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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 08082802 | Sadegh 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) | Ali M. Sadegh (Franklin Lakes, New Jersey); Paul V. Cavallaro (Raynham, Massachusetts); Claudia J. Quigley (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A testing apparatus is disclosed that includes a turntable, an upper scissor jack assembly and a lower scissor jack assembly positioned in parallel planes, about a longitudinal axis and affixed to a base. The apparatus is powered by at least three motors with supporting controllers. The lower assembly is affixed to the base mechanically via the turntable which allows the lower assembly to rotate with respect to the upper assembly. There are two loading plates attached to the hinges of each scissor jack. The test specimen is secured by the loading plate. Each scissor jack operates by a screw-gear powered by one of the motors. Upon energizing a stepper motor; the screw-gear positions a scissor jack to apply a tension or compression on the specimen. While subjected to tension or compression, the lower jack assembly can be rotated with respect to the upper assembly for in-plane shear loading. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587329 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/856 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082832 | Tidwell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven C. Tidwell (Kirkland, Washington); Charles A. Lemaire (Apple Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present invention provides an apparatus and process that includes control electronics that generate an electronic control signal; and a plurality of optically or electrically pumped semiconductor lasers, quantum-cascade lasers, optical parametric generators, or optical parametric oscillators, operatively coupled to the control electronics, that output an optical signal having a plurality of wavelengths, each wavelength having an output intensity that is varied over time to simulate a combustion signature of a weapon. In some embodiments, at least two different infrared wavelengths are varied differently with time. Some embodiment are implemented as part of, for example, a anti-aircraft defense system, wherein incoming aircraft need to be disabled, and the present invention provides a way of distracting, exhausting, confusing, overwhelming, or bypassing the hostile aircraft's anti-missile defenses so that, e.g., a naval vessel's anti-aircraft defensive missiles can be launched effectively to shoot down or disable the hostile aircraft. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/228278 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082849 | Schneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Felix Schneider (Huntingburg, Indiana); Christopher Allen Brown (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical power disruption device including a projectile configured to be propelled upwardly from a hand-held launcher and receiving a plurality of electrically conductive streamers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/415751 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/504 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082966 | Short |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Edison Welding Institute, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew A. Short (Grove City, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonic welding assembly, comprising: a sonotrode having a single welding region and two nodal regions formed on either side of the welding region; a mounting plate for supporting the sonotrode having a force application region on the upper surface thereof; at least one ultrasonic transducer connected to the sonotrode; at least one diaphragm spring disposed between the ultrasonic transducer and the sonotrode; at least one roller bearing connected to the diaphragm spring; at least two linear guides connected to the roller bearing, wherein the at least two linear guides are connected to the mounting plate and support the roller bearing and the sonotrode in a flexible manner; and first and second low-friction linear bearings in contact with nodal regions for the application of downward force to the sonotrode, wherein the first and second linear bearings are connected to the mounting plate. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/723312 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/580.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082981 | Drucker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Scott Drucker (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An multiple point adjustable depth air sparging well system having a multiple air injection points for injecting compressed air into saturated or groundwater regions of the soil's subsurface to remove volatile contaminants from the soil's subsurface. At plurality of flow-through air sparge packer which are slidably mounted flow-through packers within the well casing of the air sparging well system allows a user to adjust the depths of the air injection points. Each packer has attached thereto a pressure regulator which provides compressed air to one of the multiple air injection points. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/494905 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083030 | Portlock |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence E. Portlock (Bethany, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An oil system (118) for a tip turbine engine (10) includes an annular lubricating fluid plenum (136) which sprays lubricating fluid through a multitude of lubricating fluid passages (144, 146, 148) and into the multitude of passages (152, 154, 156) located within a gearbox assembly (90) as they revolve thereby. Lubricating fluid is thereby communicated directly into the gearbox assembly (90) and returned to a sump tank (140) through a multitude of drain passages. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/718521 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubrication 184/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083142 | Kleder |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Kleder (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, computer program product, and target tracking system for obtaining a first kinematic state measurement of a first projectile detection event from a first sensor. The first kinematic state measurement includes a first time measurement and a first state vector. A second kinematic state measurement of a second projectile detection event is obtained from a second sensor. The second kinematic state measurement includes a second time measurement and a second state vector. If it is determined that at least a portion of the first kinematic state measurement and at least a portion of the second kinematic state measurement define at least a portion of a flight trajectory orbital ellipse, the first projectile detection event and the second projectile detection event are defined as portions of a flight trajectory of a single ballistic projectile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/935685 |
| ART UNIT | 2887 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083408 | Moyers |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device 10 for aligning a patient for delivering a plurality of radiation beams comprising a patient support surface 12, a coarse alignment subsystem 14 connected to the patient support surface, and a fine alignment subsystem connected to the patient support surface 16. A method of aligning a patient for delivering a plurality of radiation beams from a plurality of device positions comprising compensating for flexion of a radiation beam delivery device within a gantry during movement of the radiation beam delivery device from a first device position to a second device position by using a set of predetermined data describing the flexion behavior of the radiation beam delivery device so that the target tissue within the patient is placed at the beamline center for the radiation beam delivery device at the second device position. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877019 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083448 | Heinrichs 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) | Mark Anthony Heinrichs (Brielle, New Jersey); Donald Edmund Fabula (Hazlet, New Jersey); Eric Robert Boyd (Ramsey, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Shipping and storage containers, racks, and pallets including interlocking mechanisms are provided. An embodiment of the pallet includes openings, interface fittings aligned with the openings, respectively, and sized to fit into openings of identical sizes and configurations as the first and second openings, respectively, locking components operatively connected to one another, and an actuator for moving concomitantly the locking components into and out of the openings, respectively. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/287166 |
| ART UNIT | 3612 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Freight accommodation on freight carrier 410/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083485 | Chon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young H. Chon (Farmington, Connecticut); Dominic J. Mongillo (West Hartford, Connecticut); Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); Joseph W. Bridges, Jr. (Durham, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil comprises a wall portion, a cooling channel, an impingement rib, impingement rib nozzles, turbulators and leading edge cooling holes. The wall portion comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, an outer diameter end, and an inner diameter end. The cooling channel receives cooling air and extends through an interior of the wall portion between the inner diameter end and the outer diameter end. The impingement rib is positioned within the wall portion forward of the cooling channel and between the outer diameter end and the inner diameter end to define a peanut cavity. The impingement rib nozzles extend through the impingement rib for receiving cooling air from the cooling channel. The turbulators are positioned within the peanut cavity to locally influence the flow of the cooling air. The leading edge cooling holes discharge the cooling air from the peanut cavity to an exterior of the wall portion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/893320 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083704 | Jensen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medefficiency, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Jensen (Evergreen, Colorado); William O. Reid, Jr. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for limb off-weighting, including a sleeve operable to wrap at least partially around a leg, a support strut coupled to the sleeve to receive weight applied to the sleeve, and a foot assembly configured to support and protect the bottom of a foot, wherein the foot assembly is coupled to the support strut and operable to receive weight applied to the sleeve and transfer the weight to underlying surfaces, thus off-weighting and reducing pressure and shearing forces on the foot and ankle. According to some embodiments, foot assembly pivots around the support strut providing an assembled mode and a storage mode. According to other embodiments, sleeve is an open-ended conical shape. According to various other embodiments, the support strut may be tilted to accommodate legs and/or calves of varying sizes, and the foot assembly may adjust to feet of varying sizes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/690895 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Splint, brace, or bandage 62/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083909 | Suh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong-Seok Suh (Seoul, South Korea); Ray Henry Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Anvar Abdulahadovic Zakhidov (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to processes for the combination of injecting charge in a material electrochemically via non-faradaic (double-layer) charging, and retaining this charge and associated desirable properties changes when the electrolyte is removed. The present invention is also directed to compositions and applications using material property changes that are induced electrochemically by double-layer charging and retained during subsequent electrolyte removal. In some embodiments, the present invention provides reversible processes for electrochemically injecting charge into material that is not in direct contact with an electrolyte. Additionally, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to devices and other material applications that use properties changes resulting from reversible electrochemical charge injection in the absence of an electrolyte. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/580674 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083955 | O'Sullivan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene J. O'Sullivan (Nyack, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An etching process is employed to selectively pattern an exposed magnetic layer of a magnetic thin film structure. The etching process generally includes selectively patterning a magnetic film structure comprises providing a magnetic structure comprising at least one bottom magnetic layer, at least one top magnetic layer, wherein the at least one bottom magnetic layer is separated from the at least one top magnetic layer by a tunnel barrier layer; and selectively etching the top magnetic layer with an etching solution comprising at least one weakly absorbing acid, a surfactant inhibitor soluble in the at least one weakly absorbing acid, and at least one cation additive, wherein etching of the tunnel barrier layer is substantially prevented. In some embodiments, etching solution comprises at least one perfluoroalkane sulfonic acid, an alkylsulfonate salt soluble in the at least one perfluoroalkane sulfonic acid, and at least one cation additive. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245255 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084114 | Grose et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas L. Grose (Algona, Washington); Marc J. Piehl (Renton, Washington); Douglas A. Frisch (Renton, Washington); Joseph L. Sweetin (Lake Forest Park, Washington); Gary J. Peffers (Pittsboro, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite member with a reinforced rampdown or taper has a composite noodle bonded to an end of a core to fill the taper. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/965410 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084206 | Frasch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne Frasch (Phoenix, Arizona); David Spetzler (Scottsdale, Arizona); Justin York (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits for nucleic acid detection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/439061 |
| 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 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084273 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Dorota Rozkiewicz (Gdańsk, Poland); Andrew J. Senesi (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The application relates to a method of depositing a patterning species from a nanoscopic tip to a substrate surface. The method is carried out at a sufficiently high humidity to facilitate the deposition. The deposition of the patterning species is facilitated by a polysaccharide carrier as well as an additional additive. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/140793 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084724 | Brosch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Glenn Brosch (Sorrento, Florida); Darin S. Williams (Tucson, Arizona); Kent P. Pflibsen (Tucson, Arizona); Thomas M. Crawford (Marana, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | By sharing tasks between the CV and the KVs, the MKV interceptor provides a cost-effective missile defense system capable of intercepting and killing multiple targets. The placement of the acquisition and discrimination sensor and control sensor on the CV to provide target acquisition and discrimination and mid-course guidance for all the KVs avoids the weight and complexity issues associated with trying to “miniaturize” unitary interceptors. The placement of either a short-band imaging sensor and headlamp or a MWIR sensor on each KV overcomes the latency, resolution and bandwidth problems associated with command guidance systems and allows each KV to precisely select a desirable aimpoint and maintain track on that aimpoint to impact. An implicit divert and attitude control system (DACS) using tow or more divert thrusters performs KV divert and attitude maneuvers to respond to the command guidance pre-handover and to maintain track on the aimpoint to terminal intercept post-handover. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/344853 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084746 | Kim |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Multi-Dimensional Imaging, Inc. (Tustin, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hadong Kim (Methuen, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A direct conversion radiation detector includes a detector body made from a direct conversion material, a plurality of segmented electrode members operatively coupled to a radiation-receiving side of the detector body and at least one electrode operatively coupled to a second side of the detector body. The radiation detector is configured such that received radiation is incident on the segmented electrode members. The radiation detector provides reduced polarization effects for a variety of high flux radiation detection applications. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/996007 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084813 | Konstantinov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrei Konstantinov (Sollentuna, Sweden); Christopher Harris (Solna, Sweden); Jan-Olov Svederg (Jarfalla, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A short gate high power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor formed in a trench includes a short gate having gate length defined by spacers within the trench. The transistor further includes a buried region that extends beneath the trench and beyond a corner of the trench, that effectively shields the gate from high drain voltage, to prevent short channel effects and resultantly improve device performance and reliability. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/949221 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085165 | Wavering et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Luna Innovations Incorporated (Roanoke, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Wavering (Charlottesville, Virginia); Fritz J. Friedersdorf (Earlysville, Virginia); Charles L. Bopp, III (Long Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive sensor that is located on or adjacent to a structure that can be used to monitor the affect of environment on a structure or coating that is used to protect the structure. The sensor includes a parasitic element that interacts with the environment and influences the intensity of the electromagnetic response between the inductive element of the sensor and the antenna of the interrogation reader device. The condition of the parasitic element is determined by the radio frequency interaction of the reader antenna and the inductive element of the sensor. The parasitic element condition correlates to the environmental severity, or corrosivity of the environment and damage to metallic structures or protective coatings. An integrated circuit within the sensor is capable of storing identification, time, material, and measurement information. The sensor and system of the present invention is useful for tracking and monitoring cumulate environmental damage to a structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/027850 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/870.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085178 | Turner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E Turner (Nashua, New Hampshire); Richard B Elder, Jr. (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital to analog converter (DAC) method and apparatus employs a multiplying-adding DAC, eliminating digital adder circuitry. Examples are given for multiplying a 3-bit binary number by a 2-bit binary number; however, there are no limitations to the bit-widths of the numbers to be multiplied. The multiplying-adding DAC method can be scaled up or down in bit-width by feeding the DAC with partial sums and adjusting the DAC weights accordingly. An analog to digital converter (ADC) can be placed after the DAC to generate a digital output. By multiplexing preset digital data into the DAC core for return to zero (RTZ), a true zero that is the midpoint of the DAC output range is achieved. It does not return to a rail for single-ended outputs. RTZ in DAC circuits doubles the null frequency of sin(x)/x roll-off inherent in DACs and also helps reduce switching glitches in the DAC output. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/477972 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085216 | Miller |
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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) | Stephen Miller (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an image warping software algorithm for a real time alteration of a display scene running under the Microsoft Windows Operating System. The image warping software algorithm alters the display scene and allows an observer to view the display scene as a single unbroken image when the display scene is distributed across multiple display screens. The purpose of the image warping software algorithm is to significantly reduce the distortion observed at the abutting edges of the joined display screens. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/873559 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085301 | Hill, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph Henry Hill, Jr. (San Antonio, Texas); Joseph Nathan Mitchell (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are disclosed relating to gas leak detection. The techniques can be deployed, for example, in compact, handheld portable devices usable for detecting leaks in space-confined applications. The devices generally include an unstablized laser and thermal imaging camera that allow for detection of gas that absorbs at least some of the wavelength of operation of the unstablized laser. The devices can be operated at a low-power density for safety and/or may be configured to mitigate wavelength hopping associated with unstablized laser light sources. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/381767 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085304 | Zurbuchen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Alan Zurbuchen (Santa Monica, California); Charles Thomas Hoskinson (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photographic digital data archival apparatus includes an article of media that includes a substrate and one or more layers of silver-emulsion based light-sensitive material, the article of media being configured to store digital data in the one or more layers and including a human-readable portion that provides instructions on reading and interpreting the digital data using basic imaging and computing technologies that do not require a person reading the instructions to previously possess or first acquire, as a prerequisite, knowledge of a format or encoding scheme associated with the digital data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/469644 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/207.990 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085342 | Agan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin J. Agan (Pasadena, California); Eric R. Fossum (La Crescenta, California); Bob H. Nixon (Burbank, California); Brita H. Olson (Pasadena, California); Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California); Chris Pasqualino (Glendora, California); Ed H. Satorius (Glendale, California); Tim J. Shaw (Pasadena, California); Gary L. Stevens (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniaturized camera which is programmable and provides low power consumption. An active pixel image sensor used in the highly miniaturized camera provides improved imaging functionality as well as reduced power consumption, extending the possible life time of the camera system. The spread spectrum nature of transmission and reception improves data integrity as well as data security. The ability of the highly miniaturized wireless camera to receive commands as well as transmit image data provides improved functionality and a variable rate of power consumption to be set according to the application and needs of the situation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/957394 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085459 | Russell 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) | Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California); Joanna N. Ptasinski (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasmonic transistor device includes an electro-optic substrate and a conductive layer placed on said electro-optic substrate to establish an interface therebetween. The first conductive layer and electro-optics substrate are made of materials that are suitable for transmission of a surface plasmon along the interface. The conductive layer is further formed with a source input grating and a drain output grating, for establishing the surface plasmon. A means for varying the electro-optic substrate permittivity, such as a light source or voltage source, is connected to the electro-optic substrate. Selective manipulation of the varying means allows the user to selectively increase or decrease the substrate permittivity. Control of the substrate permittivity further allows the user to control surface plasmon propagation from the source input grating along the interface to a drain output grating, to achieve a transistor-like effect for the surface plasmon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/424164 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/245 |
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| US 08085817 | Fouts 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) | Douglas Jai Fouts (Salinas, California); Brian Lee Luke (Chesapeake, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A clock synchronization buffer for a counter clock flow pipelined circuit including a cascade of processing modules that receive data from a previous module and provide output results to a following module. The clock synchronization buffer receives a clock input signal and provides clock signals to a local processing module and to the next pipeline stage. The clock synchronization buffer includes a selectable delay stage that receives a clock input signal and a delay select signal and outputs a clock signal having a selected delay. An amplifier connected to the selectable delay stage provides the delayed clock signal to a local processing module that corresponds to the clock synchronization buffer circuit. An inverting amplifier connected to the selectable delay stage provides the delayed clock signal to the next pipeline stage. A clock synchronization controller synchronizes the phases of reference clock input and synchronized clock input signals. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/580479 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as respresented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Su (Englishtown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-sensor signal fusion apparatus is provided for automatic modulation classification of weak unknown signals in non-cooperative communication environment with a more accurate description of the signal. The multi-sensor non-cooperative demodulation device combines a group of sensors, a signal fusion sensor, a means for signal demodulation, and a means for automatic modulation classification. An output of the signal fusion sensor is sent to a means for modulation scheme classification to select the appropriate demodulation technique for demodulating the unknown signal and provide the necessary intelligence about the monitored signals to the user and allow the user to simulate the unknown non-cooperative signal. The present invention also contemplates a multi-sensor signal fusion article of manufacture with a storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for more accurate descriptions of monitored signals and methods for achieving higher accuracy descriptions of monitored signals in a non-cooperative environment with multi-sensor non-cooperative demodulation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/148076 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086351 | Gaudiano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icosystem Corporation (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paolo Gaudiano (Essex, Massachusetts); Benjamin Shargel (New York, New York); Eric Bonabeau (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and systems that include a method for controlling movement of a first unmanned vehicle (UV) to search an area, where the method includes generating a first trace associated with prior positions in which the first UV has been located, determining a direction in which the first UV is to move using the first generated trace, and causing the first UV to move in the determined direction. The trace may be a numerical value that decreases as a function of the time that has elapsed since the first trace was generated. The methods and systems may also include receiving data relating to a second trace, and using that second trace to determine the direction. The second trace may be generated by a second UV. The second trace may be associated with a position within a predetermined radius from a position associated with the first UV. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/052386 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/253 |
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| US 08086769 | Arndt |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Arndt (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for detecting circular buffer overflow. When an entry in the circular buffer is read, a valid mark bit in the entry is set to an inactive state and the location of the entry is stored as an entry previously processed. A valid mark bit of a next entry and the valid mark bit in the entry previously processed are read. Responsive to determining that the valid mark bit in the entry previously processed is in the inactive state and the valid mark bit in the next entry is in an active state, the next entry is read, the valid mark bit in the next entry is set to an incactive state, and the location of the next entry is stored as the entry previously processed. Responsive to determining that the valid mark bit in the entry previously processed is in the active state, a determination is made that a circular buffer overflow has occurred. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/015546 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086801 | Hrusecky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Hrusecky (Cedar Park, Texas); David S. Ray (Georgetown, Texas); Bruce J. Ronchetti (Austin, Texas); Shih-Hsiung S. Tung (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A load instruction that accesses data cache may be off natural alignment, which causes a cache line crossing to complete the access. The illustrative embodiments provide a mechanism for loading data across multiple cache lines without the need for an accumulation register or collection point for partial data access from a first cache line while waiting for a second cache line to be accessed. Because the accesses to separate cache lines are concatenated within the vector rename register without the need for an accumulator, an off-alignment load instruction is completely pipeline-able and flushable with no cleanup consequences. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/420118 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/118 |
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| US 08086826 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Douglass Brown (Austin, Texas); William Elton Burky (Austin, Texas); Dung Quoc Nguyen (Austin, Texas); Balaram Sinharoy (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An information handling system includes a processor with an issue unit (IU) that may perform instruction dependency tracking for successive instruction issue operations. The IU maintains non-shifting issue queue (NSIQ) and shifting issue queue (SIQ) instructions along with relative instruction to instruction dependency information. A mapper maps queue position data for instructions that dispatch to issue queue locations within the IU. The IU may test an issuing producer instruction against consumer instructions in the IU for queue position (QPOS) and register tag (RTAG) matches. A matching consumer instruction may issue in a successive manner in the case of a queue position match or in a next processor cycle in the case of a register tag match. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/409934 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086831 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lei Chen (Austin, Texas); Lixin Zhang (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In at least one embodiment, an indexed table circuit includes a plurality of banks for storing data to be accessed and a split index array. The indexed table circuit is organized in a plurality of entries each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of different entry indices, where each entry includes a storage location in the plurality of banks and the split index array. The indexed table circuit further includes selection logic that, responsive to read access of an entry among the plurality of entries utilizing an entry index of a bit string, utilizes a split index read from the split index array to select a set of one or more bits of a tag of the bit string, utilizes the selected set of one or more bits to select data read from one of the plurality of banks, and outputs the selected data. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/024241 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086917 | Chuang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Te K. Chuang (South Salem, New York); Jae-Joon Kim (Austin, Texas); Saibal Mukhopadhyay (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit includes a comparator circuit configured such that its output toggles from a first digital logical level to a second digital logical level when its first and second inputs transition between a first state wherein the first input has an applied voltage greater than an applied voltage at the second input and a second state wherein the first input has an applied voltage less than an applied voltage at the second input. A plurality of cells each have at least one series-connected pair of field effect transistors interconnected at an output node intermediate the field effect transistors. Decoding logic is configured to select a given one of the cells for measurement, and selectively interconnect the output node of the given one of the cells to the first input of the comparator circuit. Voltage supply circuitry is configured to (i) apply voltages to the gates of the pair of transistors of the given one of the cells selected for measurement, such that the pair of transistors operate in a linear region, and have a variable voltage difference, Δ, between their gate-to-source voltages, and (ii) vary the Δ until the comparator circuit output toggles from the first digital logical level to the second digital logical level. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/542187 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/718 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086936 | Gower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Gower (LaGrangeville, New York); Warren E. Maule (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory system is provided that performs error correction at a memory device level that is transparent to a memory channel. The memory system comprises a memory hub device integrated in the memory module and a set of memory devices coupled to the memory hub device. The memory hub device comprises first error correction logic provided in write logic integrated in the memory hub device. The memory hub device comprises second error correction logic provided in read logic integrated in the memory hub device. The first error correction logic and the second error correction logic performs error correction operations on data transferred between a link interface and the set of memory devices. The memory hub device transmits and receives data via a memory channel between the external memory controller and the link interface without any error correction code. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/848354 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/763 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087010 | Eichenberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre E. Eichenberger (Chappaqua, New York); John K. P. O'Brien (South Salem, New York); Kathryn M. O'Brien (South Salem, New York); Nicolas T. Vasilache (Ridgewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms for selective code generation optimization for an advanced dual-representation polyhedral loop transformation framework are provided. The mechanisms of the illustrative embodiments address the weaknesses of the known polyhedral loop transformation based approaches by providing mechanisms for performing code generation transformations on individual statement instances in an intermediate representation generated by the polyhedral loop transformation optimization of the source code. These code generation transformations have the important property that they do not change program order of the statements in the intermediate representation. This property allows the result of the code generation transformations to be provided back to the polyhedral loop transformation mechanisms in a program statement view, via a new re-entrance path of the illustrative embodiments, for additional optimization. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/861493 |
| ART UNIT | 2197 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087011 | Eichenberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre E. Eichenberger (Chappaqua, New York); John K. P. O'Brien (South Salem, New York); Kathryn M. O'Brien (South Salem, New York); Nicolas T. Vasilache (Ridgewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms for domain stretching for an advanced dual-representation polyhedral loop transformation framework are provided. The mechanisms of the illustrative embodiments address the weaknesses of the known polyhedral loop transformation based approaches by providing mechanisms for performing code generation transformations on individual statement instances in an intermediate representation generated by the polyhedral loop transformation optimization of the source code. These code generation transformations have the important property that they do not change program order of the statements in the intermediate representation. This property allows the result of the code generation transformations to be provided back to the polyhedral loop transformation mechanisms in a program statement view, via a new re-entrance path of the illustrative embodiments, for additional optimization. In addition, mechanisms are provided for stretching the domains of statements in a program loop view of the source code to thereby normalize the domains. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/861503 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087090 | Cheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Shai Halevi (Elmsford, New York); Trent Ray Jaeger (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Paul Ashley Karger (Chappaqua, New York); Ronald Perez (Mount Kisco, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Steiner (New York, New York); Grant M. Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An access control system and method includes a risk index module which computes a risk index for a dimension contributing to risk. A boundary range defined for a parameter representing each risk index such that the parameter above the range is unacceptable, below the range is acceptable and in the range is acceptable with mitigation measures. A mitigation module determines the mitigation measures which reduce the parameter within the range by mapping the effectiveness of performing the mitigation measures to determine a residual risk after a mitigation measure has been implemented. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131206 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Giner, Inc. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda A. Tempelman (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Monjid Hamdan (Worcester, Massachusetts); Matthew P. Steinbroner (Grafton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System for modifying the chemical composition of atmosphere within an enclosed space and incubator system including such a system. The concentration of oxygen within the enclosed space may be either increased or decreased using an electrochemical device. The concentration of carbon dioxide within the enclosed space may be increased using an electrochemical or chemical device. As necessary, purging of the system with ambient air can be a part of the process of controlling the chemical composition of the atmosphere. The present invention obviates the need to use pressurized gas cylinders to supply atmospheric gases to the enclosed space. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/082975 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/385.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ellen T. Chen (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel biosensor and measuring method. The novel biosensor of the present invention comprises an electrode having a nanopore structured and catalytically active cyclodextrin attached thereto. The biosensor of the present invention has demonstrated robust analytical performance for direct glucose measurement without mediators or without using native enzyme, which is especially beneficial in the hypoglycemia range. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/785660 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/792 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084020 | Exley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Exley (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Steven P. Balk (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon C. Yue (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for the administration of an anti-CD 1 antibody for the treatment or prevention of a variety of disorders, such as autoimmune disease, viral infection, bacterial infection, parasitic infection, infection by a eukaryotic pathogen, allergy, asthma, inflammatory condition, graft versus host disease, graft rejection, immunodeficiency disease, spontaneous abortion, pregnancy, and cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/513109 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084023 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao-Dong Chen (Little Rock, Arkansas); Robert L. Jilka (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of the present invention include compositions, materials and methods for maintaining and propagating mammalian mesenchymal stem cells in an undifferentiated state in the absence of feeder cells and applications of the same. |
| FILED | Monday, January 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/625763 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084039 | Stinchcomb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inviragen, Inc. (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan T. Stinchcomb (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jorge E. Osorio (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin); O'Neil Wiggan (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein relate to compositions of and methods for live viruses. In certain embodiments, a live, attenuated virus composition includes, but is not limited to, one or more live, attenuated viruses and compositions to reduce inactivation and/or degradation of the live, attenuated virus. In other embodiments, the live, attenuated virus composition may be a vaccine composition. In yet other compositions, a live, attenuated virus composition may include at least one carbohydrate, at least one protein and at least one high molecular weight surfactants for reducing inactivation and/or degradation of the live, attenuated virus. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/098077 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/204.100 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Jacobs, Jr. (Pelham, New York); Tsungda Hsu (Bronx, New York); Vasan Sambandamurthy (Singapore, Singapore); Sheldon Morris (Beltsville, Maryland); Stoyan Bardarov (Worcester, Massachusetts); Svetoslav Bardarov, legal representative (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating a mammal that is deficient in CD4+ and/or CD8+ lymphocytes are provided. The methods comprise inoculating the mammal with an attenuated mycobacterium in the M. tuberculosis complex. In these methods, the mycobacterium comprises two deletions, wherein a virulent mycobacterium in the M. tuberculosis complex having either deletion exhibits attenuated virulence. Use of these mycobacteria for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of mammals deficient in CD4+ and/or CD8+ lymphocytes is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/542958 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/248.100 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Badylak (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A tissue graft construct for use in repairing diseased or damaged tissues is provided. The tissue graft construct comprises a matrix composition selected from the group consisting of liver basement membrane and extracts and hydrolysates thereof, and processed collagen from vertebrate non-submucosal sources, added endothelial cells, and at least one additional preselected, exogenous population of cells which enhance the initiation of vessel-like structures in the grant. The preselected population of cells can be a population of non-keratinized or keratinized epithelial cells or a population of mesodermally derived cells selected from the group consisting of fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, skeletal muscle cells, cardiac muscle cells, multi-potential progenitor cells, pericytes, osteogenic cells, and any other suitable cell type, preferably selected based on the tissue to be repaired. Methods for enhancing the vascularization in vivo of these tissue graft constructs and for preparing these graft constructs are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/557176 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
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| US 08084055 | Voytik-Harbin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin (Zionsville, Indiana); Seth Kreger (New Richmond, Indiana); Brett Bell (Lafayette, Indiana); Jennifer Bailey (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Collagen compositions, methods for preparing those collagen compositions, and graft compositions formed from those collagen compositions are provided. In particular, methods of isolating collagen that exhibits an enhanced rate of polymerization and enhanced microstructural and mechanical properties upon polymerization, such collagen compositions, and graft compositions formed from such collagen compositions are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/903326 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/443 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said Rizk (Salem, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with improved handling properties have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available and have a decreased tendency to curl, in the preferred embodiment, due to the inclusion of relaxation and annealing steps following extrusion and orientation of the fiber. Filaments prepared according to these methods are characterized by the following physical properties: (i) elongation to break from about 17% to about 85% (ii) Young's modulus of less than 350,000 psi, (iii) knot to straight ratio (knot strength/tensile strength) of 55-80% or (iv) load at break from 1100 to 4200 grams. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/636129 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/364 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lindon H. Young (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a solution for preservation, perfusion, and/or reperfusion of an organ, especially the heart, for transplantation. The solution contains peptide inhibitor(s) of protein kinase C βII (PKC βII) and/or of protein kinase C ζ (PKC ζ) and/or peptide activator(s) of protein kinase C δ (PKCδ). Methods for using the inventive solution are also disclosed, including methods for preserving an organ for transplantation, for protecting an ischemic organ from damage, for attenuating organ dysfunction after ischemia, for maintaining nitric oxide release and/or inhibiting superoxide release in an ischemic organ, and for protecting an organ from damage when isolated from the circulatory system. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/905219 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/1.200 |
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| US 08084199 | Croce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Technology Transfer (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Columbus, Ohio); Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland); Aaron J. Schetter (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancers. The invention also provides methods of identifying inhibitors of tumorigenesis. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/373358 |
| 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 08084204 | Stojanovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milan N. Stojanovic (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Donald W. Landry (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Complex of an anti-cocaine aptamer and the dye diethylthiotricarbocyanine behaves as a calorimetric sensor with attenuation in absorbance at 760 nm for cocaine in the concentration range of 2-5000 μM. Mechanistic studies indicate an intermolecular displacement of the dye as the mechanism of action of the sensor. As the dye is insoluble in buffer, cocaine binding can be detected as displaced dye precipitates and supernatant decolorizes. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/148999 |
| 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 435/6.100 |
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| US 08084205 | Zavras |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athanasios I. Zavras (Dover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for assessing ERCC5 gene expression in view of certain environmental exposures and determining the risk of an individual for developing one or more epithelial cancers are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/349785 |
| 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 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084207 | Sampath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ibis Bioscience, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Lawrence B. Blyn (Mission Viejo, California); Rachael Kreft (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas A. Hall (Oceanside, California); Feng Li (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to identification of HPV, and provides methods, compositions and kits useful for this purpose when combined, for example, with molecular mass or base composition analysis. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/571925 |
| 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 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084209 | Medina et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marisa Lin Wong Medina (Hercules, California); Ronald M. Krauss (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for assessing a subject's responsiveness to a HMGCR inhibitor therapy, and selection of a HMGCR inhibitor therapy based upon such methods. The invention further provides methods for identifying agents that modulate HMGCR activity, e.g., through modulating HMGCR mRNA splicing, while avoiding elevation of the statin-resistant isoform of HMGCR. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/994495 |
| 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 435/6.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084217 | Conejo-Garcia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose R. Conejo-Garcia (East Thetford, Vermont); Eduardo Huarte-Sobrino (Bozeman, Montana); Juan Cubillos-Ruiz (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Yolanda Nesbeth (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Diana G. Martinez (White River Junction, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a CD161 ligand known as Proliferation-Induced Lymphocyte-Associated Receptor (PILAR), which is crucial for a robust expansion of human lymphocytes. PILAR is markedly up-regulated on both CD4 and CD8 T cells upon TCR engagement and increases the expression of anti-apoptotic genes and glucose transporters through CD161, which globally results in a dramatic enhancement of T cell proliferation. Agents which stimulate or block this activity are also provided as are methods for manipulating PILAR signaling in the treatment of disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/595093 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 08084219 | Varki et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajit Varki (La Jolla, California); Pam Tangvoranuntakul (San Francisco, California); Nissi Varki (La Jolla, California); Elaine Muchmore (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is in the field of sialic acid chemistry, metabolism and antigenicity. More particularly, the present invention relates to the detection and analysis of the non-human sialic acid, N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) in biological materials, such as food and clinical specimens. Such detection and analysis is facilitated by the use of Neu5Gc specific antibodies. The present invention also relates to the detection of antiNeu5Gc antibodies in clinical samples, as well as the production of anti-Neu5Gc specific antibodies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/726049 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084220 | Hagerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Hagerman (Davis, California); Christine K. Iwahashi (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides improved methods for detecting the presence of expanded CGG repeats in the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene and for quantifying the amount of protein produced by the gene. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/955398 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084226 | Weiss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shimon Weiss (Los Angeles, California); Marcus Jäger (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for site-specific modification of protein molecules includes providing a protein molecule having at least first and second non-terminal Cys residues at respective first and second sites within the protein molecule, providing a blocking molecule that is suitable to interact with the protein molecule to selectively block the second non-terminal Cys residue to prevent modifications of the second non-terminal Cys residue while leaving the first non-terminal Cys residue unblocked, and providing a Cys-modifying molecule that is suitable to modify the first non-terminal Cys residue. The blocking molecule according to an embodiment of the invention may be a protein molecule, DNA, an aptamer or synthetic organic molecules. The Cys-modifying molecule according to an embodiment of the invention may be a fluorophore, biotin, spin label, a sugar or a non-natural amino acid analogue. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/490240 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084228 | Sessa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Sessa (Madison, Connecticut); Quing Miao (New Berlin, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Nogo-B receptors bind to Nogo-B and mediate its biological function. We have discovered that Nogo-B receptor is a component of endothelial cells, and is highly expressed in intact blood vessels. The present invention provides compositions comprising the Nogo-B receptor and fragments and fusion proteins thereof. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding the Nogo-B receptor and fragments and fusion proteins thereof, as well as vectors and cells comprising such nucleic acids. The present invention also relates to antibodies specific for the Nogo-B receptor and fragments and fusion proteins thereof. The present invention also provides methods for preventing, detecting and treating Nogo-B receptor-related diseases, disorders and conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 12, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/087435 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084236 | Sackstein |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Sackstein (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for modifying glycans (e.g., glycans expressed on the surface of live cells or cell particles) are provided herein. |
| FILED | Monday, June 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/810256 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084248 | Makino et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shinji Makino (Galveston, Texas); Tetsuro Ikegami (Galveston, Texas); Clarence J. Peters (Galveston, Texas); Sungyong Won (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes a reverse genetic system for Phlebovirus such as Rift Valley fever virus. This system comprised of RNA expression plasmids and protein expression plasmids. Additionally, the present invention also discloses the modification of this system to generate a recombinant virus that expresses a non-viral foreign gene. Furthermore, the present invention discloses the use of this system in the development of anti-Rift Valley fever virus vaccines, screening of antivirals testing for anti RVF immune response and developing marker vaccines for Rift Valley fever virus. We also claim the utility of this approach to other phleboviruses. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/606700 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084250 | Kwak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry W. Kwak (Frederick, Maryland); Bira Arya (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a vaccine for increasing the immunogenicity of a tumor antigen thus allowing treatment of cancer, as well as a vaccine that increases the immunogenicity of a viral antigen, thus allowing treatment of viral infection, including immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In particular, the present invention provides a fusion protein comprising a defensin fused to either a tumor antigen or viral antigen which is administered as either a protein or nucleic acid vaccine to elicit an immune response effective in treating cancer or effective in treating or preventing viral infection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/019160 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084255 | Xia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lijun Xia (Edmond, Oklahoma); Rodger P. McEver (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of in vitro fucosylation of selectin ligands on cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow transplantation is disclosed. In this method, an effective amount of an α1,3-fucosyltransferase, e.g., α1,3-fucosyltransferase VI, is used in vitro to treat cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells to convert non-functional PSGL-1 or other ligands on the cell surface into functional forms that bind selectins, especially P-selectin or E-selectin. The treated cells have enhanced effectiveness in reconstituting bone marrow in patients in need of such therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/707481 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084434 | Passanti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonino Passanti (White Hall, Maryland); Lixin Sun (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to RUNX2 and RUNXdelta8, and their use in modulating conditions and diseases associated with angiogenesis and cell proliferation. For example, RUNX2delta8 can be utilized to inhibit tumor growth and to prevent or inhibit angiogenesis. The present invention also relates to antibodies which specifically recognize RUNX2delta8, and distinguish it from RUNX2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/587344 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084435 | Alferiev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Alferiev (Clementon, New Jersey); Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Ilia Fishbein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a composition for delivery of a biomaterial to an animal cell or a tissue, the composition includes (a) a biomaterial; (b) a biodegradable cross-linker portion having a hydrolyzable bond, wherein the biodegradable cross-linker portion is covalently bound to the biomaterial; and (c) a substrate, wherein the substrate is covalently bound to the biodegradable cross-linker portion, provided that the biodegradable cross-linker is adapted to hydrolyze by breaking the hydrolyzable bond and thereby release and deliver the biomaterial. A process of making the composition is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/799861 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084451 | Makriyannis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros Makriyannis (Watertown, Massachusetts); Venkata Kiran Rao Vemuri (Boston, Massachusetts); Teresa Olszewska (Gdansk, Poland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are biologically active hetero pyrrole analogs such as imidazoles, thiazoles, oxazoles and pyrazoles capable of interacting with the CB1 and/or the CB2 cannabinoid receptors. One aspect discloses hetero pyrrole analogs acting as antagonists for the CB1 and/or the CB2 receptors. Another aspect discloses hetero pyrrole analogs having selectivity for the CB1 or CB2 cannabinoid receptor. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical preparations employing the disclosed analogs and methods of administering therapeutically effective amounts of the disclosed analogs to provide a physiological effect. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/813546 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084589 | Bogdanov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei Bogdanov (Westborough, Massachusetts); Valeriy Metelev (Moscow, Russian Federation); David Tabatadze (Worcester, Massachusetts); Paul Zamecnik (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are phosphoramidite nucleoside analog monomers, precursors thereof, and oligonucleotides including one or more of the monomers. The monomers can be used during automated synthesis of oligonucleotide derivatives, and allow for incorporation of one or several reporter groups, organic molecules, bio-molecules, small molecules or other chemical groups at the internucleoside phosphotriesters. Oligonucleotides including the monomers have a number of uses in therapeutic, diagnostic, and research applications. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/201758 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/4.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084593 | Luban et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy Luban (New York, New York); David Sayah (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding a TRIM—cyclophilin A fusion sequence encoding a TRIMcyp fusion protein which is active as an anti-viral agent, and in particular an anti-HIV-1 agent. The invention provides for a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having both TRIM activity and cyclophilin activity. The invention provides for an isolated polynucleotide encoding a TRIM-cyclophilin fusion protein, or variants thereof retaining the TRIM and cyclophilin activities. The invention provides for compositions thereof, antibodies that specifically bind thereto, and vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid or polypeptide. In addition, the invention provides for methods for treating or preventing viral infection, or reducing viral load in a subject comprising administering the nucleic acid, polypeptide, vector, or composition to the subject in an amount effective to treat or prevent the viral infection. In some embodiments, the viral infection is HIV-1 infection, hepatitis C infection, pox virus infection, vaccinia virus infection, or HTLV infection. |
| FILED | Friday, January 05, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/650384 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084594 | Gramer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie Rene Gramer (Shoreview, Minnesota); Kelly Lager (Colo, Iowa); Wenjun Ma (Ames, Iowa); Juergen Richt (Manhattan, Kansas); Amy Vincent (Nevada, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides influenza A viruses that include a hemagglutinin subtype H2, a neuraminidase subtype N3, or the combination thereof. Included in the present invention are H2 hemagglutinins and N3 neuraminidases, and the polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Antibody to the polypeptides, and methods of using the viruses, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/171992 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084595 | Pier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald B. Pier (Brookline, Massachusetts); Casie Anne Kelly-Quintos (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Lisa Cavacini (Natick, Massachusetts); Marshall R. Posner (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to peptides, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that bind specifically to poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG), such as Staphylococcal PNAG, in acetylated, partially acetylated and/or fully deacetylated form. The invention further provides methods for using these peptides in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of infections by bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Some antibodies of the invention enhance opsonophagocytic killing and in vivo protection against bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Compositions of these peptides, including pharmaceutical compositions, are also provided, as are functionally equivalent variants of such peptides. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/824510 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 08084596 | Crabtree et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald R. Crabtree (Woodside, California); Peter Belshaw (Somerville, Massachusetts); Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); David M. Spencer (Houston, Texas); Thomas J. Wandless (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | We have developed a general procedure for the regulated (inducible) dimerization or oligomerization of intracellular proteins and disclose methods and materials for using that procedure to regulatably initiate cell-specific apoptosis (programmed cell death) in genetically engineered cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/684064 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.400 |
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| US 08084599 | Rossi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. (Coralville, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Alta Loma, California); Mark A. Behlke (Coralville, Iowa); Dongho Kim (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compositions and methods for selectively reducing the expression of a gene product from a desired target gene in a cell, as well as for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. More particularly, the invention is directed to compositions that contain double stranded RNA (“dsRNA”), and methods for preparing them, that are capable of reducing the expression of target genes in eukaryotic cells. The dsRNA has a first oligonucleotide sequence that is between 25 and about 30 nucleotides in length and a second oligonucleotide sequence that anneals to the first sequence under biological conditions. In addition, a region of one of the sequences of the dsRNA having a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides is sufficiently complementary to a nucleotide sequence of the RNA produced from the target gene to trigger the destruction of the target RNA by the RNAi machinery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/079906 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
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| US 08085041 | Aksit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Office of Technology Transfer, National Institute of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pelin Aksit (Cromwell, Connecticut); John Andrew Derbyshire (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for MR magnetic field mapping includes a computer programmed to acquire a first data point at a first location in a first phase image data set, a second data point at the first location in a second phase image data set, a third data point at the first location in a third phase image data set. The first, second, and third phase images are acquired using a first, second, and third TE, respectively. Phase wrapping does not occur among the first and second phase image data sets; however, phase wrapping does occur among the second and third phase image data sets. The computer is also programmed to determine a magnetic field inhomogeneity, wherein the determination of the magnetic field inhomogeneity is based on the first, second, and third data points. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/100811 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085044 | Setsompop et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kawin Setsompop (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Borjan A. Gagoski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elfar Adalsteinsson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Vijayanand Alagappan (Streetsboro, Ohio); Lawrence L Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a spatially and spectrally selective radiofrequency (“RF”) excitation pulse includes establishing a desired spatial RF excitation pattern and establishing a desired spectral RF excitation pattern. The method also includes estimating an RF transmission profile map indicative of the transmission characteristics of an RF coil and determining, from the desired spatial and spectral excitation patterns and the estimated RF transmission profile map, at least one magnetic field gradient waveform indicative of locations in k-space to which RF energy is to be deposited. The method further includes determining, from the established spatial and spectral excitation patterns, the estimated RF transmission profile map, and the determined at least one gradient waveform, at least one RF excitation pulse waveform that will produce the desired spatial and spectral excitation patterns. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/544714 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
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| US 08085046 | Zelinski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam C Zelinski (Watertown, Massachusetts); Lawrence L Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elfar Adalsteinsson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Vivek K Goyal (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vijay Alagappan (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for target-dependent, sparsity-enforced selection for choosing a substantially optimal connection of radiofrequency (“RF”) transmitters to the elements of the RF coil array is provided. In particular, a method is provided that selects the linear combinations of the “N” spatial mode profiles of a transmission RF coil array, such that the k-space trajectory and pulse duration acceleration capabilities of the array are advantageously utilized. A sparsity-enforcement method that determines a subset of the available spatial modes for a parallel transmission RF coil array is employed to this end. In this manner, the utilization of the encoding power of a highly-parallel N-mode coil array in a system with only “P” available excitation channels is enabled. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/550074 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086318 | Strother et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDI Medical, LLC (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Strother (Willoughby Hill, Ohio); Geoffrey B. Thrope (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Steven M. Galecki (Concord, Ohio); Joseph J. Mrva (Euclid, Ohio); Danny R. Pack (Avon Lake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Neurostimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles or nerves inside the body and stimulus generators or recording instruments mounted on the surface of the skin or carried outside the body. Neurostimulation assemblies, systems, and methods may include a carrier and a removable electronics pod, the electronics pod including stimulation generation circuitry, a power input bay to hold a disposable power source, and user interface components. The assemblies, systems, and methods are adapted to provide coordinated neurostimulation to multiple regions of the body. |
| FILED | Friday, November 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/595556 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086432 | Schneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Schneider (Frederick, Maryland); Ilya Gennadiyevich Lyakhov (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecular motor in which multiple concentric cylinders (or nested cones) rotate around a common longitudinal axis. Opposing complementary surfaces of the cylinders or cones are coated with complementary motor protein pairs (such as actin and myosin). The actin and myosin interact with one another in the presence of ATP to rotate the cylinders or cones relative to one another, and this rotational energy is harnessed to produce work. The concentration of ATP and the number of nested cylinders or cones can be used to control the rotational speed of the motor. The length of the cylinders can also be used to control the power generated by the motor. In another embodiment, the molecular motor includes at least two annular substrates wherein one annular substrate is coated with a first motor protein and the other annular substrate is coated with a second motor protein. The first and second motor proteins interact with each other to move the second annular relative to the first annular substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/011239 |
| 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: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08082663 | Monroe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saundra L. Monroe (Tijeras, New Mexico); S. Jill Glass (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronnie G. Stone (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jamey T. Bond (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Donald F. Susan (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of providing a hermetic, electrical connection between two electrical components by mating at least one metal pin in a glass-ceramic to metal seal connector to two electrical components, wherein the glass-ceramic to metal seal connector incorporates at least one metal pin encased (sealed) in a glass-ceramic material inside of a metal housing, with the glass-ceramic material made from 65-80% SiO2, 8-16% Li2O, 2-8% Al2O3, 1-5% P2O5, 1-8% K2O, 0.5-7% B2O3, and 0-5% ZnO. The connector retains hermeticity at temperatures as high as 700° C. and pressures as high as 500 psi. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/268667 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/825 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082755 | Angel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger P Angel (Tucson, Arizona); Blain H Olbert (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing monolithic glass reflectors for concentrating sunlight in a solar energy system is disclosed. The method of manufacturing allows large monolithic glass reflectors to be made from float glass in order to realize significant cost savings on the total system cost for a solar energy system. The method of manufacture includes steps of heating a sheet of float glass positioned over a concave mold until the sheet of glass sags and stretches to conform to the shape of the mold. The edges of the dish-shaped glass are rolled for structural stiffening around the periphery. The dish-shaped glass is then silvered to create a dish-shaped mirror that reflects solar radiation to a focus. The surface of the mold that contacts the float glass preferably has a grooved surface profile comprising a plurality of cusps and concave valleys. This grooved profile minimizes the contact area and marring of the specular glass surface, reduces parasitic heat transfer into the mold and increases mold lifetime. The disclosed method of manufacture is capable of high production rates sufficiently fast to accommodate the output of a conventional float glass production line so that monolithic glass reflectors can be produced as quickly as a float glass production can make sheets of float glass to be used in the process. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/463026 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Glass manufacturing 065/60.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083013 | Bewley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Bewley (La Jolla, California); Christopher Schmidt-Wetekam (Solana Beach, California); Joseph Moore (San Diego, California); Jerimiah DiMatteo (Manhattan Beach, California); Mark Ramirez (Oakland, California); David Zhang (Hacienda Hts, California); Sean Summers (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples and implementations of various robotic mechanisms, devices, components, systems and techniques are provided, including multimodal robotic devices and systems. For example, a multimodal robot can be configured to autonomously reconfigure between two or more primary modes of operation. Such robots may be used in a wide range of applications, including reconnaissance, exploration, search and rescue, military, sports, personal assistance, education, and entertainment and toys. Described examples of multimodal robots can be wheeled robots that use two or more drive wheels to perform various motions and operations. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/001059 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/8.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083067 | Pomykala, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Pomykala, Jr. (Shorewood, Illinois); Bassam J. Jody (Tinley Park, Illinois); Edward J. Daniels (Orland Park, Illinois); Jeffrey S. Spangenberger (Plainfield, Illinois); Scott T. Lockwood (Joliet, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Enhanced methods for separating of overlapping density porous materials are provided. The methods of the invention exploit the differences in the porosity of porous feed materials compared to that of the solid plastics. In the first stage, air is forced out of the pores of a porous feed material. In the second stage, a solution, having the appropriate density, is forced into the pores. This increases the density of the porous material relative to the density of the solid plastics. As a result, the porous material can be made to sink, while the solid plastics continue to float. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/733462 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083068 | Kaduchak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Kaduchak (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael D. Ward (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for separating particles from a medium includes a capillary defining a flow path therein that is in fluid communication with a medium source. The medium source includes engineered acoustic contrast capture particle having a predetermined acoustic contrast. The apparatus includes a vibration generator that is operable to produce at least one acoustic field within the flow path. The acoustic field produces a force potential minima for positive acoustic contrast particles and a force potential minima for negative acoustic contrast particles in the flow path and drives the engineered acoustic contrast capture particles to either the force potential minima for positive acoustic contrast particles or the force potential minima for negative acoustic contrast particles. |
| FILED | Monday, April 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/784928 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083813 | Nair et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay Nair (Katy, Texas); Augustinus Wilhelmus Maria Roes (Houston, Texas); Ralph Anthony Cherrillo (Houston, Texas); Joanna M. Bauldreay (Chester, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and heaters for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. At least one method for producing transportation fuel is described herein. The method for producing transportation fuel may include providing formation fluid having a boiling range distribution between −5° C. and 350° C. from a subsurface in situ heat treatment process to a subsurface treatment facility. A liquid stream may be separated from the formation fluid. The separated liquid stream may be hydrotreated and then distilled to produce a distilled stream having a boiling range distribution between 150° C. and 350° C. The distilled liquid stream may be combined with one or more additives to produce transportation fuel. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/788772 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuel and related compositions 044/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083839 | Gonze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene V. Gonze (Pinckney, Michigan); Michael J. Paratore, Jr. (Howell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a particulate matter (PM) filter including an upstream end for receiving exhaust gas and a downstream end. A radiant zoned heater includes N zones, where N is an integer greater than one, wherein each of the N zones includes M sub-zones, where M is an integer greater than or equal to one. A control module selectively activates at least a selected one of the N zones to initiate regeneration in downstream portions of the PM filter from the one of the N zones, restricts exhaust gas flow in a portion of the PM filter that corresponds to the selected one of the N zones, and deactivates non-selected ones of the N zones. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/964233 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083915 | Jacobson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge TN, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen C. Jacobson (Knoxville, Tennessee); J. Michael Ramsey (Knoxville, Tennessee); Christopher T. Culbertson (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); William B. Whitten (Lancing, Tennessee); Robert S. Foote (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated device employing a bridging membrane and methods for electrokinetic transport of a liquid phase biological or chemical material using the same are described. The bridging membrane is deployed in or adjacent to a microchannel and permits either ionic current flow or the transport of gas species, while inhibiting the bulk flow of material. The use of bridging membranes in accordance with this invention is applicable to a variety of processes, including electrokinetically induced pressure flow in a region of a microchannel that is not influenced by an electric field, sample concentration enhancement and injection, as well as improving the analysis of materials where it is desired to eliminate electrophoretic bias. Other applications of the bridging membranes according to this invention include the separation of species from a sample material, valving of fluids in a microchannel network, mixing of different materials in a microchannel, and the pumping of fluids. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/875031 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084005 | Beer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for penetrating a cover over a multi-well sample plate containing at least one individual sample well includes a cutting head, a cutter extending from the cutting head, and a robot. The cutting head is connected to the robot wherein the robot moves the cutting head and cutter so that the cutter penetrates the cover over the multi-well sample plate providing access to the individual sample well. When the cutting head is moved downward the foil is pierced by the cutter that splits, opens, and folds the foil inward toward the well. The well is then open for sample aspiration but has been protected from cross contamination. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/342361 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/569 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084265 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliance for Sustianable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Liu (San Diego, California); C. Edwin Tracy (Golden, Colorado); J. Roland Pitts (Lakewood, Colorado); R. Davis Smith, II (Golden, Colorado); Se-Hee Lee (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and Pd/V2O5 devices for hydrogen detection are disclosed. An exemplary method of preparing an improved sensor for chemochromic detection of hydrogen gas over a wide response range exhibits stability during repeated coloring/bleaching cycles upon exposure and removal of hydrogen gas. The method may include providing a substrate. The method may also include depositing a V205 layer that functions as a H2 insertion host in a Pd/V205 hydrogen sensor to be formed on said substrate. The method may also include depositing a Pd layer onto said V205 layer; said Pd layer functioning as an optical modulator. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/059356 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084558 | McCormick, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. McCormick, III (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Andrew B. Lowe (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Brent S. Sumerlin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A new, facile, general one-phase method of generating thiol-functionalized transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified by (co)polymers synthesized by the RAFT method is described. The method includes the steps of forming a (co)polymer in aqueous solution using the RAFT methodology, forming a colloidal transition metal precursor solution from an appropriate transition metal; adding the metal precursor solution or surface to the (co)polymer solution, adding a reducing agent into the solution to reduce the metal colloid in situ to produce the stabilized nanoparticles or surface, and isolating the stabilized nanoparticles or surface in a manner such that aggregation is minimized. The functionalized surfaces generated using these methods can further undergo planar surface modifications, such as functionalization with a variety of different chemical groups, expanding their utility and application. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/176670 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084734 | Vertes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akos Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Yong Chen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of producing a laser-patterned silicon surface, especially silicon wafers for use in laser desorption ionization (LDI-MS) (including MALDI-MS and SELDI-MS), devices containing the same, and methods of testing samples employing the same. The surface is prepared by subjecting a silicon substrate to multiple laser shots from a high-power picosecond or femtosecond laser while in a processing environment, e.g., underwater, and generates a remarkable homogenous microcolumn array capable of providing an improved substrate for LDI-MS. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/674671 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084735 | Kertesz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vilmos Kertesz (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gary Van Berkel (Clinton, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrospray ion source and method of operation includes the application of pulsed voltage to prevent electrolysis of analytes with a low electrochemical potential. The electrospray ion source can include an emitter, a counter electrode, and a power supply. The emitter can include a liquid conduit, a primary working electrode having a liquid contacting surface, and a spray tip, where the liquid conduit and the working electrode are in liquid communication. The counter electrode can be proximate to, but separated from, the spray tip. The power system can supply voltage to the working electrode in the form of a pulse wave, where the pulse wave oscillates between at least an energized voltage and a relaxation voltage. The relaxation duration of the relaxation voltage can range from 1 millisecond to 35 milliseconds. The pulse duration of the energized voltage can be less than 1 millisecond and the frequency of the pulse wave can range from 30 to 800 Hz. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/431461 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084984 | Lu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Lu (Kenosha, Wisconsin); Charles John Luebke (Sussex, Wisconsin); Thomas G. Habetler (Snellville, Georgia); Pinjia Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Scott K. Becker (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for measuring and controlling stator winding temperature in an AC motor while idling is disclosed. The system includes a circuit having an input connectable to an AC source and an output connectable to an input terminal of a multi-phase AC motor. The circuit further includes a plurality of switching devices to control current flow and terminal voltages in the multi-phase AC motor and a controller connected to the circuit. The controller is configured to activate the plurality of switching devices to create a DC signal in an output of the motor control device corresponding to an input to the multi-phase AC motor, determine or estimate a stator winding resistance of the multi-phase AC motor based on the DC signal, and estimate a stator temperature from the stator winding resistance. Temperature can then be controlled and regulated by DC injection into the stator windings. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/341044 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085398 | Dyshkant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander S. Dyshkant (DeKalb, Illinois); Vishnu Zutshi (DeKalb, Illinois); Phillip Stone (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A concave cell for the collection of radiated light including a body with a concave surface and an unmodified flat surface opposite thereto, and a reflective surface coupled to the body across from the concave surface, said reflective surface including an opening and a photo detector operatively coupled thereto. A method of collecting light by reflecting light inside the concave cell, striking the light at the concave surface, scattering the light at the concave surface, and registering the scattered light with the photo detector. A method of increasing uniformity of light registered in a photo detector. A method of making a concave cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473888 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085894 | Arsenlis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athanasios Arsenlis (Hayward, California); Joe Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California); Sergei O. Kucheyev (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nuclear fuel according to one embodiment includes an assembly of nuclear fuel particles; and continuous open channels defined between at least some of the nuclear fuel particles, wherein the channels are characterized as allowing fission gasses produced in an interior of the assembly to escape from the interior of the assembly to an exterior thereof without causing significant swelling of the assembly. Additional embodiments, including methods, are also presented. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/101380 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086766 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Chen (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Valentina Salapura (Yorktown Heights, New York); Robert M. Senger (Yorktown Heights, New York); Burkhard Steinmacher-Burow (Boeblingen, Germany); Yutaka Sugawara (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for distributed parallel messaging in a parallel computing system. A plurality of DMA engine units are configured in a multiprocessor system to operate in parallel, one DMA engine unit for transferring a current packet received at a network reception queue to a memory location in a memory FIFO (rmFIFO) region of a memory. A control unit implements logic to determine whether any prior received packet destined for that rmFIFO is still in a process of being stored in the associated memory by another DMA engine unit of the plurality, and prevent the one DMA engine unit from indicating completion of storing the current received packet in the reception memory FIFO (rmFIFO) until all prior received packets destined for that rmFIFO are completely stored by the other DMA engine units. Thus, there is provided non-locking support so that multiple packets destined for a single rmFIFO are transferred and stored in parallel to predetermined locations in a memory. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/688747 |
| ART UNIT | 2181 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Spyros A. Svoronos (Gainesville, Florida); Dongchul Lee (Daejeon, South Korea); Hassan El-Sayed El-Shall (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A classifier includes a central particle inlet, an inclined feed surface, and a classification surface. A plurality of particle feeding vanes are positioned above the feed surface, and the plurality of particle feeding vanes rotate above the feed surface. A plurality of classification vanes are positioned above the classification surface, and the plurality of classification vanes rotate above the classification surface. Particles enter the classifier through the inlet near an axis of rotation and flow radially outward on the feed surface to the classification surface. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/306414 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083983 | Rabolt et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Rabolt (Wilmington, Delaware); Keun-Hyung Lee (Newark, Delaware); Steven R. Givens (Smyrna, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A process to make a polyolefin fiber which has the following steps: mixing at least one polyolefin into a solution at room temperature or a slightly elevated temperature to form a polymer solution and electrospinning at room temperature said polymer solution to form a fiber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/562797 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/465 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084001 | Burns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew A. Burns (Ithaca, New York); Erik Herz (Ithaca, New York); Tara C. Zedayko (Ithaca, New York); Ulrich Wiesner (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor particles comprise a silica-based core and at least one photoluminescent dye. The silica-based core may comprise a plurality of pores and the at least one photoluminescent dye may comprise a reference dye, insensitive to its environment and analytes and a sensor dye, sensitive to either or both of the foregoing. The sensor particles may be employed to sense unknown environmental conditions or analytes in biological or non-biological systems, in vitro or in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/119969 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084095 | Wei et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mei Wei (Coventry, Connecticut); Haibo Qu (Secane, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Ceramic/structural protein composites and methods of preparation are disclosed, including coatings and films. Ceramic/structural protein coatings can be fabricated on the surface of substrates, including the surface of implantable medical devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/265979 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/372.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084243 | Bennett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Bennett (Houston, Texas); Miles C. Scotcher (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | We have shown that the control of solventogenesis and sporulation can be genetically uncoupled in C. acetobutylicum. In strain 824(pASspo), the absence of SpoIIE causes sporulation to be blocked at stage II. The cell remains in a vegetative state, and this allows solvent production to proceed for longer and for solvents to accumulate more rapidly and to a higher concentration. The characteristic drop in OD600 observed in wild type and control strains of C. acetobutylicum after 48-72 hours as the cells transition from the solventogenic phase to sporulation is notably absent in the fermentations of 824(pASspo). Mutant S (wild type background, spoIIE disrupted), Mutant BS (Mutant B background, spoIIE disrupted), Mutant HS (Mutant H background, spoIIE disrupted) and Mutant bukS (buk- background, spoIIE disrupted) were generated to create stable solvent producing bacteria with complete inactivation of the SpoIIE protein. Similarity between the SpoIIE protein of C. acetobutylicum, B. subtilis, and other Clostridial species indicates that the techniques used in C. acetobutylicum can be applied to other solvent producing Clostridia. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/196164 |
| 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 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084264 | Marshall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan G. Marshall (Tallahassee, Florida); Priyanka Juyal (Tallahassee, Florida); Mmilili M. Mapolelo (Tallahassee, Florida); Ryan P. Rodgers (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for quantifying the presence of naphthenic acids in a hydrocarbon-comprising liquid that includes: contacting a hydrocarbon-comprising liquid with gaseous ammonia; isolating a reaction product produced by the contacting step; and analyzing the reaction product for the presence of naphthenates using a mass spectrometry technique. The naphthenic acids known to form commercial naphthenate deposits can be (i) ions of tetraprotic carboxylic acids having molecular weights ranging from 1225 to 1270 Daltons, (ii) n-alkyl or branched carboxylic acids having molecular weights ranging from 250 to 650 Daltons, or (iii) both. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694606 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084273 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Dorota Rozkiewicz (Gdańsk, Poland); Andrew J. Senesi (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The application relates to a method of depositing a patterning species from a nanoscopic tip to a substrate surface. The method is carried out at a sufficiently high humidity to facilitate the deposition. The deposition of the patterning species is facilitated by a polysaccharide carrier as well as an additional additive. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/140793 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084558 | McCormick, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. McCormick, III (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Andrew B. Lowe (Hattiesburg, Mississippi); Brent S. Sumerlin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A new, facile, general one-phase method of generating thiol-functionalized transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified by (co)polymers synthesized by the RAFT method is described. The method includes the steps of forming a (co)polymer in aqueous solution using the RAFT methodology, forming a colloidal transition metal precursor solution from an appropriate transition metal; adding the metal precursor solution or surface to the (co)polymer solution, adding a reducing agent into the solution to reduce the metal colloid in situ to produce the stabilized nanoparticles or surface, and isolating the stabilized nanoparticles or surface in a manner such that aggregation is minimized. The functionalized surfaces generated using these methods can further undergo planar surface modifications, such as functionalization with a variety of different chemical groups, expanding their utility and application. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/176670 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084889 | Joannopoulos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The electromagnetic energy transfer device includes a first resonator structure receiving energy from an external power supply. The first resonator structure has a first Q-factor. A second resonator structure is positioned distal from the first resonator structure, and supplies useful working power to an external load. The second resonator structure has a second Q-factor. The distance between the two resonators can be larger than the characteristic size of each resonator. Non-radiative energy transfer between the first resonator structure and the second resonator structure is mediated through coupling of their resonant-field evanescent tails. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/415616 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085398 | Dyshkant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander S. Dyshkant (DeKalb, Illinois); Vishnu Zutshi (DeKalb, Illinois); Phillip Stone (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A concave cell for the collection of radiated light including a body with a concave surface and an unmodified flat surface opposite thereto, and a reflective surface coupled to the body across from the concave surface, said reflective surface including an opening and a photo detector operatively coupled thereto. A method of collecting light by reflecting light inside the concave cell, striking the light at the concave surface, scattering the light at the concave surface, and registering the scattered light with the photo detector. A method of increasing uniformity of light registered in a photo detector. A method of making a concave cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473888 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085406 | Petek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hrvoje Petek (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania); Atsushi Kubo (Ibaraki, Japan); Nikolaus Johannes Pontius (Berlin, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | System(s) and method(s) to probe electromagnetic fields at the surface of a solid-state material are provided. The technique combines ultrafast (e.g., less than 10 fs) optical excitation and electron microscopy to generate electronic excitations and image the ensuing electromagnetic fields with nanometer-scale spatial resolution and femtosecond time-scale resolution. In addition, time-of-flight energy analysis facilitates imaging of relaxation a generated electronic excitation. The dynamics of the electromagnetic fields can be probed interferometrically through generation of multi-frame imaging, with inter-frame frequency of the order of a few hundreds of attoseconds, of interference patterns among an electric field associated with an excitation in a sample or device and the electromagnetic field of a probe pulse coherent with an excitation pulse. Quality assurance of nanoscopic devices based on plasmonic, photonic, electronic, spintronic operation can be analyzed with spectroscopy provided in the subject innovation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/199427 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085719 | Mishra et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Arunesh Mishra (Madison, Wisconsin); Suman Banerjee (Madison, Wisconsin); Vivek V. Shrivastava (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved system and method for wireless communications, as well as a method for configuring wireless communication devices for use in such a system, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the system for wireless communications includes a first wireless communication device configured for communication within a first frequency range, and a second wireless communication device configured for communication within a second frequency range, where the first and second frequency ranges substantially but not entirely overlap one another. Also, in at least some embodiments, the present invention relates to a method that wireless communicating devices can use in order to co-exist or utilize wireless channels that need not be non-overlapping. By allowing wireless devices to do this, it is possible to achieve greater usage of the wireless spectrum and as a result superior performance of the wireless communication system as a whole. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/767131 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086414 | Maranas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Costas D. Maranas (Port Matilda, Pennsylvania); Anthony P. Burgard (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods and systems for in silico or bioinformatic modeling of cellular metabolism. The invention includes methods and systems for modeling cellular metabolism of an organism, comprising constructing a flux balance analysis model, and applying constraints to the flux balance analysis model, the constraints selected from the set consisting of: qualitative kinetic information constraints, qualitative regulatory information constraints, and differential DNA microarray experimental data constraints. In addition, the present invention provides for computational procedures for solving metabolic problems. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/724114 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08083983 | Rabolt et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Rabolt (Wilmington, Delaware); Keun-Hyung Lee (Newark, Delaware); Steven R. Givens (Smyrna, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A process to make a polyolefin fiber which has the following steps: mixing at least one polyolefin into a solution at room temperature or a slightly elevated temperature to form a polymer solution and electrospinning at room temperature said polymer solution to form a fiber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/562797 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/465 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08083986 | Choi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Aerospace Associates (Hampton, Virginia); The United States of America as represented by the Adminstration of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sang Hyouk Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Sang-Hyon Chu (Newport News, Virginia); James R. Elliott (Vesuvius, Virginia); Glen C. King (Yorktown, Virginia); Jae-Woo Kim (Newport News, Virginia); Peter T. Lillehei (Yorktown, Virginia); Diane M. Stoakley (Ashland, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method to prepare an advanced thermoelectric material has hierarchical structures embedded with nanometer-sized voids which are key to enhancement of the thermoelectric performance. Solution-based thin film deposition technique enables preparation of stable film of thermoelectric material and void generator (voigen). A subsequent thermal process creates hierarchical nanovoid structure inside the thermoelectric material. Potential application areas of this advanced thermoelectric material with nanovoid structure are commercial applications (electronics cooling), medical and scientific applications (biological analysis device, medical imaging systems), telecommunications, and defense and military applications (night vision equipments). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/315520 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085342 | Agan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin J. Agan (Pasadena, California); Eric R. Fossum (La Crescenta, California); Bob H. Nixon (Burbank, California); Brita H. Olson (Pasadena, California); Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California); Chris Pasqualino (Glendora, California); Ed H. Satorius (Glendale, California); Tim J. Shaw (Pasadena, California); Gary L. Stevens (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniaturized camera which is programmable and provides low power consumption. An active pixel image sensor used in the highly miniaturized camera provides improved imaging functionality as well as reduced power consumption, extending the possible life time of the camera system. The spread spectrum nature of transmission and reception improves data integrity as well as data security. The ability of the highly miniaturized wireless camera to receive commands as well as transmit image data provides improved functionality and a variable rate of power consumption to be set according to the application and needs of the situation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/957394 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086943 | Divsalar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California); Samuel J. Dolinar (Sunland, California); Fabrizio Pollara (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Serial concatenated trellis coded modulation (SCTCM) includes an outer coder, an interleaver, a recursive inner coder and a mapping element. The outer coder receives data to be coded and produces outer coded data. The interleaver permutes the outer coded data to produce interleaved data. The recursive inner coder codes the interleaved data to produce inner coded data. The mapping element maps the inner coded data to a symbol. The recursive inner coder has a structure which facilitates iterative decoding of the symbols at a decoder system. The recursive inner coder and the mapping element are selected to maximize the effective free Euclidean distance of a trellis coded modulator formed from the recursive inner coder and the mapping element. The decoder system includes a demodulation unit, an inner SISO (soft-input soft-output) decoder, a deinterleaver, an outer SISO decoder, and an interleaver. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/848889 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/794 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08086550 | Aggarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charu Aggarwal (Mohegan Lake, New York); Philip S. Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Uncertain data is classified by constructing an error adjusted probability density estimate for the data, and applying a subspace exploration process to the probability density estimate to classify the data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/846004 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087014 | Vassilovski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | QUALCOMM Incorporated (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Vassilovski (Del Mar, California); Henry Tong (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for configuration management for a computing device. The apparatus comprises an interface for providing available software to the computing device to be loaded onto the computing device. A processor executes a set of computer instructions to determine whether or not software resident in the computing device is authenticated or not. If the resident software is not authenticated, the processor loads the available software onto the computing device. If the resident software is authenticated, the processor loads the available software only if the available software is also authenticated. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 26, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/698526 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087090 | Cheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pau-Chen Cheng (Yorktown Heights, New York); Shai Halevi (Elmsford, New York); Trent Ray Jaeger (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Paul Ashley Karger (Chappaqua, New York); Ronald Perez (Mount Kisco, New York); Pankaj Rohatgi (New Rochelle, New York); Angela Marie Schuett (Columbia, Maryland); Michael Steiner (New York, New York); Grant M. Wagner (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An access control system and method includes a risk index module which computes a risk index for a dimension contributing to risk. A boundary range defined for a parameter representing each risk index such that the parameter above the range is unacceptable, below the range is acceptable and in the range is acceptable with mitigation measures. A mitigation module determines the mitigation measures which reduce the parameter within the range by mapping the effectiveness of performing the mitigation measures to determine a residual risk after a mitigation measure has been implemented. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/131206 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08084125 | Rizk |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said Rizk (Salem, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with improved handling properties have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available and have a decreased tendency to curl, in the preferred embodiment, due to the inclusion of relaxation and annealing steps following extrusion and orientation of the fiber. Filaments prepared according to these methods are characterized by the following physical properties: (i) elongation to break from about 17% to about 85% (ii) Young's modulus of less than 350,000 psi, (iii) knot to straight ratio (knot strength/tensile strength) of 55-80% or (iv) load at break from 1100 to 4200 grams. |
| FILED | Friday, December 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/636129 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085473 | Itagi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Vasant Itagi (Eden Prairie, Minnesota); Tuviah Ehud Schlesinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a core waveguide for directing electromagnetic radiation to a focal point, the core waveguide having a first interface on a first side of a longitudinal axis for directing a first plurality of rays of the electromagnetic radiation to a focal point and a second interface on a second side of the longitudinal axis for directing a second plurality of rays of the electromagnetic radiation to the focal point, wherein the first and second interfaces are shaped such that at the focal point, the second plurality of rays are about 180° out of phase with respect to the first plurality of rays. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/498646 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/662 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08085342 | Agan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin J. Agan (Pasadena, California); Eric R. Fossum (La Crescenta, California); Bob H. Nixon (Burbank, California); Brita H. Olson (Pasadena, California); Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California); Chris Pasqualino (Glendora, California); Ed H. Satorius (Glendale, California); Tim J. Shaw (Pasadena, California); Gary L. Stevens (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniaturized camera which is programmable and provides low power consumption. An active pixel image sensor used in the highly miniaturized camera provides improved imaging functionality as well as reduced power consumption, extending the possible life time of the camera system. The spread spectrum nature of transmission and reception improves data integrity as well as data security. The ability of the highly miniaturized wireless camera to receive commands as well as transmit image data provides improved functionality and a variable rate of power consumption to be set according to the application and needs of the situation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/957394 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08086364 | Xue et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ya Xue (Niskayuna, New York); Lembit Salasoo (Schenectady, New York); Timothy Gerard Richter (Wynantskill, New York); Weizhong Yan (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for operating an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle includes a computer programmed to identify a location of a vehicle, access a map and identify a plurality of links therein, pre-screen the plurality of links to identify if any of the plurality of links is within a given bounds of the current location, and if one or more possible links are identified, then match the current location of the vehicle to one of the identified links, and upload power data for the vehicle corresponding to the matched location into a database. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/719921 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08084023 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao-Dong Chen (Little Rock, Arkansas); Robert L. Jilka (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of the present invention include compositions, materials and methods for maintaining and propagating mammalian mesenchymal stem cells in an undifferentiated state in the absence of feeder cells and applications of the same. |
| FILED | Monday, January 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/625763 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084424 | Kishore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bellamkonda Kishore (Sandy, Utah); Christof Westenfelder (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jorge Issac (Murray, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions related to the production of erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions comprise a poly amino acid. The production of erythropoietin by the disclosed compositions and methods can take place in vivo, in which the proliferation of a subject's erythropoietin-producing cells leads to an increased level of production of erythropoietin, in vitro, in which increased proliferation of cultured erythropoietin-producing cells leads to an increased production of erythropoietin, ex vivo, in which cells or tissues harvested from a subject produce erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions can be administered to a subject or applied to cells or tissues to stimulate increased production of erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions and methods can be used, for example, to treat anemia, such as anemia associated with diseases and disorders such as chronic renal failure, end stage renal disease, malignancies, HIV infections and AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis, myeloma, and myeloplastic syndrome, and other diseases and disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/552568 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/7.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Classified Government Agency
| US 08085178 | Turner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven E Turner (Nashua, New Hampshire); Richard B Elder, Jr. (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital to analog converter (DAC) method and apparatus employs a multiplying-adding DAC, eliminating digital adder circuitry. Examples are given for multiplying a 3-bit binary number by a 2-bit binary number; however, there are no limitations to the bit-widths of the numbers to be multiplied. The multiplying-adding DAC method can be scaled up or down in bit-width by feeding the DAC with partial sums and adjusting the DAC weights accordingly. An analog to digital converter (ADC) can be placed after the DAC to generate a digital output. By multiplexing preset digital data into the DAC core for return to zero (RTZ), a true zero that is the midpoint of the DAC output range is achieved. It does not return to a rail for single-ended outputs. RTZ in DAC circuits doubles the null frequency of sin(x)/x roll-off inherent in DACs and also helps reduce switching glitches in the DAC output. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/477972 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08084594 | Gramer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie Rene Gramer (Shoreview, Minnesota); Kelly Lager (Colo, Iowa); Wenjun Ma (Ames, Iowa); Juergen Richt (Manhattan, Kansas); Amy Vincent (Nevada, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides influenza A viruses that include a hemagglutinin subtype H2, a neuraminidase subtype N3, or the combination thereof. Included in the present invention are H2 hemagglutinins and N3 neuraminidases, and the polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Antibody to the polypeptides, and methods of using the viruses, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/171992 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 08085398 | Dyshkant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander S. Dyshkant (DeKalb, Illinois); Vishnu Zutshi (DeKalb, Illinois); Phillip Stone (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A concave cell for the collection of radiated light including a body with a concave surface and an unmodified flat surface opposite thereto, and a reflective surface coupled to the body across from the concave surface, said reflective surface including an opening and a photo detector operatively coupled thereto. A method of collecting light by reflecting light inside the concave cell, striking the light at the concave surface, scattering the light at the concave surface, and registering the scattered light with the photo detector. A method of increasing uniformity of light registered in a photo detector. A method of making a concave cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473888 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08084424 | Kishore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bellamkonda Kishore (Sandy, Utah); Christof Westenfelder (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jorge Issac (Murray, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions related to the production of erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions comprise a poly amino acid. The production of erythropoietin by the disclosed compositions and methods can take place in vivo, in which the proliferation of a subject's erythropoietin-producing cells leads to an increased level of production of erythropoietin, in vitro, in which increased proliferation of cultured erythropoietin-producing cells leads to an increased production of erythropoietin, ex vivo, in which cells or tissues harvested from a subject produce erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions can be administered to a subject or applied to cells or tissues to stimulate increased production of erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions and methods can be used, for example, to treat anemia, such as anemia associated with diseases and disorders such as chronic renal failure, end stage renal disease, malignancies, HIV infections and AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis, myeloma, and myeloplastic syndrome, and other diseases and disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/552568 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/7.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08084424 | Kishore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bellamkonda Kishore (Sandy, Utah); Christof Westenfelder (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jorge Issac (Murray, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions related to the production of erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions comprise a poly amino acid. The production of erythropoietin by the disclosed compositions and methods can take place in vivo, in which the proliferation of a subject's erythropoietin-producing cells leads to an increased level of production of erythropoietin, in vitro, in which increased proliferation of cultured erythropoietin-producing cells leads to an increased production of erythropoietin, ex vivo, in which cells or tissues harvested from a subject produce erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions can be administered to a subject or applied to cells or tissues to stimulate increased production of erythropoietin. The disclosed compositions and methods can be used, for example, to treat anemia, such as anemia associated with diseases and disorders such as chronic renal failure, end stage renal disease, malignancies, HIV infections and AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis, myeloma, and myeloplastic syndrome, and other diseases and disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/552568 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/7.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08084413 | Vale, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Development Foundation (Carson City, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wylie W. Vale, Jr. (La Jolla, California); Kathy A. Lewis (San Diego, California); Marilyn H. Perrin (La Jolla, California); Koichi S. Kunitake (San Diego, California); Jean E. Rivier (La Jolla, California); Jozsef Gulyas (Julian, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A search of the public human genome database identified a human EST, GenBank accession number AW293249, which has high homology to known pufferfish urocortin sequences. The full length sequence was amplified from human genomic DNA and sequenced. Sequence homology comparisons of the novel sequence with human urocortin I and urocortin II revealed that the sequence encoded a novel human urocortin, which was designated urocortin III (UcnIII). While urocortin III does not have high affinity for either CRF-R1 or CRF-R2, the affinity for CRF-R2 is greater than the affinity for CRF-R1. Urocortin III is capable stimulating cyclic AMP production in cells expressing CRF-R2α or β. Thus, the affinity is high enough that urocortin III could act as a native agonist of CRF-R2. However, it is also likely that urocortin III is a stronger agonist of a yet to be identified receptor. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/266430 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08084415 | Mukherjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Departmant of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anil B. Mukherjee (Brookeville, Maryland); Feng Zheng (Rockville, Maryland); Zhongjian Zhang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Uteroglobin has been discovered to prevent IgA mediated diseases, such as IgA nephropathy, by preventing the deposition of IgA-Fibronectin immunocomplexes in tissues such as the renal glomeruli. The invention therefore includes methods of treating such diseases by administering therapeutically effective amounts of uteroglobin (and variants or mimetics) to prevent or improve the IgA mediated condition. Transgenic uteroglobin knockout animals, and animals in which uteroglobin-protein expression is reduced by antisense technology, also provide systems for studying IgA mediated diseases, and screening for appropriate treatments. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/934050 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085091 | Abdelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said Abdelli (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jeffrey Kriz (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and devices provided herein are directed to improvements in gain control amplifiers that receive an input signal and generate an output signal with a selectively variable gain. A differential amplified gain stage receives an input signal and scales the input signal to generate a scaled signal. A gain adjust stage receives the scaled signal and an adjust signal and adjusts an amplitude of the scaled signal based on the adjust signal to generate an adjusted scaled signal. The adjusted scaled signal has a substantially constant impedance regardless of value of the adjust signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/694734 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08085186 | Malakian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kourken Malakian (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Christopher J. Dahmen (Haddon Heights, New Jersey); Sabrina M. Chowdhury (Mount Laurel, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for probabilistically classifying an occurrence of an event, a change in the state of a target, includes measuring feature data of the target simultaneously processing the measured feature data through first and second filters. The first filter is suited for a situation in which the target is in a first state and generates a first residual and a first residual covariance for the measured feature data. The second filter is suited for a situation in which the target is in a second state and generates a second residual and a second residual covariance for the feature data. By determining a probability of the occurrence of the event and the probability of the non-occurrence of the event and comparing the two probabilities with at least one threshold value the occurrence or non-occurrence of the event is determined. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/178290 |
| 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 342/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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