• PPG Industries Ohio Inc., for "Method for coating a substrate with an undercoating and a functional coating, No. 7,438,948." Inventors were Caroline S. Harris and Cory D. Steffek, both of Pittsburgh; and Scott D. Walck, Allison Park. The present invention relates to substrates coated with a polycrystalline functional coating; especially substrates coated with a functional coating comprising a material that can be present in more than one crystal structure, like titania, wherein the functional coating can comprise a first polycrystalline film made up predominantly of material having a first crystal structure and a second polycrystalline film made up predominantly of the same material having a second crystal structure.

• McGill University, for "Method of identifying or characterizing a compound that modulates ribonuclease H activity, No. 7,439,035." Inventors were Michael A. Parniak, Pittsburgh, and Kyung-Lyum Min, Montreal. The invention relates to a substrate and method for the assay of ribonuclease H activity and uses thereof.

• Charles Allen Black Jr., Pittsburgh, for "Compositions and methods for activating genes of interest, No. 7,439,059." The present invention relates to methods and compositions for activating genes of interest particularly in the presence of a target gene.

• Indspec Chemical Corp., for "Benzoylresorcinol-based phosphate ester compounds as flame retardants, No. 7,439,289." Inventors were Raj B. Durairaj, Monroeville, and Gary A. Jesionowski, Pittsburgh. The invention relates to flame retardants comprising phosphate ester compounds, methods for their synthesis and applications thereof, especially their applications as flame retardants in compositions or articles comprising polymers.

• Eaton Corp., for "Automated arc generator and method to repeatably generate electrical arcs for AFCI testing, No. 7,439,744." Inventors were Dale Louis Gass, Brown Deer, Wis.; Kevin Lynn Parker, Pittsburgh, Birger Pahl, Milwaukee; Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Sussex, Wis.; and Joseph Charles Zuercher, Brookfield, Wis. This invention pertains generally to test apparatus, and more particularly, to such apparatus for repeatably generating electrical arcs for testing an electrical switching apparatus, such as an arc fault circuit interrupter. The invention also relates to methods for testing AFCIs.