| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE37759 |
Coiled membrane filtration system |
June 25, 2002 |
| A method and apparatus for achieving reverse osmosis, microfiltration, nanofiltration and ultrafiltration, produces Dean vortices against a membrane surface which is advantageously in a form of a wound helical membrane tube. |
| 7411221 |
Light emitting device having protection element and method of manufacturing the light emitting d |
August 12, 2008 |
| A light emitting device having a monolithic protection element and a method of fabricating the light emitting device are provided. The light emitting device includes: a light emitter having a cathode and an anode; and the resistive protection element connected to the light emitter in |
| 7393443 |
Methods of identifying kinetically stable proteins |
July 1, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a fast and efficient means for identifying kinetically stable proteins. As used herein the term "kinetically stable protein" means a protein that is trapped in a specific conformation due to an unusually high unfolding barrier that results in very slow |
| 7368280 |
Detection of biospecific interactions using amplified differential time domain spectroscopy sign |
May 6, 2008 |
| A method for detecting specific associations between a tethered molecule and an untethered target molecule. The method comprises (1) selecting a tethered molecule; (2) alternately impinging THz radiation onto the tethered molecule and onto a sample including the tethered and untethered |
| 7366132 |
Loss tolerant transmission control protocol |
April 29, 2008 |
| Provided are apparatuses and methods for transmitting or receiving data packets in a data block in a communication network with a transport protocol. In one example, a loss tolerant TCP protocol is used in which a maximum segment size (MSS) may be adapted to a minimum granularity of a |
| 7332552 |
Low odor chain transfer agents for controlled radical polymerization |
February 19, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to low odor .alpha.-cyano-dithiocarboxylic ester compounds of formula I for use as chain transfer agents in free radical polymerizations, and polymerization processes employing them: ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from alkyl, substituted alk |
| 7323414 |
Method for polishing a substrate surface |
January 29, 2008 |
| According to one aspect of the invention, an improved process for preparing a surface of substrate is provided wherein the surface of the substrate is prepared for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process, the CMP process is performed on the surface of the substrate, and the sur |
| 7317066 |
Liquid crystal polymers |
January 8, 2008 |
| Liquid crystal polyester derived from phenylene-naphthalene monomers and one or more comonomers display an improved balance of properties, including low melt viscosity, fast cycle time in molding, very low mold shrinkage, high tensile and/or flexural strength, solvent resistance, exc |
| 7306337 |
Calibration-free gaze tracking under natural head movement |
December 11, 2007 |
| A method and computer system for tracking eye gaze. A camera is focused on an eye of subject viewing a gaze point on a screen while directing light toward the eye. Eye gaze data pertaining to a glint and pupil image of the eye in an image plane of the camera is sampled. Eye gaze paramete |
| 7285842 |
Siloxane epoxy polymers as metal diffusion barriers to reduce electromigration |
October 23, 2007 |
| Structures employing siloxane epoxy polymers as diffusion barriers adjacent conductive metal layers are disclosed. The siloxane epoxy polymers exhibit excellent adhesion to conductive metals, such as copper, and provide an increase in the electromigration lifetime of metal lines. In |
| 7284459 |
Remote center of rotation positioning device |
October 23, 2007 |
| A system for positioning an object about a remote center of rotation. A non-movable part provides a stationary reference structure. A movable part moves relative to the non-movable part. A connector coupled between the movable part and the object positions the object adjacent the remote |
| 7267958 |
Biocatalytic solgel microarrays |
September 11, 2007 |
| A system and method for conducting high-throughput interactions between test compositions and analytes, comprising one or more test compositions, and a plurality of independent micromatrices, wherein each said micromatrix encapsulates at least one said test composition; and said micr |
| 7265226 |
1-alkyl-4-(3-substitutedphenyl)piperidines |
September 4, 2007 |
| 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure I in which A is --CH.sub.2--OH, --CH.sub.2NH.sub.2, --NHSO.sub.2CH.sub.3, ##STR00001## and Y is O, S or NOH are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. ## |
| 7262298 |
4-hydroxybenzomorphans |
August 28, 2007 |
| 4-Hydroxybenzomorphans containing carboxamide or thiocarboxamide at the 3-position are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. |
| 7258438 |
Retinal flux density meter and method of use |
August 21, 2007 |
| A system for approximating flux density of light on a human retina. A housing has an opening allowing light to pass to inside the housing. A baffle coupled to the housing replicates a facial cutoff function response for the light inside the housing. Two detectors are positioned to de |
| 7253946 |
Microscope with extended field of vision |
August 7, 2007 |
| An optical system is provided for creating a mosaic image of a large field of view through a microscope at fast refresh rates of about 25 Hz with a high resolution that is free of blurring or aberrations. The optical system includes an objective lens assembly (20), an iris (30), one or |
| 7253119 |
Passivated nanoparticles, method of fabrication thereof, and devices incorporating nanoparticles |
August 7, 2007 |
| A plurality of semiconductor nanoparticles having an elementally passivated surface are provided. These nanoparticles are capable of being suspended in water without substantial agglomeration and substantial precipitation on container surfaces for at least 30 days. The method of maki |
| 7246054 |
Discrete event simulation system and method |
July 17, 2007 |
| Lookback is defined as the ability of a logical process to change its past locally (without involving other logical processes). Logical processes with lookback are able to process out-of-timestamp order events, enabling new synchronization protocols for the parallel discrete event simula |
| 7244670 |
Enhanced step coverage of thin films on patterned substrates by oblique angle PVD |
July 17, 2007 |
| A method and an apparatus for fabricating an integrated circuit entail directing a vapor flux toward a substrate surface from a plurality of directions associated with a plurality of azimuth angles, and selecting a deposition angle of the vapor flux, relative to a normal incidence, to |
| 7242010 |
GaSe crystals for broadband terahertz wave detection |
July 10, 2007 |
| A broad bandwidth detector to measure intensity information of terahertz (THz) frequency pulses. The detector includes: coupling optics coupled to a coherent optical source; a GaSe substrate aligned such that the probe beam path intersects a first surface at a phase-matching angle; a |
| 7239775 |
High repetition rate, linear, true time optical delay line |
July 3, 2007 |
| An optical delay line for use with an optical source including input/output optics optically coupled to the optical source and a curved mirror with a reflective surface that is centered about an evolute curve of the delay line to retro-reflect light traveling along a delay line beam |
| 7235593 |
Command-cure adhesives |
June 26, 2007 |
| Reactive adhesive compositions that can be activated with actinic radiation, manipulated for an extended time and then cured thermally are disclosed. The prepolymer mixture for the reactive adhesive contains a catalyst component and a monomer/oligomer component. The monomer or oligom |
| 7230245 |
Field induced THz wave emission microscope |
June 12, 2007 |
| A device for use with a source of radiation to provide a THz emission image representing a sample. The device comprises a substrate, a metallic probe having a tip adjacent to the substrate surface and a source of AC bias coupled between the probe tip and substrate. Radiation generated by |
| 7217404 |
Method of transforming carbon nanotubes |
May 15, 2007 |
| A method of transforming a carbon single wall nanotube (SWNT) is provided. The method comprises exposing the SWNT to light having a power sufficient to ignite or reconstruct the SWNT such that the SWNT is ignited or reconstructed by the exposure to the light. |
| 7217348 |
Methods of identifying kinetically stable proteins |
May 15, 2007 |
| The present invention provides a fast and efficient means for identifying kinetically stable proteins. As used herein the term "kinetically stable protein" means a protein that is trapped in a specific conformation due to an unusually high unfolding barrier that results in very slow |
| 7202159 |
Diffusion barriers comprising a self-assembled monolayer |
April 10, 2007 |
| The present invention provides a method for forming a diffusion barrier layer, a diffusion barrier in an integrated circuit and an integrated circuit. The method for forming a diffusion barrier involves the following steps: 1) preparing a silicon substrate; 2) contacting the silicon |
| 7202030 |
Solid-phase array-based biocatalytic transformations |
April 10, 2007 |
| This invention relates to the enzymatic synthesis of oligophenols on solid support by sequential enzymatic addition of reaction solutions containing phenols. The oligomers are then selectively built up on the solid surface. When used in a specific format, the oligomers can be generated |
| 7190531 |
Concentrating type solar collection and daylighting system within glazed building envelopes |
March 13, 2007 |
| A Fresnel lens including a substantially polygonal focusing portion adapted to focus solar radiation to a area having the same geometry as the focusing portion of the lens. Also a solar module including the Fresnel collecting lens and a substantially polygonal photovoltaic cell. The |
| 7189430 |
Directed assembly of highly-organized carbon nanotube architectures |
March 13, 2007 |
| A method of controllably aligning carbon nanotubes to a template structure to fabricate a variety of carbon nanotube containing structures and devices having desired characteristics is provided. The method allows simultaneous, selective growth of both vertically and horizontally cont |
| 7189324 |
High-affinity, low molecular-mass displacers for ion-exchange chromotography |
March 13, 2007 |
| A method for separating one or more components of a biomolecule mixture by means of an ion exchange chromatographic system operated in the displacement mode includes sequentially perfusing the system with a first solution including the biomolecule mixture, and a second solution inclu |
| 7177798 |
Natural language interface using constrained intermediate dictionary of results |
February 13, 2007 |
| A method for processing a natural language input provided by a user includes: providing a natural language query input to the user; performing, based on the input, a search of one or more language-based databases; providing, through a user interface, a result of the search to the use |
| 7177486 |
Dual bootstrap iterative closest point method and algorithm for image registration |
February 13, 2007 |
| An iterative method and associated algorithm for performing image registration to map features in a first image to corresponding features in a second image in accordance with a transformation model. Upon convergence of a parameter vector associated with the model, a current bootstrap |
| 7175439 |
Training device for extinguishing fires, method and system of use thereof |
February 13, 2007 |
| Devices for training in extinguishing fires comprising a control unit and a flame generation unit as well as methods and systems of use thereof are presented. |
| 7172682 |
Enzyme immobilization for electroosmotic flow |
February 6, 2007 |
| Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus of immobilizing a biocatalyst on a microfluidic biochip for conducting reactions in the presence of electroosmotic flow. The biochip includes a polymer on its microfluidic flow surfaces, wherein the polymer includes a first substituent selected |
| 7157879 |
On-hardware optimization of stepper-motor system performance |
January 2, 2007 |
| Apparatus for optimizing performance of a stepper motor includes interaction between on-hardware system drivers and a host controlling computer through an intermediate target computer. The command instructions from the host computer are optimized by the interaction using an objective |
| 7148311 |
Liquid crystal polymers |
December 12, 2006 |
| Liquid crystal polyester derived from phenylene-naphthalene monomers and one or more comonomers display an improved balance of properties, including low melt viscosity, fast cycle time in molding, very low mold shrinkage, high tensile and/or flexural strength, solvent resistance, exc |
| 7144797 |
Semiconductor device having multiple-zone junction termination extension, and method for fabrica |
December 5, 2006 |
| A semiconductor device includes a graded junction termination extension. A method for fabricating the device includes providing a semiconductor layer having a pn junction, providing a mask layer adjacent to the semiconductor layer, etching the mask layer to form at least two laterall |
| 7129491 |
Diffraction mode terahertz tomography |
October 31, 2006 |
| A method of obtaining a series of images of a three-dimensional object. The method includes the steps of transmitting pulsed terahertz (THz) radiation through the entire object from a plurality of angles, optically detecting changes in the transmitted THz radiation using pulsed laser |
| 7119339 |
Transmission mode terahertz computed tomography |
October 10, 2006 |
| A method of obtaining a series of images of a three-dimensional object by transmitting pulsed terahertz (THz) radiation through the entire object from a plurality of angles, optically detecting changes in the transmitted THz radiation using pulsed laser radiation, and constructing a |
| 7117070 |
Power flow controller responsive to power circulation demand for optimizing power transfer |
October 3, 2006 |
| A power flow controller responsive to power circulation demand for optimizing power transfer is disclosed. When a power flow controller operates at its rated capacity, it can no longer regulate from-bus voltage set-points, line power flow set-points, or both. In such cases, the power |
| 7116157 |
High output impedance current source |
October 3, 2006 |
| A circuit for applications such as electrical impedance tomography includes a voltage-to-current converter having an input for receiving a voltage waveform and an output for outputting a current waveform to a load at an output resistance for the voltage-to-current converter. The volt |
| 7091254 |
Analytical instruments for monitoring photopolymerization |
August 15, 2006 |
| An apparatus for continuously monitoring a photopolymerization reaction in real time by optical pyrometry includes a housing having a chamber; a sample mount that may be disposed within the chamber; a light source for supplying light to induce a photopolymerization reaction in a monomer |
| 7087902 |
Fresnel lens tomographic imaging |
August 8, 2006 |
| Systems and methods for reconstructing a plurality of images of an object. An exemplary system includes a radiation source adapted to emit radiation at a plurality of frequencies; a lens with frequency-dependent focal length, such as a Fresnel lens, adapted to receive radiation modified |
| 7081674 |
Polyelectrolyte nanolayers as diffusion barriers in semiconductor devices |
July 25, 2006 |
| The present invention provides a diffusion barrier useful in an integrated circuit, which serves to prevent the migration of material from a conductive layer to the underlying substrate and further provides improved adhesion of the conductive layer to the substrate. The diffusion bar |
| 7072515 |
Method and apparatus for automatically tracing line-structure images |
July 4, 2006 |
| A method for rapid, fully automatic, two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) tracing of line-structure images, such as images of neurons produced by fluorescence confocal microscopy. A method of recursively following the line-structure topology, guided by the correlation re |
| 7070276 |
Apparatus and method for accommodative stimulation of an eye and simultaneous ipsilateral accomm |
July 4, 2006 |
| An apparatus comprising an accommodative stimulation device, an electromagnetic wave exposure device, and an imaging device. The apparatus acquires imaging information about an eye by means of the electromagnetic wave exposure device and the imaging device as the apparatus simultaneo |
| 7057035 |
N-hydroxysuccinimide process for conversion of phenols to carboxamides |
June 6, 2006 |
| A process for converting an aryl triflate, heteroaryl triflate, aryl halide or heteroaryl halide to an N-hydroxysuccinimido ester is disclosed. The process involves reacting the triflate or halide with carbon monoxide and N-hydroxysuccinimide in a solvent in the presence of a palladi |
| 7045968 |
Self-commissioning daylight switching system |
May 16, 2006 |
| A method of commissioning a switch to control an electric luminaire in an indoor space responsive to signals from a photosensor. A first plurality of sensor signal values is calculated when the photosensor is disposed at a first location within the space. A second plurality of sensor sig |
| 7037838 |
Method for polishing a substrate surface |
May 2, 2006 |
| According to one aspect of the invention, an improved process for preparing a surface of substrate is provided wherein the surface of the substrate is prepared for a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process, the CMP process is performed on the surface of the substrate, and the sur |
| 7026716 |
Self-assembled sub-nanolayers as interfacial adhesion enhancers and diffusion barriers |
April 11, 2006 |
| An electrical device is disclosed. The electrical device includes a substrate, and a self-assembled molecular layer on the substrate. The self-assembled molecular layer comprises a plurality of molecules, each molecule comprising a first end proximate to the substrate and a second en |
