FedInvent™ Patents
Patent Details for Tuesday, December 20, 2011
This page was updated on Monday, March 27, 2023 at 02:06 AM GMT
Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 08079118 | Gelvin et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Borgia/Cummins, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Gelvin (Escondido, California); Lewis D. Girod (Los Angeles, California); William J. Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); Frederic Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Vehicle internetworks provide for communications among diverse electronic devices within a vehicle, and for communications among these devices and networks external to the vehicle. The vehicle internetwork comprises specific devices, software, and protocols, and provides for security for essential vehicle functions and data communications, ease of integration of new devices and services to the vehicle internetwork, and ease of addition of services linking the vehicle to external networks such as the Internet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/904074 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Textiles: Cloth finishing 026/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079154 | Finlayson |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Finlayson (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for measuring an angle of inclination of a tangent to a centerline curve of a tube includes a shuttle and a clinometer rotatably fixed to the shuttle. The shuttle comprises a pair of circular end plates and a shaft that joins the end plates. A carrier is attached to the shaft and the clinometer is fixed to the carrier. The shaft is rotatable with respect to the end plates, or the carrier is rotatable with respect to the shaft. The method of determining curvature of a tube having a centerline curve comprises measuring angles of inclination of the tangent to the centerline curve at a plurality of axial locations along the tube. |
| FILED | Monday, March 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/690879 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/303 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079259 | Cardarelli |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Milli Sensor Systems and Actuators (West Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donato Cardarelli (Medfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A gyroscope that lies generally in a plane, for detecting rotation rate about a gyro input axis. The gyroscope has a substrate, and a generally planar outer member flexibly coupled to the substrate such that it is capable of oscillatory motion about a drive axis that is orthogonal to the input axis. There is also a generally planar inner member coplanar with and flexibly coupled to the outer member such that it is capable of rotary oscillatory motion relative to the outer member about an output axis that is orthogonal to the plane of the members. There are one or more drives for directly or indirectly oscillating the outer member about the drive axis, and one or more sensors that detect oscillation of the inner member about the output axis. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/185626 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/504.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079274 | Mian et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IEM Corp. (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zahid Mian (Loudonville, New York); William Peabody (Saratoga Springs, New York); Sheppard Salon (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for measuring torque on a rotating component, comprising of signal-producing components which are applied to the rotating component, and a means for obtaining the signals produced by said signal producing components, in which at least two signal producing components are applied to the rotating component with some linear separation between the two signal producing components and their corresponding devices for obtaining signals produced, such that torque applied to the rotating component will cause a change in phase between the signals received from each of the signal-producing components and thus permit the measurement of torque based on this change in phase; one embodiment of this invention comprising two magnetic rings, one at either end of a driveshaft, with sensor coils placed near to each magnetic ring such that an alternating electrical current is produced, the comparative phase between these currents permitting measurement of torque on the driveshaft. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/453749 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079352 | Veracka et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Veracka (Annapolis, Maryland); Craig N. Boyer (Mitchellville, Maryland); Jesse M. Neri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Raymond J Allen (Vienna, Virginia); Irwin L. Singer (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic rail gun launcher for launching an armature attached to a projectile includes a barrel, having a bore, and a body that includes a pair of main rails, a first pair of augmenting rails one of each lying outboard of and coextending with each of one of the main rails from the breech to the muzzle, a second pair of augmenting rails one of each lying outboard of and coextending with one of each of the first pair of augmenting rails, a first pair of electrically-conducting crossovers proximate to the breech and a second pair of electrically-conducting crossovers proximate to the muzzle and connected in series when the armature is positioned in the bore with power provided to the launcher. The exit speed of the projectile from the launcher is controlled by controlling the current to the launcher. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822826 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Mechanical guns and projectors 124/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079432 | Ohm et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, California); Michael Bassett (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Configurations are provided for vehicular robots or other vehicles to provide shifting of their centers of gravity for enhanced obstacle navigation. Various head and neck morphologies are provided to allow positioning for various poses such as a stowed pose, observation poses, and inspection poses. Neck extension and actuator module designs are provided to implement various head and neck morphologies. Robot control network circuitry is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/652478 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/9.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079459 | Burgermeister |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Unites States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Burgermeister (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A transporter may move a payload along a linear path. The transporter may include a stationary base and a first arm assembly. The first arm assembly may include a first gear coupled to the stationary base, an idler gear that meshes with the first gear, and a second gear that meshes with the idler gear. The transporter may include a driver for rotating the first arm assembly around the axis of the first gear. A second arm assembly may be rigidly coupled to the second gear such that rotation of the second gear rotates the second arm assembly around the axis of the second gear. The second arm assembly may include a third axis that is parallel to the axes of the first and second gears. A payload engager may be disposed at the third axis, for engaging and disengaging the payload. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/622300 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Conveyors: Power-driven 198/468.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079552 | Sweigard |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Sweigard (Euless, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A clip assembly (111) having a clamp member (115) with opposing fingers (121 and 123) configured to form a channel, and an insert member (129) that holds the fire detector wire (128) is disclosed. The insert member (128) is made of, coated with, or treated with an anti-friction material. The insert member includes end flanges (133, 135) that retain the insert member between the opposing fingers. The fire detector wire is installed into the insert member, and the insert member is then snapped into the channel formed by the opposing fingers of the clamp member. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/509928 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports 248/74.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079806 | Tholen et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan M. Tholen (Kennebunk, Maine); Christopher W. Strock (Kennebunk, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine seal member for use in a gas turbine engine includes a turbine seal substrate having a gas-path side and a ceramic layer disposed on the gas-path side that includes a plurality of mechanical indentations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/946114 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/171.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08079809 | Selder et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Al Selder (Gilbert, Arizona); Raymond A. Sutyak (Queen Creek, Arizona); Donald R. Piscopo (Phoenix, Arizona); Joseph A. Olsen, III (Glendale, Arizona); Marc Schmittenberg (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An inflatable sealing assembly for sealing between an intake section of a turbine engine and an air inlet ring of a vehicle. The inflatable sealing assembly including a seal holder coupled to the intake section of the engine and having a first inflatable seal, a second inflatable seal, and a closed cell foam material disposed therein. The first inflatable seal and the second inflatable seal are configured when inflated to provide a seal between the intake section of the turbine engine and the air inlet ring of the vehicle and prevent foreign object debris and/or water from entering the turbine engine. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/147146 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/214.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080095 | Rood et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Rood (Champaign, Illinois); K. James Hay (Mahomet, Illinois); Byung J. Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Hamidreza Emamipour (Champaign, Illinois); Zaher M. Hashisho (Edmonton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A preferred embodiment steady state tracking desorption system achieves steady tracking of either a fixed sorbate output set point, or a set point that changes over time. The system includes an electrically heated thermal adsorption/desorption device A temperature sensor senses the temperature of an adsorbent material within the adsorption/desorption device. A sorbate sensor senses a sorbate level from an outlet of the adsorption/desorption device. A power sensor senses the power supplied by the desorption device. A controller interprets levels sensed by the temperature sensor, the sorbate sensor and the power sensor and provides a signal to achieve steady set point tracking of a sorbate level from the outlet of the adsorption/desorption device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/296121 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080149 | Suh et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong-Seok Suh (Seoul, South Korea); Ray Henry Baughman (Dallas, Texas); Anvar Abdulahadovic Zakhidov (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to processes for the combination of injecting charge in a material electrochemically via non-faradaic (double-layer) charging, and retaining this charge and associated desirable properties changes when the electrolyte is removed. The present invention is also directed to compositions and applications using material property changes that are induced electrochemically by double-layer charging and retained during subsequent electrolyte removal. In some embodiments, the present invention provides reversible processes for electrochemically injecting charge into material that is not in direct contact with an electrolyte. Additionally, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to devices and other material applications that use properties changes resulting from reversible electrochemical charge injection in the absence of an electrolyte. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/580401 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/688 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080199 | Tour et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Jason J. Stephenson (McLean, Virginia); Boris I. Yakobson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward methods of crosslinking carbon nanotubes to each other using microwave radiation, articles of manufacture produced by such methods, compositions produced by such methods, and applications for such compositions and articles of manufacture. The present invention is also directed toward methods of radiatively modifying composites and/or blends comprising carbon nanotubes with microwaves, and to the compositions produced by such methods. In some embodiments, the modification comprises a crosslinking process, wherein the carbon nanotubes serve as a conduit for thermally and photolytically crosslinking the host matrix with microwave radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/840422 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080227 | Goodell et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine (Orono, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry S. Goodell (Bangor, Maine); Xinfeng Xie (Orono, Maine); Yuhui Qian (Old Town, Maine); Dajie Zhang (Columbia, Maryland); Michael L. Peterson (Orono, Maine); Jody L. Jellison (Bangor, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon nanotube formation process of producing carbon nanotubes includes controlled heating of plant fiber materials in an oxygen-limited atmosphere. The plant fiber materials may be heated either cyclically or by rapid heating to produce the carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/012236 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080314 | Mirkin et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Evanston, Illinois); Yuhuang Wang (Evanston, Illinois); Daniel Maspoch (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and articles providing for precise aligning, positioning, shaping, and linking of nanotubes and carbon nanotubes. An article comprising: a solid surface comprising at least two different surface regions including: a first surface region which comprises an outer boundary and which is adapted for carbon nanotube adsorption, and a second surface region which is adapted for preventing carbon nanotube adsorption, the second region forming an interface with the outer boundary of the first region, at least one carbon nanotube which is at least partially selectively adsorbed at the interface. The shape and size of the patterns on the surface and the length of the carbon nanotube can be controlled to provide for selective interfacial adsorption. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102962 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/300.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080341 | Lyons et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Swider Lyons (Alexandria, Virginia); Ryan C Wartena (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an ion-conducting electrolyte in contact with both electrodes. Each electrode has a metal, a metal oxide, a hydrous metal oxide, alloy thereof, or mixture thereof, however, the electrodes are different such materials. The positive electrode is capable of storing and donating ions and electrons and reducing oxygen. The negative electrode is capable of storing and donating ions and electrons and oxidizing hydrogen. The electrolyte permits transport of oxygen and hydrogen. The device can charge using ambient hydrogen and oxygen. It can be discharged as an electrochemical capacitor or be operated in a fuel cell mode. |
| FILED | Monday, June 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/479899 |
| ART UNIT | 1728 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080346 | Crumm et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron T. Crumm (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christopher J. Reilly (Whitinsville, Massachusetts); Timothy LaBreche (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid oxide fuel cell includes a tube, a spacer element, a catalytic substrate and an anode current collector. The solid oxide fuel cell further includes a spacer element disposed within the tube. The solid oxide fuel cell further includes a catalytic substrate disposed within the anode current collector electrically contacting the anode of the tube and providing an electrical current path inside the tube past the catalytic substrate to the inlet opening. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/430926 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080385 | Heller et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Heller (Austin, Texas); Benjamin J. Feldman (Oakland, California); Nicolas Mano (Audenge, France); Yueh-Lin Loo (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer matrix that may coated on an electrode is created by co-crosslinking (1) an adduct of a polyaniline formed by templated oxidative polymerization on a polymer acid; (2) a water-soluble crosslinker; and (3) a redox enzyme. The polymer matrix may be hydrated, and the absorbed water may make it permeable to, for example, glucose. The polyaniline may be polyaniline itself or a substituted polyaniline; the water-soluble crosslinker may be poly(ethylene glycol) diglycidyl ether, and the redox enzyme may be glucose oxidase. The polymer matrix may be produced by co-crosslinking (1) an adduct of an electrically conductive polymer and a polymer acid; (2) a water-soluble crosslinker; and (3) a redox enzyme in a single step at an about neutral pH, curing by drying. After hydration, the crosslinked polymer matrix may form a 3-dimensional glucose-permeable bioelectrocatalyst, catalyzing the electrooxidation of glucose. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/114359 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080404 | Turetsky et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham L. Turetsky (Baltimore, Maryland); David R. Pawlowski (Bel Air, Maryland); Mark D. Brickhouse (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for enzymatic decontamination by inactivation of Hazardous agents are provided. Hazardous agents of microbial and chemical origin can be neutralized by H2O2. The methods described herein provide for enzymatic production of H2O2 in situ using oxidoreductase enzymes that use oxygen as an acceptor and their alcohol substrates. The enzymatically produced H2O2 and corresponding aldehydes have potent antimicrobial properties. The enzymatically produced H2O2 also can detoxify chemical agents in situ. The decontaminating power of the oxidoreductase enzymes that use oxygen as an acceptor may be amplified by addition of reagents, such as acetyl donors or base catalysts that, in the presence of H2O2, yield peroxy acid derivatives and hydroperoxy anions. Such derivatives can neutralize biological and chemical agents, thus providing a broadly applicable decontamination method. In addition, catalytic production of H2O2 in situ results in controlled synthesis of decontamination reagents at their point of use, mitigating the need to store, transport and dispose of hydrogen peroxide solutions in the field. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/328477 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/262.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080416 | Warren et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign Corp. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Janice Moser (Orlando, Florida); Inderpal Singh (Orlando, Florida); Haifeng Song (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for preparing an artificial immune system. The artificial immune system comprises a cell culture comprising T cells, B cells and antigen-primed dendritic cells. The artificial immune system of the present invention can be used for in vitro testing of vaccines, adjuvants, immunotherapy candidates, cosmetics, drugs, biologics and other chemicals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/707522 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080437 | Steckel et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Steckel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John P. Zimmer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Nathan E. Stott (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vladimir Bulović (Lexington, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanocrystal includes a core including a first semiconductor material and an overcoating including a second semiconductor material. A monodisperse population of the nanocrystals emits blue light over a narrow range of wavelengths with a high quantum efficiency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/819413 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080468 | Scherer et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Sameer Walavalkar (Los Angeles, California); Michael D. Henry (Altadena, California); Andrew P. Homyk (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabricating passivated silicon nanowires and an electronic arrangement thus obtained are described. Such arrangements may comprise a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) structure such that the arrangements may be utilized for MOS field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) or opto-electronic switches. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822109 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/586 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080600 | Barber, III et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Peter Barber, III (West Columbia, South Carolina); Harry J. Ploehn (Columbia, South Carolina); Hans-Conrad zur Loye (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Mixed metal phosphonates are generally provided. The mixed metal phosphonate can generally have the composition: AB(RPO3)3, where A is Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, Pb2+, La3+, Co2+, Mn2+, Fe2+, or combinations thereof; B is Ti4+, Zr4+, Al3+, or combinations thereof; and R is an organic group (e.g., aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, etc.). The mixed metal phosphonate can be combined with a polymeric material to form a polymeric film. Methods of making the mixed metal phosphonate by combining and reacting a metal oxide and an organophosphonic acid are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/705761 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080653 | Lindsey et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina); Zettacore, Inc. (Englewood, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Robert S. Loewe (Morrisville, Colorado); Kannan Muthukumaran (Raleigh, North Carolina); Arounaguiry Ambroise (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a phosphono-substituted dipyrromethane comprises reacting an aldehyde or acetal having at least one phosphono group substituted thereon with pyrrole to produce a phosphono-substituted dipyrromethane; and wherein the phosphono is selected from the group consisting of dialkyl phosphono, diaryl phosphono, and dialkylaryl phosphono. Additional methods, intermediates and products are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/473438 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080774 | Guinn et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith V. Guinn (Thousand Oaks, California); James H. Schaffner (Chatsworth, California); Jonathan Lynch (Oxnard, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A millimeter wave module for providing one pixel having a pixel resolution in a millimeter wave focal plane array includes a horn antenna having a first cross section area less than or equal to the pixel resolution, a detector for detecting the millimeter wave signals received by the horn antenna, the detector mounted in a recess in the horn antenna and having a second cross section area less than or equal to the first cross section area, and a video output adapter connected to the horn antenna and electrically connected to the detector for providing a connection from the detector, the video output adapter having a third cross section area less than or equal to the first cross section area. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/190453 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080775 | Veeder |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenton T. Veeder (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A readout circuit for reading from addressable nodes comprises first and second half-circuits of a differential amplifier. The first half-circuit comprises at least one source follower transistor adapted to receive an input signal from one of the addressable nodes, such as pixel readouts of an imaging system. The first half-circuit further comprises a row selector switch coupled to the source follower transistor to selectively activate the source follower transistor to receive the input signal. The second half-circuit comprises an output node for providing an output signal of a readout of a selected addressable node. The second half-circuit further comprises a source leader transistor coupled to the output node to provide a feedback signal based on the readout. A feedback loop is connected to the source leader transistor to provide feedback from the output node for utilization in a differential amplification of the input signal. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/165077 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/214.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080876 | Andry et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul S. Andry (Yorktown Heights, New York); John U. Knickerbocker (Monroe, New York); Michelle L. Steen (Danbury, Connecticut); Cornelia K. Tsang (Mohegan Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and structure for enabling the creation of reliable electrical through-via connections in a semiconductor substrate and a process for filling vias. Problems associated with under etch, over etch and flaring of deep Si RIE etched through-vias are mitigated, thereby vastly improving the integrity of the insulation and metallization layers used to convert the through-vias into highly conductive pathways across the Si wafer thickness. By using an insulating collar structure in the substrate in one case and by filling the via in accordance with the invention in another case, whole wafer yield of electrically conductive through vias is greatly enhanced. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/147466 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080930 | King |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lyon Bradley King (Allouez, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Spindt-type field-emission cathodes for use in electric propulsion (EP) systems having self-assembling nanostructures that can repeatedly regenerate damaged cathode emitter nanotips. A nanotip is created by applying a negative potential near the surface of a liquefied base metal to create a Taylor cone converging to a nanotip, and solidifying the Taylor cone for use as a field-emission cathode. When the nanotip of the Taylor cone becomes sufficiently blunted or damaged to affect its utility, the base metal is re-liquefied by application of a heat source, a negative potential is reapplied to the surface of the base metal to recreate the Taylor cone, and a new nanotip is generated by solidifying the base metal. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/852122 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/359.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081030 | Werking |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Werking (Rockford, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An amplifier capable of operating in multiple modes may include (a) first and second voltage inputs and (b) first and second current outputs that have substantially the same amplitude and polarity. Preferably, the inputs and outputs of the amplifier will have high impedances. The amplifier may operate in a first mode—and function as an operational amplifier—when the first and second current outputs are coupled together. The amplifier may operate in a second mode—and function as a type-2 current conveyor—when the second current output is coupled to the second voltage input. The amplifier may additionally include a third current output that has an amplitude that is substantially the same as the amplitudes of the first and second outputs and a polarity that is substantially opposite to the polarities of the first and second outputs. In this configuration the amplifier may function as a four-terminal floating nullor. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/339572 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081045 | Zeweri et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mirwais Zeweri (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Daniel W. Harris (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Steven R. Long (Evesham, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A beamformer includes an integrated-circuit power divider/combiner including a common port. A first transmission line extends from the common port to an individual port on the integrated circuit substrate. A first portion of a second transmission line extends on the substrate from the individual port to an integrated-circuit port. A second portion of the second transmission line extends from the integrated-circuit port vertically through plural layers of an underlying printed-circuit board stack. The characteristic impedances of the first and second portions of the second transmission line, and their combined length, are selected to match the impedance at the individual port to a standard impedance. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/188507 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081106 | Yannone |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electric Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Yannone (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a detector, direction finder, receiver, and range finder. The detector is operable to detect a target, and the direction finder is operable to determine a first direction to the target from the apparatus. The receiver is operable to receive a second direction to the target from a remote object, and the range finder is operable to determine from the first and second directions a range of the target from the apparatus. For example, the apparatus may be a first fighter jet, and the remote object may be a second fighter jet. By using directional information from both the first and second jets, a computer system onboard the first jet may compute a range to the target from the first jet more quickly and more accurately than by using directional information from only the first jet. |
| FILED | Monday, February 02, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/364480 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081301 | Stann et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry Lee Stann (Edgewater, Maryland); Mark M. Giza (Kensington, Maryland); William B. Lawler (Edgewater, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact LADAR transmitting and receiving apparatus includes a pulse laser generating pulses of light; a transmitter collimating and directing the pulses of light toward a target; a receiver collecting reflected pulses of light, the reflected pulses of light having been reflected from the target, the receiver comprising a tapered fiber bundle; a sensor operatively connected to the tapered fiber bundle, where the sensor comprises a photosensitive region and outputs a photocurrent; an amplifier amplifying the photocurrent; and a power divider splitting the amplified photocurrent between a high gain channel and a low gain channel; a RF interface accepting the high gain channel, the low gain channel, and an undelayed sample of a pulse of light generated from the pulse laser as input; a processing unit accepting output from the RF interface; and a display unit displaying output from the processing unit. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/575506 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/5.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081302 | Paluszek et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc. (Plainsboro, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Paluszek (Princeton, New Jersey); Pradeep Bhatta (Plainsboro, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A Multimode Optical Sensor (MMOS) is a laser radar (ladar) that employs both coherent, or heterodyne, and noncoherent detection at long range, i.e. ranges for which the target is no more than a pixel in dimension. Coherent detection provides much higher velocity resolution while the noncoherent detection can provide better detectability. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/193180 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081318 | Sternberg et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia); New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oren Sternberg (Leesburg, Virginia); Kenneth P Stewart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Brian C Hicks (Alexandria, Virginia); Haim Grebel (Livingston, New Jersey); Karl Dieter Moeller (Neptune, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-periodic reflection beamsplitter or reflector for use in an interferometer. The interferometer employs non-periodic reflectors or a non-periodic beamsplitter in order to produce interference patterns to analyze. The non-periodic reflectors or beamsplitters may be concentrically arranged reflectors having equal area. The beamsplitter consists of two adjacent non-periodic structures having complementary reflection and transmission patterns. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/481648 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/521 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082277 | O'Brien et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabamaiin Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sue O'Brien (Gurley, Alabama); Dawn M. Sabados (Madison, Alabama); Lance Warden (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for generating technical documents are provided. An exemplary embodiment of one such system includes a server computer system for generating technical documents having a database for storing information needed to generate technical documents, and a processor operable to cause the server computer system to allow multiple users to access the server computer system, input information needed to generate technical documents, and generate technical documents using the information input by the multiple users. An exemplary embodiment of one such method includes the steps of providing a server computer system operable to generate technical documents and allowing multiple users to access the server computer system, input information necessary for generating technical documents into the server computer system, and generate technical documents using the server computer system. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/004685 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/802 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082315 | Arimilli et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi K. Arimilli (Austin, Texas); Satya P. Sharma (Austin, Texas); Randal C. Swanberg (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A remote update programming idiom accelerator identifies a remote update programming idiom in an instruction sequence of a thread running on a processing unit of a data processing system. The remote update programming idiom includes a read operation for reading data from a storage location at a remote node, at least one update operation for performing an update operation on the data to form result data, and a write operation for writing the result data to the storage location at the remote node. The remote update programming idiom accelerator transmits the remote update programming idiom to a remote node to perform an operation on data at the remote node. A remote update programming idiom accelerator at the remote node receives the remote update programming idiom and performs the update as a local operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/425023 |
| ART UNIT | 2445 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082361 | Alexander et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason A. Alexander (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Wayne A. Kraus (Marion, Iowa); Sally C. Thurman (Marion, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for providing quality of service (QoS) service over a mobile IP network with dynamic domains, multiple or distributed QoS managers per domain and/or with network congestion feedback being used to establish an estimated total domain bandwidth which is used for regulating access to a domain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/835198 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082443 | Troxel et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBNT Solutions LLC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Troxel (Stow, Massachusetts); David Spencer Pearson (Bennington, Vermont); Brig Barnum Elliott (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system stores pedigrees that include details of how and when each of multiple blocks of encryption key material were distributed between two endpoints using quantum cryptographic techniques. The system receives an indication of a possible quantum cryptographic security violation and accesses the stored pedigrees to identify one or more of the multiple blocks of encryption key material that may have been compromised. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/327471 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082482 | Gower et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Gower (LaGrangeville, New York); Warren E. Maule (Cedar Park, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory system is provided for performing error correction operations in a memory module. The memory system comprises a memory hub device integrated in the memory module and a set of memory devices coupled to the memory hub device. The memory hub device comprises a link interface integrated into the memory hub device that provides a communication pathway between an external memory controller and the set of memory devices. The memory hub device also comprises first error correction logic provided in write logic integrated in the memory hub device, the write logic providing a data path for writing data to the set of memory devices. The memory hub device also comprises second error correction logic provided in read logic integrated in the memory hub device, the read logic providing a data path for reading data from the set of memory devices. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/848349 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/763 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 08080229 | Shih et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Heng Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Wan Y. Shih (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Hui Li (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Melissa Colleen Schillo (Broadview Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An economic, direct synthetic method for producing water soluble QDs that are ready for bioconjugation is provided. The method can produce aqueous QDs with emission wavelengths varying from 400 nm to 700 nm. Highly luminescent metal sulfide (MS) QDs are produced via an aqueous synthesis route. MS QDs are capped with thiol-containing charged molecules in a single step. The resultant MS QDs exhibit the distinctive excitonic photoluminescence desired of QDs and can be fabricated to avoid undesirable broadband emissions at higher wavelengths. This provides a significant improvement over the present complex and expensive commercial processes for the production of QDs. The aqueous QDs are stable in biological fluids over a long period of time. In addition, nontoxic ZnS QDs have been produced with good photoluminescence properties by refluxing the ZnS QD suspensions over a period of time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/155141 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/561.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080235 | Zhang et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Zhang (Baltimore, Maryland); Qiang Ni (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael David Allen (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein kinase A reporters useful for obtaining measurements of protein kinase A activity with high spatial and temporal resolution can be used in high throughput assays to identify potentially therapeutic compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 12/091858 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080240 | Meyers et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Meyers (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Samina Alam (Hershey, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | According to the invention, parvoviruses such as the adeno-associated virus Type 2 (AAV2) are found to be oncolytic, selectively mediating apoptosis in cancer cells and their precursers, while leaving healthy cells intact. The invention thus comprises a method of killing cancer and other neoplastic and preneoplastic cells by administration of AAV2 virus, viral particles, products or replication incompetent vectors derived there from to said cells, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/577782 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080252 | Byzova et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatiana Byzova (Pepper Pike, Ohio); Ganapati H. Maha Baleshuar (Cleveland, Ohio); Weiyi Feng (Woodmere, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of modulating angiogenesis in a tissue comprises administering to the tissue a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that modulates complex formation of αvβ3 integrin and VEGFR2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/357186 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080262 | Lee et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hyung-Kun Lee (Jeonju, South Korea); Stephen Soukasene (Evanston, Illinois); Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for creating encapsulated peptide amphiphilic nanostructures useful in treating diseases. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for preparing peptide amphiphile nanostructures that are encapsulated in liposomes by the application of light, and using such compositions in treating diseases, such as cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/923428 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080314 | Mirkin et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Evanston, Illinois); Yuhuang Wang (Evanston, Illinois); Daniel Maspoch (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and articles providing for precise aligning, positioning, shaping, and linking of nanotubes and carbon nanotubes. An article comprising: a solid surface comprising at least two different surface regions including: a first surface region which comprises an outer boundary and which is adapted for carbon nanotube adsorption, and a second surface region which is adapted for preventing carbon nanotube adsorption, the second region forming an interface with the outer boundary of the first region, at least one carbon nanotube which is at least partially selectively adsorbed at the interface. The shape and size of the patterns on the surface and the length of the carbon nanotube can be controlled to provide for selective interfacial adsorption. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102962 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/300.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080367 | Snyder et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Solomon H. Snyder (Baltimore, Maryland); Anutosh Chakraborty (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael Koldobskiy (Baltimore, Maryland); Katherine Sixt (Baltimore, Maryland); Krishna Juluri (Baltimore, Maryland); Asif K Mustafa (Baltimore, Maryland); Damian B Van Rossum (University Park, Pennsylvania); Randen L Patterson (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Anti-cancer drugs are identified by screening for agents and compounds which inhibit the binding of HSP90 and IP6K2. In vitro and in vivo assays can be used. Any phenomenon associated with the binding or inhibition can be monitored, including cell death, subcellular localization, catalytic activity of IP6K2, and IP7 formation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/514254 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080371 | Ballinger et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Ballinger (Menlo Park, California); Karel Konvicka (San Francisco, California); Laura Jean Bierut (St. Louis, Missouri); John Rice (St. Louis, Missouri); Frank Scott Saccone (St. Louis, Missouri); Anthony L. Hinrichs (St. Louis, Missouri); Alison M. Goate (St. Louis, Missouri); Jen Wang (Ballwin, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Correlations between polymorphisms and addiction are provided. Methods of diagnosing, prognosing, and treating addiction are provided. Systems and kits for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of addiction are provided. Methods of identifying addiction modulators are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/681177 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080374 | Doria et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessandro Doria (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Xiaowei Ma (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods for diagnosing increased risk of cardiovascular disease in a subject, based on the presence or absence of polymorphisms in the D36 gene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/248578 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080379 | Borer et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip N. Borer (Chittenango, New York); Bruce S. Hudson (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention relate to a branched or multichain nucleic acid switch adapted to switch from a first conformation to a second conformation upon ligand binding. The switch includes a probe strand, P, which includes the ligand binding domain; a switching framework which includes a cover strand (C), and a tether that holds P and C together and a signaling apparatus. Some embodiments include a toggle strand (T) where now the tether holds P, C, T, and the signaling apparatus together. As the switch changes between the first and second conformations; the signaling apparatus reports the state of the switch. The signaling entity is typically a lumiphore and a quencher located along the switching framework. Nucleic acid switches have applications in real time assays for diverse agents including infectious agents, environmental toxins, and terrorist agents, as well as screening methods for such agents. Further applications are found for nanoelectronics, nanofabrication and nanomachines. |
| FILED | Monday, October 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/901762 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080388 | Subjeck et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Subjeck (Williamsville, New York); Robert A. Henderson (Seattle, Washington); Elizabeth A. Repasky (Williamsville, New York); Latif Kazim (Amherst, New York); Xiang-Yang Wang (Buffalo, New York); Masoud H. Manjili (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a stress protein complex and related molecules encoding or cells presenting such a complex are provided. The stress protein complex comprises an hsp110 or grp170 polypeptide complexed with an immunogenic polypeptide. The immunogenic polypeptide of the stress protein complex can be associated with a cancer or an infectious disease. Preferred immunogenic polypeptides include gp100, her2/neu ECD-PD, ICD and M. tuberculosis antigens. The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention can be used for the treatment or prevention of cancer or infectious disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/127499 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080394 | Levy et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts); Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hara Levy (Bayside, Wisconsin); Craig Gerard (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Gerald Pier (Brookline, Massachusetts); Scott Weiss (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Christoph Lange (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods and materials for diagnosing a subject's predisposition for pulmonary infection in a CF subject by detecting a pulmonary infection genetic marker. Pulmonary infection markers have been identified in the IL-1 gene cluster and may be useful in predicting CF disease progression and assessing a CF subject's response to therapy. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/111064 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080421 | DeLucas et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama); Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence J. DeLucas (Birmingham, Alabama); Wilbur W. Wilson (Starkville, Mississippi); Lisa Nagy (Birmingham, Alabama); David Johnson (Birmingham, Alabama); Charles S. Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a method to allow a user to pre-screen numerous crystallization conditions in the crystallization space to identify those conditions with the highest probability of yielding crystals and high quality diffracting crystals. In one embodiment, the dilute solution thermodynamic virial coefficient, termed B, is used to aid in the determination crystallization conditions that increase the probability of producing crystals for the crystallant of interest. The present disclosure also provide methods for predicting solution conditions that generate beneficial solubility and/or stability conditions for a polypeptide of interest using the B parameter. Devices for use in the described methods are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/939243 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080527 | David |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael David (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for reducing one or more symptoms of an autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and/or transplant rejection, by the administration to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a purified compound of any one of Formulae A-E. The invention's methods are useful for the prevention, amelioration, and treatment of autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and/or transplant rejection. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/843410 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080531 | Kumagai et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akiko Kumagai (Altadena, California); William Dunphy (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | ATR kinase is a key regulator of checkpoint responses to incompletely replicated and damaged DNA. Without this checkpoint, cells will enter mitosis prematurely, likely resulting in cell death. The invention provides methods and reagents to either block or activate the activation of the ATR kinase checkpoint, through, for example, either blocking or activating the expression of an ATR activator TopBP1. The invention also provides screening methods to identify additional ToBP1 inhibitors or activators that may be used to modulate the activity of the ATR checkpoint. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/220982 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080533 | Johns et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Johns (Reisterstown, Maryland); Xingwu Teng (Baltimore, Maryland); Dechun Li (Perry Hall, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | We found that FIZZ1/RELMα is inducible by hypoxia in lung. The hypoxia-upregulated expression of FIZZ1/RELMα was located in the pulmonary vasculature, bronchial epithelial cells, and type II pneumocytes. Recombinant FIZZ1/RELMα protein stimulates rat pulmonary microvascular smooth muscle cell (RPSM) proliferation dose-dependently. Therefore, we renamed this gene as hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF). HIMF strongly activated Akt phosphorylation. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 inhibits HIMF-activated Akt phosphorylation. It also inhibits HIMF-stimulated RPSM proliferation. Thus, the PI3K/Akt pathway, at least in part, mediates the proliferative effect of HIMF. HIMF also has angiogenic and vasoconstrictive activity. Notably, HIMF increases pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance more potently than either endothelin-1 or angiotensin II. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/698696 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080554 | Sitkovsky et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michail V. Sitkovsky (Bethesda, Maryland); Akio Ohta (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided herein to increase an immune response to an antigen. The method includes administering an agent that inhibits extracellular adenosine or inhibits adenosine receptors. Also disclosed are methods to increase the efficacy of a vaccine and to increase an immune response to a tumor antigen or immune cell-mediated tumor destruction. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/498416 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/261.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080574 | Chen |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Use of a new class of phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK-1) inhibitors of formula I for inducing apoptosis in unwanted rapidly proliferating cells, for treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of cancer, and for preventing restenosis in a subject that has undergone an angioplasty or stent: wherein X is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and haloalkyl; Ar is an aryl radical selected from the group consisting of phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, anthryl, phenanthryl, and fluorenyl; and wherein Ar is optionally substituted with one or more radicals selected from the group consisting of halo, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 haloalkyl, azido, C1-C4 azidoalkyl, aryl, akylaryl, haloaryl, haloalkylaryl, and combinations thereof; and R is selected from the group consisting of nitrile, acetonitrile, ethylnitrile, propylnitrile, carboxamide, amidine, tetrazole, oxime, hydrazone, acetamidine, aminoacetamide, guanidine, and urea. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/888687 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080578 | Liggett et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen B. Liggett (Clarksville, Maryland); Michael Bristow (Englewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns the use of methods for evaluating bucindolol treatment for a patient, particularly one with heart failure. It concerns methods for determining whether to administer or prescribe bucindolol to a patient based on whether the patient is homozygous for the Arg 389 polymorphism in the β1-adrenergic receptor (AR). |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/838131 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080640 | Funk et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont); The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter D. Funk (Dallas, Texas); Robert C. Woodworth (Shelburne, Vermont); Anne B. Mason (Charlotte, Vermont); Ross T. A. MacGillivray (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant transferrin, non-glycosylated recombinant transferrin, transferrin half-molecules and mutant transferrins having altered metal-binding or other properties are described. The recombinant transferrin molecules are expressed in functional form by stable eukaryotic cell lines such as baby hamster kidney cells transformed with an expression vector encoding the recombinant molecule. The recombinant transferrins can be used in metal chelation therapy to bind and clear excess toxic metals in patients suffering from metal overloads or as tissue culture medium supplements or replacements. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/887711 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/394 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082041 | Radziemski |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Piezo Energy Technologies, LLC (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon J. Radziemski (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A bio-implantable energy capture and storage assembly, including an acoustic energy transmitter for contact with the skin, and an acoustic energy receiver—converter for converting acoustic energy to electrical energy; and a battery or capacitor connected to the energy converter. The acoustic energy receiver/converter is contained within a biocompatible implant. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/407712 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 08079246 | Garmire et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Garmire (Berkeley, California); Hyuck Choo (Albany, California); Richard S. Muller (Kensington, California); James Demmel (Berkeley, California); Sanjay Govindjee (Staefa, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a device for in-situ monitoring of material, process and dynamic properties of a MEMS device. The monitoring device includes a pair of comb drives, a cantilever suspension comprising a translating shuttle operatively connected with the pair of comb drives, structures for applying an electrical potential to the comb drives to displace the shuttle, structures for measuring an electrical potential from the pair of comb drives; measuring combs configured to measure the displacement of the shuttle, and structures for measuring an electrical capacitance of the measuring combs. Each of the comb drives may have differently sized comb finger gaps and a different number of comb finger gaps. The shuttle may be formed on two cantilevers perpendicularly disposed with the shuttle, whereby the cantilevers act as springs to return the shuttle to its initial position after each displacement. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/737532 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.790 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080095 | Rood et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Rood (Champaign, Illinois); K. James Hay (Mahomet, Illinois); Byung J. Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Hamidreza Emamipour (Champaign, Illinois); Zaher M. Hashisho (Edmonton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A preferred embodiment steady state tracking desorption system achieves steady tracking of either a fixed sorbate output set point, or a set point that changes over time. The system includes an electrically heated thermal adsorption/desorption device A temperature sensor senses the temperature of an adsorbent material within the adsorption/desorption device. A sorbate sensor senses a sorbate level from an outlet of the adsorption/desorption device. A power sensor senses the power supplied by the desorption device. A controller interprets levels sensed by the temperature sensor, the sorbate sensor and the power sensor and provides a signal to achieve steady set point tracking of a sorbate level from the outlet of the adsorption/desorption device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/296121 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/109 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080183 | Kotov et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Kotov (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Joebeom Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Alexander Govorov (Athens, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoscale sensing device from different types of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanowires (NWs) connected by molecular springs. The distance between the nanoscale colloids reversibly changes depending on conditions or analyte concentration and can be evaluated by fluorescence measurements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/915591 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/519.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080199 | Tour et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Jason J. Stephenson (McLean, Virginia); Boris I. Yakobson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward methods of crosslinking carbon nanotubes to each other using microwave radiation, articles of manufacture produced by such methods, compositions produced by such methods, and applications for such compositions and articles of manufacture. The present invention is also directed toward methods of radiatively modifying composites and/or blends comprising carbon nanotubes with microwaves, and to the compositions produced by such methods. In some embodiments, the modification comprises a crosslinking process, wherein the carbon nanotubes serve as a conduit for thermally and photolytically crosslinking the host matrix with microwave radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/840422 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080314 | Mirkin et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Evanston, Illinois); Yuhuang Wang (Evanston, Illinois); Daniel Maspoch (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and articles providing for precise aligning, positioning, shaping, and linking of nanotubes and carbon nanotubes. An article comprising: a solid surface comprising at least two different surface regions including: a first surface region which comprises an outer boundary and which is adapted for carbon nanotube adsorption, and a second surface region which is adapted for preventing carbon nanotube adsorption, the second region forming an interface with the outer boundary of the first region, at least one carbon nanotube which is at least partially selectively adsorbed at the interface. The shape and size of the patterns on the surface and the length of the carbon nanotube can be controlled to provide for selective interfacial adsorption. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/102962 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/300.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080397 | Frost et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Frost (Okemos, Michigan); Karen M. Frost (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioengineered synthesis scheme for the production of quinic acid from a carbon source is provided. Methods of producing quinic acid from a carbon source based on the synthesis scheme as well as conversion of quinic acid to hydroquinone are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623254 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080437 | Steckel et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Steckel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John P. Zimmer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Nathan E. Stott (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vladimir Bulović (Lexington, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanocrystal includes a core including a first semiconductor material and an overcoating including a second semiconductor material. A monodisperse population of the nanocrystals emits blue light over a narrow range of wavelengths with a high quantum efficiency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/819413 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080468 | Scherer et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Sameer Walavalkar (Los Angeles, California); Michael D. Henry (Altadena, California); Andrew P. Homyk (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabricating passivated silicon nanowires and an electronic arrangement thus obtained are described. Such arrangements may comprise a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) structure such that the arrangements may be utilized for MOS field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) or opto-electronic switches. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/822109 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/586 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080483 | Hillhouse et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh W. Hillhouse (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vikrant N. Urade (Karnataka, India); Ta-Chen Wei (Newark, Delaware); Michael P. Tate (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a nanoporous film is disclosed. The method comprises forming a coating solution including clusters, surfactant molecules, a solvent, and one of an acid catalyst and a base catalyst. The clusters comprise inorganic groups. The method further comprises aging the coating solution for a time period to select a predetermined phase that will self-assemble and applying the coating solution on a substrate. The method further comprises evaporating the solvent from the coating solution and removing the surfactant molecules to yield the nanoporous film. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/933494 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/780 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080591 | Gauthier et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben M. Gauthier (Washington, District of Columbia); Ann M. Anderson (Scotia, New York); Smitesh Bakrania (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mary K. Mahony (Schenectady, New York); Ronald B. Bucinell (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and devices for rapidly fabricating monolithic aerogels, including aerogels containing chemical sensing agents, are disclosed. The method involves providing a gel precursor solution or a pre-formed gel in a sealed vessel with the gel or gel precursor at least partially filling the internal volume of the vessel and the sealed vessel being positioned between opposed plates of a hot press; heating and applying a restraining force to the sealed vessel via the hot press plates (where the restraining force is sufficient to minimize substantial venting of the vessel); and then controllably releasing the applied restraining force under conditions effective to form the aerogel. A preferred device for practicing the method is in the form of a hot press having upper and lower press plates, and a mold positioned between the upper and lower plates. Doped aerogel monoliths and their use as chemical sensors are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/021505 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080593 | Humayun et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Humayun (Glandale, California); Buddy R. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); James Weiland (Valencia, California); Murat Tunc (Ankara, Turkey); Xuanhong Cheng (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to thermoresponsive adhesives. The invention further relates to methods for the reversible attachment of retinal implants, other implants, and drug delivery devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/947770 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080677 | Subramaniam et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bala Subramaniam (Lawrence, Kansas); Daryle H. Busch (Lawrence, Kansas); Hyun-Jin Lee (Lawrence, Kansas); Madhav Ghanta (Lawrence, Kansas); Tie-Pan Shi (Bartlesville, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the selective oxidation of olefins to epoxides comprising the step of contacting the olefin (propylene or ethylene) with an oxidant (hydrogen peroxide) in the presence of a Lewis acid oxidation catalyst (MTO), organic base (pyridine or its N-oxide), in a solvent system comprising an organic water-miscible solvent (methanol). The system is pressurized using either the olefin itself or by adding an inert pressurizing gas (nitrogen) to increase the pressure between 230 and 700 psi at a temperature between 0.7 and 1.3 times the critical temperature of the olefin. The resulting increased solubility of the olefin in the organic solvent system increases the selectivity and yield of the desired epoxide (propylene oxide or ethylene oxide). |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/206335 |
| ART UNIT | 1622 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/513 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080806 | Suyama et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Hammatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motohiro Suyama (Hamamatsu, Japan); Atsuhito Fukasawa (Hamamatsu, Japan); Katsushi Arisaka (Los Angeles, California); Hanguo Wang (North Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron tube of the present invention includes: a vacuum vessel including a face plate portion made of synthetic silica and having a surface on which a photoelectric surface is provided, a stem portion arranged facing the photoelectric surface and made of synthetic silica, and a side tube portion having one end connected to the face plate portion and the other end connected to the stem portion and made of synthetic silica; a projection portion arranged in the vacuum vessel, extending from the stem portion toward the photoelectric surface, and made of synthetic silica; and an electron detector arranged on the projection portion, for detecting electrons from the photoelectric surface, and made of silicon. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/257105 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081364 | Kim |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jungsang Kim (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A beam-steering system having high positional resolution and fast switching speed is disclosed. Embodiments of the beam-steering system comprise a diffraction limited optical system that includes a reflective imager and two controllably rotatable MEMS elements. The optical system is characterized by a folded optical path, wherein light propagating on the path is incident on each MEMS element more than once. Each MEMS element imparts an optical effect, such as angular change, on the output beam. By virtue of the fact that the optical system is multi-bounce optical system, the optical effect at each MEMS element is multiplied by the number of times the light hits that MEMS element. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/324152 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081641 | Katabi et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hariharan Rahul (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sachin Katti (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment is directed to transmitting encoded data over a broadcast medium to improve network throughput. A sending node may identify a first packet to be transmitted to a first network node and a second packet to be transmitted to a second network node. The sending node may determine whether the first network node stores the second packet and whether the second network node stores the first packet. If the sending node determines that the first network node stores the second packet and the second network node stores the first packet, it may code together the first and second packets to generate an encoded packet and may transmit the encoded packet over the broadcast medium. Thus, the first packet may be transmitted to the first network node and the second packet may be transmitted to the second node in a single transmission. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/529561 |
| ART UNIT | 2475 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081807 | Xu et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon); Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) (Neuherberg, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuan Xu (Eugene, Oregon); Oleg Tischenko (München, Germany); Christoph Hoeschen (Hebertshausen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reconstructing an (n+1)-dimensional image function ƒ representing a region of investigation comprises determining the image function ƒ from n-dimensional or less dimensional Radon data comprising a plurality of projection functions pθ(t) measured corresponding to a plurality of predetermined projection directions (Θ), wherein the image function ƒ is determined as a sum of polynomials multiplied with values of the projection functions pθ(t). Imaging methods, imaging devices, and computer tomography devices using this reconstruction method are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/794558 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081838 | Bae et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Soonmin Bae (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Fréderic Durand (Boston, Massachusetts); Sylvain Paris (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides two-scale tone management of an input image. A method of providing two-scale tone management contains the steps of: separating the input image into a base layer and a detail layer; separating a model image into a base layer and a detail layer; analyzing the input image globally for global contrast; analyzing the input image locally for local contrast; and performing detail preservation of the input image. A system contains a memory and a processor, where the processor is configured by the memory to perform the steps of: separating the input image into a base layer and a detail layer; separating a model image into a base layer and a detail layer; analyzing the input image globally for global contrast; analyzing the input image locally for local contrast; and performing detail preservation of the input image. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/725095 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082593 | Sarioglu et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Fatih Sarioglu (Stanford, California); Olav Solgaard (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to microscopy cantilevers. Consistent with an example embodiment, aspects of the invention are directed to a cantilever having a body and a force sensor arrangement extending from an end of the body and including a tip near a free end of the force sensor arrangement. The force sensor arrangement exhibits a high temporal response to the tip's interaction with a sample, relative to the response of the cantilever. The force sensor arrangement's response is detected and used to characterize the sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/392811 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Scanning-probe techniques or apparatus; applications of scanning-probe techniques, e.g., Scanning probe microscopy [SPM] 850/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 08079821 | Campbell et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian X. Campbell (Oviedo, Florida); Jay A. Morrison (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine with a cooling system and a compliant dual wall configuration configured to enable thermal expansion between inner and outer layers while eliminating stress formation is disclosed. The compliant dual wall configuration may be formed a dual wall formed from inner and outer layers separated by a compliant structure. The compliant structure may be configured such that the outer layer may thermally expand without limitation by the inner layer. The compliant structure may be formed from a plurality of pedestals positioned generally parallel with each other. The pedestals may include a first foot attached to a first end of the pedestal and extending in a first direction aligned with the outer layer, and may include a second foot attached to a second end of the pedestal and extending in a second direction aligned with the inner layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/435684 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080175 | Chen |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Fong Chen (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A scintillator having a host lattice of MgAl2O4 was prepared by hot pressing under a vacuum environment a powder mixture of MgAl2O4, CeO2, and LiF. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/319523 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4R0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080244 | Bradbury |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M. Bradbury (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Humanized recombinant and monoclonal antibodies specific for the ectodomain of the influenza virus M2 ion channel protein are disclosed. The antibodies of the invention have anti-viral activity and may be useful as anti-viral therapeutics and/or prophylactic/vaccine agents for inhibiting influenza virus replication and for treating individuals infected with influenza. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/592241 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080280 | Grubbs et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert K. Grubbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory R. Bogart (Corrales, New Mexico); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for making nanostructures that are mechanically, chemically and thermally stable at desired elevated temperatures, from nanostructure templates having a stability temperature that is less than the desired elevated temperature. The methods comprise depositing by atomic layer deposition (ALD) structural layers that are stable at the desired elevated temperatures, onto a template employing a graded temperature deposition scheme. At least one structural layer is deposited at an initial temperature that is less than or equal to the stability temperature of the template, and subsequent depositions made at incrementally increased deposition temperatures until the desired elevated temperature stability is achieved. Nanostructure templates include three dimensional (3D) polymeric templates having features on the order of 100 nm fabricated by proximity field nanopatterning (PnP) methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/872749 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/248.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080340 | Thackeray et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); Sun-Ho Kang (Naperville, Illinois); Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An activated electrode for a non-aqueous electrochemical cell is disclosed with a precursor thereof a lithium metal oxide with the formula x{zLi2MnO3•(1-z)LiM′O2}.(1-x)LiMn2−yMyO4 for 0<x<1; 0≦y≦0.5; and 0<z<1, comprised of layered zLi2MnO3.(1-z)LiM′O2 and spinel LiMn2−yMyO4 components, physically mixed or blended with one another or separated from one another in a compartmentalized electrode, in which M is one or more metal ions, and in which M′ is selected from one or more first-row transition metal ions, The electrode is activated by removing lithium and lithia, from the precursor. A cell and battery are also disclosed incorporating the disclosed positive electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/319627 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.950 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080405 | Weiss et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shimon Weiss (Pinole, California); Marcel Bruchez (Newark, California); Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanocrystal compound and probe are described. The compound is capable of linking to one or more affinity molecules. The compound comprises (1) one or more semiconductor nanocrystals capable of, in response to exposure to a first energy, providing a second energy, and (2) one or more linking agents, having a first portion linked to the one or more semiconductor nanocrystals and a second portion capable of linking to one or more affinity molecules. One or more semiconductor nanocrystal compounds are linked to one or more affinity molecules to form a semiconductor nanocrystal probe capable of bonding with one or more detectable substances in a material being analyzed, and capable of, in response to exposure to a first energy, providing a second energy. Also described are processes for respectively: making the semiconductor nanocrystal compound; making the semiconductor nanocrystal probe; and treating materials with the probe. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/406651 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080467 | Carey, III et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Edward Carey, III (Newton, Massachusetts); Eric Mazur (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides a silicon photodetector having a surface layer that is doped with sulfur inclusions with an average concentration in a range of about 0.5 atom percent to about 1.5 atom percent. The surface layer forms a diode junction with an underlying portion of the substrate. A plurality of electrical contacts allow application of a reverse bias voltage to the junction in order to facilitate generation of an electrical signal, e.g., a photocurrent, in response to irradiation of the surface layer. The photodetector exhibits a responsivity greater than about 1 A/W for incident wavelengths in a range of about 250 nm to about 1050 nm, and a responsivity greater than about 0.1 A/W for longer wavelengths, e.g., up to about 3.5 microns. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/776694 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/535 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080686 | Benderly et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rohm and Haas Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abraham Benderly (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania); Nitin Chadda (Radnor, Pennsylvania); Douglass Sevon (Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an integrated process for producing unsaturated carboxylic acids from the corresponding C2-C4 alkane. The process begins with performance of thermally integrated dehydrogenation reactions which convert a C2-C4 alkane to its corresponding C2-C4 alkene, and which involve exothermically converting a portion of an alkane to its corresponding alkene by oxidative dehydrogenation in an exothermic reaction zone, in the presence of oxygen and a suitable catalyst, and then feeding the products of the exothermic reaction zone to an endothermic reaction zone wherein at least a portion of the remaining unconverted alkane is endothermically dehydrogenated to form an additional quantity of the same corresponding alkene, in the presence of carbon dioxide and an other suitable catalyst. The alkene products of the thermally integrated dehydrogenation reactions are then provided to a catalytic vapor phase partial oxidation process for conversion of the alkene to the corresponding unsaturated carboxylic acid or nitrile. Unreacted alkene and carbon dioxide are recovered from the oxidation product stream and recycled back to the thermally integrated dehydrogenation reactions. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/316322 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 562/545 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080796 | Van Neste et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles W. Van Neste (Kingston, Tennessee); Marissa E. Morales-Rodriguez (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lawrence R. Senesac (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas G. Thundat (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are disclosed for standoff spectroscopy of molecules (e.g. from a residue) on a surface from a distance. A source emits radiation that modifies or conditions the residue, such as through photodecomposition. A spectral generating source measures a spectrum of the residue before and after the residue is exposed to the radiation from that source. The two spectra are compared to produce a distinct identification of the residues on the surface or identify certain properties of the residue. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/828064 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080806 | Suyama et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Hammatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motohiro Suyama (Hamamatsu, Japan); Atsuhito Fukasawa (Hamamatsu, Japan); Katsushi Arisaka (Los Angeles, California); Hanguo Wang (North Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron tube of the present invention includes: a vacuum vessel including a face plate portion made of synthetic silica and having a surface on which a photoelectric surface is provided, a stem portion arranged facing the photoelectric surface and made of synthetic silica, and a side tube portion having one end connected to the face plate portion and the other end connected to the stem portion and made of synthetic silica; a projection portion arranged in the vacuum vessel, extending from the stem portion toward the photoelectric surface, and made of synthetic silica; and an electron detector arranged on the projection portion, for detecting electrons from the photoelectric surface, and made of silicon. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/257105 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081473 | Cipolla et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Cipolla (Katonah, New York); Evan George Colgan (Chestnut Ridge, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); Shawn Anthony Hall (Pleasantville, New York); Shurong Tian (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooling apparatus, system and like method for an electronic device includes a plurality of heat producing electronic devices affixed to a wiring substrate. A plurality of heat transfer assemblies each include heat spreaders and thermally communicate with the heat producing electronic devices for transferring heat from the heat producing electronic devices to the heat transfer assemblies. The plurality of heat producing electronic devices and respective heat transfer assemblies are positioned on the wiring substrate having the regions overlapping. A heat conduit thermally communicates with the heat transfer assemblies. The heat conduit circulates thermally conductive fluid therethrough in a closed loop for transferring heat to the fluid from the heat transfer assemblies via the heat spreader. A thermally conductive support structure supports the heat conduit and thermally communicates with the heat transfer assemblies via the heat spreader transferring heat to the fluid of the heat conduit from the support structure. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/185520 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/719 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081624 | Buttles |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Buttles (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Wireless communication devices include a software-defined radio coupled to processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to execute computer programming code. Storage media is coupled to the processing circuitry and includes computer programming code configured to cause the processing circuitry to configure and reconfigure the software-defined radio to operate on each of a plurality of communication networks according to a selected sequence. Methods for communicating with a wireless device and methods of wireless network-hopping are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/370854 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/354 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081798 | Paglieroni et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Paglieroni (Pleasanton, California); Siddharth Manay (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A stochastic method and system for detecting polygon structures in images, by detecting a set of best matching corners of predetermined acuteness α of a polygon model from a set of similarity scores based on GDM features of corners, and tracking polygon boundaries as particle tracks using a sequential Monte Carlo approach. The tracking involves initializing polygon boundary tracking by selecting pairs of corners from the set of best matching corners to define a first side of a corresponding polygon boundary; tracking all intermediate sides of the polygon boundaries using a particle filter, and terminating polygon boundary tracking by determining the last side of the tracked polygon boundaries to close the polygon boundaries. The particle tracks are then blended to determine polygon matches, which may be made available, such as to a user, for ranking and inspection. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/275177 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082424 | Blocksome |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Blocksome (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for determining when a set of compute nodes participating in a barrier operation on a parallel computer are ready to exit the barrier operation that includes, for each compute node in the set: initializing a barrier counter with no counter underflow interrupt; configuring, upon entering the barrier operation, the barrier counter with a value in dependence upon a number of compute nodes in the set; broadcasting, by a DMA engine on the compute node to each of the other compute nodes upon entering the barrier operation, a barrier control packet; receiving, by the DMA engine from each of the other compute nodes, a barrier control packet; modifying, by the DMA engine, the value for the barrier counter in dependence upon each of the received barrier control packets; exiting the barrier operation if the value for the barrier counter matches the exit value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/832192 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 08079174 | Turman et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Turman (El Cajon, California); Joseph P. Albee, Jr. (Julian, California); Terrance A. Cox (Descanso, California); Donald R. Simms (Mariposa, California); Ronald I. Anderson (Sonora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A leg snare apparatus and method for capturing animals uses a mechanical throw arm, that when triggered by an animal of sufficient size stepping on the pan, throws a snare up and around the leg of the animal. The pan tension of the device may be readily adjusted to avoid being triggered by lighter weight non-target animals, and the pan may also be leveled. Moreover, the snare is supported so that it cannot be readily dislodged after the apparatus is set, the loop is not deflected out of its proper position when the apparatus is triggered, and the loop is retained in place until the throw arm has moved it high up the animal's leg or foot. Should the apparatus be triggered by larger, non-target animals, the apparatus includes a break-away snare to allow the animal to escape. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/235692 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying 043/87 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080397 | Frost et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Frost (Okemos, Michigan); Karen M. Frost (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioengineered synthesis scheme for the production of quinic acid from a carbon source is provided. Methods of producing quinic acid from a carbon source based on the synthesis scheme as well as conversion of quinic acid to hydroquinone are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/623254 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080590 | Liu et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | LinShu Liu (Wyncote, Pennsylvania); Marshall L. Fishman (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Kevin B. Hicks (Malvern, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A porous polymeric matrix containing at least one natural polymer and at least one synthetic polymer and optionally at least one cation. Furthermore, a method of making a porous polymeric matrix involving mixing at least one natural polymer and inorganic salts with a solution comprising at least one solvent and at least one synthetic polymer to form a slurry, casting the slurry in a mold and removing the solvent to form solid matrices, immersing the solid matrices in deionized water to allow natural polymer cross-linking and pore creation to occur simultaneously, and drying the matrices to create a porous polymeric matrix; wherein the matrix contains a cation. Also, a method of making a porous polymeric matrix, involving mixing at least one natural polymer in an aqueous solvent and mixing at least one synthetic polymer in an organic solvent, combining the mixtures and casting in a mold, and separately removing said aqueous solvent and said organic solvent to form a porous polymeric matrix; wherein the porous polymeric matrix does not contain a cation. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/157301 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080648 | Pridgeon et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julia W. Pridgeon (Newberry, Florida); James J. Becnel (Gainesville, Florida); Daniel A. Strickman (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A pesticidal compound that regulates programmed cell death pathways via the topical application of double strand RNA is disclosed. The compound is constructed as a specific-target pesticide that is a biosafe nucleic acid pesticide for pest control. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/716499 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP22358 | Finn |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad Elliott Finn (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Description and specifications of a new and distinct blackberry cultivar which originated from seed produced by a hand pollinated cross of OSC 1466 (non-patented)×ORUS 1117-11 (non-patented) is provided. This new trailing blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields, large fruit size, excellent fresh fruit quality, mid-late season fruit ripening, and healthy plants. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/660189 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 08080199 | Tour et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Christopher A. Dyke (Humble, Texas); Jason J. Stephenson (McLean, Virginia); Boris I. Yakobson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward methods of crosslinking carbon nanotubes to each other using microwave radiation, articles of manufacture produced by such methods, compositions produced by such methods, and applications for such compositions and articles of manufacture. The present invention is also directed toward methods of radiatively modifying composites and/or blends comprising carbon nanotubes with microwaves, and to the compositions produced by such methods. In some embodiments, the modification comprises a crosslinking process, wherein the carbon nanotubes serve as a conduit for thermally and photolytically crosslinking the host matrix with microwave radiation. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/840422 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080421 | DeLucas et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama); Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence J. DeLucas (Birmingham, Alabama); Wilbur W. Wilson (Starkville, Mississippi); Lisa Nagy (Birmingham, Alabama); David Johnson (Birmingham, Alabama); Charles S. Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a method to allow a user to pre-screen numerous crystallization conditions in the crystallization space to identify those conditions with the highest probability of yielding crystals and high quality diffracting crystals. In one embodiment, the dilute solution thermodynamic virial coefficient, termed B, is used to aid in the determination crystallization conditions that increase the probability of producing crystals for the crystallant of interest. The present disclosure also provide methods for predicting solution conditions that generate beneficial solubility and/or stability conditions for a polypeptide of interest using the B parameter. Devices for use in the described methods are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/939243 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081418 | Brandon et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik J. Brandon (Pasadena, California); Marshall C. Smart (Studio City, California); William C. West (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Double-layer capacitors capable of operating at extremely low temperatures (e.g., as low as −75° C.) are disclosed. Electrolyte solutions combining a base solvent (e.g., acetonitrile) and a cosolvent are employed to lower the melting point of the base electrolyte. Example cosolvents include methyl formate, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, propionitrile, butyronitrile, and 1,3-dioxolane. An optimized concentration (e.g., 0.10 M to 0.75 M) of salt, such as tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate, is dissolved into the electrolyte solution. In some cases (e.g., 1,3-dioxolane cosolvent) additives, such as 2% by volume triethylamine, may be included in the solvent mixture to prevent polymerization of the solution. Conventional device form factors and structural elements (e.g., porous carbon electrodes and a polyethylene separator) may be employed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/134128 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08081734 | Elam et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wm. Timothy Elam (Redmond, Washington); Warren C. Kelliher (Hampton, Virginia); William Hershyn (Soquel, California); David P. DeLong (Soquel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a novel, low-power X-ray tube and X-ray generating system. Embodiments of the invention use a multichannel electron generator as the electron source, thereby increasing reliability and decreasing power consumption of the X-ray tube. Unlike tubes using a conventional filament that must be heated by a current power source, embodiments of the invention require only a voltage power source, use very little current, and have no cooling requirements. The microchannel electron generator comprises one or more microchannel plates (MCPs), Each MCP comprises a honeycomb assembly of a plurality of annular components, which may be stacked to increase electron intensity. The multichannel electron generator used enables directional control of electron flow. In addition, the multichannel electron generator used is more robust than conventional filaments, making the resulting X-ray tube very shock and vibration resistant. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2009 |
| APPL NO | 12/628446 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08082538 | Hinchey et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Hinchey (Bowie, Maryland); James L. Rash (Davidsonville, Maryland); Joaquin Pena (Sevilla, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which an evolutionary system is managed and viewed as a software product line. In some embodiments, the core architecture is a relatively unchanging part of the system, and each version of the system is viewed as a product from the product line. Each software product is generated from the core architecture with some agent-based additions. The result may be a multi-agent system software product line. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/536378 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 08080144 | Ross et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ross (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jonathan G. Shackman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for performing electrophoretic separation of ionic compounds which involves varying a bulk fluid flow though a separation path into which ionic species are continuously introduced and separated. The method can also include the introduction of a leading electrolyte into the separation path to form an ionic interface with the sample and an optional terminating electrolyte to enrich ionic species for higher detection resolution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/866589 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 08080833 | Grandusky et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Crystal IS, Inc. (Green Island, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Grandusky (Waterford, New York); Leo J. Schowalter (Latham, New York); Shawn R. Gibb (Clifton Park, New York); Joseph A. Smart (Mooresville, North Carolina); Shiwen Liu (Painted Post, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a semiconductor device includes an aluminum nitride single-crystal substrate, a pseudomorphic strained layer disposed thereover that comprises at least one of AlN, GaN, InN, or an alloy thereof, and, disposed over the strained layer, a semiconductor layer that is lattice-mismatched to the substrate and substantially relaxed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/764584 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 08080800 | Hoctor et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morpho Detection, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph Thomas Hoctor (Saratoga Springs, New York); Scott Stephen Zelakiewicz (Niskayuna, New York); Evren Asma (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system includes a platform having mounted thereon an imaging device. The imaging device includes a first detector and a second detector. The imaging system includes a mask having a first pattern of apertures therein, the mask positioned on a first side of the first detector, an anti-mask having a second pattern of apertures therein, wherein the second pattern is derived from the first pattern, the anti-mask positioned on a first side of the second detector, and a computer configured to acquire a plurality of mask datasets and anti-mask datasets of a gamma source, add one of the mask datasets and subtract its respective anti-mask dataset to create a far-field dataset, adjust the far-field image dataset, reconstruct a near-field image of the source using the far-field dataset, and apply an expectation maximization (EM) algorithm to one of the far-field image dataset and the near-field image to enhance contrast. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/332439 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/363.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 08080971 | Bose et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anima B. Bose (DeKalb, Illinois); Donald S. Zinger (DeKalb, Illinois); ZhiHong Yu (Aurora, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A power flow control system including an integrated circuit having a mechanism for determining an amount of energy storage required for power source devices and a mechanism for controlling power flow delivery between the power source devices. A power flow control system also including more than one power source device in electrical connection with the power flow control system. An efficient hybrid vehicle, including the power flow control system integrated in the hybrid vehicle, and more than one power source device in electrical connection with the power flow control system and operatively connected to the hybrid vehicle. A method of controlling power flow in a vehicle, including the steps of determining the amount of energy storage required for power source devices, and controlling power flow delivery between the power source devices. Power flow control systems and methods of using for fuel cell and battery combinations and battery and super-capacitor combinations. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/137849 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Battery or capacitor charging or discharging 320/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 08080223 | Jarrell et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biointraface, Inc. (East Greenwich, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Jarrell (East Providence, Rhode Island); Jeffrey R. Morgan (Sharon, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a composite from a composition including a metal oxide precursor and polymer precursor by exposing the metal oxide precursor to a gas having a humidity level of about 40% to about 70% for at least about one hour. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/253530 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 08080416 | Warren et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign Corp. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Warren (Orlando, Florida); Donald Drake, III (Orlando, Florida); Janice Moser (Orlando, Florida); Inderpal Singh (Orlando, Florida); Haifeng Song (Oviedo, Florida); Eric Mishkin (Winter Springs, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for preparing an artificial immune system. The artificial immune system comprises a cell culture comprising T cells, B cells and antigen-primed dendritic cells. The artificial immune system of the present invention can be used for in vitro testing of vaccines, adjuvants, immunotherapy candidates, cosmetics, drugs, biologics and other chemicals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/707522 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/347 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 08081807 | Xu et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon); Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) (Neuherberg, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuan Xu (Eugene, Oregon); Oleg Tischenko (München, Germany); Christoph Hoeschen (Hebertshausen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reconstructing an (n+1)-dimensional image function ƒ representing a region of investigation comprises determining the image function ƒ from n-dimensional or less dimensional Radon data comprising a plurality of projection functions pθ(t) measured corresponding to a plurality of predetermined projection directions (Θ), wherein the image function ƒ is determined as a sum of polynomials multiplied with values of the projection functions pθ(t). Imaging methods, imaging devices, and computer tomography devices using this reconstruction method are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/794558 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 08081884 | Gervais et al. |
|---|---|
| FUNDED BY |
|
| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Gervais (Norwood, Massachusetts); Jeffrey R. Minch (Nashua, New Hampshire); Daniel J. Townsend (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In a fixed delay optical communication system, rate adjustable differential phase shift key (DPSK) techniques eliminate the need for multiple comparing modules, each corresponding to a different data rate. Setting alternative data rates at integer multiples of the fundamental data rate of the optical communication system allows the system to process the respective integer number of symbols per period of the system, wherein the period of the system is the inverse of the fundamental data rate. Pulse carving techniques may be used to set the duty cycle of clock levels associated with a clock signal. The clock levels may be combined with respective symbols to provide optical symbols having a duty cycle less than 100%. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/879902 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, December 20, 2011.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2011/fedinvent-patents-20111220.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
Download a copy of the How To Use This Page