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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163644 | Template process for small pitch flip-chip interconnect hybridization A process is disclosed for high density indium bumping of microchips by using an innovative template wafer upon which the bumps are initially fabricated. Once fabricated, these bumps are transferred to the microchip, after which can be hybridized to another microchi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8125642 | Process to optically align a photoreceiver with a laser transmitter source in a laser rangefinder system A process for optically aligning a laser rangefinder that includes the steps of providing a laser rangefinder having a laser source, a photodetector lens and a photodetector, providing a fiber optic travel path, aligning the laser source to the fiber optic travel pa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8025254 | Apparatus for releasing a parachute from its payload An apparatus for releasing a parachute from its payload upon ground impact by the payload. The apparatus has a pair of sections releasably secured to each other. Each section has an intermediate portion having a longitudinally extending axis and a spur receiving ope... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7993844 | Artificial chimeras engineered to simulate multiple biological threat agents This invention provides safe, non-infectious chimeras that include the nucleic acid signature of most bacterial and viral biological threat agents. These chimeras mimic properties of threat agents and are useful as simulants to develop, evaluate, test, and train on ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7766827 | Method and system for predicting human cognitive performance An apparatus and a method for predicting cognitive performance of an individual based on factors including preferably sleep history and the time of day. The method facilitates the creation of predicted cognitive performance curves that allow an individual to set his... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7627434 | Method for field-based ecological risk assessment using rodent sperm-analysis The invention is a method for assessing whether or not reproductive health effects are present in terrestrial ecological receptors inhabiting contaminated sites. Adult male rodents are concurrently trapped at the contaminated site of interest and at a matched non-co... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7600348 | Ballistic protection shelter A ballistic protection shelter includes a soft-walled shelter structure wherein soft wall and soft roof portions are supported on at least one rigid support member, and an internal shelter structure for disposition within the soft-walled shelter structure. The inter... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7582430 | Immunoliposome-nucleic acid amplification (ILNAA) assay Immunoliposomes and use thereof in highly specific and sensitive nucleic acid amplification assays relying on amplification of specific nucleic acid sequences released from encapsulation within a liposome after a receptor on the liposome couples with a targeted anal... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7507454 | Polymeric antioxidants Antioxidant polymers of the present invention comprise repeat units that include one or both of Structural Formulas (I) and (II): wherein: R is —H or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7498331 | Arthropod repellent pharmacophore models, compounds identified as fitting the pharmacophore models, and methods of making and using thereof Disclosed herein is a pharmacophore model for arthropod repellent activity and methods of making and using thereof. The pharmacophore comprises two hydrophobic aliphatic functions, one aromatic function and one hydrogen bond acceptor function. The pharmacophore mode... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495767 | Digital optical method (DOM™) and system for determining opacity Photography is employed to objectively quantify opacity of fluids such as smoke plumes and dust via a method termed the Digital Optical Method (DOM™). The DOM™ quantifies the ratio of radiance values by means of a camera response curve obtained using objective m... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7481176 | Transportable flotation system A transportable modular flotation system with sections incorporating a decked supporting structure that is buoyed by heavy duty flotation tubes. The sections are coupled together with pre-tensioned ropes, straps or cables of High Modulus Fiber. The system is suitabl... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7463329 | Materials for freezing light Recent theoretical investigations have predicted the existence of axially frozen modes that arise when light is incident upon an anisotropic two-dimensional photonic crystal. Such electromagnetic modes are of interest since they suggest a near-zero group velocity wi... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458304 | Mortar bomb vacuum positioning apparatus A mortar munition includes a mortar tube; an opening in the wall of the mortar tube; a spring loaded valve assembly disposed in the opening in the wall of the mortar tube; a solenoid having a plunger, the plunger being disposed to open the spring loaded valve assemb... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7445717 | Process for treating waste from the production of energetics A waste stream is treated in a pre-filter having media, preferably sand, connected below a zero-valent metal column reactor incorporating a metal with reducing potential, preferably elemental iron (Fe0); the combination preferably configured as a single u... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7419683 | Method of inhibiting side effects of pharmaceutical compositions containing amphiphilic vehicles or drug carrier molecules A method is provided for inhibiting or preventing toxicity and other unwanted effects (a) caused by solvents for pharmaceuticals which solvents or emulsifier which contain amphiphilic molecules such as polyethoxylated oils or a derivative thereof, or (b) caused by a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7390123 | Variable emittance surfaces Designs for constructing a surface with variable emittance are described. This is achieved by making a surface where the emissivity varies on a scale smaller than the resolution of a thermal imager viewing the surface. One design utilizes many cylindrical surfaces w... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377276 | Automated inhalation toxicology exposure system and method In one embodiment, a method includes but is not limited to: conditioning an inhalent environment; exposing a first organism to the inhalent environment for a first-organism duration of time; and exposing a second organism to the inhalent environment for a second-org... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363765 | Article of footwear with temperature regulation means Article of footwear includes a sole, an insole overlying the sole, the insole having in a surface thereof a groove having an inlet and outlet in an edge of the insole, the groove winding substantially throughout the length and width of the insole upper surface. A tu... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363862 | Multi-purpose single initiated tandem warhead A multi-purpose tandem warhead needing only a single initiation has a casing that forms front, middle and rear portions. A shaped charge is positioned in the rear portion of the casing and a fragmentation charge is positioned in the front portion of the casing. The ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355561 | Systems and methods for providing images Systems and methods for providing images are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the system for providing images includes a first image display device for displaying a first image at a first image plane and a second image display device for displaying a second ima... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350614 | System and method for vehicle cab with landmine protection A system for providing a vehicle with landmine protection for occupants of a vehicle cab via controlled articulation of the vehicle cab in response to an under-vehicle explosive event includes a cab guide pin attached to the rear of the vehicle cab, and a vehicle fr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350479 | System and method for controlling growth of aquatic plants utilizing bio-eroding means implanted in triploid grass carp An “implant and forget” device for interacting with biota after a pre-established time period. Preferably, the biota are fauna and more particularly fish. In select embodiments, the device comprises packaging enclosing apparatus for timing interaction via openin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347768 | Apparatus and method to test abrasion resistance of material using airborne particulate An apparatus and method to test the abrasion resistance of materials. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a conduit network, a primary air stream generating device to generate a primary air stream in the conduit network, a secondary air stream generating devi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348560 | Thermoluminescent reader module A thermoluminescent reader module having a hardened, durable construction has a casing which houses a filter, a ball lens and detection module. After a thermoluminscent material is heated by a laser diode, the ball lens collects the hemispherical photon emissions. T... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348201 | Creation of anisotropic strain in semiconductor quantum well Methods and devices for creating an anisotropic strain in a semiconductor quantum well structure to induce anisotropy thereof are disclosed herein. Initially, a substrate is provided, and a quantum well structure formed upon the substrate. A first crystalline layer ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347038 | Enhanced fore-aft movement cutting attachment A debris cutting system for attachment to a vehicle. The system includes a nose shaped projection that extends horizontally in the forward direction from the forward moving end of the vehicle. The projection includes at least one front blade mount subsystem, at leas... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342057 | Self-healing coatings using microcapsules to suppress lead dust Self-healing coatings incorporate microcapsules of about 60-150 microns diameter that contain film formers and dust suppression compounds suitable for controlling spalling of lead dust, for example. In one embodiment, a primer paint is mixed with these microcapsules... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343362 | Low complexity classification from a single unattended ground sensor node Disclosed are a system and method of multi-modality sensor data classification and fusion comprising partitioning data stored in a read only memory unit on a sensor node using a low query complexity boundary-decision classifier, applying an iterative two-dimensional... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335356 | Monoclonal antibodies and complementarity-determining regions binding to Ebola glycoprotein In this application are described Ebola GP monoclonal antibodies, epitopes recognized by these monoclonal antibodies, and the sequences of the variable regions of some of these antibodies. Also provided are mixtures of antibodies of the present invention, as well as... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330507 | Apparatus and method for multi-channel equalization A communication system with a multi-channel array antenna utilizes a receiver matching process that adapts the pass band frequency response of each channel to a selected reference channel. This process is implemented digitally by inserting a tapped delay line filter... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318369 | Out-of-battery lock for automatic primer feed mechanism An out-of-battery lock for a primer feed mechanism having a drive shaft and a drive shaft housing surrounding the drive shaft, the out-of-battery lock including a housing having an opening therethrough for attachment to the drive shaft; a pair of wings disposed on o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314006 | Nonlethal canister tank round A nonlethal canister tank round comprising a cartridge having a combustible case and containing propellant; a canister projectile attached to the cartridge, the canister projectile being generally cylindrical, comprising high density polyurethane foam and including ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309582 | Polymer-template complex produced by enzymatic polymerization The invention relates to a novel method for enzymatic polymerization which includes (1) obtaining a reaction mixture including a monomer, a template, and an enzyme; and (2) incubating the reaction mixture for a time and under conditions sufficient for the monomer to... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308827 | Integrated gyroscope and temperature sensor A gyroscope and temperature sensor are formed on a single chip using SOI-MEMS technology. The temperature sensor has an array of resistors to accurately detect the temperature of the gyroscope in temperatures and conditions that can range from extreme heat to extrem... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310361 | Intersubband semiconductor lasers with enhanced subband depopulation rate Intersubband semiconductor lasers (ISLs) are of great interest for mid-infrared (2-20 μm) device applications. These semiconductor devices have a wide range of applications from pollution detection and industrial monitoring to military functions. ISLs have g... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307127 | Highly sulfonated block copolymer hydrogels and uses thereof A block copolymer composition AB is provided that has pendent groups —RZ extending from the A copolymer on at least 70 mol % of the A monomers, where R and Z are each an ionic species. The composition is included in a semipermeable membrane for use in a direct met... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306806 | Recombinant merozoite protein-142 vaccine In this application is the expression and purification of a recombinant Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) MSP-142. The method of the present invention produces a highly purified protein which retains folding and disulfide bridging of the native molecule.... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304363 | Interacting current spreader and junction extender to increase the voltage blocked in the off state of a high power semiconductor device A technique of spreading current flowing in a semiconductor device comprising an electrode, a drift region adjacent to the electrode, a junction termination extension implant region in the drift region, and a current spreader adjacent to the junction termination ext... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304742 | Flow-through aerosol photoacoustic systems and methods Embodiments of photoacoustic devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. One device embodiment, among others, comprises a flow-through configuration for a test sample gas and a modular set of two or more solid-state or gaseous based lasers. ... | 12/04/2007 |
