoparticles such as “Au101(PPh3)21Cl5”. Optical studies of the products show a strong dependence on the nature of the stabilizing thiol ligands. |
| FILED | Monday, May 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/920564 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07985550 | Feinberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew P. Feinberg (Cleveland, Ohio); Liora Strichman-Almashanu (Baltimore, Maryland); Shan Jiang (Trumbull, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method for isolating methylated CpG islands. The method includes identifying an imprinted gene adjacent to the methylated CpG island, and identifying a disease which is preferentially transmitted by one parent and which is genetically linked to region of genomic DNA which contains the imprinted gene, whereby the imprinted gene is thereby indicated as a candidate gene involved in transmitting the disease. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/350159 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07985835 | Gardella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Gardella (Needham, Massachusetts); Henry M. Kronenberg (Belmont, Massachusetts); John T. Potts (Newton, Massachusetts); Harald Jüppner (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel parathyroid hormone peptide (PTH) and parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHrP) or derivatives thereof which are biologically active are disclosed, as are pharmaceutical compositions containing such peptides, and synthetic and recombinant methods for producing such peptides. Also disclosed are methods for treating mammalian conditions characterized by decreases in bone mass using therapeutically effective pharmaceutical compositions containing such peptides. Also disclosed are methods for screening candidate compounds of the invention for antagonistic or agonistic effects on parathyroid hormone receptor action. Also disclosed are diagnostic and therapeutic methods of such compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, November 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/598011 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
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