Cooper, MD
Bret Cooper, Laurel, MD US
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20090178157 | CELL PROLIFERATION-RELATED POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREFOR - Disclosed are proteins, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins, involved in or associated with cell proliferation, senesence, differentiation, development, and stress response in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such proteins. | 07-09-2009 |
20090178162 | STRESS-RELATED POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREFOR - Disclosed are proteins, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins, involved in or associated with the stress response (both biotic and abiotic stress) in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such proteins. | 07-09-2009 |
20100024074 | ARABIDOPSIS DERIVED PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF PLANT EXPRESSION - The invention provides a method to identify a plurality of plant promoters having specified characteristics and promoters identified by the method. Also provided are transgenic plants comprising the genes identified by the methods of the invention. | 01-28-2010 |
20100275333 | ABIOTIC STRESS RESPONSIVE POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES - Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors, expression cassettes, host cells, and plants containing such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for using such polynucleotides and polypeptides, for example, to alter the responsiveness of a plant to abiotic stress. | 10-28-2010 |
20110225678 | RICE PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF PLANT EXPRESSION - The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical. | 09-15-2011 |
Donald Cooper, Centreville, MD US
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20120151700 | Cleaning Wipe - A disposable cleaning wipe, methods of manufacture and use of the disposable cleaning wipe are disclosed. The cleaning wipe may be made of a woven or non-woven fabric and is impregnated with a dryable non-foaming chemical that is re-activatable upon the addition of water. The cleaning wipe may be activated by a user by the addition of water and used to clean a hard surface. | 06-21-2012 |
Donald A. Cooper, Centreville, MD US
Gary Cooper, Kensington, MD US
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20090258692 | METHOD FOR PLAYING A GAME OF CHANCE WITH A WIRELESS ELECTRONIC GAMING UNIT - A portable gaming unit for playing an associated game comprises a housing and a base. The housing includes a display. An electronics assembly is mounted in the housing for controlling input/output functions of the gaming unit. A pivot joint pivotably mounts the housing to the base. An easel is pivotably mounted to one of the housing and the base. The easel in a use orientation braces the housing against the base to enable the housing to maintain an acute angle in relation to a plane of the base. In a transport orientation, the easel allows the housing to fold against the base. The easel in the transport orientation serves as a handle for the gaming unit. | 10-15-2009 |
20120122581 | WIRELESS ELECTRONIC GAMING UNIT - A portable gaming unit for playing an associated game comprises a housing and a base. The housing includes a display. A pivot joint pivotably mounts the housing to the base. An electronics assembly is mounted to one of the housing and the base for controlling input/output functions of the gaming unit. An easel is pivotably mounted to one of the housing and the base. The easel in a use orientation braces the housing against the base to enable the housing to maintain an acute angle in relation to a plane of the base. In a transport orientation, the easel allows the housing to fold against the base. The easel in the transport orientation serves as a handle for the gaming unit. | 05-17-2012 |
Gregory Cooper, Fulton, MD US
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20150203709 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX NANOCOMPOSITE LAYER - The present invention relates to an OLED internal light extraction scheme with graded-index layer and embedded scattering particles. | 07-23-2015 |
Gregory D. Cooper, Fulton, MD US
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20130136897 | RESISTS FOR LITHOGRAPHY - New routes involving multi-step reversible photo-chemical reactions using two-step techniques to provide non-linear resist for lithography are described in this disclosure. They may provide exposure quadratically dependant on the intensity of the light. Several specific examples, including but not limited to using nanocrystals, are also described. Combined with double patterning, these approaches may create sub-diffraction limit feature density. | 05-30-2013 |
20130207238 | BLOCK CO-POLYMER PHOTORESIST - An integrated circuit is made by depositing a pinning layer on a substrate. A block copolymer photoresist is formed on the pinning layer. The block copolymer has two blocks A and B that do not self-assemble under at least some annealing conditions. The exposed block copolymer photoresist is processed to cleave at least some block copolymer bonds in the exposed selected regions. The exposed pinning layer is processed to create a chemical epitaxial pattern to direct the local self assembly of the block copolymer. | 08-15-2013 |
20140322549 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX NANOCOMPOSITE - The current disclosure relates to a nanocomposites coating including metal oxide nanocrystals, the nanocomposites further include a mixture of acrylates monomers and oligomers to provide a curable coating that provides high refractive index, high transmittance, and high temperature stability. | 10-30-2014 |
20150185616 | RESISTS FOR LITHOGRAPHY - New routes involving multi-step reversible photo-chemical reactions using two-step techniques to provide non-linear resist for lithography are described in this disclosure. They may provide exposure quadratically dependant on the intensity of the light. Several specific examples, including but not limited to using nanocrystals, are also described. Combined with double patterning, these approaches may create sub-diffraction limit feature density. | 07-02-2015 |
20150380239 | BLOCK CO-POLYMER PHOTORESIST - An integrated circuit is made by depositing a pinning layer on a substrate. A block copolymer photoresist is formed on the pinning layer. The block copolymer has two blocks A and B that do not self-assemble under at least some annealing conditions. The exposed block copolymer photoresist is processed to cleave at least some block copolymer bonds in the exposed selected regions. The exposed pinning layer is processed to create a chemical epitaxial pattern to direct the local self assembly of the block copolymer. | 12-31-2015 |
20150380688 | ADVANCED LIGHT EXTRACTION STRUCTURE - Preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals and their dispersions in solvents and other media is described. The nanocrystals described herein have small (1-10 nm) particle size with minimal aggregation and can be synthesized with high yield. The capping agents on the as-synthesized nanocrystals as well as nanocrystals which have undergone cap exchange reactions result in the formation of stable suspensions in polar and nonpolar solvents which may then result in the formation of high quality nanocomposite films. | 12-31-2015 |
James L. Cooper, Annapolis, MD US
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20100038491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING CARGO CONTAINERS IN SPACE - Disclosed is a Host Transfer Vehicle methods and computer-readable medium for enabling the capture and berthing of passive cargo containers in space with an orbiting system, such as the International Space Station. A method embodiment positions a Host Transfer Vehicle (HTV) in proximity to an orbiting system, captures a passive cargo container launched from a ground by a grappling arm of the HTV, couples the passive cargo container to the HTV to form an HTV/cargo container stack, propels the HTV/cargo container stack within proximity of an orbiting system, and through the use of a grappling arm of the orbiting system berths the HTV/cargo container stack via a coupling structure on the cargo container to the orbiting system. The cargo container can then receive cargo from the orbiting system and either return to the ground or the cargo container can be burned up in the atmosphere. | 02-18-2010 |
Jeffrey Cooper, Bowie, MD US
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20140122122 | METHOD OF MANAGING A CHRONIC DISEASE - A method of managing a chronic disease suffered by a patient. The method includes the steps of determining a management plan for the chronic disease, using a real time analysis module for analyzing and modifying the management plan in accordance with environmental factors, determining a regiment of medications for managing the chronic disease in accordance with the management plan and generating a plurality of reminders for the patient to take the regiment of medications. | 05-01-2014 |
Jennifer Z. Cooper, Lutherville, MD US
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20120303045 | SKIN REMOVAL INSTRUMENT - A skin removal instrument that comprises first and second resilient arms. Each of the first and second arms includes a main body that has a middle, an attachment end and a nipping end opposite the attachment end. The attachment ends are attached to one another, thereby forming a spring area that allows the nipping ends to resiliently move toward and away from each other. Each of the first and second arms includes an outer gripping area disposed offset from the middle of the main body of the first and second arms, respectively. The outer gripping area has a substantially bulbous shape. Each of the nipping ends of the first and second arms includes an extension portion that extends from the main body and a nipping blade portion that extends from the extension portion. Each of the nipping blade portions has an angled surface angled downwardly from an inner surface of the extension portions, respectively, such that the nipping blade portions converge toward one another. Each of the nipping blade portions includes a nipping edge at an end of the respective angled surface, wherein the nipping blade portions meet when the first and second arms are compressed together to remove a section of skin. | 11-29-2012 |
John D. Cooper, Columbia, MD US
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20080294010 | LARYNGOSCOPE THAT INDICATES CONTACT - A laryngoscope including a laryngoscope blade and a detector incorporated in or attached to the laryngoscope blade, the detector detecting contact. A method of using a laryngoscope including moving a patient's pharyngeal structure using a laryngoscope blade, wherein a detector is attached to the laryngoscope blade; contacting the patient's teeth with the detector; and indicating a contact between the detector and the teeth. | 11-27-2008 |
Joseph B. Cooper, Baltimore, MD US
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20150093973 | COMPACT VACUUM - A vacuum may include a housing, a filter, a motor-fan assembly, and a flue. The housing defines a chamber having a circular cross-section. The filter may have an annular shape and is disposed in the chamber of the housing. The motor-fan assembly includes a motor drivably coupled to a fan, such that the fan is mounted above the motor. The motor and the fan are enclosed in a casing, and the casing is disposed in an opening of the filter. The fan draws air into the chamber via the intake port and upward through the filter into the casing of the motor-fan assembly. The flue defines an exhaust path from the casing to the exhaust port, whereby air drawn into the casing is discharged via the flue outside the chamber of the vacuum. | 04-02-2015 |
La Vida D. Cooper, Rockville, MD US
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20130080135 | SYSTEM, TOOL AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND COMPONENT MODELING - A system, tool and method for testing and modeling capabilities and functionalities of an integrated circuit or components thereof in an extreme environment, particularly for temperatures encountered in outer space, lunar and planetary environments. | 03-28-2013 |
Luke Cooper, Baltimore, MD US
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20140316823 | Systems and Methods To Promote Computerized Insurance Premium Quotes for losses suffered by Crowd Funding Website Subscribers - A system and method for selling insurance products through crowdfunding websites is described. The system and method allow a provider to sell insurance products covering the risk of loss to a crowdfunding website subscriber, either directly or through a broker or aggregator, whereby a single GUI is used for the insurance and pledge or investment and the customer only has to enter their personal details once. | 10-23-2014 |
Mark Andrew Cooper, Elkridge, MD US
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20110151424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC TRAINING JACKETS - A method and apparatus for generating electronic training jackets is disclosed. The method may include receiving a request from a user to generate an electronic training jacket for an individual, retrieving qualification information for the individual from at least one of one or more remote qualification databases and one or more local qualification databases, generating the electronic training jacket from the retrieved qualification information, and automatically outputting the generated electronic training jacket to the user using an output device. The qualification information may be aviation-related and shipboard-related qualification information and the aviation-related and the shipboard-related qualification information may include at least one of medical qualification information, job training qualification information, and education information. | 06-23-2011 |
Michael K. Cooper, Baltimore, MD US
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20100273818 | INHIBITORS OF HEDGEHOG SIGNALING PATHWAYS, COMPOSITIONS AND USES RELATED THERETO - The present invention makes availables assays and reagents inhibiting paracrine and/or autocrine signals produced by a hedgehog protein or aberrant activation of a hedgehog signal transduction pathway, e.g., which involve the use of a steroidal alkaloid or other small molecule. | 10-28-2010 |
20120183603 | INHIBITORS OF HEDGEHOG SIGNALING PATHWAYS, COMPOSITIONS AND USES RELATED THERETO - The present invention makes availables assays and reagents inhibiting paracrine and/or autocrine signals produced by a hedgehog protein or aberrant activation of a hedgehog signal transduction pathway, e.g., which involve the use of a steroidal alkaloid or other small molecule. | 07-19-2012 |
Paul Cooper, Potomac, MD US
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20160066956 | External Fixation System - In embodiments of the invention, there is provided an external fixation system comprising a first plate and a second plate and connectors therebetween. Some or all of the connectors may be adjustable in length or angular position or both. Angular adjustment may comprise a fixed amount of friction and an adjustable amount of friction, and the permitted angular deflection can vary around the perimeter of the angular joint. An adjustable-length connector may comprise a tiltable nut that can either engage or not engage a threaded rod to provide both coarse adjustment and fine adjustment. Tactile or audible feedback may be provided. | 03-10-2016 |
Paul S. Cooper, Millersville, MD US
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20160045324 | TITANIUM PLASMA COATED MEDICAL GRADE THERMOPLASTIC OR POLYMER PROXIMAL AND DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL TOE IMPLANT - A medical grade thermoplastic or polymer implant with an osteoconductive coating is provided, specifically for corrections of the distal and proximal interphalangeal toe joints of the foot. The implant can be either straight or angled, and can be either solid or cannulated for insertion. The implant is sized and shaped depending on the specific anatomy and desired correction. | 02-18-2016 |
Paul Stuart Cooper, Potomac, MD US
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20120215222 | COMPRESSIBLE DEVICE ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR FACILITATING HEALING BETWEEN BONES - A method of applying compression between a distal bone portion and a proximal bone portion using an orthopedic device is provided. The method may include inserting the orthopedic device through the proximal bone portion and into the distal bone portion, where the orthopedic device includes a core and a sleeve. The method may further include fastening the core to the distal bone portion and fastening the sleeve to the proximal bone portion. The method may further include applying initial compression between the distal bone portion and the proximal bone portion. The method may further include maintaining compression between the distal bone portion and the proximal bone portion with a pawl member. The method may also include allowing for dynamic compression between the distal bone portion and the proximal bone portion after the initial compression has been achieved and maintaining the dynamic compression between the distal bone portion and the proximal bone portion with the pawl member. | 08-23-2012 |
20140243825 | COMPRESSIBLE DEVICE ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR FACILITATING HEALING BETWEEN BONES - A method of applying compression between a distal bone portion and a proximal bone portion using an orthopedic device is provided. Methods may include inserting the orthopedic device through the proximal bone portion and into the distal bone portion, where the orthopedic device includes a core and a sleeve. The method may include fastening the core to the distal bone portion and fastening the sleeve to the proximal bone portion. The method may include applying compression between the distal bone portion and the proximal bone portion. The method may include maintaining compression between the distal bone portion and the proximal bone portion with a pawl member. Methods may also include allowing for dynamic compression between the distal bone portion and the proximal bone portion after the initial compression has been achieved and maintaining the dynamic compression between the distal bone portion and the proximal bone portion with the pawl member. | 08-28-2014 |
Peter J. Cooper, North Potomac, MD US
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20080215277 | Method for manufacturing filter canisters and tracking quality assurance - An assembly line for manufacturing filter canisters is disclosed. The method for assembling filter canisters provides a unique serial number for each canister and a database that associates the component lot numbers, activated charcoal weight, and quality assurance test results with the serial number for the filter canister. The manufacturing method can be adapted for assembly of canisters with activated charcoal and an aerosol HEPA filter, canisters with activated charcoal only, and canisters with an aerosol HEPA filter only. Some embodiments can also enable different testing conditions and specifications, activated charcoal loading requirements, labeling specifications, and packaging requirements. | 09-04-2008 |
Randolph E. Cooper, Lutherville, MD US
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20120303045 | SKIN REMOVAL INSTRUMENT - A skin removal instrument that comprises first and second resilient arms. Each of the first and second arms includes a main body that has a middle, an attachment end and a nipping end opposite the attachment end. The attachment ends are attached to one another, thereby forming a spring area that allows the nipping ends to resiliently move toward and away from each other. Each of the first and second arms includes an outer gripping area disposed offset from the middle of the main body of the first and second arms, respectively. The outer gripping area has a substantially bulbous shape. Each of the nipping ends of the first and second arms includes an extension portion that extends from the main body and a nipping blade portion that extends from the extension portion. Each of the nipping blade portions has an angled surface angled downwardly from an inner surface of the extension portions, respectively, such that the nipping blade portions converge toward one another. Each of the nipping blade portions includes a nipping edge at an end of the respective angled surface, wherein the nipping blade portions meet when the first and second arms are compressed together to remove a section of skin. | 11-29-2012 |