| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7618500 |
Corrosion resistant amorphous metals and methods of forming corrosion resistant amorphous metals |
November 17, 2009 |
| A system for coating a surface comprises providing a source of amorphous metal, providing ceramic particles, and applying the amorphous metal and the ceramic particles to the surface by a spray. The coating comprises a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains one or more |
| 7615942 |
Cast dielectric composite linear accelerator |
November 10, 2009 |
| A linear accelerator having cast dielectric composite layers integrally formed with conductor electrodes in a solventless fabrication process, with the cast dielectric composite preferably having a nanoparticle filler in an organic polymer such as a thermosetting resin. By incorporat |
| 7612896 |
Optically measuring interior cavities |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method of measuring the three-dimensional volume or perimeter shape of an interior cavity includes the steps of collecting a first optical slice of data that represents a partial volume or perimeter shape of the interior cavity, collecting additional optical slices of data that rep |
| 7611903 |
System for trapping and storing gases for subsequent chemical reduction to solids |
November 3, 2009 |
| A system for quantitatively reducing oxide gases. A pre-selected amount of zinc is provided in a vial. A tube is provided in the vial. The zinc and the tube are separated. A pre-selected amount of a catalyst is provided in the tube. Oxide gases are injected into the vial. The vial, tube, |
| 7611524 |
Guide wire extension for shape memory polymer occlusion removal devices |
November 3, 2009 |
| A flexible extension for a shape memory polymer occlusion removal device. A shape memory polymer instrument is transported through a vessel via a catheter. A flexible elongated unit is operatively connected to the distal end of the shape memory polymer instrument to enhance maneuvera |
| 7603858 |
Harmonic engine |
October 20, 2009 |
| A high efficiency harmonic engine based on a resonantly reciprocating piston expander that extracts work from heat and pressurizes working fluid in a reciprocating piston compressor. The engine preferably includes harmonic oscillator valves capable of oscillating at a resonant freque |
| 7601286 |
Polymer-based platform for microfluidic systems |
October 13, 2009 |
| A method of forming a polymer-based microfluidic system platform using network building blocks selected from a set of interconnectable network building blocks, such as wire, pins, blocks, and interconnects. The selected building blocks are interconnectably assembled and fixedly posit |
| 7592602 |
Dual-sided coded-aperture imager |
September 22, 2009 |
| In a vehicle, a single detector plane simultaneously measures radiation coming through two coded-aperture masks, one on either side of the detector. To determine which side of the vehicle a source is, the two shadow masks are inverses of each other, i.e., one is a mask and the other |
| 7591834 |
Shape memory system with integrated actuation using embedded particles |
September 22, 2009 |
| A shape memory material with integrated actuation using embedded particles. One embodiment provides a shape memory material apparatus comprising a shape memory material body and magnetic pieces in the shape memory material body. Another embodiment provides a method of actuating a dev |
| 7591197 |
Biobriefcase aerosol collector |
September 22, 2009 |
| A system for sampling air and collecting particles entrained in the air that potentially include bioagents. The system comprises providing a receiving surface, directing a liquid to the receiving surface and producing a liquid surface. Collecting samples of the air and directing the |
| 7587236 |
Optical spectroscopy for the detection of ischemic tissue injury |
September 8, 2009 |
| An optical method and apparatus is utilized to quantify ischemic tissue and/or organ injury. Such a method and apparatus is non-invasive, non-traumatic, portable, and can make measurements in a matter of seconds. Moreover, such a method and apparatus can be realized through optical f |
| 7587103 |
Method for ultrafast optical deflection enabling optical recording via serrated or graded light |
September 8, 2009 |
| In one general embodiment, a method for deflecting an optical signal input into a waveguide is provided. In operation, an optical input signal is propagated through a waveguide. Additionally, an optical control signal is applied to a mask positioned relative to the waveguide such that th |
| 7585815 |
High throughput protein production screening |
September 8, 2009 |
| Methods, compositions, and kits for the cell-free production and analysis of proteins are provided. The invention allows for the production of proteins from prokaryotic sequences or eukaryotic sequences, including human cDNAs using PCR and IVT methods and detecting the proteins through |
| 7578976 |
Sleeve reaction chamber system |
August 25, 2009 |
| A chemical reaction chamber system that combines devices such as doped polysilicon for heating, bulk silicon for convective cooling, and thermoelectric (TE) coolers to augment the heating and cooling rates of the reaction chamber or chambers. In addition the system includes non-silic |
| 7576499 |
Sequentially pulsed traveling wave accelerator |
August 18, 2009 |
| A sequentially pulsed traveling wave compact accelerator having two or more pulse forming lines each with a switch for producing a short acceleration pulse along a short length of a beam tube, and a trigger mechanism for sequentially triggering the switches so that a traveling axial |
| 7573001 |
Self-seeded single-frequency laser peening method |
August 11, 2009 |
| A method of operating a laser to obtain an output pulse having a single wavelength, comprises inducing an intracavity loss into a laser resonator having an amount that prevents oscillation during a time that energy from the pump source is being stored in the gain medium. Gain is built up |
| 7569850 |
Lipid bilayers on nano-templates |
August 4, 2009 |
| A lipid bilayer on a nano-template comprising a nanotube or nanowire and a lipid bilayer around the nanotube or nanowire. One embodiment provides a method of fabricating a lipid bilayer on a nano-template comprising the steps of providing a nanotube or nanowire and forming a lipid bilaye |
| 7564241 |
Isotopic imaging via nuclear resonance fluorescence with laser-based Thomson radiation |
July 21, 2009 |
| The present invention utilizes novel laser-based, high-brightness, high-spatial-resolution, pencil-beam sources of spectrally pure hard x-ray and gamma-ray radiation to induce resonant scattering in specific nuclei, i.e., nuclear resonance fluorescence. By monitoring such fluorescenc |
| 7555143 |
Real-time geo-registration of imagery using COTS graphics processors |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method of performing real-time geo-registration of high-resolution digital imagery using existing graphics processing units (GPUs) already found in current personal computers, rather than the main central processing unit (CPU). Digital image data captured by a camera (along with in |
| 7552017 |
Tailpulse signal generator |
June 23, 2009 |
| A tailpulse signal generating/simulating apparatus, system, and method designed to produce electronic pulses which simulate tailpulses produced by a gamma radiation detector, including the pileup effect caused by the characteristic exponential decay of the detector pulses, and the random |
| 7550735 |
GaTe semiconductor for radiation detection |
June 23, 2009 |
| GaTe semiconductor is used as a room-temperature radiation detector. GaTe has useful properties for radiation detectors: ideal bandgap, favorable mobilities, low melting point (no evaporation), non-hygroscopic nature, and availability of high-purity starting materials. The detector can b |
| 7548576 |
Self organization of wireless sensor networks using ultra-wideband radios |
June 16, 2009 |
| A novel UWB communications method and system that provides self-organization for wireless sensor networks is introduced. The self-organization is in terms of scalability, power conservation, channel estimation, and node synchronization in wireless sensor networks. The UWB receiver in |
| 7546603 |
Flexible feature interface for multimedia sources |
June 9, 2009 |
| A flexible feature interface for multimedia sources system that includes a single interface for the addition of features and functions to multimedia sources and for accessing those features and functions from remote hosts. The interface utilizes the export statement: export "C" D11Export |
| 7545269 |
Cellular telephone-based wide-area radiation detection network |
June 9, 2009 |
| A network of radiation detection instruments, each having a small solid state radiation sensor module integrated into a cellular phone for providing radiation detection data and analysis directly to a user. The sensor module includes a solid-state crystal bonded to an ASIC readout pr |
| 7544978 |
Lipid nanotube or nanowire sensor |
June 9, 2009 |
| A sensor apparatus comprising a nanotube or nanowire, a lipid bilayer around the nanotube or nanowire, and a sensing element connected to the lipid bilayer. Also a biosensor apparatus comprising a gate electrode; a source electrode; a drain electrode; a nanotube or nanowire operatively |
| 7535029 |
Material system for tailorable white light emission and method for making thereof |
May 19, 2009 |
| A method of processing a composite material to tailor white light emission of the resulting composite during excitation. The composite material is irradiated with a predetermined power and for a predetermined time period to reduce the size of a plurality of nanocrystals and the number of |
| 7534402 |
Method for forming a chemical microreactor |
May 19, 2009 |
| Disclosed is a chemical microreactor that provides a means to generate hydrogen fuel from liquid sources such as ammonia, methanol, and butane through steam reforming processes when mixed with an appropriate amount of water. The microreactor contains capillary microchannels with inte |
| 7527659 |
Metal hydride fuel storage and method thereof |
May 5, 2009 |
| Disclosed herein is a metal hydride fuel storage cartridge having integrated resistive heaters that can be used in conjunction with fuel cells such as MEMS-based fuel cells. The cartridge is fabricated using micromachining methods and thin/thick film materials synthesis techniques. |
| 7519488 |
Signal processing method and system for noise removal and signal extraction |
April 14, 2009 |
| A signal processing method and system combining smooth level wavelet pre-processing together with artificial neural networks all in the wavelet domain for signal denoising and extraction. Upon receiving a signal corrupted with noise, an n-level decomposition of the signal is performe |
| 7504265 |
Amphiphilic mediated sample preparation for micro-flow cytometry |
March 17, 2009 |
| A flow cytometer includes a flow cell for detecting the sample, an oil phase in the flow cell, a water phase in the flow cell, an oil-water interface between the oil phase and the water phase, a detector for detecting the sample at the oil-water interface, and a hydrophobic unit oper |
| 7503230 |
Biobriefcase aerosol collector heater |
March 17, 2009 |
| A system for sampling air and collecting particles potentially including bioagents entrained in the air for detection. The system comprises collecting a sample of the air with the particles entrained in the air, directing the sample to a receiving surface, directing a liquid to the r |
| 7503229 |
Biobriefcase electrostatic aerosol collector |
March 17, 2009 |
| A system for sampling air and collecting particles entrained in the air comprising a receiving surface, a liquid input that directs liquid to the receiving surface and produces a liquid surface, an air input that directs the air so that the air with particles entrained in the air imp |
| 7494778 |
Nucleotide sequences specific to Francisella tularensis and methods for the detection of Francis |
February 24, 2009 |
| Described herein is the identification of nucleotide sequences specific to Francisella tularensis that serves as a marker or signature for identification of this bacterium. In addition, forward and reverse primers and hybridization probes derived from these nucleotide sequences that |
| 7494773 |
Nucleotide sequences specific to Brucella and methods for the detection of Brucella |
February 24, 2009 |
| Nucleotide sequences specific to Brucella that serves as a marker or signature for identification of this bacterium were identified. In addition, forward and reverse primers and hybridization probes derived from these nucleotide sequences that are used in nucleotide detection methods |
| 7494772 |
Nucleotide sequences specific to Yersinia pestis and methods for the detection of Yersinia pesti |
February 24, 2009 |
| Nucleotide sequences specific to Yersinia pestis that serve as markers or signatures for identification of this bacterium were identified. In addition, forward and reverse primers and hybridization probes derived from these nucleotide sequences that are used in nucleotide detection m |
| 7492117 |
Electromagnetic variable degrees of freedom actuator systems and methods |
February 17, 2009 |
| The present invention provides a variable reluctance actuator system and method that can be adapted for simultaneous rotation and translation of a moving element by applying a normal-direction magnetic flux on the moving element. In a beneficial example arrangement, the moving element in |
| 7478598 |
Oscillation damping means for magnetically levitated systems |
January 20, 2009 |
| The present invention presents a novel system and method of damping rolling, pitching, or yawing motions, or longitudinal oscillations superposed on their normal forward or backward velocity of a moving levitated system. |
| 7464614 |
Offline solid phase microextraction sampling system |
December 16, 2008 |
| An offline solid phase microextraction (SPME) sampling apparatus for enabling SPME samples to be taken a number of times from a previously collected fluid sample (e.g. sample atmosphere) stored in a fused silica lined bottle which keeps volatile organics in the fluid sample stable for |
| 7463982 |
Liquid class predictor for liquid handling of complex mixtures |
December 9, 2008 |
| A method of establishing liquid classes of complex mixtures for liquid handling equipment. The mixtures are composed of components and the equipment has equipment parameters. The first step comprises preparing a response curve for the components. The next step comprises using the res |
| 7463690 |
Multi-channel time-reversal receivers for multi and 1-bit implementations |
December 9, 2008 |
| A communication system for transmitting a signal through a channel medium comprising digitizing the signal, time-reversing the digitized signal, and transmitting the signal through the channel medium. In one embodiment a transmitter is adapted to transmit the signal, a multiplicity of |
| 7462518 |
Silicone metalization |
December 9, 2008 |
| A system for providing metal features on silicone comprising providing a silicone layer on a matrix and providing a metal layer on the silicone layer. An electronic apparatus can be produced by the system. The electronic apparatus comprises a silicone body and metal features on the s |
| 7462089 |
Material for electrodes of low temperature plasma generators |
December 9, 2008 |
| Material for electrodes of low temperature plasma generators. The material contains a porous metal matrix impregnated with a material emitting electrons. The material uses a mixture of copper and iron powders as a porous metal matrix and a Group IIIB metal component such as Y.sub.2O. |
| 7460605 |
Time reversal communication system |
December 2, 2008 |
| A system of transmitting a signal through a channel medium comprises digitizing the signal, time-reversing the digitized signal, and transmitting the signal through the channel medium. The channel medium may be air, earth, water, tissue, metal, and/or non-metal. |
| 7452666 |
Synthesis of DNA |
November 18, 2008 |
| A method of synthesizing a desired double-stranded DNA of a predetermined length and of a predetermined sequence. Preselected sequence segments that will complete the desired double-stranded DNA are determined. Preselected segment sequences of DNA that will be used to complete the de |
| 7446314 |
Superconducting gamma and fast-neutron spectrometers with high energy resolution |
November 4, 2008 |
| Superconducting Gamma-ray and fast-neutron spectrometers with very high energy resolution operated at very low temperatures are provided. The sensor consists of a bulk absorber and a superconducting thermometer weakly coupled to a cold reservoir, and determines the energy of the inci |
| 7442517 |
Method for the detection of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis |
October 28, 2008 |
| Described herein is the identification of a novel Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis locus that serves as a marker for DNA-based identification of this bacterium. In addition, three primer pairs derived from this locus that may be used in a nucleotide detection method to detect |
| 7440858 |
Poynting-vector based method for determining the bearing and location of electromagnetic sources |
October 21, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus is utilized to determine the bearing and/or location of sources, such as, alternating current (A.C.) generators and loads, power lines, transformers and/or radio-frequency (RF) transmitters, emitting electromagnetic-wave energy for which a Poynting-Vector can b |
| 7440568 |
Bipolar pulse forming line |
October 21, 2008 |
| A bipolar pulse forming transmission line module for linear induction accelerators having first, second, third, fourth, and fifth planar conductors which form an interleaved stack with dielectric layers between the conductors. Each conductor has a first end, and a second end adjacent |
| 7440121 |
Optically measuring interior cavities |
October 21, 2008 |
| A method of measuring the three-dimensional volume or perimeter shape of an interior cavity includes the steps of collecting a first optical slice of data that represents a partial volume or perimeter shape of the interior cavity, collecting additional optical slices of data that rep |
| 7438987 |
Carbon fuel particles used in direct carbon conversion fuel cells |
October 21, 2008 |
| A system for preparing particulate carbon fuel and using the particulate carbon fuel in a fuel cell. Carbon particles are finely divided. The finely dividing carbon particles are introduced into the fuel cell. A gas containing oxygen is introduced into the fuel cell. The finely divided |
