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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7666897 | Analogs of indole-3-carbinol metabolites as chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents Novel compounds useful as chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents are provided. The compounds are analogs of indole-3-carbinol metabolites wherein the structures and substituents of the compounds are selected to enhance the compounds' overall efficacy, particula... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7657120 | Method and apparatus for determination of text orientation The present invention relates to a method for determining the orientation of text, so that the text can be correctly read. In one embodiment, the method analyzes the “open” portions of text characters to determine in which direction the open portions face. By de... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653520 | Method for combining decision procedures with satisfiability solvers The invention provides bounded model checking of a program with respect to a property of interest comprising unfolding the program for a number of steps to create a program formula; translating the property of interest into an automaton; encoding the transition syst... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7649276 | Wave powered generation Described herein are marine devices and methods that convert mechanical energy in one or more waves to mechanical energy that is better suited for conversion into electrical energy. The marine devices employ a mechanical energy conversion system that harnesses wave ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7648513 | Surgical manipulator for a telerobotic system The invention is directed to manipulator assembly (2) for holding and manipulating a surgical instrument (14) in a telerobotic system. The assembly comprises a base (6) fixable by passive or power driven positioning devices to a surface, such as... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7638554 | Flavanoids as chemotherapeutic, chemopreventive, and antiangiogenic agents Compounds useful as chemotherapeutic, chemopreventive, and antiangiogenic agents are provided. The compounds are flavanoids, including flavanones, flavanols, and chalcones. The compounds have the structure of formula (I) wh... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7620268 | Method and apparatus for recognizing text in an image sequence of scene imagery An apparatus and a concomitant method for detecting and recognizing text information in a captured imagery. The present method transforms the image of the text to a normalized coordinate system before performing OCR, thereby yielding more robust recognition performa... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7610199 | Method and apparatus for obtaining complete speech signals for speech recognition applications The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for obtaining complete speech signals for speech recognition applications. In one embodiment, the method continuously records an audio stream comprising a sequence of frames to a circular buffer. When a user co... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7608989 | Compliant electroactive polymer transducers for sonic applications Described herein are compliant electroactive polymer transducers for use in acoustic applications. A compliant electroactive polymer transducer includes a compliant electroactive polymer at least two electrodes. For sound production, circuitry in electrical communic... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7598652 | Mechanical meta-materials The present invention provides meta-materials with an actively controllable mechanical property. The meta-material includes a deformable structure and a set of activation elements. The activation elements are controllable between multiple states. The meta-material i... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7598651 | Mechanical meta-materials The present invention provides meta-materials with an actively controllable mechanical property. The meta-material includes a deformable structure and a set of activation elements. The activation elements are controllable between multiple states. The meta-material i... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7594260 | Network surveillance using long-term and short-term statistical profiles to determine suspicious network activity A method of network surveillance includes receiving network packets handled by a network entity and building at least one long-term and a least one short-term statistical profile from a measure of the network packets that monitors data transfers, errors, or network ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592926 | Light-emitting diode assembly for use in heads-up display systems of propeller-driven aircraft Described is a heads-up display system for an aircraft having a rotating propeller assembly. The heads-up display system includes an electrical interconnection sheet and a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) electrically connected to the electrical interconnec... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592408 | Olefin copolymers containing hydrolytically cleavable linkages and use thereof in degradable products The invention is directed to olefin copolymers composed of nonhydrolyzable monomer units and hydrolyzable monomer units, the latter resulting from copolymerization of monomers containing a linkage that is hydrolytically cleavable in the presence of aqueous base or a... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592021 | Bioadhesive delivery system for transmucosal delivery of beneficial agents Formulations and methods for transmucosal delivery of a beneficial agent are described in which a pH-responsive component and a temperature-responsive component are combined and applied to a mucous membrane. The temperature-responsive component is a component that, ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7582858 | Apparatus and method of moving micro-droplets using laser-induced thermal gradients Described are an apparatus and method of moving micro-droplets. A surface has a liquid phase thereon. In the liquid phase is a droplet. Focused at an edge of the droplet is a beam of light. The light beam produces a thermal gradient sufficient to induce the droplet ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7574334 | Formal methods for modeling and analysis of hybrid systems A technique based on the use of a quantifier elimination decision procedure for real closed fields and simple theorem proving to construct a series of successively finer qualitative abstractions of hybrid automata is taught. The resulting abstractions are always dis... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571095 | Method and apparatus for recognizing speech in a noisy environment An apparatus and a concomitant method for recognizing speech in a noisy environment are provided. The present method includes applying a first interpolation weight to a clean speech model to produce a weighted clean speech model, applying a second interpolation weig... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7567681 | Surface deformation electroactive polymer transducers The present invention provides electroactive polymer transducers that produce out-of-plane deflections. The transducers form a set of surface features based on deflection of an electroactive polymer. The set of surface features may include elevated polymer surface f... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7559969 | Methods and apparatuses for producing metallic compositions via reduction of metal halides The present invention is generally directed towards a method for producing a solid metallic composition by reacting a gaseous metal halide with a reducing agent are described. In one embodiment, the method includes reacting a gaseous metal halide with a reducing age... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7557456 | Wave powered generation using electroactive polymers Described herein are systems and methods that use an electroactive polymer transducer to convert mechanical energy, originally contained in one or more waves, to electrical energy. Marine devices described herein may employ a mechanical energy conversion system that... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7554787 | Wall crawling devices Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive dev... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551419 | Electroadhesion Described herein is electroadhesion technology that permits controllable adherence between two objects. Electroadhesion uses electrostatic forces of attraction produced by an electrostatic adhesion voltage, which is applied using electrodes in an electroadhesive dev... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7537197 | Electroactive polymer devices for controlling fluid flow The invention describes devices for controlling fluid flow, such as valves. The devices may include one or more electroactive polymer transducers with an electroactive polymer that deflects in response to an application of an electric field. The electroactive polyme... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7485978 | Compliant walled combustion devices for producing mechanical and electrical energy Combustion devices described herein comprise a compliant combustion chamber wall or segment. The compliant segment deforms during combustion in the combustion chamber. Some devices may include a compliant wall configured to stretch responsive to pressure generated b... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7477571 | Method for detecting vibrations in a biological organism using real-time vibration imaging The present invention provides a method for detecting vibration information by receiving electromagnetic radiation reflected or emitted from a biological organism at a light amplitude modulation detector array to provide real-time imaging of the target object. The d... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7468575 | Electroactive polymer electrodes Described herein are transducers, their use and fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. The present invention further relates to compliant electrodes that conform to the shape of a polymer included in a transducer. ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7456549 | Electroactive polymer motors The present invention relates to mechanical-electrical power conversion systems. The systems comprise one or more electroactive polymers that convert between electrical and mechanical energy. When a voltage is applied to electrodes contacting an electroactive polyme... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7439733 | System and method of magnetically sensing position of a moving component A position-sensing system magnetically senses the position of a first component moving with respect to a second component. A magnetically hard layer on the first component provides a recording medium. Information is magnetically recorded in regions of the magnetical... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436099 | Electroactive polymer pre-strain The present invention provides electroactive polymers, transducers and devices that maintain pre-strain in one or more portions of an electroactive polymer. Electroactive polymers described herein may include a pre-strained portion and a stiffened portion configured... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429610 | Analogs of indole-3-carbinol metabolites as chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents Novel compounds useful as chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents are provided. The compounds are analogs of indole-3-carbinol metabolites wherein the structures and substituents of the compounds are selected to enhance the compounds' overall efficacy, particula... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7417119 | Nanoscale array biomolecular bond enhancer device The invention teaches the use of an addressable nanoscale device to create a programmable substrate useful in selectively attracting proteins, nucleating protein crystals and growing protein crystals of a size amenable to diffraction analysis. Further taught is the ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411332 | Electroactive polymer animated devices The present invention relates to animated devices that include one or more electroactive polymer transducers. When actuated by electrical energy, an electroactive polymer produces mechanical deflection in one or more directions. This deflection may be used to produc... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403980 | Methods and apparatus for scalable, distributed management of virtual private networks A groupware management system for collaborative groups is disclosed that is scalable to support large, dynamic, multiple, and other virtual VPNs. The system may introduce a graph (or hierarchical) structure to the VPN, providing multiple master nodes controlling mem... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399817 | Olefin copolymers containing hydrolytically cleavable linkages and use thereof in degradable products The invention is directed to olefin copolymers composed of nonhydrolyzable monomer units and hydrolyzable monomer units, the latter resulting from copolymerization of monomers containing a linkage that is hydrolytically cleavable in the presence of aqueous base or a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394182 | Electroactive polymer devices for moving fluid The invention describes devices for performing thermodynamic work on a fluid, such as pumps, compressors and fans. The thermodynamic work may be used to provide a driving force for moving the fluid. Work performed on the fluid may be transmitted to other devices, su... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7378783 | Electroactive polymer torsional device The present invention relates to mechanical-electrical power conversion systems. The systems comprise one or more electroactive polymers that convert between electrical and mechanical energy. When a voltage is applied to electrodes contacting an electroactive polyme... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379993 | Prioritizing Bayes network alerts This invention uses Bayesian techniques to prioritize alerts or alert groups generated by intrusion detection systems and other information security devices, such as network analyzers, network monitors, firewalls, antivirus software, authentication services, host an... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375675 | Method and system for multiple target class data recording, processing and display for over-the-horizon radar A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable an over-the-horizon-radar (OTHR) system to detect and track multiple target classes simultaneously, where target classes are defined by the speed and acceleration of the tracked objects. The OTHR is tasked in a starin... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368862 | Electroactive polymer generators The present invention relates to transducers, their use and fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. Some transducers of the present invention include a pre-strained polymer. The pre-strain improves the conversion between electr... | 05/06/2008 |