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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Tennessee (July 9)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Tennessee. *** UT-Battelle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,972,865) developed by Dechang Yi, Metuchen, N.J., Lawrence R. Senesac, Knoxville, Tenn., and Thomas G. Thundat, Knoxville, Tenn., for a "sensor for detecting and differentiating chemical analytes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sensor for detecting and differentiating chemical analytes includes a microscale body having a first end and a second end and a surface between the ends for adsorbing a chemical analyte. The surface includes at least one conductive heating track for heating the chemical analyte and also a conductive response track, which is electrically isolated from the heating track, for producing a thermal response signal from the chemical analyte. The heating track is electrically connected with a voltage source and the response track is electrically connected with a signal recorder. The microscale body is restrained at the first end and the second end and is substantially isolated from its surroundings therebetween, thus having a bridge configuration." The patent application was filed on Aug. 26, 2008 (12/198,580). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,72,865.PN.&OS=PN/79,72,865&RS=PN/79,72,865 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,972,843) developed by Erich Hoffmann, Memphis, Tenn., for "DNA-transfection system for the generation of infectious influenza virus." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is based on the development of a dual promoter system (preferably a RNA pol I-pol II system) for the efficient intracellular synthesis of viral RNA. The resultant minimal plasmid-based system may be used to synthesize any RNA virus, preferably viruses with a negative single stranded RNA genome. The viral product of the system is produced when the plasmids of the system are introduced into a suitable host cell. One application of the system is production of attenuated, reassortant influenza viruses for use as antigens in vaccines. The reassortant viruses generated by cotransfection of plasmids may comprise genes encoding the surface glycoproteins hemagglutinin and neuraminidase from an influenza virus currently infecting the population and the internal genes from an attenuated influenza virus. An advantageous property of the present invention is its versatility; the system may be quickly and easily adapted to synthesize an attenuated version of any RNA virus. Attenuated or inactivated RNA viruses produced by the present invention may be administered to a patient in need of vaccination by any of several routes including intranasally or intramuscularly." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/980,753). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,72,843.PN.&OS=PN/79,72,843&RS=PN/79,72,843 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Branded Products for the Future Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- Branded Products for the Future, Chattanooga, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,973,048) developed by Ricardo Mayo-Alvarez, Miami, Fla., and Ronny McNeil, Chattanooga, Tenn., for a pharmaceutical composition. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pharmaceutical composition comprising an analgesic or analgesic combination and a stool softener is disclosed. The analgesic is selected from morphine, meperidine, fentanyl, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, propoxyphene, pentazocine, levorphanol, codeine, acetaminophen and combinations of these analgesics. The composition is formulated for oral administration as a liquid or solid dosage form for immediate, slow, delayed or sustained-release characteristics." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (12/694,074). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,973,048.PN.&OS=PN/7,973,048&RS=PN/7,973,048 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,973,034) developed by five co-inventors for "amide, aryl sulfonamide, aryl urea, and .alpha.,.beta.-diketone derived carboxylesterase inhibitors, and their methods of use." The co-inventors are Philip Michael Potter, Memphis, Tenn., Janice Louise Hyatt, Memphis, Tenn., Christopher Lee Morton, Memphis, Tenn., Paul P. Beroza, Redwood City, Calif., and Komath V. Damoradan, Cupertino, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure relates to amides, aryl sulphonamides, aryl ureas, and .alpha.,.beta.-diketones derivatives useful as carboxylesterase esterase inhibitors. The disclosure is also directed to the use of these compounds as selective human intestinal carboxylesterase inhibitors and insect carboxylesterase inhibitors. The disclosure is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and pesticide formulations containing these compounds, and to methods for treating or ameliorating the toxic effects following administration of drugs such as cancer therapy drugs, treating or ameliorating the effects of a drug overdose, and to the use of the compounds for increasing the effectiveness of insecticides and pesticides." The patent application was filed on Feb. 15, 2008 (12/032,344). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,973,034.PN.&OS=PN/7,973,034&RS=PN/7,973,034 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** UT-Battelle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,973,276) developed by six co-inventors for a "calibration method for video and radiation imagers." The co-inventors are Mark F. Cunningham, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Lorenzo Fabris, Knoxville, Tenn., Timothy F. Gee, Oak Ridge, Tenn., James S. Goddard Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., Thomas P. Karnowski, Knoxville, Tenn., and Klaus-peter Ziock, Clinton, Tenn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The relationship between the high energy radiation imager pixel (HERIP) coordinate and real-world x-coordinate is determined by a least square fit between the HERIP x-coordinate and the measured real-world x-coordinates of calibration markers that emit high energy radiation imager and reflect visible light. Upon calibration, a high energy radiation imager pixel position may be determined based on a real-world coordinate of a moving vehicle. Further, a scale parameter for said high energy radiation imager may be determined based on the real-world coordinate. The scale parameter depends on the y-coordinate of the moving vehicle as provided by a visible light camera. The high energy radiation imager may be employed to detect radiation from moving vehicles in multiple lanes, which correspondingly have different distances to the high energy radiation imager." The patent application was filed on July 29, 2009 (12/511,385). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7973276.PN.&OS=PN/7973276&RS=PN/7973276 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Fiberweb Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- Fiberweb, Old Hickory, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,972,981) developed by Gary W. Anderson, Mt. Juliet, Tenn., and Susannah D. Gelotte, Mauldin, S.C., for a "microporous composite sheet material." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A moisture vapor permeable, water impermeable composite sheet material is provided which is suitable for use as a housewrap material, and is also useful for other applications such as tarpaulins, or as covers for automobile, boats, patio furniture or the like. The composite sheet material includes a nonwoven substrate and an extrusion-coated polyolefin film layer overlying one surface of the substrate. The nonwoven substrate is comprised of polymeric fibers randomly disposed and bonded to one another to form a high tenacity nonwoven web. The nonwoven substrate has a grab tensile strength of at least 178 Newtons (40 pounds) in at least one of the machine direction (MD) or the cross-machine direction (CD). The extrusion coated polyolefin film layer is intimately bonded to the nonwoven substrate. The film layer has micropores formed therein to impart to the composite sheet material a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of at least 35 g/m.sup.2/24 hr. at 50% relative humidity and 23.degree. C. and a hydrostatic head of at least 55 cm. In one embodiment, the nonwoven substrate comprises a spunbonded nonwoven fabric formed of randomly disposed substantially continuous polypropylene filaments. The spunbonded nonwoven fabric is an area bonded fabric in which the filaments are bonded to one another throughout the fabric at locations where the randomly disposed filaments overlie or cross one another." The patent application was filed on March 11, 2003 (10/386,004). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,972,981.PN.&OS=PN/7,972,981&RS=PN/7,972,981 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nucsafe Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- Nucsafe, Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,973,287) developed by Richard A. Craig, Richland, Wash., and Richard S. Seymour, Clinton, Tenn., for a "detection of alpha-particle emitting isotopes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for detection of alpha particles generated by a test material in proximity to a light atomic weight element. The system includes a neutron detector that is configured to detect a rate of generation of neutrons produced by an (alpha, n) reaction between the test material and the light atomic weight element. There is also at least one gamma-ray detector configured to measure a rate of generation of 511 keV gamma rays produced by an annihilation reaction triggered by a positron emission from a daughter product of the light atomic weight element. A comparator is configured to compare the rate of generation of neutrons and the rate of generation of 511 keV gamma rays." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2007 (11/838,608). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7973287.PN.&OS=PN/7973287&RS=PN/7973287 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** UT-Battelle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,973,214) developed by James Weifu Lee, Knoxville, Tenn., for a "designer organisms for photosynthetic production of ethanol from carbon dioxide and water." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: " The present invention provides a revolutionary photosynthetic ethanol production technology based on designer transgenic plants, algae, or plant cells. The designer plants, designer algae, and designer plant cells are created such that the endogenous photosynthesis regulation mechanism is tamed, and the reducing power (NADPH) and energy (ATP) acquired from the photosynthetic water splitting and proton gradient-coupled electron transport process are used for immediate synthesis of ethanol (CH.sub.3CH.sub.2OH) directly from carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) and water (H.sub.2O). The ethanol production methods of the present invention completely eliminate the problem of recalcitrant lignocellulosics by bypassing the bottleneck problem of the biomass technology. The photosynthetic ethanol-production technology of the present invention is expected to have a much higher solar-to-ethanol energy-conversion efficiency than the current technology and could also help protect the Earth's environment from the dangerous accumulation of CO.sub.2 in the atmosphere." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2007 (11/903,919). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,973,214.PN.&OS=PN/7,973,214&RS=PN/7,973,214 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** UT-Batelle Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- UT-Batelle, Oak Ridge, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,973,235) developed by six co-inventors for a "hybrid solar lighting distribution systems and components." The co-inventors are Jeffrey D. Muhs, Lenoir City, Tenn., Dennis D. Earl, Knoxville, Tenn., David L. Beshears, Knoxville, Tenn., Lonnie C. Maxey, Powell, Tenn., John K. Jordan, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Randall F. Lind, Lenoir City, Tenn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hybrid solar lighting distribution system and components having at least one hybrid solar concentrator, at least one fiber receiver, at least one hybrid luminaire, and a light distribution system operably connected to each hybrid solar concentrator and each hybrid luminaire. A controller operates all components." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2004 (10/824,291). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,973,235.PN.&OS=PN/7,973,235&RS=PN/7,973,235 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Eastman Chemical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- Eastman Chemical, Kingsport, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,973,194) developed by six co-inventors for a "high solvating cyclohexane dicarboxylate diesters plasticizers." The co-inventors are Nancy Ellen Kinkade, Kingsport, Tenn., Kim Steven Chamberlin, Kingsport, Tenn., David Justin Olsen, Kingsport, Tenn., Mark Stephen Holt, Huntersville, N.C., Martin James Stimpson, Lockeridge, United Kingdom, and Charles Everette Kelly, Kingsport, Tenn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Diesters of 1,4-cyclohexane dicarboxylate are surprisingly more efficient PVC plasticizers and fuse PVC faster and at a lower temperature than similar phthalates or terephthalate diesters. Hydrogenated orthophthalate diesters are slower fusing, i.e., require higher temperatures, than do the corresponding orthophthalate diesters." The patent application was filed on March 18, 2010 (12/726,801). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,973,194.PN.&OS=PN/7,973,194&RS=PN/7,973,194 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Pioneer Hi-Bred International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent (7,973,221) developed by Mark J. Hood, Memphis, Tenn., and Jeffrey A. Thompson, Edwardsville, Ill., for a soybean variety RJS49002. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS49002. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS49002, to the plants of soybean RJS49002 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS49002 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS49002 with another soybean plant, using RJS49002 as either the male or the female parent." The patent application was filed on April 16, 2009 (12/424,607). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,973,221.PN.&OS=PN/7,973,221&RS=PN/7,973,221 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1053693 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |