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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128858 | Methods utilizing reversibly adhesive layers for forming patterned microstructures A method for forming a nano/microstructure includes applying a release coating having a transition temperature to a mold, the release coating promoting adhesion thereto at temperatures below the transition temperature and release at temperatures above the transition... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8114662 | Ion-selective quantum dots The invention provides ion-selective sensors comprising quantum dots capable of selectively measuring ions, e.g., Na+, K+, Cl−, etc., in various environments, including in the cytosol of a living cell. Quantum dots are attractive p... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102536 | Determining and compensating for modulator dynamics in interferometric fiber-optic gyroscopes Determining linear modulator dynamics in an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope may be accomplished by applying a stimulus at a point within the gyroscope, observing a response in an output of the gyroscope, and determining, from the observed response, the linear ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089048 | Discrimination-enhanced fiber-optic scintillator radiation detector A fiber-optic scintillator radiation detector includes a multitude of optical fibers that each include an optical core. The optical cores are spaced apart from one another by an interposer material. In various embodiments, the interposer material has an average atom... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079546 | Samara wing A samara wing including a main wing with a leading edge and a trailing edge. An aileron has a leading edge and a trailing edge and is pivotally attached proximate the trailing edge of the main wing and separated therefrom by a gap. The aileron is rotatable between t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8035876 | Systems, methods and devices for actuating a moveable miniature platform Presented herein are systems, methods and devices relating to miniature actuatable platform systems. According to one embodiment, the systems, methods, and devices relate to controllably actuated miniature platform assemblies including a miniature mirror. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8017451 | Electronic modules and methods for forming the same Electronic modules are formed by encapsulating microelectronic dies within cavities in a substrate. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7985336 | Systems, methods and devices relating to a cellularized nephron unit The present invention relates to bioartificial devices and systems that mimic kidney or nephron function and methods of making them. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7981698 | Removal of integrated circuits from packages Packaging is substantially entirely removed from an integrated circuit die. The method allows the batch processing of several integrated circuit dies, such that packaging is removed from each die approximately simultaneously. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977135 | Micron gap thermal photovoltaic device and method of making the same A method of making a micron gap thermal photovoltaic device includes forming at least one standoff on a photovoltaic substrate, depositing a sacrificial layer on the photovoltaic substrate and about the standoff, forming an emitter attached to the standoff and havin... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973716 | Systems and methods for transparency mapping using multipath signals Systems and methods for mapping a structure detect wireless signals, including at least one multipath signal that has experienced at least one reflection against a portion of the structure prior to the detection. The wireless signals are analyzed to estimate reflect... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968842 | Apparatus and systems for processing samples for analysis via ion mobility spectrometry The invention provides an interface assembly for delivering an ionized analyte from an ionization apparatus into an ion mobility spectrometer. This allows analysis of biological and non-biological samples, even non-volatile solids, via differential mobility spectrom... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7960247 | Die thinning processes and structures Microelectronic dies are thinned according to a variety of approaches, which may include bonding the dies to a substrate under vacuum, disposing a film over the dies and the substrate, and/or changing a center of pressure during thinning. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948931 | MANET routing based on best estimate of expected position An apparatus and method for transmitting a file via a communications network predicts a location where a destination node will be at upon arrival of a message unit relayed via the network. An intermediate node is selected for relaying the message unit between a sour... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7920736 | Methods and systems for imaging cells The invention generally provides methods and systems for determining characteristics of cellular structures. The methods include non-invasive, non-perturbing, automatable, and quantitative methods and may be applied to the examination of cells such as stem cells, em... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910065 | Reaction sensing in living cells Chemical reactions occurring within a living cell are measured in a manner that does not affect the viability of the cell or the reaction under study. In one embodiment, one or more sensors are introduced into the cell and/or covalently associated with the exterior ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907769 | Image-based methods for measuring global nuclear patterns as epigenetic markers of cell differentiation The invention provides methods for determining the differentiation state of cells. The methods include non-invasive, non-perturbing, automatable, and quantitative methods of analysis of cell colonies, individual cells, and/or cellular structures. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7872758 | Determining and compensating for modulator dynamics in interferometric fiber-optic gyroscopes Determining linear modulator dynamics in an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope may be accomplished by applying a stimulus at a point within the gyroscope, observing a response in an output of the gyroscope, and determining, from the observed response, the linear ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7867194 | Drug delivery apparatus An implantable drug delivery apparatus for delivering a drug into a bodily fluid in a body cavity of a patient over a period of time includes a variable-volume vessel defining a working chamber for receiving a drug and recirculating a therapeutic fluid. The fluid ca... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867193 | Drug delivery apparatus An implantable drug delivery apparatus for delivering a drug into a bodily fluid in a body cavity of a patient over a period of time, which includes a hollow member that defines at least one lumen for facilitating a unidirectional recirculating flow of a therapeutic... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7851970 | Structures for crystal packaging including flexible membranes A crystal oscillator is mounted in a flexible harness rather than at discrete points. The crystal oscillator and associated control circuitry may be formed on a common substrate, decreasing component size and minimizing temperature fluctuations by shortening the the... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837379 | Devices for producing a continuously flowing concentration gradient in laminar flow The invention generally relates to combining a plurality of flow streams. In various embodiments, a first channel transports a first laminar fluid flow, a second channel transports a second laminar fluid flow, and the first and second channels enter a merging region... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826144 | High speed piezoelectric optical system with tunable focal length A varifocal optical system includes a substantially circular membrane deposited on a substrate, and a ring-shaped PZT thin film deposited on the outer portion of the circular membrane. The membrane may be a MEMS-micromachined membrane, made of thermal oxide, polysil... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817284 | Interferometric fiber optic gyroscope with off-frequency modulation signals Interference in a rotation rate detector signal of an interferometric fiber-optic gyroscope from a bias phase modulator signal may be reduced or substantially avoided by transmitting one or more off-frequency signals having a frequency other than the eigenfrequency ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808618 | Methods and apparatus for providing a semiconductor optical flexured mass accelerometer Methods and apparatus are provided for integrating various optical components onto a planar substrate using a single semiconductor material system to produce an accelerometer. A light beam is generated on the semiconductor optical accelerometer. The light beam is sp... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791046 | High efficiency fiber-optic scintillator radiation detector A fiber-optic scintillation radiation detector includes: a cladding; a core extending within the cladding; and a scintillator contiguous with the core within the cladding responsive to particle and/or photon radiation by providing scintillation photons, which are th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790028 | Systems, methods, and devices relating to a cellularized nephron unit The present invention relates to bioartificial devices and systems that mimic kidney or nephron function and methods of making them. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7741933 | Electromagnetic composite metamaterial An electromagnetic composite metamaterial including an electromagnetic medium and a plurality of spaced electromechanical resonators disposed in or on the electromagnetic medium configured to control electromagnetic wave propagation properties in the electromagnetic... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7711174 | Methods and systems for imaging cells The invention generally provides methods and systems for determining characteristics of cellular structures. The methods include non-invasive, non-perturbing, automatable, and quantitative methods and may be applied to the examination of cells such as stem cells, em... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7679561 | Systems and methods for positioning using multipath signals A signal processing technique for RF active, passive, or aided localization approaches that utilizes multipath signals as additional measurements with a filter or estimator, e.g., a nonlinear filter. The filter uses indirect and direct path measurements or any other... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7669035 | Systems and methods for reconfigurable computing A processing system includes a communication bus. a controller, an Input/Output (“I/O”) block, and reconfigurable logic segments (e.g., reconfigurable units). Individually reconfigurable logic segments are part of a single chip. A communication bus is in electri... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7655538 | MEMS device and interposer and method for integrating MEMS device and interposer A method for producing Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and related devices using Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafer includes providing an SOI wafer, performing a mesa etch to at least partially define the MEMS device, bonding the SOI wafer to an interposer by di... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7643196 | Systems, methods and devices for actuating a moveable miniature platform Presented herein are systems, methods and devices relating to miniature actuatable platform systems. According to one embodiment, the systems, methods, and devices relate to controllably actuated miniature platform assemblies including a miniature mirror. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7619214 | Spectrometer chip assembly Method and apparatus for high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry in an electronic chip assembly, including an input section, an ion filter and detection section and a control section, in which ion filtering proceeds in a planar chamber under influen... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7590029 | Methods and systems for communicating data through a pipe An acoustic telemetry system includes a piezoelectric stack at least partially disposed within a segment of pipe, and electrical circuitry for controlling the piezoelectric stack. In response to a signal from the electrical circuitry, the piezoelectric stack generat... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7576319 | Systems for differential ion mobility analysis Disclosed herein are systems, methods and apparatus, for detection and identification of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) using a differential mobility spectrometer. ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7566582 | Systems, methods and devices relating to actuatably moveable machines Systems, methods and devices relating to actuatably movable machines and with methods of using and manufacturing the same. ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7547879 | Longitudinal field driven ion mobility filter and detection system An asymmetric field ion mobility spectrometer for filtering ions via an asymmetric electric field, an ion flow generator propulsing ions to the filter via a propulsion field. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7511285 | Methods and apparatus for biomolecule identification The apparatus and methods described herein provide improved resolution, high-throughput, biomolecule identification by exciting sub-wavelength regions of biomolecules drawn through a microfluidic channel. ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7498981 | Method and apparatus for real-time digital processing of satellite positional signals for fast acquisition and low SNR tracking The invention relates to real-time processing of GPS signals, including correlation of the received signals with stored satellite C/A codes, including the accumulation of coherent data before a correlation score is calculated. ... | 03/03/2009 |
