Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP
-
Patent number: 6236877Abstract: An apparatus for separating an image of a target into a directly scattered component and a multiply scattered component by providing a stationary field stop having a first region and associated detector confocal to a point on the target. During a first interval, a light source directs a first beam to the target and the directly scattered component is selected by the first region. During a second interval, the light source directs a second beam to the target and the multiply scattered component us selected by the first region and its associated detector. Alternatively, a light source directs a first beam to the target and the directly scattered component is selected by the first region of the field stop and its associated detector, while the second region and its associated detector select for multiply scattered light.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1998Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignees: The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Laser Diagnostics Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ann E. Elsner, Robert H. Webb, Andreas W. Dreher
-
Patent number: 6235936Abstract: A method is provided for the transition metal-catalyzed arylation, or vinylation, of hydrazines, hydrazones, and the like. Additionally, the invention provides a conceptually novel strategy, the cornerstone of which is the transition metal-catalyzed arylation or vinylation method, for the synthesis of indoles, carbazoles, and the like. The methods and strategies of the invention may be utilized in standard, parallel, and combinatorial synthetic protocols.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1998Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Stephen L. Buchwald, Seble Wagaw, Oliver Fabian Geis
-
Patent number: 6226877Abstract: A reciprocating saw includes a structure for sealing a chamber (2a) which is defined by a gear housing (3) and a gear housing cover (4) fitted over the gear housing. The sealing structure includes a rubber packing (18) mounted along the entire length of the seam between the gear housing (3) and the gear housing cover (4). The rubber packing (18) is integrally formed with a V-shaped valve (19) such that a protrusion (20) at the bottom bend of the valve selectively opens and closes an air vent (21) formed in a partition wall (3a) of the gear housing (3). The sealing structure further includes a seal retainer (22) and a dust seal (24) provided between the gear housing (3) and the gear housing cover (4) and penetrated by a reciprocating slider (12). The seal retainer (22) and the dust seal (24) lubricate the slider and seal the chamber (2a) where the slider 12 penetrates the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Makita CorporationInventor: Masahiko Ono
-
Patent number: 6229280Abstract: A charging system includes an electric power tool (2) and a charger (1) having internal rechargeable batteries (6) and a controller (9) for monitoring the charge/discharge level of the batteries (6). The electric power tool (2) additionally includes a pair of charge terminals (13a, 14a) for carrying current to charge the batteries (6), a temperature terminal (15a) for outputting to the charger (1) data on the temperature of the batteries, and a data terminal (16a) for outputting to the charger data on the battery charge/discharge level from the controller (9). The charger (1) includes a pair of charge terminals (13b, 14b), a temperature terminal (15b), and a data terminal (16b) that are electrically connected to the corresponding tool terminals when the tool (2) is set on the charger for a charge.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignees: Makita Corporation, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiko Sakoh, Masatoshi Sugiura, Yutaka Matsunaga, Tomoo Muramatsu, Kazuyoshi Horikawa
-
Patent number: 6225455Abstract: Modified proteins, modified interferons &agr;'s and &bgr;'s, phosphorylated modified proteins and DNA sequences encoding the above, applications and uses thereof. Modified phosphorylated Hu-IFN-&agr;-like proteins are provided which carry an identifiable label such as a radio-label. Corresponding phosphorylatable Hu-IFN-&agr;-like proteins which contain a putative phosphorylation site. DNA sequences which encode a Hu-IFN-&agr;-like protein and contain a sequence encoding a putative phosphorylatable site. Appropriate expression vectors are used to transform compatible host cells of various microorganisms, such as E. coli. Numerous uses for the phosphorylated proteins are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1995Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: PBL Biomedical LaboratoriesInventor: Sidney Pestka
-
Patent number: 6218633Abstract: An electric power blower (1) includes a handle (5) mounting therein a disk-shaped speed change dial (9) which is capable of rotation on a shaft (10). The speed change dial (9) is disposed between a speed change switch (6) and a trigger switch (8) and has a cut-out (12) formed therein through which the trigger switch (8) can pass without interference, depending on the rotational position of the dial (9). The speed change dial (9) includes a stopper (13) at an free end which defines the cut-out (12). A first regulating surface (14) and a second regulating surface (15) are provided on the stopper (13), forming an angled corner therebetween. The peripheral surface of the speed change dial (9) is exposed to the outside of the blower (1) through two windows (18) in both sides of the handle (5) adjacent to the trigger switch (8) so as to allow manual rotation. The amount by which the trigger switch (8) is pulled into the handle is determined by the rotational position of the speed change dial (9).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2000Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Makita CorporationInventors: Michio Okumura, Hidenori Ito
-
Patent number: 6219055Abstract: A forming tool is provided for manipulating a computer model, including mechanisms for allowing a user to define a forming tool for creating a form feature of the model. Characteristics of the forming tool may be defined so that the forming tool may be reused without the need to redefine its characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: SolidWorks CorporationInventors: Rahul Bhargava, Gopal Shenoy, Robert P. Zuffante, Jon K. Hirschtick
-
Patent number: 6219049Abstract: A dynamic mate inferencing system permits display and manipulation of a computer model, including features of allowing a user to select a feature of the model, determining a characteristic geometry of the feature, dynamically previewing the mating of the feature to a component of the model, allowing the user to alternate between different mating scenarios, and permitting the user to mate the feature to the component in the previewed geometry.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Solidworks CorporationInventors: Robert P. Zuffante, John K. Hirschtick, Boris Shoov, David Corcoran, Mick Kallman, Michael Payne, Linda Lokay
-
Patent number: 6213661Abstract: A retractable felt-tipped pen includes first and second cylindrical members movable with respect to each other and a pen nib connected to one of the first and second cylinders. A flexible membrane is connected to at least one of the first and second tubes and rotates inward on itself to engage the pen nib in a closed condition to seal the pen nib and rotates outward from itself to disengage the pen nib for writing and/or the membrane simply expands without rotation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1998Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Inventor: George Coon
-
Patent number: 6213224Abstract: An electric power tool is provided including a main housing (2) assembled by fitting together right and left casing halves (3, 4), a drive unit (5), a spindle (14) coupled to the drive unit, and a change ring (20). The drive unit includes a DC motor (6), a gear assembly (7), and first and second gear cases (9, 15). The aluminum-alloy second gear case (15) is provided with a connecting portion (17) which has an outer shape that smoothly and continuously connects with the front end of the main housing and which is secured to the main housing by four screws (24) in the axial direction toward the rear portion of the tool. In addition, the second gear case includes a small-diameter journal bearing (16) which extends forwardly from the front end of the connecting portion (17) within the change ring so as to support the spindle of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Makita CorporationInventors: Takefumi Furuta, Shingo Umemura, Shinsuke Mori
-
Patent number: 6212068Abstract: An operator workstation has a worksurface and left and right upper support members extending upward from the worksurface. Multiple flat-panel display units are mounted between the support members above the level of the worksurface. The displays are mounted above one another, between the support members. Lower support members support the workstation in connection with a base mounted between the lower support members. The base has a substantially triangular cross-section, while the lower support members have a substantially triangular shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: The Foxboro CompanyInventors: Albert Rooyakkers, John Porter
-
Patent number: 6211626Abstract: Disclosed herein is a current control for a lighting assembly, which may be an LED lighting assembly, which may be a pulse width modulated (“PWM”) current control or other form of current control where each current-controlled unit is uniquely addressable and capable of receiving illumination color information on a computer lighting network. In an embodiment, the invention includes a binary tree network configuration of lighting units (nodes). In another embodiment, the present invention comprises a heat dissipating housing, made out of a heat-conductive material, for housing the lighting assembly. The heat dissipating housing contains two stacked circuit boards holding respectively the power module and the light module. The light module is adapted to be conveniently interchanged with other light modules.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Color Kinetics, IncorporatedInventors: Ihor Lys, George G. Mueller, Frederick Marshall Morgan, Michael K. Blackwell
-
Patent number: 6212519Abstract: The systems and methods of the invention can process a qualitative expression, typically a phrase, to generate a numerical value that represents the likelihood of an event as expressed by the given qualitative expression. The qualitative expressions typically are made up of a probability term and possibly a term of degree and one or more terms of negation. Thus, the systems described herein allow numerical information to be captured from qualitative expressions. This, allows further numeric processing and data refining, and facilitates the development of databases of information, such as databases of information about the significance of the existence of a symptom for the diagnosis of a particular disease.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: SimulConsult, Inc.Inventor: Michael M. Segal
-
Patent number: 6211370Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for stereoselective cycloaddition reactions which generally comprises a cycloaddition reaction between a pair of substrates, each either chiral or prochiral, that contain reactive &pgr;-systems, in the presence of a non-racemic chiral catalyst, to produce a stereoisomerically enriched product. The present invention also relates to novel asymmetric catalyst complexes comprising a metal and an asymmetric tridentate ligand.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Harvard UniversityInventors: Eric N. Jacobsen, Scott E. Schaus, Alexander G. Dossetter, Timothy F. Jamison
-
Patent number: 6210877Abstract: Methods and assays are disclosed for predicting a patient's risk for an inflammatory disorder such as coronary artery disease or related vascular disorders. The methods comprise obtaining a biological sample from a patient and determining the presence or absence of a particular allele which is linked with coronary artery disease. Detection of the allele is indicative of susceptibility to develop coronary artery disease. Kits for the detection of coronary artery disease are additionally provided, as are means for identifying additional alleles associated with coronary artery disease.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1997Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Interleukin Genetics, Inc.Inventors: Sheila E. Francis, David C. Crossman, Gordon W. Duff
-
Patent number: 6211810Abstract: In an air traffic control radar system, a processor is described for correlating primary target data received from a target with a target report and a target track, wherein the processor has a search acquisition time that is adapted to the distance of the target from the radar site. The search acquisition time is shorter for more distant targets. The processor can employ a shorter cycle time (time quantum) to establish a correlation between target data and target reports than would otherwise be possible with conventional fixed search acquisition times. The average total dwell time may be reduced while complying with the mandated maximum processing time for more difficult radar reports.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventor: Vincent E. Schirf
-
Patent number: 6210033Abstract: A magnetic induction drive for a rotatable driven member in a sealed housing, in particular, a shaft-mounted blade in a blender cup, uses a comparatively thin circular plate of a magnetizable material with circumferentially arrayed poles secured within the housing to the shaft. A brushless d.c. motor in a base separate from the housing has a rotor formed as an array of pie-shaped permanent magnet regions that interact with an electronically controlled, rotating electromagnetic field produced by a ring of stator coils. A second such permanent magnet is coupled to rotate coaxially and in unison with the rotor, with poles of opposite polarity aligned and adjacent one another. A steel disc is sandwiched between and bonded to the rotor and the second permanent magnet. The magnetic field (lines of flux) of the second magnet extends axially away from the rotor to induce magnetic poles of opposite polarity in the drive plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Island Oasis Frozen Cocktail Co., Inc.Inventors: John F. Karkos, Jr., John Micheli
-
Patent number: 6211824Abstract: An integrated directional patch antenna uses multiple patch radiating elements to control the direction of a beam of radio frequency energy (RF) over a large scan volume. The antenna includes a ground plane element and a first dielectric planar member placed on a major surface of the ground plane element. A plurality of first patch radiator elements is arranged on a surface of the first dielectric member remote from the ground plane element. A second dielectric planar member is placed on first patch radiator elements, and a plurality of second patch radiator elements arranged on a surface of the second dielectric member remote from the first patch radiator elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Richard H. Holden, Joseph A. Preiss, Gennaro Ledonne
-
Patent number: 6209095Abstract: The invention includes a markup language according to the SGML standard in which document type definitions are created under which electronic documents are divided into blocks that are associated with logical fields that are specific to the type of block. Each of many different types of electronic documents can have a record mapping to a particular environment, such as a legacy environment of a banking network, a hospital's computer environment for electronic record keeping, a lending institution's computer environment for processing loan applications, or a court or arbitrator's computer system. Semantic document type definitions for various electronic document types (including, for example, electronic checks, mortgage applications, medical records, prescriptions, contracts, and the like) can be formed using mapping techniques between the logical content of the document and the block that is defined to include such content.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1999Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Financial Services Technology ConsortiumInventors: Milton Anderson, Frank Jaffe, Chris Hibbert, Jyri Virkki, Jeffrey Kravitz, Sheveling Chang, Elaine Palmer
-
Patent number: 6207450Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating glaucoma and methods and compositions for prognosing or diagnosing glaucoma in a subject are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1998Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: University of Iowa Research FoundationInventors: Val C. Sheffield, Wallace L. M. Alward, Edwin M. Stone, Darryl Nishimura, Shiva Patil