| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7414481 |
Receiver with colpitts differential oscillator, colpitts quadrature oscillator, and common-gate |
August 19, 2008 |
| Embodiments of the present invention include a common-gate amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, a transistor having a source, a drain, and a gate, four inductors, and two capacitors, and a negative amplification circuitry. The negative amplification circuitry ha |
| 7409530 |
Method and apparatus for compressing VLIW instruction and sharing subinstructions |
August 5, 2008 |
| A VLIW instruction format is introduced having a set of control bits which identify subinstruction sharing conditions. At compilation the VLIW instruction is analyzed to identify subinstruction sharing opportunities. Such opportunities are encoded in the control bits of the instruction. |
| 7402659 |
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor molecules and uses thereof |
July 22, 2008 |
| The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provi |
| 7395967 |
Methods and systems for counterbalancing a scanning beam device |
July 8, 2008 |
| Methods and system for counterbalancing accelerations and/or torques caused by actuation of an actuation element and a scanning element. A scanning beam device may comprise a counterbalance to generate forces and/or torques that are substantially equal and substantially opposite to t |
| 7391013 |
Scanning beam device with detector assembly |
June 24, 2008 |
| The present invention provides scanning beam devices that have one or more detectors positioned within a housing of the device. The detector(s) may be disposed anywhere within the housing to receive light reflected from the target area. In one embodiment, an optical assembly of the devic |
| 7387747 |
Method of making thermal interface material (TIM) with carbon nanotubes (CNT) |
June 17, 2008 |
| According to embodiments of the present invention, a very thin thermal interface material (TIM) is developed, which is composed of carbon nanotubes, silicon thermal grease, and chloroform. The carbon nanotubes and chloroform comprise the filler and the silicone thermal grease compris |
| 7387327 |
Structure and system for occupant protection in a side impact automobile collision and methods o |
June 17, 2008 |
| A system for managing an occupant in an occupant compartment of an automotive vehicle, a structure for use in an automobile, and methods of use thereof are provided for protecting an occupant during a near side impact collision. |
| 7383426 |
Processor employing loadable configuration parameters to reduce or eliminate setup and pipeline |
June 3, 2008 |
| A deep-pipeline system substantially reduces the overhead of setup delays and pipeline delays by dynamically controlling access of a plurality of configuration register sets by both a host central processing unit (CPU) and the stages of the pipelines. A master configuration register set |
| 7374778 |
Enhanced transport using membrane disruptive agents |
May 20, 2008 |
| Compositions and methods for transport or release of therapeutic and diagnostic agents or metabolites or other analytes from cells, compartments within cells, or through cell layers or barriers are described. The compositions include a membrane barrier transport enhancing agent and a |
| 7368119 |
Compositions and methods for WT1 specific immunotherapy |
May 6, 2008 |
| Compositions and methods for the therapy of malignant diseases, such as leukemia and cancer, are disclosed. The compositions comprise one or more of a WT1 polynucleotide, a WT1 polypeptide, an antigen-presenting cell presenting a WT1 polypeptide, an antibody that specifically binds to a |
| 7364886 |
Chemical sensor enhanced by direct coupling of redox enzyme to conductive surface |
April 29, 2008 |
| The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for detecting electrochemical oxidoreduction activity mediated by a redox enzyme at a site remote from the enzyme. In one embodiment, the method comprises immobilizing the redox enzyme on a first region of a conductive surface and |
| 7363299 |
Computing probabilistic answers to queries |
April 22, 2008 |
| A system that supports arbitrarily complex SQL queries with "uncertain" predicates. The query semantics are based on a probabilistic model and the results are ranked, much like in Information Retrieval, based upon their probability. An optimization algorithm is employed that can effi |
| 7358359 |
Antibacterial agents |
April 15, 2008 |
| Antibacterial compounds of formula I are provided: ##STR00001## As well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compoun |
| 7357915 |
Method of imaging cell death in vivo |
April 15, 2008 |
| A method of imaging apoptosis in vivo, using radiolabeled annexin, is described. |
| 7353797 |
Combustion chamber for internal combustion engine |
April 8, 2008 |
| A geometry for an IC combustion chamber is disclosed that increases the air-fuel mixing efficiency within the chamber. The piston head includes a squish surface portion for generating a squish jet, and a bowl portion that cooperatively with the cylinder head defines a combustion volume. |
| 7353117 |
Computation of wall thickness |
April 1, 2008 |
| A method for automatic vessel wall thickness measurement at any point along the perimeter of either luminal or outer vessel wall boundaries. The method employs both Delaunay triangulation and multiresolution tiling. The MaxMin angle property of the Delaunay triangulation is used to d |
| 7352467 |
Surface plasmon resonance imaging system and method |
April 1, 2008 |
| A surface plasmon resonance imaging system (40) and method is provided. The system (40) includes a light source (42) comprising a light-emitting diode (LED) array that is positioned at the focal point of a collimating lens (44). The light source (42) and collimating lens (44) are used to |
| 7351813 |
Liver-specific gene expression cassettes, and methods of use |
April 1, 2008 |
| In one aspect, the present invention provides nucleic acid expression cassettes that are predominantly expressed in the mammalian liver. The present invention also provides vectors comprising a nucleic acid expression cassette that is predominantly expressed in the mammalian liver. T |
| 7349098 |
Simultaneous beam-focus and coherence-gate tracking for real-time optical coherence tomography |
March 25, 2008 |
| Method and apparatus for achieving dynamic focus tracking during real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) by simultaneously implementing geometric focus tracking (GFT) and coherence gate tracking (CGT). GFT tracking involves changing a position of the focal point of the OCT probe |
| 7348570 |
Unsupported, electron transparent films and related methods |
March 25, 2008 |
| Unsupported, electron transparent film useful in supporting a sample for imaging and analysis by transmission electron microscopy; methods for making and using the unsupported, electron transparent film; and an integrally formed combination of an unsupported, electron transparent fil |
| 7346520 |
Performing predictive pricing based on historical data |
March 18, 2008 |
| Techniques are described for using predictive pricing information for items to assist in evaluating buying and/or selling decisions in various ways, such as on behalf of end-user item acquirers and/or intermediate item providers. The predictive pricing for an item may be based on an |
| 7346259 |
Thermally reversibly crosslinkable polymer as cladding material for electro-optic devices |
March 18, 2008 |
| A polymeric cladding material, cladded waveguides, devices that include cladded waveguides, and methods for using the cladding material. The polymeric cladding material is a thermally reversibly crosslinkable polymer having high conductivity above its glass transition temperature. |
| 7340381 |
Characterization of radio frequency (RF) signals using wavelet-based parameter extraction |
March 4, 2008 |
| Embodiments of the present invention apply wavelets to radio frequency (RF) signals to extract specific characteristics (e.g., jitter, phase variations, frequency variations) so that their timing, phase, and frequency components can be characterized. In one embodiment of the present |
| 7340083 |
Method and system for atherosclerosis risk scoring |
March 4, 2008 |
| A method for characterizing the risk associated with atherosclerosis is disclosed. The method uses one or more images of cross-sections of the artery or other vessel of interest to identify and locate components of the atherosclerotic deposit, including any hemorrhage, necrotic core, and |
| 7333700 |
Scanning apparatus and endoscope |
February 19, 2008 |
| An endoscope includes a generally cylindrical optical waveguide, an light source emitting a laser beam, and a generally annular photodiode. The optical waveguide is provided at the distal end of the endoscope. The light source is on or near the center axis of the optical waveguide for |
| 7329410 |
Compositions and method for WT1 specific immunotherapy |
February 12, 2008 |
| A method for enhancing or inducing an immune response to WT1 is disclosed. In particular, the method comprises administering to a patient an immunogenic composition comprising an isolated polypeptide consisting of amino acids 1-249 of WT1 and a non-specific immune response enhancer. |
| 7315756 |
Multi-slice double inversion-recovery black-blood imaging with simultaneous slice re-inversion |
January 1, 2008 |
| A multi-slice double inversion recovery (DIR) pulse sequence with read out of a signal for imaging successive slices implemented on a magnetic resonance image scanner. In the method, when the DIR pulse sequence is applied before imaging each slice, a slab-selective inversion re-inverts |
| 7314968 |
Transgenic fish and .beta.-catenin signaling pathway model |
January 1, 2008 |
| The present invention is directed a Lef1/.beta.-catenin-dependent reporter and to transgenic fish containing this reporter. The present invention is also directed to the use of the reporter and the transgenic fish as a model for the .beta.-catenin signaling pathway. The model is useful f |
| 7314724 |
Therapeutic applications of laminin and laminin-derived protein fragments |
January 1, 2008 |
| Laminin and specific laminin-derived protein fragments are disclosed as potent inhibitors of Alzheimer's disease type amyloidoses. A specific region is identified within laminin which interacts with the Alzheimer's disease beta-amyloid protein and contributes to the observed inhibitory |
| 7312879 |
Distance determination in a scanned beam image capture device |
December 25, 2007 |
| Methods, systems, and devices can determine spatial relationships between a probe and a target surface. Specular reflections from the target surface vary dramatically with small changes in angle between the scanning beam and the target surface, and as the geometry of the beam scanner |
| 7312059 |
Thermostable polymerases having altered fidelity and methods of identifying and using same |
December 25, 2007 |
| The present invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity. The method consists of generating a random population of polymerase mutants by mutating at least one amino acid residue of a thermostable polymerase and screening the population |
| 7312025 |
Methods and systems for extended in vitro culture of neuronal cells |
December 25, 2007 |
| A cell culture system related to extended in vitro culture of mature neuronal cells and methods for preparing the cell culture system are provided. In a preferred embodiment the invention provides a cell culture system comprising a mixture of mature neuronal retinal cells and cells i |
| 7311723 |
Scanning laser device and methods of use |
December 25, 2007 |
| In one aspect, the invention provides vision prosthesis systems. Exemplary vision prosthesis systems of the invention comprise a light energy generator operably connected to a wearable head piece comprising a device for directing light energy produced by the light energy generator onto a |
| 7307173 |
Pyrroline chromophores |
December 11, 2007 |
| Electron acceptor compounds, nonlinear optical chromophores, methods for making the compounds and chromophores, and materials and electro-optic devices that include the chromophores. |
| 7300962 |
Hydrogels formed by non-covalent linkages |
November 27, 2007 |
| In one aspect, the present invention provides hydrogels comprising polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein substantially all the polymer molecules are cross-linked by hydrogen bonds between polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein each bridging molecule is linked to at |
| 7298938 |
Configuration memory for a scanning beam device |
November 20, 2007 |
| The present invention provides a memory element for providing compatibility information and/or parametric data about a scanning beam device to a universal base station. The present invention provides a memory coupled to the scanning beam device that provides parametric data, such as |
| 7298541 |
Green electrochromic (EC) material and device |
November 20, 2007 |
| Three green EC materials based on thiophene, and a green EC material based on pyrazine are disclosed. A first thiophene derivative (2,3-Di-thiophen-2-yl-thieno[3,4-b]pyrazine), which was previously investigated as a nonlinear optical material, is here disclosed for its use as an EC m |
| 7296318 |
Toothbrush employing an acoustic waveguide |
November 20, 2007 |
| A power toothbrush (10) is disclosed having a handle (15) containing a rechargeable battery (12), an ultrasonic drive circuit (14), a sonic component (16) such as a motor, and a control unit (18). The handle is connected to a toothbrush head (20) preferably having a plurality of bris |
| 7295724 |
Polymer based distributive waveguide sensor for pressure and shear measurement |
November 13, 2007 |
| According to embodiments of the present invention, a distributed pressure and shear stress sensor includes a flexible substrate, such as PDMS, with a waveguide formed thereon. Along the waveguide path are several Bragg gratings. Each Bragg grating has a characteristic Bragg wavelength th |
| 7292389 |
Circular extinction contrast imaging microscope |
November 6, 2007 |
| Systems and methods for producing circular extinction (CE) contrast images of anisotropic samples. Microscope systems for determining circular extinction (CE), the differential transmission of left and right circularly polarized light resulting from circular dichroism (CD) of an anis |
| 7282709 |
Charged particle beam detection system |
October 16, 2007 |
| A charged particle beam detection system that includes a Faraday cup detector array (FCDA) for position-sensitive charged particle beam detection is described. The FCDA is combined with an electronic multiplexing unit (MUX) that allows collecting and integrating the charge deposited |
| 7280016 |
Design of membrane actuator based on ferromagnetic shape memory alloy composite for synthetic je |
October 9, 2007 |
| A membrane actuator includes a magnetically actuatable membrane and a magnetic trigger. The membrane includes a shape memory alloy (SMA), and the magnetic trigger is configured to induce a martensitic transformation in the SMA, to produce a larger force than would be achievable with |
| 7276345 |
Method for identifying candidate compounds that bind to a human type IX adenylyl cyclase polypep |
October 2, 2007 |
| The invention relates to novel human adenylyl cyclase nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. Also provided are vectors, host cells, recombinant methods for making and using the novel molecules and methods for identifying compounds which bind to the adenylyl cyclase proteins. |
| 7271007 |
Microscale diffusion immunoassay |
September 18, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining presence and concentration of analytes by exploiting molecular binding reactions and differential diffusion rates. Analyte particles and binding particles are allowed to diffuse toward each other, and slowing of the diffusion front |
| 7268188 |
Reversible crosslinking method for making an electro-optic polymer |
September 11, 2007 |
| A crosslinkable second-order nonlinear optical polymer having one or more polarizable chromophore moieties, one or more diene moieties, and one or more dienophile or dienophile precursor moieties, wherein the diene and dienophile moieties are reactive to form 4+2 cycloaddition products; |
| 7267654 |
Focused shock-wave devices with direct wave cavitation suppressor |
September 11, 2007 |
| A reflector (14) reflects energy emitting from an energy source (16) and focuses and directs it to a target. An aperture stop or suppressor disk (18) is positioned between the energy source (16) and target. The outer periphery of the aperture stop or suppressor disk (18) is an irregular |
| 7258837 |
Microfluidic device and surface decoration process for solid phase affinity binding assays |
August 21, 2007 |
| This invention provides a microfluidic device for use in the detection of one or more analytes in a fluid using solid-phase affinity binding assays. The device offers a practical, easy-to-use, portable, inexpensive, robust analytical system for the parallel and quantitative detection |
| 7256923 |
Switchable window based on electrochromic polymers |
August 14, 2007 |
| Syntheses of a new blue EC monomer (ProDOT-MePro), and a new red EC monomer (ProDOP-Et2) are described. Two additional new types of EC monomers based on 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene include fluorinated EC monomers and an EC monomer including silicon. EC polymer devices having more than |
| 7252236 |
Methods of driving a scanning beam device to achieve high frame rates |
August 7, 2007 |
| The present invention provides methods and systems for scanning an illumination spot over a target area. The present invention removes stored energy from a scanning element to stop the scanning element from vibrating and to substantially return the scanning element to its starting po |
| 7247703 |
Immune reactivity to HER-2/neu protein for diagnosis and treatment of malignancies in which the |
July 24, 2007 |
| Methods for the detection, monitoring and treatment of malignancies in which the HER-2/neu oncogene is associated are disclosed. Detection of specific T cell activation (e.g., by measuring the proliferation of T cells) in response to in vitro exposure to the HER-2/neu protein, or det |
