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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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| US 08088077 | Turner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University (Springfield, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy Turner (Jacksonville, Illinois); James Michael Kinder (Julian, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Objectively measuring tinnitus in human and animal subjects. A subject is exposed to an alteration in a sound pattern otherwise qualitatively similar to the subject's tinnitus and a startle reflex is induced. The subject's acoustic startle response is obtained and used to determine whether the subject detected the alteration of the sound pattern. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/669767 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/559 |
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| US 08088346 | Sigman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S. Sigman (Salt Lake City, Utah); Keith M. Gligorich (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A reductive cross coupling reaction process for functionalization of a nucleophilic alkene can be achieved. The nucleophilic alkene and a nucleophilic cross coupling partner compound can be reacted in the presence of an oxidizable alcohol and a suitable catalyst to form a reductive coupling product. Various additives can also be useful to refine the process such as by mitigating certain undesirable intermediates, facilitating specific site selectivity for various substitutions or reaction sites, etc. Chiral additives can be optionally used which act to provide asymmetric catalysis, e.g. allow for regioselective and stereoselective production of reductive coupling products. A reductive cross coupling pathway can include oxidizing the oxidizable alcohol to form a catalyst hydride. The nucleophilic alkene can be inserted into the catalyst hydride to form a catalyst-alkyl intermediate. Further, the catalyst-alkyl intermediate can be transmetallized with the nucleophilic cross coupling partner compound to form a transmetallated intermediate. The catalyst can be reductively eliminated to form the reductive coupling product and a reduced catalyst. Finally, the reduced catalyst can be oxidized under aerobic conditions, for example with oxygen, to form the oxidized catalyst and subsequent repetition through the cyclic pathway. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/146304 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/22 |
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| US 08088379 | Robbins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Immunocore Limited (Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Robbins (Potomac, Maryland); Richard A. Morgan (Columbia, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland); Alan David Bennett (Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a modified T cell receptor (TCR) comprising an amino acid sequence of a wild-type (WT) TCR with no more than three amino acid substitutions, wherein the modified TCR, as compared to the WT TCR, (i) has an enhanced ability to recognize target cells when expressed by CD4+ T cells and (ii) does not exhibit a decrease in antigen specificity when expressed by CD8+ T cells. Polypeptides, proteins, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, and pharmaceutical compositions related to the modified TCR also are part of the invention. Further, the invention is directed to methods of detecting a diseased cell in a host, methods of treating or preventing a disease in a host, and methods of identifying a candidate adoptive immunotherapy TCR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/443111 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/133.100 |
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| US 08088382 | Muller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Muller (Port Washington, New York); Alan R. Schenkel (Ft. Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating transendothelial migration (TEM) of leukocytes. In particular, inhibition of TEM can provide a potent therapeutic approach to treating inflammatory conditions. The invention specifically relates to the discovery that the adhesion molecule CD99L2 mediates TEM of leukocytes. CD99L2 is present on endothelial cells and leukocytes and mediates leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion. Blockade of CD99L2 by use of a specific antibody blocks migration of leukocytes into a site of inflammation. CD99L2 shows functional analogy to the structurally-related molecule, CD99, inhibition of which, in conjunction with inhibition of PECAM, causes near total blockade of TEM. Thus, blocking CD99L2 on either endothelial cells or monocytes can block migration 80-90%. In conjunction with PECAM inhibitors, TEM blockade can approach 100%. Therapeutic treatments involving inhibition of CD99L2 show significant promise in remediation of inflammatory conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/994363 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/153.100 |
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| US 08088385 | Chesney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Chesney (Louisville, Kentucky); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky); Sucheta Telang (Louisville, Kentucky); Brian Clem (Louisville, Kentucky); Jason Meier (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A methods and compounds for inhibiting 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase /fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) are described. Also described are methods of inhibiting cell proliferation, treating cancer, and screening compounds to determine their ability to inhibit PFKFB3. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/141751 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/174.100 |
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| US 08088396 | Weiss |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerrold P. Weiss (Coralville, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Applicants have produced and isolated water soluble complexes of endotoxin and modified MD-2. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/201736 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/278.100 |
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| US 08088412 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laird Forrest (Lawrence, Kansas); Mark Cohen (Overland Park, Kansas); Shuang Cai (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemotherapeutic composition can be configured for subcutaneous administration for preferential intralymphatic accumulation while also providing a therapeutic systemic concentration that is not toxic. The composition can include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a nanoconjugate configured for preferential intralymphatic accumulation after subcutaneous administration. The nanoconjugate can include a nanocarrier configured for preferential intralymphatic accumulation after subcutaneous or interstitial administration, and a plurality of chemotherapeutic agents coupled to the nanocarrier. The nanoconjugate can have a dimension of about 10 nm to about 50 nm. Also, the nanoconjugate can be loaded with the chemotherapeutic agents from about 10% to about 50% w/w. The nanocarrier can be a hyaluronan polymer of about 3 kDa to about 50 kDa. Alternatively, the nanocarrier can be a dendrimer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/363302 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/489 |
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| US 08088574 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Anderson (Cross Plains, Wisconsin); Michael L. Gonzales (Davis, California); David L. Mellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Chunhua Song (Madison, Wisconsin); Christy Ann Barlow (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel poly(A) polymerases and their use in the treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions. More specifically, the poly(A) polymerases of the present invention include polymerases which are directly modulated by components of the phosphoinositide signaling pathway. Such components may include phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinases and phosphoinositide second messengers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/182922 |
| 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 |
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| US 08088578 | Hua et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhishan Hua (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to certain novel approaches to reducing or eliminating the movement of contaminants from one droplet to another on a droplet actuator via liquid filler fluid. In one application, a method of detecting an analyte is provided and includes providing in a detection window a droplet including a signal-producing substance indicative of the presence and/or quantity of an analyte and one or more magnetically responsive beads which may interfere with signal produced by the signal producing substance. The method further includes using a magnetic field for magnetically removing the magnetically responsive beads from the detection window and/or magnetically restricting the magnetically responsive beads from entering the detection window while transporting and/or retaining the droplet in the detection window. The method additionally includes detecting a signal produced by the signal-producing substance. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/546253 |
| 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 |
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| US 08088579 | Hageman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Hageman (Coralville, Iowa); Richard J. Smith (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to Factor H gene polymorphisms and haplotypes associated with an elevated or a reduced risk of AMD. The invention provides methods and reagents for diagnosis and treatment of AMD. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/816167 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.110 |
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| US 08088582 | Sampath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ibis Biosciences, Inc. (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Thomas A. Hall (Oceanside, California); David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions, kits and methods for rapid identification and quantification of fungi by molecular mass and base composition analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/296253 |
| 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 435/6.120 |
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| US 08088585 | Balazs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alejandro Balazs (Berkeley, California); Richard Mulligan (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods for purifying hematopoietic stem cells. Also described herein are methods for purifying EPCR+ cells. The invention also provides substantially pure isolated hematopoietic stems cells, including EPCR+ hematopoietic stem cells. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/577177 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08088587 | Pericak-Vance et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret A. Pericak-Vance (Durham, North Carolina); Jonathan L. Haines (Nashville, Tennessee); Eric Postel (Durham, North Carolina); Anita Agarwal (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael A. Hauser (Durham, North Carolina); Silke Schmidt (Durham, North Carolina); William K. Scott (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness in the elderly whose etiology remains largely unknown. Previous studies identified chromosome 1q32 as harboring a susceptibility locus for AMD, but it was not identified. We identified a strongly associated haplotype in two independent data sets. DNA sequencing of the complement factor II gene (CFII) within this haplotype revealed a coding variant, Y402II, that significantly increases the risk for AMD with odds ratios between 2.45 and 5.57. This identifies Complement factor II as involved in pathogenesis of AMD. This single variant alone is so common that it likely explains 43 percent of AMD in older adults. In addition, we have replicated and refined previous reports implicating a coding change in LOC387715 as the second major AMD susceptibility allele. The effect of rs10490924 appears to be completely independent of the Y402H variant in the CFH gene. The joint effect of these two susceptibility genes is consistent with a multiplicative model, and together, they may explain as much as 65% of the PAR of AMD. In contrast, the effect of rs10490924 appears to be strongly modified by cigarette smoking. Smoking and LOC387715 together may explain as much as 34% of AMD. Our data indicate that variant genotypes at rs10490924 confer a substantially larger AMD risk to cigarette smokers than non-smokers. This observation is supported by traditional case-control modeling, by ordered subset linkage analysis (OSA) incorporating pack-years of cigarette smoking as a covariate, and by family-based association analysis using a more homogeneous set of families as defined by OSA. |
| FILED | Monday, March 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/885336 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 08088590 | Mani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whiteland Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sendurai Mani (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jing Yang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert A. Weinberg (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting metastasis, such as by inhibiting FOXC2 expression or activity. The invention further relates to methods of prognosticating, diagnosing, and assisting in the diagnosis of metastasis in an individual, or of determining the metastatic potential of a tumor. The invention further relates to methods of identifying agents which inhibit metastasis. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/646706 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
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| US 08088596 | Zeng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangqun Zeng (Rochester, Michigan); Zhihong Shen (Auburn Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of binding and detecting a microorganism on a solid substrate. The microorganism is bound on a solid substrate covalently bound to a capture agent having a saccharide moiety. A lectin capable of binding to the microorganism and the saccharide moiety of the capture agent is added to the sample to bind the microorganism on the solid substrate. Further provided are biosensor devices, such as a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) device or a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) device, that incorporate the solid substrate for the detection of microorganisms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/973772 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/34 |
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| US 08088601 | Fox et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian G. Fox (Madison, Wisconsin); Pablo Sobrado (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Expression systems and methods for the expression of functional membrane polypeptides such as human cytochrome b5 are provided. The systems include recombinant expression vectors capable of expressing soluble fusion proteins that include a solubilizing agent, a linker, and a membrane polypeptide, as well as one or more cleavers, e.g. proteases, capable of cleaving the linker to release the membrane polypeptide. When the fusion protein is expressed, the linker is cleaved by the cleaver to allow association of the membrane polypeptide with a membrane. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/267825 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
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| US 08088621 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Rodriguez (Glenwood, Maryland); Shawn Edward Lupold (Ellicott City, Maryland); Wasim Haider Chowdhury (Laurel, Maryland); Tarana A. Kudrolli (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides methods and compositions for generating recombinant adenoviral vectors. The invention also provides kits comprising for the generation of recombinant adenoviral vectors. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901275 |
| 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 435/462 |
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| US 08088622 | Scadden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Scadden (Weston, Massachusetts); Tao Cheng (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The expansion of a population of stem cells or progenitor cells, or precursors thereof, may be accomplished by disrupting or inhibiting p21cip1/waf1 and/or p27, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors. In the absence of p27 activity, progenitor cells move into the cell cycle and proliferate; whereas in the absence of p21 activity, stem cells move into the cell cycle and proliferate without losing their pluripotentiality (i.e., their ability to differentiate into the various cell lines found in the blood stream). Any type of stem cell or progenitor cell, or precursor thereof, including, but not limited to, hematopoietic, gastrointestinal, lung, neural, skin, muscle, cardiac muscle, renal, mesenchymal, embryonic, fetal, or liver cell may be used in accordance with the invention. The present invention provides a method of expanding a cell population, cells with decreased p27 and/or p21 activity, transgenic animals with a disrupted p27 and/or p21 gene, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the cells of the invention, and methods of using these cells in gene therapy (e.g., stem cell gene therapy) and bone marrow transplantation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331117 |
| 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 435/463 |
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| US 08088727 | Neufer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); East Carolina University (Greenville, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Darrell Neufer (Greenville, North Carolina); Ethan J. Anderson (Greenville, North Carolina); Hazel H. Szeto (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of preventing or treating insulin resistance in a mammalian subject. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide having at least one net positive charge; a minimum of four amino acids; a maximum of about twenty amino acids; a relationship between the minimum number of net positive charges (pm) and the total number of amino acid residues (r) wherein 3pm is the largest number that is less than or equal to r+1; and a relationship between the minimum number of aromatic groups (a) and the total number of net positive charges (pt) wherein 2a is the largest number that is less than or equal to pt+1, except that when a is 1, pt may also be 1. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/367267 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1.100 |
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| US 08088729 | O'Keefe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry O'Keefe (Frederick, Maryland); Toshiyuki Mori (San Francisco, California); James B. McMahon (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inhibiting a viral infection of a host comprising administering to the host an anti-viral griffithsin polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 3 or a fragment thereof comprising at least eight contiguous amino acids, a nucleic acid encoding the anti-viral polypeptide, or an antibody to the anti-viral polypeptide. A method of inhibiting a virus in a sample comprising contacting the sample with an anti-viral griffithsin polypeptide or antibody thereto also is provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/095697 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/3.700 |
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| US 08088745 | Gelb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Gelb (Seattle, Washington); Sophie Blanchard (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for assaying α-L-iduronidase enzymatic activity and methods for screening newborns for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type-I. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/706794 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/27 |
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| US 08088749 | Simeone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Diane Simeone (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mats Ljungman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Liang Xu (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Lidong Wang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Fengtian He (Chongqing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to therapeutic targets for cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to small molecules and nucleic acids that target ATDC (TRIM29) expression in cancer with ATDC overexpression. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/333559 |
| 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 |
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| US 08088759 | Glick |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary D. Glick (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides novel 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-dione compounds, and methods of using novel 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-dione compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with the faulty regulation of the processes of programmed cell death, autoimmunity, inflammation, hyperproliferation, and the like. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/591324 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
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| US 08088774 | Watterson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); Universite de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Cedex, France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, A Scientific Research Centre (Paris Cedix, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Martin Watterson (Chicago, Illinois); Anu R. Sawkar (La Jolla, California); Thomas J. Lukas (Evanston, Illinois); Salida Mirzoeva (Chicago, Illinois); Linda J. Van Eldik (Chicago, Illinois); Marcel Hibert (Eschau, France); Anastasia Velentza (Chicago, Illinois); Magdalena Zasadzki (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Jacques Haiech (Strasbourg, France); Jean-Jacques Bourguignon (Illkirch Graffenstaden, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel class of pyridazine compositions and related methods of use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/831787 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/252.20 |
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| US 08088787 | Hong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jau-Shyong Hong (Durham, North Carolina); Liya Qin (Durham, North Carolina); Guorong Li (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Michelle Block (Holly Springs, North Carolina); Wei Zhang (Dalian, China PRC); Po-See Chen (Taipei, Taiwan); Giia-Shuen Peng (Taipei, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes methods of neuroprotection, inducing release of neurotrophic factors, inhibiting the over-activation of innate immune cells, attenuating the toxin-induced death and/or damage of tissues, reducing inflammation, treating an inflammation-related condition, and inhibiting NADPH oxidase, that includes contacting or administering an effective amount of at least one compound of the invention that include: valproic acid, sodium butyrate, and salts thereof; opioid peptides; a peptide comprising the tripeptide GGF; and morphinans, such as naloxone, naltrexone, 3-hydroxy-morphinan and dextromethorphan. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/596296 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088816 | Halperin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | José A. Halperin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Amarnath Natarajan (Texas City, Texas); Huseyin Aktas (Newton, Massachusetts); Yun-Hua Fan (San Antonio, Texas); Han Chen (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for inhibiting translation using 3-(5-tert-Butyl-2-Hydroxy-phenyl) -3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are provided. Compositions, methods and kits for treating (1) cellular proliferative disorders, (2) non-proliferative, degenerative disorders, (3) viral infections, and/or (4) disorders associated with viral infections, using 3-(5-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one and/or its derivatives are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/796787 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/418 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088894 | Baseman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel Barry Baseman (San Antonio, Texas); Thirumalai Rengasamy Kannan (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a Mycoplasma pneumoniae community acquired respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS) toxin, biologically active fragments/domains of the CARDS toxin, antibodies to the CARDS toxin and nucleic acids encoding the CARDS toxin. Also provided are methods of diagnosing, treating and/or preventing infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae using the compositions provided herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/612173 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088897 | Lowery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BellBrook Labs, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lowery (Belleville, Wisconsin); Karen Kleman-Leyer (Madison, Wisconsin); Matt Staeben (Belleville, Wisconsin); Thane Westermeyer (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated antibody produced against a donor product of an enzymatically catalyzed group transfer reaction is disclosed. In one aspect, the antibody has the ability to preferentially recognize the donor-product guanosine diphosphate (GDP), in the presence of the donor molecule guanosine triphosphate (GTP). Immunuoassays using compositions including such antibodies and kits for performing the immunoassays are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/109628 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088902 | Pfeffer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sebastien Pfeffer (New York, New York); Thomas Tuschl (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising the sequence of a human cytomegalovirus microRNA. In another embodiment, the invention relates to single stranded DNA virus microRNA molecules comprising the sequence of a human cytomegalovirus microRNA. The invention also relates to the anti-DNA virus microRNA molecules. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/968821 |
| 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 08088907 | Iadonato et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kineta Two, LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn P. Iadonato (Seattle, Washington); Charles L. Magness (Seattle, Washington); Gary Rosenberg (Danbury, Connecticut); Christina A. Scherer (Seattle, Washington); Thierry Guillaudeux (Rennes, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a mutation related to the gene encoding OAS1. This and other disclosed mutations correlate with resistance of humans to viral infection including hepatitis C. Also provided is a therapeutic agent consisting of a protein or polypeptide encoded by the mutated gene, or a polynucleotide encoding the protein or polypeptide. Inhibitors of human OAS1, including antisense oligonucleotides, methods, and compositions specific for human OAS1, are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/061548 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088908 | Sherman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Sherman (Pasadena, California); Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California); Robert E. Reiter (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) is expressed in the majority of prostate cancer patients, making it an ideal target for cancer immunotherapy. Murine monoclonal antibody 1G8 binds to PSCA with nanomolar affinity, but its efficacy as a therapeutic agent is limited by the generation of a HAMA response. The present invention discloses humanized 1G8 antibodies in which the majority of the mouse-derived epitopes have been removed. These humanized antibodies bind PSCA with high affinity and specificity, and have been shown to reduce human bladder tumor take in a nude mouse model. These characteristics make the humanized antibodies of the present invention attractive agents for the treatment and detection of tumors expressing PSCA. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/432304 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.530 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088912 | Guo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peixuan Guo (Mason, Ohio); Stephen M. Hoeprich (Canton, Ohio); Dan Shu (Mason, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A polyvalent multimeric complex formed from a plurality of circularly permuted chimeric pRNA molecules, each carrying a stabilized biologically active moiety. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/539241 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088923 | Romo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Romo (College Station, Texas); Huda Henry-Riyad (Toronto, Canada); Changsuk Lee (College Station, Texas); Henry Nguyen (College Station, Texas); Vikram C. Purohit (Bryan, Texas); Seongho Oh (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a concise synthetic method for generating lactam-fused beta-lactones that feature, in some embodiments, a tertiary fused carbinol, quaternary carbons, and a reactive beta-lactone moiety available for further reactions. The present invention further provides compounds synthesized by this method as well as methods of using these compounds as inhibitors of the proteasome and fatty acid synthase. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/775216 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088951 | Tsai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li-Huei Tsai (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andre Fischer (Goettingen, Germany); Stephen Haggarty (Dorchester, Massachusetts); Weiping Tang (Middleton, Wisconsin); Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and products for enhancing and improving recovery of lost memories. In particular the methods are accomplished through the increase of histone acetylation. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/998834 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089625 | Marcu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Marcu (Davis, California); Javier A. Jo (College Station, Texas); Daniel Elson (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that characterizes a biological sample by analyzing light emissions from the biological sample in response to an excitation. The system first radiates the biological sample with a laser impulse to cause the biological sample to produce a responsive light emission. Next, the system uses a wavelength splitting device to split the responsive light emission into a set of spectral bands of different central wavelengths. The system applies temporal delays to the set of spectral bands so that each spectral band arrives at an optical detector at a different time, thereby allowing the optical detector to temporally resolve the responsive light emission for each spectral band separately. Next, the system captures the delayed spectral bands within a single detection window of the optical detector. The system then processes the captured spectral bands. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/516341 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090164 | Bullitt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth Bullitt (Durham, North Carolina); Stephen Aylward (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and computer program products for analysis of vessel attributes for diagnosis, disease staging, and surgical planning are disclosed. A method for analyzing blood vessel attributes may include developing an atlas including statistical measures for at least one blood vessel attribute. The statistical measures can be developed from blood vessel image data from different individuals. Blood vessel attribute measurements can be obtained from an individual subject. The individual subject's blood vessel attribute measurements can be compared to the statistical measures in the atlas. Output may be produced indicative of a physical characteristic of the individual based on results from the comparison. |
| FILED | Friday, July 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/569436 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090167 | Scorcioni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruggero Scorcioni (Arlington, Virginia); Giorgio A. Ascoli (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Sridevi Polavaram (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A neuronal measurement tool including: an input module, a grouping module, a metric selection module, a statistical test selection module, a raw measurement module, a clustering module and a statistical test module. The input module inputs digitally reconstructed neuronal morphologies. The grouping module groups the digitally reconstructed neuronal morphologies into groups. The metric selection module selects at least one metric of interest. The statistical test selection module selects a statistical test method. The raw measurement module gathers raw measurements associated with the metric(s) of interest on the digitally reconstructed neuronal morphologies. The clustering module clusters the raw measurements into groups and the statistical test module performs the statistical test method between the raw measurements clustered in the groups. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/866593 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Wilson (Ridgecrest, California); Warren K. Jaul (Ridgecrest, California); Robert G. Burman (Ridgecrest, California); Shannon L. Fitzpatrick (Rancho Cordova, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A supersonic combustion apparatus including a fixed geometric nozzle having a converging area, throat, and a diverging area, at least one movable combination of a fuel injector and an oxygen injector where the combined fuel injector and the oxygen injector is located within the divergent area of the fixed geometric nozzle, and an exit plane adjacent and downstream to the diverging area. The exit plane Mach speed is varied by heat addition in the diverging area by introduction of a combustible fuel through the fuel injector and oxygen through the oxygen injector and then axially aligning and positioning the combination of the fuel injector and the oxygen injector along the length of the diverging area to obtain a stabilized flame at the exit plane. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 11/970231 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/231 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087249 | Ottaviano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus Joseph Ottaviano (North Reading, Massachusetts); Robert John Parks (Ipswich, Massachusetts); John Lawrence Noon (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Mark Michael D'Andrea (Belmont, Massachusetts); Thomas Michael Regan (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine turbine cooling system includes an impeller and a diffuser directly downstream of the impeller, a bleed for bleeding clean cooling air from downstream of the diffuser, and one or more channels in fluid communication with the bleed. Each of the channels having a generally radially extending section followed by a generally axially aftwardly extending section terminating at an annular cooling air plenum connected to accelerators. The radially and axially aftwardly extending sections may be connected by a bend section of the cooling air channel and the axially aftwardly extending section may be angled radially inwardly going from the bend section to the cooling air plenum. Each of the cooling channels includes an inner wall formed by a forward end wall extending radially outwardly from an inner combustor casing, an annular cover covering a radially inner portion of the forward end wall, and the inner combustor casing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/343019 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/726 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087302 | Boutros et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramzy Boutros (Maple Valley, Washington); Paul G. Anderson (Bellevue, Washington); Charles F. Gidcumb (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A push-to-activate device is disclosed. The push-to-activate device may comprise a mounting bracket coupled to a surface, and an adjustable hinge coupled thereto. The push-to-activate device may also feature a measuring instrument coupled to the mounting bracket and a deflectable arm coupled to the adjustable hinge, wherein the deflectable arm can be engaged in a hands-free manner. A method is also disclosed which comprises providing an apparatus, the apparatus comprising a mounting bracket coupled to a surface, an adjustable hinge coupled to the mounting bracket, a measuring instrument disposed within the mounting bracket, and a deflectable arm coupled to the adjustable hinge, wherein the deflectable arm can be engaged in a hands-free manner. The method also comprises utilizing the adjustable hinge to adjust the deflectable arm to fit a size constraint of an operator. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/624961 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/856 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087371 | 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 deployable and inflatable/deflatable fendering apparatus capable of providing protection for watercrafts and docks. The apparatus has an inflatable cylindrical body, an outer collar body, and a water reservoir with an inflating and deflating means. The collar body circumferentially surrounds the cylindrical body, and is made of abrasion resistant materials and protects the cylindrical body from punctures, tearing and abuse. The collar body may be inflatable or filled with foam-like material. The reservoir comprises a one-way valve, a series of ballasts and is attached to the cylindrical body and is expandable to provide stabilization of the fendering apparatus. The fendering apparatus can be deflated for storage. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/587330 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087372 | Ruffa |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony A. Ruffa (Hope Valley, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A handling system with an improved fairlead is provided for protecting a tow cable wherein the cable breaking strength exceeds the system-rated tension load; the fairlead being positioned collinearly between the system bellmouth and winch. A guide slot passes through the fairlead positioning the cable higher than the winch release point and bellmouth entry point, maintaining the cable down-slope as the cable exits the fairlead. The slot has a hemispherical portion tapering inward to a groove extending downward. Near the groove bottom, at the fairlead end nearest the bellmouth, is a cutting device. Under tension, the cable rides in the hemispherical portion of the groove. If tension suddenly increases from a snag, the resulting force drives the cable down into the groove where the cable is cut by the device, separating before the force damages the system. The constrained cable end is securely held in place by the taper. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/752438 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087447 | Propheter-Hinckley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); Craig R. McGarrah (Southington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A molding technique is utilized to form the cooling channels in an airfoil for a gas turbine engine. The cooling channels are formed by lost core mold cores, which are leached away after metal has been molded around them. At least one of the mold cores is provided with a cone which will extend into the airfoil. The cone forms an opening in a wall of the airfoil, and the size of this opening is indicative of the thickness of the wall. By comparing the size to expected sizes, a determination can be made of whether the wall is of an acceptable thickness at locations where it is difficult to otherwise measure the wall. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/589581 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal founding 164/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087880 | Karafillis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Apostolos Pavlos Karafillis (Winchester, Massachusetts); Kenneth Allen Loehle (Lynn, Massachusetts); Robert Patrick Tameo (Peabody, Massachusetts); David Allen Gutz (Danvers, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method of operating a centrifugal compressor and active control system includes a centrifugal compressor with compressor blades mounted on an impeller, an annular cavity bounded in part by a shroud adjacent to the blades, and an active control system for controlling a clearance between the shroud and the blades by controlling a cavity pressure in the cavity. An electronic controller for controlling a control pressure valve for pressurizing using a source of compressor discharge pressure air and depressurizing the cavity respectively may open and close the valves using pulse width modulation. Pressure and clearance sensors positioned for measuring the cavity pressure the blade tip clearance respectively in signal supply communication with the electronic controller may be used. The shroud may be supported by radially spaced apart annular radially outer and inner supports connected to a casing by a bolted joint bounding the cavity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/327266 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087885 | Suciu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Gary D. Roberge (Tolland, Connecticut); Brian Merry (Andover, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved annular components and improved methods for assembling annular components into a turbine engine are described with respect to an axial compressor having a plurality of annular compressor rotor airfoil assemblies (120) as an example. Each compressor rotor airfoil assembly comprises an annular rotor portion (122), a spacer portion (124) extending axially therefrom and a plurality of airfoils (52) extending radially therefrom. The plurality of airfoils may be integrally formed with the annular portion. The compressor rotor airfoil assemblies are stacked sequentially on a center-tie (134) or outer circumferential tie. The spacer portion of one compressor rotor airfoil assembly (120a) abuts the annular rotor portion of the adjacent compressor rotor airfoil assembly (120b) to retain one another on the center-tied outer circumferential tie. By stacking the compressor rotor airfoil assemblies sequentially and then retaining them, the typical split cases, flanges and rotor bolts may be eliminated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/719603 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/199.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088162 | Gieseke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island); Charles J. Patrissi (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic muscle comprises an outer layer having an interior filled with a proton containing electrolyte. A first electrode extends into the interior, and a second electrode extends through the interior. The second electrode is attached to the outer layer at two locations. An ion selective microporous membrane extends through the interior along the length of the second electrode and is also attached to the out layer at the two locations. The ion selective membrane is also attached to the second electrode at a plurality of points along its length, defining a plurality of pockets of the ion selective membrane. The ion elective membrane is generally disposed between the two electrodes. The two electrodes are in communication through a power source. Using the power source, an electroosmotic flow is established across the ion exchange membrane from the first electrode to the second electrode, inflating the pockets and constricting the outer layer. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/460907 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/14.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088204 | Taylor et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | S. Ray Taylor (Houston, Texas); Brian Chambers (Jackson, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | An anti-corrosive composition, comprising a combination of at least two of the following materials: vanadates, molybdates, tungstates, silicates, phosphates, borates, Ce cations, Y cations, La cations, Eu cations, Gd cations, Nd cations, and reaction products thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/817659 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/14.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088341 | Martin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Martin (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | An aspect of the invention is directed to an analyte collection device of the type that includes at least one plate for storing the analyte and a heating element for heating the at least one plate. An example device comprises a controller linked to the heating element that heats the at least one plate to a first temperature, takes a measurement of a property of the at least one plate, and uses the measurement to estimate one or more of the amount of the analyte on the plate and the amount of contaminant on the plate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/881333 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088352 | Lukehart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Martin Lukehart (Nashville, Tennessee); Lang Li (York, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter including at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush. A method of making the graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush includes covalently bonding a polymer to a surface of a graphitic-carbon-nanofiber by atom-transfer-radical-polymerization. An apparatus includes an analyte sensor including at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush. A method includes detecting an analyte including exposing at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush to the analyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/998470 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088385 | Chesney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Chesney (Louisville, Kentucky); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky); Sucheta Telang (Louisville, Kentucky); Brian Clem (Louisville, Kentucky); Jason Meier (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A methods and compounds for inhibiting 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase /fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) are described. Also described are methods of inhibiting cell proliferation, treating cancer, and screening compounds to determine their ability to inhibit PFKFB3. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/141751 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/174.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088502 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter M. Martin (Kennewick, Washington); Charles H. Henager, Jr. (Kennewick, Washington); Wendy D. Bennett (Kennewick, Washington); Ralph E. Williford (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A durable coating made up of superimposed microlayers of preselected materials, and a method of making and utilizing such a coating. In one embodiment of the invention, at least 200 microlayers of at least one transparent material, having a thickness of less than 50 nms are superimposed in a sequential manner so as to obtain a desired arrangement between the layers. This structure then forms a transparent coating that has strength characteristics that are substantially greater than the strength of a layer of the coating material alone. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/858249 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088590 | Mani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whiteland Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sendurai Mani (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jing Yang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert A. Weinberg (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting metastasis, such as by inhibiting FOXC2 expression or activity. The invention further relates to methods of prognosticating, diagnosing, and assisting in the diagnosis of metastasis in an individual, or of determining the metastatic potential of a tumor. The invention further relates to methods of identifying agents which inhibit metastasis. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/646706 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088621 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Rodriguez (Glenwood, Maryland); Shawn Edward Lupold (Ellicott City, Maryland); Wasim Haider Chowdhury (Laurel, Maryland); Tarana A. Kudrolli (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides methods and compositions for generating recombinant adenoviral vectors. The invention also provides kits comprising for the generation of recombinant adenoviral vectors. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/901275 |
| 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 435/462 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088622 | Scadden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Scadden (Weston, Massachusetts); Tao Cheng (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The expansion of a population of stem cells or progenitor cells, or precursors thereof, may be accomplished by disrupting or inhibiting p21cip1/waf1 and/or p27, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors. In the absence of p27 activity, progenitor cells move into the cell cycle and proliferate; whereas in the absence of p21 activity, stem cells move into the cell cycle and proliferate without losing their pluripotentiality (i.e., their ability to differentiate into the various cell lines found in the blood stream). Any type of stem cell or progenitor cell, or precursor thereof, including, but not limited to, hematopoietic, gastrointestinal, lung, neural, skin, muscle, cardiac muscle, renal, mesenchymal, embryonic, fetal, or liver cell may be used in accordance with the invention. The present invention provides a method of expanding a cell population, cells with decreased p27 and/or p21 activity, transgenic animals with a disrupted p27 and/or p21 gene, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the cells of the invention, and methods of using these cells in gene therapy (e.g., stem cell gene therapy) and bone marrow transplantation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/331117 |
| 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 435/463 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088637 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Wong (San Carlos, California); Michael A. Kneissl (Berlin, Delaware); Zhihong Yang (Sunnyvale, California); Mark Teepe (Menlo Park, California); Cliff Knollenberg (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A GaN/AlN superlattice is formed over a GaN/sapphire template structure, serving in part as a strain relief layer for growth of subsequent layers (e.g., deep UV light emitting diodes). The GaN/AlN superlattice mitigates the strain between a GaN/sapphire template and a multiple quantum well heterostructure active region, allowing the use of high Al mole fraction in the active region, and therefore emission in the deep UV wavelengths. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435333 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088638 | Lagebrake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Lagebrake (Seminole, Florida); Shinzo Onishi (Seminole, Florida); Scott Samson (Safety Harbor, Florida); Raj Popuri (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a DC high voltage converter having an oscillator driver, main switch array and topological enhanced capacitors. The switch array utilizes MEM cantilevers and topological capacitors for charge storages for the generation of a high voltage output from a low voltage input. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/687223 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088667 | DeNatale et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey F. DeNatale (Thousand Oaks, California); Philip A. Stupar (Oxnard, California); Alexandros P. Papavasiliou (Thousand Oaks, California); Robert L. Borwick, III (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fabrication method which forms vertical capacitors in a substrate. The method is preferably an all-dry process, comprising forming a through-substrate via hole in the substrate, depositing a first conductive material layer into the via hole using atomic layer deposition (ALD) such that it is electrically continuous across the length of the via hole, depositing an electrically insulating, continuous and substantially conformal isolation material layer over the first conductive layer using ALD, and depositing a second conductive material layer over the isolation material layer using ALD such that it is electrically continuous across the length of the via hole. The layers are arranged such that they form a vertical capacitor. The present method may be successfully practiced at temperatures of less than 200° C., thereby avoiding damage to circuitry residing on the substrate that might otherwise occur. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/291263 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/386 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088694 | Trott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore, Singapore) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary R. Trott (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a multiple layer passivation film on a semiconductor device surface comprises placing a semiconductor device in a chemical vapor deposition reactor, introducing a nitrogen source into the reactor, introducing a carbon source into the reactor, depositing a layer of carbon nitrogen on the semiconductor device surface, introducing a silicon source into the reactor after the carbon source, and depositing a layer of silicon carbon nitrogen on the carbon nitrogen layer. A semiconductor device incorporating the multiple layer passivation film is also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857288 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/791 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088982 | Belcher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Beau R. Peelle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ki Tae Nam (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional ring structures from M13 viruses were constructed by two genetic modifications encoding binding peptides and synthesis of a heterobifunctional linker molecule. The bifunctional viruses displayed an anti-streptavidin peptide and hexahistidine (SEQ ID NO:4) peptide at opposite ends of the virus as pIII and pIX fusions. Stoichiometric addition of the streptavidin-NiNTA linker molecule led to the reversible formation of virus-based nanorings with circumferences corresponding to lengths of the packageable DNAs. These virus-based ring structures can be further engineered to nucleate inorganic materials and form metallic, magnetic, or semiconductor nanorings using trifunctionalized viruses. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/367824 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088991 | Beasley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Beasley (Dallas, Oregon); Conor D. Kelly (Albany, Oregon); Wiatt E. Kettle (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating a multi-junction photovoltaic cell with junctions connected in series includes operating each junction at a different, respective maximum power point. A photovoltaic circuit includes: at least one multi-junction photovoltaic cell, comprising at least first, second, and third terminals; a first junction of the photovoltaic cell positioned intermediate the first and second terminals; a second junction of the photovoltaic cell positioned intermediate the second and third terminals; and a device for independently setting current flow through the first junction and the second junction to allow for maximum power point operation of each junction, the device for setting current flow being connected to the second terminal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/251162 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089051 | Grella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | KLA-Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luca Grella (Gilroy, California); Regina Freed (Mt. View, California); Mark A. McCord (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment relates to a method of controllably reflecting electrons from an array of electron reflectors. An incident electron beam is formed from an electron source, and the incident beam is directed to the array of electron reflectors. A first plurality of the reflectors is configured to reflect electrons in a first reflective mode such that the reflected electrons exiting the reflector form a focused beam. A second plurality of the reflectors is configured to reflect electrons in a second reflective mode such that the reflected electrons exiting the reflector are defocused. Another embodiment relates to an apparatus of a dynamic pattern generator for reflection electron beam lithography. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/711966 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/396.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089073 | Evans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul G. Evans (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado); Guogong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark A. Eriksson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides thin film devices that have been processed on their front- and backside. The devices include an active layer that is sufficiently thin to be mechanically flexible. Examples of the devices include back-gate and double-gate field effect transistors, double-sided bipolar transistors and 3D integrated circuits. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877269 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089196 | Cular et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Cular (Alexandria, Virginia); Venkat R. Bhethanabotla (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Shear-horizontal surface acoustic wave sensors with micro-cavities in the delay paths were studied using finite element methods. The microcavity devices are SAW delay path devices that have the delay path etched with square patterns at various wavelength dimensions and varying depths to increase the dispersion and bulk to surface wave conversion. Additionally the microcavities are filed with polystyrene to act as an inhomogeneous waveguide for further entrapment of wave energy near the device surface. The effects of micro-cavities and grooves on SAW propagation show significantly greater energy transmission than the other structures presented traditional sensors. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/398746 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/313.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089309 | Jansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Jansen (Pelham, New Hampshire); Gregory M. Flewelling (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A Gilbert cell mixer design is disclosed. Instead of using a differential transconductance stage as typically done, the design employs a differential transimpedance amplifier input stage. By utilizing a transimpedance input stage to the Gilbert mixer, feedback is used to obtain higher linearity without sacrificing noise performance. The transimpedance input stage supplies a current signal to the cascode connected Gilbert switching quad, so the transimpedance amplifier output is taken from the collector of the transimpedance amplifier output transistor, instead of the emitter as normally done with transimpedance amplifiers. |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/492682 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/359 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089402 | Maenpa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon E. Maenpa (Redondo Beach, California); Andrew M. Hautzik (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Patrick M. Sain (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention discloses a method for enhancing a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), such as Global Positioning System (GPS), location calculation by supplying carrier phase corrections within a GNSS receiver used with a multiple element Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) receiver. GNSS carrier phase measurements should be compensated for receiver hardware and directionally dependent antenna errors to obtain desired accuracies for high precision GNSS positioning applications. One technique successfully employed in Fixed Reception Pattern Antenna (FRPA) GPS sensors applies a simple directionally dependent set of correction factors to the measurement outputs. For the complex case of a GNSS receiver employing a CRPA and dynamic beam steering, however, the multiplicity of combinations of antenna element outputs makes the FRPA compensation technique impractical. Compensation of carrier phase measurements is a problem not addressed in previous GPS CRPA beam steering sensors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/548381 |
| 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 342/357.620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089630 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brynmor J. Davis (Champaign, Illinois); Jin Sun (Mountain View, California); John C. Schotland (Merion, Pennsylvania); Paul S. Carney (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and computer program product for imaging an object are disclosed. The object is illuminated with an electromagnetic wave, characterized by a spectrum of illuminating wavevectors. Electromagnetic waves scattered by the object are detected, and are characterized by a spectrum of detected wavevectors. An aperture equal to or smaller than an instantaneous characterizing wavelength of the illuminating electromagnetic wave is disposed between the source and the detector. At least one of the illuminating and detected wavevectors is varied in magnitude to provide information regarding a scattering characteristic of the object. By applying a forward model of the aperture to derive a three-dimensional scattering model, a three-dimensional reconstruction of the object may be obtained by inverting a detected data function in terms of the forward model. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/402177 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089689 | Savage-Leuchs |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthias P. Savage-Leuchs (Woodinville, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for amplifying laser signals using segments of fibers of differing core diameters and/or differing cladding diameters to suppress amplified spontaneous emission and non-linear effects such as four-wave mixing (FWM), self-phase modulation, and stimulated Brillouin and/or Raman scattering (SBS/SRS). In some embodiments, different core sizes have different sideband spacings (spacing between the desired signal and wavelength-shifted lobes). Changing core sizes and providing phase mismatches prevent buildup of non-linear effects. Some embodiments further include a bandpass filter to remove signal other than the desired signal wavelength and/or a time gate to remove signal at times other than during the desired signal pulse. Some embodiments include photonic-crystal structures to define the core for the signal and/or the inner cladding for the pump. Some embodiments include an inner glass cladding to confine the signal in the core and an outer glass cladding to confine pump light in the inner cladding. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/821975 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089995 | Krishnamoorthy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle America, Inc. (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); John E. Cunningham (San Diego, California); Bruce M. Guenin (San Diego, California); Howard L. Davidson (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates adjusting the wavelengths of lasers via temperature control. This system includes a chip with an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside. A thermal-control mechanism provides localized thermal control of two lasers mounted upon the active face of the chip. By individually controlling the temperature of the lasers, the thermal-control mechanism controls the wavelengths emitted by each respective laser. By creating a temperature gradient that causes a temperature difference between two or more lasers, the system can cause the lasers to emit different wavelengths. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/485594 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090055 | Lui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gee L. Lui (Westminster, California); Kuang Tsai (Santa Ana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A communications receiver receives a received continuous phase modulation (CPM) signal having an original modulation index of h and includes a filter, a continuous phase reconstructor using phase unwrapping, and a modulation index scaler for generating a reconstructed CPM signal having a scaled modulation index H from the received CPM signal having a small modulation index h, with the scaled modulation index H preferably being greater than the original modulation index h, so that, the transmitted CPM signal occupies a narrow bandwidth, yet, during reception, the reconstructed CPM signal with the high modulation index H can be reliably data demodulated for improved performance with reduced demodulation complexity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/221712 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090142 | Tewfik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Tewfik (Edina, Minnesota); Bin Zhu (Beijing, China PRC); Mitch Swanson (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for embedding data, such as digital watermarks, in video objects segmented from video frames. Watermarks are embedded such that they move with the object in the video frames. Interframe motion of video objects is estimated and used to modify the watermark accordingly. Methods for detecting embedded data from video objects are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/926942 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090456 | Karpman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris Karpman (Marlborough, Connecticut); Richard P. Meisner (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Mark E. Lacour (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system comprises a controller for positioning an actuator in a working fluid flow and a model processor for directing the controller as a function of a model feedback. The model processor comprises an output module, a comparator and an estimator. The output module generates the model feedback as a function of a constraint, a model state and a model input describing fluid parameters measured along the working fluid flow. The comparator generates an error by comparing the model feedback to the model input. The estimator generates the constraint and the model state, such that the error is minimized. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/264014 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090824 | Tran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | My Tran (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Al Salinas (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A gateway data proxy is a system which provides the capabilities to provide and obtain the customized data across multiple platforms to facilitate the remote operations of embedded health management systems (EHMS). The system allows the collaborative works taken place among the EHMS from diagnostics, prognostics, maintenance, to maintenance history tracking. Depending on deployment needs, the system can operate as stand-alone systems or as an integrated module of the EHMS. As part of operation, the system provides logical network connection and be the broker of data between EHMS instances and between EHMS with onboard systems and other service applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/645921 |
| ART UNIT | 2448 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08087310 | Meng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellis Meng (Pasadena, California); Ronalee Lo (Monterey Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) device for use with an elongate structure. The MEMS device includes a generally planar substrate, a device wall layer formed upon the substrate, a septum cavity formed in the device wall layer, a channel formed in the device wall layer in fluid communication with the septum cavity, and a septum element disposed in the septum cavity. The septum element is formed of a viscoelastic material. The septum element defines a septum entry surface and a septum exit surface with the septum exit surface being exposed to the channel and disposed between the septum entry surface and the channel. The septum element is without any openings formed through the septum element extending between the septum entry and exit surfaces. Methods of manufacturing and interacting with the MEMS device are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/357330 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/864.860 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088352 | Lukehart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Martin Lukehart (Nashville, Tennessee); Lang Li (York, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter including at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush. A method of making the graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush includes covalently bonding a polymer to a surface of a graphitic-carbon-nanofiber by atom-transfer-radical-polymerization. An apparatus includes an analyte sensor including at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush. A method includes detecting an analyte including exposing at least one graphitic-carbon-nanofiber/polymer brush to the analyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/998470 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088575 | Ju 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) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Zengmin Li (New York, New York); John Robert Edwards (New York, New York); Yasuhiro Itagaki (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/804284 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088595 | Ibey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bennett L. Ibey (College Station, Texas); Vamsi K. Yadavalli (North Bethesda, Maryland); Rebecca M. Rounds (College Station, Texas); Hope T. Beier (College Station, Texas); Gerard L. Cote (College Station, Texas); Michael V. Pishko (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to a method of measuring a glucose concentration metric or a glucose metric in a patient by contacting an implantable glucose-sensing device with a test sample, which may be in the patient, under conditions that permit a sugar-binding molecule and a functionalized polymer or nano-particle ligand present throughout the matrix of a hydrogel to interact in a glucose-dependent manner to produce an optical signal resulting from quenching of a first fluorophore linked to the ligand or sugar-binding molecule and having a fluorescent emission spectrum quenched upon binding or release of glucose. Next the first fluorophore may be excited with light of a certain wavelength. Then at least one wavelength of light in the glucose-dependent optical signal from the fluorophore may be detected with a detector to produce a detected light signal, which may be processed to produce a glucose metric, such as a glucose concentration metric. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660884 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088604 | DeAngelis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. DeAngelis (Edmond, Oklahoma); Alison Sismey-Ragatz (Cassville, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methodology for polymer grafting by a polysaccharide synthase and, more particularly, polymer grafting using the hyaluronate or chondroitin or heparin/heparosan synthases from Pasteurella, in order to create a variety of glycosaminoglycan oligosaccharides having a natural or chimeric or hybrid sugar structure with a targeted size that are substantially monodisperse in size. The present invention also relates to methodology for polymer grafting by a polysaccharide synthase to form glycosaminoglycan polymers having an unnatural structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/906704 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088912 | Guo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peixuan Guo (Mason, Ohio); Stephen M. Hoeprich (Canton, Ohio); Dan Shu (Mason, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A polyvalent multimeric complex formed from a plurality of circularly permuted chimeric pRNA molecules, each carrying a stabilized biologically active moiety. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/539241 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088923 | Romo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Romo (College Station, Texas); Huda Henry-Riyad (Toronto, Canada); Changsuk Lee (College Station, Texas); Henry Nguyen (College Station, Texas); Vikram C. Purohit (Bryan, Texas); Seongho Oh (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a concise synthetic method for generating lactam-fused beta-lactones that feature, in some embodiments, a tertiary fused carbinol, quaternary carbons, and a reactive beta-lactone moiety available for further reactions. The present invention further provides compounds synthesized by this method as well as methods of using these compounds as inhibitors of the proteasome and fatty acid synthase. |
| FILED | Monday, July 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/775216 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088982 | Belcher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angela M. Belcher (Lexington, Massachusetts); Beau R. Peelle (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ki Tae Nam (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional ring structures from M13 viruses were constructed by two genetic modifications encoding binding peptides and synthesis of a heterobifunctional linker molecule. The bifunctional viruses displayed an anti-streptavidin peptide and hexahistidine (SEQ ID NO:4) peptide at opposite ends of the virus as pIII and pIX fusions. Stoichiometric addition of the streptavidin-NiNTA linker molecule led to the reversible formation of virus-based nanorings with circumferences corresponding to lengths of the packageable DNAs. These virus-based ring structures can be further engineered to nucleate inorganic materials and form metallic, magnetic, or semiconductor nanorings using trifunctionalized viruses. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/367824 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Nanotechnology 977/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089073 | Evans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul G. Evans (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado); Guogong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark A. Eriksson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides thin film devices that have been processed on their front- and backside. The devices include an active layer that is sufficiently thin to be mechanically flexible. Examples of the devices include back-gate and double-gate field effect transistors, double-sided bipolar transistors and 3D integrated circuits. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877269 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089196 | Cular et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Cular (Alexandria, Virginia); Venkat R. Bhethanabotla (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Shear-horizontal surface acoustic wave sensors with micro-cavities in the delay paths were studied using finite element methods. The microcavity devices are SAW delay path devices that have the delay path etched with square patterns at various wavelength dimensions and varying depths to increase the dispersion and bulk to surface wave conversion. Additionally the microcavities are filed with polystyrene to act as an inhomogeneous waveguide for further entrapment of wave energy near the device surface. The effects of micro-cavities and grooves on SAW propagation show significantly greater energy transmission than the other structures presented traditional sensors. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/398746 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/313.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089630 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brynmor J. Davis (Champaign, Illinois); Jin Sun (Mountain View, California); John C. Schotland (Merion, Pennsylvania); Paul S. Carney (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and computer program product for imaging an object are disclosed. The object is illuminated with an electromagnetic wave, characterized by a spectrum of illuminating wavevectors. Electromagnetic waves scattered by the object are detected, and are characterized by a spectrum of detected wavevectors. An aperture equal to or smaller than an instantaneous characterizing wavelength of the illuminating electromagnetic wave is disposed between the source and the detector. At least one of the illuminating and detected wavevectors is varied in magnitude to provide information regarding a scattering characteristic of the object. By applying a forward model of the aperture to derive a three-dimensional scattering model, a three-dimensional reconstruction of the object may be obtained by inverting a detected data function in terms of the forward model. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/402177 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089961 | Sahni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sartaj Sahni (Gainesville, Florida); Wencheng Lu (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Ternary content-addressable memories (TCAMs) may be used to obtain a simple and very fast implementation of a router's forwarding engine. The applicability of TCAMs is, however, limited by their size and high power requirement. The present invention provides an improved method and associated algorithms to reduce the power needed to search a forwarding table using a TCAM. Additionally, the present invention teaches how to couple TCAMs and high bandwidth SRAMs so as to overcome both the power and size limitations of a pure TCAM forwarding engine. By using one of the novel TCAM-SRAM coupling schemes (M-12Wb), TCAM memory is reduced by a factor of about 5 on IPv4 data sets and by a factor of about 2.5 on IPv6 data sets; TCAM power requirement is reduced by a factor of about 10 on IPv4 data sets and by a factor of about 6 on IPv6 data sets. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/952289 |
| ART UNIT | 2475 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/389 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090089 | Tischenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon); Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) (Neuherberg, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oleg Tischenko (München, Germany); Christoph Hoeschen (Hebertshausen, Germany); Yuan Xu (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging method for imaging a region of investigation of an object comprises the steps of generating an energy input beam with an energy beam source, irradiating the region of investigation with energy input beam components of the energy input beam along a plurality of projection directions, the energy input beam components being formed with a frame mask being arranged between the energy input beam and the object and including frame mask windows, measuring first integrated attenuation values of the energy input beam components with an outer detector device arranged outside the frame mask, measuring second integrated attenuation values of the energy input beam components with a frame mask detector device being arranged on an inner surface of the frame mask, and reconstructing an image of the region of investigation based on the first and second integrated attenuation values. Furthermore, an imaging device for imaging a region of investigation of an object is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/089199 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telephonic communications 379/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090142 | Tewfik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmed Tewfik (Edina, Minnesota); Bin Zhu (Beijing, China PRC); Mitch Swanson (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for embedding data, such as digital watermarks, in video objects segmented from video frames. Watermarks are embedded such that they move with the object in the video frames. Interframe motion of video objects is estimated and used to modify the watermark accordingly. Methods for detecting embedded data from video objects are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/926942 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090163 | Schuckers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University Research Corp. (Morgantown, West Virginia); WVU Office of Technology Transfer and WVU Business Incubator (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephanie Schuckers (Canton, New York); Aditya Abhyankar (Maharashtra, India); Lawrence Hornak (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for fingerprint liveness detection. In one embodiment, a method for determining fingerprint liveness is provided that comprises receiving a plurality of image analysis data of a fingerprint image; condensing the plurality of image analysis data; and determining liveness of the fingerprint image based upon the condensed data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/870071 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090488 | Agrawal et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Sunil K. Agrawal (Newark, Delaware); James C. Galloway (Elkton, Maryland); Ji-Chul Ryu (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A powered mobility device for advancing cognitive, perceptual and motor abilities of a child lacking natural mobility is disclosed. The device includes a seat sized for the child to be secured therein and a motorized drive assembly coupled to the seat. A local operating instrument is operably coupled to the drive assembly for operating and steering the drive assembly. The local operating instrument is positioned to allow manipulation by the child seated in the seat. A processor is operatively coupled to the motorized drive assembly and to a local steering instrument. The processor is adapted to transmit a signal to the motorized drive assembly and the local steering instrument to control the mobility device. A method for advancing cognitive, perceptual and motor abilities of a child by using the device is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/245169 |
| ART UNIT | 3616 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090730 | Shahabi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Rolfe Schmidt (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods, computer programs and systems that optimize database queries using a wavelet transform of the query. Also provided are methods and systems for optimal disk placement for wavelet data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/310667 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090747 | Kleinberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samantha Kleinberg (New York, New York); Bhubaneswar Mishra (Great Neck, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Exemplary embodiments of system, computer-accessible medium and method can be provided for organizing or analyzing at least two sets of data. The sets of data can be organized and/or analyzed by generating a data structure for the sets of data and comparing the data structure for the at least two sets of data. The data structure can be in the form of a phylogenetic-type tree, and at least one of the sets of the data can include time series data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/124753 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/803 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 08087298 | DiMambro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph DiMambro (Placitas, New Mexico); Dennis P. Roach (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kirk A. Rackow (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ciji L. Nelson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cameron J. Dasch (Boomfield Hills, Michigan); David G. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonic probe deployment device in which an ultrasound-transmitting liquid forms the portion of the ultrasonic wave path in contact with the surface being inspected (i.e., the inspection surface). A seal constrains flow of the liquid, for example preventing the liquid from surging out and flooding the inspection surface. The seal is not rigid and conforms to variations in the shape and unevenness of the inspection surface, thus forming a seal (although possibly a leaky seal) around the liquid. The probe preferably is held in place to produce optimum ultrasonic focus on the area of interest. Use of encoders can facilitate the production of C-scan area maps of the material being inspected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/401321 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/629 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087340 | Hansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.T. Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James G. R. Hansen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Barbara J. Frame (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved ceramic tile armor has a core of boron nitride and a polymer matrix composite (PMC) facing of carbon fibers fused directly to the impact face of the tile. A polyethylene fiber composite backing and spall cover are preferred. The carbon fiber layers are cured directly onto the tile, not adhered using a separate adhesive so that they are integral with the tile, not a separate layer. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/940578 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087476 | Wassell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | APS Technology, Inc. (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Ellsworth Wassell (Houston, Texas); Daniel E. Burgess (Portland, Connecticut); Jason R. Barbely (East Islip, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for damping vibration in a drill string can include a magnetorheological fluid valve assembly having a supply of a magnetorheological fluid, a first member, and a second member capable of moving in relation to first member in response to vibration of the drill bit. The first and second members define a first and a second chamber for holding the fluid. Fluid can flow between the first and second chambers in response to the movement of the second member in relation to the first member. The valve assembly can also include a coil for inducing a magnetic field that alters the resistance of the magnetorheological fluid to flow between the first and second chambers, thereby increasing the damping provided by the valve. A remnant magnetic field is induced in one or more components of the magnetorheological fluid valve during operation that can be used to provide the magnetic field for operating the valve so as to eliminate the need to energize the coils during operation except temporarily when changing the amount of damping required, thereby eliminating the need for a turbine alternator power the magnetorheological fluid valve. A demagnetization cycle can be used to reduce the remnant magnetic field when necessary. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/398983 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087926 | Patrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jupiter Oxygen Corporation (Schiller Park, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Patrick (Chicago, Illinois); Thomas Lilburn Ochs (Albany, Oregon); Cathy Ann Summers (Albany, Oregon); Danylo B. Oryshchyn (Philomath, Oregon); Paul Chandler Turner (Independence, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An oxygen fueled integrated pollutant removal and combustion system includes a combustion system and an integrated pollutant removal system. The combustion system includes a furnace having at least one burner that is configured to substantially prevent the introduction of air. An oxygen supply supplies oxygen at a predetermine purity greater than 21 percent and a carbon based fuel supply supplies a carbon based fuel. Oxygen and fuel are fed into the furnace in controlled proportion to each other and combustion is controlled to produce a flame temperature in excess of 3000 degrees F. and a flue gas stream containing CO2 and other gases. The flue gas stream is substantially void of non-fuel borne nitrogen containing combustion produced gaseous compounds. The integrated pollutant removal system includes at least one direct contact heat exchanger for bringing the flue gas into intimated contact with a cooling liquid to produce a pollutant-laden liquid stream and a stripped flue gas stream and at least one compressor for receiving and compressing the stripped flue gas stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/306437 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Combustion 431/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088056 | Gross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian G Gross (Clinton, Tennessee); Larry A Pierce (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A cermet wire includes at least 1% californium-252 and is characterized by a diameter of no more than 0.0225 inch. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/379824 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088261 | Fan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qinbai Fan (Chicago, Illinois); Renxuan Liu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical cell for producing copper having a dense graphite anode electrode and a dense graphite cathode electrode disposed in a CuCl solution. An anion exchange membrane made of poly(ethylene vinyl alcohol) and polyethylenimine cross-linked with a cross-linking agent selected from the group consisting of acetone, formaldehyde, glyoxal, glutaraldehyde, and mixtures thereof is disposed between the two electrodes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/803627 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088499 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agiltron, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qingwu Wang (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Wenguang Li (Andover, Massachusetts); Hua Jiang (Methuen, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optoelectronic device is disclosed that can function as an emitter of optical radiation, such as a light-emitting diode (LED), or as a photovoltaic (PV) device that can be used to convert optical radiation into electrical current, such as a photovoltaic solar cell. The optoelectronic device comprises an anode, a hole injection/transport layer, an active layer, and a cathode, where the hole injection/transport layer includes transparent conductive nanoparticles in a hole transport material. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/589338 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088503 | Paranthaman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mariappan Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tennessee); Srivatsan Sathyamurthy (Knoxville, Tennessee); Tolga Aytug (Knoxville, Tennessee); Paul N Arendt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Liliana Stan (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Stephen R Foltyn (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconducting article includes a substrate having an untextured metal surface; an untextured barrier layer of La2Zr2O7 or Gd2Zr2O7 supported by and in contact with the surface of the substrate; a biaxially textured buffer layer supported by the untextured barrier layer; and a biaxially textured superconducting layer supported by the biaxially textured buffer layer. Moreover, a method of forming a buffer layer on a metal substrate includes the steps of: providing a substrate having an untextured metal surface; coating the surface of the substrate with a barrier layer precursor; converting the precursor to an untextured barrier layer; and depositing a biaxially textured buffer layer above and supported by the untextured barrier layer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/363035 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088526 | Cai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Cai (Rochester, New York); Akbar Chowdhury (Pittsford, New York); Seth E. Lerner (Honeoye Falls, New York); William S Marley (Rush, New York); David R Savage (Rochester, New York); James K Leary (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for correcting a large fuel cell voltage spread for a split sub-stack fuel cell system. The system includes a hydrogen source that provides hydrogen to each split sub-stack and bleed valves for bleeding the anode side of the sub-stacks. The system also includes a voltage measuring device for measuring the voltage of each cell in the split sub-stacks. The system provides two levels for correcting a large stack voltage spread problem. The first level includes sending fresh hydrogen to the weak sub-stack well before a normal reactive bleed would occur, and the second level includes sending fresh hydrogen to the weak sub-stack and opening the bleed valve of the other sub-stack when the cell voltage spread is close to stack failure. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/334040 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/431 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088627 | Hering et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerosol Dynamics, Inc. (Berkeley, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanne V. Hering (Berkeley, California); Allen H. Goldstein (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for the in-situ, chemical analysis of an aerosol. The method may include the steps of: collecting an aerosol; thermally desorbing the aerosol into a carrier gas to provide desorbed aerosol material; transporting the desorbed aerosol material onto the head of a gas chromatography column; analyzing the aerosol material using a gas chromatograph, and quantizing the aerosol material as it evolves from the gas chromatography column. The apparatus includes a collection and thermal desorption cell, a gas chromatograph including a gas chromatography column, heated transport lines coupling the cell and the column; and a quantization detector for aerosol material evolving from the gas chromatography column. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/008851 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088975 | Apuya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceres, Inc. (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nestor Apuya (Culver City, California); Steven Craig Bobzin (Malibu, California); Joon-Hyun Park (Oak Park, California); Elena Doukhanina (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods for identifying lignin regulatory region-regulatory protein associations are disclosed. Materials and methods for modulating lignin accumulation are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/980276 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089047 | Boatner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BaHelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynn A Boatner (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); James A. Kolopus (Clinton, Tennessee); John S Neal (Knoxville, Tennessee); Joanne Oxendine Ramey (Knoxville, Tennessee); Dariusz J Wisniewski (Torun, Poland) |
| ABSTRACT | New metal-organic materials are useful as scintillators and have the chemical formula LX3(CH3OH)4 where L is Y, Sc, or a lanthanide element, and X is a halogen element. An example of the scintillator materials is CeCl3(CH3OH)4. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/472580 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089073 | Evans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul G. Evans (Madison, Wisconsin); Max G. Lagally (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhenqiang Ma (Middleton, Wisconsin); Hao-Chih Yuan (Lakewood, Colorado); Guogong Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark A. Eriksson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides thin film devices that have been processed on their front- and backside. The devices include an active layer that is sufficiently thin to be mechanically flexible. Examples of the devices include back-gate and double-gate field effect transistors, double-sided bipolar transistors and 3D integrated circuits. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/877269 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089090 | Raffetto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Raffetto (Raleigh, North Carolina); Jayesh Bharathan (Cary, North Carolina); Kevin Haberern (Cary, North Carolina); Michael Bergmann (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); David Emerson (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Ting Li (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor based Light Emitting Device (LED) can include a p-type nitride layer and a metal ohmic contact, on the p-type nitride layer. The metal ohmic contact can have an average thickness of less than about 25 Å and a specific contact resistivity less than about 10−3 ohm-cm2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/191111 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089188 | Thundat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas George Thundat (Knoxville, Tennessee); Charles W. Van Neste (Kingston, Tennessee); Arpad Alexander Vass (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A generator includes a coil of conductive material. A stationary magnetic field source applies a stationary magnetic field to the coil. An internal magnetic field source is disposed within a cavity of the coil to apply a moving magnetic field to the coil. The stationary magnetic field interacts with the moving magnetic field to generate an electrical energy in the coil. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/478562 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089199 | Shu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deming Shu (Darien, Illinois); Jorg M. Maser (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Enhanced mechanical designs are provided for weak-link rotary mechanisms for implementing angular rotations with a defined angular travel range and positioning resolution, for example, with ten-degree-level travel range and ten-nanoradian-level positioning resolution. A weak-link rotary structure has a predetermined pattern for implementing angular rotations with repeatable and reliable angular travel range and positioning resolution including a plurality of connecting links radially extending from a central portion with a predefined angular separation between the connecting links; each said connecting link having at least one pair of weak-link connections; alternate connecting links being coupled to a respective terminal, each said respective terminal being mounted to a connecting carriage; remaining other connecting links being coupled to a respective mounting portion of a mating part of the weak-link rotary structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/815655 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089408 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Smith (Loudon, Tennessee); James A. Moore (Powell, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are described for a navigation system. A process includes providing a plurality of transmitters distributed throughout a desired coverage area; locking the plurality of transmitters to a common timing reference; transmitting a signal from each of the plurality of transmitters. An apparatus includes a plurality of transmitters distributed throughout a desired coverage area; wherein each of the plurality of transmitters comprises a packet generator; and wherein the plurality of transmitters are locked to a common timing reference. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/609883 |
| 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 342/464 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08087250 | Gutmark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ephraim Jeff Gutmark (Cincinnati, Ohio); Steven (nmn) Martens (Ballston Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust nozzle includes a conical duct terminating in an annular outlet. A row of vortex generating duplex tabs are mounted in the outlet. The tabs have compound radial and circumferential aft inclination inside the outlet for generating streamwise vortices for attenuating exhaust noise while reducing performance loss. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/146510 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/770 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087494 | Palumbo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel L. Palumbo (Newport News, Virginia); Jacob Klos (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a composite panel having subsonic transverse wave speed characteristics which has first and second sheets sandwiching a core with at least one of the sheets being attached to the core at first regions thereof and unattached to the core at second regions thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/894326 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Acoustics 181/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088267 | James et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tesla Laboratories (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Ismail James (Madison, Wisconsin); George Stejic (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Controlled electrokinetic transport of constituents of liquid media can be achieved by connecting at least two volumes containing liquid media with at least one dielectric medium with opposing dielectric surfaces in direct contact with said liquid media, and establishing at least one conduit across said dielectric medium, with a conduit inner surface surrounding a conduit volume and at least a first opening and a second opening opposite to the first opening. The conduit is arranged to connect two volumes containing liquid media and includes a set of at least three electrodes positioned in proximity of the inner conduit surface. A power supply is arranged to deliver energy to the electrodes such that time-varying potentials inside the conduit volume are established, where the superposition of said potentials represents at least one controllable traveling potential well that can travel between the opposing conduit openings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/060866 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089070 | Pain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imager apparatus and associated starting material are provided. In one embodiment, an imager is provided including a silicon layer of a first conductivity type acting as a junction anode. Such silicon layer is adapted to convert light to photoelectrons. Also included is a semiconductor well of a second conductivity type formed in the silicon layer for acting as a junction cathode. Still yet, a barrier is formed adjacent to the semiconductor well. In another embodiment, a starting material is provided including a first silicon layer and an oxide layer disposed adjacent to the first silicon layer. Also included is a second silicon layer disposed adjacent to the oxide layer opposite the first silicon layer. Such second silicon layer is further equipped with an associated passivation layer and/or barrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/674608 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090484 | Whorton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Stephen Whorton (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama); John W. Redmon, Jr. (Huntsville, Alabama); Mark D. Cox (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An object in motion has a force applied thereto at a point of application. By moving the point of application such that the distance between the object's center-of-mass and the point of application is changed, the object's orientation can be changed/adjusted. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 12, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/403096 |
| ART UNIT | 3616 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08087386 | Purswell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph L. Purswell (Starkville, Mississippi); Scott L. Branton (Starkville, Mississippi); Edward F. Todd (West Point, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | The automated vaccination system enables an operator to effectively vaccinate large numbers of poultry by motivating the poultry to congregate, and then spraying a vaccination solution in the area of the congregated poultry. In the preferred embodiment, drinking water is withheld from the poultry. The drinking water is then restored so that the poultry congregate around the drinking line. As the poultry gather around the drinking line, a spray bar sprays vaccination solution around the poultry so that the poultry inhale the vaccination solution and are successfully vaccinated. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/718750 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/651 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088366 | Teal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter E. A. Teal (Gainesville, Florida); Don L. Silhacek (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition containing 2-pentylfuran is an effective attractant for the larvae of the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella). The composition may be used alone or with a carrier component. The composition may be used in combination with any insect trapping means known in the art, as required for a specific application. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/365345 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08088970 | Bughrara |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suleiman Bughrara (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present inventions relate to compositions and methods for providing drought resistant grass plants comprising Festuca mairei plant germplasm. Specifically, the inventions relate to providing compositions and methods for introgressing Festuca mairei germplasm and/or specific Festuca mairei genes into grass plants, such as Lolium perenne plants. Further, the invention relates to methods of grass plant breeding comprising genetic markers for identifying the preferred Festuca mairei germplasm introgressed into grass plants, and providing commercially desirable drought resistant cultivars of grass plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/069091 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08088220 | Slack et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Crystal IS, Inc. (Green Island, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen A. Slack (Scotia, New York); Sandra B. Schujman (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with various embodiments, crystalline structures are formed by providing, at a growth temperature, a liquid comprising AlN and having a quality factor greater than approximately 0.14 and forming solid AlN from the liquid, the growth temperature being lower than the melting point of AlN. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/126334 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089062 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device comprising: a substrate, an active layer, and an encapsulating layer comprising at least one wax. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/087881 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08090089 | Tischenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon); Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) (Neuherberg, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oleg Tischenko (München, Germany); Christoph Hoeschen (Hebertshausen, Germany); Yuan Xu (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging method for imaging a region of investigation of an object comprises the steps of generating an energy input beam with an energy beam source, irradiating the region of investigation with energy input beam components of the energy input beam along a plurality of projection directions, the energy input beam components being formed with a frame mask being arranged between the energy input beam and the object and including frame mask windows, measuring first integrated attenuation values of the energy input beam components with an outer detector device arranged outside the frame mask, measuring second integrated attenuation values of the energy input beam components with a frame mask detector device being arranged on an inner surface of the frame mask, and reconstructing an image of the region of investigation based on the first and second integrated attenuation values. Furthermore, an imaging device for imaging a region of investigation of an object is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/089199 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telephonic communications 379/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08090256 | Reisslein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Reisslein (Tempe, Arizona); Martin Maier (Verdun, Canada); Martin Herzog (Montreal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides optical network methods and systems. In one example, a method for handling packets in a node coupled to a ring and star subnetwork may include (a) receiving in the given node a data packet on the ring subnetwork, (b) detecting a failure on the ring subnetwork, (c) determining a new transmission path to the destination node, and (d) sending the data packet along the new transmission path. In another example, an EPON may include (a) a root coupled to a ring and star subnetwork, (b) ONUs coupled to the root via a splitter/combiner and a first fiber link, (c) a second fiber link coupled to a subset of ONUs and the star subnetwork, and (d) a WDM coupler on the first fiber link that separates a first waveband of wavelengths from a second waveband of wavelengths and guides the first waveband to the star. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/867470 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
European Union (EU)
| US 08087705 | Littmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The European Union, represented by the European Commission (, Belgium) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francois Littmann (Cocquio Trevisago, Italy); Piercarlo Tebaldi (Brebbia, Italy); Marco Sironi (Laveno-Mombello, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | A sealing bolt for sealing a container lid to a body with a threaded bore includes a shaft, a head connected to a first shaft end, and a threaded second shaft end engaged with the bore to lock the lid between the head and the body. The bolt includes a security element with a breakable integrity element. The security element comprises a first part arranged at the second shaft end, connected to the shaft with a breakable integrity element therebetween. The first part has a first thread cooperating with the bore, and a second part between the first part and second shaft end includes, a second thread cooperating therewith. An entrainment device disposed between first and second parts such that when the shaft and first part rotate in a tightening direction, second part is entrained. When the shaft and first part rotate in a loosening direction, second part remains stationary. |
| FILED | Monday, December 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/097495 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Closure fasteners 292/307.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 08089006 | Gaucher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian P. Gaucher (Brookfield, Connecticut); Young Hoon Kwark (Chappaqua, New York); Christian Schuster (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit includes an input signal line, a high performance resonant element connected to the input signal line, and an output signal line connected to the high performance resonant element. The high performance resonant element is a via. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/450583 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 08087851 | Jarvis et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | R. Darren Jarvis (Paducah, Kentucky); Michael T. Eck (Paducah, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a process for conveying a powdered material from a storage bin to a delivery destination. The process utilizes an air permeation system within a hopper to facilitate the flow of material. Intermittent blasts of high pressure air are used to clean the air permeation nozzles. After the material flows from the hopper, a screw feeder with a variable speed motor is utilized for processing the material. The powdered material is then guided to a flow measurement instrument which measures the flow of the material through the process. The variable speed motor is responsive to the measurements made by the flow measurement instrument. The material is then transferred into a powdered material feeder where it is pulled through the feeder with gravity and negative pressure. The powdered material feeder then moves the material into a rotary airlock where it is deposited into a pneumatic convey airline. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/741515 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Conveyors: Fluid current 46/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 08088267 | James et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tesla Laboratories (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Ismail James (Madison, Wisconsin); George Stejic (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Controlled electrokinetic transport of constituents of liquid media can be achieved by connecting at least two volumes containing liquid media with at least one dielectric medium with opposing dielectric surfaces in direct contact with said liquid media, and establishing at least one conduit across said dielectric medium, with a conduit inner surface surrounding a conduit volume and at least a first opening and a second opening opposite to the first opening. The conduit is arranged to connect two volumes containing liquid media and includes a set of at least three electrodes positioned in proximity of the inner conduit surface. A power supply is arranged to deliver energy to the electrodes such that time-varying potentials inside the conduit volume are established, where the superposition of said potentials represents at least one controllable traveling potential well that can travel between the opposing conduit openings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/060866 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08087100 | Aguero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Aguero (Roanoke, Virginia); Todd Neff (Salem, Virginia); William Eric Garris (Salem, Virginia); Roy Holmes (Salem, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A helmet mount for night vision apparatus wherein night vision goggles can be coupled and uncoupled to its power pack without the use of tools and wherein the power pack can be coupled and uncoupled to a helmet without the use of tools. When an aviator wearing a helmet with night vision apparatus so mounted, is ejected from his aircraft both the goggles and the power pack are released from the helmet. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/944942 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparel 02/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08087297 | Ludwiczak |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Damian R. Ludwiczak (Medina, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and a retrofit kit for removing debris from a surface of a material. At least one vibration subunit is provided which is either embedded within or operatively connected to a back surface of the material. The vibration subunits are capable of converting a driving energy to a vibrating mechanical output energy which is coupled to the material. At least one external energy source is provided which is operatively connected to the vibration subunits. The external energy source is capable of providing the driving energy to the vibration subunits. The vibrating mechanical energy is capable of causing debris to be removed from the surface of the material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/336622 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089033 | Zank et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Zank (Brookline, New Hampshire); Paul D. Zemany (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for attacking a plurality of dispersed targets are herein presented. In particular, the method and apparatus herein presented allow the user to upload target data onto a pod mounted on a host aircraft. Upon reaching the pre loaded target location, the pod releases a plurality of individually targeted Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs), thereby allowing the user to attack a plurality of dispersed targets from a single aircraft standing off at a significant distance from the target area. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/214477 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08089677 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeuronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Sang H. Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Glen C. King (Yorktown, Virginia); Sang-Hyon Chu (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic optical grating device and associated method for modulating light is provided that is capable of controlling the spectral properties and propagation of light without moving mechanical components by the use of a dynamic electric and/or magnetic field. By changing the electric field and/or magnetic field, the index of refraction, the extinction coefficient, the transmittivity, and the reflectivity of the optical grating device may be controlled in order to control the spectral properties of the light reflected or transmitted by the device. |
| FILED | Sunday, June 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/135180 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, January 03, 2012.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2012/fedinvent-patents-20120103.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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