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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7776522 | Methods for diagnosing oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) Methods for diagnosis of HPV infection in a subject are provided. HPV infection in a subject can be determined by generating mass profile data for a biological sample from the subject and correlating the mass profile data with reference mass profiles to detect the p... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7604985 | System and method for determining fill volume in a container A system and method for detecting a pathogen in a sample is provided, the system capable of measuring the volume of a sample in a container through the use of various measurement technologies, thereby ensuring that a user is aware of volumes not meeting specificatio... | 10/20/2009 |
| 6991918 | Methods for improving sensitivity of oxygen biosensors A method for detecting oxygen in a test sample is provided, the method involving exposing a test sample and a control sample to sensor compositions having a luminescent compound capable of generating a signal indicative of oxygen depletion. The method further involv... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6967086 | Method for determining the presence or absence of respiring cells on a three-dimensional scaffold The invention provides a method and apparatus for determining the presence or absence of respiring cells, involving combining a three-dimensional biomimetic scaffold and cells onto a sensor composition. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6566224 | Process for device fabrication The invention is a process for device fabrication that utilizes shallow trench isolation. The process involves the steps of forming an oxidation barrier region, e.g., silicon nitride, above a silicon substrate, providing an opening in the oxidation barrie... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6550280 | Process of sintering a hanging silica tube so as to exhibit a low bow The invention involves fabricating a ceramic tube, e.g., a silica overcladding tube, with very little bow, e.g., about 0.3 mm per meter or less. In particular, the invention involves securing the tube by a handle that both allows the tube to hang plumb du... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6442311 | Optical device having modified transmission characteristics by localized thermal treatment Transmission characteristics of an optical device 200, fabricated from multiple layers 16, 27, 28 of silica-based glass on a silicon substrate 26, are modified by localized thermal treatment. The beam 501 of a carbon-dioxide (CO2) laser 510 is ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6436187 | Process for fabricating article having substantial three-dimensional order The invention reflects a recognition that prior art templates for colloidal crystal formation do not provide the expected level of three-dimensional periodicity, and further provides a process using an improved template, by which extremely high-quality co... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6406952 | Process for device fabrication A process for device fabrication, comprising the steps of forming a dielectric material region on a silicon substrate, forming a first amorphous silicon or polysilicon region on the dielectric material region, implanting one or more dopants in the first a... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6403233 | Article comprising creep-resistant and stress-reducing solder The invention relates to use of a solder composition exhibiting a desired combination of high creep resistance at typical operating temperatures and low stress in formed solder joints. The invention uses a solder containing 82 to 85 wt. % Au, 12 to 14 wt.... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403397 | Process for fabricating organic semiconductor device involving selective patterning An improved process for forming devices utilizing patterned organic semiconductor films is provided. The process involves treating a surface to selectively provide regions of greater affinity and lesser affinity for an organic semiconductor or an organic ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6392787 | Process for fabricating article comprising photonic band gap material An improved lithographic process for fabricating articles comprising photonic band gap materials with micron-scale periodicities is provided, the process readily capable of being performed by current lithographic processes and equipment. The process invol... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387727 | Device comprising n-channel semiconductor material The invention provides a device comprising an improved n-channel semiconducting film, the film formed from a fused-ring tetracarboxylic diimide compound which exhibits a field effect electron mobility greater than 0.001 cm2 /Vs, advantageously ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6375912 | Electrochemical abatement of perfluorinated compounds The invention provides an improved point-of-use PFC/HFC abatement process involving an electrochemical route to abatement. PFCs/HFCs are treated with a relatively strong chemical reducing agent, typically an alkali such as lithium, potassium, or sodium, i... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6319617 | Oxide-bondable solder A solder composition that bonds well to oxides and other surfaces to which solder bonding is conventionally difficult is provided. The solder is particularly useful for reliable bonding and packaging of optical components that often have oxide surfaces. T... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6312766 | Article comprising fluorinated diamond-like carbon and method for fabricating article Ion beam deposition, using a carbon- and fluorine-containing source or sources, is used to form a fluorinated diamond-like carbon layer in a device, the FDLC layer exhibiting a dielectric constant of 3.0 or less along with a thermal stability of at least ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6305195 | Process for fabricating silica article involving joining of discrete bodies An improved process for fabricating a refractory dielectric article, in particular silica optical fiber, is provided. The fabrication process involves joining of two elongated bodies--typically silica preforms--end-to-end by use of an isothermal plasma to... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6306516 | Article comprising oxide-bondable solder The invention provides an article comprising a solder that bonds well to oxides and other surfaces to which solder bonding is problematic. The solder composition contains one or more rare earth elements, which react with the oxide or other surface to prom... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6299703 | Process for fabricating improved iron-cobalt magnetostrictive alloy and article comprising alloy An article comprising an alloy exhibiting high magnetostriction in relatively low applied magnetic fields is provided, the alloy capable of being formed in a relatively easy manner and having desirable physical properties. The Co--Fe alloy of the inventio... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6297058 | Process for determining impurities in refractory materials A small sample of a refractory material, e.g., about 0.1 g to about 10 g, is heated to at least 1000° C., generally under a pressure of less than about 10-5 Torr. Evolved hydrogen-containing gases and/or carbon-containing gases are monitored, ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6283812 | Process for fabricating article comprising aligned truncated carbon nanotubes The emission properties of aligned nanotube arrays are improved by truncating the ends of the nanotubes. Truncation provides nanotubes having a height within, for example, 30% of the average truncated nanotube height, as well as ends substantially free of... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6277318 | Method for fabrication of patterned carbon nanotube films A method for fabricating adherent, patterned carbon nanotube films is provided. According to the invention, a substrate is patterned with a carbide-forming material, a carbon-dissolving material, or a low melting point metal. Carbon nanotubes are then dep... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6268089 | Photorecording medium and process for forming medium An improved photorecording medium suitable for use in holographic storage systems contains a glassy hybrid inorganic-organic, three dimensional matrix, in which is distributed a photoimageable system comprising one or more photoactive, organic monomers. T... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6265243 | Process for fabricating organic circuits An organic semiconductor film is fabricated by applying a solution containing an organic semiconductor material and a solvent to a substrate, e.g., by solution casting, and evaporating the solvent. The characteristics of the substrate surface, the organic... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6250984 | Article comprising enhanced nanotube emitter structure and process for fabricating article An improved process for fabricating nanotube field emitter structures is provided, in which the nanotubes protrude from a supporting base material to improve emission properties. The resulting emitter structure are useful in a variety of devices, includin... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6248394 | Process for fabricating device comprising lead zirconate titanate The invention provides a device comprising an oriented, perovskite PZT layer on a diamond substrate, or other substrates such as silicon or platinum-coated materials. Vapor phase deposition processes are used to deposit a PZT layer onto a perovskite templ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6223563 | Process for fabricating fluorine-doped sol-gel article The invention reflects discovery of a liquid phase doping technique that, unlike previous techniques, exhibits very little fluorine depletion upon subsequent heating. The invention involves the steps of providing a silica sol comprising a tetraalkylammoni... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6221536 | Material exhibiting compensation for polymerization-induced shrinkage and recording medium formed therefrom The invention relates to use of a material containing a polymerizable monomer or oligomer, the material exhibiting desirable shrinkage compensation upon polymerization. The material contains an expansion agent having a cleaving moiety with the capacity to... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6209357 | Method for forming article using sol-gel processing A silica body useful for forming an optical fiber preform exhibits an ultimate strength of at least 20 MPa at 10 wt. % water loss. The body attains this strength, it is believed, by precipitation of silica at the contact sites of adjacent silica particles... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6191875 | Process for holography using reference beam having correlated phase content An improved process for holography is provided, in which the reference beam used for storage and readout has a correlated phase content. In particular, it was found that reference beams having random phase content limited the attainable storage density an... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6156415 | Method for fabricating a multilayer optical article and a system having a multilayer optical article A method for fabricating an article, comprising the steps of grasping an outer surface of a first substrate with a first holder, whereby the outer surface of the first substrate is held to an inner surface of the first holder; grasping an outer surface of... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6153078 | Process for forming device comprising metallized magnetic substrates The invention provides an improved process for fabricating devices containing metallized magnetic ceramic material, such as inductors, transformers, and magnetic substrates. In particular, the unique vias utilized in the process of the invention allow fab... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6153020 | Process for fabricating improved iron-cobalt magnetostrictive alloy and article comprising alloy An article comprising an alloy exhibiting high magnetostriction in relatively low applied magnetic fields is provided, the alloy capable of being formed in a relatively easy manner and having desirable physical properties. The Co--Fe alloy of the inventio... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6154471 | Magnetically tunable and latchable broad-range semiconductor laser The invention provides a device with an improved tunable laser structure, the structure useful with surface emitting lasers and capable of exhibiting desirable latchability. The tunable laser of the invention contains a laser structure having a lower refl... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6149778 | Article comprising fluorinated amorphous carbon and method for fabricating article The invention provides a device containing a low .kappa., hydrogen-free a-C:F layer with good adhesion and thermal stability. It was found that the combination of desirable properties was attainable by a relatively easy process, as compared to processes t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6147407 | Article comprising fluorinated amorphous carbon and process for fabricating article The invention provides a device containing a low .kappa., hydrogen-free a-C:F layer with good adhesion and thermal stability. It was found that the combination of desirable properties was attainable by a relatively easy process, as compared to processes t... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6132649 | Fabrication including sol-gel processing An aqueous dispersion of silica particles is mixed with a dialkyldialkoxysilane monomer, e.g., dimethyldiethoxysilane (DMDES), typically under basic conditions. Optionally, the monomer, or a portion thereof, is partially reacted prior to mixing, such that... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6130706 | Process for determining vehicle dynamics A process for determining at least one dynamic of a vehicle, particularly slip angle, during travel. The process involves optically monitoring, in real time and from the vehicle itself, the movement in one or more camera images of surface features as the ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6124076 | Material exhibiting compensation for polymerization-induced shrinkage and recording medium formed therefrom The invention relates to use of a material containing a polymerizable monomer or oligomer, the material exhibiting desirable shrinkage compensation upon polymerization. The material contains an expansion agent having a cleaving moiety with the capacity to... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6119510 | Process for determining characteristics of suspended particles The invention provides an improved process for determining the characteristics of dispersed particles. The process involves directing waves (acoustic or light) into a dispersion, and measuring the attenuation of the waves for particular frequencies to pro... | 09/19/2000 |
