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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7720614 | Method for identification of -regulatory modules via computational analysis of single polynucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions/deletions (indels) A computational method is described which uses the process of cis-regulatory module evolution to identify conserved sequence patches which exhibit suppression of change by snp/indel occurrence, including determining sequence similarities significantly greater than r... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7717363 | Degradable polymers and methods of preparation thereof The present invention provides polymers which substantially degrade in the presence of one or more triggers, preferably light energy or hydrogen peroxide, but does not substantially degrade in the absence of one or more triggers. ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716552 | Interleaved serial concatenation forming turbo-like codes A turbo-like code is formed by repeating the signal, coding it, and interleaving it. A serial concatenated coder is formed of an inner coder and an outer coder separated by an interleaver. The outer coder is a coder which has rate greater than one e.g. a repetition ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7715018 | 3-dimensional imaging by acoustic warping and defocusing The present invention relates to a system for three-dimensional (3-D) acoustic imaging of a scattering structure using information from a two-dimensional (2-D) image. The system uses a characterized sensor array to emit a signal from the sensor array into an object ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7713701 | DNA-binding polymers Methods and compositions are provided for forming complexes between dsDNA and novel DNA-binding polymers comprising N-terminal thiophene-containing moieties which exhibit selectivity for T-A base pairs. By appropriate choice of target sequences and DNA-binding polym... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711157 | Artificial intelligence systems for identifying objects A process for object identification comprising extracting object shape features and object color features from digital images of an initial object and storing the extracted object shape features and object color features in a database where said extracted object sha... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7706887 | Method for integrating pre-fabricated chip structures into functional electronic systems A method (and resulting structure) for fabricating a sensing device. The method includes providing a substrate comprising a surface region and forming an insulating material overlying the surface region. The method also includes forming a film of carbon based materi... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706365 | Randomized distributed network coding A network and a method for transmitting processes in a network are disclosed, where a randomized coding approach is provided. Network nodes transmit on each outgoing link a linear combination of incoming signals, specified by independently and randomly chosen code c... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7704715 | Peroxide-driven cytochrome P450 oxygenase variants The invention relates to novel variants of cytochrome P450 oxygenases. These variants have an improved ability to use peroxide as an oxygen donor as compared to the corresponding wild-type enzyme. These variants also have an improved thermostability as compared to t... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7704322 | Microfluidic free interface diffusion techniques A static fluid and a second fluid are placed into contact along a microfluidic free interface and allowed to mix by diffusion without convective flow across the interface. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the fluids are static and initiall... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700297 | Artery- and vein-specific proteins and uses therefor Arterial and venous endothelial cells are molecularly distinct from the earliest stages of angiogenesis. This distinction is revealed by expression on arterial cells of a transmembrane ligand, called EphrinB2 whose receptor EphB4 is expressed on venous cells. Target... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7700157 | Method of producing regular arrays of nano-scale objects using nano-structured block-copolymeric materials A method of forming a periodic array of nano-scale objects using a block copolymer, and nano-scale object arrays formed from the method are provided. The method for forming the arrays generally includes the steps of depositing a block copolymer of at least two block... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7696361 | Chemical reagents capable of selective attachment to and reaction with peptides and proteins Biomimetic reagents capable of selectively forming non-covalent complexes and initiating intermolecular reactions with peptides in the gas phase are described. The reagents are particularly useful in gas phase peptides chemistry. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7695849 | Low Pt content direct methanol fuel cell anode catalyst: nanophase PtRuNiZr A method for the preparation of a metallic material having catalytic activity that includes synthesizing a material composition comprising a metal content with a lower Pt content than a binary alloy containing Pt but that displays at least a comparable catalytic act... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693363 | Plasmostor: a-metal-oxide-si field effect plasmonic modulator The invention is a system and method for performing all-optical modulation. A semiconductor layer having a defined thickness has an insulator adjacent one surface of the semiconductor. Conductive layers are provided adjacent the semiconductor layer and the insulator... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693235 | Reduced complexity coding system using iterative decoding A concatenated coding scheme, using an outer coder, interleaver, and the inner coder inherent in an FQPSK signal to form a coded FQPSK signal. The inner coder is modified to enable interative decoding of the outer code. ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693052 | Method and apparatus for network congestion control using queue control and one-way delay measurements The invention provides a congestion control scheme that is a delay based scheme that includes a scalable queue size and one-way queueing delay measurement to reduce network congestion. Queue size is managed by queue control, a scalable utility function, dynamic alph... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7692952 | Nanoscale wire coding for stochastic assembly Methods for obtaining codes to be implemented in coding nanoscale wires are described. The methods show how to code a reduced number of nanoscale wires through the use of rotation group codes. The methods further show how to generate different code permutations thro... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7692141 | Polymer based electrospray nozzle for mass spectrometry A MEMS device with an overhanging ‘polymer’ capillary provides vital and significant improvements in interfacing a MEMS electrospray nozzle to an MS inlet or other macroscopic instrumentation. The fabrication methodology associated therewith is easily expanded t... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7691616 | Cytochrome P450 oxygenases Nucleic acids encoding cytochrome P450 variants are provided. The cytochrome P450 variants of have a higher alkane-oxidation capability, alkene-oxidation capability, and/or a higher organic-solvent resistance than the corresponding wild-type or parent cytochrome P45... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7691604 | MRG polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same The invention relates generally to novel genes expressed in normal but not neurogenin-1-deficient animals. The invention relates specifically to a novel family of G protein-coupled receptors and a novel family of two-transmembrane segment proteins that are expressed... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7687773 | Sub-millimeter wave frequency heterodyne detector system The present invention relates to sub-millimeter wave frequency heterodyne imaging systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sub-millimeter wave frequency heterodyne detector system for imaging the magnitude and phase of transmitted power through... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684868 | Microfabricated devices for wireless data and power transfer This invention relates to the design and fabrication of micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) for applications in such varied fields as the biomedical, micro-fluidics and chemical analysis fields. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7683183 | Emissive monomeric metal complexes Monomeric metal complexes having improved luminescence properties are provided. In one embodiment, a monomeric metal complex is represented by the formula [PN]M(L)2. PN is an amidophosphine ligand, and M may be any metal capable of exhibiting luminescent ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7683180 | Group 8 transition metal carbene complexes as enantionselective olefin metathesis catalysts The invention pertains to the use of Group 8 transition metal carbene complexes as catalysts for olefin cross-metathesis reactions, and for enantioselective reactions in particular. The synthesis of these complexes and details of their use as catalysts is also provi... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680147 | Data transmission system and method A method of transmitting data packets, where randomness is added to the schedule. Universal broadcast schedules using encoding and randomization techniques are also discussed, together with optimal randomized schedules and an approximation algorithm for finding near... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678547 | Velocity independent analyte characterization The present invention provides apparatuses for determining velocity independent analyte characteristic parameters and methods for using the same. In one particular aspect, the present invention provides a velocity independent flow cytometry. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7671702 | 2D transmission line-based apparatus and method A power combiner comprising an LC lattice structure is shown, together with a method for generating a planar wave front. The LC structure can comprise constant or voltage dependent capacitors. Either the delay or the characteristic impedance of the two-dimensional t... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671587 | Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods are disclosed. They include a portable low field (SQUID)-based MRI instrument and a portable low field SQUID-based MRI system to be operated under a bed where a subject is adapted to be located. Also disclosed is a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670471 | Method and apparatus for analysis and sorting of polynucleotides based on size The invention relates to a microfabricated device and methods of using the device for analyzing and sorting polynucleotide molecules by size. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668212 | Optically triggered Q-switched photonic crystal laser and method of switching the same An improvement in a method of controlling lasing in a semiconductor laser fabricated in a photonic crystal laser having a plurality of holes into which a birefringent material with low refractive losses and low optical loses with controllable spatial refractive inde... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7662113 | Fingertip tracker A method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture provide the ability to utilize fingertip tracking technology during the course of a medical examination. A sensor is mounted on a fingertip of a finger of a first person. Such a sensor is communicatively couple... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7656706 | Storing information in a memory Systems and methods, including computer software products, can be used to update or modify data stored in a memory. One or more variables are represented with one or more cell values in a memory. Each variable is associated with one or more of the cell values. Multi... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656510 | Stream-wise thermal gradient cloud condensation nuclei chamber A cloud condensation nuclei instrument including an aerosol flow line (320) to carry a desired sample to the CNN chamber (310) and a temperature control unit (313A, 313B) to provide a monotonically increasing temperature profile along the... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651862 | Method and apparatus for distributed sensing of volatiles using a long period fiber grating sensor with modulated plastic coating for environmental monitoring Optical time domain reflectometry caused by absorption of a volatile or analyte into the fiber optic cladding is used an optical nose. The fiber optics (14) are covered with a gas permeable film (44) which is patterned to leave millimeter wide gas perm... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7646249 | Cross-differential amplifier A cross-differential amplifier is provided. The cross-differential amplifier includes an inductor connected to a direct current power source at a first terminal. A first and second switch, such as transistors, are connected to the inductor at a second terminal. A fi... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643714 | Nanophotonic devices in silicon Systems and methods for manipulating light with high index contrast waveguides clad with substances having that exhibit large nonlinear electro-optic constants χ2 and χ3. Waveguides fabricated on SOI wafers and clad with electro-optic polymer... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640116 | Method for detection of selected chemicals in an open environment The present invention relates to a space-invariant independent component analysis and electronic nose for detection of selective chemicals in an unknown environment, and more specifically, an approach to analysis of sensor responses to mixtures of unknown chemicals ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639363 | Electro-optic imaging Fourier transform spectrometer An Electro-Optic Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (EOIFTS) for Hyperspectral Imaging is described. The EOIFTS includes an input polarizer, an output polarizer, and a plurality of birefringent phase elements. The relative orientations of the polarizers and bire... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7638503 | Small molecule stimulators of neuronal growth Provided herein are small molecule stimulators of neuronal growth, their preparation, and their use for treatment of neurological disorders. In one embodiment, provided herein are methods of treatment, prevention, or amelioration of a variety of medical conditions a... | 12/29/2009 |
