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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7968159 | Vacuum insulation panel A vacuum insulation panel (VIP) in an example comprises first and second walls and a plurality of tensile elements. The first and second walls are structurally coupled to allow formation of a vacuum cavity between the first and second walls. The plurality of tensile... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7943527 | Surface preparation for thin film growth by enhanced nucleation Various processes and related systems are provided for making structures on substrate surfaces. Disclosed are methods of making a structure supported by a substrate by providing a substrate having a receiving surface and exposing at least a portion of the receiving ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943491 | Pattern transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp The present invention provides methods, systems and system components for transferring, assembling and integrating features and arrays of features having selected nanosized and/or microsized physical dimensions, shapes and spatial orientations. Methods of the presen... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7550442 | Nucleoside analog inhibitors of reverse transcriptase Compounds of formula (XXIII), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof, are inhibitors of reverse transcriptase: R4 is a nucleoside with Q substituting a 3′ hydroxyl group, and Q is a moiety of... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548637 | Method for detecting objects in an image using pair-wise pixel discriminative features A method for detecting an object in an image includes calculating a log L likelihood of pairs of pixels at select positions in the image that are derived from training images. The calculated log L likelihood of the pairs of pixels is compared with a threshold value.... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7535034 | PNP light emitting transistor and method A semiconductor light-emitting transistor device, including: a bipolar pnp transistor structure having a p-type collector, an n-type base, and a p-type emitter; a first tunnel junction coupled with the collector, and a second tunnel junction coupled with the emitter... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7531338 | Purified and isolated heparan sulfate 3--sulfotransferase isoform 5 nucleic acids and polypeptides and therapeutic and screening methods using same 3-OST-5 proteins, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. Recombinant host cells, recombinant nucleic acids and recombinant proteins are also disclosed, along with methods of producing each. Isolated and purified antibodies to 3-OST-5 homologs, and methods of ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528384 | Methods and devices for characterizing particles in clear and turbid media The invention provides methods and devices for detecting, identifying, classifying and characterizing particles in a fluid sample. Optical analyzers are provided having a rotating and/or translating sample container for measuring the concentrations of fluorescent pa... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527972 | Uses of bispecific antibody coated dendritic cells pulsed with antigens and GM-CSF in immune regulation GM-CSF administered before immunization exerted a sustained suppressive effect against the induction of myasthenia gravis (MG). This suppression was associated with lowered serum autoantibody levels, reduced T cell proliferative responses to AChR, and an expansion i... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7523650 | Multifunctional probe array system A probe array for includes a handle, a first probe and a second probe. The first probe has a first shank, connected to the handle, and a first tip; and the second probe has a second shank, connected to the handle, and second tip. The first tip contains a different m... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7521394 | Nanoparticles containing titanium oxide A titanium oxide nanoparticle includes anatase titanium oxide, and may be a nanofiber having a minimum dimension less than 200 nanometers and having an aspect ratio greater than 20:1. A titanium oxide nanoparticle including anatase titanium oxide may include a dopan... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521292 | Stretchable form of single crystal silicon for high performance electronics on rubber substrates The present invention provides stretchable, and optionally printable, semiconductors and electronic circuits capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed. Stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the pre... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516671 | Sensor chip and apparatus for tactile and/or flow sensing A sensor chip, comprising a flexible, polymer-based substrate, and at least one microfabricated sensor disposed on the substrate and including a conductive element. The at least one sensor comprises at least one of a tactile sensor and a flow sensor. Other embodimen... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7511618 | System for tracking grain A system for tracking transported grain. A writer records data into an RFID tag. The data includes at least a time when the RFID tag was handled with surrounding grain and information sufficient to determine a location of handling at the time when the RFID tag was h... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511426 | Microplasma devices excited by interdigitated electrodes A preferred embodiment microplasma device includes first and second substrates. An electrode array is disposed on the first substrate. Cavities are formed in the second substrate by laser micromachining, etching, or by chemical (wet or dry) etching and the second su... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511117 | Compositions and methods for treating HIV infection with cupredoxin and cytochrome c The present invention relates to cupredoxin, specifically Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin, and/or Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome c551 and their use in inhibiting of viral infection, and in particular infection of mammalian cells by the Huma... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509869 | Microfabricated pressure and shear stress sensors A microfabricated pressure sensor. The pressure sensor comprises a raised diaphragm disposed on a substrate. The diaphragm is configured to bend in response to an applied pressure difference. A strain gauge of a conductive material is coupled to a surface of the rai... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7504420 | Compounds which inhibit beta-secretase activity and methods of use The present invention provides novel beta-secretase inhibitors and methods for their use, including methods of treating Alzheimer's disease. ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7501133 | Light-activated adhesive composite, system, and methods of use thereof The present invention provides a light-activated adhesive composite suitable for medical and surgical applications. The composite includes a scaffold and a light-activated adhesive, such as a laser tissue solder. The scaffold includes a biological, biocompatible, or... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501069 | Flexible structures for sensors and electronics This invention provides free-standing structures, functionalized free-standing structures and functional devices that are flexible, including nano- and micromachined flexible fabrics comprising woven networks and mesh networks. The present invention provides process... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7491394 | Cytotoxic factors for modulating cell death Cytotoxic factors having use in modulating cell death, and their use in methods of treating necrosis or apoptosis-related conditions are disclosed. The invention also relates to methods for identifying active agents useful in treating conditions related to cell deat... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7485419 | Biosensors based on directed assembly of particles A sensor system for detecting an effector or cofactor comprises (a) a nucleic acid enzyme; (b) a substrate for the nucleic acid enzyme, comprising a first polynucleotide; (c) a first set of particles comprising a second polynucleotide at least partially complementar... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482750 | Plasma extraction microcavity plasma device and method A preferred embodiment plasma extraction microcavity plasma device generates a spatially-confined plasma in a gas or vapor, or gas and vapor mixture, including, for example, atmospheric pressure air. A microcavity plasma device is excited by a potential applied betw... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481890 | Corn oil and dextrose extraction apparatus and method Method and apparatus for processing corn into one or more corn products including dextrose. In a preferred process, corn is processed and treated with solvent(s) to extract oil. The oil can be subsequently recovered using membrane technology. Zein may also be produc... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7477017 | AC-excited microcavity discharge device and method A method for fabricating microcavity discharge devices and arrays of devices. The devices are fabricated by layering a dielectric on a first conducting layer. A second conducting layer or structure is overlaid on the dielectric layer. In some devices, a microcavity ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7470449 | Polymer films A film contains a first polymer having a plurality of hydrogen bond donating moieties, and a second polymer having a plurality of hydrogen bond accepting moieties. The second polymer is hydrogen bonded to the first polymer. ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7466131 | System and method for designing multi-channel RF pulses for MR imaging A system and method are provided for designing RF pulses for multi-channel and/or multi-dimensional spatially-selective applications using a linear approximation. Embodiments of the system and method may use a generalized linear-class large tip angle approximation t... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7465787 | Yeast cell surface display of proteins and uses thereof The present invention provides a genetic method for tethering polypeptides to the yeast cell wall in a form accessible for binding to macromolecules. Combining this method with fluorescence-activated cell sorting provides a means of selecting proteins with increased... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7454039 | Method of performing shape localization A method for performing shape localization in an image includes deriving a model shape from a database of a plurality of sample shapes. The model shape is defined by a set of landmarks. The method further includes deriving a texture likelihood model of present sub-p... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451537 | Method for fabricating a microscale anemometer Method for fabricating a microscale anemometer on a substrate. A sacrificial layer is formed on the substrate, and a metal thin film is patterned to form a sensing element. At least one support for the sensing element is patterned. The sacrificial layer is removed, ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450243 | Volumetric endoscopic coherence microscopy using a coherent fiber bundle Methods for employing coherent bundles of optical fibers, whether single- or multi-mode, for optical coherence tomography or optical coherence microscopy. Either a substantially monochromatic source or a broadband source is spatially decohered and/or spatially filte... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447614 | Methods and systems for modeling material behavior A method for modeling material behavior includes using empirical three dimensional non-uniform stress and strain data to train a self-organizing computational model such as a neural network. A laboratory device for measuring non-uniform stress and strain data from m... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445888 | Methods for assaying for antidepressant therapy markers The present invention relates generally to methods for assaying for agents that modify the association of Gsα with components of the plasma membrane or cytoskeleton of cells. The present invention also relates generally to methods of assaying for agents ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445675 | Sensor for monitoring material deposition A sensor for detecting an amount of material deposition. The sensor includes a substrate, a heater disposed on the substrate, and a temperature sensor. The heat and the temperature sensor are separated from one another by a gap. ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445027 | Multilayer microfluidic-nanofluidic device A method of bonding layers to form a structure, comprises curing a first adhesive while squeezing a first layer and a multilayer structure together between a first backing and a second backing. The multilayer structure comprises a substrate and a second layer, and t... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442773 | Universal peptide-binding scaffolds and protein chips The present invention provides a universal peptide-binding scaffold. This scaffold is used to bind a target. The target can be a peptide or peptides of interest (for example, peptides associated with a disease state) or can represent the entire proteome. The target ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442543 | Mammalian selenoprotein differentially expressed in tumor cells A 15 kDa selenium-containing protein (“selenoprotein”) is disclosed. The protein is shown to be differentially expressed in cancer cells, such as prostate cancer cells. There is a correlation between the presence of a polymorphism at nucleotide positions 811 and... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435224 | Extraction of heart sound of fetus from heart sound information that comprises plurality of mixtures of plurality of heart sounds of plurality of fetuses A heart sound analyzer component of an apparatus in one example extracts a heart sound of a fetus from heart sound information that comprises a plurality of mixtures of a plurality of heart sounds of a plurality of fetuses. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429369 | Silicon nanoparticle nanotubes and method for making the same A relatively thick electrode is positioned opposite the surface of a substrate/second electrode. The electrode and the substrate surface are both contacted by a solution including silicon nanoparticles. The substrate surface is completely immersed in the solution in... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429563 | Peptide carrier for drug delivery The present invention is directed to compositions based on myeloperoxidase amino acid sequence which may be used as therapeutic agents or as delivery vehicles for the delivery of other therapeutic agents. ... | 09/30/2008 |
