US Patent No.

Date

Name of Technology

Abstract

Patent number 6,137,045

 October 24, 2000

Method and apparatus for
compressed chaotic music synthesis

A new method and apparatus for music synthesis is provided. A chaotic system is driven onto a periodic orbit by a compressed initialization code. A one-dimensional, periodic waveform is then produced from the periodic orbit. A variety of periodic orbits produces a variety of sounds, which sounds approximate the sounds of different musical instruments. By sampling the amplitude of the periodic waveforms over time, a digital version of the sound is produced. The frequency and duration of a note to be synthesized are produced by sampling the periodic waveform at the proper rate to produce the desired frequency and then repeating the waveform to produce a note of the required duration.

Patent number 6,363,153

 March 26, 2002

Method and apparatus for secure
digital chaotic communication

A method and apparatus that uses control of a chaotic system to produce secure digital chaotic communication. Controls are intermittently applied by a transmitter-encoder to a chaotic system to generate the 0 and 1 bits of a digital message. A new control/no control bit stream is thereby created in which a 0 indicates that no control was applied and a 1 indicates that a control was applied. The control/no control bit stream and a prepended synchronization bit stream are transmitted, using conventional transmission technologies, from the transmitter-encoder to an identical receiver-decoder. A chaotic system in the receiver-decoder is driven into synchrony and is subject to intermittent controls based on the control/no control bit stream, thereby causing it to generate the digital message.

Patent number 7,110,547

 September 19, 2006

Method and apparatus for the
compression and decompression
of image files using a chaotic system

A system for the compression and decompression of image files is provided. A library of basic waveforms is produced by applying selected digital initialization codes to a chaotic system. Each basic waveform is in one-to-one correspondence with an initialization code. A weighted sum of selected basic waveforms is used to approximate each slice of an image. The basic waveforms are then discarded and only the weighting factors and the corresponding initialization codes are stored in a compressed image file. When the compressed image file is decompressed for playback, the stored initialization codes are stripped out and applied to a similar chaotic system to regenerate the basic waveforms, which are recombined according to the stored weighting factors to produce an approximation of the original image slice.

Patent number 7,215,776

 May 8, 2007

Method and apparatus for the
compression and decompression
of audio files using a chaotic system

 A system for the compression and decompression of sections of audio files is provided. A library of basic waveforms is produced by applying selected digital initialization codes to a chaotic system. Each basic waveform is in one-to-one correspondence with an initialization code. A weighted sum of the selected basic waveforms is used to approximate a section of audio file. The basic waveforms are then discarded and only the weighting factors and the corresponding initialization codes are stored in a compressed audio file. When the compressed audio file is decompressed for playback, the stored initialization codes are stripped out and applied to a similar chaotic system to regenerate the basic waveforms, which are recombined according to the stored weighting factors to reproduce the original section of audio file.

Patent number 6,465,729

 October 15, 2002

Surface trace electrical feedthru
for conducting electricity across
a pressure envelope

A method for producing an electrical feedthru wherein a thin liquid conductive film is deposited into a shallow trough of an insulating machinable substrate. The conductive film and substrate are fired and then the resulting bound composite is ground flush with the adjacent surface of the insulating machinable substrate. The surface cohesion of the fired composite, and the resulting high quality surface finish of the grinding operation, combined with an elastomeric seal, create low leakage barriers capable of supporting a pressure differential while allowing isolated electrical conduction across a pressure or vacuum envelope. The method produces a space saving feedthru which allows a high signal line density in a limited space, is relatively simple to assemble, allows for disassembly rework, can be `designed into` unique geometries of varied applications, and which has a single O-ring sealing across all traces. The resulting electrical trace can be soldered directly to a signal carrying wire, pin/socket, or attached via a contact spring or other mechanical attachment. No epoxies are used, thus avoiding thermal limitations and outgassing contamination.

Patent number 6,281,509

 August 28, 2001

Method and apparatus for
imaging through 3-dimensional
tracking of protons

A method and apparatus for creating density images of an object through the 3-dimensional tracking of protons that have passed through the object are provided. More specifically, the 3-dimensional tracking of the protons is accomplished by gathering and analyzing images of the ionization tracks of the protons in a closely packed stack of scintillating fibers.

Patent number 6,290,637

 September 18, 2001

Phosphate mineral-based
reactive barrier containment
system

A phosphate mineral based reactive barrier system. Phosphate minerals are known to be sinks for heavy metal contaminants. The reactive barrier prevents the release of contaminants from waste materials, sediments or dredged materials via reaction with the contaminants at the interface between the barrier and the waste material, sediments or dredged material. The barrier is comprised of a phosphate mineral material where the form of the phosphate mineral is variable but primarily insoluble. This barrier is placed below, around, and/or on top of the contaminated materials such that the contaminated materials are completely enveloped, capped, or contained by a grout curtain. The barrier can be in a (i) slurry form, (ii) blended matrix form with other inorganic agents, or (iii) composite form with a geotextile or geofabric. These methods of construction can be used singly or jointly. In some cases, pH control may be used to optimize the chemical reactions within the barrier system. The barrier mechanism relies on the phenomena of adsorption, surface precipitation and co-precipitation of metal phosphate surface precipitates to chemically retard diffusion from the waste material. Immobilization may also occur secondarily when a small percentage of the phosphate minerals partially dissolve and the phosphate precipitates with metals to form metal phosphate precipitates in the pore water system of the reactive barrier. The contaminated wastes, sediments or dredged materials may have been subjected to solidification or chemical stabilization or other forms of treatment prior to disposal.

Patent number 6,483,109

 November 19, 2002

Multiple stage mass spectrometer

A highly sensitive multiple stage (MS.sup.n) mass spectrometer is disclosed, capable of eliminating losses of ions during the isolation stage. Ions of interest are isolated (by m/z value) without rejecting ions of other m/z values, permitting the selected ions to be dissociated, while the rest of the ion population is available for subsequent isolation, dissociation and analysis of fragment ions. One preferred instrument includes a pulsed ion source coupled with a linear array of mass selective ion trap devices, at least one trap being coupled to an external ion detector. Each ion trap is configured with a storing cell for ion trapping interspersed between a pair of guarding cells, all aligned along their z axis. Radio frequency (RF) and direct current (DC) voltages are applied to electrodes of the ion trap device to retain ions within the storing cells. Each trapping cell has a sub-region in which the dynamical motion of the ion exhibits m/z-dependent resonance frequencies along the z direction, allowing the ion motion to be selectively excited by m/z value. The AC voltages can be combined with time-resolved changes in the applied DC voltages to enable individual trapping cell to be switched between ion trapping, mass selecting and ion fragmenting modes. Ions may be selectively transferred between ions traps, and selectively dissociated within each trap to enable a higher sensitivity MS.sup.n operation. Various ion trapping devices are disclosed, namely, harmonic linear traps, Paul traps, and quadrupole traps.

Patent number 6,589,966

 July 8, 2003

Cytotoxic Metal Chelators and
methods for making and using
same

A family of hexadentate Fe(II) chelators having marked antiproliferative activity against tumor cells is disclosed. The cytotoxic metal chelators and complexes of the present invention are represented by the general formula below: ##STR1## wherein: X.sup.1, X.sup.3, and X.sup.5 are N, O or S, wherein the X.sup.1, X.sup.3, and X.sup.5 atoms are at the 1, 3, and 5 positions of a cyclohexyl group and are in a cis, cis disposition; B, B', and B" are aliphatic, branched aliphatic, or aryl groups, or any combination thereof, wherein the number of atoms between X and Y is about 2 to about 4; Y, Y' and Y" contain N, O, or S atoms that originate from either aliphatic, branched aliphatic, aryl, or heterocyclic groups, or any combination thereof, and/or Y, Y' and Y" are NH.sub.2 or NHR, OH, or SH, CO.sub.2 H, P(O)(OH).sub.2, RP(O)OH, ROP(O)OH groups or a combination thereof, and R is H, aliphatic, branched aliphatic, or aryl groups, or any combination thereof that may or may not be identical in Y, Y' and Y"; s, s', and s" are 0 to about 2; and t, t', and t" are 0 to about 2. Application of the metal chelators of the present invention as chemotherapeutic agents is also disclosed.

Patent number 6,949,169

 September 27, 2005

Apparatus and method for
polarizing polarizable nuclear
species

The present invention is a polarizing process involving a number of steps. The first step requires moving a flowing mixture of gas, the gas at least containing a polarizable nuclear species and vapor of at least one alkali metal, with a transport velocity that is not negligible when compared with the natural velocity of diffusive transport. The second step is propagating laser light in a direction, preferably at least partially through a polarizing cell. The next step is directing the flowing gas along a direction generally opposite to the direction of laser light propagation. The next step is containing the flowing gas mixture in the polarizing cell. The final step is immersing the polarizing cell in a magnetic field. These steps can be initiated in any order, although the flowing gas, the propagating laser and the magnetic field immersion must be concurrently active for polarization to occur.

Patent number 6,709,596

 March 23, 2004

Device, method and system for
reversibly trapping and isolating carbohydrates

Disclosed herein is a reversible carbohydrate (glycan) trap, methods and system for preparing the trap and use of the trap in preparing and trapping glycans for the study of carbohydrate structure. The device and methods assist in the structural characterization of glycans. The method traps and purifies carbohydrate structures at improved sensitivities, thereby enhancing the accuracy of a tissue or cell's complete carbohydrate composition, the glycome, (vis-a-vis proteome). Most basically, the trap device covalently binds activated glycosyl residues on a polymer specifically prepared to contain aldehydic functional groups. The trap material is formed from a carbohydrate polymer, preferably dextran, which is oxidized with periodate to introduce aldehydic groups. The oxidized dextran polymer is packable into separation colulmns or micro-tips for use as the glycan trap. Glycans treated with hydrazine, to form glycosyl hydrazyls, may then be added to the oxidized carbohydrate polymer, (ODP), trap wherein they are covalently bound to the aldehyde groups of the trap. To release the bound glycosyl hydrazyls, anhydrous hydmzine may be added at approximately room temperatures, thereby releasing the glycans as glycosylhydrazyls which may then be studied further.

Patent number 6,998,041

 February 14, 2006

Device and system for reversibly
trapping and isolating carbohydrates

A device and system for reversibly trapping and isolating carbohydrate moieties. The apparatus includes an aldehyde-containing trapping material, a trapping means into which the aldehyde-containing trapping material is packable and through which hydrazine-activated carbohydrate-containing samples are passable, and additional hydrazine to release hydrazine-activated carbohydrates from the trapping material. As a result, all remaining non-carbohydrate material is not bound to the apparatus.

Patent number 6,720,150

 April 13, 2004

Method for identifying
fast - growing fish

Methods of selecting fish for breeding and optimum growth in conditions of various salinity are disclosed. Fish are selected for growth in specific salinity based on their prolactin 1 genotype. A simple sequence repeat polymorphism (microsatellite) in the tilapia prolactin (prl 1) promoter is associated with differences in prl 1 expression and differences in growth in "salt-challenged" or "salt-effected" fishes. This discovery suggests that dinucleotide microsatellites may represent an under-appreciated source of genetic variation for regulatory evolution, and belie the textbook interpretation that non-coding microsatellite length variation lacks functional consequences. Thus, the methods of the invention include determining or selecting the salinity of the environment in which the fish will be grown; determining the prolactin genotype of at least one male and at least one female fish being considered for breeding; breeding male and female fish having the desired genotype(s) to result in offspring having known, predictable genotypes; and raising the fish in a salinity environment compatible with the fishes' genotype(s).

Plant Patent number 15,136

 September 7, 2004

Anagallis Plant Named
'Wildcat Orange'

A new and distinct cultivar of Anagallis plant named `Wildcat Orange`, characterized by its compact and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; numerous single flowers that are orange in color; and good garden performance.

Plant Patent number 15,137

 September 7, 2004

Anagallis Plant Named
'Wildcat Blue'

A new and distinct cultivar of Anagallis plant named `Wildcat Blue`, characterized by its compact and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; numerous single flowers that are blue in color; and good garden performance.

Plant Patent number 18,845

 May 27, 2008

Anagallis plant named
'Wildcat Mandarin'

A new and distinct cultivar of Anagallis plant named `Wildcat Mandarin,` characterized by its vigorous and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; numerous single flowers that are bright orange in color with a pink center; and good garden performance.

Plant Patent number 18,893

 June 10, 2008

Anagallis monelli plant cultivar
'Wildcat Pink'

A new and distinct cultivar of Anagallis plant named `Wildcat Pink,` characterized by its vigorous and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; numerous single flowers that are bright pink in color; and good garden performance.

Plant Patent number 18,923

 June 10, 2008

Browallia Hybrida Named
'UNHBR4'

A new and distinct cultivar of Browallia plant named `UNHBR4`, characterized by numerous single flowers that are purple pink in color with a small white center, compact and rounded plant growth, stems that do not break or separate on the center of the mature plant, and good performance in partial shade in the garden and as a hanging basket.

Plant Patent number 18,925

 June 10, 2008

Browallia Plant Named
'UNHBR12'

A new and distinct cultivar of Browallia plant named `UNHBR12`, characterized by numerous single flowers that are light purple in color with a white center, compact and rounded growth habit, stems that do not break or separate on the center of the mature plant, and good performance in partial shade in the garden and as a hanging basket.

Patent number 6,949,365

 September 27, 2005

Polynucleotides encoding
lamprey GnRH-III

Novel isolated cDNA encoding the precursor of the novel gonadotropin-releasing hormones in four species of the fish lamprey is disclosed. The use of such cDNA's in studying the phylogenetic relationship of various species of fish and vertebrates overall; and the use of such cDNA's for controlling the gonadal development and spawning of fish, including inducing and inhibiting maturation, spawning and reproduction, is also described. Methods by which the novel peptides may be administered to fish to control their reproduction are also described.

Patent number 6,948,881

 September 27, 2005

Remediation injection vessel
for marshes, tidal flats,
and wetlands

An injection vessel for injecting liquid amendment into contaminated subsurface sediment in ecologically sensitive areas such as shallow water salt marshes, tidal flats, or fresh water wetlands is disclosed. The injection vessel described herein includes a shallow-draft floating platform that has an injection system mounted thereon. The injection system includes an injection grid containing a plurality of injection syringes that receive liquid amendment from a metering pump. The injection grid is lowered such that the output of the injection syringes is within the contaminated sediment. The metering pump provides the liquid amendment to the injection syringes and a fluid path is established that injects the liquid amendment into the contaminated sediment. A propulsion system mounted on the floating platform provides for locomotive and maneuvering power. A control system allows the operation of the system either in a semi-autonomous mode in which an on-board controller is programmed to provide the command signals, or in a remote control mode with an operator providing real time command signals through either a wireless or wired controller. The control system provides propulsion commands to the propulsion system and injection commands to the injection system. The propulsion commands include both locomotive commands and maneuvering commands. The injection commands include the lowering and raising of the injection gird and the operation of the metering pump to dispense the predetermined amount of liquid amendment.

Patent number 7,281,393

 October 16, 2007

Method and apparatus for
accumulating hyperpolarized xenon

A method and apparatus for the accumulation of hyperpolarized .sup.129Xe is described. A gas mixture comprising .sup.129Xe is flowed through a heat exchanger tube from the first end to the second end. Concurrently, the outer surface of the heat exchanger tube is controllably refrigerated, beginning with the second end, to a temperature low enough to freeze the .sup.129Xe on the inner surface of the heat exchanger tube.